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of 138 persons. At the same time, his oldest surviving
grandson was 95, another 93, and his youngest sons 86 and
62; all of them resided in ten houses, and their progenitor, in
his 163d year, was still stout and hearty.
Jonas Surington—159.
He resided in a small village, near Bergen in Norway, and
retained the perfect use of his faculties to the last hour of
his extraordinary long life. The day before he died, he
assembled his family, and divided his property amongst
them. He had been several times married, and left be-
hind a young widow, and several children ; his eldest son
was 103, and his youngest nine years of age. He died in
1747.
Thomas Damme—154,
of Leighton, near Minshull, in the palatinate of Chester, as
may be seen by his grave-stone, at Church Minshull, on
which his age is cut (to prevent mistakes) in words at length.
The church register is signed by the Rev. J. Holdford, vi-
car 5 and T. Kennerley, and J. Warburton, church-war-
dens.
The following is copied from the parish register of Church
Minshull, in Cheshire :
<( Feb. 20th, ]648—Thomas Damme, buried at Church
Minshull, from Leighton, being of the age of seven score and
fourteen, born in 1494.”
James Bowles—152.
There is in the possession of Mr. Stokes of Kenilworth, in
the county of Warwick, a coffin plate (lately found), on which
is the following very remarkable inscription : (f Mr. James
Bowles, obiit Aug. 15,1656, yEtatis 152.” The plate, which
is tin, has been plated on both sides with silver, and is marked
on the back with the maker’s name, (as is supposed), John
Die, January 1807.