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kirby’s wonderful museum.
Marie de Charklet,—Hl, of Cronstadt, in Russia;
she was sister to M. de Resen, brigadier in the Russian ser-
vice, into which he entered in the reign of Peter the Great,
and died a few years before, at the age of one hundred and
one years. The case of these persons is the more singular,
as, notwithstanding their age, they preserved their faculties
even to the last moment of their lives. She died 1780.
John Craig,—111, of Kilmarnock. He served as a
soldier in the North British dragoons, and was at the battle of
Sheriffmuir, in 1715. He was never married, nor ever had
any sickness, but worked as a day-labourer, till within a few
days of his death, and retained his memory and senses to the
last. There were found in his possession, secreted in an old
chest, a number of crown and half-crown pieces, and other
smaller coins. Died 1793.
Matthew Champion,—111, of Great Yarmouth, a
very industrious man. At the decline of his life he was sup-
ported by a weekly payment from some of his benefactors,
and the casual gifts of others. He was born in French
Flanders, in 1682, and came over to England with King
William in 1688; his father was a farrier in the king’s army;
died 1793.
Isabel Darling,—111, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
she left a daughter eighty-eight years old; died 1757.
Mrs. Edwards,— 111, of Kendal, Westmoreland; died
1772.
Mary Firth,—111, of Marsden, in the parish of Al-
mondbury; died 1784.
Anne Froste,— 111, of West-Raisin, Lincolnshire; she
was the wife of a labourer, had been married three times, and
left a daughter ninety years of age; she was married to her
last husband in her ninety-third year; for many years past
she had lived on milk and tea; died 1792.
Mrs. Fitzgerald,—111, of West Horsley, Surrey; died
1795.
kirby’s wonderful museum.
Marie de Charklet,—Hl, of Cronstadt, in Russia;
she was sister to M. de Resen, brigadier in the Russian ser-
vice, into which he entered in the reign of Peter the Great,
and died a few years before, at the age of one hundred and
one years. The case of these persons is the more singular,
as, notwithstanding their age, they preserved their faculties
even to the last moment of their lives. She died 1780.
John Craig,—111, of Kilmarnock. He served as a
soldier in the North British dragoons, and was at the battle of
Sheriffmuir, in 1715. He was never married, nor ever had
any sickness, but worked as a day-labourer, till within a few
days of his death, and retained his memory and senses to the
last. There were found in his possession, secreted in an old
chest, a number of crown and half-crown pieces, and other
smaller coins. Died 1793.
Matthew Champion,—111, of Great Yarmouth, a
very industrious man. At the decline of his life he was sup-
ported by a weekly payment from some of his benefactors,
and the casual gifts of others. He was born in French
Flanders, in 1682, and came over to England with King
William in 1688; his father was a farrier in the king’s army;
died 1793.
Isabel Darling,—111, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
she left a daughter eighty-eight years old; died 1757.
Mrs. Edwards,— 111, of Kendal, Westmoreland; died
1772.
Mary Firth,—111, of Marsden, in the parish of Al-
mondbury; died 1784.
Anne Froste,— 111, of West-Raisin, Lincolnshire; she
was the wife of a labourer, had been married three times, and
left a daughter ninety years of age; she was married to her
last husband in her ninety-third year; for many years past
she had lived on milk and tea; died 1792.
Mrs. Fitzgerald,—111, of West Horsley, Surrey; died
1795.