LONGEVITY:
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS PERSONS, WHO
HAVE LIVED TO AN EXTRAORDINARY AGE,
With Several Curious particulars respecting
their Lives;
THE WHOLE COMPRISING AN ABRIDGEMENT
OF LONGEVITY, AS FAR AS HISTORY
EXTENDS IN EVERY QUARTER OF
THE WORLD, FROM THE CRE-
ATION TO THE YEAR 1792.
Authenticated by Referential Notes from Authors of Veracity.
By CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN OF NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY JACOB S. MOTT, No. 70
VESEY - STREET.
1798.
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PREFACE.
I LONG had in contemplation the uti-
lity of a work of this kind, and had set
about collecting materials for carrying it
into effect, when I accidentally cast my eyes
on the Scots Magazine for 1786, where I
found an undertaking of this kind highly
recommended by Dr. Fothergill; from that
time I was more sedulous than ever, confi-
dent it would prove a source of valuable
information and rational amusement. I
now commit it to the public, conscious of
meaning well, in presenting them with this,
trifle.
CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN.



LONGEVITY, &c.
IN a letter from Dr. ANTHONY FOTHER-
GILL to a friend, are the following remar-
kable instances of Longevity. See the Scots
Magazine for 1786.
In the year of our Lord 76, in the reign
of Vespasian, there was a taxing which af-
forded the most authentic method of know-
ing the ages of men. From it there were
found in that part of Italy between the
Appennine Mountains and the River Po,
124 persons who either equalled or ex-
ceeded 100 years of age, viz.
54 persons of 100 years each
57 do. 110 do.
2 do. 125 do.
4 do. 130 do.
4 do. 136 do.
3 do. 140 do.
124 persons.
A2 


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IN PARMA,
3 persons of 120 years
2 do. 130 do.
5 persons.
IN BRUSSELS,
1 person of 125 years.
IN PLACENTIA,
1 person of 131 years.
IN FLAVENTIA,
l person of 132 years
6 do. 110 do.
4 do. 120 do.
11 persons.
IN RIMINO,
Marceus Aponius 150 years.
The substance of the above letter of Dr. Fo-
thergill is chiefly translated from the 7th Book of
Pliny's Natural History. See Smellie's Phi-
losophy of Natural History, page 450.
Hippocrates, Physician, aged 104, Island
of Chos, Asia. Lynchers Guide to Health.
Galen, Physician, aged 140, Pergamus,
Asia. Vos. Inst. or lib. 3.
Albuna Marc, aged 150, Ethiopia, Afri-
ca. Hakervell's ap. lib. 1.
Titus Fullonius, aged 150, Bononia.—
Fulgosus, lib. 8.
L. Turtulla, aged 137, Armenia, Persia.
Fulgosus, lib. 8. 

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Abraham Paiba, aged 142, Charlestown,
South Carolina. General Gazetteer.
Margaret Scott, aged 125, Dalkeith,
Scotland. See inscription on her tomb,
in Dalkeith Church yard.
W. Gulstone, aged 140, Ireland. Ful-
ler's Worthies.
W. Postell, aged 120, France. Bacon's
History.
Patrick Wian, aged  115, Lesbury,
Northumberland, England. Piempius
Fundammed, Sec. 4. chap. 8.
M. Lawrence, aged 140, Orcades, Scot-
land. Buchanan's hist, of Scotland.
Richard Lloyd, aged 133, Montgomery,
England. Lynche's guide to Health.
William Walker, who was a soldier at
the battle of Edge Hill.
Brown, the Cornish beggar, aged 120.
Polezeu, aged 130.
End of extract from Dr. Fothergill's Letter.
INSTANCE OF EXTREME OLD AGE.
Nunio de Kugna, aged 370, was born
in the kingdom of Bengal in India, in the
year 1196, and died in 1566.
MAFFEUS, who wrote the history of the
Indies, which has been always esteemed a
model of veracity, and an elegant compo-
sition, gives the following account, (Hist.
Ind, lib. xi. cap. 4.) after having related

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the death of the sultan of Cambaya, and
the conquest of his kingdom by the Portu-
guese.
"They presented," said he, "at this
time to the general, a man born among the
ancient Gangards, now called Bengalers,
who was three hundred and thirty-five years
of age. There were various circumstances
which took from this account all suspicion
of falshood. In the first place his age was
confirmed by universal tradition? all the
people averring, that the oldest men in their
infancy spoke of this man's age with asto-
nishment; and that he had then living in
his own house, a son ninety years old. In
the next place, his ignorance was so great,
and he was so absolutely void of learning,
that this removed all ground of doubt; for,
by the strength of his memory, he was a
kind of living chronicle, relating distinctly
and exactly, whatever had happened in
the compass of his life, together with all
the circumstances relating to it.
This wonderful man had often lost and
renewed his teeth; his hair, both on his
head and beard, grew insensibly grey, and
then as insensibly turned black again. The
first age of his life he passed in Idolatry;
but during the two last centuries of his life,
had regularly continued a Mahometan.—
The sultan had allowed him a pension for

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his subsistence, the continuance of which
he begged from the general; the same mo-
tive remaining which had induced the king
of Cambaya to grant him a subsistence, that
is to say, his great age, and the extraordi-
nary circumstances which had attended his
life; these prevailed on the general to grant
his request." It may be very easily concei-
ved, that so strange a story as the above,
related by so faithful a historian, must have
created many enquiries, and must have
either sunk in the world, or, in consequence
of those enquiries, received abundance of
concurrent testimonies. We shall, there-
fore, add some farther remarkable particu-
lars concerning this celebrated long liver,
from another Portugueze writer, Ferdinard
Lepoz de Castegneda, who was historio-
grapher royal.
He says in his history of Lusitania, lib.
viii. "In the year 1536, Nunio de Kugna
was then 340 years of age, and was present-
ed to the viceroy of the Indies. He re-
membered that he had seen the city in
which he dwelt, then one of the most po-
pulous in the Indies, a very inconsiderable
place. He had changed his hair, and re-
covered his teeth four times, and when the
Viceroy saw him his head and beard were
black, but the hair weak and thin. He
asserted in the course of his life, he had 700 

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wives, some of whom died, and the rest
he put away.
"The king of Portugal caused a strict
enquiry to be made into this matter, and
an annual account of the state of the old
man's health to be brought him by the re-
turn of the fleet from India. This long
lived person was a native of the kingdom
of Bengal, and died at the age of three hun-
dred and seventy."
Saint Patrick died in Ireland, about the
year of our Lord 490, aged 122 years.—
He was born in Wales, was educate and
ordained in Gaul, and began the conversion
of Ireland about the year 432, and laboured
in it until his death, in which time he con-
stituted 355 churches, and at each ordain-
ed a sett of elders, with a bishop at their
head. See the account of his life at large
in Nonnius, and also in Keating, page 372,
348.—for extracts of which, see the sermon
of the Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. D.—L. L. D.
preached at Hartford, before his Excellen-
cy the Governor and the General Assembly
of the State of Connecticut on the 8th of
May, 1783.
Thomas Parr, of Shropshore, England,
died November 16, 1635, aged 152 years.
He lived in the reign of 10 kings—some-
time before his death he was sent for to
court, on account of his extraordinary age, 

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and was there handsomely provided for
(being a man of narrow circumstances) but
having been long accustomed to a country
life, the change soon effected his death.
Pennsylvania Magazine 1775.
Westminster Abbey—Thomas Parr of
the county of Salop, born in 1483. He
lived in the reign of 10 Princes, viz.
Edward the 4th, King Edward the 5th,
King Richard the 3d, King Henry the 7th,
King Henry the 8th, King Edward the
6th, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King
James, and King Charles, and was buried
there November 15, 1635, aged 152 years.
Hackett's Collection of Epitaphs.
William Sturt, of Patrington, England,
aged 97, died in May 1685, and buried at
Heydon, near Hull. See his tomb stone
in Heydon Church yard: he had by his
first wife 28 children, by his second 17,
own father to 45, grand father to 86, great
grand father to 97, and great great grand
father to 23, in all 251. Annual Register
for 1763.
James Bowels, aged 152, Killingworth,
England, died in 1656. Scots Magazine
for 1786.
J. Sages, aged 112, Lancashire, England,
died in 1668. Scots Magazine for 1786.
Countess of Eggleston, aged 143, Ire- 


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land, died in 1691. Scots Magazine for
1786.
Henry Jenkins, aged 169, Yorkshire,
England, died 8th December 1670. He
is the greatest instance of Longevity ever
known in England: in the early part of his
life he was a soldier, and continued so ac-
cording to some accounts to near his 70th
year, after which he returned to Yorkshire,
and supported himself for the last 100
years by fishing. Being subpœned as an
evidence on a trial in chancery, he answer-
ed the following question. How long
have you known the lands in dispute?
Answer, upwards of 130 years. After his
death a subscription was raised to defray
the expence of a monument, which was
erected at Allerton to the memory of so
extraordinary a person, on which is an ap-
plicable inscription. Pennsylvania Ma-
gazine for 1775.
He lived to see all the troubles in Eng-
land during the reigns of Henry 7th, Hen-
ry 8th, Edward 6th, Mary, Elizabeth,
James 1st, Charles 1st, (time of the com-
monwealth, Oliver Cromwell, the various
governments of his son Richard and dur-
ing 13 years until 1661) when Charles 2d,
was crowned, and died in the 8th year of
Charles 2d reign, in the year 1670.—
Abridgment of the History of England.

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Robert Montgomery, aged 121, York-
shire, England, died in 1670. Scots Ma-
gazine for 1786.
James Sands, aged 140 
His Wife, do. 120 
Staffordshire,
England, died
in 1670. Scots Magazine for 1786.
Countess of Desmond, aged 140, Ireland,
died in 1670. Scots Magazine for 1786.
Mr. Heyrie, aged 76, Leicestershire, Eng-
land, died in 1689. London Magazine for
1752—He lived in one house with his wife
62 years, and in all that time buried neither
man, woman, nor child, tho' they were
sometimes 20 in family, and his widow
who lived to be 97, saw before her death,
of her children, grandchildren, and great
grand children, to the number of 143. See
epitaph in St. Martin's Church, Leicester-
shire.
John Bales, aged 126, Northampton,
England, died April 5th, 1706. Scots
Magazine for the year 1786.
Geotge Stanley, aged 1751, Homington,
near Salisbury, England, died in 1719.—
Upon a black marble slab in the chaneel of
Homington Church is an inscription to his
memory, which mentions his age, and the
time of his death. London Magazine for
1778.
Mary Gore, aged 125 Dublin, Ireland,
died in 1727. She was born in Colling- 
B

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worth, in Yorkshire, England, lived 100
years in Ireland, and died in Dublin. See
New-York Daily Advertiser, July 16, 1786.
John Rooin, aged 172 
His wife do. 164 
In the Banet
of Temeswar, 
Hungary. London Magazine for 1756.
It does not mention the time of their death.
They were married together 147 years, their
youngest son being 90 at his father's death.
Peter Zorton, a peasant, aged 185. Ke-
veresche, also in the Banet of Temeswar.
He fed only on pulse. The youngest of
his children at the father's death, was 97
years old.—This account of John Room
and his wife, and Peter Zorton, is given by
M. le Cat, of the Royal Academy of Sci-
ences at Rhoan, and Fellow of the Royal
Society at London; he saw at Brussels the
full length portraits of all three, and a suc-
cinct history of them in Prince Charles's Li-
brary. See London Magazine for 1756.
William Wakely, aged 124. Jasal, alias
Shesnal, England, died November, 1714.
Upon a small board, in Shesnal Church,
Shropshire, is the following inscription.—
William Wakely was baptized a. Jasal,
alias Shesnal, May 1st, 1590, and buried
at Ad Caston. November the 28th, 1714:
his age was upwards of 124 years. He si-
ved in she reign of 8 kings and queens.
P.D. London General Magazine for 1778.

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William Leland, Gent, aged 140, Lis-
nashea, Ireland, died in 1732. He was
born at Warrington, in England, in 1593,
and perfectly remembered the coronation of
king James the first—he was prodigious tall
and big-bon'd. London Magazine, or
Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, for
1732. page 490.
Mrs. Carney, a Roman Catholic maiden
lady, aged 110, near Red Lion Square,
London; died in 1733. London Maga-
zine for 1733.
The oldest pensioner in Chelsea College,
aged 115, London, died in 1733. He had
served the crown upwards of 80 years, and
signalised himself at Edge Hill fight, against
the Parliament party; was also in all the
wars in Ireland under king William, and
also under the duke of Marlborough, thro'
all his campaigns in Flanders, and was ad-
mitted a pensioner the same year the treaty
of peace was concluded at Utrecht. Lon-
don Magazine for 1733.
Mr. Truss, aged 112, Clay-Hill, near
Enfield, England, died in 1733. He was
a soldier in Oliver Cromwell's army. Lon-
don Magazine for 1733.
—Gundy, Esq. aged 116, near Hyde
Park, London; died in 1733. He was re-
puted worth upwards of 100,000 pounds.
London Magazine for 1733.

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A woman, aged 102, Rheims, France,
died in 1735. She had had nine husbands
and bred up 26 children; she was attended
to the grave by 153 sons, grandsons, and
great grandsons, many of the former going
upon crutches, or lead along blind, and
borne down with the weight of old age.
She had herself 8 brothers and 13 sisters,
who had so numerous a posterity, that the
old woman was aunt and great aunt to up-
wards of 1000 people. London Magazine
for 1735.
Mary Patten, aged 138, London; died
in 1738. In 1737 she sat down (by order
of the chief officers of the parish of St. Mar-
garets, Westminster, to which workhouse
she then belonged) for her picture to be
drawn, in order to be hung up in said work-
house. She was very hearty, walked about,
and her only food was milk. London
Magazine for 1738.
Conrade Rustina, aged 109, Bucks, En-
gland; died in 1739. London Magazine
for 1739.
Mr. Davis, aged 110, London; died in
1740. He kept Harry's Coffee House, Fleet
Street, London, retained all his senses to
his death, and could read the smallest print
without spectacles. London Magazine for
1740.
James Grasway, a Fleming, aged 125, 

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Presbury, Hungary; died in 1740. Lon-
don Magazine for 1740.
Captain Dyas, aged 110, Dublin, Ireland,
died in 1741. London Magazine for 1741.
—Pesque, aged 110, Toulouse,
France; died in 1741. His brother died
last year aged 107, and who has left three
other brothers, the youngest of whom is
above 100 years old. London Magazine
for 1741.
Widow Pym, aged 120, London, died
in 1741. London Magazine, for 1741.
James Littlejohn, aged 118, Parish of
Mochrum, Gallowayshire, Scotland, died
in 1741. He retained his senses to the Last,
had seen king Charles the first, and Oliver
Cromwell in Scotland, and described them
very justly. London Magazine for 1741.
—Ligoy, aged 120. Clermont, France,
died in 1741. London Magazine for 1741.
John Philips, aged 117, Thomer, near
Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died in 1742.
He  was born  at Carlton, near Stockley,
July 8th, 1625, the first year of king Charles
the first, and lived in the reign of 8 kings
and queens; he walked about to his dying
day, his teeth were good, as was also his
hearing, his sight tolerable, and he was so
brisk and active, as to resolve to have gone to
York, and poll for Mr. Fox at the election.
B2

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—Matthews, aged 120, Braganza,
Portugal, died 1741.  Gentleman's Lon-
don Magazine for 1741.
Shadrach Johnson, Bedford, England;
died in 1741. He had by his first wife, aged
38, twelve sons and twelve daughters, and
by another, 8 sons and daughters.
Francis Purdigo, the old Greek, aged
114 years and 6 months, Jamaica, West
Indies, died in 1743. He was there at the
conquest of the island, in the time of Oliver
Cromwell, an extraordinary length of life
for that or any other climate. He must
have seen twelve generations or setts of in-
habitants, for it is computed they bury a
number equal to the whole island, every 7
years. London Magazine, for 1743.
Manuel Simones Baretto, aged 112, Cou-
trel, near Lisbon, kingdom  of Portugal,
died in 1743. London Magazine for 1743.
William Kellock, aged 111, Sanguhar,
Scotland, died in 1743. He had served
the town of Sanguhar 96 years as a com-
mon officer. London Magazine for 1743.
William Brown, gent. Farmer, aged 108,
Bowden, Cheshire, England; died in 1743,
He lived the whole time in the house where
he was born. London Magazine for 1743.
William Price, aged 105, Colfard, Glou-
cestershire, died in 1743. He was 75 when
he first married, London Magazine for 1743. 
          

