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(II) Lieutenant Gershom Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah Lockwood, was born September 6, 1643, in Water- town, Massachusetts, and died March 12, 1718, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He re- moved to Greenwich with his father at the age of nine, and was one of the twenty-seven proprietors there. A car- penter by trade, he also held many po- sitions of trust. Lieutenant Lockwood married Lady Ann Millington, daughter of Lord Millington, of England, who had come to America in search of her lover, a British army officer. In 1660 her parents sent her a large oak chest, carved and strongly built.
(III) Gershom (2) Lockwood, son of Gershom (1) and Ann (Millington) Lock- wood, was born in 1708. He married Mary Ferris, born in 1708, died February 9, 1796.
(IV) Gershom (3) Lockwood, son of Gershom (2) and Mary (Ferris) Lock-
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wood, was born about 1728, and died in 1798. He married Eunice Close, of Greenwich, and she died in 1808.
(V) Captain Gershom (4) Lockwood, son of Gershom (3) and Eunice (Close) Lockwood, was born in Greenwich, and died in Stamford in 1816. He enlisted, May II, 1775, and was appointed corporal of the 3rd Company, Captain Thomas Hobby's company. He married Polly Waring, of Greenwich.
(VI) John Lockwood, son of Captain Gershom (4) and Polly (Waring) Lock- wood, was born November 15, 1787, and died December 18, 1845. He married, January 1, 1811, Mercy Weed, born Sep- tember 23, 1786, died May 27, 1874, daugh- ter of Amos and Abigail (Weed) Weed. He was a cooper, and after his marriage lived in New Canaan.
(VII) George Lockwood, son of John and Mercy (Weed) Lockwood, was born in New Canaan, May 5, 1814, and died August 6, 1884. He learned the trade of shoemaker and made turned shoes for the Southern trade and some New York houses, and at times employed quite a number of men. A Republican in politics, Mr. Lockwood served as selectman. He was held in high respect and esteem. One who knew him well said of him when he died : "Of humble birth and blessed with few of the privileges that children now enjoy, he has demonstrated what a boy and man can do. No matter what his station in life may be, if he only makes use of those he does have and determines to be worthy of the respect and confidence of his fellows." Mr. Lockwood was one of the original incorporators of the Lake- view Cemetery Association, and was a staunch supporter of the government in the Civil War. He bought bonds and held them when other people thought them to be worthless. He married, November 14, 1847, Amelia Raymond, born November
21, 1821, daughter of Timothy Elliott and Ruth (Bouten) Raymond.
(The Raymond Line).
(I) The Raymond family originated in France, the surname being a form of the French Christian name. Because of re- ligious persecution, a member of this fam- ily fled to England and later sailed for America, becoming the immigrant ances- tor of the family in this country. The latter, Richard Raymond, was for a time in Essex county, England, and was set- tled in Salem, Massachusetts, at an early date. He was made freeman, May 14, 1634, and on January 2, 1636, was granted land on which to build a house. Before the latter years, Richard Raymond was a member of the First Church of Salem, as was his wife, Judith. Richard Ray- mond was a mariner by occupation, and previous to removing to Norwalk, Octo- ber 20, 1662, he sold a quarter interest in his fishing smack. After settling in Norwalk, he engaged in a coast-wise trade with the Dutch and English set- tlers. In 1664, he removed to Saybrook, Connecticut, where he died in 1692, aged ninety years.
(II) John Raymond, son of Richard and Judith Raymond, was born in Bev- erly, Massachusetts, in 1634, and was bap- tized in the Salem Church. He was among those who shared in the division of lands in Norwalk in 1668. He mar- ried, December 10, 1664, Mary Betts, daughter of Thomas Betts, of Norwalk.
(III) Thomas Raymond, son of John and Mary (Betts) Raymond, married, November 15, 170-, Sarah Andrews, daughter of Abraham Andrews, of Wa- terbury.
