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Their son, Timothy Thrall, baptized February 25, 1641, was also a contribu- tor to the Connecticut Relief Fund in the sum of Is. 6d. He married, Novem- ber 10, 1659, Deborah Gunn, who was baptized February 27, 1641, died January 7, 1694, the second daughter of Thomas Gunn, who was early in Windsor and moved elewhere, leaving to Timothy Thrall his property in Windsor on re- moval.
Timothy Thrall, eldest son of Timothy and Deborah (Gunn) Thrall, was born December 7, 1662, in Windsor, died there January 31, 1724. He married, December 31, 1699, Sarah Allyn, born July 13, 1674, died December 28, 1740, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Warham) Allyn, granddaughter of Hon. Matthew Allyn, a pioneer of Hartford. Four children of this marriage are recorded in Windsor. There were, doubtless, others, including the next mentioned.
David Thrall, born 1709-10 in Wind- sor, lived in that town and died March 22, 1772. He married Jane Barber, born June 16, 1720, died February 9, 1789, daughter of John and Jane (Alford ) Bar- ber.
There eldest son, David Thrall, born September 23, 1749, was a farmer on the paternal homestead through life, and was admitted to the Windsor church with his wife, November 20, 1785. He married Zulima Denslow, born March 13, 1754, daughter of Benoni and Sarah (Griswold) Denslow.
Their son, Hon. Horace Thrall, was born July 26, 1795, passed his life in Windsor and died January 31, 1865. He resided on the paternal homestead of his father, engaged through life in agricul- ture, and was a prominent and influential citizen. Politically he was an earnest Democrat. He was possessed of fine men- tal gifts, was a man of upright character, and was universally esteemed and re- spected. After serving in various local offices of trust and responsibility, he rep- resented his town in the State Legisla- ture. His death was predicted by himself two days previously, and that day he took a drive with a handsome team of colts, of which he was proud, and returned in apparent perfect health, but almost imme- diately he took to his bed and informed his family that he would die at 10 P. M. on the following Tuesday. Monday, he settled up his affairs, showing the most intelligent capability in disposing of his property. The wedding of his son had been set for February 14, but he requested that the ceremony be performed before his death, and this took place on January 31, the day of his death, at the age of sixty-nine years and six months. As he had predicted, at the hour of his depar- ture, a close watch was kept, and no signs of dissolution were observed until the clock struck ten on Tuesday evening, when he suddenly lost consciousness and passed away inside of an hour. Mr. Thrall was married to Eliza J. Wilson, who was born August 16, 1806, at Wil- son's Station in the town of Windsor,
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daughter of Calvin and Submit (Dense- low) Wilson. Calvin Wilson was born 1758-59, in the town of Stafford, Connec- ticut, and settled after the Revolution, in the town of Windsor, where he died May 20, 1809. He was a soldier of the Revolu- tion, a member of Captain Steven Pot- ter's company, Colonel Hermann Swift's regiment, the second regiment of the Con- necticut Line, appearing in the roster of February 1, 1783, credited to the town of Windham. His wife, Submit (Denselow) Wilson, born 1766, died December 10, 1840, at the age of seventy-four years. She was undoubtedly a member of the ancient Denselow family of Windsor. Probably her husband belonged to the old Wilson family of that town, but unfortu- nately no records can be discovered to show the parentage of either. Horace Thrall and his wife were parents of a large family: 1. Charles W., born Sep- tember 19, 1824, was a farmer and mer- chant, and at one time a grist mill owner ; he died, unmarried, at Poquonock, Janu- ary 14, 1862. 2. Horace H., born July 7, 1825, was a leader among the Democrats of the town, served many years as select- man, and died December, 1897; for more than a score of years he was employed in a paper mill, during much of which time he was foreman ; he was also interested in mercantile business at Poquonock, and later in farming; in November, 1856, he married Charlotte A. Watrous, and they had two daughters: Gertrude A., wife of W. G. Clark, of Poquonock, and Eliza M., wife of Leroy Sykes, of Suffield. 3. Laura Z., born January 30, 1829, became the wife of Salmon Clark, of Windsor, whose history and ancestry are found elsewhere in this work. 4. Oliver W., born July 11, 1830, was a farmer on the paternal homestead, where he died un- married, December 28, 1892. 5. Joseph G., born September 14, 1831, lived in the
town of Windsor, and married, Septem- ber 8, 1880, Vesta E. Bartlett. 6. Samuel C., born May 30, 1833, was engaged in farming on the paternal homestead, and later a purchaser of other lands ; he never married. 7. Edward F., born February 6, 1837, married Flavia A. Howe. 8. Thomas M., born November 23, 1840, died May 21, 1889; was long a successful tobacco grower, and left to his children a handsome competence and an honored name; he married Emma I. Treadman, of New London county, and left two chil- dren : Fred H., and Cora E., who became the wife of Arthur B. Cowan, and the mother of three sons: Raymond T., Ken- neth B., and Thomas L. 9. Willard A., of further mention.
