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married Joseph E. Hodgesen, of Brooklyn, and she has one daughter. Sally Hodgeson.
TAYLOR Thomas Taylor. immigrant an- cestor, was born in England and is thought to have been related to the Taylors, of Hadley. Massachu- setts. Thomas Taylor was one of the early settlers of Norwalk and later of Danbury, Connecticut. He married. February. 166;, Rebecca, born about 1640, daughter of Ed- ward Ketcham, of Stratford. Children, born at Hadley: Thomas. November 26, 1668; Deborah, June, 1671: John, mentioned be- low : Joseph.
( II ) Lieutenant John Taylor, son of Thoni- as and Rebecca ( Ketcham) Taylor, died Non vember !8, 1744. He married Wait CLAPP who died January 20, 1721-22. Children, born at Norwalk: Noah, October 5, 1699: Josiah, October 17. 1701 ; Reuben, mentioned below: Sarah. November 22, 1706; Mary, October 2. 1.09.
(III ) Reuben, son of Lieutenant John and Wait Taylor. was born at Norwalk, Con- necticut. November 21. 1703. He married Eunice See Selleck's "History of Norwalk" and the probate records showing the mother appointed guardian of the fol- lowing children : Betty. William, Adria. Preserved, mentioned below : Abigail and Martha. Abigail ( page 263, Selleck ), daugli- ter of Reuben and Eunice Taylor, married John Lockwood.
(IV) Preserved, son of Reuben and Eunice Taylor, was born in Norwalk. Connecticut, 1737. died January 20, 1822. Ilis father settled about 1750 at the junction of the towns of Redding. Ridgefield and Danbury, as now constituted. Preserved settled in the same section and was a well-to-do farmer, and nearly all of his children settled in the same section. He was opposed to the revolution, and he was denounced and persecuted as a Tory. It has been said that he did much to help the cause at the time of the invasion of His Majesty's troops from Camp's Beach, Westport, to burn the town of Danbury, and also at the battle of Ridgefield. April 17. 1777. He did not leave his home, as many Lovalists did, but his property was confis- cated ly the new government, though after sofie costly litigation he managed to secure it again. He married Ruth , who died Feireary 6. 1813. aged sixty-seven years. Children: I. Abram, died January 30, 1813. aged forty-nine years : married Sarah
who died February 23 1811, aged eighty years. 2. Preserved, mentioned below. 3. Rheda, born 1770. died September 10, 1810.
4. Ruth, died August Tu, 1840. aged seventy- three years seven months; married Nathan Bates. 5. Hannah, died April 27. 1878, aged ninety-eight years ten monthis, married Ben- jamin Sellcek. 6. Ada, died April 2, 1812. aged thirty-one years. 7. Zillah, died Feb- ruary 8, 18;2, aged eighty-eight years seven months.
(V) Preserved (2), son of Preserved (I) and Ruth Taylor, was born in Norwalk, or vicinity, Connecticut, 1766, died May 9, 184 ;. He married ( first ) Susannah Keeler. who died November 27. 1840. He married ( sec- ondo) Widow Nash, of Norwalk. Children, born at Redding: 1. Betsey. died May 16. 1868, aged seventy-six years nine months : married David Burr. 2. Sally, died February IS, IS;o. aged seventy-six years eleven days. 3. Davis, mentioned below. 4. Amy, died October 1. 1867, aged sixty-six years six months ; married Daniel Olmstead. 5. Noah. died July 28, 1853, aged fifty-one years three months twenty-one days. 6. Eliza, married Dauchy.
