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eighty-fifth year; and was at that time quite 

 frefh, aftive, and fenfible. His eldeft fon, then 

 fixty years old, was the firft Englijhman born in 

 Penfyhanw. 



IN 1742, 8th of Jan. died at Trenton, in New 

 Jerfey, Mrs. Sarah- Furman, a widow, aged 

 ninety-feven years. She was born in New Eng- 

 land, and left five children, fixty-one grand- 

 children, one hundred and eighty-two great- 

 grandchildren, and twelve great- great-grand- 

 children, who were all alive when {he died. 



IN 1739, a8th of Jan. died at South Kingfton, 

 in New England, Mrs. Maria Hazard, a widow, 

 in the hundredth year of her age. She was born 

 in Rhode I/land, and was a grandmother of the 

 then vice-governor of that ifland, Mr. George 

 Hazard. She could count altogether five hun- 

 dred children, grandchildren, great-grandchil- 

 dren, and great-great-grandchildren. When ihe 

 died, two hundred and five perfons of them were 

 alive ; a grand-daughter of hers had already been 

 grandmother near fifteen years. 



IN this manner, the ufual wilh or bleffing in 

 our liturgy, that the new-married couple may 

 fee their grandchildren, till the third and fourth 

 generation, has been literally fulfilled in regard 

 to fome of thefe perfons *. 



Dec. gth. IN every country we commonly 

 meet with a number of infe&s ; of which many, 

 though they be ever fo fmall and contemptible, 

 can do considerable damage to the inhabitants. 

 Of thefe dangerous infefts there are likewife fome 



* Mr, Kalm fpeaks here of the Swedijh Liturgy, 



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