(IV) Comfort Raymond, son of Thomas and Sarah (Andrews) Raymond, lived in New Canaan, and was the father of Wil- liam, of whom further.
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(V) William Raymond, son of Com- fort Raymond, was born about 1746. He served in Colonel Zebulon Butler's regi- ment, Connecticut Line, from 1777 to 1780. In 1760, he married Priscilla Hay- den.
(VI) Thomas (2) Raymond, son of William and Priscilla (Hayden) Lock- wood, was baptized December 6, 1772. In 1796, he married Polly Darrow. Thomas Raymond was among the early settlers in Walton, New York, then a frontier town and almost a wilderness between New York City and Walton. All com- munication was by pony express and stage coach. Mr. Raymond used to re- late how he had heard his mother tell of the howling of the bears and wolves. Thomas Raymond was a carpenter and hewed his own timber.
(VII) Timothy Elliott Raymond, son of Thomas (2) and Polly (Darrow) Ray- mond, was born in Walton, Delaware county, New York, March 17, 1797. He was only nine years of age when his fa- ther was killed by a falling tree, and was among the settlers in New Canaan, Con- necticut in 1811. He apprenticed himself to his uncle, Samuel Raymond, to learn the trade of shoemaker. At the time of his death he was the oldest person in town with one exception. When he was twenty-two years old he joined St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and when Harmony Lodge was instituted in New Canaan in 1825, he be- came a charter member. On February 21, 1821, he married Ruth Bouton, daugh- ter of Jackin and Rhoda (Richards) Bou- ton, born in Schoharie, New York, Sep- tember 28, 1801, a descendant of John Bouton, of Stamford and Norwalk. Mrs. Ruth (Bouton) Raymond was a sympa- thetic and kind woman, interested in the welfare of her friends and neighbors. Their daughter, Amelia Raymond, be-
came the wife of George Lockwood and the mother of Mrs. Thomas J. Fairty, as above noted.
FAIRTY, Charles H.,
Business Man.
Charles H. Fairty, son of Thomas Mon- roe and Margaret C. (Geddes) Fairty, was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, May 22, 1858. After completing his studies in the public schools, he went to work in his father's store and was asso- ciated with him for almost a quarter of a century before succeeding him as pro- prietor. In 1915 Mr. Fairty turned the business over to his son, thus bringing it to the third generation.
When Charles H. Fairty was but a boy his father purchased a farm of about fifty acres, and this farm eventually passed to the son who has resided on it for forty years. Most of his time and attention have been devoted to the cultivation of its crops, especially since retiring from the grocery business. The main crop is fruit, apples and peaches. Sixteen acres of the farm are orchards, and about sev- enty-five acres are cultivated.
Mr. Fairty married Sophia Catherine Rover, daughter of Charles F. Rover, and she was born in New York City. Their children are : I. Florence May. 2. Charles Edwin Thomas, married, and has two chil- dren, Raymond and -. 3. Harry C., of New Canaan ; he served in the World War with the Battery from Stamford. 4. Frederick Rover, served in the Aero Con- struction Squadron in the New England Division.
NEDLEY, Edmund R.,
Business Man.
One of the energetic citizens of Green- wich, Connecticut, who was prompt to see
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and take advantage of an opportunity is Edmund R. Nedley, president of the Com- munity Bus Company, of Greenwich. In this day of travel and haste the automo- bile bus is taking a prominent part. It has opened many lines which otherwise would be unavailable to the large major- ity or accessible only by a circuitous route.
Mr. Nedley is a native of Greenwich, and is a grandson of Francis Nedley, who was born in County Longford, Ireland, and came to America as a young man. He learned the trade of blacksmith but did not follow that in this country. He was employed in Jackson's Foundry in New York City, being chief iron man there for many years. Mr. Nedley mar- ried Ann Lynch, a native of County Cavan, Ireland, who was fourteen years old when she came to America.
