Volume 1 — INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN ONE HOUSE.
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The following persons have died in the same house since 1781. The house is situated in Hingham, and was formerly owned by Peter Tower. Peter Tower, aged 84; Anna Tower, 95; Deborah Tower, 95; Joshua Tower, 77; Grace Cushing, 95; Laban Tower, 73; Esther Tower, 71; Deborah Dunbar, 80. Total, 670.—Hingham Gazette, April 6, 1837. We are informed that the Tower estate has been held in the name of Tower since 1637, and is now occupied by Mr William Tower.
LONGEVITY OF THE MARSH FAMILY IN HAVERHILL, MS.
Dea. David Marsh of Haverhill, Ms., was born Jan., 1698, and his wife Mary Moody was born Aug., 1703. They were the parents of twelve children. The father, mother, and children died as follows:
Parents.
The father died, aged 80
The mother, " 90
Children.
Elisabeth died, aged 85
Mary, " 89
Judith, " 80
Cutting, " 89
David, " 82
Moses, " 88
Jonathan, " 89
Enoch, " 69
Nathaniel, " 76
John, " 79
Lydia, " 84
Abigail, " 84
Total of years, 1,165
Average age, 83
Below is an exact copy of an inscription on the tomb-stone of Mary Buel in the burying-ground, north-west of the village in Litchfield, Ct.
Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Buel, wife of Dr. John Buel, Esqr.—She died Nov. 4th 1768 Ætat. 90. having had 13 Children—101 Grand Children—274 Great G. Children, 22 Great G. G. Children—410 Total—336 survived.
In the Historical Magazine for 1799, by Bissett, a marriage of some interest to Americans is thus given.
"William Cockburn, Esq. American merchant, to the fair Miss Lorimer, dau. of Mr. Lorimer of the Strand, and sister to the beautiful Mrs. Graham, lady of Col. Graham, Sloane St., well known in the literary world as the author of a History of the American State of Vermont."