Here lyes the Body of Rev. Mr. Christopher Toppan, Master of Arts, fourth Pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good Learning, conspicuous Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and Surgery, who deceased, July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age, and the 51st of his Pastoral Office.

FOOTNOTES:

[27] The first two monumental inscriptions were taken from the burying-ground in Concord, Ms., and the last one from the graveyard in Newbury, Ms.

INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN BELFAST, ME.

The names of aged persons who died in this town before 1827, with their respective ages and the times of their decease, are here inserted.

Of these individuals it has been said, "In their manners they exhibited a model of perfect plainness and simplicity, indicative of contentment and a cheerful disposition; and so cordial was their reception of those who visited them, that with truth it might be said, they were given to hospitality. Their descendants read the poems of Burns with a keen relish, and are enthusiastic admirers of the Scottish Bard."

1794.James Miller,aged82
1795. John Steele,"84
1797.William McLaughlin,"90
1800.Margaret Cochran,"85
1802.John Tufts,"78
"Grissel Jameson,"96
1807.Solon Stevenson,"73
1810.Mary Brown,"90
1812.James Gordon,"86
1815.William Lowney,[28]"76
1817.Patrick Gilbert,"78
1817.John Brown,"86
1819.Samuel Houston,"92
1820.Jerome Stevenson,"82
1821.Elizabeth Jones,"84
"Laughlin McDonald,[29]"110
1822.George Cochran,"85
1823.John Durham,"74
1824.James Patterson,"80
"Jonathan Clark,"78
"Susan Sturtevant,"84
1826. Nathaniel Patterson,"79
"Agnes Robinson,"89.

In the year 1827, there were thirteen persons living in Belfast, whose average age was 82 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Their respective names and ages were as follows: