Centenarians in the 19th century

[Comosus]

Hi there, I'm conducting a project to identify the earliest documented centenarians worldwide. I'm particularly interested in centenarians who were born in the 18th century (and earlier) whose ages have been verified with records.

The earliest officially verified centenarian was Eilif Phillipsen, from Norway, 21 July 1682 - 20 June 1785 (aged 102 years, 334 days). He is one of only three known centenarians to have been born in the 17th century.

If you do have known 17th/18th century-born centenarians from your research, then I'd be very grateful if you could provide me with their details, and any relevant information (either by private message, or by posting here). I'm particularly asking for centenarians with verified ages because during the mid-19th century there were so many exaggerated claims that don't stand up to scrutiny.

You may be interested to have a look at the early centenarians that are known to be verified: http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/early.php

Many thanks,
Andrew

[horselydown86]

Hi Andrew,

Johanna or Joanna PERRYMAN nee HAYWARD

Born:  about 1713 - daughter of Roger and Joanna HAYWARD

Baptised:  1 Nov 1713 at All Saints With Holy Trinity in Great Marlow, Bucks (from Bucks FHS).  (This record is mistranscribed on Familysearch as Jonaha HOWARD)

Married:  19 Dec 1735 to Thomas PERRYMAN at All Saints With Holy Trinity in Great Marlow, Bucks (from Bucks FHS).  (Date of this marriage on Familysearch.org is 19 Dec 1734.)

Buried:  4 Feb 1816 at St Peter and St Andrew, Old Windsor - age noted as 102 (Berks FHS & Findmypast).

Her death was noted in at least one magazine.
The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany Volume 78 Part 1 - "At Old Windsor, Mrs Perryman, in her 103d year."

My seventh great-grandmother.

[Freespirit1]

I don't know how accurate this is but in the churchyard at St Mary's Church, Battle, East Sussex, there is a headstone which reads:

 'To the memory of Isaac Ingall who died April the 2nd 1798 aged 120 years'. 

Many years ago a guide at the church told me that Isaac was a servant who had worked for the same family all his life and that they had erected the headstone.  Unfortunately, baptism records are a bit patchy that far back so I haven't been able to verify the facts.  When looking for the baptism of an ancestor of mine from Battle born around the same time, I learned that some of the parish records had not survived or had been too badly damaged to be legible.

[heymin]

Hi, the great,great,great,great grandfather of my wife, George Lawrie(or Lowrie) was born in 1775 and died in1877. The local newspaper did an article on him which I can PM to you if you wish.
Brian