Henry and Mercy were married in a religious ceremony on April 6th, 1801. They had a biological daughter named Sarah. They also had two adopted sons and an adopted daughter, named (Ann), Jacob and Ann. There are no more children.
Name Mary Mather Gender Female Christening Date 18 Feb 1776 Christening Date (Original) 18 FEB 1776 Christening Place SAINT PETER,BOLTON,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND Father's Name Thos. Mather Mother's Name Betty
Name: Mary Mather Event Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 18 Feb 1776 Baptism Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England Parish as it Appears: Bolton Church Father: Thos Mather Mother: Betty Mather Reference Number: L243/1/2/1 Item Number: 3 Archive Roll: 854 Abode: L.L. (i.e. Little Leaver)
(Ann) was born in 1798 in Turton and his baptism took place on June 8th, 1800 at Bradshaw Chapel.21
Birth Notes
Isaac is 52 in 1851, a farmer of 28 acres born Turton. He is a year younger than Jane his wife. Did this Isaac emigrate to the USA, born 27-Oct-1798 and die aged 99? An obituary for such an Isaac exists but seems to conflict with all the US census records.
Name: Isaac Mather Event Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 8 Jun 1800 Baptism Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England Parish as it Appears: Bradshaw Chapel Mother: Mary Mather Reference Number: L243/1/2/2 Item Number: 2 Archive Roll: 855 Text reads: "Isaac s. of Mary Mather of L.B." (no father given)
There's another Isaac Mather from Bolton recorded as born 27 Oct 1799, died 1898 (agd 99) who is said to have married three times, the last marriage being Sarah Langford, before they emigrated to the USA. This Isaac was already in the US by 1850, and was actually born 1812, which explains why he was so fit at 99. It is likely that this is the Isaac that was born 27 Oct 1799 (baptised 1800). Also Isaac Mathers never married Sarah Langford. Sarah Langford married Morgan Pender and Isaac Mathers marries Esther Kershaw, both Q3/1838 at Manchester Collegiate Church which some Ancestry members have confused.
He died at the age of 69 in September 1867 in Bury.3
Death Notes
Died after 1861, but cant find a death record. Perhaps he emigrated to USA with family (as did another Isaac Mather). This death registered at Bury still seems likely for someone living in Edgworth:
Name Isaac Mather Estimated Birth Year abt 1795 Registration Year 1867 Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death 72 Registration district Bury Volume 8c Page 309
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1867 MATHER Isaac 72 Radcliffe Bury RAD/11/18
Dont confuse with the death record index for Isaac Mather, husband of Elizabeth Marsden: Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1893 MATHER Isaac 79 Edgworth Bolton EDG/5/364