Aye - my mom is 64, the youngest of 7 and each of her parents had 7-10 siblings! It's only the past few generations that stopped having massive amounts of kids for the most part, at least if you lived on a farm, lol.
I'm 43 and same deal, lol. Although my dad's dad was a junker and had 13 kids. 7 kids from one woman, 6 from another. Secret family. My mom's parents were farmers and she had 9 siblings.
Yup. My mom came from a large family, 12 kids.....farmers for sure. This trickled down to her having 8 kids me being a middle kid. Didn't work on a farm but my dad had us all acting military cuz he was a drill sargent for the Army! Ten hut!! LOL 😂
The Colonials considered themselves British as well. I read some time ago that Paul Revere referred to the Red Coats as "The Regulars". Today the Militia is now called the Guard, and the Army is still called the Regular Army.
Yup tbe founding fathers were BRITISH. People seem to forget that. Also it was only about 1/3 ,1/3 ,1/3 patriots, loyalists, and those that just didnt give a 💩 .
Indeed. In fact _most_ Continental Army officers during the Revolution were former British officers in the British Army. And, as stated in the video, most of those were up out of the aristocratic class...including George Washington himself.
People didn't actually have that short of a lifespan back then...the reason the life expectancy is that low is because a ton of babies didn't make it through their childhood.
Exactly right, were my mom was born, in the mountains of Appalachia, specifically Kyle's Ford. She and all 9 of her siblings were born at home, 4 were still born😢
My 10th great grandpa was born in 1757 in Strasbourg when it was a part of the Kingdom of France. He fought in the French Indian War and he fought at the battle of Yorktown. He ultimately died in 1832.
My mom was still competing in golf tournaments at 75. She’s 81 now, had 3 knee replacement surgeries and tries to walk a mile a day and only last year declared our trip to Egypt would be her last international trip.
Four men and one woman made late night rides, alerting the early Americans of what dangers lay ahead. They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington. Who if I am not mistaken rode much further than Revere but "Mans World" and all that...
And ? The others where literally pillars of their communities. Are you brain dead or something?? Not at all down playing the woman but like come tf on .... The others where far more IMPORTANT PEOPLE AT LARGE THEN SOME RANDOM ASS YOKELS SPAWN . get real
It wasn't about man's world and all that, Paul Revere got famous because of the poem because you can rhyme a lot more things with Paul Revere than the other ones. It wasn't about sexism at that point it was just rhyme scheme
@@johnnieangel99 Same reason Christopher Columbus was cited as the man who "discovered" America. Even the most educated of men only know what they're taught.
So I can't find enough of the family tree....But I would assume that Cotton Tufts (the doctor who bandaged Whittemore up) Was likely related to Charles Tufts who founded Tufts University which has a Medical Branch that's rated in the Top 100 in the world and # 56 in the US. So Whittemore likely was helped by a pretty important family down the road
Unless you’re a cop. As far as freedom goes, America is the least free country in the world, by far. The most incarcerated population on the planet. Shameful.
History, like this story, collectively,, givves rise to the "you're not telling us what to do" and "I'll keep my guns, thank you" mentality that has passed down through the generations..
My dad was the 3rd of 10. On my Mom's side my great-great grandfather had 12 kids. My great grandmother had 12 and one of her sisters had 11! You should see our family reunions!!!😂😂😂
You should look up the Battle of Kings Mountain. 900 Appalachia mountain men against 1,105 British Red Coats. Mountain men: 28 ki**ed 62 wounded. Red Coats: 290 ki**ed 163 wounded 668 captured. It's reported that the leader of the British forces Patrick Ferguson said that "God Almighty and all the rebels of hell could not drive him from the mountain." And well, I suppose he meant it since he's still up there.
Patrick Ferguson made the mistake of issuing a challenge to local Patriot leaders telling them to surrender or he would "lay waste to their country with fire and sword."
