John Mather

• Birth Notes

  Name:    John Mather
  Birth Date:    5 Oct (1788)
  Gender:    Male
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Father:    John Mather
  Mother:    Betty Mather
  Baptism Date:    4 Nov 1788
  Baptism Place:    Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Denomination:    Independent
  Piece Title:    Piece 1462: Bolton, Duke's Alley (Independent), 1785-1818
  
  This record was inserted between other entries.  Perhaps an oversight, or possibly indicated that they were not known to the chapel, or not married (text does say "John son of John and Betty Mather", or baptised later and inserted here.
  
  10 Years later, another John born 5 Oct is recorded as baptised with the same date of birth (i.e. 5 Oct 1798), but no baptism date.  Is this the same son, baptised aged 10?  Quite possibly as he was born before the parents married.
  

• Death Notes

  Assumed to have died before 1798, as another John born in 1798.
  
  Name:    John Mather
  Event Type:    Burial
  Burial Date:    19 Jun 1797
  Parish:    Bolton le Moors, St Peter
  Parish as it Appears:    Bolton
  Reference Number:    L243/1/2/2
  
  Text is: "John Mather of G.B." with no indication of age or parents, so may be the worng person, but just the right year to have their next son baptised John (Thomas was baptised in 1796).  No ages were recorded in the 1700s.
  
  Exactly the same situation for son Thomas who died 1795 and the following son was also Thomas, again with no age or parents.