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88 Mrs. Polly Ford,
96 Mrs. David Tomlinson,
80 87
Sybil Smith,
82
Mrs. Sarah Burwell,
95 Isaac Burr,
85 80 80
Chloe Tucker,
84 Aaron Somers,
91 Mrs. Eunice Peet,
82
Mary H. Stillman,
80 Mrs. Jane G. Bryan,
83 Mrs. Hannah Porter,
98 84
Elisha Hurlburt,
80 Hubbard P. Botsford,
83 Cynthia Wheeler,
89
85 Mrs. Charity Warner,
83
86 Mrs. Sabra Wheeler,
81
Elizabeth Paddock,
80 Mrs. Eli N. Clark,
Joseph Roberts,
80 Orpha Gregory,
84 W. A. Clark,
Esther Sears,
81 Samuel C. Merwin,
83 Abijah Durand,
Charles Pryor,
82 Mrs. Emeline Northrop,
86 David Dayton,
John Dunn,
83 Mrs. Hetty Peck,
84 Mrs. Melissa French,
Mary O'Keefe,
83 Adam Pond,
82 Miss Betsey E. Gray,
84 Beebe M. Gray,
82 86
80 Mrs. Marg't A. Beardsley, 81 Mrs. Mary Baldwin, 86 82 80 Roger A. Beard, 82 82
84 Grace Baldwin,
Phebe Daniels,
90 John S. Smith,
86 Samuel Davidson,
87 Augustus Kelsey,
86 Alfred Mallett,
87 81 83 83 83
83 Mrs. Abigail M. Parish, 83 Prince,
82 82 82
Sarah Bacon,
83 Ellen Cornell,
Norman Crittenden,
85 Daniel Glover,
Mrs. B. Edwards,
80 Cornelia Hilliard,
Olivia Fenn,
80 Mehitable IIall,
81 James French, 95
Thomas Lahae,
82 Phebe Thorn,
87 James French,
Abner Nettleton,
82 Elizabeth Baker,
88 Mrs. James French,
Hannah Nettleton,
80 Lucy Farell,
80 Banjamin Hall,
Julia Bunnell,
80 Susan Smith,
86 Mrs. Lyman Sears,
80
Ellen Cromwell,
Mrs. Marcus McEwen, Mrs. Horace Shelton, Charles B. Clark,
82
Henry Hamilton,
85 Mrs. Abigail Plnmb,
Harriet Lucas,
81 Mrs. Thomas Burwell,
94 Charles Lane,
Sarah Smith,
87 Stephen Merwin,
93 Julia A. Nichols,
Emily Tracy,
80 Mrs. Nancy Platt,
93 William Penfield,
Enoch C. Young,
80 Mrs. Julia Bradley,
84 Rachel Turney,
Edward Johnson,
83 Clement Curtis,
Mary B. Miller, Melita Merritt,
84 Ashael A. Clark,
85 Mrs. Sarah Clark,
81 Charles Bennett,
80 Abijah Beardsley,
82 86 80 80 87
87 81 88
William Walen,
80 Mrs. Sybil Platt,
83 Mrs. Diana T. Mallett,
84 83 83 84 86
81 Hezekialı Merwin,
82 Bertha E. Parmlee,
83 Mrs. Henry Lewis,
80
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
John Hall,
83 John C. Maples,
86 Mrs. - Swayne,
82
Mrs. Betsey Lane,
80 Mrs. John C. Maples,
82 Mrs. Hannah Rounds,
85
Mrs. Nancy Lane,
87 George Dolbeare,
82 Joshua Dayton, 83
Mrs. Comfort Lewis,
87 Thomas J. Church,
83 William Frink,
Mrs. Julia Lewis,
81 Mrs. Sally Bolles,
80 Robert Fargo,
80 86 81
Mrs. Sally Blackman,
80 Mrs. Sally Church,
80 Mrs. Robert Fargo,
Mrs. Theresa Curtis,
85 Miss Mary Thorpe, Miss Eleonore Rogers, William G. Johnson, Mrs. Annie O. Baker,
84 Mrs. Eliza Manwaring,
83
MONTVILLE. Population, 2,666.
