2-714-138 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Henry Jenkins - Who lived to the amazing age of 169 years', 1821. Portrait of 'the modern Methusaleh', Henry Jenkins, who claimed to have been born in 1501, (although parish registers were not required to be maintained until 1538). He was buried in December 1670 in Bolton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. I, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]