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Longevity myths are
traditions about long-lived
people (generally supercentenarians),
either as
individuals or
groups of people, and
practices that have...
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Australian politician Cecil Marchant (1895–1965),
English WW1
military pilot Chesten Marchant (died 1676), last
monoglot Cornish speaker David R. Marchant,...
- species. The name "chestnut" is
derived from an
earlier English term "
chesten nut",
which descends from the Old
French word
chastain (Modern French,...
- that a Jane Barnicoate, who had died
about 1857,
could speak Cornish too.
Chesten Marchant,
supposedly the last
monoglot Cornish speaker Ned Maddrell, the...
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sometime around 1780, with the last
monoglot Cornish speaker believed to be
Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at
Gwithian (Dolly
Pentreath was bilingual)...
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Nancarrow from
Marazion who was a
native speaker and
survived into the 1790s.
Chesten Marchant, d. 1676, a
woman from Gwithian, is
believed to have been the...
- per se. The last
known monoglot Cornish speaker is
believed to have been
Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian. It is not
known when she was born...
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Charlotte Mary Matheson,
writer Margaret Mellis, St Ives
school artist Chesten Marchant, last
monoglot Cornish-speaker (died 1676) Anna
Maria Murphy,...
- were not sold with the land.
There is a
Cornish cross in the churchyard.
Chesten Marchant, who died in 1676 at Gwithian, is
believed to have been the last...
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important figure in the
study of
Cornish in its last stages,
along with
Chesten Marchant (died 1676) and
Dolly Pentreath (died 1777),
judged by various...