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Mrs. Agnes Milbourn, aged 106, St.
Luke's work house, London, died in 1743.
She had 29 sons and 1 daughter by one hus-
band, 20 of whom frequently followed her
to church, but she cultivated all her chil-
dren and grand children except one grand-
son. London Magazine for 1743.
Mrs. Dewel, aged 104, Red Lion Square,
London, died in 1743. At her funeral at-
tended 60 of  her children, grand children,
and great grand children. London Maga-
zine for 1743.
Peter Mestanea, aged 130, village of Ve-
nice, kingdom of Mexico, Spain, died in
1743. He lived a batchelor, never tasted
wine, worked hard, and bathed in the ri-
ver Segura every morning, from the be-
ginning of spring till it froze; his teeth
were sound, and he had never been attack-
ed by any acute distemper. London Ma-
gazine for 1743.
James Jobson, aged 112, Walderkare,
near Kent, England, died in 1743. He
had been married to 7 wives, by whom he
had 19 sons and 19 daughters. London
Magazine for 1743.
John Jones, a farmer, aged 116, near
Flint, England, died in 1744. He had li-
ved in the house he died in, 102 years,
London Magazine for 1744.
Edward Knee, aged 117, Lee, in Kent,

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England, died in 1744. London Magazine
for 1744.
William Hamilton, aged 103. Danbury,
State of Connecticut, died in May, 1746.
He was born in Scotland in 1613, in early
life he came to Cape Cod, and was the first
person who killed a whale upon that coast,
for which he was persecuted as one who
dealt with evil spirits. He then removed
to Rhode-Island where he married and had
three sons and three daughters; his next
remove was to Danbury, where he died.
in 1746. His son Joseph lived 16 years,
David 79; Benjamin is now 90, and la-
bours hard at the Blacksmith's trade, which
he has followed 70 years; his daughter
Elizabeth lived 93; Thankfull 102; Mary,
who was wife to Thomas Benedict, Esq.
died with the small pox in 1757, age 52,
leaving 11 children, who are all yet alive,
and the youngest has two children. New -
York Daily Gazette, July 9th, 1791.
Ann Wilding, aged 113, North hall, parish
of Eddlesborough, Bucks, England, died
in 1747. London Magazine for 1747.
John Hussey, aged 116, Suydenham, di-
ed in 1748. He was formerly a farmer at
Crawford, Kent, he had lived on balm tea
sweetened with honey for his breakfast, and
pudding for his dinner, above 50 years, and

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retained his senses and memory to the last.
London Magazine for 1748.
Mrs. Ellis, aged 137, Surrey, England,
died about 1748. New-York Daily Adver-
tiser, July 16th, 1786.
James Clarke, aged 110, Tirley, Glou-
cestershire, England, died in 1747. Lon-
don Magazine for 1747.
Henry Steward, aged 109, St. Peter's
Hospital, Bristol, England, died in 1747.
London Magazine for 1747.
Rev. Mr. Braithwaite, aged 110, Car-
lisle, Cumberland, England, died in 1754.
He had been 100 years in the Cathedral,
having commenced singing boy in 1652.
London Magazine for 1754.
A peasant, aged 114, Mazzenta, near
Milan, Italy, died in 1754. He had never
been ill before. London Magazine for
1754.
Peter Du Bures, aged 114, near Guine,
France, died in 1754. Three days before
his death he killed a hare, which he sent
to one of the principal persons in the parish.
London Magazine for 1754.
Sampson Collins, aged 114, at the Lizard,
in Cornwall, England, died in 1754. He
had his perfect senses and eyesight to the
last. London Magazine for 1754.
John Fall, aged  110, Manor of Carrick,
Ireland, died in 1754. He often drank 2 

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quarts of Whiskey at a setting, and went
home sober. London Magazine for 1754.
John Stewart, aged 105. Dilleibard, Scot-
land, died in 1754. He married a second
wife at 80 by whom he had 10 children.
the last in his 100th year. London Maga-
zine for 1754.
A peasant, aged 108, Ostrogotha, Swe-
den, died in 1754. He hid a son when
105 by his third wife, whom he married in
his 100th year; he lived 57 years with his
first spouse, and 8 with his second. Lon-
don Magazine for 1754,
A man aged 129 
His wife do. 103
They were both li-
ving in Leipsick, in
the year 1754. The Electoral family lately
had the curiosity to see a couple whose ages
together make 232. They have been mar-
ried full 70 years, the husband is 129 and
his wife 103, and as brisk and nimble as a
woman of 50. London Magazine for 1754.
Margery Brider, aged 113, Willey,
Shropshire, England; died in 1756. Last
summer she danced with the movrice dan-
cers. London Magazine for 1756.
John Phelan, a Tinker, aged 112, Kil-
kenny, Ireland, died in 1756. He got his
bread by his trade till he was 106. Lon-
don Magazine for 1756.
Margaret Stephenson, aged 112, Chapel-
burn, near Brampton in Cumberland, En-

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gland, died in 1756. She was attended to
her grave by her two sons, aged together
170. London Magazine for 1756.
Mrs. Eltoft, aged 114, Ladstone, York-
shire,  England, died in 1756. London
Magazine for 1756.
Mr Jonathan Tipton, aged 118, Balti-
more County. State of Maryland, North
America, died in 1757. He had a remark-
able strength of memory, and his senses to
the last. American  Magazine, printed at
Woodbride, New-Jersey, in 1758.
Lawrence Swensoh, aged 111, Sandsion,
Sweden, died in 1757. He married a third
wife at 99, and had by her two children at
a birth. American Magazine, printed at
Woodbride, New Jersey, in 1758.
Isabella Brans, aged 112, Workhouse of
St. Botosph, Aldersgate, London, living
June 13, 1759. She was born at Aberdeen,
Scotland, has the perfect use of all her sen-
ses, never used spectacles, and can read
very small print. She worked for her bread
till she was upwards of 110, has none of the
infirmities which are the usual attendants
of old age; was in her youth a very fine
woman, and has still the remains of it: has
a flow of spirits which perhaps none of her
age ever had, and is still cheerful and hear-
ty, nature in her seeming far from being
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husbands, has had many fits of illness, but
is now in perfect health, and can walk four
or five miles, better than most women of
60. London Magazine for 1759.
James Lhiele, aged 136, Ireland, died
in 1759. London Magazine for 1759.
Edward Murphy, aged 110, Burr, King's
county, Ireland, died in 1759. Annual
Register for 1759.
Hannibal Camouæ, aged 121, Marseilles,
France, died in 1759. Annual Register,
for 1759.
David Lacy, aged 112, Limerick, Ire-
land, died in 1759. Annual Register for
1759.
Catharine Mc Kenzie, aged 118, Forles
Castle, Roshire, died in 1759. Annual
Register for 1759.
William Barnes, aged 109 Brodie House,
Scotland, died in 1759. He had been a
servant in the Brodie family ever since 1681.
Annual Register for 1759.
Donald Cameron, aged 130, Kinnichla-
bar, Scotland, died in 1759. He married
a wife when he was 100 years old. Annu-
al Register for 1759.
Janet Cameron, aged 80, Invormorriston,
died in 1759. Her funeral was attended
by her children, grand children, great grand-
children, and great great grand children,
to the number of 200.

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Janet Blair, aged 112, Monimusk, Aber-
deenshire, Scotland, died in 1759. An-
nual Register for 1759.
Samuel Cox, aged 93, 
His wife, do. 99, 
died in 1759.
living in do.
Hanslope, Bucks, England. They had
been married 70 years, and their children,
grand children, and great grand children,
amount to 153. Annual Register for 1759.
Robert Mitchel, aged 88, Saddale, Ar-
gyleshire, Scotland, living in 1759. He
has in life, of children, grand children, and
great grand children 200. He walks from
Saddale to Cambeltown, which is 8 miles,
does business, and returns at night. Lou-
don Magazine for 1759.
A man, aged 115, Pomerania, Upper
Saxony, Germany, died in 1759. Annu-
al Register for 1760.
12 Persons, aged together 1018, Ripley,
Surry, England, living in 1759. At an
entertainment given by the master of the
Talbot Inn, at Ripley, in Surry, there
were present 12 neighbours, whose ages to-
gether made 1018 years ; among whom was
the mother of 12 children, the youngest 60.
London Magazine for 1759.
Patrick  O'Neil, aged 113, Conmell, 
county of Tipperary, Ireland, living in
1760. He was born in the year 1647, and
C 

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has been married seven times; he was mar-
led to his first wife August 18th 1675, to
his second July 9th 1684, to his third May
4th 1689, to his 4th March 8th 1701, to his
fifth June 5th 1720, to his sixth October
9th 1740, and to his seventh, who is of the
family of the O Connor's, September 14th,
1760. He inlisted for a dragoon in the
17th year of Charles II. and continued ser-
ving their successive majesties till the year
1740, when he was discharged; having
been in all the battles, sieges, and skirmish-
es with King William and the Duke of
Marlborough. It is remarkable that this
man never drank any thing stronger than
plain ale, never eat meat but when he chose
to feast his family, living mostly on vege-
tables, rising and going to bed with the
fun unless his duty prevented it—he is now
in perfect health, his understanding found,
and walks without the help of a crutch or
stick, and though he  has arrived to this
great age, he never knew an hour's illness,
and goes on sundays with his children,
grand children, and great grandchildren,
to his Parish Church. London Annual
Register for 1760.
Mrs. Beal, aged 111, near Castle How-
ard, Yorkshire, England, died in 1760.
London Magazine for 1760.
Elizabeth Van Huysten aged 115, Hague, 

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Holland, died in 1760. London Annual
Register for 1760.
A man, aged 124, Diocese of Maine,
France, died in 1760. Annual Register
for 1760.
John Crequet, aged 123, Tinchebray,
died in 1760. Annual Register for 1760.
Elizabeth Hilton, aged 121, Liverpool,
England, died in 1760. Annual Register
for 1760.
Elizabeth Hodgson aged 110, Scamp-
sloh, near York, England, died in 1760.
Annual Register for 1760.
Mrs. Jane Gray, aged 109, Artrep-Ru-
den, Suffex, England, died in 1760. An-
nual Register for 1760.
George Talbot, Esq. Stoughton, New-
England, died in 1760. He left 70 grand-
children behind him. Annual Register
for 1760,
Amos McDonald, aged 117, near Cork,
Ireland, he was 7 1/2 feet high; died in 1760.
Annual Register for 1760.
Janet Mc Gregor, Corgars, Scotland,
died in 1760. She has left 120 children,
grandchildren, &c. Annual Register for
1760.
Cornelius Mc Grah, the Irish giant, aged
124, Dublin, Ireland, died in 1760. He
was 7 feet 8 inches.
Philip Ernest, Prince of Hohenloe, Schil- 

28 LONGEVITY.
lingsfurst, Germany, aged 96. He was
the oldest Prince in Germany. Annual
Register for 1760.
Eleanor Haddock, aged 96, of New Cas-
tle, died in 1760. Though she was but
once married, at the time of her death she
was mother, grandmother, and great grand
mother to 104 children. Annual Register
for 1760.
Michael Descotes, aged 109, Province
of March, France, died in 1760. Annual
Register for 1760.
Thomas Wishart, aged 124, Annandale,
North Britain, died in 1760. He had chew-
ed tobacco from 7 years old, to his death.
Annual Register for 1760.
William  Wright, labourer, aged 105,
Great Dunmou, Essex, England; 17 chil-
dren, 36 grandchildren, and 11 great grand-
children, followed his corps to the grave.
Annual Register for 1760.
One brother, and 4 sisters, aged together
465, Hemingborough, York, England, li-
ving in 1760. There are now living one
brother and four sisters, born in the parish
of Hemingborough in the county of York,
who reside in that and the adjacent parishes
whose ages put together, amount to 465
years. The mother of the above persons,
whose name was Sarah Smith, died but a
few years ago, aged 103; she never knew 

29 LONGEVITY.  
a days sickness, and retained her senses to
the lad; the happy effects of a life of inno-
cence and temperance. Annual Register
for 1760.
Mr. Cottrell, aged 120 
His Wife, do. 115  
Philadelphia,
State of Penn-
sylvania, North America, died in 1761.
They had been married 98 years, and had
lived in great peace and happiness. Lon-
don Magazine for 1761.
Jean Jaquement, aged 107, Barrois,
county of Bourbon, France, died in 1761.
He had been curate of Barroisee 75 years,
London Magazine for 1761.
Capt. Broomfish aged 112, Ilonisberg,
Prussia, died in 1761. He had been 93
years in the service of Prussia. London
Annual Register for 1761.
George Lehman, aged 111, Camentz,
Upper Lusatia, Germany, died in 1761.
He never had a fit of sickness, and retain-
ed his senses till the last, except his eye
sight, which he lost 3 years before he died.
London Annual Register for 1761,
Mrs. Gillam, aged 113, London, died
in 1761. London Magazine for 1761.
Sarah Rawlins, New - Hampshire, Ame-
rica, died in 1761. She was married at 19
years of age, and lived with her first hus-
band 27 years, in which time she had 14
C2 

30 LONGEVITY.
children, she also lived 27 years with her
last husband : all her children lived to
have children of their own, and some of
them even grand children. The number
of her children, grandchildren, and great
grand children at her decease, amounted to
239, of which 182 are now living. Lon-
don Annual Register for 1761.
John Ray, aged 110, Wanston, Hamp-
shire, England, died in 1761. London
Magazine for 1761.
James Carlewhite, aged 111, Seatown,
Scotland, died in 1761. London Maga-
zine for 1761.
John Lyon, aged 116, Bandon, county
of Cork, Ireland, died in 1761. London
Magazine for 1761.
Dame Otherley, aged 114, Naples, Ita-
ly, died in 1761. London Magazine for
1761.
John Newell, esq. aged 127, Michaels-
town, Ireland, died in 1761. He was
grandson to old Parr, who died at the age
of 152 years. Annual Register for 1761.
Mrs. Marsh, aged 111, Liverpool, Eng-
land, died in 1761. London Magazine
for 1761.
Daniel Ammyer, 113 1/2, Gros-Zeiten,
died in 1761. He was born at Blois in
1648, and had served in the troops of
France, Sweden and the Emperor—he en- 

31 LONGEVITY. 
joyed an uninterrupted state of health till
within a fortnight of his death, when his
constitution broke all at once. Annual
Register for 1761.
Sarah Brown, aged 112, South-Walt-
ham, Norfolk, England, died in 1761.
Annual Register for 1761.
Elizabeth Merchant, aged 133, Hamil-
ton's Baun, Ireland, died in 1761. An-
nual Register for 1761.
Mrs. Norton, aged 109, County of
Kildare, Ireland; died in 1761. At a
time when old age is often a burthen, she
retained such vivacity that within these 5
years she led up a country dance at the
wedding of one of her great grand chil-
dren, where 42 of her offspring were pre-
sent. Annual Register for 1761.
Bertrand de Puy, aged 109, Auck, in
France, died in 1761. Annual Register
for 1761.
Mrs. Jane Lindou, aged 109, Jerseys,
England, died in 1761. London Maga-
zine for 1761.
Mrs. Caleb, aged 106, St. Martins,
Gloucestershire, England, died in 1761.
She was 60 years a widow. London Ma-
gazine for 1761.
John Rider, aged 110, Green Hill, near
Dublin, Ireland, died in 1762. He serv-
ed with reputation in the Imperial army
 

32 LONGEVITY.
and was at the railing of the siege of Vien-
na in 1687, under the great John Lobies-
ki. London Royal Magazine for 1762.
John Noon, aged 129, Galloway, Ire-
land, died in 1762. London Magazine
for 1762.
Catharine Brebner, aged 124, Aber-
deenshire, Scotland, died in 1762. Lon-
don Magazine for 1762.
A Man, aged 135, Gratz, in Vogtland,
Germany, died in 1762. He never had
any illness, and had seen seven Emperors
of Germany. London Annual Register
for 1762.
Donald Mc Donald, aged 110, Aix la
Chapelle, Germany, died in 1762. Lon-
don Magazine for 1762.
Gaspard Baleke, aged 112 1/3, Tiesenau,
neighbourhood of Grossenhayn, died in
1762. He married 2 wives by whom he
had 15 children, he was 85 when the
youngest was born—he lived to see his
posterity to the number of 66, and he was
confined to his bed only 2 days. London
Annual Register for 1762.
Mrs. Jane Burlow, aged 109, Bremen,
died in 1762. London Annual Register
for 1762.
Eady Hannum, aged 114, St. Christo-
pher's Work-house, London, died in 1762.
London Magazine for 1762.

