Maria Collits was born 1 September 1796 in Tower Hill, Greater London, England, United Kingdom to Pierce Briggington Collits (1763-1848) and Mary Hardwick (1769-1841) and died 21 September 1829 Evan, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. She married Phillip Stickland (c1784-1816) 4 September 1811 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. She married Edward Field (1797-1846) 6 October 1817 in Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia.
Arrived in Sydney on the Minorca 14 December 1801 as a free settler with her mother and sister Sarah and her convict father.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Pierce Strickland (1811-1883) | 14 December 1811 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia | 28 December 1883 Carrawobitty station, Forbes, New South Wales, Australia | Letitia O'Hara (c1809-1891) |
| Josiah Strickland (1813-1881) | |||
| John Strickland (1815-1849) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Field (1818-1900) | |||
| Eliza Field (1819-1829) | |||
| Lydia Field (1821-1909) | 9 September 1821 Evan, New South Wales, Australia | 30 May 1909 Browns Valley, Nyrang Creek, New South Wales, Australia | John Jones (1800-1853) James Brown (1823-1910) |
| Frances Field (1823-1854) | |||
| James Field (1825-1898) | 2 January 1825 Evan, New South Wales, Australia | 26 June 1898 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia | Maria Watkins (1821-1892) |
| Lucy Ann Field (1826-1896) | 23 December 1826 Evan, New South Wales, Australia | 29 August 1896 Wembury, Boyce-street, Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia | James Rutledge (1817-1899) |
| Edward Field (1828-1896) | 17 September 1828 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia | 22 December 1896 Butler's Creek, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia | Mary Ann Annesley (1833-1876) Bridget Eliza Perkins (1857-c1905) |
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