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Elizabeth (Betty) Mather

Elizabeth, known as Betty, was born on December 3rd, 1789 in Bolton and her baptism took place on March 6th, 1790 at Bank Street Unitarian.¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    Elisabeth Mather
  Gender:    Female
  Birth Date:    3 Dec 1789
  Baptism Date:    6 Mar 1790
  Baptism Place:    Bank Street Unitarian OR Presbyterian,Bolton Le Moors,Lancashire,England
  Father:    Thomas Mather
  Mother:    Hannah
  FHL Film Number:    0560877 (RG4 64, 2004)

Betty's father was Thomas Mather and her mother was Hannah Platt. She had three brothers and a sister, named Luke, Peter, James and Ruth. She had four half-brothers named Anne, James, John and Thomas. She died at the age of 7 in September 1797 in Bolton. Her burial was on October 1st, 1797 at St. Peter's (Bolton).²

Death Notes
- Did Elizabeth (Betty) also die in 1797 (aged 7)? Probably she did, as no father is named on her burial record and there is a burial for the father Thomas a year earlier.
  
  Name:    Betty Mather
  Event Type:    Burial
  Burial Date:    1 Oct 1797
  Burial Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    Bolton Church
  Mother:    Hannah Mather
  Reference Number:    L243/1/2/2
  Item Number:    2
  Archive Roll:    855
  
  Betty, d. of Hannah Mather of G.B.
  (no father given)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Mather
  - b.~ 1730 in Bolton
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Mather
  - b.03 Dec 1789 in Bolton d.Sep 1797 in Bolton
  
  Hannah Platt
  - b.1746 in Bolton d.Apr 1816 in Blackburn

¹ England Select Births & Christenings (1538-1975)
² Manchester CoE BMB (1541-1812)