Thomas the elder married twice, had seventeen children, and died in 1615.

He had a brother William four years his elder and an older sister Elizabeth, who died in childhood.

His mother died on his 12th birthday, and his father, a country solicitor, later remarried, to an elder cousin, Lucy, in 1873.

The term epískopos was not from the earliest times clearly distinguished from the term presbýteros (" elder ", " senior ", nowadays used to signify a priest ), but the term was already clearly used in the sense of the order or office of bishop, distinct from that of priest in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch ( died c. 108 ), and sources from the middle of the 2nd century undoubtedly set forth that all the chief centres of Christianity recognized and had the office of bishop, using a form of organization that remained universal until the Protestant Reformation.

He had an elder brother William, and a sister Agnes who died in childhood.

The school's poor conditions, Charlotte maintained, permanently affected her health and physical development and hastened the deaths of her two elder sisters, Maria ( born 1814 ) and Elizabeth ( born 1815 ), who died of tuberculosis in June 1825.

:* John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ( 1686 – 1703 ), elder son of the 1st Duke, died unmarried

Thomas ' elder son, Llewelyn, died in 2000 and his daughter, Aeronwy in 2009.

He was survived by one son and one daughter, his elder son having died of tuberculosis at the age of 21.

His elder brother Henry, who had been in ill health in part due to problems with alcoholism, died on August 1, 1831.

The Dowager Lady Brabourne, his elder daughter's 83-year-old mother-in-law, was seriously injured in the explosion and died from her injuries the following day.

Although famous throughout California for his association with the Gold Rush, Sutter died almost poor, having seen his business ventures fail while those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter, Jr., were more successful.

John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young ; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne.

His elder brother Geoffrey died during a tournament in 1186, leaving a posthumous son, Arthur, and an elder daughter, Eleanor.

Two of his five children, his eldest daughters, died from cancer ( breast cancer and lymphoma ), while his elder son, Gus, was killed when a Piper PA-18 ( Super Cub, registration G-AYPN ) crashed into a hillside at Ditcham Park Woods near Petersfield, Hampshire, on 28 August 1971.

In 995 during the reign of Emperor Ichijō, his two elder brothers Michitaka and Michikane died of disease.

Owain probably had an elder brother called Madog, but he may have died young.

Henry VIII's first marriage had its origins in 1502 when his elder brother, Arthur, died.

Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001, and Lynne and Dhani Harrison co-produced and finished the elder Harrison's posthumous album Brainwashed ( 2001 ).

) In the event that all 3 of his children died without heir, the will stipulated that the descendant of his younger sister Mary would take precedence over the descendants of his elder sister, Margaret, Queen of Scotland.

* Thoby Stephen, elder brother of novelist Virginia Woolf, died of typhoid fever in 1906 at age 26.

In 1711, Archduke Charles ' elder brother Joseph died and the Archduke became Emperor Charles VI.

When he died the following year Boconnoc was inherited by William's elder brother, Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc.

Chirac was an only child ( his elder sister, Jacqueline, died in infancy before his birth ), and was educated in Paris at the Lycée Carnot and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

In 1772 he cooperated in the revolutionary plans of his elder brother, King Gustav III of Sweden and as a sign of recognition, was appointed Duke of Södermanland.

On the death of Lady Cowper's elder sister, Lady Frances Elliot, in 1772, the second Earl's son, the third Earl became Lord Grantham's heir general, and on 31 January 1778 he was created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ( Reichsfürst ) by the Emperor Joseph II.

As recently as Emperor Shōwa's third daughter, the late former Princess Takanomiya ( Kazoku ), and Prince Mikasa's elder daughter, the former Princess Yasuko, married into Takatsukasa and Konoe families, respectively.

While other cultures have had " elder " and " younger " families of gods, as with the Titans versus the Olympians of ancient Greece, the Æsir and Vanir were portrayed as contemporaries.

The Wiradjuri language had effectively died out of everyday spoken use, but has recently been reclaimed from early European anthropologist's records and from words contributed by several Wiradjuri families, by elder Stan Grant, a member of the Wiradjuri Elder's Council, and John Rudder Ph. D., who has previously studied Australian Aboriginal languages in Arnhem Land.

He was named after Emperor Kōkō, who had the alternate name Komatsu, because they both returned the throne to their families, in the case of Emperor Go-Komatsu, by defeating his Southern Court rivals, and in the case of Emperor Kōkō, by succeeding his elder brother's grandson, Emperor Yōzei.

According to Genesis 10, Mizraim ( a son of Ham ) was the younger brother of Cush and elder brother of Phut and Canaan, whose families together made up the Hamite branch of Noah's descendants.

Fortunately for Ii, even though he was sent to the monastery, his 13 elder brothers were either adopted into other families who needed an heir or died before they succeeded his father.

Reasons for lack of reporting by physicians include a lack of current knowledge concerning state laws on elder abuse, concern about angering the abuser and ruining the relationship with the elderly patient, possible court appearances, lack of cooperation from elderly patients or families, and lack of time and reimbursement.

The parish was divided into 25 districts embracing from 60 to 100 families, over each of which an elder and a deacon were placed, the former taking oversight of their spiritual, the latter of their physical needs.

The elder Kato, in this version a Japanese forced to act Filipino to avoid the suspicions and the racist charges against his people during WWII, retires his identity along with Britt Reid, and both men decide to devote themselves to their families, respectively raising their offspring Britt Reid Jr. and Mulan Kato.

In most of the northern half of India, traditionally dressed Hindu women cover the tops of their heads with or the end of the sari or dupatta ( Scarf ). In many orthodox families Hindu married women still do not show their face to their father-in-law and elder brothers of her husband by covering their face with extension of sari, which is known as Ghoonghat.

As recently as Emperor Shōwa's third daughter, the late former Princess Takanomiya ( Kazoku ), and Prince Mikasa's elder daughter, the former Princess Yasuko, married into Takatsukasa and Konoe families, respectively.

The inheritance passed to the Earl's elder sisters ' families.

Spanish is still spoken by the elderly and some wealthy families and also the elder members of the micro-community of sugar-plantations related families.

The Adult Protective Services Agency — a component of the human service agency in most states — is typically responsible for investigating reports of domestic elder abuse and providing families with help and guidance.

Though not specifically stated in the treaty, the two imperial families used familiar terms with one another, with the Khitan Liao holding the status of being elder, which was of great symbolic importance in Chinese culture and somewhat humiliating to the Chinese.

After Imhotep is called away, Satipy and Kait, the elder sons ' wives, try to bully Nofret with tricks, but the plan backfires when Nofret appeals to Imhotep and he threatens to throw all his sons and their families out of the household on his return.

The traditional naming process in their families is to have an elder give the new baby a name.