Willard A. Thrall was born August 24, 1842, in the town of Windsor, and has there passed his life, attaining a promi- nent position as a scientific and successful farmer. Like most of his brothers, Mr. Thrall has engaged in tobacco growing on a very extensive scale, and is the pion- eer in the production of peaches in his locality, as well as the largest grower in that section. For several years he was associated with four of his brothers, in the management and tillage of the pater- nal homestead, and in the purchase of large tracts in the vicinity. After a few years this large estate was divided, and Mr. Thrall continued independently with excellent success. He attended the pub- lic schools of Windsor, and during vaca- tion intervals assisted in tilling the home farm. After four years at the Windsor Academy, he received instruction for two years in a private school at Poquonock. Like all of the remainder of the family, he adheres to the Democratic party in poli- tics and has always exercised large in- fluence in the direction of public affairs. For a period of twelve years he served efficiently and acceptably as assessor, and
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was three terms a member of the Board of Relief. He was chairman of the school committee of Poquonock before the schools of the town were consolidated, and has always been a capable and use- ful public official. He produces annually about thirty acres of shade-grown to- bacco, and is an extensive landowner in Poquonock. His church affiliation is with the Spiritualist church of that town.
He married, December 3, 1872, Mary Helen Churchill, of Little Falls, New York, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Bel- linger) Churchill, both of whom were born and reared in that vicinity. Mary Bellin- ger was a daughter of John Bellinger, granddaughter of Adam Bellinger, who was a second lieutenant of the First Com- pany of the Fourth Battalion, New York Troops, during the Revolution, under General Nicholas Herkimer. He partici- pated in the battle of Oriskany, and his name is inscribed on the monument at that point. Mrs. Thrall passed away at her home in Poquonock, October 23, 1914. She was the mother of four children : Oliver J., died in infancy ; Henry W., un- married, resides with his father at Po- quonock; Howard C., who lives on part of the paternal homestead, married Ella, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Clark, of Hartland; Laura Helen, wife of Ar- thur Clark, a son of Benjamin and Mary Clark, and resides in Windsor. Arthur Clark is a brother of Mrs. Howard C. Thrall.
SMITH, FRANK G.,
General Insurance Agent.
A scion of one of the oldest Connecti- cut families, elsewhere mentioned in this work, Frank G. Smith is the youngest child of George and Lucy R. (Griswold) Smith, of Wethersfield. (q. v.).
