Children

 Jacob Mather


Jacob was born on October 31st, 1812 in Lancaster and his baptism took place there on November 20th, 1812.¹ 
• Birth Notes

  Name:    Jacob Mather
  Gender:    Male
  Birth Date:    31 Oct 1812
  Baptism Date:    20 Nov 1812
  Baptism Place:    Saint Mary,Lancaster,Lancashire,England
  Father:    Luke Mather
  Mother:    Sarah
  FHL Film Number:    93960


 Luke Mather


Luke was born on September 21st, 1814 in Preston.² 
• Birth Notes

  Name:    Luke Mather
  Event Type:    Birth
  Birth Date:    21 Sep 1814
  Birth Place:    Preston, Lancaster, England
  Gender:    Male
  Father:    Luke Mather
  Mother:    Sarah
  Meeting:    Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire
  Piece Description:    Piece 0640: Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire: Births (1809-1817)


 Thomas Mather


Thomas was born on November 6th, 1816 in Preston and his baptism took place on January 12th, 1840 at Manchester Cathedral.^2 3 
• Birth Notes

  Thomas married Matilda Selina Bond, daughter of George Henry Hearne in 1851.  He was 34, so born about 1817.
  
  Name:    Thomas Mather
  Event Type:    Birth
  Birth Date:    6 Nov 1816
  Birth Place:    Preston, Lancaster, England
  Gender:    Male
  Father:    Luke Mather
  Mother:    Sarah
  Meeting:    Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire
  Piece Description:    Piece 0640: Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire: Births (1809-1817)
  
  Thomas was baptised in 1840.  Perhaps the family changed from being quakers.  His mother is recorded as Sarah, even though his father Luke had remarried in 1829.  It must have been an adult baptism.
  
  Name    Thomas Mather
  Baptism Date    12 Jan 1840
  Parish    Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George
  Father's Name    Luke Mather
  Mother's Name    Sarah Mather
  Archive Roll    764
  Abode: Chorlton upon Medlock
  Father's Occupation: Reedmaker
He died at the age of 80 in December 1896 in Blackburn.⁴ 
• Death Notes

  Name:    Thomas Mather
  Estimated birth year:    abt 1816
  Registration Year:    1896
  Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
  Age at Death:    80
  Registration district:    Blackburn, Lancashire
  Volume:    8e
  Page:    344
  
  or
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1858
  MATHER    Thomas    42    Brindle/Withnell    BR/6/21
  


 Joseph Mather


Joseph was born on June 9th, 1819 in Preston.² 
• Birth Notes

  Name:    Joseph Mather
  Event Type:    Birth
  Birth Date:    9 Jun 1819
  Birth Place:    Preston, Lancaster, England
  Gender:    Male
  Father:    Luke Mather
  Mother:    Sarah
  Meeting:    Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire
  Piece Description:    Piece 0641: Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire: Births (1817-1822)


 Mary Mather


Mary was born about 1821 in Preston.
• Birth Notes

  Mary was 20 in 1841
  
  There is no birth or baprism record for her.  She was probably born in Preeston like her brothers, before the family moved back to Manchester.