James Mather & Betty Lyon

James Mather
James was born on September 28th, 1761 in Turton and his baptism took place on November 2nd, 1761 at Bank Street Unitarian conducted by Reverend Philip Holland.^2 3 

• Birth Notes
  • Name: James Mather 
    Gender: Male 
    baptism/christening date: 02 Nov 1761 
    baptism/christening place: BANK STREET UNITARIAN OR PRESBYTERIAN,BOLTON LE MOORS,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND 
    birth date: 28 Sep 1761 
    father's name: Richard Mather 
    mother's name: Anne 
    indexing project (batch) number: C08640-1 
    system origin: England-ODM 
    source film number: 0560877 (RG4 64, 2004) 
        Abode: Turton
        Notes: Baptised at Bolton
        Baptised by: Revd. Philip Holland
    This is the most likely, as future wife Happy Lomax was also Christened at Bank Street Unitarian. Although the James and Susannah baptisms dont align with the others, there is only one James and Ann family in Bolton district, so it seems Isaac was baptised late (after the marriage).
    
    or
    
    JAS. MATHER
    Birth: 
    Christening:  11 DEC 1763   Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
    Parents:
      Father:  ELIAS MATHER
      Mother:  MARY
    
    or
    
    James Mather
    Christening:  15 JAN 1769   Deane, Lancashire, England
    Parents:
      Father:  James Mather
    
    

He died at the age of 50 in October 1811 in Little Bolton.  His burial was on October 20th, 1811 in Bridge Street Chapel (Methodist).^4 5 

• Death Notes
  • May have died between 1798 and 1815, as Happy married again in 1816.  Most probably about 1814, but its a guess!
    
    Several death records for James Mather, but none match age and spouse.
    
    A James Mather Cash receipt for £2-2-0 for a grave no. 7-29 is recorded in 20-Oct-1811 in the Register of Burials at Bridge Street Wesleyan Chapel at Little Bolton in the parish of Bolton le Moors, Lancashire from 1810 to 1837.
    
    Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8),
    Name: James Mather 
    Event Type: Burial 
    Burial Date: 20 Oct 1811 
    Burial Place: Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire 
    Affiliate Publication Number: RG4_1024 
    
    Happy Mather is listed in the L.B. Poor Book for 1811, which is consistant with Samuel dying in 1811.  She was a rate and tax payer, with 2s 9d rate collected for a House in Blackburn Street and not on the poor recipient list.
    
    There is another burial record for a James Mather, 54 in Wigan 28 June 1814, but the Bolton record is more likely.

Betty Lyon
Betty was born in June 1769 in Wigan and her baptism took place there on December 31st, 1769.⁶ 

• Birth Notes
  • Betty was 20 when she died, so born first half of 1769
    
    Name    Betty Lyon
    Mother    Jane Lyon
    Father    John Lyon
    Baptism    12/1769 Wigan Lancashire England
    Vital    12/1769 Wigan Lancashire England
    
    Name:    Betty Lyon
    Event Type:    Christening (Baptism)
    Baptism Date:    31 Dec 1769
    Baptism Place:    Wigan, All Saints, Lancashire, England
    Father:    John Lyon
    Mother:    Jane Lyon
    
    Betty, daughter of John & Jane Lyon of Market Street.

She died at the age of 20 in August 1789 in Bolton.  Her burial was on August 5th, 1789 at St. Peter's (Bolton).³ 

• Death Notes
  • Betty Mather died in August, wife of James, aged 20, probably after childbirth of Nancy. Nancy dau of James and Elizabeth was baptised in September 1789
    
    Burial: 5 Aug 1789 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
    Betty Mather - Wife of James Mather of G.B.
        Age: 20
        Abode: GB
        Source: LDS Family Search
    
    Name:    Betty Mather
    Death Age:    20
    Event Type:    Burial
    Birth Date:    abt 1769
    Burial Date:    5 Aug 1789
    Burial Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
    Spouse:    James Mather
    Reference Number:    L243/1/2/2