(VI) Davis, son of Preserved (=\ and Ruth ( Nash ) Taylor, was born at Red ling. Connecticut, 1795, died August 16. 185I. He was a farmer on the old homestea i at Red- ding all his life. He married Jane Frisbie, who died August 25, 1886, aged seventy-nine years nine months and two days. Children. born at Redding: 1. Edwin, mentioned be- low. 2 Joseph, miller at Ridgefiehl, became associated with Joseph Whitlock in the dis- tillery business and also carried on farming : died December. 1910; married Jane L. Fris- bie : children: Charles and Etta. 3. Mary Jane, drowned May 18, 1833, aged three vears four months. 4. Munson, farmer at Redding until his last years, when he retired and went to Ridgefield, where he died Jan- uary 4, 1911, aged seventy-seven years ; mar- ried (first) Annie Sherman : (second) Ro- selia A. Ferris: four children, two living: Ilenry and Ferris, in the west: the latter married and has three sons and four daugh- ters, all in the west. 5. Henry, resided at Danbury: married Ann Bates: chiliren : Frederick, who recently lost his wife: Stella. unmarried : Howard, who is married and has two children. 6. Sarah Anne. resides at Mil- lerton : married Dwight Stent, deceas. 1: has Que daughter. Lovey, who is a graduate of the high school, Albany, and married Et- ward House, now decease,1. and since his death has been connected with the public schools of New York City : she has one son. George, who married Ellen Miller, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and has one child. Mary Ellen. 7. Mary Jane, married (first)
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Morris Griffin, merchant, postmaster and sta- tion agent at Redding Station : children: Ina and Effie. both of whom were well educated, the former having for a number of years held a very responsible position with the firm of C. H. Merritt & Company : ( second ) Will- iam E. Stubbs. of Waterbury: children : George and Granville; the former is an elec- trician in charge of the Danbury Electric Light Plant at Danbury. Connecticut, and the latter is an attorney-at-law.
(VII ) Edwin, son of Davis and Jane ( Fris- bie ) Taylor, was born in Redding, Connecti- eut, May 7. 1825, died September 30. 1890. He was educated in the common schools. As a young man he followed for a time the busi- ness of landscape gardener in Danbury. walk- ing thither from Redding, where he lived, a distance of seven miles, each morning. ar- riving there at sunrise and working until sunset, and then walking back the seven miles to Redding, after receiving twenty-five cents for his day's work. He worked for a time at farming. and then learned the trade of miller. He was an expert in "dressing" mill stones and operated a grist mill at Ridge- field, Connecticut. He was also employed for a time as a spice gardener in New York City. He then had a general store at Ridgefield, and later had charge of the poor of that town for some time. He was also engaged as an itinerant merchant and traveled on the road. selling extracts. and in the days when that business was good also engaged as a tin ped- dler. He later became a general contractor, excavating, building roads, grading and per- forming the usual mason work. also con- dueting a sawmill. One winter morning. while engaged in rolling logs in the mill. he met with a severe accident. one of the logs roll- ing over him, crowding him over the edge of a wall. He fell fourteen feet, and lay in a helpless condition, exposed to the extremely cold weather, nearly the entire day, beiore he was discovered. This injury proved so severe that he never fully recovered, and it eventually caused his death. In politics he was a Democrat and served on the Ridge- field school board. In religion he was a
Presbyterian.
He married. December 7. 1858. at South Village. Southibury, Connecticut. the Rev. Mr. Moore officiating. Ellen Sabina. born July 7, 1836, died 1865. daughter of Francis and Dorris (Greene ) Boyd isce Boyd III . Chil- dren: I. Alice A., horn at Ridgefield. Sep- tember 19. 1859. died August 8, 1909: mar- ried Rufes Sherwood: children : i. Byron L., married Grace Coe, and has a daughter, Mary. and one somn : ii. Nellie L .. married Charles E.
Scofield. 2. Frank B., born at Ridgefield. November 12, 1860, was educated in common schools and lived at home until reaching the age of twelve, when he went on the farm of Samuel Smith, remaining a number of years, after which he was for some years associated with E. Francis Foster. He then returned home and was with his father until the lat- ter's death in 1890, after which he learned steamfitting and plumbing with his brother. Herbert O. Taylor, at Danbury. He then removed to Ridgefield. where he still lives, and where for a number of years he has been employed as a watchman, also holding the office of constable, and has had many narrow escapes from death while attempting to arrest burglars. He is prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah. He married Carrie L. Bouton, deceased; child: Mabel S .. born at Ridgefield. June 8, 1885. 3. Herbert O., mentioned below. 4 and 5. twins, died in infancy.
