New Jerjey> Race ton. $ 



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 timequite 

 frefh, aclive, and fenfible. His eldefl fon, 

 then fixty years old, was the firft EngHfimaji 

 born in Penfylvania. 



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

 died at Trenton, in New JerJZy, Mrs. Sarah 

 Furrnan, 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-grandchild 

 dren, and twelve great-great-grandchildren, 

 who were all alive when (lie died. 



In the year 1739, on the 28th 6,f Janu- 

 ary, died at South Kingfion, in New England, 

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

 dredth year of her age. She was born in 

 Rhode IJland, and was a grandmother of the 

 then vice-governor of that iiland, Mr. George 

 Hazard. She could count altogether five 

 hundred children, grandchildren, great- 

 grandchildren, and great-great-grandchil- 

 dren. When me died, two hundred and 

 five perfons of them were alive j a grand- 

 daughter of hers had already been grand- 

 mother near fifteen years. 



In this manner, the ufual wifh or bleffing 



in our liturgy, that the new- married couple 



A 3 may 