33 LONGEVITY.  
Thomas Shorthall, an Irishman, aged
104, Landrece, French Flanders, Pro-
vince of Hainault, died in 1762. He had
been Lieut. Colonel in the Irish Brigades
in the French service. London Magazine
for 1762.
Mary Chemm, a widow, 111, Amster-
dam, Holland, died in 1762. London
Magazine for 1762.
Robert Oglebie, aged 115, Yorkshire,
England, living in 1762. He is a Tinker
by trade, and was born 6th November
1647 as appears by the Register Book in the
Parish of Rippan, he travels the country
for a livelihood, is a tall upright thin man,
and says he was married to his wife 73
years, by whom he had 12 boys and 13
girls, and that she lived to the age of 106,
he can hear, and see to work as well as
ever he did. Annual Register for 1762.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged 111, Hip-
ley, Derbyshire, England; died in 1762.
London Magazine for 1762.
A Man, aged 111, Limoges, France,
died in 1762. London Magazine for
1762.
A Peasant, aged 157, Poland, died in
1762. He worked as a day labourer till
within twelve days of his death. Annual
Register for 1762.
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of Koninia. died in 1763. She was born
12th of February 1655—at the age of 94
she married for her third husband Gaspard
Rayhow of the village of Crwouszin, then
aged 105 ; during the 4 years they lived
together they had 2 boys and 1 girl, and
what is very remarkable these 3 children
bear evident marks of the old age of their
father and mother. Their hair is already
grey, and they have a vacuity in their
gums like that which appears after the loss
of teeth; though they never had no teeth,
they have not strength enough to chew so-
lid food, but live on bread and vegitables;
they are of a proper size for their age, but
their backs are bent, their complections
sallow, and they have all the other symp-
toms of decripitude. Their father is still
alive, and these particulars ate certified by
the Parish Registers. The village of Ci-
wouszin is in the district of Stenzick in the
Palatinate of Sendomir, Poland. London
Magazine for 1763.
Rachel Wetherby, aged 110, near Stoc-
ton, Durham, England; died in 1763.
London Magazine for 1763.
A Peasant, aged 129, near Gottenburg,
Sweden, died in 1763. London Maga-
zine for 1763.
Alice Wilson, aged 111, Newburgh, 

35 LONGEVITY.  
Northumberland, England, died in 1763.
London Magazine for 1763.
John Dwyet, aged 115, Ballinderry,
died in 1763. London Magazine for
1763.
Mrs. Blakesly, aged 108, 
Mrs. Cholley, do. 97, 
Mrs. Bennet, do. 75, 
Prescot, Lan-
cashire, Eng-
land, died in
1763. These three Ladies were intimately
acquainted and all died within the space
of twelve hours. London Magazine for
1763.       
A Physician, aged 117, near Trento,
Italy, died in 1763. London Magazine
for 1763.
Mary Gummerfall, aged 107, near
Wakefield, England, died in 1763. She
was mother to 14 children, grand mother
to 33, great grandmother to 84, and great
great grandmother to 25—in all 156.—
London Magazine for 1763.
Touisant Maratiæ, aged 112, Dijon,
France, died in 1763. At the age of 75
he married his second wife, by who 11 he
had children. London Magazine for 1763.
Thomas Hapgood, aged 94. Marlbo-
rough, New England, died in 1763. His
posterity were 9 children, 92 grand chil-
dren, 208 great grand children and four
great great grand children, in all 313—his
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and their grand father at the same time.
Annual Register for 1763.
Moses Sulima, a Jew, aged 110, died in
1763. Annual Register for 1763.
Jane Blake, aged 114, Northweeds,
Yorkshire, England, died in 1763. An-
nual Register for 1763.
Rev. Peter Alley, aged 111, Donamow,
Ireland, died in 1763. He was Rector of
Donamow 73 years, he performed his own
duty till within a few days of his death—
he was twice married and had 33 children.
London Magazine for 1763.
A Man and Woman, each aged 112,
Rippon in Jutland, Denmark, died in
1763. London Magazine for 1763.
James Martin, Esq. aged 112, Ballany-
hinch, Ireland, died in 1763. London
Magazine for 1763.
Mr. Osboldeston, aged 115, near Wha-
ley, Lancashire, England; died in 1763.
London Magazine for 1763.
Nicholas Gallagher, aged 113, Knocko,
Ireland, died in 1763. London Maga-
zine for 1763.
Ms. Halford, aged 112, Wiptash, War-
wickshire, England, died in 1763. Lon-
don Magazine for 1763.
Mr. Heron, aged 110, Felton, Northum-
berland, England died in 1763. London
Magazine for 1763. 

37 LONGEVITY. 
T. Pratt, aged 115, Hallwhistle, Nor-
folk, England, died in 1763. London
Magazine for 1763.
Eaglebert Hoff, aged 128, Fishkill,
Dutchess County, State of New-York, di-
ed in 1764. He was born in Norway;
remembered that he was a lad, driving a
team, when news was brought to his coun-
try that king Charles 1 st. was beheaded—
he served as a soldier under the Prince of
Orange, afterwards king of England, in
the time of king James the 11d. In queen
Ann's war he went a privateering out of
New-York, being then 70 years old, when
he returned he married, had twelve chil-
dren and afterwards lived a widower 33
years—he never used spectacles, read flu-
ently, his memory and senses entirely  
strong till his death, which was occasioned
by a fall which mortally hurt his hip.
New-Haven Gazette and Connecticut Ma-
gazine, July 31st, 1788.         
Peter Schurman, aged 113, Groningen,
one of the seven United Provinces, died in
1764. London Magazine for 1764.
Mrs. Wallace, aged 112, Paris, France,
died in 1764. London Magazine for 1764.
Jacob Meyer, aged 115, Boine, Swit-
zerland, died in 1764. London Maga-
zine for 1764.
D 

38 LONGEVITY.
Simon Sack, aged 141, Trionia, died
May 30th 1764. Scots Magazine for
1786.
John Bourke, aged 112, of the Isle of
Man, died in 1764. London Magazine
or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer for
1764.
Elizabeth Greig, aged 109, Leith, Scot-
land, died in 1764. London Magazine
or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer for
1764.
David Evans, a Greenwich Pensioner,
aged 114, London, died in 1764. Lon-
don Magazine or Gentleman's Monthly In-
telligencer for 1764.
Mrs. Clifford, aged 117, Wexham,
England, died in 1764. London Maga-
zine or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
for 1764.
Mary Blagrave, aged 106, Oxford,
England, died in 1764. She lived a wi-
dow 85 years. London Magazine for
1764.
Jacob Salm, aged 111, died in 1764.
He was a Dutch Soldier. London Maga-
zine for 1764.
Thomas Grant, aged 111, Norfolk,
England, died in 1765. London Maga-
zine for 1765.
Col. Thomas Winslow, aged 146, coun- 

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ty of Tipperary, Ireland, died August 26th,
1766. He was a Captain in the reign of
King Charles the 1 st, and came with Oliver
Cromwell, a Lieutenant Colonel, into Ire-
land. Dublin Annual Register for 1776.
Mrs. Lent, aged 112, Downham Market,
Norfolk, England, died in 1766. London
Magazine for 1766.
Martin Fountain, aged 109, Isle of Jer-
sey, England, living in 1766. He never
was out of the island. Dublin Annual Re-
gister for 1766.
A man, aged 117, Douglass, Isle of Man,
subject to England, living in 1766. He
had never been out of the island since his
birth. Dublin Annual Register for 1766.
Mary Allen, aged 118, Thoracombe, De-
vonshire, England, living in 1766. She
enjoys all her senses, walks to Church, which
is about 200 yards from her own habitation,
every Sunday, with the assistance of a stick;
she can make a shirt, &c. and can read a
chapter in the bible without spectacles.
Dublin Annual Register for 1766.
Mrs. Hewetson, aged 116, Houghton le
Spring, Northumberland, England, died
in 1766. Dublin Annual Register for 1766.
Edmund Branah, aged 115, near Wick-
low, Ireland, died in 1766. Dublin An-
nual Register for 1766. 

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Roger Dove and Elizabeth his wife, whose
ages together is 202, Newcastle, England,
died in 1766. They died within 48 hours
of each other, and were interred in the
same grave. Dublin Annual Register for
1766.                               
Janches Inrado, aged 119, Malaga, Spain,
died in 1766. Dublin Annual Register for
1766.
Thomas Dobson, Hatfield, died in 1766.
He was an eminent farmer, and has left
three sons and seven daughters, all married
and living in that neighbourhood, who, to-
gether with their children, amounting to
91 persons, attended his funeral. Dublin
Annual Register for 1766.    
Simon Holey, aged 119, Olmutz, Bohe-
mia, died in 1766. Dublin Annual Regis-
ter for 1766.
—Price, aged 110, 
His wife do. 106, 
Leadbury, Here-
fordshire, Eng-
land, living in 1766. Dublin Annual Re-
gister for 1766.
George Moore, Shoemaker, aged 109,
Aleeston, Worcestershire, England, living
in 1766. He has been married to 9 wives,
the last of which is now living, and is in
the 77th year of her age. Dublin Annual
Register for 1766.
The Sieur Luchatsky, aged 113, Hunga- 

41 LONGEVITY. 
ry, died in 1766. Dublin Annual Register
for 1766.
Margaret Everet, aged 110. She was a
beggar, and died worth £150. Dublin
Annual Register for 1766.
Peter Maegie, upwards of 100, White-
haven, England, living in 1766. He has
for many years been Scavenger, has been
married to 8 wives, who bore him 28 sons
and 4 daughters, the youngest of whom is
now but 9 years old. Dublin Annual Re-
gister for 1766.
Magdalen Pistory, aged 110, near Flo-
rence, Italy, died in 1766. Dublin An-
nual Register for 1766.
Daniel Betton, aged 117, Orkneys, Scot-
land, died in 1766. Dublin Annual Re-
gister for 1766.
John Rimmoni, aged 115, Friezeland,
one of the seven United Provinces, died in
1766. Dublin Annual Register for 1766.
James Mackay, aged 120, near Cardisan,
died in 1766. Dublin Annual Register
for 1765.
Matthew Richardson, aged 111, Ogle,
Northumberland, England, died in 1766.
Dublin Annual Register for 1766.
A widow gentlewoman, aged 117, Paris,
France, died in 1766. Dublin Annual Re-
gister for 1766.
D2

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Phinehas Monseca, a Jew at Algiers, aged
109, died in 1766. Dublin Annual Re- 
gister for 1766.
John de la Somet, aged 130, Virginia,
North America, died in 1766. Dublin
Annual Register for 1766.
Francis Consist, aged 150, Yorkshire,
England, died in January, 1768. Scots
Magazine for 1786.
Alice Dunn, aged 120, county of Kil-
dare, Ireland, died in 1768. Gentleman's
London Magazine for 1768.
Peter Edwards, aged 117 1/2, White's Alley,
Chancery Lane, London, died in 1769.
He lived with his last wife 40 years, tho'
he was an old man when he married, and
she is still living; he was a shoemaker by
trade, but his support latterly arose from
the benevolence of ladies and gentlemen,
who visited him out of curiosity. London
Magazine for 1769.
Joseph Gale, aged 129, Ireland, died
in 1769. London Magazine for 1769.
Mrs. Catharine Motley, aged 112, Ire-
land, died in 1769. London Magazine
for 1769.
William Hughes, aged 127, Tadcaster,
Ireland, died in 1769. London Magazine
for 1769.
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43 LONGEVITY. 
land, died in 1769. London Magazine
for 1769.
Martha  Preston, aged 123, Barnsley,
Yorkshire, England, died in 1769. She
had been married to 5 husbands, and has
had 27 children. London Magazine for
1769.
Mrs. Ann Bennet, a widow lady, aged
110, died in 1769. London Magazine for
1769.
Mr. John Daniel, aged 107, in the park,
Southwark, London, died in 1769. He
was formerly a considerable Ironmonger,
had been blind upwards of 17 years, and
bed-ridden near 22. London Magazine.
for 1769.
John Anges, aged 140, between Broad-
Creek and the head of Wiesmoco River,
formerly in the state of Maryland, now of
the territory of Pennsylvania, died about
the year 1770. Altho' this amazing age
may appear extraordinary, it is agreeable
to his own account, which his neighbours
firmly believe from the tradition of their
fathers. He had been totally blind with
age some years before his death, he has left
a son aged about 80 or more, who is al-
ready a great grand father; yet more hale,
lively and active than most men in their
prime, and has no grey hairs. Both he
and his father were of lean constitutions, 


44 LONGEVITY.
and lived poor and sparingly; that is, on
simple and natural food, while the pure
moisture of the soil prevented the pestilen-
tial nervous or putrid levers and fluxes, so  
often epidemical and fatal in high and dry 
grounds, in these warm climates. Penn-
sylvania Magazine for 1775.
James Hearney, aged 115, Ireland, di-
ed in 1770. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Mrs. Windimore, whose maiden name
was Hyde, aged 106, Westminder, Eng-
land, living in 1770. She is now in Lady
Daere's alms-house—she was grand daugh-
ter to Dr. Hyde, bishop of Salisbury, bro-
ther to the great Lord Chancellor Hyde, 
Earl of Clarendon; and lost her fortune in
the South Sea, year 1720. She is also a
distant cousin of their late majesties queen
Mary and queen Ann, whose mother was
lady Ann Hyde, dutchess of York, whose
royal consort was afterwards king James
2d—a lively instance of the mutability of
all worldly things: that a person related to
two crowned heads, should by a strange  
caprice of fortune be reduced to live in an
alms - house. She retains her senses in a
tolerable degree, and her principal com-
plaint is that she has outlived all her
friends. London Town and Country Ma-
gazine for 1770.
The Emperor of Japan, aged 92, at Ja-