(VIII) Herbert O., son of Edwin and Ellen Sabina ( Boyd) Taylor, was born at Ridgefield, September 10, 1862, and attended the public schools of his native town. Dur- ing his youth he worked on his father's farm, and after completing his studies continued on the homestead. working for farmers in the vicinity and also assisting his father in the mill. After a few years spent in this way he began an apprenticeship at the trade of plumber and tinsmith, at Millerton. New York, and served three years, receiving the first year fifty dollars, the second year seventy- five dollars, and the third year one hundred dollars. Ile then worked three years at Dan- bury. Connecticut. as a journeyman. In Is8; he opened a shop and engaged in business as a plumber and tinsmith at Danbury. While there he was in addition to his other business one of the firm of Boughey & Taylor, hat manufacturers, maintaining the connection for one year. at the end of which time he sold ont to his partner, Mr. Boughey. He was also connected with W. F. Elwell in the metal novelty business, under the firm name of El- well & Taylor, the partnership existing from 1895 to 1807, when they discontinue : the business. For eighteen months he also con- ducted a poolroom. He was employed dur- ing this time by the Danbury Agricultural Society, which is perhaps better known as the Danbury Fair Association and is one of the most celebrated in this section, having charge for nine years of the machinery de- partment, pumping station and water mhp- ply. resigning the position on leaving Pan- bury. In addition to this, being a skillful
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mechanic, he has given considerable atten- tion to the installing of oil plants to take the place of coal in the heating of steam boilers, and placed a number of these in the factories and lime kiins of Danbury. In the experimental stage of this work it was at- tended with great danger. and he has had a number of narrow escapes. Among them may be mentioned one which occurred while he was lighting the oil under a boiler ; an ex- plosion took place and he was thrown down, the flames extending above him and setting the building on fire some fourteen feet from where he lay. Ile is an expert in boiler and engine machinery, and his advice is often sought when the installing of machinery of this character is attended with difficulty.
While in Danbury he took an active inter- est in the affairs of the city, becoming a member of the Kohansie fire department and serving for five years. He remained in Dan- bury until 1897, when he came to Bridge- port and formed a partnership with W. D. Nichols, which continued for one year, when he bought out the interest of his partner, and since then he has been in business alone. They first conducted the business in Eim street. whence they moved it to Fairfield ave- nute, its present situation. In addition to his regular business, during the year 1906-0; he manufactured large quantities of tin cans. He sold his plumbing business in 1908. but in the, following year repurchased it and has since continued it. When he sold out in 1908 he organized the H. O. Taylor Manufactur- ing Company, which makes a specialty of manufacturing jewel boxes, candlesticks and novelty goods, and this he has since con- tinued, and in connection with it he has a large plating plant. As an expert in the plumbing line he has been employed at vari- ous times by the Bridgeport Hydraulie Water Company to supervise the laying of water pipes in the city of Bridgeport.
Mr. Taylor is a member of Progressive Lodge, No. 18. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Danbury; also Echo Lodge. Daughters of Rebekah, but was transferred after removal to Bridgeport to Fidelity Lodge of that city. He is a member of Nutmeg Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of which he was treasurer for two years. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Democrat. He finds much of his recreation in outdoor sports. being an en- thusiast with the rod and gun.
Mr. Taylor married, September 19. 1886. Margaret Halpen. 'born in Ireland. They have one child: Grace A., born August 12. 1887. married. December 6, 1905, Percival
Watson, who is a salesman, residing in Bridgeport.
(The Boyd Line).
The earliest known home of the Boyds was Southbury. Connecticut, where we trace the following generations :
(I) ----- Boyd, a cooper, died at the age of ninety-one years.
(II) Francis, son of - Boyd, also a cooper, lived to he ninety years old.
