In the episodes themselves I've never heard this.If this is so
Sometimes I fast forward through voiceovers.
Wait a minute, wasn't it written in the Collins Family History that Josette died in the Winter of the same year of 1795/6/7? If that's so, then the dates of the past and the present could never have coincided.
We Have A Working Spoiler Feature Again!!
Sam Hall interview on tvparty.com site