45 LONGEVITY. 
pan, died in 1770. He did not marry till
the age of 75, when he took a woman of
common rank, by whom he had a son now
15 years of age. London Town and Coun-
try Magazine for 1770.
Mary Gold, aged 112, Ryegate, Surry,
England, died in 1770. London Town
and Country Magazine for 1770.
Mrs. Mary Fleming, aged 115, Mitch-
ell's-town, county of Cork, Ireland, died
in 1770. London Town and Country
Magazine for 1770.
—Swenson, aged 104, Wenisbourg,
died in 1770. A year before his death he
recovered his sight, which he had lost for
12 years. Scots Magazine for 1770.
—Grellson, a peasant, aged 112,
Abo, Swedish Finland, died in 1770. Scots
Magazine for 1770.
John Mc Donald, aged 108, London,
died in 1770. He was a native of Locha-
ber, Scotland, and had been a soldier 45
years. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Mr. Farr, Tamworth Carrier, aged 121,
Birmingham, England, died in 1770. He
had 21 children, 19 of whom were married;
he outlived his numerous descendants a-
mounting to 144, and has left £10,000 to
charitable uses. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Patrick Blewet, aged 120, North of Ire- 


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land, died in 1770. Scots Magazine for
1770.
Baron Capellis, aged 104, in the Tyro-
lese, died in 1770. He is said to have left
a wife in the seventh month of her preg-
nancy, by whom he had seven children
before. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Thomas Milne, Esq. aged 111, South of
France, died in 1770. Scots Magazine
for 1770.
Ralph Nied, aged 107, near Chester,
England, died in 1770. lie had buried 6
wives. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Mrs. Mary Flowers, aged 112, died in
1770. She was a maiden lady, followed
the business of an embroiderer 'till within
a month of her death. Scots Magazine
for 1770.
Christian Jacob Drakenburg, aged 146,
Aarhicus, Norway, died in 1770. He was
born in Stravenger in Norway in 1624,
and lived singly till the age of 113, when
he married a widow of 60. During the
latter part of his life he was frequently vi-
sited by persons of the highest rank who
were curious to see and converse with him.
Scots Magazine for 1770.
Mrs. Cordelon, a native of France, aged
110, Rumsey, Hampshire, England, died
in 1770. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Mrs. Gray, aged 121, Northfleet, Eng- 

47 LONGEVITY. 
land, died in 1770. She was born deaf
and dumb. Scots Magazine for 1770.
Isaac Trueman, aged 117, Kettlewell,
near Shipton, Yorkshire, England; living
in 1770. He was formerly a soldier, en-
joys his sight and every other faculty in as
great perfection as he did at 30. Scots
Magazine for 1770.
Fleetwood Sheppard, Esq. aged 122,
Kent, England, living in 1770. Mr.
Sheppard is the oldest man in England, he
was the friend of the late celebrated Mat-
thew Prior.
Jonas Berry, aged 112, London, died
in 1770. He was saddler to queen Ann.
Scots Magazine for 1770.
John Taylor, aged 133, near Lead-hills,
Scotland, died in May 1770. He was
born in Carry gill, county of Cumberland,
and was bred a miner. His father dying
when John was only 4 years old, poverty
obliged him to set early to work, during 2
years he dressed lead ore for two pence a
day; the next 3 or 4 years he assisted the
miners in removing the ore and rubbish to
the bank, for which he received four pence
a day, at this period there happened a
great Solar Eclipse, which was distinguish-
ed in Scotland by the appellation of Mirk
Monday, (Mirk in the Scottish dialect sig-
nifies dark, the eclipse happened in 1652) 

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this event which he always repeated with
the same circumstances, is the chief æra
from whence John's age has been compu-
ted. After labouring many years both in
this and the neighbouring kingdom he died
near Lead-hills, Scotland, in May 1770,
aged 133. William Smellie's Philosophy
of Natural History, page 452.
William Morton, aged 179, Dalzell,
near Hamilton, Scotland, died in 1771.
It is remarkable that several years before
his death, he ordered one Archibald
Brownlie a carpenter, to make his coffin,
and to prove his affection, he would never
sleep without it was placed on the top of
his bed—his dog named Barti, assisted at
the funeral, which brought his grey hairs
with sorrow to the grave. New-York
Daily Advertiser for June 16th 1786.
Margaret Forster, aged 136 
Her Daughter, do. 104 
Cumber-
land, En-
gland, both living in 1771. Scots Maga-
zine for 1786.
Mrs. Gilshenan, aged 120, Donald, Ire-
land, died in 1771. London Magazine
for 1771.
Hyacinthe la Rosa, aged 117, Alque-
rinas, Spain, died in 1771. London Ma-
gazine for 1771.
Widow Carrman, aged 122, Fethard, 

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Ireland, died in 1771. London Maga-
zine for 1771.
Isaac Nash, aged 104, 
His Wife do. 115, 
Gloucestershire,
England, died
in 1771. His wife died the day after his
funeral, they had been married 81 years.
London Magazine for 1771.
Mr. Wellings, aged 109, Norwich,
England, died in 1771. He was formerly
a clothier, by which he had acquired up-
wards of £10,000. London Magazine for
1771.
William Cotterell, aged 107, Notting-
ham, England, died in 1771, his wife di-
ed 3 days after, aged 98. This couple
had lived together in the marriage state 80
years. London Magazine for 1771.
John Riva, stock broker, aged 118,
Venice, Italy, died in 1771. He walked
every day without a stick to St. Mark's
Square, and retained his hearing and sight
to the last. He was born in Morocco in
the year 1653; at the age of 70 he married
and had several children, one when he was
90 years old. London Town and Coun-
try Magazine for 1771.
Capt. Francis Ellis, aged 95,  
His Wife, do. 93,  
Whitby,
Yorkshire
England, died in 1771. London Town
and Country Magazine for 1771.
E 

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Solomon Emanuel, aged 109, at the
Hague, Holland, died in 1771. He was
a Jew, and a native of the Marquisate of
Moravia. London Town and Country
Magazine for 1771.
Ap. Jones, a shepherd, aged 107, Isle
of Anglesey, England, died in 1771.  He
had had 4 wives, the last he married when
near 90, and had children by her. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1771.
The Sieur Giles George Gerard, aged
92, France, died in 1771. He was anci-
ent Rector of Bartecourt in the diocese of
Bauvais, and has left a sister aged 94, ano-
ther aged 86, and a brother aged 88.
London Town and Country Magazine for
1771.
Pierre la Boice, aged 113, Puisailli,
France, died in 1771. London Maga-
zine for 1771.
Owen Tudor, Esq. aged 121, Llangol-
lin, Denbighshire, England, died in 1771.
He is descended from Henry VIIth, duke
of Richmond. London Magazine for
1771.
John  Gough, aged 129, Castletown,
Ireland, died in 1771. London Magazine
for 1771.
Paul Banal, aged 106, Nice, Italy, di-
ed in 1771. He was a priest and never eat 
         

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any thing but vegetables. Gentleman's
London Magazine for 1771.
Dorothy Downing, aged 63, 
Elizabeth Howard, do. 79,  
George Exchange, do. 84. 
Sarah Daws, do. 85, 
In the
work-
house of
St. Geo.
Hanover Square, London, died in 1771.
Their ages together make 311 years, and
they all died the same day. Gentleman's
London Magazine for 1771.
Thomas Dickie, aged 109, near Slains
Castle, Scotland, died in 1771. Gentle-
man's London Magazine for 1771.
A Man, aged 110, Bubeinen, died in
1771. Gentleman's London Magazine for
1771.
Francis Benee, aged 121, Famersgran,
in the Agendoise, France, died in 1771.
London Magazine for 1771.
John Simpson, aged 112, Stratford, Es-
sex, England, died in 1772. He was foot-
boy to—Rookhold, Esq. who was ex-
ecuted for being concerned in the Popish
plot, about 97 years ago ; he was after-
wards servant to another of the same name,
and family, who was concerned in the re-
bellion in 1715; upon that gentleman's
leaving England, he betook himself to
hard labour, which he continued to follow
till within three years of his death. La-
dies London Magazine for 1772.

52 LONGEVITY.
John Shields, aged 112, Southward,
London, died in 1772. Ladies London
Magazine for 1772.
Mrs. Edwards, aged 111, Kendal, West-
moreland, England, died in 1772. Lon-
don  Town and Country Magazine for
1772.
John Whalley, aged 121, Rotherhithe
work-house, England, died in 1772. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1772.
Dr. William Broughbridge, aged 112,
Westminster, London, died in 1772.
London Town and Country Magazine for
1772.
Mrs. Keith, aged 133, Newnham, Glou-
cestershire, England, died in 1772. She
retained her senses till within a fortnight
of her death. She has left £ 6000 to her
three daughters; the youngest of whom is
109 years of age, she has likewise left be-
hind her about seventy grand children, and
great grand children. London Town and
Country Magazine for 1772.
Margaret Aunsree, aged 119, Utrecht,
one of the 7 United Provinces, died in
1772. London Town and Country Ma-
gazine for 1772.
John Noble, aged 114, Corney, Cum-
berland, England, died in 1772. London
Town and Country Magazine for 1772. 

53 LONGEVITY.
Isabel King, widow, aged 108, Fochabers,
Scotland, died in 1772. Her husband died
about two years ago, aged 98. They had
lived in a married state upwards of 66 years.
London Town and Country Magazine for
1772.
Colonel Mc Donald, aged 112, Glasgow,
Scotland, died in 1772. London Town
and Country Magazine for 1772.
Mary Simes, aged 109, in the Mint,
Southwark, London, died in 1772. She
was a beggar woman, and is said to have
died worth £1500. London Town and
Country Magazine for 1772.
James de Fumade, aged 113, Town of
Bellegard, diocese of Limoges, France,
living in 1772. He hath none of the infir-
mities of old age, and has sill all his teeth.
Ladies London Magazine for 1772.
Henry Magdonel, aged 118, Madrutz,
in Croatia, Germany, died in 1772. He
had lately retired to this place with a ca-
pital sufficient to support him decently.
He had been in the service of different so-
vereigns. Ladies London Magazine for
1772.
Ann Williams, a widow lady, aged 109,
at Putney, England, died in 1772. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1772.
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Elizabeth Page, aged 108, Streatham,
England, died in 1772. This person had
gone by the name of Elizabeth Page, and
was deemed a female physician, but proves
to have been a man. Ladies London Ma-
gazine for 1772.
Abraham Stodtman, aged 128, Rouen,
France, died in 1772. He was a native of
Alexandria in Egypt. Ladies London
Magazine for 1772.
Mrs. Hinks, aged 118, Grosvenor-square,
London, died in 1772. She retained her
senses to the last, and has left £1000 to
the poor of 10 different parishes. Ladies
London Magazine for 1772.
Charles Mc Findley, Esq. aged 143,
Tipperary, Ireland, died in 1773. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1773.
A Nobleman, aged 110, Russia, died in
1774. He was a near relation to the Rus-
sian Field Marshal Count de Panin. He
lived retired on his estate near Casan, in
Russia, and was massacred by the Russian
rebel Pugatschew, who at the same time
caused near 1300 of the Noblesse, includ-
ing 100 men and children, to be dispatched
in the same cruel manner. London Town
and Country Magazine for 1774, page
499.
Allen Duncan, aged 112, Nine, Scot-

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land, died in 1774. London Town and
Country Magazine for 1774.
Mrs. Margery Bonefault, aged 114, at
Wear Gifford, near Barnstable, Devon,
England; died in 1774. London Town
and Country Magazine for 1774.
Thomas Leskay, Esq. merchant, aged
114, Dunkirk, French Flanders, died in
1774. London Town and Country Ma-
gazine for 1774.
William Beaty, aged 130, near Dungi-
ven, county of Londonderry, Ireland,
died in 1774. He carried a pair of colours
at the battles of Boyne and Augrim. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1774.
The Sieur de la Haye, aged 120, at the
Hague, Holland, died in 1774. He was
a native of France, had assisted at the tak-
ing of Eutrecht in 1672, was at the battle
of Malplaquet in 1709, and had travelled
by land to Egypt, Persia, the Indies, and
China. London Town and Country Ma-
gazine for 1774.
Samuel Street, aged 102, Buckland, St.
Mary's, Dorset, England; died in 1774.
He served as a private soldier in all queen
Anne's wars, was married to 5 wives, and
had 2 children by each wife, and the ban's
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his death. London Town and Country
Magazine for 1774.
John Tice, aged 125, Worcestershire,
England, died in 1774. New - York Daily
Advertiser, June 16th 1786.
Peter Garden, aged 131, near Chapel
of Seggat, in the Parish of Auchterless,
Scotland, died in 1775. He retained his
memory and senses till near the last. Lon-
don Magazine for 1775.
Michael Mc Laughlin, aged 105, Ath-
lon, Ireland, died in 1775. He had five
wives, the last of whom he has left, with
a child not above a year and a half old.
London Town and Country Magazine for
1775.
Robert Blair, aged 91, Worcester, New-
England, died in 1775. He was a native
of Ireland, and has left 6 sons, 4 daugh-
ters, 87 grand children, 106 great grand
children, and 6 great great grandchildren,
in all 209. American Museum, printed
at Philadelphia for 1775.
Jane Davis, a maiden lady, aged 113,
at Hackney, England, died in 1775. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
l775.
Andrew Vidal, aged 124, Negreiros, Bra-
sil, died in 1776. A letter from Lisbon,
dated November 28th, says, "The Gover-
nor of Pernambrico, in the Brasils, has 

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written to his Majesty, informing him that
at Siara, the capital of a province of that
name, Andrew Vidal, of Negreiros, had
lately died at the age of 124 years. He
had enjoyed the use of his memory and sen-
ses till the day of his death. In 1772 he
was chief magistrate of the city, and not-
withstanding his great age, performed the
office of judge to the entire satisfaction of
every one; he was father of 30 sons and 5
daughters. London Magazine or Gentle-
man's Monthly Intelligencer for 1776.
John Mount, aged 136, Scotland, died
in 1776. Scots Magazine for 1786.
John Cutler, aged 82, Cambridge, died
in 1776. He has left 8 children, 68 grand-
children, 115 great grand children, and 3
great great grand children, in all 194.—
Scots Magazine for 1786.
Martha Jackson, aged 127, Killjames,
near Thomastown, died in 1776. London
Magazine for 1776.
Mrs. Mary Carpenter, South Brimfield,
died in 1776. She had 8 children, 64 grand-
children, 87 great grand children, and 2
of the 5th generation, in all 161, whereof
121 are now living. Pennsylvania Maga-
zine for 1776.
Mary Yates, aged 128, Shropshire, En-
gland, died in 1776. Scots Magazine for
1776. 


