John Mather

John was born in 1806 in Deane.

Birth Notes
- Ruth, Martha, John and Ellen were not baptised but died and are buried at Westhoughton. After them, Alice and Ellen were baptised at Blackrod, with abode shown as Westhoughton. Edward and Ruth were married at Deane and the years born (calculated from death ages), form a sequence approx 2 years apart. It is therefore likely all four all children of Edward and Ruth from Deane.

John's father was Edward Mather and his mother was Ruth Gregory. His paternal grandparents were William Mather and Alice Aldcroft. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Richard, Edward, Ruth, Martha, Ellen, Alice, Betty and Ruth. He was the third oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 18 in May 1824 in Westhoughton. His burial was on May 18th, 1824 at St. Bartholomew (Westhoughton).¹