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James Mather

James was born in January 1785 in Turton and his baptism took place on January 15th, 1785 at Walmsley Presbyterian conducted by John Taylor.¹

Birth Notes
- Baptism: 15 Jan 1785 Walmsley Meeting House, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
  James Mather - [Child] of James Mather & Betty (formerly Knowles)
      Abode: Rock, Turton, Bolton, Lancashire
      Notes: [Congregation: Walmsley Meeting]
      Baptised by: John Taylor
      Register: Baptisms 1783-1793, Page 8, Entry 92
      Source: LDS Film 560904
  
  Other siblings (Isaac and Margaret) were from Goose Colt Hill, which was also the location of the Turton workhouse.
  
  Another James Mather and Betty (Lyon) was baptised 10 Apr 1785 at Turton Chapel, abode G.B.
  
  Another James, son of James and Isabel was also baptised at Turton Chapel 5 Feb 1786. This child died, aged 1.
  
  Yet another James, son or Robert and Peggy was baptised 1788 at Tockholes

James' father was James Mather and his mother was Betty Knowles. He had two brothers and a sister, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named John, Isaac, Margaret and <unknown>. He was the third oldest of the five known children. He died at the age of 74 in January 1859 in Bolton.²

Death Notes
- WARNING: This death is used for two James'
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1859
  MATHER James 73 Western Bolton WB/26/206
  
  MATHER, JAMES 73
  GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in BOLTON
  Volume 08C Page 245
  
  If his father James re-married Happy Lomax or Sarah Makin after James's mother Betty died in 1789, then this son James would be expected to have also died an infant, as his father named another son James (by both marriage options). There are two known deaths and burials for James, but both are of other families:
  18 Apr 1787 - James & Isobel
  30 Jan 1786 - James & Sarah

General Notes
- This may NOT be the son of James Mather and Betty Lyon, as their son James was baptisd in Jan 1785, but another Betty baptised in April. The baptism indicatea a married mother, but these parents Betty Lyon and James didnt marry until September, five months after the baptism. Also the mother was very young.
  
  If its the same James Mather that married Happy Lomax, then another James was baptised 12 years later, so this James must have died an infant.
  
  James Mather married Betty and moved to Hulme Manchester. James was 78 in 1861, born Bolton.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Mather
  - b.~ 1753 in Little Bolton
  
  James Mather
  - b.Jan 1785 in Turton d.Jan 1859 in Bolton
  
  Betty Knowles
  - b.1751 in Quarlton

¹ Manchester CoE BMB (1541-1812)
² BMD-Lancashire
Source/Citation Lancashire CoE BMB 1538-1812