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Mrs. Mary Hall, aged 93, Portsmouth,
England, died in 1776. She had 9 chil-
dren, 35 grand children, 89 great grand
children, and 1 great great grand child, in
all 134. Scots Magazine for 1776.
A. Goldsmith, aged 140, France, died
in 1776. Scots Magazine for 1786.
Mary Coen, aged 112, Websborough,
Ireland, died in 1776. London Magazine,
or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer for
1776.
John  Messenger, aged 96, Eaton Wick,
Bucks, England, died in 1777. He was
formerly servant to Thomas Grey, Esq.
bookseller and founder of Grey's Hospital;
his wife died a week after him, aged 98.
They left a son aged 72, only 3 1/2 feet high,
who never was shaved, and is supported by
an annuity of £10 per annum; when all
living, they had £20 per annum. West-
minster Magazine, or Pantheon of Taste,
for 1777.
John Houseman, a labouring man, aged
110, Sessay, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, En-
gland, died in 1777. Westminster Maga-
zine, or Pantheon of Taste, for 1777.
Ann Johnson, Ashew, near Bedale, En-
gland, died in 1777. She was mother to
6 children, grand mother to 36, and great
grandmother to 6. Westminster Magazine,
or Pantheon of Taste, for 1777. 

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Mrs Williamson, Relict, of the Reverend
Joseph Williamson, many years Rector of
Leachley, in Yorkshire, England. She had
11 children, 54 grand children, 53 great
grand  children, and 6 great great grand
children, in all 124. She is survived by
7 children, 37 grand children, 42 great
grand children, and 5 great great grand
children. Westminter Magazine, or Pan-
theon of Taste, for 1777.
John Brookey, aged 134, Devonshire,
England. This person was still living in
1778, and is said to have had 13 wives.
London Magazine for 1778, page 333.
William Iven, aged 115, Wednesfield,
near Wolverhampton, England, died in
1778. He married his last wife in his 105th
year, because he said he was resolved to die
virtuous. London Magazine for 1778.
John Watson, aged 130, Cheshire, En-
gland, died in 1778. He was keeper of
Limehouse Park, in Cheshire; he is said to
have had a relation who bore a child at 90.
London Magazine for 1778.
Peter Maviore, a fisherman, aged 109,
Groningen, one of the seven United Pro-
vinces, died in 1778. London Magazine
for 1778.
John Huson, aged 109, Wiggan, La-
neashire, England, died in 1778. Lon-
don Magazine for 1778.

60 LONGEVITY.
William Deevy, aged 110, Killcullen,
county of Kildare, Ireland, died in 1778.
He served King James in all his wars in
this kingdom, being 20 years of age at the
time of the revolution. Gentleman's Lon-
don Magazine for 1778.
Louisa Truxo, aged 175, Tuceman,
South America, living October 5th, 1780.
Cordova in the Tuceman, June 1st, 1779.
In the village of Altagratia there lives a
negro woman, who, according to the most
authentic information and testimonies taken
judicially, must be about 175 years old.
She is extremely thin, very much wrinkled,
and is bent double, but she can see at a
few paces distance, and spins; but what is
most extraordinary, though she cannot
stand for any space of time, she still carries
on the business of a midwife with dexterity.
She had 5 children by her husband, one
Michael, a Negro, and she thinks her grand
children have grand children of their own.
Old people seem to be no rarity in that
country, as there are several negroes up-
wards of 100 years old, and one woman
120, who retains her memory perfectly,
and declares that the old woman in question
had arrived at woman's estate, when she
first had the use of her reason. Westmin-
ster Magazine, or Pantheon of Taste, for
1780.

61 LONGEVITY. 
William Ellis, aged 130, Liverpool,
England, died in 1780. Scots Magazine
for 1786.
John Woodworth, aged 112, Ballyna-
kill, Queen's county, Ireland, died in 1780.
Westminster Magazine, or Pantheon of
Taste, for 1780.
Mary Mc Kee, aged 110, Celbridge,
county of Kildare, Ireland, died in 1780.
Westminster Magazine, or Pancheon  of
Taste, for 1780.
James O'Brien, aged 114, Carrickfergus,
Ireland, died in 1780. Westminster Ma-
gazine, or Pantheon of Taste, for 1780.
Elizabeth Swanbrook, a poor woman,
aged 111, Gray's Inn Lane, London, died
in 1780. Westminster Magazine, or Pan-
theon of Taste for 1780.
Mary Armstrong, a maiden lady, aged
110, Stepney, England, died in 1780.—
Westiminster Magazine, or Pantheon  of
Taste, for 1780.
J. Thorp, aged 109, near Stevenage,
England, died in 1780. Westminster Ma-
gazine, or Pantheon of Taste, for 1780.
Jane Petit, aged 114, St. Martin's Work-
house, died in 1780. Westminster Maga-
zine, or Pantheon of Taste, for 1780.
Thomas Hume, Esq. aged 111, York,
England, died in 1780. Westminster Ma-
gazine for 1780. 
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Maurice, Bingham, a fisherman, aged
116, St. Just, Cornwall, England, died in
1780. Westminster Magazine, or Pantheon
of Taste, for 1780.
Thomas Dickens, aged 105, Hampshire,
England, died in 1780. His wife died last
year, aged 98. Westminster Magazine,
or Pantheon of Taste, for 1780.
Thomas Field, a labouring man, aged 
102, Borford, Herts, England, died in
1780. His father was 104, his uncle 93,
his brother 95, and scarce any of the family
have died under 90. Westminster Maga-
zine, or Pantheon of Taste, for 1780.
A woman, aged 110, Richmond, county
of York, England, living in 1781. She
is uncommonly cheerful and active; her
face as free from wrinkles as a person of
40; enjoys good health, and the possession
of her memory and understanding.—She
was deprived of her sight some years ago.
London Magazine for 1781.
Mrs. Manning, aged 110, near Potton,
Bedfordshire, England, died in 1781. La-
dies London Magazine for 1781.
A man, aged 115, Cliffton, near Ash-
bourn, in the Peak, Derbyshire, England,
died in 1781. He lived a kind of recluse
life, in a cottage by himself, and was visit-
ed and chiefly supported under the idea of 

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a sequested hermit. London Magazine.
for 1781.
James Haley, aged 112, Middlewick,
Cheshire, England, died in 1781. Scots
Magazine for 1786.
Remarkable instance, both of longevity
and health, in the Turnough's, of the
Binn's, a family of note and property, in
the neighbourhood of Rochdale, in Lanca-
shire, England, 1782.—John Turnough,
the father, aged 88, his wife aged 86. James,
the eldest son, aged 65, John, the 2d son,
aged 61, Molly, eldest daughter, aged 59,
Jonathan, third son, aged 55, Abraham,
4th son, aged 53, Benjamin, 5th son, aged
51, Joseph, 6th son, aged 42, Susan, young-
est daughter, aged 45, Josiah, youngest
son, and clergyman, now residing at Cam-
bridge, aged 41. The seven sons and two
daughters all living, and in good health,
and what is remarkable, there has not been
a funeral from the house for near 80 years.
Binn's is a mountain village in the township
of Butterworth, situated upon a basoned
declivity to the south, by which favoured
position the inhabitants receive the first
beams of the sun, that drive away the morn-
ing vapours; are warmed and invigorated
by his genial heat all the day, and are
cheered and comforted with the last depart- 

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ing rays of that glorious luminary. Lon-
don Magazine for 1782.
Evan Williams, aged 145, Caermarthon-
Workhouse, England, living in 1782.—
He maintained himself within these six
months by mending the roads, and work-
ing in the fields; but being at length struck
with the palsy, he was obliged to seek an
asylum in that charitable house. He ser-
ved his apprenticeship in London, and was 
out of his time the year Charles the 1st was
beheaded, which he perfectly remembers,
having been an eye witness of that trans-
action. London Magazine for 1782
John Nicolls, labourer, aged 109, died
in 1782. Hibernian Magazine for 1782,
John Willson, aged 110, Feversham,
England, died in 1782. Hibernian Ma-
gazine for 1782.
Martin Stephenson, aged 117, Kentmere,
Westmoreland, England, died in 1782.
Hibernian Magazine for 1782.
Jane Child, aged 109, Christ Church
Workhouse, London, died in 1782. She
had lived in the parish upwards of 90 years.
Francis Miles, aged 108, Compton, near
Ashbourn, in the Peak, Derbyshire, En-
gland, died in 1782. He had served in
King William's wars in Ireland, and after- 
wards under the great Duke of Marlborough
and Prince Eugene.

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Robert Blackney, Esq. aged 114, near
Armagh, Ireland, died in 1782. London
Town and County Magazine for 1782.
Richard Nicholson, aged 110, Larne,
county of Antrim, Ireland, died in 1782.
He was three times transported to America
for sheepstealing, yet notwithstanding his
being so great a mutton-monger in his
younger days, towards the evening of life
he became remarkably pious, and in every
sense of the word, an useful citizen, and a
good man. London Magazine for 1782.
—Jenkins, aged 111, Westerham,
Kent, England, died in 1782. London
Magazine for 1782.
Hugh O'Keeffe, aged 110, Kanturk,
died in 1782. London Magazine for 1782.
Mrs. Weyman, aged 115, Workhouse,
New Brentford, Middlesex, England, died
in 1782. London Magazine for 1782.
J. Wilson, aged 116, Worlingworth,
Suffolk, England, died in 1782. His sup-
per for 40 years past was roasted turnips.
London Magazine for 1782.
Val. Cateby, aged 116, Preston, near
Hull, Yorkshire, England, died in 1782.
His diet for the last 20 years was milk and
biscuit. He went to sea in his 18th year,
and continued a sailor 36 years; he then
turned farmer, which occupation he fol-
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lowed 36 years. London Magazine for
1782.
Adam Sharpley, aged 111, London,
died in 1782. London Magazine for
1782.
David Fitzgerald, aged 117, Adravill,
county of Kerry, Ireland, died in 1782.
About 40 years before his death, he got a
new set of teeth. London Magazine for
1782.
John Beedel, aged 100, Tiverton, De-
vonfshire, England, died in 1782. He has
left 240 children, grand children, and
great grand children. One of his daugh-
ters having seventy children and grand
children. London Magazine for 1782.
Stephen Brig, aged 110, Hooper Hill
near Craven, Yorkshire, England, died in
1782. London Magazine for 1782.
Mrs. Filer Foa, aged 110, London, died
in 1782. She had  been a servant in the
house of Mrs. D'Almeid 80 years. Lon-
don Magazine for 1782.
Sarah Palmer, aged 90, Bath, England,
died in  1782. She has left 156 children,
grand children and great grand children.
London Magazine for 1782.
John Roberts, blacksmith, aged 111,
Lantrithyd, Glamorgan, England, died
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in an hour of his death. London Maga-
zine for 1782.
Dumitur Raduly, aged 140, Haroms-
zeck, Transylvania, subject to the Aus-
trians, died January 18th 1782. Scots
Magazine for 1786.              
Anthony Loydi, a husbandman, aged
114, Amezquet, province of Guipuzcoa,
Spain, died in 1783. He was born 21st
of March 1669, and never had any sickness
but the oppression of his lungs, which seiz-
ed him a few days before his death. Ha-
ving always an aversion to physic he refu-
sed to take what was ordered him during
his illness—he retained the use of his sen-
ses, had all his teeth and his hair to the day
of his death. During his whole life he
had eaten nothing but bread made out of
Turkey wheat, and always abstained from
wine and tobacco. At the age of 112 he
still worked in the fields, and could get up
into trees of a midling size without the
help of a ladder—his presence of mind and
found judgment never forsook him to his
latest breath. London Magazine for
1783.
Alexander M'Intosh, aged 102, Mar-
seilles, France, died in 1783. For the last
10 years he lived entirely on vegetables,
and enjoyed a good date of health, till
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at Dunkeld in Scotland, but being in the
Rebellion in 1715, was obliged to leave
his country and resided at Marseilles ever
since, on a small pension allowed him by
some of the Pretender's Family. London
Magazine for 1783.
Mr. Hawkins, aged 109, Peterborough,
England, died in 1783. London Maga-
zine for 1783.
James Le Meswrier, aged 118, St. Jean
Pied de Port, Navarre, France, died in
1783. He was born in that town, and
was never 20 miles from it in his life; his
common food for some years was vegeta-
bles. London Magazine for 1783.
Mrs. Franks, aged 109, Pontesract,
Yorkshire, England, died in 1783. Lon-
don Magazine for 1783.
Mrs. S. Holmes, aged 114, Liverpool,
England, died in 1783. She was married
at 48, and had 6 children. London Ma-
gazine for 1783.
Francis Saenze de la Rosa, aged 122,
Xalapa, Mexico, living in 1783. He was
born in the Burg of Tepego in 1662, was
married in the 75th year of his age, and
has had 10 children, he always travelled
as a carrier, enjoys strength and good
health, mounts and rides on horseback like
a young man. Mexico Gazette May 19th.
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Mrs. M. Tate, aged 116, Newcastle,
England, died in 1783. London Maga-
zine for 1783.
Mary Legout, widow of Philip Des-
vaux, aged 109 3/4 Parish of Marigny,
France, died in 1783. London Magazine
for 1783.
Margaret Melville, wife of Robert For-
bes, aged 117, Kettle, Fishshire, Scotland,
died in 1783. She was married at 35 and
had 1 son and 5 daughters, the eldest is
now 77 years old. She had 17 grand chil-
dren, and 37 great grand children. She
renewed her teeth about the 100th year of
her age, never had a head ach or pain in
her life, and walked, saw, and hear'd till
the day before her death. Loudon Maga-
zine for 1783.
Mrs. Bancart, aged 109, died in 1783.
She could read without spectacles, till
within a fortnight of her death. She buri-
ed her husband in 1765, aged 104. Lon-
don Magazine for 1783.
Andrew Buchols, aged 115, Tucheim,
duchy of Magdeburg, Germany, died in
1783. He had been a soldier from his
youth, and served at the battle of Malpla-
quet. London Magazine for 1783.
Widow Boston, aged 109. Hospital at
Temple-Balsall, Warwickshire, England,
died in 1783. She lived in the hospital