Marvin Smith,
Mrs. Sybil Smith,
87 Mrs. Ann Thompson,
81 Mrs. Harriet Palmer,
86
Alvin G. Smith,
84 William Thompson,
81 Mrs. Sarah A. Parker, 82 Mrs. - Gardner,
80
Mrs. Nancy Smith,
84 Jonathan T. Gay,
80
Lyman Smith,
86 Lyman Rogers, 84
HISTORY OF MR. MARVIN SMITH.
Marvin Smith was born November 18th, 1784, in the town of Montville, New London county, and has always resided there. For nearly one hundred years he has dwelt within two miles of his birth-place. He has been twice married. His first wife, Anna Newton, who was the mother of his children, was born in 1784 and died in 1844. Mr. Smith married his present wife, Sybil Morgan, in 1845. She was born in 1796, and will be 88 years old Novem- ber 1st, 1884. The first marriage took place in 1812, just before the war, and three children -two daughters and one son-were borne to them. Mr. Smith has never been farther from home than Long Island save once, when he visited New York city with his brother about the year 1802, proceeding there in a little sloop which his brother owned. This brother was several years younger than himself, and is now living. Mr. Smith's father died in 1852, leaving six children, the centenarian being the eldest. Two brothers, now living in Mont- ville, are aged respectively 84 and 86. Mr. Smith's residence stands on the west bank of the Thames river, opposite Allyn's Point. The old house in which he was born stood also near the river, about two miles above his present residence. His whole life has been spent along this river. In his younger days Mr. Smith was a ship-carpenter; sometimes employed at the yards in New London, at other times in Norwich, and at various points along the river. His residence is about half way between Norwich and New London. He has held the title to about sixty acres of land since 1819, soon after that date erecting thereon his present dwelling. The buildings on his place and all the surroundings show thrift and neatness. The grounds adjoining, sold by him, are of considerable notoriety at this time, being owned by the Kit- temaug Association. On these grounds the association have erected buildings for social and convivial entertainments. It is a beautiful spot, having a grove of rare beauty surrounding it, and lying on an elevation which slopes towards the river and extends to its banks.
Mr. Smith has led a very quiet life, attending closely to his personal affairs, never hold- ing any town office, although fully qualified, being a man of fair education for his day and possessing remarkably good judgment on matters in which he was concerned. He never sought office of any kind, but was regular at the polls, and has voted in every Presidential election, since he was made an elector, except the last, in 1880. Ilis first vote for President was cast in 1808.
There has never been a highway near his house-none nearer than about two miles. The Thames has been his only highway, and his traveling has been usually over the water in his skiff or row-boat.
Mr. Smith remembers well the war of 1812. He was then called into service and stationed at New London. He now receives a pension as a soldier of that war. He very distinctly remembers about the frigates United States and Macedonia and sloop-of-war Hornet lying nearly opposite where he lived, the river having been blockaded by the English vessels at the mouth of New London harbor. He can now clearly recite the incidents of that time as the ships lay at anchor, and remembers taking out to the ships milk, oysters and other articles needed on board. He often mentions the incident of the first steamboat, the Fulton, which steamed up the Thames, and contrasts the shape, style and propelling machinery of that day with those of the present. He says the people along the shore were greatly sur- prised at seeing a steam vessel, and rushed out of their houses to gaze in wonder as it moved slowly yet gracefully past. In the month of July, 1817, Mr. Smith says, the same steamer Fulton passed up the river with flags flying and music playing in honor of James Madison, then President of the United States, who was on board. The President was on a tour through the Northern States.
82 Mrs. ------ Beckwith, 80 84 81 Mrs. Sarah R. Vincent, 84 Mrs. Mary A. Chappell, 82 87
100 Mulford C. Raymond,
84 Mrs. Sybil Tew,
Alfred Bolles,
90 Miss Florimel Fox,
83
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
The house in which Mr. Smith was born stood about one-half mile from the wigwam in which Uncas, the Mohegan chief, lived a little more than one hundred years before, and within two miles of the Old Indian Fort where Uncas was relieved by Thomas Leflingwell, of Saybrook, when besieged by the Narragansetts.