@txgunguy2766 That was definitely a mistake. As someone once said "People of the Appalachia are just built different." We've never taken well to threats and we're stubborn as he**. There's a reason Appalachia was known for it's family fudes. 😂
Im 76. Not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. In the 1970s and 80s, I used to live in Arrington, Massachusetts, and am familiar with the house and monument. Its actually a local landmark.
Death was too afraid to come for this man. There would have been a fight, and Death would have limped away with what parts Whittemore allowed him to keep. He's the actual being that we all claim Chuck Norris is.
I am a month away from turning 79. I have been active all my life but currently fighting Esophageal Cancer. I still have all my faculties and completely mobile. I don't find this odd at all that man was this active at his age.
Life expectancy is not life span. The average life span hasn't changed since human records began. Life expectancy is an average when you take into account the insanely high infant mortality rate back then. If one made to adulthood and had a regular job like a farmer you lived about as long as people do today.
Tea tax is why Americans started drinking coffee. Paul Revere got the press but he didn't really ride all that far to warn people, that belongs to Israel Bissell who did the longest ride. You had more kids back in the day because most of them didn't reach adulthood.
FYI The bayonets they were using was the "triangle bayonet". It was design three sided because the wound it made was harder to close up and heal. A "knife style" bayonet could easily be cleaned and stitched up but because of the three sided puncture made by their's it was much harder to keep it from getting infected. It was considered the second weapon outlawed for war. The first being the "wheel lock" because it could be carried ready to fire.
@@Ssenivac Really? I guess you were too stupid to see the other reply to my post. I may not be special but I see you are. You have a whole olympics, because you're sooo special.
When people talk about short life expectancies back in the day you have to understand that's an average, mostly dragged down by a very high rate of infant mortality. If you survived to adulthood hitting your seventies was not unlikely. There were still plenty of people in their 70s and 80s, I'm aware of at least one recorded example of a medieval peasant living to be 108.
You turn 30 today and you feel like, "That's it. My 'golden years' are next and I've cleared the peak. It's all down hill from here." Sam Whitmore kept kick'n his peak until he couldn't. 58, he's got a war to fight. 67 Politics be dumb and he's got some plow'n to do. 69 (Noice) The crown gets greedy and Sam ain't about that. 78 Some silver-slapper woke me up while I was busy plow'n and some dirty red coats be trying to get on my lawn. I ain't got time to die! On the flip side, I mean you as a Brit might have slightly differing emotions with hindsight. But I mean the decisions the "empire" made back in those times were a bit baffling and ultimately led to what is the USA today. But seriously, I'm sure you find the notion ridiculous of, "We're going to tax THOSE people we've sent off for their communications and also for THEIR purchasing of our tea." Wouldn't fly if it was applied to the whole of the UK, hence why it was slapped on the colonies. But definitely a shot in their own foot at the time.
Life expectancy numbers in the past are comparatively low by modern standards mainly due to infant mortality or death by accident/illness/misadventure before adulthood. As a general rule, though, if you survived into adulthood and didn't have bad luck with disease or violence, you could reasonably expect to live into your 60s or 70s.
This is how bada$$ the colonials were. My dad was from the greatest generation and he had that same spirit. My dad was in the Navy during WWII and was in the Army during the Korean War. Literally, he could still kick the butt of someone in their 20's when he was in his 80's. Unfortunately, what killed my dad was a broken heart from my mom dying....
Ditting in frontnofvthe tv kills. They didnt sit in those days they were alwaysxworking on something. Feeding anomals. Clearing the barns, mending stuff. Plowing endless work.
Donald Trump took one to the head and shouted fight fight fight!! 10:50 of course much different times. you know...independent press in every town if not multiple. each with its own meme. Back in 1775...when Americans were very hard to govern.
Hey Kabir, I know you normally only react to content about America, but I thought this might interest you. "How The UK Is Becoming a 'Third-World' Country" (by the channel: Caspian Report) It's only been out about a month. And as always, I'll catch Ya later~Peace out~ from across the pond
I'm old (62) and my Father had 9 siblings live (Grandma had 12 but two died). My Mother had 7 siblings. You had to make your own farm help back then.
