Fairfield County CT Archives Obituaries.....Birdseye, Rev. Nathan 1818 *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** ************************************************************************ The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification. ************************************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00017.html#0004214 November 13, 2007, 9:48 pm Carolina Federal Republican 21 February 1818 Died In Stratford, Con. on the 28th ultimo, the Rev. Nathan Birdseye, aged 103 years, 3 months and 9 days. The whole of his descendants was 258, 206 of whom are now living. He had 12 children, 76 grand children, 163 great grand children, and 7 of the 5th generation. Of his 12 children, 6 were sons and 6 daughters, a daughter was born next after a son in every instance, 9 of them are still living, whose ages added together amount to 582 years, the other three died at 47, 65 and 77. He married but once and lived 69 years with his wife, who died at the age of 88. It is a singular fact, that of all the branches of this numerous family, not one of them has been reduced to want. Most of them are prosperous and all of them in comfortable circumstances. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of people, among whom were about one hundred of his posterity. A solemn and appropriate sermon was delivered on the occasion by the Rev. Stephen W. Stebbins, from this text - "And all the days of Methusalah were nine hundred and sixty and nine years & he died." File at -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/fairfield/obits/b/birdseye157gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ctfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb