LONGEVITY,
{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
Instances of longevity, most remarkable
in its extent, are to be found in our country.
We are informed of an individual now living
near Lake Champlain, German by birth.
whose age is stated to be 1873 years, being
one of the liie guards at the Coronation Of
Queen Anne, and, at the time, IS years of
age. According to his statement, he would
be 141 years of age. His youngest child is
only % years of age. In Charlotte County,
Virginia. we also hear of remarkable cou-
pie, Alexander Bcrklcy and his wife, the
former in his 118th, and the latter in her
1O7th year. This old man, a Scotchman by
birth, served under the Duke Of Marlbo