Family of Edmund Mather & Melicent Ashworth

Edmund and Melicent were married in a religious ceremony on March 19th, 1796 at St. James (Haslingden) by Curate James Quarkley and witnessed by John Heys & Thomas Wilding.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- Marriage: 19 Mar 1796 St James, Haslingden, Lancashire, England
  Edmund Mather - (X), Lower Booths
  Melicent Ashworth - (X), the Chapelry of Newchurch
      Witness: John Heys; Thos. Wilding
      Married by Banns by: James Quarkley, Curate
      Register: Marriages 1783 - 1797, Entry 995
      Source: Original register at Lancashire Archives Preston

They had a daughter named Ann.

Personal Details
- Edmund Mather
  Edmund was born about 1770 in Crawshawbooth.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Edmund Mather of Lower Booths and Melicent Ashoworth of Newchurch were married in 1796
  He died in March 1803 R Rossendale. His burial was on March 12th, 1803 in Haslingden.³⁴
  - Death Notes
    - Name:    Edmund Mather
      Burial Date:    Mar 1803
      Parish:    Haslingden, Lancashire, England
      Register Type:    Bishops Transcripts
      Reference Number:    Drb/2/254
      
      Burial: 12 Mar 1803 St James, Haslingden, Lancashire, England
      Edmund Mather -
          Abode: Newhouse, Rossendale
          Register: Burials 1796 - 1812
          Source: Original Parish Register at Lancashire Archives
  Melicent Ashworth
  Melicent was born in 1774 in Newchurch in Rossendale and her baptism took place on February 13th, 1774 in Goodshaw.²⁵
  - Birth Notes
    - Edmund Mather of Lower Booths and Melicent Ashowrth of Newchurch were married in 1796
      
      Newchurch is about 2 miles East of Haslingden
      
      Name:    Milleson Ashworth
      Event Type:    Baptism
      Baptism Date:    13 Feb 1774
      Baptism Place:    Goodshaw, St Mary and All Saints, Lancashire
      Father:    John Ashworth
      Mother:    Betty Ashworth
      Reference Number:    GB127.L82/1/1/1
      
      Milleson of Jhn & Betty Ashworth, Blacklayn Head Hennards
  She died at the age of 72 in March 1846 R Rossendale.⁶
  - Death Notes
    - Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1846
      HAWORTH Melicent 71 Rossendale ROSS/3/87

Children
- Ann Mather
  Ann was born in 1800 in Lower Booths.⁷ She died at the age of 53 in January 1853 in Newchurch in Rossendale. Her burial was on January 5th, 1853 in Newchurch in Rossendale.⁸
  - Death Notes
    
    Name:    Ann Collinge
    Age:    53
    Birth Date:    abt 1800
    Burial Date:    5 Jan 1853
    Burial Place:    Newchurch in Rossendale, St Nicholas, Lancashire, England
    Parish as it Appears:    Newchurch
    Reference Number:    GB127.L75/1/5/4
    
    Abode: Cowpe, aged 53

Edmund Mather & Melicent Ashworth

Personal Details

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