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Nanny (Nancy) Mather

sourced from Bolton Parish Records.

1799 Nanny Mather

This picture sourced from Bolton Parish Records.

Individual Picture Notes
- RG4/1202 1799 Microfilm Record reads:
  Nanny the Daughter of James and Happy Mather in [parish]
  of Ainsworth was Baptized this 13 Day of May 1799
  fr ms Chris Hopper.

Nanny, known as Nancy, was born in May 1799 in Ainsworth and her baptism took place on May 13th, 1799 at Ridgway Gates Wesleyan conducted by minister Chris Hopper.¹²

Birth Notes
- There are several conflicting Nancy Mathers:
  1) Nancy d. of Betty Mather, Haslingden Workhouse, bap 24 Feb 1799
  2) Our Nancy baptised 13 May 1799 (below)
  3) Nancy d. of James & Sally Smethurst, baptised 31 May 1799
  4) Nancy d. of James & Sarah Makin, baptised 9 Aug 1799
     (this Nancy died an inant)
  5) Nancy d. of Berry & Nelly Mather of Whitefield, bap 1 Jun 1800
  6) Nancy b.1803, Turtun (assumed d of Solomon and Martha)
  
  Baptism: 13 May 1799 Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bolton, Lancashire
  Nanny Mather - Daughter of James Mather & Happy
      Abode: Hainsworth
      Baptised By: Chris. Hopper
      Register: Baptisms 1789 - 1814, Page 33
      Source: LDS Film 560877
  
  1202 = Register of Births and Baptisms of Ridgway Gates Wesleyan Chapel at Great Bolton in the parish of Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire from 1773 to 1811
  
  RG4/1202 1799 Microfilm Record reads:
  Nanny the Daughter of James and Happy Mather in this (parish)
  of Ainsworth was Baptized this 13 Day of May 1799 by me Chris Hopper.

Nancy's father was James Mather and her mother was Happy Lomax. Her paternal grandparents were Richard Mather and Ann Howarth; her maternal grandparents were James Lomax and Mary Taylor. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Samuel, James, Maria and Maria. She was the youngest of the five children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named James and Elizabeth. She died at the age of 39 in August 1838 in Little Bolton. Her burial was on August 5th, 1838 at All Saints, Little Bolton.³⁴

Death Notes
- BOOTH, NANCY        41
  GRO Reference: 1838 S Quarter in BOLTON UNION
  Volume 21 Page 63
  
  There are four Nancy Booth burials and Tonge cemetery
  
  Name:    Nancy Booth
  Age:    41
  Birth Date:    abt 1797
  Burial Date:    5 Aug 1838
  Burial Place:    Little Bolton, All Saints, Lancashire, England
  Abode: Little Bolton
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1838
  BOOTH    Nancy    41    Little Bolton    Bolton    LB/1/432
  
  Burial: 5 Aug 1838 All Saints, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Nancy Booth -
      Age: 41 yrs
      Abode: L. Bolton
      Buried by: J Shepherd Birley Minister
      Register: Burials 1813 - 1856, Page 52, Entry 409
      Source: LDS Film 2356304

General Notes
- Should Nanny be Nancy or Annie?
  
  Dont confuse this Nanny with the Nanny Mather who married Samuel Astle. The records show that the Nanny who married Samuel Astley was born about 1792 and died 1819.
  
  There ia another Nancy Mather, born 31 May 1799 dau of James and Sally, who died an infant.
  
  There's a Nancy Mather who married William Woods in Haslingden, 31-Dec-1820. This is also another, the daughter of Betty Mather, born 1799 in Haslingden.
  
  The Nancy Mather who married Samuel Kay was born 1803 (from 1851 and 1861 census)

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Nancy was a relative of Alice Lomax.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Nanny was Alice's niece, daughter of James Mather & Happy Lomax (Alice's sister)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.1713 in Warrington d.Apr 1768 in Warrington
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.Nov 1737 in Turton d.May 1826 in Turton
  
  Thomas Blinstone
  - b.1671 in Warrington
  
  Richard Blinstone
  - b.Aug 1691 d.Aug 1727 in Prescot
  
  Ellen Blinstone
  - b.1714 in Burtonwood d.06 Jan 1780 in Warrington
  
  Margaret (?)
  - b.~  1693 d.Aug 1755 in Warrington
  
  James Mather
  - b.28 Sep 1761 in Turton d.Oct 1811 in Little Bolton
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.~  1650
  
  Giles Howarth
  - b.1672 in Lower Darwen d.Jun 1739 in Lower Darwen
  
  Edmund Howarth
  - b.May 1702 in Lower Darwen
  
  Mary Yates
  - b.~  1679 d.Nov 1737 in Lower Darwen
  
  Ann Howarth
  - b.1744 in Lower Darwen d.May 1786 in Turton
  
  Anne
  - b.1696
  
  Nanny (Nancy) Mather
  - b.May 1799 in Ainsworth d.Aug 1838 in Little Bolton
  
  John Lomax
  - b.~  1702 in Entwistle
  
  James Lomax
  - b.1735 in Bolton d.1831 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Cross
  - b.~  1706 in Darwen
  
  Happy Lomax
  - b.08 Feb 1768 in Bolton d.23 Jun 1843 in Bolton
  
  Mary Taylor
  - b.~  1731 in Deane d.1796 in Bury

Personal Timeline

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¹ Bolton Methodist Church Circuit Records
² Lancashire OPC Project
³ Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials
⁴ BMD-Lancashire
Sources/Citations FamilySearch.org, FreeBMD.org.uk, Deceased Online