Time has made changes in the neighborhood. A railroad now passes along the shore and through Mr. Smith's fields, a few rods from his front door, (the houses along the river all front towards the water, there being no highway in the vicinity,) and the iron horse thunders along the track with almost lightning speed. The Thames now bears upon its bosom stately steamers; the telegraph flashes the news from the ends of the earth; the tele- phone is performing its wonderful mission; and all have sprung into existence since the youthful days of the centenarian.
Mr. Smith has led an unostentatious life, and is greatly respected by his neighbors and townsmen. Through nearly five-score years he has been known for his honesty of purpose, strict integrity and exemplary Christian character. About the year 1804 he united with the Methodist Church, and was one of the first to organize a church society at Uncasville, where he has since been a faithful and efficient member, and even now forgets not to respond when the opportunity is presented. Mr. Smith gave liberally of his means to the first church and aided materially in the building of the parsonage, contributing also every year to the support of the ministry. He, with three Christian women, defrayed the cost of a parsonage at Uncasville. The first church was erected there, and many pleasing incidents of Mr. Smith's life are associated with it.
MORRIS.
Mrs. Asnath Wilmot,
96 Curtis C. Camp, 80
Population, 627.
Mrs. Clara Beecher,
81
Johanna Coughlin,
82
David Benton,
84
Mrs. Electa Bigelow,
85 Emily Curtis, 84
Mrs. Amy H. Benton,
80
Mrs. Mary Dunn,
81 Harriet Hendricks,
83
Mrs. Rhoda S. Cowles, 82
81 Mrs. Sarah lline,
George Hart,
83
Samuel M. Ensign,
80 85 81
NEW BRITAIN. Population, 13,978.
Sophia Hall,
83
Mrs. Mettie Morgan,
86
Luena Strickland,
93 Edwin Lees,
82
Joseph W. Mason,
83
Perry Moore,
93 Mary Ann Bissell,
80
Harlon H. Newton,
82
Martha Hotchkiss,
92 Martha Butler,
84
Olive S. Thorp,
86 Rebecca Dewey,
91 Emeline Belder,
82
Miss Caroline B. Waugh,
Peter Coley,
91 Annie Connelly,
84
Jane Hayward,
90 Emeline French, 82
NAUGATUCK.
Population, 4,272.
90 Maria King,
84
Mrs. Eliza Bradshaw,
83 Mary McCarthy,
87 R. S. Southworth, 82
Mrs. Nancy Gorham,
88 Nathan Tolles,
88 Lydia Sanford, 82
Mrs. Priscilla Woster,
88 Silas Wright,
86 Celia Nilson, 81
Mrs. Eunice Baldwin,
81 James Landers,
86
Virgil Cornish, 85
84 Ann Kenlock,
86 Mary Frazier, 80
80
88 Mary Haffey,
81 Richard Pine,
80
Morris Monks,
85 Lucy Hull,
80 Margaretta Wetmore,
83
Asheal Smith,
80 Rachel Humiston,
84
Mary Robinson,
81
Henry Hull,
80 Lorenzo P. Lee,
84 Emeline Avery,
81
Josiah Culver,
85 Jeanette T. Lee,
Selem Doolittle,
81 Mary McGann,
84 George Francis,
84
Bennett Hine,
83 Mary Mortinion,
William Riggs,
80 Louisa Parsons,
81 Naomi Parsons,
84
Basaleel Scott,
81 Sarah Winchell,
86 John Sniff,
84
Mrs. Chloe Jacobs,
80 Elizabeth Belden,
Mrs. Mary Lines,
86 Eliza B. Woodruff,
82
NEW CANAAN.
Joseph Lines,
82 Sarah F. Wilcox,
84
Population, 2,673.
