This is a list of the earliest centenarians, ones born before 1860. All known centenarians born before 1780 are included, and cases of an age of 105 or greater (i.e. a semisupercentenarian) between 1780 and 1860 are included.
Birthplace Name Birthdate Deathdate Gender Age Deathplace
England (UK) George Stocking Jun. 14, 1579 May 25, 1683 M 103 346 U.S. (CT)
England (UK) Moses Wheeler Jan. 5, 1598 Jan. 15, 1698 M 100 10 U.S. (CT)
England (UK) Matthias Senton Nov. 20, 1628 Dec. 1728 M 100 11+ U.S. (CT)
England (UK) Daniel Stodder Oct. 10, 1633 Mar. 8, 1737 M 103 129 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (CT) Abigail Alvord Apr. 5, 1655 Aug. 26, 1756 F 101 143 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (CT) Nathan Gillett Aug. 17, 1655 Jan. 30, 1757 M 101 156 U.S. (CT)
U.S. (CT) Daniel Betts Oct. 4, 1657 Feb. 8, 1758 M 100 125 U.S. (CT)
France Jean Causeur Mar. 3, 1665 Apr. 30, 1774 M 109 58 France
U.S. (MA) Gershom Rice May 9, 1667 Dec. 19, 1768 M 101 214 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) Elizabeth Harrington Jul. 8, 1673 Mar. 3, 1774 F 100 238 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) Patience Kempton Nov. 7, 1673 May 12, 1779 F 105 186 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) Hannah Pease Sep. 10, 1674 Dec. 30, 1774 F 100 111 U.S. (CT)
U.S. (MA) Hope Nelson May 10, 1677 Dec. 7, 1782 F 105 211 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (CT) Elizabeth Tubbs Dec. 18, 1681 Oct. 8, 1782 F 100 324 U.S. (CT)
Norway Eilif Philipsen Jul. 21, 1682 Jun. 20, 1785 M 102 333 Norway
U.S. (MA) Margaret Wright Jan. 5, 1685 Oct. 31, 1787 F 102 299 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) Daniel Gould Jun. 30, 1687 Mar. 8, 1788 M 100 251 U.S. (MA)
England (UK) Cornelius Crich Oct. 24, 1687 Mar. 23, 1789 M 101 150 England (UK)
U.S. (CT) Zachariah Rude Jul. 1, 1690 Feb. 10,1795 M 104 224 U.S. (CT)
U.S. (MA) Ebenezer Cobb Mar. 22, 1694 Dec. 8, 1801 M 107 261 U.S. (MA)
England (UK) Ferdinand Ashmall Jan. 9, 1695 Feb. 5, 1798 M 103 27 England (UK)
U.S. (MA) Sarah Thayer Sep. 8, 1698 Nov. 20, 1800 F 102 73 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (CT) Susanna Brownson Aug. 12, 1699 Jun. 12, 1802 F 102 304 U.S. (NH)
U.S. (MA) Mary Ripley Jan. 22, 1700 Dec. 14, 1802 F 102 326 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) Jonathan Livermore Sep. 15, 1700 Apr. 21, 1801 M 100 218 U.S. (MA)
U.S. (MA) John Shephard Feb. 25, 1704 Apr. 5, 1809 M 105 41 U.S. (MA)
France Marie Angélique Dubois May 17, 1705 Apr. 30, 1812 F 106 351 France
U.S. (NY) Mollie Sneden Jan. 13, 1709 Jan. 31, 1810 F 100 18 U.S. (NY)
England (UK) Bartholomew Johnson Oct. 3, 1710 Feb. 7, 1814 M 103 127 England (UK)
England (UK) Johanna Perryman Nov. 1, 1713 Feb. 4, 1816 F 102 95 England (UK)
U.S. (CT) Nathan Birdseye Aug. 8, 1714 Jan. 28, 1818 M 103 172 U.S. (CT)
Italy Lorenzo Malori Aug. 27, 1724 Mar. 16, 1830 M 105 201 Italy
Canada Marie-Louise Plante Mar. 10, 1725 Jun. 14, 1832 F 107 96 Canada
Belgium Pierre Joseph Darcourt Jan. 23, 1729 May 11, 1837 M 108 108 Belgium
Canada Marie-Anne Lizotte Jul. 6, 1731 Jan. 14, 1835 F 103 192 Canada
Canada Marie-Therese Laveau Jun. 26, 1736 May 21, 1838 F 101 329 Canada
France Jeanne Hudenot Feb. 28, 1737 May 20, 1943 F 106 81 France