Yup, but the problem presumably is that there isn't conclusive documentation for William MARSHALL (the father). The age may well have become exaggerated with the telling as well. -----Original Message----- From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Railton via Sent: 17 November 2015 15:45 To: 'Petra Mitchinson' <petra.mitchinson@doctors.org.uk>; eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com; 'Cumberland Mailing List' <CUMBERLAND@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Patriot, 05 Dec 1818 - BMD I see that the deaths include: " At Sanquhar, at the advanced age of 102 years, William MARSHALL, tinker.-His father, also named William, lived to the extraordinary age of 121, and was long at the head of a desperate gang of gypsies, who infested Galloway and the neighbouring counties for a great number of years." If the age for father, William, is correct he would be the oldest person ever to have lived in UK. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_supercentenarians David Railton