Mrs. Margaret Clancy,
82 Eli Warner,
81
Mrs. Nancy Selleck, 90
Mrs. Thirza Hotchkiss,
87 Albert Williams,
81
Mrs. Esther Bouton, 90
Mrs. Annie Osborn,
86 Ann Andrews,
82 Mrs. Eveline Seeley, 80
Mrs. Sarah Spencer,
82 Sarah Baldwin,
84 Mrs. Caroline Husted, 80
80 Mrs. Cynthia Hyatt, 80
Mrs. Lockey Woster,
90 Emeline Bassett,
82 82
Mrs. Chester IIart, 83
Mary Hamlin, 81
Mrs. Sally A. Griswold,
Septina Haslan,
84
Ramsley Hull,
82
Annie Coffey, William O'Brien,
90 Adna Hunter, 80
Mrs. Ann Senior, Mrs. Mary Nettleton, Thomas Keirnan,
85 Abigail Townsend,
88 Silman Hinsdale,
83 Loretta North, 81
Harvey Curtiss,
81 Ann Kelly,
80 Francis Cutter, 83
83 Louisa Nichols, 82
82
Mrs. Sarah Bristol,
81 Dorothy P. Francis, 81
Hepzibah Curtiss,
Mrs. Nancy Hoadley,
31
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Mrs. Ann Ketchum,
81 Horace Goodwin, 80
Francis N. Butler, 85
Mrs. Maria Hyde,
81 Julius Harris,
80 Samuel Bassett,
87
Mrs. Rachel Scofield, 81 Herman Holcomb,
81 Daniel W. Buckingham, 85
Mrs. Ruth Raymond, 82 Joseph Hogarty,
81 Henry Bronsen, 80
Miss Mary Flynn,
83 Lucy Jacqui,
81
M. Beecher,
88
Mrs. Charlotte Brown, 83 Grove S. Marsh,
80
Amelia Beckley,
82
Mrs. Abigail Beers,
83 83
Catherine Speed,
87
Nancy Blackman, Luther Barnes,
80
Mrs. Polly Daniels,
Mary A. Beers, Roxanna Bolles,
85
Mrs. Abby Northrop,
85
Isaac Clark (colored),
106
Phebe II. Barnes,
83
Mrs. Lois Fancher,
87 Rev. Joel Mann,
96
Lida Burnett,
80
Mrs. Mary McLochlen,
87 Clarissa Hall,
96
Isabella Burns,
84
John Davis,
80 Sally Cannon,
94
Caroline Booth,
80
Seymour Comstock,
80 Ellen Breen,
93 Mary Butrick,
81
Samuel Hoyt,
80 Peret Sanford,
93 Selinda Boardman,
89
Benjamin Hoyt,
81
Lyman Osborn,
93
John Bryant,
84
Norman S. Hall,
81
Bridget Gunney,
92 Mary A. Benham,
83
Joseph Davenport,
81
Elmon Blakeslee,
92 Mary Bunnell,
81
David Dickens,
81
Amos Townsend,
92
Wilmot Beecher,
82
John Jones,
82
Elizabeth Seranton,
92 Sarah Beach,
82
Samuel Keith,
82 Jesse Potter,
91
Lucy Bunnell,
80
Walter Gurnsey,
83
Ann Upson,
91 David Bunnell,
80
Andrew Crawford,
83
Margaret Keenan,
91 Mary R. Barnes,
81
Thaddeus Davenport,
83
Augusta Semen,
91
Harriet Barnes,
88
Samuel Selleck,
84 Grace Wheeler,
91
Elizabeth Brewer,
89
David Travis,
86 Sarah B. Ball,
91
Mary A. Bunnell, Mary Bohan,
88
NEW FAIRFIELD.
Catherine Sullivan,
90
Mary E. Cameron,
86
Nathaniel Bland,
90 Bethiah Cummins,
89
Louisa Barnum,
94
Sarah Warren,
90 Elizabeth Christy,
87
Ethel Wheeler,
92
Jeremiah Peck,
90 David Coggswell,
88
Wheeler Judson,
81
Caroline Foskett,
90 Harmon Conway,
86 87
Lydia Treadwell,
81
Henry Lowe,
90
Elizabeth Candee,
84
Emma Treadwell,
81
Henrietta Hine,
90 Phebe Case,
84
Betsey Taylor,
80
Russell Alling,
80
Julia Clinton,
86
Cordelia Eastwood,
80
Mary Adams,
83
Sarah Cady,
84
John Sturge,
80
Lois Appel,
82
Emily Cotton,
80
Alfred Beardsley,
81
NEW HARTFORD.