Captain James J. Nedley, son of Fran- cis and Ann (Lynch) Nedley, was born in New York City, January 20, 1858, and was educated in the public schools. Later, he worked in a law office and at other employment, becoming a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1887. There he entered the screw factory of Russell, Bruce & Ward, and later the bolt and nut works at Port Chester, New York, where he remained several years. In 1889, Mr. Nedley went on the police force as con- stable, which office he held until 1913. About 1903-04 he was appointed on the police force as a regular patrolman and in due time was promoted to sergeant, then lieutenant, and in 1914 was made captain. Captain Nedley is a member of the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, Im- proved Order of Red Men, Knights of Co- lumbus, and the Volunteer Firemen.
Captain Nedley married Mary Jane Quinn, a native of County Antrim, Ire- land, and they were the parents of eight children : Francis B., of New York ; May,
wife of Byron C. Mead, of South Nor- walk, Connecticut; James J., of New York; John A., of Greenwich, Connecti- cut ; Charles A., of Greenwich ; Edmund R., of further mention; William H., of Greenwich; and Catherine Grace.
Edmund R. Nedley, son of Captain James J. and Mary J. (Quinn) Nedley, was born January 20, 1892, and was edu- cated in the East Port Chester public schools. After leaving the high school he went to St. Bonaventure College, Alle- gheny, New York, for two years, spec- ializing in engineering, and then went on the road as salesman for the International Silverware Company, of Meriden, Con- necticut. After a year and a half he re- signed that position to become a machine setter for the Yale & Towne Manufac- turing Company, of Stamford, Connecti- cut, where he remained until April, 1915. Mr. Nedley then became associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany, working in Greenwich from their Stamford headquarters. In October, 1919, Mr. Nedley went to Bridgeport and was with the U. M. C. Company there until in the spring of 1920. Mr. Nedley had long observed the need of a transporta- tion line between Stamford, Connecticut, and Port Chester, New York, and in March, 1920, he organized the Commu- nity Bus Company and now has three buses running between Stamford and that town. The enterprise has received splen- did support, as it has supplied a long felt want for the public, and it is planned to add more busses from time to time as cir- cumstances require. Mr. Nedley is a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Nedley married Hazel I. Hadden, daughter of Charles L. and Esther J. Had- den, of Greenwich, Connecticut, and they are the parents of three sons : Edmund R., Jr., Richard E., and Charles L. Nedley.
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RAYMOND, George S., Banker.
The family of Raymond traces far back into the past, including in its history many generations of the Counts of Tou- louse, and the name is conspicuous among those crusaders of old who fought for pos- session of the Saviour's tomb, held in possession of the Moslems until the Eng- lish army wrested it from them during the recent World War, 1914-1918. It is said that that portion of France governed by the Count of Toulouse in the twelfth century surpassed all others in its civili- zation and the refinement of its people. The name itself is of ancient French ori- gin-rai, a beam of light; monde, mean- ing world. Authorities, unquestioned, state that Raymond Berenger was one of the earliest Frenchmen to bear a double name. Stephen and Pierre Raymond in the twelfth century were enrolled among the first Knights Hospitaler of the order of St. John, but previously a branch of the French family, driven by persecution, went to England and at about the time of the Conquest settled at a place in the Hundred of Wye, in Kent, which became known as Raymond.
(I) The Connecticut family trace de- scent from Richard Raymond, who came from England and was made a freeman at Salem, Massachusetts, May 14, 1634, and twenty-eight years later, October 20, 1662, bought a house and lot in Norwalk, Con- necticut. It is most likely that he became a resident of Norwalk soon after this pur- chase, but he only stayed two years before moving to Saybrook, Connecticut, where he is rated a "mariner," engaged in coast- wise trade. Prior to coming to Connecti- cut, Richard Raymond and his wife Judith were members of Salem First Church, and all his children, save John, were bap-
tized there. In 1676 he willed all his lands in Norwalk to the children of his son John and "his present wife Mary Raymond."
