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 and Susan were married in a religious ceremony on October 7th, 1787 at St. Peter's (Bolton) by Jn'o Whittle and witnessed by John Wood & Richard Mangnall.2
Marriage/Union Notes
Richard Smith of Deane, Weaver and Susan Mather of this (Bolton le Moors) parish
They had three sons named Thomas, Thomas and Richard. There are no more children.
He died at the age of 4 on April 15th, 1794 in Horwich. He was buried on April 17th, 1794 in Horwich.3
Death Notes
Name: Thomas Smith Burial Date: 17 Apr 1794 Parish: Horwich, Lancashire, England Father's name: Richard Smith Mother's name: Susan Smith Register Type: Bishops Transcripts Reference Number: Drm/2/77a
SMITH Thomas, Son of Richard and Susannah died 15 (April 1794), aged 4 years
Thomas was born in 1797 in Bradshaw and his baptism took place on April 11th, 1797 at Turton Chapel.4
Birth Notes
Name Thomas Smith Gender Male Christening Date 11 Apr 1797 Christening Place TURTON,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND Father's Name Richard Smith Mother's Name Susan
Name Thomas Smith Gender Male Christening Date 11 Apr 1797 Christening Place Tottington, Lanacashire, Engkand Father's Name Richard Smith Mother's Name Susan Smith
Thomas Son of Richard & Susan Smith of Bradshaw, Weaver
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1868 SMITH Thomas 71 Western Bolton WB/37/200
Name: Thomas Smith Estimated birth year: abt 1797 Registration Year: 1868 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 71 Registration district: Bolton, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 219
Name: Thomas Smith Death Date: May 1868 Cemetery: Tonge Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England Has Bio?: N URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...
Richard was born in 1799 in Entwistle and his baptism took place on June 2nd, 1799 at Turton Chapel.4
Birth Notes
Name Richard Smith Gender Male Christening Date 02 Jun 1799 Christening Place TURTON,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND Father's Name Richard Smith Mother's Name Susannah
Name Richd. Smith Gender Male Christening Date 02 Jun 1799 Christening Place Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England Page Header Bap. in Turton in the year 1899 Birthplace Entwistle Father's Name Richd. Smith Mother's Name Susannah Smith
Richard Son of Richard & Susannah Smith of Entwistle, Weaver
He died at the age of 71 in 1870 in Bolton. He was buried on September 30th, 1822 at St. Mary (Deane).6
Death Notes
Richard did no died in Westhoughton, aged 23. That was another, son of John Smith:
Name: Richard Smith Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1799 Burial Date: 30 Sep 1822 Burial Place: Deane, St Mary, Lancashire, England Father: John Smith Reference Number: GB127.L85/1/4/3 Abode: Westhoughton
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1870 SMITH Richard 70 Western Bolton WB/40/16