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He had been thrice married, and by his first wife had 11 children at 7 births; by his second wife, 19 at 13 births, and by his third wife, 7 at 6 births. The youngest of the 37 was thirteen years old and the eldest seventy. This latter one had a son aged forty-seven and 16 children besides.
He had 34 granddaughters, 45 grandsons, 45 great granddaughters, 39 great grandsons, all living.
Senor Saez himself was ninety-three years old and in excellent health. At Litchfield, Conn., there is said to be the following inscription:-- "Here lies the body of Mrs.Mary, wife of Dr.John Bull, Esq.
She died November 4, 1778, aetat.
ninety, having had 13 children, 101 grandchildren, 274 great grandchildren, and 22 great-great grandchildren, a total of 410; surviving, 336." In Esher Church there is an inscription, scarcely legible, which records the death of the mother of Mrs.Mary Morton on April 18, 1634, and saying that she was the wonder of her sex and age, for she lived to see nearly 400 issued from her loins. The following is a communication to "Notes and Queries," March 21, 1891: "Mrs.Mary Honeywood was daughter and one of the coheiresses of Robert Waters, Esq., of Lenham, in Kent.
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