Prior to Richard Raymond little is known of Raymonds in this county fur- ther than that in 1630-31 "The Company of Laconia," headed by John Mason, sent out to Little Harbor (now Portsmouth), New Hampshire, a company of about forty, among them William Raymond, and a John Raymond is also mentioned. As early as 1636, Richard Raymond was granted land for fishing purposes at Win- ter Island, Salem, and as he styled him- self "mariner," he was probably master and certainly part owner of the "Hope- well," a ketch of forty tons. Concerning the relationship existing between Richard Raymond and others of the name in Salem there is nothing decisive known. Richard Raymond died at Saybrook, in 1692, aged about ninety.
(II) John Raymond, son of Richard and Judith Raymond, was of Norwalk, Connecticut, where in a division of lots in the winter wheat field, in 1668, he drew lot No. 21. In 1687 he shared in another division of lands, again drawing lot No. 21. His father's will of 1676 gave all his lands in Norwalk to the children of his son John and his then wife Mary. John Raymond married, December 10, 1664, Mary Betts, daughter of Thomas Betts, and among their children was a son, John (2), of further mention.
(III) John (2) Raymond, son of John (I) and Mary (Betts) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Septem- ber 9, 1665, died April 12, 1737. He was an important man in the early history of the town, was captain of the train band, a land surveyor, and a large property owner. He married, March 7, 1690, Elizabeth St. John, daughter of Samuel St. John, and granddaughter of Matthias St. John, the
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founder of his family in New England. Descent in this branch is traced through John (3).
(IV) John (3) Raymond, son of John (2) and Elizabeth (St. John) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, May 19. 1693. He married, in Norwalk, December 2.4, 1719, Katherine Hanford, who died October 2, 1741, daughter of Thomas Hanford, of Norwalk, and they were the parents of Gershom Raymond, of further mention.
(V) Gershom Raymond, son of John (3) and Katherine (Hanford) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, January 18, 1725. On December 5, 1774, the town chose a committee to take into consideration a proposition submitted by the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774, relating to the advisability of holding a County Congress. The town approved the same, and among others ap- pointed Gershom Raymond to serve on that committee. On February 6, 1775, he was among those chosen to represent Norwalk in the County Congress. On April 20, 1781, his name with others was reported to the town as "Inimical and Dangerous to the Liberties and Inde- pendence of the United States of Amer- ica." He married, April 12, 1749, Abigail Taylor. Their youngest son, Gershom (2), is next in line of descent.
(VI) Gershom (2) Raymond, son of Gershom (1) and Abigail (Taylor) Ray- mond, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, November 13, 1762. He married, January 4, 1787, Mary Whiting, and they were the parents of Lewis Raymond, of further mention.
(VII) Lewis Raymond, son of Ger- shom (2) and Mary (Whiting) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. June 4, 1796, died February 10, 1838. He mar- ried Eliza Warren, born September 3, 1803, died October 14, 1857, daughter of
Samuel and Lydia (Raymond) Warren, her father a descendant of the ancient and honorable Warren family of Massachu- setts, from which sprang General Joseph Warren, who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, her mother a daughter of Hezekiah Raymond, born January 22, 1743, son of Simeon Raymond, born in Norwalk, in 1711. Simeon Raymond held a commission as captain under the king, and at the beginning of the struggle for independence, resigned his command and joined his neighbors, "the Rebels." This so incensed the "Loyalists" or "Tories" that they burned all his property. There is in possession of George Warren Ray- mond a sword handed down in the family as an heirloom, bearing the name "Joseph Warren," engraved on the hilt. The tradition accompanying the sword is that it was made for General Warren as a gift from his parents who were en route from New Haven to deliver it to their son in Boston, but before reaching there the hat- tle of Bunker Hill had been fought and General Warren had fallen. It was to the General Warren family that Eliza (War- ren) Raymond belonged. Lewis and Eliza (Warren) Raymond were the par- ents of : Samuel Warren, of further men- tion; Ann Eliza, born June 5. 1823, married William A. Parmody; Losena Vincent, born August 10, 1825, died Sep- tember 6, 1827; Robert B., born Septem- ber 22, 1830, married Elizabeth A. Beers ; Henry A., born March 15, 1833, married Mary E. Canfield ; Horace H., born April 7, 1835, married Ella M. Warner.
