Although the age shown for John
in three separate census returns would indicate that he was born several
years before they were married, his parents William
and Mary Matchett, had him baptized in the Anglican church as a son
JULY 26,1823.
John married Louisa
on Sept 29,1845. They raised a large family at Sevogle, where he worked
as a laborer. He was an Anglican: she was a Catholic.