Population, 2,302.
84
David Crockett,
80
Caroline Seymour,
91 Nancy S. Austin,
85 Mary Cooper,
83
Samuel Couch,
90 Nancy Butricks,
83 John Carpenter,
81
Ashbel Marsh,
90 Buckley Bartlett,
82 Mary Cook,
83
Abigail Couch,
84
Mary Brown,
82
Francis Clark,
84
Sally Dyer,
85 Jane M. Bishop,
82 Thirza Chatfield,
86
Julia Maynard,
84
Nancy M. Bemis,
80 Rebecca B. Denslow,
84
Luke McCabe,
82 Mabel Brinsmade,
82 Adeline Diens,
81
Hiram Pike,
88 Lydia Beach,
84 Clarissa Devine,
88
Omri Segur,
88 A. K. Bradley,
82
William Daggett,
82
Laura P. Steele,
82 Minerva Blodgett,
80 Prelate Demich,
83
Truman Tuttle,
83 Samuel Blodgett,
81 Mary Dale,
81
Charlotte Tuttle,
81 Catherine Bronson,
83 John Dale,
86
James Trowbridge,
84 E. W. Blake,
84 Mary Dempster,
88
Deborah Trowbridge,
81 Mariah Bishop,
84 Charles Daskam, 83
Ammi Wilcox,
80 Eliza M. Beers,
86 Patrick Doherty,
82
Armenia Palmer,
80
Mary Cunningham,
90 Abigail Chatfield,
Huldah Penney.
80
Esther Fuller,
90 Irene Chapman,
89
Eunice Scudder, 83
Salina Andrews,
80
Catherine Cassidy,
82
Temperance Andrea,
87
Julia Cowley,
81
84 Mary Clayton,
84
84 Mary R. Colt,
81
Leah Gould,
90
Mrs. Legrand,
85
Timothy Raymond,
87 Ellen Cronin,
90
Population, 701.
