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This family, later on, moved into North Groton (now Led- yard), and settled on a farm purchased of one Nathaniel Brown, his wife's grandfather, being the same place now occupied by Lyman A. Latham, about one mile and a half north-easterly from the Bill parsonage. On this farm he lived during the remainder of his life. He died quite suddenly on July 9, 1839, of heart disease.
His son William was born Dec. 14, 1808, and was married July 21, 1836, to Mary Ann Gallup, of Ledyard. He remained on the old homestead and was an industrious farmer. In 1863 he was chosen to represent the town in the General Assembly at Hartford. Later he moved to the William Williams farm,
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located in the northerly part of Ledyard. This farm is noted as being the birthplace of the notable Silas Deane, minister to France in the time of the Revolution.
Mr. Fanning died May 1, 1880, of heart trouble. His son George Fanning, born Oct. 4, 1837, married Mary A. Spicer, daughter of Capt. Edmund Spicer, of Ledyard, April 16, 1862. They have several children, some of whom are married. Mr. Fanning occupies the farm of his father and finds time to run a small store at Shewville, formerly known as "Ayer's Mills," and is the post-master at that place. For many years Mr. Fanning has taught school in his native town, and was a well-known and popular teacher, and is a member of the school board of the town and served as acting school visitor and secretary for many years of the board. In 1880 was chosen judge of probate for the town, serving continuously for ten years. Mr. Fanning is the president of Bill Li- brary board of trustees. He is known as a very capable man, far above the average of men holding positions of trust and in- fluence in like rural com- GEORGE FANNING, ESQ. munities. The names of their children follow, viz. : Mary Bethiah, was born March 19, 1863 and married July II, 1894, Walter A. Waterman, who was a graduate of Yale in class of 1894, and is now a teacher in the "Dwight" school, New York. They reside in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and have four children. Fannie Elizabeth, born Nov. 24, 1864, and lives in Hartford.
Susan Elida, born Sept. 21, 1866, married Christopher Allyn Brown, 2d, Sept. 21, 1866. They lived in Gale's Ferry. He
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was a merchant there and died Feb. 26, 1890, leaving a widow and two children.
William Edmund, born June 27, 1870, was married to Ada Marie Moxley, of Norwich, May 24, 1893. They live in Hart- ford where he is the proprietor of a steam laundry. They have three children.
Hattie Eunice, born Dec. 18, 1872, married William S. Thomas, March 10, 1898, and live in Groton, near Poquonock Bridge.
[G. F.]
THE GALLUP FAMILY.
The first ancestor of the Gallup families, now residing in Ledyard, was John, who came to Boston from county Dorset, England, in 1630. He lived in Boston or vicinity, and died there in 1650.
His son John came to New London, 1650, and settled upon land granted him in Stonington in 1654, which was named "Whitehall," and is midway between Old Mystic and Mystic. He was married, in 1643, to Hannah Lake, and was killed in the great swamp fight at Narragansett in 1675.
His son Benadam married Esther Prentice and lived and died, in 1727, at "Whitehall." His son (Lieut.) Benadam, born 1693,
THE GALLUP HOMESTEAD.
married Eunice Cobb in 1716, was the first to settle in Groton (now Ledyard), upon a grant of land said to contain about 1,000 acres. He at first lived in a log house, upon a part of the grant now owned by Joseph Albert Gallup: his great-grandson ; about 1730 he built the large and commodious house, now occupied by Augustus O. Ackley, which was long used as a tavern stand, it being on the old post-road
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commanding a fine view of the sound, Atlantic Ocean and Long Island. His son Benadam, born Oct., 1716, married Hannah Avery, 1740, and built, in 1751, the house now occupied by his great-grandson, Joseph Albert Gallup. Col. Nathan Gallup (son of Lieut. Benadam), born 1727, married Sarah Giddings, in 1749, and the same year built the house occupied by his grandson, Dwight Gallup, until it was demolished in 1876, and the present one built. These two farms, which contain about 400 acres, are all of the original grant, that is left in the Gallup name. There have been many deacons among the descendants of Col. Bena- dam, but few ministers. Rev. James A. Gallup, of Madison (a great-grandson), being, I think, the only one bearing the Gallup name.
