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ages of 44 years between the eldest and youngest. The eldest, 

 who must have been born in his father's early life, had eleven 

 children, of whom we have the record of only the one born when 

 his father was 64. The youngest, who was the most famous and 

 was classed with Newton and Leibnitz, had three sons, and the 

 line of eminence was continued to the third generation only through 

 the youngest of these. We have the birth-ranks of six of these 

 individuals, and the average for the six is 42 years. 



James, b 1598? 



Nicholas James John 



(1623) 



Nicholas Nicholas Daniel John 



(1687) [64] (1695) [28] (1700) [33] (1710) [43] 



f l 



John James 



(1744) [34] (1759) [49] 



THE COLIGNY FAMILY. 



This is a French family of statesmen and soldiers. The line 

 begins with Caspar d Coligny, born 1470, who had three sons. The 

 second of these, Gaspard (1519) [49], was the leader of the 

 Huguenots. Here again we see the line continued through the 

 slowest moving generations. The average for the seven known 

 persons is 46 years. 



