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Hannah Knowles

Hannah was born in 1780 in Horwich and her baptism took place there on December 24th, 1780.¹

Birth Notes
- Hannah Knowles of this parish (Bolton) when married Richard.
  
  Name:    Hannah Knowles
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    3 May 1777
  Parish:    Turton, St Anne
  Parish as it Appears:    Turton, St Ann
  Father's name:    John Knowles
  Mother's name:    Hannah Knowles
  Reference Number:    GB127.L98/1/2/1
  
  or
  
  Name:    Hannah Knowles
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Father:    Jno Knowles
  Mother:    Jane Knowles
  Baptism Date:    24 Dec 1780
  Baptism Place:    Horwich, Lancashire, England
  Denomination:    Independent
  Piece Title:    Piece 1472: Horwich, Lee Chapel (Independent), 1765-1836
  
  Hannah, daughter of Jn'o & Jane Knowles of Horwich

Hannah's father was John Knowles and her mother was Jane Thomason. She had six brothers and three sisters, named James, Samuel, Thomas, Mathew, William, James, Sally, Rachel and Bella. She was the third oldest of the ten children. She died at the age of 64 in December 1844 in Turton.²

Death Notes
- Richard Mather came to America without Hannah in September 1848, so Hannah had presumed died by then. Cant find Hannah on the 1841 census, although Richard is there (60, Ag Lab) at Sharples, so Hannah may have died before 1841. There is a Hannah Mather died Q4/1844, Turton, aged 64 and another died 1848, Little Bolton, aged 68. One of these was at Dawes St, Bolton in 1841 (Not from Lancashire with son Samuel an Iron Moulder)
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1844
  MATHER    Hannah    64    Turton    TUR/2/373
  
  Deaths Dec 1844   (>99%)
  MATHER     Hannah          Bolton     21, 133
  
  There are several possible Hannah deaths:
  1827 Hannah Mather, Aged 51, Bolton le Moors, buried 25 Nov 1827, wife of William Mather (but I cant find a Willian & Hannah family)
  
  The 3 Feb 1839 burial at St. Johns, Bury is quite close to Harwood where they lived, but Hannah Sharples (1805-1839) wife of another Richard Mather.
  Hannah wife of Richard Mather of Pigslee, aged 34 Years
  
  No Hannah death registered, but possibly Anna:
  Deaths Mar 1839   (>99%)
  MATHER     Anna          Bury     21    248
  This may be Anna from Walmersley, aged 34 - so not her!

General Notes
- If the 3 May 1777 baptism at Turton is correct, then Hannah had an older sister Peggy baptised 19 Mar 1775 as well as 4 other siblings 1769-1774. 10y later, there was a Mally Knowles, baptised 2 Sep 1787 (same parents), but this may be another family.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Hannah lived in Raikes for twenty years from 1810 to about 1830.³
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Richard and Hannah Mather and family were living at Raikes (farm) in the early 1800s. “Harwood” was shown as the abode on Ann’s baptism (1811), and “Rakes, Harwood” on Richards (1815) and John’s (1816). Then simply “Harwood” again for Henry (1819), James (1821) and Peter (1823). Also, son Nathaniel’s wife Nancy Bromiley died in Dec 1822 and is buried here and first three children born at Harwood (or Harwood Lee on Hannah’s 1851 census, born 1830). The family had moved by 1841.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Knowles
  - b.~ 1745 d.> 1799 in Haslingden
  
  Hannah Knowles
  - b.1780 in Horwich d.Dec 1844 in Turton
  
  Jane Thomason
  - b.1747 in Bolton

Personal Timeline

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¹ England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)
² BMD-Lancashire
³ Certificate - Baptism
Sources/Citations Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms, England Select Deaths & Burials (1538-1991)