He was born September 7, 1855, in that
town, and was reared amid happy sur- roundings. His father was one of the leading citizens of the town, and the son enjoyed excellent educational opportuni- ties. After attending the public schools of his native town he graduated in 1876 at the Hartford Public High School, and during the following year assisted his father on the paternal farm. In 1877 he went to Hartford and became a clerk in the extensive wool house of Austin Dun- ham & Sons' Company. This was sub- sequently merged in other firms, becom- ing finally Dwight Skinner & Company, and Mr. Smith continued with the estab- lishment until 1904, rising from the posi- tion of junior clerk to that of salesman. Because of the decline of wool trade in Hartford and the concentration of the wool business in Boston, Mr. Smith felt that it was time to make a change, and in 1904 he entered the insurance business as a special agent, and has established a large and prosperous agency at the pres- ent time, with headquarters in the Trav- elers' office building at Hartford. He is one of the most successful agents of the Travelers' Insurance Company, engages in all kinds of insurance, and is recog- nized as one of the leaders in the business in the city of Hartford. He is connected with various associations of that city, being a member of the Hartford Board of Fire Underwriters and of the Connecticut Life Underwriters' Association. He is also a member of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and the Employers' and Manufacturers' Association of Hartford ; is a member of the Get-To-Gether Club, Wethersfield Country Club, and of the Congregational Club of Hartford, and a director of Landlords' and Taxpayers' As- sociation of that city. He is an active member of the Center Congregational Church of Hartford, in which he has served on various committees, and is ever
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found in the support of worthy move- ments for promoting morality and the general welfare. In 1916 he purchased a lot of eighty feet frontage on Concord street, West Hartford, on which he erected a handsome residence which he occupied October I, of that year. Mr. Smith has taken little part in political movements, though he entertains well grounded principles, being somewhat in- dependent in politics with Democratic sympathies. He has served as a member of the City Council from the Third Ward, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his contemporaries.
Mr. Smith married, October 8, 1884, Harriet Seymour Cutler, of Hartford, a native of that city, daughter of William and Mary (Eaton) Cutler. They are the parents of two children : Charles McLean and Lucy Marguerite Smith. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
GRISWOLD, Frank Charles, Insurance Actuary.
Edward Griswold, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in Warwickshire, Eng- land, in 1607. He had four brothers : Thomas, who remained in England ; Francis, who settled in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts; Michael, who settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut ; and Matthew, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut. Edward Griswold came first to Massa- chusetts, but in 1639 located in Wind- sor on the Farmington road. He was a deputy to the General Court in 1658, and justice of the peace before 1663, when the settlement of Killingworth began. He was one of the founders and first set- tlers in Killingworth. His first wife was Ann; his second Elizabeth. Children : Francis, born 1629; Sarah, 1630; George, mentioned below ; John, died young ; Ann,
August 19, 1642 ; Mary, October 5, 1644; Deborah, June 28, 1646; Joseph, March 22, 1648; Samuel, November 18, 1650; John, August 1, 1652.
George Griswold, son of Edward Gris- wold, was born in England, about 1632, and died in Windsor, September 3, 1704. He and his brother Joseph came into pos- session of his father's lands at Windsor, when Edward Griswold went to Killing- worth. He bought lands also of the In- dians. In 1654 he was admitted a free- man. He was a highly respected citizen of Windsor. He married, at Windsor, October 3, 1655, Mary Holcomb, who died April 4, 1708, daughter of Thomas Holcomb. Children, born at Windsor : Daniel, mentioned below; Thomas, born September 29, 1658; Edward, March 19, 1661; Mary, September 28, 1663 ; George, December 3, 1665; Sergeant John, Sep- tember 17, 1668; Benjamin, August 16, 1671; Deborah, May 30, 1674; Abigail, October 31, 1676, died 1682; Samuel, No- vember 5, 1681, died 1682.
Daniel Griswold, son of George Gris- wold, was born at Windsor, October I, 1656, and died there December 31, 1728. He married there, February 3, 1680, Mindwell Bissell, daughter of Nathaniel Bissell. Children, born at Windsor : Dan- iel, born February 14, 1684; Nathaniel, twin of Daniel, mentioned below; Pela- tiah, September 13, 1689; Mary, 1692 ; Edward, March 8, 1695-96; Deborah, No- vember 7, 1698; David, August 6, 1701.
Ensign Nathaniel Griswold, son of Daniel Griswold, was born at Windsor, February 14, 1684, and married there, in 1731, Ruth Gaylord. He settled in Po- quonock, and died there September 16, 1753. Children, born at Windsor: Ruth, born August 8, 1732; Naomi, April 5, 1735; Azubah, July 14, 1736; Nathaniel, mentioned below.
