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Richard Mather & Catherine Cay

Richard and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony in 1599 in Middleton.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- First name(s)    Richard
  Last name    Mather
  Marriage year    1599
  Spouse's first name(s)    Catherine
  Spouse's last name    Cay
  Place    Middleton
  County    Lancashire
  Country    England
  Source    Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
  Record set    England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
  Category    Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory    Parish Marriages
  Collections from    England, Great Britain

They had two sons named John and Nicholas.

Personal Details
- Richard Mather
  Richard was born about 1570 in Lowton.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Richard Mather, of Loivton, 1626.
      Richard Mather of Lowton, yeoman, 21" Sept. 1626. One third of lands etc to Catherine, my nowe wife for life. The other two thirds to my son John Mather during the life of s*^ Catherine, & after her decease my son John to have all lands etc to him & his heirs for ever. Son Nicholas Mather.
      Exors John Mather, son.
      Overseers Hamlet Warburton my son-in-law & Hy "VVinterbothome of
      Kenyon Sen^
      Witnesses: Nicholas Mather. John Mather. John Winterbothome.
      Inventory by Hy Byrom, John Mather, Geo Darwell, Hy Winterbothome,
      29 Sept. 1626. £52. 8. 8.
      Proved 12 Oct. 1626.
  He died in 1626.
  Catherine Cay
  Catherine is no longer alive.

Children
- John Mather
  John was born about 1602 in Lowton.
  
  Nicholas Mather
  Nicholas was born about 1605 in Lowton.

¹ Boyd's Marriage Index (1538-1850)
² Abstracts of the Wills of the MATHER FAMILY (1573-1650)