Descendants of this family never seem to have strayed far from their West Midlands roots. This line starts with Edward, born c1788 in Weedon, Northamptonshire. He married Ann Leeson in 1809 and several Holliers in this line use the middle name Leeson. Little is known of the origins of this family, though there are isolated Hollier marriage records at Weedon in both the 16th and 18th centuries. Till as a forename over many centuries.
Later records turn up in the City of London and later on in Greenwich.
While at Greenwich, Till Henry Hollier gave his birthplace in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses as Scotland, which we don't believe is true. As described elsewhere on this site, the Holliers in the US southern states seem to descend from two brothers who emigrated to Louisiana from Nantes, France in the mid 18th century. Read more about this family. There were Hollyers at Binfield, Berks over several generations, starting with the marriage of Thomas Hollyer and Mary Mills in 1749 in Reading. There are early records from Berkshire in the 16th century.