Aye - my mom is 64, the youngest of 7 and each of her parents had 7-10 siblings! It's only the past few generations that stopped having massive amounts of kids for the most part, at least if you lived on a farm, lol.
I'm 43 and same deal, lol. Although my dad's dad was a junker and had 13 kids. 7 kids from one woman, 6 from another. Secret family. My mom's parents were farmers and she had 9 siblings.
Yup. My mom came from a large family, 12 kids.....farmers
for sure. This trickled down to her having 8 kids
me being a middle kid. Didn't work on a farm
but my dad had us all acting military cuz he was a
drill sargent for the Army! Ten hut!! LOL 😂
The first few generations of my family in this country had 14 kids. This country was populated largely by large families, as much by immigration.
My mom had 15 siblings and my dad had 9. I have 6 siblings so that was considered a small family. You certainly did have to make your own farm help!
How there hasn't been a movie about this man yet astounds me. clint eastwood could play the SHIT out of that role
The Colonials considered themselves British as well. I read some time ago that Paul Revere referred to the Red Coats as "The Regulars". Today the Militia is now called the Guard, and the Army is still called the Regular Army.
Thank you for saying that or I would have.
Yup tbe founding fathers were BRITISH. People seem to forget that.
Also it was only about 1/3 ,1/3 ,1/3 patriots, loyalists, and those that just didnt give a 💩 .
Indeed. In fact _most_ Continental Army officers during the Revolution were former British officers in the British Army. And, as stated in the video, most of those were up out of the aristocratic class...including George Washington himself.
@@nunyalastname-ej8vlNobody “forgets” that 😆. And nobody mistakes the founders for Japanese or Senegalese or Italians. Um, we speak … English!
@@donfette5301 don't forget? You are right. They never learn it.
At 47, with 2 adult children, and a grandchild, I'm just starting to realize I'm a grown up. 😂
I used to live in Arlington, MA years ago and have read the monument and passed this house many times.
Hey I live in Wareham Ma! Nice to meet you😊
Some of my family is from the other Arlington, the one in VA. That's where my Great Great Grandpa is buried.
Masshole here too
This was America's first Rambo. I'm serious. Incredible story.
People didn't actually have that short of a lifespan back then...the reason the life expectancy is that low is because a ton of babies didn't make it through their childhood.
Life expectancy calculations always excludes infant mortality.
Infant yes. Childhood not necessarily.
Exactly right, were my mom was born, in the mountains of Appalachia, specifically Kyle's Ford. She and all 9 of her siblings were born at home, 4 were still born😢
Im born , raised and live in Massachusetts and ive never heard if this man but i love him!
My 10th great grandpa was born in 1757 in Strasbourg when it was a part of the Kingdom of France. He fought in the French Indian War and he fought at the battle of Yorktown. He ultimately died in 1832.
Dragoons are infantry that ride horses to get from place to place but fight on foot when they get there.
Would have loved to have had a drink with him when he got the news of Yorktown? Coffee > Tea
Kabir , you are becoming an American . 🇺🇸
My mom was still competing in golf tournaments at 75. She’s 81 now, had 3 knee replacement surgeries and tries to walk a mile a day and only last year declared our trip to Egypt would be her last international trip.
Four men and one woman made late night rides, alerting the early Americans of what dangers lay ahead. They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington. Who if I am not mistaken rode much further than Revere but "Mans World" and all that...
And ? The others where literally pillars of their communities. Are you brain dead or something?? Not at all down playing the woman but like come tf on .... The others where far more IMPORTANT PEOPLE AT LARGE THEN SOME RANDOM ASS YOKELS SPAWN . get real
It wasn't about man's world and all that, Paul Revere got famous because of the poem because you can rhyme a lot more things with Paul Revere than the other ones. It wasn't about sexism at that point it was just rhyme scheme
@@alaneskew2664 Then why weren't the others ever mentioned until recently? Not one US history book I had access to in school mentioned none of them
@@johnnieangel99 Same reason Christopher Columbus was cited as the man who "discovered" America. Even the most educated of men only know what they're taught.