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about 54 years, retained all her faculties
to the last, and a few months before her
death she walked 2 miles to Knowl, to see
her grand children. London Magazine
for 1783.
Alexander Kilpatrick, Esq. aged 116,
Longford, Ireland, died in 1783. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine for
1783.
Jonathan Dougal, Esq. aged 112, Bel-
fast, Ireland, died in 1783. London
Town and Country Magazine for 1783.
Anthony Mascarenhas, a Negro, aged
110, Lisbon, kingdom of Portugal, died
in 1783. He was born at Mandinga in
Africa, he had been a slave to Councellor
Don Joseph Mascarenhas Pachero, with
whom like a faithful servant, he had re-
mained 18 years in prison. London Ma-
gazine for 1783.
Hugh Rowland Hughes, gent. aged 115,
Alnwick, died in 1784. He was born 1st
of March 1670, married in 1700 and had
9 children, he married the 2d time in 1734
and had 5 children, he married the 3d time
and had 2 children, viz. Hugh Evan
Hughes the Welch Poet and a daughter,
and in the year 1748 he married his 4th
wife, whom he left a widow with 7 chil-
dren, all men and women now alive—84
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livick Church on St. David's Day last.—
London Political Magazine for 1784.
George Harding, aged 111, Manchester,
England, died in 1784. He served as a
private soldier in the reigns of queen Anne,
George 1st and George 2d, and obtained
his discharge soon after the Scots Rebelli-
on. London Magazine for 1784.
Mrs. Shiddey, aged 110, Totteridge,
Herts, England, died in 1784. London
Magazine for 1784.
James Penling, farmer, aged 111, Wil-
ton, Wiltshire, England, died in 1784.
He had never worn spectacles, nor used a
walking stick, and at the age of 99 married
a woman by whom he had 4 sons. Lon-
don Magazine for 1784.
Mr. Whip, aged 116, Bishop, Wilton,
England, died in 1784. Westminster Ma-
gazine for 1784.
Lovelace Love, Brookhill, Ireland, di-
ed in 1784. He weighed 40 stone, his
coffin was 7 feet long, 4 feet across, and
3 1/2 deep. Westminster Magazine for
1784.
Dr. Richard Prescot, aged 111, Ireland,
died in 1784. He could walk a number
of miles till the day of his death. West-
minster Magazine for 1784.
A Welch Farmer, aged 105, Festionig,
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time before 1784. Extract from the late
Lord Lyttleton's Works, formerly pub-
lished separately, vol. 3. page 340. "Not
long ago there died in Festionig in Caer-
marthenshire, an honest Welch Farmer
who was 105—by his first wife he had 30
children, by his second wife no, by his
third wife 4, an 7 by his two concubines.
His youngest son was 81 years younger
than his eldest, and 800 persons descended
from him attended his funeral. Lady's
London Magazine 1784, page 296.
—Eeles, a maiden Lady, aged 105,
Richmond, Surry, England, living in 1785.
She eats and drinks as heartily as at any
period of her life, and has all her faculties
in as great perfection, she can read the
smallest print without spectacles, and her
daily employment now is in finishing a fine
piece of needle work, she has been some
months about. Her father lived to the
age of 137, her sister died about 3 years
ago, aged 104, and there is no recollection
of any relation she ever had, who died at
a less age than 90 years. Connecticut Cou-
rant, December 5th 1785.
Garret Baron, aged 107, Mount Au-
grim, county of Carlow, living in July
1785. Till within these few months he
retained all his faculties in a degree supe-
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pearance is strikingly venerable, his beard
is as white as snow and flows upon his
breast in the most engaging manner, his
hair is also remarkably white and reaches
to the small of his back, he never entered
the connubial state, and it is said that a
report of his having been married, which
was maliciously spread, has been the source
of his misfortune, his sensibility being so
exquisite, that his faculties since that pe-
riod have been evidently on the decline.
Massachusetts and New-Hampshire Gene-
ral Advertiser, October 26th 1785.
Mr. Froome, aged 125, Holms-Chapel,
Cheshire, England, died in 1785. New-
York Daily Advertiser, June 16th 1786.
Donald M'Keen, aged 109, Argyleshire,
Scotland, died in 1785. He escaped from
Glencoe at the time of the massacre there
in 1692. London Magazine for 1785.
Mary M'Donald, aged 118, county of
Downing, Ireland, died in 1785. Lon-
don Magazine for 1785.
John Foslart, aged 121, Nerney, near
the city of Exeter, England, living 30th
November 1785. He is a wool comber,
at which trade he still works,is in good
health, and retains his faculties. New-
York Daily Advertiser, June 16th 1786.
Mrs. Neale, aged 122, Foleshill, near
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Coventry, Warwickshire, England, died
in 1785. She walked to and from Coven-
try, which is 3 miles from Foleshill, every
market day, till within a few years of her
death. London Magazine for 1785.
John Maxwell, aged 132, near Keswick
Lake, Cumberland, England, died in 1785.
He has left 9 children living, the youngest
of whom is above 60 years of age. Lon-
don Magazine for 1785.
John Conklin, aged 85, at his planta-
tion near Poughkeepsie, State of New-
York, died in November 1785. This ve-
nerable personage had been married 63
years, and left behind him 181 children,
grand children, and great grand children.
His life was a life of innocence, and his
his last actions an aspiration of praise.
Poughkeepsie Advertiser.
Mary Cameron, aged 130, Invernes-
shire, Scotland, died in 1785. New-York
Daily Advertiser, June 16th 1786.
A Man, Joseph Buller, aged 114, Pa-
ris, died in 1786. He had never been bled,
could read without spectacles, and walk a
couple of leagues every day about Paris,
he had lived 57 years with the same wife,
and worked as a porter till he was 105
years old. His father lived 123 years and
10 months. See Scots Magazine for 1786.
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Modryle Gaunor, aged 140, at Aber Co-
warch, near Dinas Mowddwy in Merio
Nethshire, North Wales, died in 1786.
This old veteran had saved a considerable
sum of money by begging at her door, and
was never seen a mile from home by the
oldest inhabitant about there, she was fol-
lowed to her grave by 18 grand children,
25 great grand children, and 4 great great
grandchildren, in all 47. London Maga-
zine for 1786.
Mrs. Heath, aged 120, Ottery, Devon,
England, died in 1786. She perfectly
well remembered the landing of king Wil-
liam at Torbay in the year 1688. London
Magazine for 1786.
Paul O'Brien, aged 147 years 5 months,
county of Clare, Ireland, died in 1786.
He exercised his trade of a cooper, in which
employment he rambled all over the coun-
try, till within a few days of his death.
London Political Magazine for 1786.
Matthew Bayley, aged 136, Jones's
Creek, State of North-Carolina, died in
1786. He was baptized when 134 years
old, had good eye sight, strength of body
and mind until his death. Hampshire
Herald, March 28th 1786.            
Mrs Smith, aged 109, London, died in
1786. London Magazine for 1786.
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Common, England, died in 1786. Of
this man it is remarkable that he was only
2 feet in height, and measured exactly the
same in the girth, so that he was literally
as thick as  he was long. London Maga-
zine for 1786.
Mrs. Gwenllian Thomas, aged 109,
Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, South Wales,
died in 1786. London Magazine for 1786.
The Noble Ostroki, aged 125, Zodon-
ky, Poland, died in 1786. In 1683 he
attended in quality of page to king Sobies-
ki, when that sovereign relieved Vienna,
which was besieged by the Turks. Lon-
don Magazine for 1786.
Ester Richardson, aged 109, Langton,
in the Wolds, Yorkshire, England, died
in 1786. London Magazine for 1786.
Mrs. Marshe, aged 83, Bentley, near
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, died in
1786. She had been married 62 years,
and was mother of 10 children, grand mo-
ther of 42, and great grand mother to 10,
in all 62. London Magazine for 1786.
Cardinal De Salis, aged 110, Archbi-
shop of Seville, Spain, died in 1786.
Scots Magazine for 1786.
Mrs. Chapman, aged 111, Dunmow,
Essex, England, died in 1786. She was
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on the Flitch of Bacon that was given in
the year 1751. Scots Magazine for 1786.
M. Clooster, aged 125, Beeston, West-
phalia, Germany, died in 1786. He ser-
ved as an officer in the armies of the Em-
peror, and the kings of Sweden and Den-
mark, near a hundred years. Scots Ma-
gazine for 1786.
Veresimo Nogueira, aged 117, Parish
of St. Joannes de Godim, diocese of Opor-
to, Portugal, died in 1786. He served as
a soldier from the age of 17 to 37, and was
at the battle of Almanza; he received a
fall which broke one of his legs in three
places, which it is supposed hastened his
death. He had all his teeth as likewise
his hair, a few of which only were grey,
and he enjoyed all his faculties to the last.
Scots Magazine for 1786.
—Hodel, aged 124, Old Constanti-
now in Volhyrica, Poland, died in 1786.
When he was 21 he served Sobieski before
Vienna, he was never married, nor felt
sickness. at 108 years of age he became
a Capuchin and died in that order. Scots
Magazine for 1786.
Mrs. Goldie, sen. aged 112, Stenhouse,
died in 1786. Scots Magazine for 1786.
Christian Lousnen, aged 114, Trionia,
died in 1786. He was present at the bat-
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ties of Gadebusch, Wismar, Stralsund, and
Feudern, where the celebrated General
Steenborch was taken prisoner. Scots Ma-
gazine for 1786.
Elizabeth Gillilan, aged 111, Carmony,
near Belfast, Ireland, died in 1786. She
never was married, and enjoyed a good
date of health till within a few days of her
death. London Magazine for 1786.
Ebenezer Hurd, aged 84, Stratford, 
Connecticut, living in 1786. He began
to ride Post from New-York to Say-Brook
in 1727, and continued to ride for 48 years
successively once in two weeks, and in each
tour rode 254 miles, this multiplied by
1248 which is the number of fortnights in
48 years, amounts to 316,992 miles, which
is more than equal to 12 1/2 times round
the globe, allowing its circumference to
be 25,920 miles, and is nearly as far as
the Moon and half way back. A man
might reach the Sun if he would travel at
the same rate, in 14,490 years. Boston
Magazine for 1786.
Rebecca Ladd, Beddeford, Massachu-
setts, died in 1786. She had 10 children
3 of whom are alive, 48 grand children 33
of whom are alive, 82 great grand children
70 of whom are alive, 4 great great grand
children all alive; in all 144, 110 living.
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—Browne, aged 108, Hastings, Sus-
sex, England, living in 1787. He buried
his wife some years ago, at the age of 98,
by whom he had 24 children, all twins, 16
of these were sons, and the rest daughters;
22 of his children are now at home with
him ; he is 6 feet 2 inches in height, and is
withal lusty. He rode from Hastings to
London, which is 63 miles, about 10 weeks
ago in one day, upon a horse that he had
kept for his own riding these 20 years past.
He has lived a life of intemperance for the.
last 50 years; having scarcely ever gone to 
bed sober, and one son follows his steps, 
having for these 15 years not been free from
intoxication in the evening. He always
brought his children up to industry, and 
if he found any of them averse to work, he 
sent them to sea. There were two of them
of this disposition, whom he sent on board
the Royal George which was lost, but they 
were both preserved by swimming upon a 
plank. The youngest of the 24 children
is upwards of 50 years of age; he was
married and had 8 children, who were
all likewise twins, but who, with the wife,
died within the space of 5 years. London
Town and Country Magazine, for 1787.
Jonas Warren, aged 107, near Baldoyle,
Ireland, died in 1787. He was supposed
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ving been 95 years in the practice of ob-
taining bread from the ocean—His appetite
was so keen, that within a few weeks of his
death he ate near three pounds of solids,
and drank 3 pints of ale at a meal. Lon-
don Town and Country Magazine.
Mrs. Kerr, aged  111, Aheld, Northum-
berland, England, died in 1787. London
Magazine for 1787.
Mrs. Bailey, aged 105, Liverpool, En-
gland, died in 1787. Her mother lived to
the age of 116 years. European Magazine
for 1787.
Mary Brook, aged 119, Horton, near
Leak, Staffordshire, England, died in 1787.
She lived singly 50 years, was then marri-
ed, lived a married life 50 years, and had
been 19 years and some months a widow.
Tarquill Macleod, aged 113, Island of
Lewis, Scotland, died in 1787. He fought
in the battles of Killicranky, Sheriffmuir,
and Culladen.
Louis Castleman, aged 109, Bedford
County, state of Pennsylvania, living in
1787. Columbian Magazine, printed at
Philadelphia, September, 1787.
William Coppernall, aged 109, Mont-
gomery county, State of New-York, living
in April, 1787. He was born in 1677, had
lived to see 7 sovereigns wield the British
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happiness to see liberty dawning in the
West, under the auspices of a new and ri-
sing empire. Columbian Magazine, print-
ed at Philadelphia, September, 1787.
Elizabeth Babbington, aged 110, near
Dublin, Ireland, died in 1788. It is a
little remarkable, that at the time of her
infancy, being at nurse, her mother, Eli-
zabeth Hopson, having received an account
of her child's death, set off to see her before
interment, but not arriving till the child
was buried, she insisted upon having a sight
of her, and on opening the coffin signs of
life appeared in the child; the happy mo-
ther took her infant to her bosom, being at
that time wet nurse to a neighbouring gen-
tleman, and immediately offered her the
breast, when after a few trials the child
was able to imbibe some nourishment.—
New-York Daily Advertiser for June 14th,
1788.
Mary Precklin, aged 91, Philadelphia,
State of Pensylvania, died in 1788. She
was an ancient widow originally from Ger-
many, but long settled in Philadelphia.
She had 6 children, 47 grandchildren, 58
great grand children, and 2 great great
grand children, so that she was not behind
the old Indian Squaw, who used to tell
the first letters that she could say, "Arise
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daughters daughter has got a daughter;
113 persons had descended from this old
lady at the time of her death: a long train
of whom, among others a son bent with
age, followed her body to its interment in
the Lutheran burying ground in that city.
Loudon's New-York Packet, August 1st,
1788.
William Riddel, aged 116, Selkirk, Scot-
land, died in 1788. In the early part of
his life he dealt deep in the smuggling and
drinking of Brandy, and was always so fond
of ale. that he had been often heard to de-
clare that he had never taken a single
draught of water. He could never be called
an habitual drinker, but frequently fell
into intemperate rambles of several days
continuance, and even after he was 90 he
at one time drank a fortnight before he
went to bed. He married his third wife
when he was 95, and retained his memory
and judgment to the last. For the last two
years of his life, he subsisted chiefly on ale,
and spirits mixed with a little bread. Lou-
don's  New-York Packet, November 4th,
1788.
Mrs. Deborah Godfrey, aged 80, Steph-
ney Causeway, England, died November
4th, 1788. She was the widow of Benja-
min Godfrey, late of Harris's Court, Rat-
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children, all of whom lived to a state of
maturity. They  were of the society of
Quakers, and what may appear somewhat
extraordinary, the husband was twice read
out of meeting for divers acts of increasing
and multiplying out of his own family, to
the number of above 30 illegitimate chil-
dren that were sworn to him—He was the
Grand Sultan of Ratcliffe, and is supposed
to have been the father of 150 sons and
daughters. Loudon's New-York Packet,
February 13th, 1789.
Samuel Daniels, aged 98, Holliston,
New-England, died in 1788. He has had
several ill turns, but would never employ
a doctor. He has many years attended a
Corn Mill, and never was charged with
taking too much toll; he has left above 100
living posterity. William Morton's New
York Morning Post, 1788.
Andrew Wilson, aged 124, Galston,
Airshire, Scotland, died in 1788. He
was a Farmer, was born in 1664, and re-
membered the battle of Airmoss. London
Magazine for 1788.
Henrietta Long, aged 121, Hoxton,
England, died in 1788. She used to sell
grey pease about the streets of the City, 70
tears ago. London Magazine for 1788.
Ann Clare, aged 114, Hempstead,
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Se was the relict of Colonel Clare, who
was killed at Blenheim. London Maga-
zine for 1788.
Jonathan Simpson, Esq. aged 113, Lon-
don, died in 1788. London Magazine for
1788.
Mary Bishop, aged 80, Nunney, So-
mersetshire, England, died in 1788. She
was mother to 21 children, grand mother
to 60, and great grand mother to 19, in all
100; and never lost a child. London
Town and Country Magazine for 1788.
Mr. Kirwan, aged 127, Ferns, Ireland,
died in 1788. London Town and Coun-
try Magazine for 1788.
Patrick Connolly, esq. aged 114, Galway,
Scotland, died in 1788. Glasgow Mer-
cury for 1788.
Arthur Bibbings, aged 107, Windham, 
State of Massachusetts, died in 1788. Ame-
rican Magazine printed at New-York in
March 1788.
Philip Louis De Vertot, aged 129,
Montpelier, South of France, died in 1788.
He has left a son who is now in his 98th
year, and a grand son who was 70 on the
20th of August, on which day all dined
together. Edinburgh Magazine for 1788.
Philip Coets, aged 104, Antwerp, Aus-
trian Netherlands, died in 1789. He was
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the campaigns of Prince Eugene against
the Turks. In 1717 he was at the capture
of Belgrade: at 40 years of age he married
and lived with his first wife 12 years, by
whom he had 6 children and 10 grand
children—at 60 he married again and had
8 children from whom were descended 30
grand children. He was so strong that at
73 he lifted a butt of beer from a cart,
without the least trouble—having lost his
2d wife, he married again at 92, but had
no children, he was always in health and
preserved all his senses except his hearing,
till his death. Literary Magazine, and
British Review for February 1789.
—Kelly, aged 116, Great Peter
Street, Westminster, London, living in
1789. He fought at the battle of the Boyne
in Ireland July 1690, was in king James's
army, and says that he remembers that
kings face as well this day as he did when
at the Boyne. He can now both read and
write, and walks more than 3 miles every
day. New-York Morning Post and Daily
Advertiser, October 22 1789.
Patrick Murphy, aged 116, Limerick,
Ireland, died in 1789. He served as a sol-
dier in many wars, at the beginning of the
present century. Literary Magazine and
British Review, for February 1789.
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Jane Ross, aged 106, London, died in
1789. She was a native of Scotland, re-
tained her faculties to the last hour, and
read with ease the smallest print. Litera-
ry Magazine and British Review, for Fe-
bruary 1789.
Mary Kinsey, aged 114, Island Creek,
State of North Carolina, died in 1789.
Pennsylvania Mercury, printed by Daniel
Humphreys, Philadelphia November 7th
1789.
Captain Ezra Morse, aged 95, Dedham,
State of Massachusetts, died 23d of Novem-
ber 1789. The day of his death he com-
pleated his 95th year—he had 262 descen-
dants, of which 216 survive him, he had
35 of the 5th generation, several of whom
are 15 and 16 years of age and some of them
even older. New-York Daily Advertiser
for December 1789.
John Baptist Arsenon, aged 108, Gua-
daloupe, French West-India Island, died
in 1789. Salem Mercury October 27th
Elizabeth Lady Dowager Cathcart, aged
98, England, died in 1789. She has had
3 husbands, 1 st Mr. Sabine of Hertford-
shire, 2d in 1739, the present Lord Cath-
carts grand father, who died in West In-
dies in 1740, commander in chief against
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burgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany,
for 1789.
Mr. Coward, aged 116, Arnside Castle,
Westmoreland, England, died in 1789.
He could read without spectacles to the
day of his death. Edinburgh Magazine
or Literary Miscellany for 1789.
Right Honorable Viscountess Saye and
Sele, aged 94, Dederhall, died in 1789.
She was gay and chearful, and actually
danced with her friends last Michaelmas
Feast at her seat at Dederhall. Edinburgh
Magazine or Literary Miscellany for 1789.
Mr. John Stewart, aged 89, Dunkeld,
Scotland, died 1789. A few years ago on
a wager he walked from Dunkeld to Lon-
don, being 450 miles, in 4 days and 6
hours, which was 18 hours less time than
was allowed him. Edinburgh Magazine
or Literary Miscellany for 1789.
John Howell, aged 109, Monmouth-
shire, England, died in 1789. He died
of over fatigue, having on the day of his
death walked 6 miles. Edinburgh Maga-
zine or Literary Miscellany for 1789.
92 Persons between 70 and 80, 
34 do. do. 80 and 90,  
4 do. do. 90 and 100,  
Guil-
ford,
State
of Connecticut, living 1st of September
1790. Massachusetts Magazine or Month-

