Parishmouse Free Resources For Family Historians

The following list of Yorkshire Centenarians, verified in each instance from the registers of their respective parishes, will be of interest to the readers of “Yorkshire Notes and Queries,” some of whom will be able to extend the list. –

Henry Jenkins, of Ellerton-on-Swale, born 1501 died 1670. Aged 169. Buried in the Parish Church of Bolton-on-Swale . The parish register contains the following entry – “1670, December 9th, Henry Jenkins, a very aged and poore man, of Ellerton, was buryed here.” Beside the stone monument over his grave in the churchyard, there is another of black marble inside the church, erected to the memory of the “Oldest Yorkshireman.” Both monuments bear an appropriate inscription, the latter written by Dr. Thomas Chapman.

Elizabeth Gray, a pensioner on the Wilsons of Westbrook, buried at Ecclesall, December 3, 1843. Aged 109.

Ann Stringer of Northallerton, born 1613, died 1721. Aged 108.

George Lumley, of Northallerton, born 1697, married 1783 to Mary Dunning, aged 19. (Date of death unknown.) Aged 104. [Vide “Gentleman’s Magazine.” The Wedding was performed by the Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Curate, and the witnesses were Thomas Robson, and W. M. Gibson.]