Personal Details

 Isaac Mather
Isaac was born in 1798 in Turton and his baptism took place on June 8th, 1800 at Bradshaw Chapel.^2 3 
• 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.⁴ 
• 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
  
  


 Jane Lee
Jane was born about 1796 in Edgworth.² 
• Birth Notes

  Aged 53 in 1851
  Aged 58 at time of death in 1852
She died in 1852 in Bolton.⁵ 
• Death Notes

  Died between 1851 and 1861
  
  There are 5 deaths recorded in FreeBMD for Bolton (no ages), in 1851, 52, 53, 58 and 59.  Lancashire BMD also has these, and there are three in Edgworth:
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1852
  MATHER Jane 58 Edgworth Bolton EDG/2/242  (best fit)
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1853
  MATHER Jane 40 Edgworth Bolton EDG/2/281
  
  Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1858
  MATHER Jane 22 Edgworth Bolton EDG/2/462