Henry Jenkins, who lived to the amazing age of 169 years

Portrait of Henry Jenkins, 1501-1670. Fisherman and later beggar who lived to the amazing age of 169 years. Self-proclaimed supercentenarian who died 1670 in Bolton-on Swale, Yorkshire. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

1670 16th Century 17th Century 19th Century Beggar Book Of Wonderful Characters Eccentric Extraordinary Freak Henry Wilson James Caulfield John Camden Hotten Longevity Memoirs And Anecdotes Old Man Piccadilly Remarkable Robert Cooper Stipple Engraving

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