Julia Woodruff,
90
James Carley,
82
83 William Munson,
91
Lucy S. Burnham,
80
Jacob Hover,
Michael Ronan,
84 Ann Brown,
84
Mrs. Mary W. Scribner,
80
Mrs. Betsey Bouton,
83
84 NEW HAVEN. 84 Population, 62,882.
80
Mrs. Anna Weed,
Truman Alling, Johanna Ahern, Elizabeth Atwater,
32
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Emeline Evarts,
82 Peter Keyes,
85 Lucina Perkins, 80
Elizabeth Euler,
80 Sarah Lines,
80 Louisa M. Parker, 86
Madeline Ernst,
84 Mary Leonard,
83 Charlotte Page, 81
Mary J. Eaton,
80 Ebenezer Lane,
81 Nathan Parkhurst, 81
Lucius Ford,
81 Levi Luddington,
83 Mary Powers,
82
Sarah Frisbie, 82 Sarah Lindsley,
83 Mary H. Perkins,
83
Abigail Fairchild,
82 Augustus Lines,
86
Jerusha Pomeroy,
88
Mary Fanning,
84 John E. Lovell,
88
Charles F. Robinson,
84
Martha Frink,
83 Frederick C. Lukey,
82
Elizabeth Roathar,
83
Olive II. Foote,
84 Horatio N. Lyman,
80
Lauren Russell,
84
Lewis Fitch,
82 E. A. Leflingwell,
81 Fanny Reddy,
80
Sophia Fowler,
80 Ilannah Leonard,
84 Lugui Roberti,
80
J. McAllister Ferguson,
81 David Lewis,
87 Julia Sherman,
87
Mary Fitzgerald,
89 Peter Lee,
82 Nathaniel Smith,
84
Ann Garvey,
80 Louisa Lemon,
82 Stephen Sanford,
81
Patrick Gordon,
81 Carl Muller,
81 Mary Skinner,
87
Louis Grannis,
82 John Mix,
84 Nabby Scott,
88
Alfred Goodsell,
80 Bridget McCarthy,
80 Eldridge G. Sanger,
85
Patrick Gallagher,
80 Fannie MeGee,
80 Susannah Sperry,
80
Emma L. Gilbert,
83 Lucy Moulthrop,
81 N. Sperry,
83
Nancy Goodale,
81 Francis Mitchell,
81
Eunice Sandford,
89
Caroline Goodmann,
80 Jane Matthews.
81 Timothy Stannard,
88
Hezekiah Gilbert,
83 Hezekiah Meeche,
83 Hettie Tuttle,
82
Mary Gridley,
84 Mary A. Monson,
80 William Townsend,
85
Betsey Hoadley,
84 Charles Monson,
84 Charles Thompson,
81
Sophronia Hull,
80
Mary Maloney.
83 Joseph Trueman,
87
Mary Hough,
81 Mrs. M. Merriman,
86 Margaret Tierney,
82
Urania Hall,
86 Joseph Mann,
87 Nancy Thatcher,
88
Lucinda B. Hurlburt,
85
Margaret MeHoag,
88 Clara Tchoty,
83
Harriet Hotehkiss,
87 Mary Miller,
82
Sarah Talmage,
80
Fidelia Hart,
81 Sarah Massey,
88 Hester Talmage,
80
Alva Hough,
81
Asahel Millard,
86 Julia Talmage,
80
Minerva Ilowland,
81 Sarah Miller,
84 Grace Umbefield,
88
John Hodson,
87 Sophia Martin,
84 Thomas Wallace,
81
Benjamin Hitchcock,
85
Abigail H. Moss,
82 Sarah Winter,
84
Eliza Hotchkiss,
86 Lucius Maltby,
86 Parmelia Warner, 80
85
Thomas Horsefall,
81 Lydia Neagle,
88 Lucy P. Wright,
87
Harvey Hoadley,
80 Wm. Pat. ()'Brien,
84 Betsey Wooding,
84
Tabitha Jackson,
83 Charles ()'Niel,
84 Israel Wooding,
87
Amanda Johnson,
82 Mary Owen,
82 William Walker,
84
Jane Jarman,
80 Denison Olmstead,
80 Esther Wilcoxson, 83
84
Betsy Johnson,
80 John Pierson,
83 Annie P. Waite,
81
Isaac Judson,
86 Elizabeth Peck,
80 Theodore D. Woolsey,
82
Johanna Keane,
80 Seymour Potter,
82 Henry Williams,
81
Mary Kirby,
84 Almira Pond.
84 Lucy II. Yale,
82
Wealthy Kimberly,
82 Warren Potter,
82 Alex. C. Twining, 85
Frederick C. Key,
83 Sally Perkins,
88 Alex. Storer,
80
Emily Kirk,
82 Roxana Pratt,
84
Almira Knight,
80 Benjamin Peets,
80
83
Martha Helger,
87 Rebecca Monson,
87 Zerah P. Tuttle,
83
George Gabriel,
85 Mrs. Caleb Mix,
88 Esther II. Thompson,
83
Margaret Hawley,
80 Samuel Miller,
83 Charles S. Thompson,
80 Jane D. Merritt,
84 Charlotte II. Williams,
81
Esther Homan,
Thomas C. Hollis,
81 Michael Nicholson,
84 Laura Wildman,
Catherine Jarman,
80 Esther Osborne,
81 Henry Warren,
ONE HUNDRED AND SIX YEARS OLD.
