Ferdinand Ashmall
{{Infobox person
| name = Ferdinand Ashmall
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1695|01|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Elwick, County Durham, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1798|02|05|1695|01|09|df=y}}
| death_place = New House, County Durham
| nationality = English
| other_names =
| occupation = Catholic priest
| years_active =
| known_for = Reaching the age of 103
| notable_works =
}}
Ferdinand Ashmall (9 January 1695 – 2 February 1798) was an English centenarian and Catholic priest for the Catholic Church in England and Wales.{{cite web |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/OldestCentYear.HTM | title=Oldest Validated Centenarian By Year |publisher=Gerontology Research Group |date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=October 24, 2015}}He is not to be confused with his uncle, for whom he is named after. It is known that his uncle's name was not used as a necronym in this case, as his uncle died in 1712, when Ashmall was 17.
Biography
He was born on 9 January 1695 in Elwick, County Durham to Thomas Ashmall{{Cite book|title = Historical account of Lisbon college|last1 = Croft|first1 = William|publisher = ST. ANDREW S PRESS|year = 1902|pages = 171|url = https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Historical_account_of_Lisbon_college.djvu/181|first2 = Joseph|last2 = Gillow}} and Mary Addison. He was admitted to Lisbon College on 9 August 1711, at age 15, to prepare for the priesthood.{{cite book |author = Old Alumnus|title = Records and Recollections of St. Cuthbert's College Ushaw|year = 1889|publisher = E. Buller|page = [https://archive.org/details/recordsandrecol00alumgoog/page/n72 57]|url = https://archive.org/details/recordsandrecol00alumgoog}} He was ordained on 18 February 1720 as a Roman Catholic priest in Portugal. He returned to England in 1723 where he became the chaplain to Mary Salvin at Elvet, County Durham until her death in 1727. He then moved back to his family estate in Amerston. He later moved to New House, County Durham where he remained as the priest until his death.{{cite web | author=Julia Hynes |url=http://www.demogr.mpg.de/Papers/Books/Monograph2/the%20oldest.htm | title=The Oldest Old in Pre-Industrial Britain: Centenarians Before 1800? |publisher=Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | access-date=October 9, 2015}}
He died in New House, County Durham on 2 February 1798 in the 104th year of his life.{{cite book |author = Nichols|title = Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|year = 1798|publisher = E. Cave|page = 173|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mcZKAQAAMAAJ|first = John}} It was the 73rd year of his ministry.{{cite book |author = Richardson|title = The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurrences|year = 1841|publisher = M.A. Richardson|page = [https://archive.org/details/localhistorians01unkngoog/page/n413 400]|url = https://archive.org/details/localhistorians01unkngoog|first = Moses Aaron}}{{cite book |author=Bernard Jeune and James W. Vaupel |title=Exceptional Longevity: From Prehistory to the Present |year=1995 |publisher=Odense University Press |page=90 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmhHAAAAMAAJ |isbn= 9788778381354}}Some sources incorrectly give his age as 104. The first source was his obituary posted in 1798. His birth and baptismal record puts his age at 103.
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Category:English men centenarians