James Mather

1797 James Mather 1864-Jul-9 James Mather Death

James was born in February 1797 in Bolton and his baptism took place on July 2nd, 1797 at Ridgway Gates Wesleyan conducted by minister Chris Hopper.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 35 in 1841, Hand Weaver, and Mercy was 30 at Sidney Street
  
  Aged 51 in 1851, Hand loom weaver, with Mercy, aged 41 at Bk Sydney Street.  Mary Ann used this as her address when she married in 1857.
  
  James, 64, Married, Boarding with Samuel and Alice Haughton in 1861, Aged 64.  Cotton weaver.
  
  Baptism: 2 Jul 1797 Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bolton
  James Mather - Son of James Mather & Happy
      Abode: Parish of Great Bolton
      Baptised By: Chris. Hopper
      Register: Baptisms 1789 - 1814, Page 29
      Source: LDS Film 560877
  
  Jam's the Son of James and Happy Mather in the Parish of Great Bolton was baptised this 2nd Day of July 1797 by me Chris Hopper
  

James' father was James Mather and his mother was Happy Lomax.  His paternal grandparents were Richard Mather and Ann Howarth; his maternal grandparents were James Lomax and Mary Taylor. He had a brother and three sisters, named Samuel, Maria, Maria and Nancy.  He was the second youngest of the five children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named James and Elizabeth.  He died at the age of 67 on July 3rd, 1864 in Bolton.² 

• Death Notes

  JAMES. is alive 1851, aged 51.
  
  No matching Burial at St. Peters, so not buried with his three wives.
  
  Age: 64; Married, Boarding with Samuel and Alice Haughton, Cotton weaver in 1861
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1864
  MATHER    James    68    Eastern Bolton    EB/38/200
  Died Q3/1864
  
  MATHER, JAMES        68 
  GRO Reference: 1864  S Quarter in BOLTON 
  Volume 08C  Page 183
  
  The Bolton Chronical: Saturday July 9 1864
  On the 3rd inst., aged 68, James Mather, Lever-street.
  

• General Notes

  James Mather (1797-1864) is the older brother of Nanny Mather, son of James Mather and Happy Lomax.
  
  James's first wife, Mary died aged 24 in 1827.  Three years later, James (now shown as a Widower) married a pregnant Jane Dakin, who gave James a daughter, also Jane.  His young wife Jane also died, possibly giving birth or very soon after!  Their daughter Jane also died after 6 months.
  
  James was on the 1831 L.B. Poor List, living at Blackburn Street (same as his mother in 1811).
  
  James, who already had two infant sons, married a much younger Mercy Grime in 1833, a year after his second wife Jane had died.  Their first son William was born soon after.  Daughter Esther Mather born 1840 confirms MMN = GRIME.
  
  On the 1841 census, James and Mercy (35 and 30) were living in Sidney Street (see map).  His son William (9) was listed first below the parents followed by John (15) and Samuel (12) from his earlier marriages, and then their three daughters, Ellen, Mary Ann and Esther (6, 4 & 1).
  
  In 1851, James and Marcy (51 & 41) are at Back Sydney Street.  All their children were with them: William (17), Ellen (16), Mary Ann (14) and Esther (10). Neighbours were William and Jane Booth (41 & 44). I have DNA matches to both families, possibly because James's sister Nanny Mather married Richard Booth in 1825.
  
  He was a Presbyterian, and some of the family used St. Andrews in Bolton.  His oldest son John became a sucessful beer seller, running the Rothwell Street Tavern in Bolton.
  
  His daughter Mary Ann lived at 12 Shaw Street, Seacombe when she re-married in 1900.
  
  3 July 1864 James Mather of Lever Street died, aged 68.  His death was recorded in the Bolton Chronical.

Details of James' family with Mary Wood

Details of James' family with Jane Dakin

Details of James' family with Mercy Grime