John Mather
John was born in 1780 in
Little Bolton and his baptism took place on September 10th, 1780 at
Turton Chapel.
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Birth Notes
Name: John Mather
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 10 Sep 1780
Baptism Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: Turton Chapel
Father: James Mather
Mother: Elizth Mather
Reference Number: L243/1/2/1
Item Number: 3
Archive Roll: 854
Although shows as "Turton Chapel" there seem to be too many baptisms for this to be correct. St. Ann, Turton has about 3 to 6 per month, not 20 to 100 (as is the case here). It may be tte name of the old church before St. Peters was built.
John's 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
James,
Isaac,
Margaret and
<unknown>. He was the oldest of the five known children.