(111) Francis (2), son of Francis (I) Boyd, was born November 20, 1798, died June 4, 1867. He also followed the cooper's trade. He married, September 18, 1826. Dor- ris Greene. and their children were: 1. Sarah J., born September 20. 1827, married, De- cember 5, 1847. at South Britain Church, by the Rev. O. N. Butterfiel1, Allin Clark, of South Salem, New York : children: i. Allan B., born September 30. 1848, married
: children : Lena, Eva. Hattie, Harris, Irwin, Bendor, Gordon: ii. Jennie Estelle, born October 31. 1853, died July 12, 1855; iii. Angie B., born June 19. 1858, at Danbury, married William Iloyt: children: Gertrude. Nellie. Estella. Belle. Sadie Idell. Mary Alice, Bertha Angie. 2. Esther A., born June 26. 1830, married. September 20. 1849. Davis S. Clark, now decease 1: children : i. Walter S., born 1854. died 1857: ii. Rolly, born 1858. died 1874: ili. Hattie, married a professor of music in Oberlin College, Ohio, of which college she was a graduate; iv. Charles. a wholesale dealer in garden seeds and seed com, being the largest grower of ced corn in the world. having five large warehouses at Wakeman, Ohio, shipping as high as seven carloads of seed corn of different varieties in a day: he is a director of the bank; is highly respected and takes a prominent part in all the affairs of Wakeman: he married - Clark, of Milford, Connecticut, and has three children : Hattie. Grace and Charles. 3. Angie K .. born March 11, 1834. married. September 28, 1865. Morris Canfield, who had one child by his first marriage. Edward. now a mail carrier at Wakeman, Ohio. 4. Ellen Sabina. born July 7. 1836, aforementioned as the wife of Edwin Taylor ( see Taylor Vil). 5. Ruth, born February 23. 1839 died Feb- rnary 12, 1858. 6. Frank Stiles, born Sep- temher 12, 1843. died 1860. The mother of these children married (second ) George Knapp, who died in 1858, aged eighty-eight years, surviving her three years. her death having occurred February 18. 1885.
William Greene, father of Dorris (Greene) Boyd, was born March 9. 1777, and married. March 16, 1796, Dorris -, born August
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11, 1776. Children: Polly, born February 19. 1797: Sally, February 3. 1799: Oliver. October 16, 1800, died January 20. 1833; Henry Harret, July 19. 1802: Dorris. August 16, 1804. married Francis (2) Boyd (see Bord III); Benjamin, September 26, 1806; Enoch, February 24, 1808; William. July II, 1811.
Samuel Nettleton. immi- NETTLETON grant ancestor, was born in England and came as early as 1639 to Milford, Connecticut. In 1644 he settled in Branford, Connecticut. He died in l'airfield. Connecticut, in 1653-56. He married. in England. Maria Chil- dren : Sammel, born in Milford, married Mar- tha Baldwin : John, mentioned below : Martha, married John Uford: Hannah, married, July 10, 1656, Thomas Smith.
(II) John, son of Samuel Nettleton, was born about 1645, died March 18, 1691. He married, May 29. 1660. Martha, born June Io, 1650, daughter of Joseph Loomis Hull, who was a deputy to the general court in 1659-60- 1662; removed to Killingworth in 1662 and was deputy from that town. 1667-74: died No- vember 16. 1675. John Nettleton was pro- pounded for freeman in 1670. Children, born at Killingworth: John, January 19. 1570; Samuel. March 8. 1672; Martha. April 15, 1675: Josiah, January 13. 1677: Joseph: George, mentioned below.
(III ) George, son of John Nettleton, was born at Killingworth and settled in that town. He married Rebecca - Children. born at Killingworth: Samuel, mentioned below : Daniel. married. December 30, 1736, Mary Hazelton : George.
(IV) Samuel (2). son of George Nettle- ton, was born at Killingworth. about 1714. He married there (first ), November 3. 1743. Bathsheba Clark, who died December 22. 1747. He married ( second), February 14. 1748, Ann Griswold, who died February 6. 1700. Children, born at Killingworth, by first wife: Bathsheba. June 4. 1744: Abner, Feh- rvary 12. 1746: Ruth. December 8. 1747. Children of second wife: Samuel, Iune 17. 1750: Ann, June 7. 1752; Elizabeth, baptized March 31, 1754: William. mentioned below : Josiah, baptized September 28. 1755: Sarah. baptized April 9. 1758.
