Draft:Cassandra Sutton

Cassandra Sutton
Sutton in 1708
Born
Cassandra Sutton

(1599-06-25)25 June 1599
Died(1710-04-15)15 April 1710
(aged 110 years, 294 days)
Resting placeUnknown
Known for
  • Last person living to have been born in the 1500s
Spouse
Henry Sutton
(m. 1622; died 1666)
Children3

Cassandra Sutton (25 June 1599 – 15 April 1710) was a British supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest person in the world from the early 1700s until her death on 15 April 1710, aged 110 years and 294 days. Until her death, she was also the last living person to have been born in the 1500s.

She worked as a domestic servant in her early 20s to mid 60s, which was a common job for women in Britain at the time. She also helped people in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

In February 1710, she got a throat infection, and she eventually died after 2 months. She was buried shortly afterwards.

Sutton’s grave, circa 1840