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Elizabeth Mather

Elizabeth was born on April 2nd, 1745 in Anderton and her baptism took place on April 2nd, 1745 in Rivington.¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    Elizabeth Mather
  Gender:    Female
  Birth Place:    Andert
  Baptism Date:    2 Apr 1745
  Baptism Place:    LittleLever , Lancashire, England
  Father:    Ralph Mather
  FHL Film Number:    1545460
  
  Probably born Heath Charnock, 500m North of Anderton
  
  Some early Rivington Baptisms are listed on the Little Lever parish register. I suspect all Ralph Mather's children born at (Heath) Charnock were actulaay baptised at Rivington (and recorded at Little Lever).

Elizabeth's father was Ralph Mather and her mother was Ann Anderton. Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Mather and Margaret Kellett. She had three brothers and three sisters, named Thomas, James, Ralph, Ann, Betty and Mary. She was the fifth oldest of the seven children. She died at just 10 days old on April 12th, 1745 in Anderton.²

Death Notes
- Name:    Mather
  Burial Date:    12 Apr 1745
  Parish:    Little Lever, Lancashire, England
  Father's name:    Ralph Mather
  Register Type:    Bishops Transcripts
  Reference Number:    Drm/2/38a
  
  Elizabeth Daughter of Ralph Mather of Anderton
  Name is very faint, but looks like a daughter, rather than wife or Son, and most probably Elizabeth (who would be 10 days old)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Mather
  - b.~  1680 in Anglezarke d.1740 in Rivington
  
  Ralph Mather
  - b.1705 in Anderton d.Jun 1788 in Wigan
  
  Margaret Kellett
  - b.~  1680 in Anglezarke
  
  Elizabeth Mather
  - b.02 Apr 1745 in Anderton d.12 Apr 1745 in Anderton
  
  Ann Anderton
  - b.~  1710 in Standish

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