Some long-lived ancestors

[Top-of-the-hill]

   Being at a loss for a project recently, I went back to some of my early research done with Bishops Transcripts in the Cathedral Archives. I was mainly adding dates of burial, and found that in several entries, the parson added the person's age, presumably because it was unusual. The oldest was in 1769, and he died aged 93. Several others died in the early to mid 1800s, aged between 83 and 89, 3 men and 2 women. They were probably all agricultural workers, living in tiny villages in the North Downs.
   It was very useful in confirming years of birth so I knew I had the right people. There are altogether too many Atwoods in some of these places!