William Mather

• Birth Notes

  Possibly born 27 June 1807 (Ancestry.co.uk)
  
  William was 30 when he sailed to NY in 1840, so born about 1810
  
  In the 1850 US Census, William is 42, so born about 1808 and has wife Ellen with him, aged 38.  He was 47 when he died, so born late 1808 (about Sept).
  
  There are several facts that show that William is of this family:
  
  1) His first daughter Catherine is buried at Walmsley Chapel.  If William was baptised here, then his records were lost (as all the records were lost 1800-1812).
  
  2) Walmsley baptism records are lost between 1795 and 1815,   Richard (his father) is on the 1841 census, ages 60, but the oldest child is then John, aged 18.  There must be others on these lost records!
  
  3) Father Richard and brother John came to live in the US and join William and his wife.
  
  4) From US records we know William was born about 1808, and also we know he married Ellen at St Peter Bolton, and of Bolton Parish.

• Death Notes

  William Mather (1807-1856) settled in Baltimore County, Maryland and went to work in a cotton mill. 
  
  He died at The Village of Cross Keys, Baltimore County, Maryland.
  
  An obituary (with the wrong name) reads:
  In Baltimore County, on the 10th instant WILLIAM MATTHEWES, aged 47 years.  His friends and acquaintances are requested to attend his funeral from his late residence, Cross Keys Tavern, 4 miles on the Falls Road, this (Monday) afternoon at 2 o'clock, without further notice.