@@johnnieangel99 The problems with American History books is much worse than simple sexism
My great grandma was still slaughtering her own hogs in her 90's were just built different over here
You gotta check out Fat Electrician Sargent Reckless. Such a cool story.
So I can't find enough of the family tree....But I would assume that Cotton Tufts (the doctor who bandaged Whittemore up) Was likely related to Charles Tufts who founded Tufts University which has a Medical Branch that's rated in the Top 100 in the world and # 56 in the US.
So Whittemore likely was helped by a pretty important family down the road
Home of the Brave.
Unless you’re a cop. As far as freedom goes, America is the least free country in the world, by far. The most incarcerated population on the planet. Shameful.
Technically, there were 3 minutemen callers who were sent out on 3 legs of the trip. Paul Revere is the most famous one.
History, like this story, collectively,, givves rise to the "you're not telling us what to do" and "I'll keep my guns, thank you" mentality that has passed down through the generations..
My dad was the 3rd of 10. On my Mom's side my great-great grandfather had 12 kids. My great grandmother had 12 and one of her sisters had 11! You should see our family reunions!!!😂😂😂
At my great grandmother's 90th birthday party there were 212 family members.
You should look up the Battle of Kings Mountain. 900 Appalachia mountain men against 1,105 British Red Coats.
Mountain men: 28 ki**ed 62 wounded.
Red Coats: 290 ki**ed 163 wounded 668 captured.
It's reported that the leader of the British forces Patrick Ferguson said that "God Almighty and all the rebels of hell could not drive him from the mountain."
And well, I suppose he meant it since he's still up there.
Patrick Ferguson made the mistake of issuing a challenge to local Patriot leaders telling them to surrender or he would "lay waste to their country with fire and sword."
@txgunguy2766
That was definitely a mistake. As someone once said "People of the Appalachia are just built different." We've never taken well to threats and we're stubborn as he**. There's a reason Appalachia was known for it's family fudes. 😂
@@CelestialKitsune13
That's for dang sure.
Ya'll are crazy.
I have several ancestors from that time period in the “colonies” then the United States that lived into their 70’s to well into the mid to late 90’s.
This is my favorite TFE story. (At least since it came out). Glad to see you react to it.
Im 76. Not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.
In the 1970s and 80s, I used to live in Arrington, Massachusetts, and am familiar with the house and monument. Its actually a local landmark.
the toby keith reference is great
he kept going because the american spirit doesn't allow us to stop
Can you imagine how many thousands of descendants he has now?
america's ghengis khan
It would seem Whittemore was part Terminator, part tribble.
He recovered by God's grace!
Here for it.
That dude went to fight when he was 58. 8 frickin years older than me right now. Wow.
He lived to 96 in the 1700s!? How does someone casually live nearly twice as long as the average. Sheesh.
Ikr. So much diseases back then that can easily be cured today. You could di from a simple scratch back then
Farmers are made from different stuff.
Death was too afraid to come for this man. There would have been a fight, and Death would have limped away with what parts Whittemore allowed him to keep. He's the actual being that we all claim Chuck Norris is.
What a straight up badass.
Sammy had those Michael Myers genes.
I am a month away from turning 79. I have been active all my life but currently fighting Esophageal Cancer. I still have all my faculties and completely mobile. I don't find this odd at all that man was this active at his age.
Life expectancy globally was only 30 until the 1950's. And that's excluding infant mortality. Very few people made it to a ripe old age in those days.
58, old? At 58 I was running a preproom, embalming and casket ing bodies. Lol
Did you diddle any of them ever?
An inspiration for all of us 75-year-old Boomers.
Life expectancy is not life span. The average life span hasn't changed since human records began. Life expectancy is an average when you take into account the insanely high infant mortality rate back then. If one made to adulthood and had a regular job like a farmer you lived about as long as people do today.
Back then people had 10 kids expecting that 5 of them would die from disease and accidents.
He awoke at 78, and chose violence.
