Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: duxbury , massachusetts colony - caption: mayflower commemorative 1620 - birth name: william collier - death date: 1671 - birth date: 1585 - name: william collier - nationality: english - birth place: england - occupation: purveyor commissioner assistant to the governor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william collier -lrb- colonist -rrb- .
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william collier -lrb- 1585 -- 1671 -rrb- he came to plymouth in 1633 as one of the few london-based merchant adventurers , a colony investment group , to settle in new england .he was often elected as an assistant governor in the thirty-some years between 1634/5 and 1665 .he was on the side of the government leaders in the historic 1645 dispute with liberal religious leader william vassall .during his long life involved in public service , he served on the council of war and served at times as a commissioner of the united colonies , a new england colonies military alliance primarily for defense against indian attack .