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Thomas Mather

This picture was taken about 1780 at Walmsley Presbyterian and sourced from Certificate - Baptism.

Individual Picture Notes
- One of the first pages of the Walmsley Chapel Meeting House (Presbyterian) is dominated by two Mather families, William+Ann and Peter+Ellin. These two families were to be the grandparents of Samuel Mather (1791-1854) and Alice Mather (1792-1879) who married 9 September 1810. Therefore Samuel and Alice (the parents of John Mather) were second cousins.

Thomas was born in 1774 in Turton and his christening took place on December 27th, 1774 at Walmsley Presbyterian conducted by minister John Aspinal.¹²

Birth Notes
- Christening: 27 DEC 1774   Turton, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire
  Christening: 27 DEC 1774   Todmorden, Lancashire
  
  Baptisms: 27 Dec 1774 Walmsley Meeting House, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
  Thomas Mather - Child of Peter Mather & Ellin (formerly Howarth)
      Abode: Turton
      Notes: [Congregation: Walmsley Meeting]
      Baptised by: Aspinal
      Register: Baptisms 1783-1793, Page 4
      Source: LDS Film 560904

Thomas' father was Peter Mather and his mother was Ellen Howarth. His paternal grandparents were Peter Mather and Elizabeth (Betty) Cranwhaw; his maternal grandparents were George Howarth and Ellen Greenhalgh. He had six brothers and two sisters, named William, Richard, Thomas, James, Peter, John, Ellen and Margaret. He was the fourth oldest of the nine known children. He died as an infant about 1775 in Turton.

General Notes
- Thomas, like most of the other Mather family of this time, was a hand loom weaver.
  
  There are marriages of Thomas Mather to Betty Johnson (28-Oct-1789) and another to Elizabeth Higginbotton (17-Oct-1802). These are othere families from Farnworth and Little Hulton, 4 miles south of Bolton.

Occupation Details
- From before 1841 Thomas' occupation was Hand Loom Weaver.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1841 census

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.~  1640
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.22 Mar 1664 in Turton d.Nov 1732 in Turton
  
  Ann
  - b.~  1640
  
  Peter Mather
  - b.~  1704 in Turton d.Mar 1765 in Turton
  
  Margaret Greenhalgh
  - b.~  1675 in Horwich d.Feb 1728 in Turton
  
  Peter Mather
  - b.~  1740 in Lancashire d.~  1805 in Bolton
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Cranwhaw
  - b.~  1703 in Turton d.Nov 1754 in Turton
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.1774 in Turton d.~  1775 in Turton
  
  George Howarth
  - b.Apr 1708 in Samlesbury
  
  Ellen Howarth
  - b.1741 in Livesey d.Dec 1818 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Greenhalgh
  - b.~  1710 in Livesey

¹ England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)
² FamilySearch.org
Source/Citation BMD-Lancashire

Thomas Mather

Occupation Details

Ancestor Pedigree Chart