Rev. Salmon McCall was a great-grandson. The present deacons of the Ledyard Congregational Church are descendants -Nathan S. Gallup, a great-grandson, and Isaac G. Geer and Russell Gallup great-great-grandsons.
GALLUP LAND GRANTS.
"A Session of the General Court held at Hartford October 12th, 1671.
"John Gallop is Granted a hundred Acres of Land, for his Service in the Pequott Warr, Provided he take it up where it may not prejudice any former Grant, Granted to any Plantation or Particular person.
"A True Copy of Record, "Test George Wyllys Secretary."
"Att a Session of the General Court held in Hartford Octo- ber 10th, 1678
"Upon the Petition of Mrs. Hannah Gallop and as a recom- pense for great loss She hath Sustained,
"This Court do see cause to Grant unto the said Mrs. Gallop aforesaid and her heirs, the Sum of Two hundred Acres of land, which she may Take up in Two places provided She do not take it up where it may prejudice any former grant to any parti- cular person or Plantation.
"A True Copy of Record,
"Test George Wyllys Secretary."
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In the colonial records at Hartford may be found the fol- lowing :
"February 9, 1652-3, John Gallup, in consideration and with respect unto the services his father hath done for the country, hath given him up the river of Mistick, which side he will 300 acres of upland. February 6, 1653-4, John Gallup, hath given him a further addition to his land at Mistick, 150 acres, which he accepts of and acknowledgeth himself satisfyde for what lands he formerly laide claim unto upon the general neck as a gift of his father's which as he saith was given to his father by General Stoughton after the Pequott War."
BENADAM GALLUP'S MILITARY COMMISSION LIEUTENANT.
"Joseph Tallcott Esq; Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New England
"To Benadam Gallop, Gent, Greeting You being by the Gen- eral Assembly of this Colony, Accepted to be Lieutenant of the 2d Company or Trainband in the town of Groton, Reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, I do by Virtue of the Letters Patents from the Crown of England to this Corporation, We thereunto Enabling, Appoint and Impower You to take the said Company into your Care and Charge, as Their Lieutenant Carefully and Diligently to Discharge that Trust; Exercising your Inferior Officers, and Soldiers in the Use of their Arms, according to the Discipline of War; Keeping them in good Order and Government, and Com- manding Them to Obey You as Their Lieutenant for His Ma- jesty's Service.
"And you are to Observe all such Orders and Directions, as from Time to Time you shall Receive either from Me, or from other your Superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby Re- posed in you. Given under my hand and the Seal of this Colony, in Hartford the 29th Day of May, In the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, the Second, KING of Great Britain &c. Annoque Domini, 1733. J. Tallcott. "By his Honours Command
"Hez. Wyllys Secr."
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BENADAM GALLUP'S MILITARY COMMISSION LIEUT .- COLONEL
"Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, Captain-General, and Com- mander in Chief, of the State of Connecticut, in America.
"To Benadam Gallop Esq; Greeting You being by the Gen- eral Assembly of this State appointed to be Lieutenant-Colonel of a Regiment now ordered to be raised in this Colony, and to join the Continental Army, reposing especial Trust and Confi- dence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, We thercunto enabling, ap- point and impower you the said Benadam Gallop, to be Lieut Colonel you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieut Colonel in leading, ordering and exercising said Regiment in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, hereby commanding them to obey you as their Lieut Colonel, and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said State, for the Time being, or other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Dis- cipline of War, ordained and established by the Continental congress, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
"Given under my Hand, and the public Scal of said State, at Hartford the 2nd Day of December Anno Domini 1776.
"Jonth Trumbull. "By His Honor's Command "George Wyllys Sect."
ISAAC GALLUP'S MILITARY COMMISSION LIEUTENANT.
IN CONGRESS
"The Delegates of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South Carolina, to Isaac Gallop, Gentleman,
"We reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriot- ism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents con-
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stitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant in Capt. Spicers Com- pany in the 13th Regiment, commanded by Colo. Parsons, in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof.
"You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commis- sion to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Con- gress.
"By Order of the Congress.
