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Portugal. He was never sick, till within a few days of his
death; never lost a tooth ; and his intellectual faculties
never suffered decay, till within eight days of his death.,
Died 1789.
Mr. Truss,—112, of Clayhill, near Enfield, Middlesex.
He was a soldier in the army of Oliver Cromwell. Died
1733.
Adam Turnbull,-—112, of Newcastle. He was able
to walk twelve miles a day, till within three years of his
death. Died 1744.
William Vandeleur,—112, of Amsterdam, shoe-
maker; died 1765.
Mr. Wallace,—112, of Paris ; died 1763.
John Woodworth,—112, of Ballynakill, Queen’s
County, in Ireland; died 1780.
Mrs. Warren,—112, of Tollagh, county of Dublin.
She had a grandson and a grand-daughter, who w’ere grand-
father and grandmother to children upwards of twenty years
of age. Her brother died two years before, at the age of
120. He ploughed the east side of Grafton-street, and
sowed wheat in it. This land he held for two shillings and
sixpence per acre, and had six or seven hundred acres at the
same rent. He was, on the day of the battle of the Boyne,
conducting some farm carts of his father’s, which wzere im-
pressed by the army of King William, to carry luggage into
the camp. Died 1794.
Rev. Peter Alley,—111, of Dunamoni, in Ireland, of
which place he was vicar seventy-three years; he did the
duty of his church until within a few days of his death; he
was twice married, and had thirty-three children ; and died
1763.
Elizabeth Beal,-—111, near Castle Howard, Cumber-
land; died 1760.
The Sieur Castra,—- 111, of Bourdeaux, a celebrated
advocate; died 1710.
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