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ly Museum, printed at Boston by Isaiah
Thomas, April 1791.
Sarah Newton, aged 106, Southborough,
State of Connecticut, died in 1790. She
retained her senses remarkably to the very
last, her mother lived 113 years, and one
of her sisters 102 years. Connecticut Ga-
zette, printed at New-London, April 9th
1790.
Hugh Liewellyn, aged 115, at Lean
Cadwallader, North Wales, England, di-
ed in 1790. He was well known for his
musical talents. M'Lean's New-York
Daily Gazette, August 23d 1790.
John Jacob, the celebrated Partriarch
Mount Jura, aged 128, Paris, died in
1790. M'Lean's New-York Daily Gazette,
August 23d 1790.
Nathan Van Verts, aged 124, Albany,  
State of New-York, died in 1790. Ame-
rican Museum or Universal Magazine,
printed at Philadelphia, August 1790.
John Abbe, aged 109, East Hartford,
State of Connecticut, died in 1790. Ame-
rican Museum or Universal Magazine,
printed at Philadelphia, November 1720.
Mercy Varney, aged 109, Dover, De-
laware, died in 1790. She has left a pos-
terity of 109 persons. Christian's, Scho-
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Kollock at Elizabeth Town, New-Jersey,
1790.
William Billings, aged 122, Fairfield,
near Lagnor, Staffordshire, England, died
in 1791. He never had a fit of sickness,
and at last expired without a groan. Ge-
neral Cadogan, who died a few years since,
was one of the last of Oueen Ann's officers
that survived the great Marlborough, and
Billings the last private in England that
served under that great commander. Bil-
lings's birth and death were equally extra-
ordinary; he was born under a hedge in
the year 1669, not a hundred yards from
the cottage where he died. New-York
Daily Advertiser, April 5th, 1791.
Catharine Cully, a poor woman, aged
130, near Doonane, England, died in 1791.
The day before her death she walked more
than three miles, and was seemingly in
good health. New-York Daily Advertiser,
April 5th, 1791.
Countess of Oginska, aged 91, Poland,
died in 1791. This lady could roll up
silver plate with her hands like parchment,
and break a crown piece in two. Massa-
chusetts Magazine or Monthly Museum,
printed at Boston, for April, 1791.
Mr. F. Rowlins, aged 32, England, died
in the year 1792. He weighed 476lbs mea-
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sured 6 feet 4 inches round the waist, and
was but 5 feet 6 inches high. Massachu-
setts Magazine, or Monthly Museum,
printed at Boston, for April, 1791.
Mr. Rose, aged 103, Weathersfield,
State of Massachusetts died in 1791. His
descendents were 14 children, and 340
grand children and great grand children.
Columbian Centinel, printed at Boston,
May 7th, 1791.
Mrs. Mc Intosh, aged 124, Neighbour-
hood of Ashintully, Perthshire, Scotland,
living in 1791. Her first child was born
before the Revolution in 1688, and her
last after the rebellion in 1715. New-
York Daily Advertiser, March 30th, 1791.
Mrs. Magee, aged 102, Limerick, Ire-
land, died in 1791. She has left behind
her, in the liberties of Limerick, 74 chil-
dren, grand and great grand children.—
She enjoyed good health till a year before
her death. New-York Daily Gazette,
April 5th, 1791.
William Marshall, aged 117, living in
1791. New-York Daily Gazette, April
5th, 1791.
Jane Walker, aged 108, Calinneark,
Ireland, died in the year 1791. Her great
age does not appear extraordinary in that
part of the country where she lived: with-
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died in the lower part of Galloway, aged
from 100, to 115 years. New-York Daily
Gazette, April 5th, 1791.
Archibald Cameron, a poor man, aged
122, Inch Keith, a small Island, on N.
W. coast of the Highlands of Scotland,
died in April, 1791. He died without
pain, groan, or previous sickness. This
Postdeluvian Patriarch had served 7 lords
of the Isle, in the capacity of domestic
piper, during the course of 94 years, but
his fingers failing, he lived on a small pen-
sion allowed him by the family. The In-
depent Gazetteer, or Agricultural Reposi-
tory, printed by Eleazer Oswald, Phila-
delphia, June 15th, 1791.
Thomas Wims, aged 117, Juam, Ire-
land, died in 1791. He fought in 1701
at the siege of Londonderry. European
Magazine, for January, 1792.
A Fisherman, aged 109, Gamrie, Scot-
land, died in 1791. Edinburgh Magazine
for 1791.
Alexander Dickie, aged 101, Cruden,
Scotland, died in 1791. He retained the
use of all his senses to the last, and never
had, as he was wont to express it, a sore
head or a sick heart. His first wife, Chris-
tian Boghouse, died 15 years ago, aged
105. He married a 2d wife in his 88th

92 LONGEVITY.
year, who survives him. Edinburgh Ma-
gazine for 1791.
John Campbell, aged 120, Dungannon,
Ireland, died in 1791. He was a native
of Scotland, he was in the fleet when the
boom was broken at Londonderry, in 1689,
was a marine in 1704, with Admiral Rook,
at the taking of Gibralter. He was of low
stature, had an aquiline nose, and wanted
an eye. He was confined a very short time
previous to his  dissolution. Childs and
Swain's New-York Daily Advertiser, Fe-
bruary 21st, 1792.
Joseph Simpson, born at Frankfort in
Germany, emigrated to America about the
year 1717, resided on Long-Island, and
the latter part of his life in New-York,
where he died at the age of 102—had his
rational faculties and eye sight to the day
of his death, was noted for a moral reli-
gious man, an Israelite in whom there was
no guile, waiting continually for the co-
ming of the blessed Shiloh, and died in
the firm belief of his being his saviour and
king. He used spectacles from about 50
to 70, when his visual faculties returned
with full vigour. He died in 1788.

APPENDIX.
Deaths recorded in Scripture, from the
Creation to the Flood.
Adam died at the age of 930, Seth the
son of Adam, at 912; Enos son of Seth,
at 905; Cainnn son of Enos, at 910; Ma-
halaleel son of Cainan, at 895; Jarad son
of Mahalaleel, at 962; Enoch son of Ma-
halaleel a righteous man translated from
earth to heaven, and did not taste death 365.
Methuselah son of Enoch, the oldest per;
son on record, aged 969, he died the year
the flood came upon the world. History
of the Life and Death of Christ, by Jere;
miah Taylor, page 13. Lamech son of
Methuselah, aged 777. Gen. 5th chap.
After the Flood.
Noah son of Lamech was 600 when he
went into the Ark, and died at the age of
950, Gen. 9. 29. Shem son of Noah 600,
Gen. 11. 10, 11. Arphaxed son of Shem
438, ver. 12, 13. Salah son of Arphaxed
434, ver. 14, 15. Eber son of Salah 464,
ver. 16, 17. Peleg son of Eber 239, ver.
18, 19. Reu son of Peleg 239, ver. 20,
21. Serug son of Reu 230, ver. 22, 23.
Nahor son of Serug 148, ver. 24, 25.
Terah son of Nahor and father of Abram, 

94 APPENDIX.
Nahor and Haran, 205, ver. 32. Sarah,
Abrams wife, daughter of Terah and sister
to Abram by the father but not the mothers
side 127, Gen. 20. 12.
Abraham the father of the faithful, to
whom the promise was made, that in his
seed all the nations of the earth should be
blessed, died in Hebron in the land of Ca-
naan, aged 175, Gen 25. 7, 8.
Ishmael, son of Abraham by Hagar,
Sarai's handmaid, to whom the promise
was made (Gen. 17. 20.) that he should
become the father of 12 princes, which
promise was fulfilled, aged 137. See Ge-
nesis chap. 25. ver. 12 to 18.
Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, mar-
ried at 40, and died at the age of 180. Gen.
25. 20.—35. 28, 29.
Jacob, surnamed Israel, when he came
into Egypt was 130, and died there aged
147. Gen. 47. 6—8. Joseph son of Is-
rael died in Egypt, aged 110. Gen. 50.
26. Levi, son of Israel, died in Egypt,
aged 137. Exod. 6. 16. Kohath, son of
Levi, died in Egypt, aged 133. Ex. 6.
18. Amram son of Kohath, died in Egypt
aged 137. Ex. 6. 20. Moses son of Am-
ram and brother of Aaron, died on mount
Nebo in the land of Moab, aged 120.
Deut. 34. 7.
Caleb the son Jephunneh was strong and 
             

95 APPENDIX. 
fit for war at the age of 85. Josh. 14. 7,
10, 11.
Joshua the son of Nun, who succeeded
Moses, died in Canaan in mount Ephraim,
the land of his inheritance, aged 110.
Josh. 24. 29.
Eli, High Priest, aged 98. 1 Sam. 4.
15, 18.
Bazillai, king Davids friend, upwards
of 80. 2 Sam. 19, 31, 39.
King David reigned in Hebron over Ju-
dah 7 1/2 years, reigned in Jerusalem over
all Israel 33, when he began to reign over
Judah his age was 30. 70 1/2 when he died.
2 Sam. 2. 11.—5. 5.
Jehoiasa, high Priest of Judah, aged
130. 2 Chron. 24. 15.
Job, lived after his troubles 140 years,
must when he died have been at least of
the age of 160. Job 42. 16, 17.
Note—Some Divines imagine the book
of Job to be a story written by Moses to
comfort the Israelites in their fatigueing
journey through the wilderness.
Gideon, son of Joash the Abiezrige of
the tribe of Manassah, had 71 sons, Judg.
8. 30, 31. 69 slain, 9. 5.
Jair, a Gileadite, had 30 sons. Judges
10. 4.
Ibzan of Bethlehem, had 30 sons and 30
daughters. Judges 12. 9. 