In the New Haven "Town House," an institution for paupers, resides a man who has been a constant inmate there since 1833. He is not a pauper in the striet sense of that term though his associates are, and, as " birds of a feather," etc., he has the repution of being one. His name is Isaac Clarke, and he was born near Montauk Point, Long Island, September 21st, 1778, according to his own statements and those who have long known him. The appearance he presents, physical and mental condition, recollections of historical events known to all, and his own stories concerning them, render it certain that he is much more
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than a centenarian, and, indeed, the oldest man in New England. His birth took place a little while after the declaration of independence, and he was more than five years old when the Revolutionary war closed, nine years old when the Constitution was adopted, and was three months beyond the age required by law for an elector-and might have voted had the law permitted-when, in 1799, the Father of his Country died. The great Napoleon was only nine years old when " Uncle Ike," as he is familiarly called, first saw the light, and he had reached the age of 43 when the disturber of European peace breathed his last at St. Helena. (Napoleon was born August 15, 1769, and died May 5, 1821.) Of course, as there are none but himself left to speak of it, little can be gleaned of his early history; but he says he shipped at the age of twelve with Captain Chase, of the Nantucket whaler Vesper, for a voyage to the Pacific, via Cape Horn, and was gone three years. Two years after that, in 1795, as is well known, Captain Greene made his noted voyage in the ship Neptune. Uncle Ike says he was 15 years old when he got back from "whalin'." As Captain Greene's date of sailing was two years later, the date of the centenarian's birth seems fairly well estab- lished as having taken place in 1778. The aged man speaks of what he saw among the Pacific islands, of the Indians who came swimming out from land and wanted to board the ship, and of the desire of sailors to go ashore, but were not permitted as the natives were man-eaters. From his description, the islands he saw were the Sandwich Islands, on which, a few years before, Captain Cook was killed by the Kanakas, as the natives were called, and, for aught we know, was eaten by them. In his narratives Uncle Ike always alludes to Cook as the "English Captain," which shows that in early life he must have been familiar with the facts of the noted navigator's exploits. He continued to make voyages, usually before the mast, on whalers and merchantmen of Nantucket and the Vineyard, until 1822, when, either by reason of losing his sea-legs or failing to see further profit or novelty in long trips, he became a coastwise boatman, confining himself to the northern shores of Long Island, with on occasional trip to Connecticut. In 1833 he drifted into New Haven, sickness pre- vented his earning money, and finally, finding himself high and dry on the shoals of want, with no prospect of fair tides floating him off, in 1834, at the age of 56, he applied for and obtained admission to the " Town House," as stated. Soon after he became physically dis- abled, and for many years could not help himself. Years of careful treatment have, as it were, rejuvenated him, and, aided by second sight, he improves the hours, sailor like, in taking stitches in flannel garments, displaying skill in the use of the needle. He sees with- out glasses, and has done so for more than twenty years. He speaks in husky tones, but intelligently, and his power of hearing is wonderfully acute. The best people in New Haven, among whom are Thomas R. Trowbridge, Jr., visit the aged man often, hear his story and confidently believe it.
NEWINGTON.
Mrs. Ellen Perkins,
Miss Nancy Beebe,
85 Mrs. -- Shepard, 83
Mrs. Rose Clark,
97
Mrs. Richard Rogers,
84 James Weaver,
83
Nancy Griswold,
82
Mrs. Ann Beebe,
84 Mrs. Erastus Crandall,
81
Erastus Kilburne,
82
Charles Chapman,
84 Oliver Lake,
81 81
NEW LONDON. Population 10,529.
Enos Gates, Mrs. Benajah Brewster,
84 Charles Strickland,
82 81
Charles Babcock,
92 Mrs. . Williams, 82 Allen I. Tooker,
81
Nathan Newbury.
91 Mrs. Merritt Rockwell,
83 Mrs. Aaron Chapman,
81
Mrs. Lydia Harris,
90 Mrs. Laura Tebele,
83 Giles Perkins,
81
90 Mrs. Horton,
82 Mrs. - Moran,
80
90 Samuel Ames,
83 Samuel Smith,
82
Mrs. William Bailey,
90 Mrs. Lucretia Woodward,
82 William Champlin,
81
Mrs. Harriet Brown,
90 Mrs. Samuel Ames,
82 Alex. Merrill,
81
Mrs. Fannie Smith,
87 Albert M. Adams,
83 Jonathan Lewis, 83 Mrs. - Crocker,
84 80
87 Joseph Smith,
83 Mrs. -- Hough,
83
Elijah Bolles,
87 Gilbert Holmes,
83 Mrs. Acors Barnes,
81
Captain Nat. Richards,
86 Mrs. Susan Culver,
83 Mrs. Theodore Robinson, 82
Mrs. - Brown,
86 Mrs. Martha Rogers,
83 Mrs. - - Daniels, 83
John Howard,
85 Richard Rogers,
82 Mrs. Rexford,
82
81
Harriet M. Rockwell,
85
Jabez S. Swan,
84 Burral Holran,
84 Mrs. William Goodwin,
81
84 Mrs. Almira Goodwin, 81
81
James Cranston,
93 Mrs. Parmelia Potter,
85 Griswold Holmes, 83
Population 934.
