Andrew Blackmun (q.v. Blackman), b. Jan. 3, 1740/1 (bapt. Jan. 6, 1740/1) at North Stratford (now Trumbull), Conn. and d. Oct. 2, 1821 at Mooers, NY.
The records state Andrew was b. and bapt. on the above dates in the year "1740" in the old Julian calendar, which on their face would be historically written as the year 1739/40 (prior to Jan. 1752, the English used the Julian calendar in which Jan. 1st to Mar. 24th were the last days of the Julian year). However, his gravestone states he d. "Æ" 81, "Æ" being the symbol for Ætatis, a Latin term literally meaning "in the time of one's age" in which one's first year of age began at birth. On its face, Andrew's gravestone inscription means on the day he died he was 80 years old and in equivalent longhand "in the 81st year of his age." Thus, the memorialist has assumed that the recorded year of Andrew's birth and baptism was really the historic year 1740/41, not 1739/40. This assumption is consistent with how age at death on gravestones was stated throughout New England during the 1600s and 1700s and into the early 1800s. The 1827 gravestone inscription at the same cemetery of Andrew Blackmun's daughter-in-law, Sally (Foster) Blackmun, uses the term Ætatis (Æ) correctly in stating her age at death.
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The records state Andrew was b. and bapt. on the above dates in the year "1740" in the old Julian calendar, which on their face would be historically written as the year 1739/40 (prior to Jan. 1752, the English used the Julian calendar in which Jan. 1st to Mar. 24th were the last days of the Julian year). However, his gravestone states he d. "Æ" 81, "Æ" being the symbol for Ætatis, a Latin term literally meaning "in the time of one's age" in which one's first year of age began at birth. On its face, Andrew's gravestone inscription means on the day he died he was 80 years old and in equivalent longhand "in the 81st year of his age." Thus, the memorialist has assumed that the recorded year of Andrew's birth and baptism was really the historic year 1740/41, not 1739/40. This assumption is consistent with how age at death on gravestones was stated throughout New England during the 1600s and 1700s and into the early 1800s. The 1827 gravestone inscription at the same cemetery of Andrew Blackmun's daughter-in-law, Sally (Foster) Blackmun, uses the term Ætatis (Æ) correctly in stating her age at death.
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Andrew Blackmun (q.v. Blackman), b. Jan. 3, 1740/1 (bapt. Jan. 6, 1740/1) at North Stratford (now Trumbull), Conn. and d. Oct. 2, 1821 at Mooers, NY.
The records state Andrew was b. and bapt. on the above dates in the year "1740" in the old Julian calendar, which on their face would be historically written as the year 1739/40 (prior to Jan. 1752, the English used the Julian calendar in which Jan. 1st to Mar. 24th were the last days of the Julian year). However, his gravestone states he d. "Æ" 81, "Æ" being the symbol for Ætatis, a Latin term literally meaning "in the time of one's age" in which one's first year of age began at birth. On its face, Andrew's gravestone inscription means on the day he died he was 80 years old and in equivalent longhand "in the 81st year of his age." Thus, the memorialist has assumed that the recorded year of Andrew's birth and baptism was really the historic year 1740/41, not 1739/40. This assumption is consistent with how age at death on gravestones was stated throughout New England during the 1600s and 1700s and into the early 1800s. The 1827 gravestone inscription at the same cemetery of Andrew Blackmun's daughter-in-law, Sally (Foster) Blackmun, uses the term Ætatis (Æ) correctly in stating her age at death.
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The records state Andrew was b. and bapt. on the above dates in the year "1740" in the old Julian calendar, which on their face would be historically written as the year 1739/40 (prior to Jan. 1752, the English used the Julian calendar in which Jan. 1st to Mar. 24th were the last days of the Julian year). However, his gravestone states he d. "Æ" 81, "Æ" being the symbol for Ætatis, a Latin term literally meaning "in the time of one's age" in which one's first year of age began at birth. On its face, Andrew's gravestone inscription means on the day he died he was 80 years old and in equivalent longhand "in the 81st year of his age." Thus, the memorialist has assumed that the recorded year of Andrew's birth and baptism was really the historic year 1740/41, not 1739/40. This assumption is consistent with how age at death on gravestones was stated throughout New England during the 1600s and 1700s and into the early 1800s. The 1827 gravestone inscription at the same cemetery of Andrew Blackmun's daughter-in-law, Sally (Foster) Blackmun, uses the term Ætatis (Æ) correctly in stating her age at death.
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Inscription
Andrew Blackmun.
Died
Oct. 2, 1821,
AE. 81 Yers.
Precious in the sight of the
Lord, is the death of his saints.
(notes: a Lieut. in the Revolution)
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