Nathaniel Griswold, son of Ensign Na-
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thaniel Griswold, was born at Windsor, July 27, 1742. He resided at Poquonock, in that town. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain David Barber's company from Windsor, in the first regi- ment, sergeant in the eighth company. His wife Abigail died April 26, 1820, aged seventy-three years, at Windsor. Chil- dren, born in Windsor: Friend, men- tioned below; Agnes, baptized Septem- ber 29, 1765; George; and Tirzah, died January II, 1771, aged three days.
Friend Griswold, son of Nathaniel Griswold was born in Windsor, and bap- tized June 10, 1764. He died February 4, 1831, aged sixty-seven, according to family records. By his wife Dolly he had children: Altissa, Bridgman, men- tioned below; Bradford, who died in Windsor, September 3, 1855, aged fifty- nine years.
Bridgman Griswold, son of Friend Griswold, was born in 1791, and died at Windsor, October 9, 1836, aged forty-five years. He married (first) Hannah Hol- comb, who died August 4, 1829, aged thirty-nine years. He married (sec- ond) Maria Holcomb. Children by first wife: Lyman Emerett ; Truman ; Friend ; Charles, mentioned below; Bishop, died at Windsor, July 18, 1899, aged seventy- five years. By second wife: Agnes, Celia, Anjanet, Marshall, Watson.
Charles Griswold, son of Bridgman Griswold, was born in 1821, at Windsor (Poquonock) and died at Hartford, Oc- tober 7, 1910, aged eighty-nine years. During his youth he resided on his fath- er's farm at Popuonock, a village of Windsor. He learned the carpenter's trade and became a builder and contrac- tor. Later, however, he engaged in bus- iness as a general merchant. He went West just before the Civil War and re- ceived a government grant at Brodhead, Wisconsin, where he opened a general
store and also followed farming, until 1865, when he returned to Hartford. From that time until he was seventy years old, he was in business as a contractor in Hartford, where he died. In politics he was a Democrat. In religion he was an Episcopalian. He joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows while in Wiscon- sin. He married Louisa Holcombe, who died at Windsor in 1894. Children : Ella, born in Brodhead; Frank Charles, men- tioned below.
Frank Charles Griswold, son of Charles Griswold, was born in Hartford, Febru- ary 25, 1855. He attended the public schools in the towns where his parents lived during his youth. When he was fourteen years old, he went to work as clerk in a retail provision store in Wind- sor and was employed there for about four years. In 1872 he secured a position as clerk in the office of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Hart- ford, and afterwards was an agent for that company in Connecticut; later, due to his success as an agent, he was pro- moted to the position of special agent, traveling and appointing representatives. In 1897 he was elected an officer of the company with the title of superintendent of agencies, with headquarters at the home office, and the rapid development of the company is due in a large degree to his supervision and in the appointment of men of ability as representatives of the company. He is well known and highly respected in insurance circles, and his work has been specially commended by competent critics. Mr. Griswold is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 70, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Windsor ; of Wolcott Council, Royal and Select Masters ; and Pythagoras Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Hartford. He and his wife are communicants of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Mr. Griswold married, October 9, 1878, Agnes E. Wiley, daughter of Orlando P. and Harriet A. Wiley, of Hartford. They have had two children: I. Robert Charles, born August I, 1881, died Au- gust 7, 1897. 2. Harold Wiley, born De- cember 21, 1886, graduate of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology in the engineering department in the class of 1908 (degree S. E.) ; was for five years in the United States government service, and is now division engineer of the Ne- paug Water Company of Hartford.
(The Holcombe Line).