Tea tax is why Americans started drinking coffee. Paul Revere got the press but he didn't really ride all that far to warn people, that belongs to Israel Bissell who did the longest ride. You had more kids back in the day because most of them didn't reach adulthood.
Apparently, Samuel didn't want to sit and watch TV.
FYI The bayonets they were using was the "triangle bayonet". It was design three sided because the wound it made was harder to close up and heal. A "knife style" bayonet could easily be cleaned and stitched up but because of the three sided puncture made by their's it was much harder to keep it from getting infected. It was considered the second weapon outlawed for war. The first being the "wheel lock" because it could be carried ready to fire.
This is common knowledge… you’re not special
I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing.
@@Ssenivac Really? I guess you were too stupid to see the other reply to my post. I may not be special but I see you are. You have a whole olympics, because you're sooo special.
When people talk about short life expectancies back in the day you have to understand that's an average, mostly dragged down by a very high rate of infant mortality. If you survived to adulthood hitting your seventies was not unlikely. There were still plenty of people in their 70s and 80s, I'm aware of at least one recorded example of a medieval peasant living to be 108.
Turns out expensive leaf water makes you weak 😂
You turn 30 today and you feel like, "That's it. My 'golden years' are next and I've cleared the peak. It's all down hill from here." Sam Whitmore kept kick'n his peak until he couldn't. 58, he's got a war to fight. 67 Politics be dumb and he's got some plow'n to do. 69 (Noice) The crown gets greedy and Sam ain't about that. 78 Some silver-slapper woke me up while I was busy plow'n and some dirty red coats be trying to get on my lawn. I ain't got time to die!
On the flip side, I mean you as a Brit might have slightly differing emotions with hindsight. But I mean the decisions the "empire" made back in those times were a bit baffling and ultimately led to what is the USA today. But seriously, I'm sure you find the notion ridiculous of, "We're going to tax THOSE people we've sent off for their communications and also for THEIR purchasing of our tea." Wouldn't fly if it was applied to the whole of the UK, hence why it was slapped on the colonies. But definitely a shot in their own foot at the time.
50 was an old man.Some, like Benjamin Franklin lived into his 80s.
Life expectancy numbers in the past are comparatively low by modern standards mainly due to infant mortality or death by accident/illness/misadventure before adulthood. As a general rule, though, if you survived into adulthood and didn't have bad luck with disease or violence, you could reasonably expect to live into your 60s or 70s.
That LOTR clip was from the Two Towers not RoTK 🙃
I think british caliber was like 68 ?
Non gun people, THATS FKN HUGE . When it hits being lead, it expands A LOT.
Unbelevable wow
after the third kid they just kinda walk out don't they?
The lesson here?
Plowing keeps you young.
Every minute matters. Dude was 78, not 75.
The Brits never stood a chance.
This is how bada$$ the colonials were. My dad was from the greatest generation and he had that same spirit. My dad was in the Navy during WWII and was in the Army during the Korean War. Literally, he could still kick the butt of someone in their 20's when he was in his 80's. Unfortunately, what killed my dad was a broken heart from my mom dying....
Oh please.... My dad can still be kicking and ready to go at it.
Ditting in frontnofvthe tv kills. They didnt sit in those days they were alwaysxworking on something. Feeding anomals. Clearing the barns, mending stuff. Plowing endless work.
Not George Carlin, Donald J. Trump.
Tea is bland boring and highly overrated
Yes it is!👎
Donald Trump took one to the head and shouted fight fight fight!! 10:50
of course much different times.
you know...independent press in every town if not multiple. each with its own meme. Back in 1775...when Americans were very hard to govern.
Hey Kabir, I know you normally only react to content about America, but I thought this might interest you. "How The UK Is Becoming a 'Third-World' Country" (by the channel: Caspian Report) It's only been out about a month. And as always, I'll catch Ya later~Peace out~ from across the pond
I have several ancestors from that time period in the “colonies” then the United States that lived into their 70’s to well into the mid to late 90’s.