(\') William. son of Samuel (2) Nettle- ton, was born about 1755. baptized September 28. 1755, died in 18co. He was a soldier in the revolution from Killingworth in 1,75 in Captain Samuel Gale's company: also in the Continental army three years and of Cap- tain Stevens's company. Colonel John Doug-
las's regiment, in 1776, and of the same com- pany in 1779. He married - - Parmelee. In 1790 he appears credited to the town of Woodbury, Connecticut, in the census with two sons under sixteen and four females in his family. Children: Thankful, ich-ah, Stiles, Abner, Anson, mentioned below : Sam- uel, Ashley, born in 1,99, lived at Derby, and married Sally Stoddard.
VI) Abner Anson, son of William Net- tleton. was born June 22, 1780. He married Lucy Ann Glover, born at Newtown, June 22, 1783, died February 15. 1864. eldest daughter of Zalmon and Phehe ( Beach ) Glover. Phebe Beach was the eldest daugh- ter of John, Jr., and Phebe ( Curtis) Beach, and was born January 20, 1760, died Noven- ber 16, 1835, at Newtown. John Beach, born September 5. 1734, died May 15. 1791, Was the second son of Rev. John Beach and his first wife, Sarah. Rev. Jolm Beach, born October 6. 1700, died March 12, 1782, was the first Protestant Episcopal clergyinan at Newtown. third son of Israel and liannah Beach. Child of Abner Anson and Lucy Ann Nettleton : Joseph, mentioned below.
(VII) Joseph, only son of Abner Anson Nettleton, was born December 2. 1806, at Newtown, Connecticut. He married Phebe Curtis. born August 24, 1807. Children : Edgar A., born March 20, 18;1 : Phoebe, Feb- ruary 8, 1833: Charles Pulaski, mentioned below : Joseph F., June 25. 1810.
(VIII) Charles Pulaski, son of Joseph Nettleton, was born at Newtown. December 2. 1835. He married Frances Ann Hall-ck, born at Auburn, New York. February 6, 1539. adopted daughter of Israel and Rosanna IIal- lock, of Derby. Connecticut. Children: 1.
Charles Sumner, born at Derby, October 22. 1862: married Emily Estelle Brotherton ; had no children. 2. Abigail Israel, born at An- sonia, Connecticut, June 2. 1866: married. October 31. 1886. Anna Margaret John-on: children : Howard Albee, born September IS. 1887; Clyile Harrison, August 18, 1889. 3. Ernest Clifton. January 9, 1869; married Bertha 4. Dr. Francis I., mentioned below. 5. Ruth Easton, born April 4, 1878, died March 20, 1893.
(IX) Dr. Francis Irving Nettleton, son of Charles Pulaski Nettleton, was born at Shel- ton, Connecticut. October 23, 1874. He at- iended the public schools of the town of Huntington, and graduated from the high school in ISgt. He entered the Sheffield Sci- entific School of Yale University and was graduated with the degree of Ph. R. in 1804. He entered Yale Medical School in 1805 and graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1807.
Francia el Nellelm.
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He was appointed an interne at the William W. Backus Ilospital and served on the staff in 1897-98.
Ile established himself as a general prac- titioner at Shelton in 1898 and has con- tinued there to the present time. Ile is a member of the Fairfield County Medical So- ciety, the Connecticut State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. ile was a member of the board of education of Shelton from 1899 to 1002 and member of the board of wardens and burgesses of Shelton from 1901 to 1906. He was warden of bor- ough of Shelton. 1905-06, represented the town of Iluntington in the Connecticut legis- lature in 1907. and held places on important committees. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Congregational church ; of King Hiram Lodge. No. 12, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Derby, and past worshipful master ; member of Union Council. Royal and Select Masters; of Solomon Chapter. Royal Arch Masons: of Hamilton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bridgeport : of Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Business Men's Association and the Board of Trade of Derby. He is attending physi- cian to the Griffin Hospital of Derby. He married. September 27, 1899, Jean Mairs, daughter of George E. Mitchell. of Shelton. She was born in Thompsonville, Connecticut, March 16. 1874. Child: Francis Irving, born December 27, 1901. They reside on White street, Shelton.
