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Richard Mather

This picture was taken about 1780 at Walmsley Presbyterian and sourced from Certificate - Baptism.

Individual Picture Notes
- One of the first pages of the Walmsley Chapel Meeting House (Presbyterian) is dominated by two Mather families, William+Ann and Peter+Ellin. These two families were to be the grandparents of Samuel Mather (1791-1854) and Alice Mather (1792-1879) who married 9 September 1810. Therefore Samuel and Alice (the parents of John Mather) were second cousins.

Richard was born in 1765 in Turton and his christening took place on December 24th, 1765 at Walmsley Presbyterian conducted by minister John Aspinal.¹²

Birth Notes
- Three translations of this entry in FamilySearch.org.uk.
  
  Baptisms: 24 Dec 1765 Walmsley Meeting House, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
  Richard Mather - Child of Peter Mather & Ellin (formerly Howarth)
      Abode: Turton
      Notes: [Congregation: Walmsley Meeting]
      Baptised by: Aspinal
      Register: Baptisms 1783-1793, Page 4
      Source: LDS Film 560904
  
  RICHARD MATHER
  Birth:
  Christening: 24 DEC 1765   Turton, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire
  Christening: 24 DEC 1765   Todmorden, Lancashire, England
  Parents:
  Father: PETER MATHER
  Mother: ELLIN HOWARTH

Richard's father was Peter Mather and his mother was Ellen Howarth. His paternal grandparents were Peter Mather and Elizabeth (Betty) Cranwhaw; his maternal grandparents were George Howarth and Ellen Greenhalgh. He had six brothers and two sisters, named William, Thomas, Thomas, James, Peter, John, Ellen and Margaret. He was the second oldest of the nine known children. He died after 1802.

Death Notes
- Richard may have been the witness to his brother Thomas's marriage to Sarah Davenport. If so, he was still alive in 1802, aged about 37.
  
  This could be him:
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1847
  MATHER Richard 92 Eastern Bolton EB/14/29

General Notes
- There was a Richard Mather, born Bolton alive in 1841, aged 79 living with Thomas and James Walsh (possibly grandchildren). This may be the same Richard.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.~  1640
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.22 Mar 1664 in Turton d.Nov 1732 in Turton
  
  Ann
  - b.~  1640
  
  Peter Mather
  - b.~  1704 in Turton d.Mar 1765 in Turton
  
  Margaret Greenhalgh
  - b.~  1675 in Horwich d.Feb 1728 in Turton
  
  Peter Mather
  - b.~  1740 in Lancashire d.~  1805 in Bolton
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Cranwhaw
  - b.~  1703 in Turton d.Nov 1754 in Turton
  
  Richard Mather
  - b.1765 in Turton d.>  1802
  
  George Howarth
  - b.Apr 1708 in Samlesbury
  
  Ellen Howarth
  - b.1741 in Livesey d.Dec 1818 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Greenhalgh
  - b.~  1710 in Livesey

¹ England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)
² FamilySearch.org

Richard Mather

Ancestor Pedigree Chart