Thomas Holcombe, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England and came early to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was living in May, 1634, when admit- ted a freeman of the colony. He sold land there in 1635-36, and removed to Windsor, and in 1639 located at Poquo- nock, four miles west of Windsor. In 1639 he was a representative of Wind- sor in forming the constitution of Con- necticut. He died at Windsor, Septem- ber 7, 1657. His widow Elizabeth mar- ried, in 1658, James Eno. Children : Elizabeth; Mary, Abigail, baptized Jan- uary 6, 1638; Joshua, baptized Septem- ber 27, 1640; Sarah, born August 14, 1642; Benajah, June 23, 1644; Deborah, October 15, 1646; Nathaniel, November 4, 1648; Deborah, February 15, 1650; Jonathan, March 23, 1652, died 1656.
Nathaniel Holcombe, son of Thomas Holcombe, was born at Windsor, Novem- ber 4, 1648. He married, February 27, 1670, Mary Bliss, of Springfield. He lived at Simsbury, Connecticut. He was deputy to the General Court in 1703-06, 1720 and 1722. Children except first and second, born at Simsbury and Granby : Nathaniel, born June II, 1673, at Spring- field; Mary, May 17, 1675; Jonathan, 1678; John, 1680; Esther, 1682; Cath-
erine, 1689; Sarah, 1691; Benjamin, Feb- ruary 15, 1698.
Nathaniel Holcombe, son of Nathaniel Holcombe, was born at Springfield, June II, 1673. He married, November 1, 1695, Martha Buel. He lived at Simsbury and represented that town in the General Court, 1748-49-50-53. Children, born at Simsbury: Nathaniel, born October 29, 1696; Benjamin, Elizabeth, Martha, Jo- siah, David, mentioned below; Mary, Sarah, Peter, born 1715.
David Holcombe, son of Nathaniel Holcombe, was born in Simsbury. He married Mehitable Buttolph, of Granby, Connecticut, where he was a farmer and innkeeper. Children, born at Granby : Mehitable, born 1722; David, 1724; De- borah, 1726; Martha, 1727; Reuben, men- tioned below ; Susanna and Simeon, 1734; Ezra, 1735; Lydia, 1737; Ezekiel, 1738; Jedediah, 1740; Eli, born 1741, removed to Ulster, Pennsylvania.
Reuben Holcombe, son of David Hol- combe, was born in 1728-29, at Salmon Brook, and lived in the north parish of Simsbury near Granby.
Nahum Holcombe, son of Reuben Hol- combe, lived in Granby.
Jonathan Holcombe, son of Nahum Holcombe, was born at Granby, about 1790. His daughter Louisa married Charles Griswold (see Griswold).
DIMOCK, Ira,
Silk Manufacturer.
Ira Dimock, a nonegenarian, who for forty years was one of the most responsi- ble residents of Hartford, Connecticut, attained a prominent place among the leading silk manufacturers of the United States by his business ability and enter- prise. He was a direct descendant of one of the oldest Colonial families of New England, tracing his descent on the pa-
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ternal and maternal sides to England and Holland, respectively. The Dimock coat- of-arms is as follows :
Arms-Sable, two lions passant argent, crowned or.
Crest-A sword erect argent, hilt and pom- mel or.
Motto-Pro rege dimico (For the king I battle).
The progenitor in America of the Di- mock family was Elder Thomas Dimock, a native of England, from whence he emi- grated to this country, and settled in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, in 1635. He was selectman of that town in that year, and on May 25, 1636, was admitted a free- man. He removed to Hingham, where he was living in 1638, to Scituate in 1639, settling finally in Barnstable on Cape Cod, of which he was one of the grantees and founders in May, 1639. He was chosen ordaining elder of Mr. Lothrop's church in Barnstable, August 7, 1650. He was deputy to the General Court; free- man of the Plymouth Colony in 1639; magistrate in 1641 and 1644; was six times deputy during the years from 1639 to 1650, and was lieutenant and drill mas- ter in 1643. He married Ann Hammond, who survived him. He made a nuncupa- tive will, which was proved June 4, 1658, leaving all his estate to his wife "for the children were her's as well as his." Their children were: Elizabeth, became the wife of Knyvet Sears; John (?); Timo- thy, baptized January 12, 1639, buried June 17, 1640; twin sons, buried March 18, 1640-41; Mehitable, baptized April 18, 1642; and Shubael, of whom further.