Henry and Ralph Lines, brothers, LINES settled in New Haven in 1642. Henry states in the birth record of his son, Samuel, that he is "second sonne of John Line (as he saith) of Badby two miles from Dantry in Northamptonshire."
(I) Ralph Lines, immigrant ancestor. son of John Lyne, of Badby. Northamptonshire, England. lived in that part of New Haven later designated as the parish of Amity. and now the town of Woodbridge. He died Sep- tember 7. 1689, and his estate showed an in- ventory of over two hundred and forty-two pounds. In his will he mentions sons. Sam- uel. Ralph. Joseph and Benjamin, wife "Alis" and daughter Hannah. In a codici!, dated February 1, 1680, he mentions the fact that his laughter Hannah, has since died, and leaves her portion to his wife, Alice and in an additional collieil he states that his son Benjamin has since died, and mentions his deceased daughter Merriam. The will was proved November 13. 1689. Children: Sam- uel, born April. 1649: Ralph. July IS, 1652; John. November. 1655, died young: Joseph,
January, 1658; Benjamin, November. 1659; Ilannah, November 21, 1665.
( II) Samuel, son of Ralph amal Alice Lines, was born April, 1649, and was baptized when an adult, August 28, 168 ;. Ile marriel. No- vember, 1674. Mary, daughter of John and Ellen ( Harrison ) Thompson, born April 24, 1652. She married ( second) John Hitchcock, of Wallingford, and (third) Samuel Clark. Samuel Lines' inventory, taken June S, 1692, shows an estate of four hundred pounds. Children: John, born April 18, 16;6: Samuel, 1677: Mary. January 29, 1679: Lydia. Feb- ruary 17. 1681. died May 28. 1683; Ebenczer, August 18, 1684, mentioned below : Daniel, December 24, 1686: Ruth. February 27. 1090.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Mary ( Thompson) Lines, was born August 18, 1684. He married. July 30, 1713. Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah ( Dicker- man ) Sperry, born March 28, 1690. His will was dated December 8, 1,40. proved January 5, 1741. and mentioned his wife Rebecca, sons Ebenczer, Ralph and John. Children, all but the last baptized December 25. 1726: Strah, April 28, 1714: Ralph, May 23. 1,16: Ebe- nezer. April 26, 1718: John, mentione ! he- low : Titus, August 6. 1731. baptized Septem- ber 27, 1731.
(IV) Captain John, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Sperry) Lines, was born March 13, 1720. Ile married. March 20. 1743. Deborah, daughter of Abraham and Deborah ( Thomas) Hotchkiss. He lived at Woodbridge, Cou- necticut. Children: Zenas, baptized August 14, 1744 : Lucas. July 28. 17.45 ; Harnah, April 15. 1748: John, baptized May 6. 1,50: Deho- rah, baptized April 1. 1753: Fher, about 1755: Abel, married Anna Chatfield : Ebenezer, mar- ried Mercy
(\') Eber. son of Captain John and Deborah ( Hotchkiss) Lines, was horn about 1755. He lived in Bethany. Connecticut, and died Feb- rnary 20. 1844. He married Hannah Welton. Children : Calvin, horn January 8. 17So: Alma, married John Sanford1: Philena. mar- ried Moses Sanford: Hannah, born about 1790: Eher, mentioned below.
{\'I) Eber, son of Eher and Hannah ( Wel- ton) Lines, was born in Bethan , Connecticut. about 1792. He was a farmer at Bethany and died there. He married Mary Farrell, born in New Hampshire. Children : nerva. Eliza. Rebecca, Hannah, Cordelia, Goodale, Eber. Calvin, Andrew E.
(VII) Andrew E., son of Eber and Mary ( Farrell) Lines, was born June 8, 1536, at Bethany. died Iulv. 1002. at Milford. was educated in the public schools. He was a carpenter ard hailder hy trade, following in
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this occupation for a few years. He then purchased a livery stable at Naugatuck, which he conducted for a few years ; later sold this and purchased a livery stable in Bridgeport, which he comluicted up to his death, which was caused by a runaway accident, he being thrown from a carriage at Laurel Beach.
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