(VIII) Samuel Warren Raymond, eld- est child of Lewis and Eliza (Warren) Raymond, was born October 7, 1820, at South Norwalk, Connecticut, died there, February 7, 1890. After his school years were completed he learned the tailor's trade, then, for about eight years, was
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proprietor of his own shop in South Nor- walk. While in business there he became selling agent for the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Company, and for many years he retained that agency in connection with his other lines of activity. He continued business until his death. He was a lieuten- ant under Captain Peter L. Cunningham in the old Mohegan Military Company ; and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Raymond married, January 13, 1842, Rebekah Hodges, born August 17, 1824, at Summerstown, New York, died September 28, 1897, daughter of Timothy Hodges, of Danbury, Connecticut. Chil- dren: George Warren, of further men- tion; Rebecca Jane, born at South Nor- walk, December II, 1844, married A. G. Davis, of Darien, Connecticut ; Almira E., born September 17, 1846, died Novem- ber 1, 1847; Phebe Eliza, born at Darien, Connecticut, December 8, 1850, died there, August 26, 1852; Esther Mary, born at Darien, October 21, 1852, died at Nor- walk, October 16, 1855; James Henry, born at Norwalk, January 4, 1857, and died there, March 9, 1857.
(IX) George Warren Raymond, son of Samuel Warren and Rebekah (Hodges) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, Connec- ticut, October 14, 1842, and was there educated in the public schools. At the outbreak of war between the States in 1861 he enlisted in Company D, 7th Regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and served during the entire four years that war was waged. He was wounded at the battle of Drury's Bluff, being orderly to General Hawley at the time. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, and after returning home was asso- ciated with his father for about two years, their place of business Five Mile River. About 1872 he located in Norwalk, and
for eight years was engaged as a grocery clerk with Holmes & Keeler. He then established in the grocery business for himself at No. 9 Main street, Norwalk, where he continued in successful opera- tion for thirty-one years. He then moved to the corner of Wall and River streets, where he conducted his business until May, 1917, when he sold out and retired after nearly a half century of active mer- cantile life. He has passed the years since 1917 in quiet contentment in his Norwalk home, and although nearing octogenarian honors is interested in cur- rent events and in all that interests his friends.
Mr. Raymond was for a term of four years, 1913-1917, a member of the charity board of this city; is a member of Buck- ingham Post, Grand Army of the Repub- lic, of which he is a past commander; is affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Free and Accepted Masons; Washington Chapter, No. 24, Royal Arch Masons ; Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, all of Norwalk; and is a thirty-second de- gree member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, affiliating with the New York City Consistory. He is also a mem- ber of lodge and encampment of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Mr. Raymond married (first), October 14, 1866, Sarah Ann Dowd, of Pennsyl- vania, who died February 5, 1870, aged twenty-nine years, two months, two days. Their only daughter, Minnie M., born Au- gust 9, 1867, married George W. Coffin, of Norwalk. Mr. Raymond married (sec- ond), March 13, 1872, Philena Selleck, daughter of Jonathan Selleck, of New Canaan, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond are the parents of a son, George Sel- leck Raymond, of further mention, their only daughter, Lena, dying in infancy.
