New -ere Raccwn. 



his houfe ; and they made together one 

 hundred and fifteen perfons. The parent of 

 thefe children, Richard Buttington, who was 

 born in England, was then entering into his 

 eighty- fifth year : and was at that time quite 

 frefh, active, and fenfible. His eldeft fon, 

 then fixty years old, was the firft Engiijhman 

 born in Penfylvania. 



In the year 1742, on the 8th of January, 

 died at Trenton, in New Jerfey, Mrs. Sarah 

 Furman, a widow, aged ninety- feven years. 

 She was born in New England; and left 

 five children, fixty- one grandchildren, one 

 hundred and eighty-two great-grandchil- 

 dren, and twelve great-great-grandchildren, 

 who were all alive when /he died. 



In the year 1739* on the 28th of Janu~ 

 ary, died at South Kingjion, in New England, 

 Mrs. Maria Hazard, a widow, in the hun- 

 dredth year of her age. She was born in 

 Rhcde IJland, and was a grandmother of the 

 then vice-governor of that ifland, Mr. George 

 Hazard. She could count altogether five 

 hundred children, grandchildren, great- 

 grandchildren, and great-great-grandchil- 

 dren. When flie died, two hundred and 

 five perfons of them were alive 5 a grand- 

 daughter of hers had already been grand- 

 mother near fifteen years. 



In this manner, the ufual wifli or blefling 



in our liturgy, that the new- married couple 



A 3 may 