"July Ist 1776 "John Hancock President. "Attest "Chas. Thomson Sect."
[J. A. G.]
THE GEER FAMILY.
One of the earliest settlers in North Groton, or Ledyard, was George Geer. He was born in England about 1621, and his brother Thomas in 1623. Tradition says they were the sons of Jonathan Geer, of Hevitree, County of Devon. The original drafts of the Visitation of Devon, in 1620, given in the Harleian MSS., at the British Museum, gives something of John Geer, a relative of Jonathan, to whom the family coat of arms pertains. Mention is also made of the family of John Geer, of Hevitree, in "The Worthies of Devon," by Prince, in 1701, and in "Devon- shire," by Thomas Westcote. They came to this country, land- ing in Boston in 1635. Thomas settled in Enfield, Conn., in 1682, and George came to New London about 1651, probably with Robert Allyn and others. Feb. 17, 1658, he married Sarah,
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eldest daughter of Robert Allyn, and settled on a tract of land adjoining or near the said Allyn's land on the grant of fifty acres made to him by the town of New London. About twelve years later he purchased of Eleazer Isbell 150 acres of land which the town of New London had given to Isbell's father Robert Isbell, and was known as one of the "Poquetannock grants." July 24, 1665, the town of New London also granted George Geer 100 acres more of upland.
The survey was May 6, 1698, but evidently covered the grants made in 1653. It is difficult now to designate the precise bound- aries of this original farm, but most of it has been occupied by his descendants to the present time. The northern boundary was the dividing line between the towns of Norwich and New London, now known as the Rose Hill road, and included most of the farm now occupied by Isaac W. Geer, and the next farm of the late James Geer, also the adjoining farm south known as the Capt. Nathaniel B. Geer farm, now owned by Alfred Clark, and the intervening land south to a short distance beyond the mill.
He also purchased tracts of land, near Preston City, and in what is now Griswold, of Owaneco, son of Uncas, which have been occupied by his descendants.
George Geer had eleven children, all of whom married and had families.
Of these children, Sarah, born Feb 27, 1659, married Na- thaniel Park, and lived in Preston.
Jonathan Geer, b. May 26, 1662, lived in what is now Gris- wold, on the Fred Brown farm, about ten miles north of his father's. His father deeded this farm of 130 acres to him Jan. II, 1686. Dec. 27, 1686, he with about twenty other landholders, including the above named Nathaniel Park, petitioned the Gen- eral Court of Hartford for a town to be set off bordering on Norwich, New London and Stonington. Their petition was granted and the town was called Preston.
Joseph Geer, born Oct. 14, 1664, married Sarah Howard, and lived in Griswold on land his father bought of Owaneco, where David Austin Geer now lives.
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Hannah, born Feb. 27, 1666, married Charles Williams, and lived in Preston.
Margaret Geer, born February, 1669, married Thomas Gates, and lived in Griswold, on the place known as the Edward Cook farm, near Jewett City.
Mary Geer, born March 26, 1671, married Zachariah Mainor, and lived near Allyn's Point, adjoining the farm of her grand- father, Robert Allyn.
Daniel Geer, born Sept., 1673, lived in Griswold, on the Nehemiah Prentice farm.
Robert Geer, born Jan. 2, 1675, married April 3, 1700, Martha Tyler, daughter of Hopestill Tyler, and settled south of the homestead on land deeded him by his father, where he built a house and the first grist mill in this part of the country. This was one of three places in the town where warnings were posted ; the other places were at Capt. Morgan's and Ralph Stoddard's. Robert Geer served as sergeant and captain in the colonial mili- tia. He died Nov. 20, 1742.
Anne Geer, born Jan. 6, 1679, married Daniel Tyler, May 28, 1700, and lived near her sister Mary, wife of Zachariah Mainor.
Isaac Geer, born March 26, 1681, lived next south of the homestead, where Capt. Nathaniel B. Geer lived until within a few years. The old house is still standing, and occupied by Alfred Clark.
Jeremiah Geer, born Sept., 1683, married Esther Hilliard, and lived with his parents on the homestead place.