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They are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Jonathan Selleck, father of Philena (Selleck) Raymond, was born in New Canaan, November 26, 1805, died September 8, 1880, son of Thomas and Lydia (Slausson) Selleck, of New Canaan. He was a cooper, pursuing his trade in winter and farming in the summer time, following these occupations as long as he lived. He married Harriet Jones, born December 3, 1805, died February 1, 1896, daughter of Reuben Jones, of New Can- aan. They were the parents of five chil- dren : Mary J., Sarah Elizabeth, Betsey Ann, William Henry, and Philena, who married George Warren Raymond. The family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
(X) George Selleck Raymond, only son of George Warren and Philena (Selleck) Raymond, was born in Norwalk, Con- necticut, April 17, 1884. He was edu- cated in Norwalk public schools, finishing high school in 1901, and the same year entering the employ of the Central Na- tional Bank, of Norwalk, as a messenger. He rose rapidly in rank in the service of that institution and for fourteen years, until 1916, he was its cashier. In that year, with Mr. Raymond in charge, the bank was reorganized and incorporated as a trust company, its corporate title, The Central Trust Company of Norwalk. This was the first trust company organ- ized in the old city of Norwalk, and from its beginning Mr. Raymond has been its efficient secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Raymond is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Free and Accepted Masons ; past high priest of Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; a sir knight of Clin- ton Commandery, Knights Templar, all Norwalk bodies; and Lafayette Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Bridgeport, Connecticut; and is a noble of Pyramid
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport, Con- necticut. His clubs are : The Craftsman, Norwalk, and Norwalk Country.
RAYMOND, Franklin Merwin, Manufacturer.
It is a pleasant occupation to trace the history of men whose success has been achieved through their own efforts. Such a career is the life story of Franklin Mer- win Raymond, one of the leading manu- facturers of Fairfield county, Connecti- cut. Mr. Raymond is a scion of one of the oldest families of that county, and through collateral lines traces to many of the early immigrants of Connecticut.
(IV) Jabez Raymond, son of John (2) and Elizabeth (St. John) Raymond (q. v.), was born April I, 1705, and his will was proved August 3, 1789. He married Rebecca Platt, born April 9, 1713, daugh- ter of Samuel and Rebecca Platt.
(V) Josiah Raymond, son of Jabez and Rebecca (Platt) Raymond, married, in Norwalk, November 5, 1765, Molly Mer- wine, of the section of Norwalk known as Greenfield Hill.
(VI) Merwine or Merwin Raymond, son of Josiah and Molly (Merwine) Ray- mond, was born November 8, 1776, and died November 18, 1848. He married, in 1803, Phoebe Marvin, born August 29, 1780, died October 8, 1861, daughter of Stephen and Lois (Disbrow) Marvin, and a descendant of Matthew Marvin.
(VII) Josiah (2) Raymond, son of Merwine or Merwin and Phoebe (Mar- vin) Raymond, was born in Silver Mine, town of Norwalk, Connecticut, February I, 1806, and died in 1890. He grew to manhood there, and was educated in the district schools. For a few years he taught school during the winter time, and
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remained at home during the summer months. After his marriage he located in Westport, where he came into possession of a farm inherited by his mother, and lived there until his death. Mr. Raymond was a Republican, and several times was honored with public offices. He was a member of the first temperance organiza- tion, and was always active in the work. The seed planted by those early apostles of temperance was of slow growth, but it has recently come to full fruitage. The first building to be raised on Mr. Ray- mond's farm, a barn, was raised without the aid of New England rum, and was the first so raised in that section. The neigh- bors said that it could not be done. Those who came to the "raising" came to scoff and jeer, fully expecting to have the laugh on the "temperance crank." He had three brothers and five cousins, all able young men, and a few loyal neighbors, who from personal regard and respect for him, and not from any devotion to his temperance principles, helped at the raising. A large crowd had gathered. The first square went up with effort, the crowd groaning in mockery as it was raised. After the second square had been put into place, the crowd began to melt away, and but a few remained to join in the work. About twenty years before his death, Mr. Ray- mond engaged in the insurance business and met with success ; he was the repre- sentative of several companies and built up a large business. Originally an Epis- copalian, Mr. Raymond joined the Metho- dist Episcopal church after his marriage, and was a class leader for fifty years. For just half that time he was a trustee, and was a life member of the Missionary So- ciety.
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