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New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 18, 20 October 1841, Page 2

Good Old Age.—There is at present alive in the island of Harris, a man, who was born in 1730, and has attained, or rather turned, the 110th year of his age. From his youth upwards he has cherished all the feelings that constitute the true Celtic character, and was deemed trustworthy enough to become one of the attendants of Mr. M'Leod tacksmen of Bernera, during his sojourn in a hiding-place tha£ blood hounds could not reach, subsequent to the disastrous battle of Culloden. The spot chosen was Umba Ulludal; and while thus secreted, he fared better than Baron Bradwardine, by clansmen and friends, who supplied him with venison, mutton, fish, and other necessaries, obtained by hunting dexterity, or otherwise, and served according to the rude fashion of the times. The name of the individual who has seen generation after generation committed to the grave, is John Martin ; his faculties of speech, sight, and hearing are unimpaired, and he is still so hale in bodily health, that in good weather, that he thinks nothing of travelling to the top of the highest hill in Harris,— -Glasgow Chronicle.