[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 06 Dec 1823 - Longevity

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 06 Dec 1823   (p. 4, col. 5-6)

 

Apologies - most of these are not from Cumberland or neighbourhood. And a large bucket of salt is recommended. 

 

INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. 

 

DIED-in 1760-William WRIGHT, labourer, Great Dunmow, aged 105; Thomas WISHART, Annandale, N. B, (he had chewed tobacco from seven
years old to his death) 124; Elizabeth BEAL, near Castle Howard, Cumberland, 111; John RIVA, a baker of Venice (he always chewed
citron bark and had a child after he was 100) at the age of 116; Amos M'DONALD, of Cork, 116; Elizabeth HUTTON, of Liverpool, widow,
aged 121. 

 

In 1762-John RIDER, Greenhill, Dublin, 110; Bahua SOLOMON, a Turk, in Hamshire [sic], 103; Catherine BREBNER, Aberdeenshire, 124; a
Peasant in Poland in his 137th year; at Gratz, a man who had lived 135 years without illness, and had seen seven Emperors of
Germany; at Dijon, Toussaint MONTRAI, 112. 

 

In 1763-Mrs. HALFORD, Wiptosh, Warwickshire, 110; J. PRATT, of Haltwhistle, 115; At Trento, in Italy, a Physician, 117, whose usual
diet was vegetables, and who had practised 96 years; John BATES, near New Salop, 103; Mr. OSBADELSTON, near New Whalley, Lancashire,
115; A labourer at Wells, Somerset, 106; At Geneva, Mons. FONTAINE, 103. 

 

In 1764-David EVANS, of Greenwich, 114; Mrs. Elizabeth TAYLOR, of Piccadilly, 131; Mr. George BRETTS, in Ireland, with all his teeth
sound, 115; Sieur SOMBAYDE, in Hungary, 131; At Newent, Glostershire, a tailor, 107, retaining his faculties to the last, and
sometime before his death having a new set of teeth and nails. 

 

In 1765-At Overyssel, George MAERTON, a fisherman, 118; At Lantwert Major, Wales, Major JOHN, aged 128. 

 

In 1766-Mr. D. PRATT, Coverham, Oxfordshire, 112; At Newcastle, within 48 hours of each other, Roger DOVE, and Elizabeth his wife,
whose ages amounted to 202 years; James MACKAY, a shopkeeper at Cardigan, 120. Colonel Thomas WINSLOE, 146: he was captain in the
reign of Charles I. and a Colonel under Oliver Cromwell in Ireland; At Alcester, Geo. MOORE, a shoemaker, aged 109; he had been
married to nine wives. In Virginia, John DE LA SOMET, 130. 

 

In 1767-In Maryland, Francis ANGE, 134; At Groningen, Abel GERBRONDO, a wheelwright, 118. 

 

In 1768-At Burythorpe, near Malton, Yorkshire, Francis CONFIT, 150; having been maintained by the parish 60 years. Near Tuam,
Ireland, Catherine MOONEY, 136: her husband lived to 128. Martin RIDLEY, barber to King James I. in 1688, 104. At New Brompton,
Margaret FORSTER, 136: she had a daughter aged 104. 

 

In 1769-Joseph GALE, Westport, Ireland, 129; Old Peter EDWARDS, the Watchman, 118; At St. Omer's, James OSWALD, a celebrated
mathematician, 105; William WOOD, a keelman in Northumberland, 113; Martha PRESTON, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 123. 

 

In 1771-Mr. EURING, gardener, Market Lavender, Wilts, 105; At Fethard, Ireland, Widow CARMAN, 122; William COTTERELL, farmer,
Nottingham, 107; Mr. FLEMING, a factor of Liverpool, 128: he left behind a son and daughter, both more than 100 years old. Mr. Isaac
NASH, a farmer at Coalpitheath, Glostershire, 104: and the day after, his wife, 115. Mrs. CHANDLER, of the Seven Dials, London, 108;
John GOUGH, Castletown, Ireland, 129. Margaret COLES, a beggar in St. Giles's, 101. 

 

In 1772-At Orphist, near Litchfield, Widow CLUNN, 138; she had lived in one house 103 years, and left a son  and a daughter upwards
of 100 years old. At Stratford, Essex, John SIMPSON, 118; In Maryland, Wm. MORSK, 115; Mrs. HINKS, of Bridge-street, London, 108 ;
At Rouen, France, Abraham STRODTMAN, 123; A cooper in Southwark, named RICE, 125; In East Lothian, Barbara WILSON, 111; At Truro,
John RICHARDSON, tradesman, 134. 

 

In 1773-Charles M'FINDLEY, of Tipperary, 143: he was a Captain in the reign of Charles I. Mungo HUMPHRIES, a fisherman of Folkstone,
113; In Virginia, Mrs. Eleanor SPICER, 121; At Newnham, Mr. HOPLEY, hop-merchant, 114; Wm. DYKES, woollen-draper, Cheapside, 103; At
Darlington, John NICHOLS, a labouring man, 111; In Virginia, Wm. WOOTTON, an old soldier, 111; In the island of Grenada, James
FORTHNER, Esq. (with all his faculties except eye-sight) 127. Capt. CREED, 110: he served in Queen Anne's wars; At Rotterdam,
Rachael SOLOMONS, a jewess, 110. 

 

In 1774-Near Dungarvon, Londonderry, Mr. Wm. BEABY, 130; he was an ensign in the battle of the Boyne. At Nize, Scotland, Allan
DUNCAN, 112. At Hegley, Worcestershire, Mr. TICE, 125; Near Ilminster, Lydia HEWIT, 107. At Londonderry, Shelah M'ALLISTER, 110. 

 

In 1775-At Auchterless, Scotland, Peter GORDON, 131; At Liney, Ireland, David MULLAREY, 127; In Camberwell workhouse, a woman named
JONES, 125; At Pidner, Middlesex, Mr. W. SHILLINSBY, 119; Sir G. HAWKINSON, Knt. physician to Geo. I., 105. 

 

In 1776-Mr. MOVET, surgeon, near Dumfries, 139; At Tennicrane, Ireland, David BRIAN, 117; At Marle, Picardy, DE METZ, a soldier,
106; Near Southwell, Northamptonshire, Mrs. Dorothy CLARKE, 112; At Kill-James, Ireland, Martha JACKSON, 127; At Shifnal, Mary
YATES, 128; At Glastonbury, Mrs. Sarah BROCKMAN, 116. 

 

1777-Peter FIERVILLE, comedian, 107; Francis WILKES, of Stourbridge, 109. 

 

In 1778-At Newton Regis, near Tamworth, Mrs. Elizabeth WORTHINGTON, 117; In St. Giles's, London, Jonathan WILLIAMS (a soldier in the
reign of Queen Anne) 113; At Bleachingley, Surrey, Thos. COCKEY, a labourer, 132.          (To be continued.)  

 

 

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