96 APPENDIX.
Abdon son of Hillel, had 40 sons and
30 nephews. Judges 12. 14.
Ahab king of Israel, son of Omri, cap-
tain of the host of Israel, had 70 sons who
were all slain. 2 Kings 10. 7.
Rehoboam king of Israel, son of Solo-
mon, had 28 sons, 60 daughters, 18 wives,
and 60 concubines. 2 Chron. 11. 21.
Abijah son of Rehoboam and king of
Judah, had 22 sons, 16 daughters, and
14 wives. 2 Chron. 13. 21.
Solomon had 700 wives, princesses, and
300 concubines. 1 Kings 11. 3.
Books Lost. See Genesis, 36. 24.
Book of the wars of the Lord, Num.
21. 24. Book of Jasher. 2d Sam. 1. 18.
Josh. 10. 13. Book of the Acts of Solo-
mon, 1 st Kings, 11. 14. Book of the
Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, 14. 29.
Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Is-
rael, 15. 31. Solomon spake 3000 pro-
verbs, and 1005 songs ; he spake also of
trees from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon,
even unto the hyssop that springeth out of
the wall; he spake also of beasts and of
fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes;
and there came of all people to hear of the
wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the
earth which had heard of his wisdom, for
he was wiser than Etham the Ezrahite, and 

97 APPENDIX. 
Heman and Chaleol, and Darda, the sons
of Mahol. 1 Kings, 4. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34.
Book of Nathan the prophet. Book of
Gad the Seer. 1 Chron. 29. 29.
The prophecy of Abijah the Shibonite.
The visions of Iddo the seer, against Jero-
boam the son of Nebat. 2 Chron. 9. 29.
Book of Shemaih the prophet. Book of
Iddo the seer concerning genealogies. 2
Chron. 12. 15.
The story of the prophet Iddo. 2 Chron.
13. 22.
Book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
2. Chron. 16. 11.
Book of Jehu the son of Kanain, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings of Is-
rael. 2 Chron. 20. 34.
The acts of Uzziah first and last written
by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
2 Chron. 26. 22.
The vision of Isaiah the prophet, the
son of Amoz. 2 Chron. 32. 32. See
Isaiah 36. 37. 38. 39 chapters, which
probably contain the whole of what related
to Hezekiah in 2 Chron. 32. 32. if so the
book of the vision of Isaiah the son of
Amoz is not lost.
The sayings of the seers. 2 Chron.
33. 19.
I


98 APPENDIX.
Jeremiah and the singing men and wo-
mens lamentations for king Josiah. 2 Chron.
35. 25.
Book of Enoch, the 7th man from Adam.
Jude 1. 14.
For their idolatry in worship-
ping the golden calf, the Levites
by order of Moses, slay of the Is-
raelites about, Exod. 32. 
3000
The Israelites loath manna and
murmur for flesh, plague destroys
them, number not mentioned.
Num. 11.
Rebellion of Korah, Dathan
and Abram, fire destroys princes
of the congregation, 
250
Plague destroys of the people, 
14,700
Num. 16 
14,950
They murmur at the tedious-
ness of the journey, bitten by
fiery serpents, numbers not men-
tioned. Num. 21.
They mix and commit idola-
try with the Moabites, plague
destroys, Num. 25. 
24,000
Gileadites and Ephraimites
quarrel, the Gileadites slay of
Ephraim. Judges 12. 
42,000
Israel and Benjamin war on
account of the usage of the Le- 


99 APPENDIX. 
vites wife.—Benjamin slays of
Israel, 
22,000
18,000
30 
40,030
Israel slays of Benjamin, 
25,100
in battle 
65,130
besides what were slain of Benja-
min in their cities, all of which
the Israelites destroyed with fire
and (word, together with the cat-
tle and every thing that came to
hand, in short the whole tribe was
exterminated except 600 men.
Judges 20.
Israel cut off all the inhabi-
tants of Jabesh Gilead, for not
assisting at the daughter of Ben-
jamin, sparing only the virgins
who amounted to 400, and steal
of the daughters of Shiloh 200.
—600 virgins for wives to the
600 of Benjamin, who escaped
the sword of Israel. Judges 21.
69 of the 70 sons of Gideon
slain. Judges 9. 5. 
69
Slain by the Philistines, of Is-
rael. 1 Sam. 4. 2, 10. 
4000 

100 APPENDIX.
Slain by the Philistines. 
30,000 
34,000
Slain of the men of Beth-she-
mesh for looking into the ark.
1 Sam. 6. 19. 
50,070
Saul slayeth of the priests. 1
Sam. 22. 18. 
85
Israel slain by the Philistines,
number not mentioned. 1 Sa. 31.
Judah and Israel fight, slain
of Israel. 
360
Slain of Judah. 2 Sam. 2. 30,
31. 
20 
380
Absalom's rebellion, slain of
Israel. 2 Sam. 18. 17. 
20,000
Destroyed by pestilence for
numbering the people. 2 Sam.
24. 15. 
70,000
Elijah slays all Baals pro-
phets. 1 Kings 18. 40. 
850
Battle between Israel and Syria
slain not mentioned. 1 Kings
22. 30.
Jehosephat slays Ahabs sons, 
70
and all the worshippers of Baal,
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101 APPENDIX.
Israel and Judah fight, slain
not mentioned. 2 Kings 14. 12.
Israel and Judah fight, slain
of Israel in battle, chosen men.
2 Chron. 13. 17. 
500,000
Ephraim slay of Judah. 2
Chron. 25. 13. 
3000
Israel and Judah fight, slain
not mentioned. 2 Chron. 25. 22.
Israel slay of Judah in one day 
carry away captive 200,000 but
at the remonstrance of a prophet
they restore them to their bre-
thren. 2 Chron. 28. 
120,000
Slain 947,604             
Israel slay of Moab. Judges
3. 29. 
10,000
Shamgar an Israelite, slays of
the Philistines with an ox-goad.
Judges 3. 31. 
600
Israel slay of the Midianites
and Amalakites, swordsmen.
Judges 8. 10. 
120,000
Sampson with the jaw bone of
an Ass, slays of the Philistines.
Judges 15. 15. 
1000
Israel slay of the Syrians, ta- 
ken prisoners 700 horsemen and
20,000 footmen. 2 Sam. 8. 5.
22,000
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102 APPENDIX.
Slain of horsemen. 2 Sam. 10.
18. 
40,700
Slain of footmen. 1 Kings. 20.
29, 30. 
100,000
At Aphek a wall fell upon and
killed, 1 Kings 20. 29, 30. 
27,000
The Angel of the Lord slays
of the Syrians, 2 Kings 19. 35. 
185,000
Joab was 6 months in Edom with
all the army of Israel, and des-
troyed every male. — Hadad one
of the king of Edom's sons with
a few servants escape to Egypt,
1 Kings 11. 14, 18.
Israel slay of Edom in the val-
ley of Salt. 1 Chron. 18, 12. also
2 Sam. 8. 13. 
18,000
Battle between Judah and a
million Ethiopians which Judah
beat, slain not mentioned. 2
Chron. 14. 10.
Judah slay of Edom, 
10,000
Prisoners taken to the top of a
rock and thrown down, by
which they were all dashed to
pieces. 2 Chron, 25. 11, 12. 
10,000
20,000
542,500


103 APPENDIX. 
The city of Ai taken by Joshua
who slew all the inhabitants a-
mounting to, Joshua 8. 25. 
12,000
Judah slay of the Canaanites
and Perrizzite at Bezek, Judges
I. 4. 
10,000

104 APPENDIX.
A Table of the years of the Antideluvian
Patriarchs.
Their ages at their sons birth.
-
Heb. Sam. Sept. Josep.
Adam, 130 130 230 130
Seth, 105 105 205 105
Enos, 90 90 190 90
Cainan, 70 70 170 70
Mahalaleel, 65 65 165 65 
Jared, 162 62 162 62
Enoch, 65 65 165 65
Methuselah, 187 67 167 187
Lameche, 182 53 188 183
Noah, at the 
Flood, 600  600 600 600 |
to the flood 1656 1307 2242 1556
Years they lived
after sons birth, 
Heb. Sam. Sept.
800 800 700 
807 807 707 
815 815 715
840 840 740 
830 830 730
800 785 800
300 300 200
782 653 802
595 600 565
Length of their 
Lives.
Heb. Sam. Sep.
930 930 930
912 912 912
905 905 905
910 910 910
895 895 895
962 847 962
365 365 365
969 720 969
777 653 753

105 APPENDIX. 
Curiosities not relating to Longevity by way of
Finilization.
Abraham's sacrifice, when God made a
covenant with him, consisted of 3 animals,
a heifer, a she goat, and a ram, each 3
years old. Gen. 15. 9.
Abraham entertains 3 angels. Gen. 18. 2.
He was 3 days travelling to mount Mo-
riah, to offer up his son Isaac. Gen. 22. 4.
Laban set 3 days journey between his
flock and Jacob's. Gen. 30. 36.
Laban was told of Jacob's slight 3 days
after it happened. Gen. 31. 22.
Jacob's sons slay all the Shechemites on
the 3d day after they were circumcised.
Gen. 34. 25.
Joseph imprisoned his brethren 3 days.
Gen. 42. 17.
Pharoah's butler's dream of 3 branches,
and the bakers dream of 3 white baskets.
Gen. 40. 10, 12, 16, 18.
Moses's mother hid him 3 months. Exod.
2. 2.
God orders Moses to go 3 days journey
in the wilderness with the Israelites to sa-
crifice. Exod. 3. 18.
3 days darkness was one of the plagues
of Egypt. Exod. 22.
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106 APPENDIX.
they arrive in the wilderness of Sinai. Exod.
19. 1.
God promises to come down in the fight
of all the people, upon mount Sinai, on
the 3d day. Exod. 19. 11.
3 feasts unto the Lord enjoined each year.
Exod. 23. 14.
The remains of an offering for a vow to
be burnt on the 3d day. Levit. 7. 7.
Israelites depart from mount Sinai 3
days journey. Numb. 10. 33.
Purifications on the 3d day. Numb.
19. 12, 19.
3 times did Balaam smite the ass before
it spake. Numb. 22. 28.
3 times was Balaam's sacrifice repeated.
Numb. 23.
3 times he blessed Israel. Numb. 24. 10.
3 cities of refuge appointed. Deut. 4. 41.
In 3 days time Israel promised to pass
Jordan. Joshua 1.1.
The spies sent to Jericho are pursued,
they flee to the mountains and hide them-
selves 3 days. Joshua, 2. 16. 22.
Israel deceived by the Cibeonites, make
a league with them, but discover the de-
ception after 3 days. Joshua, 9. 16. 17.
3 men from each tribe sent to search the
land. Joshua, 18. 4.
The Philistines could not solve Samp-
son's riddle in 3 days. Judg. 14. 14. 

107 APPENDIX. 
Israel saved, and the Midianites defeated
by 3 hundred men, whom God had chosen
by a sign for that purpose. Judg. 7. 7.
Gideon divides the 3 hundred men into
3 companies. Judg. 7. 16.
Abimeleck divides his troop into 3 com-
panies. Judg. 9. 43.
Sampson catches 3 hundred foxes. Judg.
15. 4.
He deceives Delilah, respecting his
strength three times. Judg. 15. 16.
Benjamin beat Israel twice, on the 3d
day Israel conquer. Judg. 20. 30.
Samuel gives Saul 3 signs of what will
befal him next day. 1 Sam. 10. 3, 7.
Saul divides his army into three divi-
sions. 1 Sam. 11. 11.
The Philistines come out in 3 companies.
1 Sam. 13. 17.
3 times did Saul send to take David.
1 Sam. 19. 21.
3 days did David hide from Saul. 1 Sam.
22. 5.
3 arrows did Jonathan shoot for a signal
to David. 1 Sam. 22. 20.
3 times did David bow to Jonathan.
1 Sam. 22. 41.
3d day after Saul's defeat the news ar-
rives. 2 Sam. 1. 2.
Absalom flees to Geshur and stays there
3 years. 2 Sam. 13. 38. 

108 APPENDIX.
Orders given for Israel to assemble in 3
days. 2 Sam. 20. 4.
3 years famine in the land. 2 Sam.
21. 1.
David's 3 mighty men. 2 Sam. 23. 9.
3 punishments left to David's choice for
his sin in numbering the people. 2 Sam.
24. 12, 13.
Two of Shimea's servants run away after
3 years. 1 Kings 2. 39.
3 wife sons of Mahob. 1 Kings 4. 31.
Solomon takes 3 days to give an answer
to Israel. 1 Kings 12. 5.
Elijah recovers the widow's child by
stretching himself on him 3 times. 1 Kings
17. 21.
3 years drought. 1 Kings 18. 1.
3 times did Elijah pour water on the sa-
crifice. 1 Kings 18. 34.
3 years peace. 1 Kings 22. 1, 2.
3 companies of 50 men sent to take Eli-
jah. 2 Kings 1. 13.
3 days did the prophets seek Elijah after
his ascention into heaven. 2 Kings 2. 17.
3 times did Joash smite the ground with
the arrows. 2 Kings 13. 18.
Samaria taken after 3 years seige. 2
Kings 18. 10.
God promises Hezekiah he shall recover
in 3 days. 2 Kings 20. 5.


109 APPENDIX.
3 years did Israel serve Nebuchadnez-
zar. 2 Kings 24. 1.
3 days did David keep a feast. 1 Chron.
12. 39.
3 months was the ark in the house of
Obed-edom. 1 Chron. 13. 14.
3 years did Rehoboam reign well. 2
Chron. 11. 17.
Judah defeats Moab, were 3 days ga-
thering the spoil. 2 Chron. 20. 25.
In the third month the Israelites under
the reign of Hezekiah, began to give tithes
and ended in the 7th month. 2 Chron.
31. 7.
Israel commanded to appear at Jerusa-
lem in 3 days. Ezra 10. 10.
The temple finished on the 3d day of
the month Adar. Ezra 6. 15.
Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem and stays
3 days. Nehem. 2. 11.
Ahasuerus makes a feast in the 3d year
of his reign. Ester. 1. 3.
Ester and the Jews fast 3 days. Est-
her 4. 16.
Job had three daughters and seven sons.
Job 1 2.
Job's three friends. Job 2. 11.
Moab threatened with destruction in 3
years. Isaiah 16. 14.
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110 APPENDIX.
Isaiah walks naked and barefooted three
years for a sign to Israel. Isaiah 20. 3.
Israel ordered not to cultivate the land
till the 3d year. Isaiah 37. 30.
Three righteous persons, Noah, Daniel
and Job. Ezek. 14. 14.
Daniel and his companions were instruct-
ed three years, and then presented to Ne-
buchadnezzar. Dan. 1. 5, 18.
Daniel prayed three times every day.
Dan. 6. 10.
He mourned 3 weeks. Dan. 10. 2.
3 days  and 3 nights  was Jonah in the
whale's belly. Jonah 1. 17.
Ninevah was 3 days journey in extent.
Jonah 3. 3.
The kingdom of heaven compared unto
leaven, which a woman hid in 3 measures
of meal till the whole was leavened. Matt.  
13. 33.
The multitude continue with Christ 3
days. Matt. 15. 32.
Christ tells of his resurrection on the 3d
day. Matt. 17. 23.
Peter denies our Saviour three times.
Matt. 26. 34, 74, 75.
Christ prayed 3 times. Matt. 26. 44.
Christ arose from the grave on the 3d
day. Matt. 16. 21.
Christ was crucified on the third hour.
Mark, 15. 25.

111 APPENDIX.
3 hours darkness over the whole land at
Christ's crucifixion, from the 6th to the
9th hour. Mark, 15. 33.
Christ's parents find  him after 3 days
search. Luke 2. 46.
His parable of the fig-tree that was 3
years barren. Luke 13. 6.
3 times did Christ appear to his disciples
after his resurrection. John, 21. 14.
3 times did he ask Peter if he loved him.
John, 21. 15, 17.
Saul was 3 days blind after his conver-
sion. Acts, 9. 9.
Peter's vision  was repeated 3 times.
Acts, 10, 16.
3 heavens. Paul was in Paradise the 3d
heaven. 2 Cor. 12. 2.
3 times Paul besought the Lord to re-
move his infirmity. 2 Cor. 12. 18.
John's vision of 3 spirits coming out of
the mouth of the dragon. Rev. 16. 13.
The trinity consists of 3; Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
It rained 40 days and 40 nights at the
time of the flood. Gen. 7. 4.
lsaac was 40 years old when he married.
Gen. 25. 20.                
Esau was 40 years old when he married.
Gen. 26. 34.                       .
40 days fulfilled for Jacob's embalming.
Gen. 50. 3. 

112 APPENDIX.
40 days and 40 nights was Moses in the
mount. Exod. 24. 18.
40 days and 40 nights a second time.
Exod. 34. 28.
40 days were the spies searching the
land. Num. 13. 25.
40 years the Israelites wandered in the
wilderness. Num. 14. 33, 34.
40 days and 40 nights did Elijah subsist
on one meal. 1 Kings 19. 8.
40 days and nights Ezekiel lay on his
right side for a sign to Israel. Ezek. 4. 6.
40 years shall Egypt be desolate. A
prophecy. Ezek. 29, 11.
Nineveh threatened with destruction in
40 days. Jonah 3. 4.
40 days did Goliah present himself and
challenge Israel. 1 Sam. 17. 16.
40 days and 40 nights did Christ fast.
Matt. 4. 2.
40 days was Christ on earth after his re-
surrection. Acts 1. 3.
40 years old was Moses when he fled
from Egypt, 80 when he departed with the
children of Israel from thence, 120 when
he died—even 3 times 40 years, Exod. 7.
7. Deut. 34. 7. Acts 7. 23. 25.
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