Ensign and Deacon Shubael Dimock, son of Elder Thomas and Ann (Ham- mond) Dimock, was baptized in Barn- stable, Massachusetts, September 15, 1644, and died at Mansfield, Connecticut, Octo- ber 29, 1732. He was a prominent citi- zen of Yarmouth, on Cape Cod; served
as selectman from Barnstable, and as ensign and deputy to the General Court in 1685-86 and 1689. He removed to what is now Mansfield, Connecticut, among the pioneers in 1693, and his house in Mansfield is still in good repair and occu- pied, according to recent report. The house in which he lived in Barnstable was the fortification house built by his father, which was taken down in 1800; it stood near the house now, or lately, owned by Isaac Davis, of Barnstable; was two stories high, twenty feet square, the first story of stone, the upper of wood. Mr. Dimock married, in April, 1663, Joanna Bursley, baptized in March, 1645-46, died in Mansfield, May 8, 1727, daughter of John Bursley. Children: I. Captain Thomas Dimock, born in Barnstable, April, 1664, killed September 9, 1697, by Indians and French; married Desire Sturgis. 2. John, born June, 1666; re- moved to Falmouth; married Elizabeth Lombard. 3. Timothy, of whom further. 4. Shubael, Jr., born February, 1673; married (first) Bethia Chipman, and (sec- ond) Tabitha Lothrop. 5. Joseph, born September, 1675; married, May 12, 1699, Lydia Fuller. 6. Mehitable, born 1677. 7. Benjamin, born 1680; resided in Mansfield. 8. Joanna, born 1682; married Josiah Conant. 9. Thankful, born No- vember, 1684; married Deacon Edmund Waldo.
Timothy Dimock, son of Ensign and Deacon Shubael and Joanna (Bursley) Dimock, was born in Barnstable, Massa- chusetts, March, 1668, and died in 1733. He removed to Mansfield, Connecticut, and thence to Ashfield, same State. He married Abigail Doane, who died in 1718. Children : Timothy, born June 2, 1703; John, January 3, 1704-05; Shubael, of whom further; Daniel, January 28, 1709-10; Israel, December 22, 1712; Eben- ezer, November 22, 1715.
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Shubael (2) Dimock, son of Timothy and Abigail (Doane) Dimock, was born in May, 1707, and died June 26, 1788. He married, January 25, 1739, Esther Pierce, who died March 10, 1805, in her nine- tieth year, daughter of Samuel Pierce. Children : Jonathan, born December 13, 1739; Esther, January 4, 1743; Ephraim. March 2, 1744; Ichabod, March 13, 1746; Edward, June 5, 1748; Samuel, Novem- ber 29, 1750; Eliphalet, March 12, 1753, died young; Abigail, March 12, 1755; Shubael, of whom further.
Shubael (3) Dimock, son of Shubael (2) and Esther (Pierce) Dimock, was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, October 4, 1757, and died March 8, 1828. He was a Revolutionary soldier, with the rank of sergeant in Captain Jonathan Birge But- ton's company, No. 4, Colonel Savage's regiment, Third Battalion of General Wadsworth's brigade, raised to reinforce General Washington at New York. He served in Long Island and Harlem, and on the retreat, September 15, 1776, suf- fered some loss. He was in the battle of White Plains, and his time of service ex- pired December 25, 1776. He is supposed to have been with the troops at Valley Forge. He was sergeant in Captain Brig- ham's company, Colonel John Chandler's regiment, the Eighth Connecticut Line, to March 5, 1778, and in the same company Under Colonel Giles Russell until Octo- ber 28, 1779. He was at the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, and then was assigned to Varnum's brigade, Octo- ber 16, 1777, a detachment in defence of Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Mr. Dimock married, January 23, 1789, Elizabeth Wright, born July 31, 1769, daughter of Eleazer and Anna (Marsh) Wright. Children : Ira, born December 31, 1789; Otis, of whom further; Wealthy, March 15, 1793; Betsey, January 29, 1795; Mar- tial, February 1, 1798; Shubael, October
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