Thomas Payne,
85 Mrs. Maria Lake, 82
Hannah Francis,
80
Jonathan Lewis,
84 Timothy Sizer,
Mary E. Stolger,
83
George Comstock, Mrs. Turner,
84 Mrs. Charles Cobb,
84 Mrs. Abby Tinker,
Charles Strickland, George Davidson,
87 W. II. Connor,
Mrs. - Sisson, Erastus Crandall,
3
34
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Mrs. James Keeney,
83 Rebecca Buck,
82 Margaret Wixtad, 82
80 Phebe A. Northrop, 84
Mrs. Bently,
Mrs. Daniel Huntington,
82 Ann Dunn,
84 Almira Northrop, 83
Miss N. Hempstead,
81 James A. Giddings,
87
Louisa W. Nichols,
82
Mrs. Dr. Perkins,
81 Hermann Parmlee,
80
W. W. Billings,
82
William N. Canfield,
80 Bennett Platt,
83
Mrs. Douglass,
Mrs. Benjamin Gardner,
81 82
Sophia McMahon,
80 Sarah E. Bray,
80
Miss Mary Beebe.
82 82
William Roberts,
80 Uriah Elwood,
84
Roger Mulrooney,
81 Thomas A. Welton,
81
Mary Lillis,
84
Asa Manwaring,
Mrs. -- Latham,
Mrs. Mary Walden,
Miss Rebecca Simpson,
NEW MILFORD.
Jane Hendrix,
93 Eliza § Knapp,
89
Louisa R. Cowles, 80
80
91 Oliver Penny, Sr.,
80
Phillip Ryan,
80
Susan Morehouse,
91 David Mead,
82
Lucinda F. Smith,
82
Laura Osborne,
91 Mary A. Soule,
86
Amanda Baldwin,
81
Lucia R. II. Tomlinson,
91
Betsey Warner,
80
Amanda Bramble, 80
Axa M. Browne,
84
Mary E. Dewell,
80
NORTH BRANFORD.
Population, 1,025.
Henry Hoyt
86
Lucretia Sanford, 90
90
Mrs. Andrews Linsley, 90
Mrs. Charlotte Gates, 80
85
Martha D. Mygatt,
84
Mrs. Rebecca Harrison,
88
Sophia Phillips,
87 Eliza Beers,
80
Mrs. Betsey Linsley,
87
Eliza Roberts,
83
Nathan Burr,
82 Miss Abigail Harrison,
84
Anna Walker,
85 Susan Burr,
80 Mrs. Anna Harrison,
85
Darius Williams,
82 Thomas Bradley,
84 Jonathan Barker,
88
Salomi Williams,
82 Nancy Bradley,
84 Mrs. Lois Rogers,
84
Deborah Adams,
83 Luther Camp,
87 Miss Lydia Baldwin,
82
Philo Adams,
87 Nathaniel Elwood,
80 Chauncey Russell,
84
Mabel Baldwin,
84
Margaret Lillis,
84
Mrs. Salina Foot,
96
Julia M. Gaylord,
81 Margaret MeMahon,
84
Mrs Electa Boardman, 86
Joseph P. Hubbard,
Eliza Mallett,
80 Susan Fairchild,
80
NORTH CANAAN.
Population, 1,527.
Almerian Gillette, 92
80 Palmer Stevens. 92
81 Mrs. Sally Rood, 91
90
William Hartwell,
82 Anna Morehouse,
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