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Rev James Mather

James was born in 1773 in Leigh.¹

Birth Notes
- A possible birth:
  
  Name:    James Mather Or Greshon
  Gender:    Male
  Birth Date:    25 Oct 1774
  Baptism Date:    17 Dec 1774
  Baptism Place:    Bank Street Unitarian OR Presbyterian,Bolton Le Moors,Lancashire,England
  Father:    William Greshon
  Mother:    Elisabeth Mather
  FHL Film Number:    0560877 (RG4 64, 2004)
  
  or
  
  Name:    James Mather
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    7 Nov 1773
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    Bolton Church
  Father:    Thos Mather
  Mother:    Betty Mather
  Reference Number:    L243/1/2/1
  Item Number:    3
  Archive Roll:    854
  Abode:        L.L. (Little Leaver)
  
  The book "Chergymen of England and Scotland" have James born in Leigh in 1773. There is a baptism of "James son of James Mather of Westleigh" on 12 April 1772, which is the closest. Also on 18th Jan 1772 there is James son of Tho's Mather of Atherton baptised at Leigh.

He died at the age of 67 on May 29th, 1840 in Hackney. His burial was in 1840 in Hackney.²

Death Notes
- Death reported as 24 and 29 May
  
  Rev James Mather
  BIRTH    1775
  DEATH    1840 (aged 64-65)
  BURIAL    Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England
  PLOT    White marble sarcofagus, path L
  
  Name:    James Mather
  Registration Year:    1840
  Registration Quarter:    Apr-May-Jun
  Registration district:    Clerkenwell
  Inferred County:    London
  Volume:    3
  Page:    55

General Notes
- Rev. James Mather was born in Leigh, Lancashire in 1773 and died in London 29 May 1840. His father died when he was two years old, and his mother when he was 16. He went to Warrington to learn the trade of a weaver, and later converted and preached after his education.
  
  James was educated and became a minister at New Windsor, Salford, Manchester for three years, and then at Howard Street Chapel, Sheffield for 20 years. Between 1805 and 1806 he performed 9 baptisms.
  
  Later he went to Birmingham and then at the upper Chapel, Islington, London. His two sons Joseph and Robert Cotton were also ministers.
  
  Congregational minister. He was the first person to be buried in Stoke Newington, Hackney cemetery.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- James and James (Jesse) Mather distrusted each other.

Personal Timeline

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¹ Clergymen of England and Scotland
² FindAGrave