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ElizabethHerts
09-05-13, 12:04
I have found that I am descended from one Edward (or Edmond) Armsby of Bletchington in Oxfordshire.

According to the Oxfordshire FHS's transcriptions for Bletchington, his burial entry reads "an aged man beinge by his own relation in his life time and the opinion of other aged men who knewe him even from their minority - about one hundred and tenne yeres of age died January 15".

The year was 1628/9. Therefore he would have to have been born c. 1518.

However, I'm not sure!
He married Dorothy East in 1592 and they had three children - Joane, Alice and John.

I am transcribing his will and I can't really find anything that would indicate his age.

I think I shall have to take this with a pinch of salt.
tenterfieldjulie
09-05-13, 12:07
How amazing. I am very envious. Julie
ElizabethHerts
09-05-13, 12:10
How amazing. I am very envious. Julie
Hi Julie - I'm having fun with this lot!:D

Are you safely home? I've rather lost track of your movements as we've been away too.
tenterfieldjulie
09-05-13, 12:16
Came home Monday night .. lovely to be here, but wish the weather was more friendly. It was much warmer in Sydney. Hope to be here until the end of the month. Cheers Julie
kiterunner
09-05-13, 12:20
My ancestor Esther Sherlicor (nee Moorcroft) is supposed to have been 99 when she died in 1786, according to "Annals of Southport and district", but the two possible baptisms for her are in 1700 and 1704, she got married in 1731 and had her last child in 1747, so her supposed age at death is way off.
ElizabethHerts
09-05-13, 12:33
Kate, I suppose my Edward and your Esther just seemed very old!


When Edward's widow was buried the entry says "Dorothye, an ancient old widdowe".
Olde Crone
09-05-13, 13:04
Not my ancestor, but seen in a burial register "Blah blah, aged 142" In the margin the Vicar had solemnly written "A very great ayge". I did look for his baptism, but couldn't find it, lol.

OC
Shona
09-05-13, 17:28
This one I know to be true - William Nicol (MFF) died in 1974, a few days before his 97th birthday.
ElizabethHerts
09-05-13, 17:36
It is possible that Edward was born c. 1545 because there is a marriage between Edward Armsby and Jane ? on 15 October 1570 at St Giles, Bletchington. There are no children in the parish register, however, until 1583. Francis, no parents named.
Mary from Italy
10-05-13, 18:47
I'm distantly related to this lady, who's still going strong at 111:

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Dorothy-Baldwin-111-seen-24-different-PMs/story-18100207-detail/story.html#axzz2SuufvcEC
tenterfieldjulie
11-05-13, 07:59
What a delightful lady Mary. Not sure if I like the idea of cabbage water .. maybe no offspring and siblings has meant a peaceful life lol
Mary from Italy
11-05-13, 13:35
No, I think I'll settle for a few years less and no cabbage water :)
Tom Tom
11-05-13, 14:29
Wow Mary! Bit confused by the bit that says she has lived under the reign of two Queens?

Victoria died in 1901 and Dorothy wasn't born until 1902?
Asa
11-05-13, 14:56
I was talking to a 95 year old yesterday who said 'God forbid I should live to 100!'.

I can across an 108 year old Sabrina Draper buried in 1859 in Wargrave Berkshire but I couldn't see her on census. I've a few nonagenarians in my tree, mostly C20th and my step great great grandmother Annie Elizabeth Pope lived to 101.
ElizabethHerts
11-05-13, 15:07
OH's mother is 96, and we wouldn't be at all surprised if she makes 100. She only has to do another 3 and a half years.
Guinevere
11-05-13, 18:07
I have Silvester Manclarke (7x gt grandfather) buried aged 106 in Lowestoft. I also have his will, his 3 marriages and his baptism so think I can safely claim he really was that old.
ElizabethHerts
11-05-13, 18:23
I have Silvester Manclarke (7x gt grandfather) buried aged 106 in Lowestoft. I also have his will, his 3 marriages and his baptism so think I can safely claim he really was that old.

What a lovely name, Gwynne!
maggie_4_7
11-05-13, 19:26
I have Silvester Manclarke (7x gt grandfather) buried aged 106 in Lowestoft. I also have his will, his 3 marriages and his baptism so think I can safely claim he really was that old.

Awww that is lovely.

Amazing.
Guinevere
11-05-13, 19:32
I'm quite fond of old Sylvester, even fonder of his parents for choosing such a helpful name.
Mary from Italy
11-05-13, 20:14
Wow Mary! Bit confused by the bit that says she has lived under the reign of two Queens?

Victoria died in 1901 and Dorothy wasn't born until 1902?

You're right, I missed that. Dorothy was definitely born in 1902, so she missed the reign of Queen Victoria.