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"of age" 1725

I know this has been asked before, but I can't seem to use the search engine to find the relevant message(s). (Pretty amazing how many messages include the words "of" and "age" in them!)

How old was a person to be considered "of age" in 1725?

And, was a person "of tender years" not "of age", or were they considered even younger?