Her father, the Rev. Arthur Collier
, a writer on metaphysical subjects, was Rector of Langford Magna, or Steeple Langford, in Wiltshire at her birth. He died in 1732.
Keymer, Tom. “Jane Collier, Reader of Richardson, and the Fire Scene in ClarissaNew Essays on Samuel Richardson, edited by Albert J. Rivero, Macmillan; St Martins Press, 1996, pp. 141-61.