TITLE: Longevity Statistics: Town of Rochester 1783-1886 SOURCE: History of the Town of Rochester New Hampshire, From 1722-1890 by Franklin McDuffee, A.M. edited and revised by Silvanus Hayward. In two Volumes.-- Vol. I., Manchester, The John B. Clarke Co., Printers. ©1892. Pages 584-586. SUBMITTED BY: C Parziale 7/23/00 TABLE OF LONGEVITY Parson haven said: "This town has always been remarkable for old people." The following list of deaths of person eighty years old and upwards, from 1783 to 1867, was collected by the author. Ages not exact, -- supposed to be the nearest full year. Date of Death Names Age 1783 Mrs. Timothy Roberts, first civilized woman in town 80 1784 Widow McDuffee 91 1791 Widow Perkins 93 1793 Widow Twombly 90 1795 Samuel Drown* copy says (*19) 91 1798 Widow Harford 91 1798 Ebenezer Jones 90 1799 Widow Richards 99 1806 Thomas Drew 95 1807 Widow Bickford 90 1809 Jonathan Hodgdon 90 1811 Samuel Wingate 90 1815 Widow Rebecca Trickey 93 1815 Hon. John Plumer 96 1816 Lucy Place 95 1817 Col. John McDuffee 94 1819 Widow Heard 92 Jan 31, 1823 Ephraim Perkins 80 Jun 23, 1823 Lt. Joshua Holmes, a soldier of the Revolution 86 Jul 18, 1823 Samuel Stackpole 83 Sep 1823 Widow Meader 91 Oct 18, 1823 Widow of Ephraim Perkins 90 Oct 31, 1823 Widow of Timothy Roberts 79 Nov 07, 1823 Joseph Tebbets 82 Nov 21, 1823 Josiah Main 89 Jan 02, 1824 Isaac Twombly 85 May 15, 1824 Joseph Dame 84 Dec 09, 1824 Widow of Deacon Trickey 81 Jan 27, 1825 Rev. joseph Haven 77 Feb 22, 1825 Benjamin hurd 80 Apr 23, 1825 Widow Sarah Perkins 85 May 11, 1825 Morris Ellis 88 1826 Ephraim Ham, the third white person born in Rochester 90 Aug 1826 James Calef 85 Feb 1827 Lydia, wife of Capt. Alexander Hodgdon 87 Apr 1827 Benjamin Meder 90 Sep 1827 Abigail Holmes 89 Aug 1828 Stephen Ham 93 Nov 1828 Widow Mary Hayes 91 Dec 25, 1829 David Tebbits, died in Berwick 96 1829 Widow Mary Downing 90 Mar 1830 James Pickering 84 Benjamin Roberts, Sailed w/ Paul Jones, a soldier Apr 1830 of the Rev. 76 Jan 1832 Jotham Nutter 84 Jan 14, 1832 Elijah Tebbetts 92 May 1832 Alexander Hodgdon 92 Dec 1832 Caleb Jackson 84 Feb 1835 Benjamin Rollins 83 May 06, 1836 John Randall 90 Jul 1836 Phebe Wentworth 89 Jul 1836 Lucy, widow of Dr. James Howe, died in Boston 82 Feb 21, 1837 Charity Drown 84 Aug 1837 Mrs. Mary Twombly 88 Oct 13, 1837 Abigail Jenness 90 Oct 1838 Eliphalet Cloutman 85 Sep 1840 Betsey Henderson 85 Jan 1842 Elizabeth Twombly 88 Oct 18, 1842 Mrs. Hannah Knight 86 Dec 31, 1843 Widow Sarah Hoyt 95 Nov 04, 1844 Hon. David Barker 80 Dec 10, 1845 Rose Murray 86 Jan 25, 1846 Mrs. Sarah Horne 94 Dec 1846 Samuel Allen 85 Aug 1848 John Gray 83 Jun 01, 1849 Mary Wingate 96 Jul 12, 1849 Hatevil Knight 84 Sep 14, 1849 Phebe Libbey 81 Apr 08, 1850 Nathaniel Ham 81 Apr 22, 1850 Mrs. Lydia Hayes 90 Jan 13, 1851 James Chesley 101 Jul 21, 1851 William Jenness 82 Jun 16, 1852 Ebenezer Tebbets 82 Aug 15, 1852 Widow Rebecca Seavey 83 Nov 15, 1852 Mrs. Lamson Varney 91 Jan 09, 1853 Widow Sally Knowles 88 Jan 14, 1853 Samuel Chamberlain 80 Apr 08, 1853 Abigail Wallingford 81 Nov 13, 1853 Stephen Ham 81 1853 James Garland 80 1853 Susanna Hanson 85 Feb 1854 Meribeh, wife of Amos Main 80 Nov 07, 1854 James Tebbets 82 May 15, 1855 Mrs. Hannah Nutter 84 1856 Hannah, widow of Richard Dame 92 Oct 06, 1856 Mrs. Sarah Sargent 100 Nov 07, 1856 Deborah Canney 93 Dec 19, 1856 Mrs. Abigail Foss 82 Apr 08, 1857 Mehitable, widow of James McDuffee 94 Jul 13, 1857 Mrs. Abigail T. Murray 84 Apr 1858 Stephen Place 88 Dec 1858 Mary Garland 96 Jan 21, 1859 Widow of Amos Main, died in Lowell Mass 89 Jan 27, 1859 James Robinson 89 Jan 1860 Mrs. Phebe Jenness 96 Mar 20, 1860 John Nutter 91 Jun 14, 1860 Widow Jane Pearl 84 Mar 31, 1861 Dolly Dore 81 Nov 08, 1861 Elizabeth, widow of Stephen Place 84 Jan 09, 1862 Abigail, widow of John Hayes 83 Apr 05, 1862 Sally Hayes 83 Oct 08, 1863 Lydia Ham 83 Oct 23, 1863 John Nutter 81 Dec 1866 Mrs. Tebbets 101 Aug 1867 John Murray 82 John S. Parsons furnished the following record of "unusual mortality" in the M.E. Society in 1884-86. May 11, 1884 W. Knight Kimball 74 May 27, 1884 Sarah Varney 82 Jun 12, 1884 Abigail Waldron 83 Jul 06, 1884 Mrs George Page 72 Jul 10, 1884 Mrs. Wylie Knight 37 Aug 08, 1884 Mrs. Susannah dame 83 Aug 28, 1884 Mrs. Israel Tuttle 61 Dec 12, 1884 Sarah C. Brock 74 Feb 23, 1885 Lydia Walker 65 Mar 01, 1885 Mrs. Mary Duncan 74 Mar 02, 1885 Eliza McIntire 72 Mar 15, 1885 Mrs. Otis Scruton 78 Apr 15, 1885 Mrs. Hannah Pray 78 Apr 17, 1885 Mrs. Cynthia Lindsey 92 Apr 22, 1885 Mrs. Sarah Hussey 73 May 23, 1885 Mrs. C.W. Bradley 59 Oct 13, 1885 Jeremiah D. Richardson 76 Feb 13, 1886 John B. Clayton 81 Mar 20, 1886 Jesse Horne 88 Apr 08, 1886 Mrs. Betsey S.C. Hanson 71 **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. 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