A Mr. Worcester on Longevity. 
investigated, some of them would be found not to be supported by 
any satisfactory evidence. 
There are some things in this essay, particularly the notices 
of a few persons remarkable for longevity in foreign countries, 
which may, perhaps, be thought out of place, not sufficiently 
connected with the principal design of the article, and calculated 
to give it too miscellaneous a character. In reference to this, the 
writer would observe, that when he began to collect the information 
contained in this paper, he had no design to make it the subject 
of a communication to the Academy ; and having collected most 
of these notices from sources not very common, he has thought 
proper to retain them, as it may, perhaps, be interesting to see 
some account of a few of the most singular instances of longevity 
in foreign countries, in connexion with those of our own. 
Instances of Longevity in New Hampshire,’ with the Places of Residence, the 
Time of Deceuse, and the Age. 
YEAR. PLACE, AGE. 
1732 William Perkins Newmarket 116 
1736 John Buss Durham 108 
1739 James Wilson ; Chester 100 
1754 William Scoby Londonderry 110 
1754 James Shirley Chester 105 
1765 Elizabeth Hight Newington 100 
1767 Anna Glover Pelham 106 
1772 Howard Henderson Dover 100 
1775 William Craige Chester 100 
1775 Mrs. Craige (his wife) Chester 100 
1775 Mrs. Lear Portsmouth 103 
1775 Mrs. Mayo Portsmouth 106 
1787 Robert Metlin Wakefield 115 
