History of Worcester County Vol 1 page 466 PETERSHAM Nine persons required to be admitted among the proprietors were: Thomas FARMER, Henry COULBURN, Jonathan FARRER, Samuel SHADDOCK, Samuel TRULL, Jacob COREY, Joshua WEBSTER, Abiel FOSTER, Samuel TARBOL. LONGEVITY IN PETERSHAM Three instances of an age of 100 years or more are presented: In the 1796, Deacon Daniel SPOONER died at 103 years of age Mary FARRAR, died in 1855 aged 100 years Lucy ROBINSON, died in 1863, she was also a century old. 24 people have lived from 90 to 100 years. To name one: Joseph FARRAR, 1870, ninety years of age