. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. ith-ful and active member of the church. Captain Tobywas widely known in commercial circles, throughoutthe United States, and was loved for his manly virtuesand his Christian character. 1 One feels tempted to give a more or less detaileddescription of the quaint inscriptions and queer spellingand remarkable facts that are brought to light by astudy of the gravestones. But they must be seen tobe appreciated. The oldest Philadelphian on record,Samuel McCutchon, who was born in 1645 an
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. ith-ful and active member of the church. Captain Tobywas widely known in commercial circles, throughoutthe United States, and was loved for his manly virtuesand his Christian character. 1 One feels tempted to give a more or less detaileddescription of the quaint inscriptions and queer spellingand remarkable facts that are brought to light by astudy of the gravestones. But they must be seen tobe appreciated. The oldest Philadelphian on record,Samuel McCutchon, who was born in 1645 and diedin 1767, another centenarian, John Hutton, famous inPhiladelphia in his day and generation,2 and more thana dozen nonogenarians are shown to the visitor. Thenumber of octogenarians seems to indicate that thethreescore and ten was often exceeded by the Pres-byterian saints of the olden days. There are wholefamilies, parents and children, who lived beyond 1 From contemporary newspaper clipping in the Scharf-West-cott collection. 3 See Watsons Annals of Philadelphia, Vol. I., page 527; , page THE OKAiES OF TWO CENTENARIANS Samuel McCutchon, aged 122, the oldest Philadelphia,! on rec-ord; John. Hutton, aged 108. East Side.
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