George Geer's first house was built on the side hill near a never-failing spring of water, still in use, a few rods from the present house. The second house was built by George Geer, and occupied later by his youngest son Jeremiah, until his death in 1721. George Geer became blind in his old age, and spent the last five or six years of his life with his daughter Margaret, who married Thomas Gates and lived near Jewett City, where he died in the latter part of the year 1726, aged 105 years. He was buried in the old graveyard near the Welcome A. Browning farm in Griswold.
It appears that Jeremiah failed to fulfil the contract made
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with his father, and the homestead property reverted to George Geer, about 1718, and was subsequently purchased in part by Robert, who probably removed there from the mill property in his later years, and who deeded the farm to his three sons, Robert, Ebenezer and James.
Capt. Robert Geer, was one of the foremost men of the town and prominent in founding and supporting St. James' Episcopal Church. He died in 1742 and was buried in the churchyard near the Bill parsonage.
Robert Geer, Jr., bought, in 1732, land of the heirs of Jere- miah Geer and settled where Isaac G. Geer now lives. James, the younger brother, succeeded to the mill property and the business of tanning which his father begun.
In 1742 Ebenezer bought out the interest of his elder brother, Robert, in the homestead where he lived, and built the third house.
Ebenezer was born April 1, 1709, and married Jan. 2, 1735, Prudence Wheeler, daughter of Richard and Prudence (Payson) Wheeler .. He died Aug. 28, 1763.
Of his ten children, Robert, the second son, succeeded to the homestead.
Robert Geer was born Feb. 18, 1744. He was graduated at Yale College in 1763. He married Lucy Fitch, daughter of John and Alice Fitch, of Windham, Nov. 4, 1767. He served in the Revolutionary War as corporal in Capt. Williams' Company of detached militia, under command of Lt .- Col. Nathan Gallup, stationed at Fort Griswold in 1779.
He was prominent in town affairs and was senior warden of St. James' Church many years. He died Aug. 30, 1834, at the age of 90. He had eight children, of whom the sons, Charles and Ebenezer, and two daughters, Prudence, who married. Amos Bailey, and Sophia, who married Stephen Breed, who went to Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where they were among the pioneers of that part of the State. The youngest son, James, remained on the home farm.
James Geer was born Oct. 31, 1783. He married Sally Lewis, daughter of Peleg and Abigail (Smith) Lewis, Jan. 20, 1808.
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He was teacher of singing schools in Ledyard many years, served as justice of the peace for a long period, and was senior warden of St. James' Church more than forty years. He died March 4, 1872. The fourth house on the homestead farm was built by James Geer in 1848, and is now standing. After his death, his youngest son, Capt. Nathaniel B. Geer, occupied it until his death Aug. 18, 1898, and it is now the home of his two eldest daughters who are of the seventh generation.
James Lewis Geer was born Nov. 8, 1808, son of James and Sally (Lewis) Geer. His boyhood days were spent in Ledyard. Later he taught school in the "Lester district," also in Long Society, Preston, Groton Bank and Geddes, now Syracuse, N. Y.,-seven winters in all. Nov. 19, 1834, he married Prudence Almira Gallup, daughter of Isaac and Prudence (Geer) Gallup, of Preston. She was born in Ledyard, in the glebe house or rectory of St. James' Church, on the Bill farm, March 4, 1815. She died July 17, 1847.
Mr. Geer moved to Nor- wich in 1835 and lived (with the exception of a JAMES L. GEER. few years at the home- stead) on Park Street. In his early life he engaged in cabinet-making and house-painting. In 1859 he formed a copartnership with Shubael Gallup under the firm-name of Gallup & Geer, conducting an auction and commission business in Norwich for twenty years. He mar- ried, second, Mary Ellen Geer, daughter of Elijah D. and Dorothy Geer, of Griswold, who died June Ist, 1887. Mr. Geer was one of the original members of Trinity Episcopal Church in
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Norwich and a vestryman several years. He died in Norwich, Feb. 9, 1899, at the age of ninety years.
Robert Geer, son of James Lewis and Prudence Almira (Gallup) Geer, was born at the Geer homestead March 23, 1837. and attended school in the Geer school-house and Poquetanuck Academy. The rest of his early life was spent in Norwich. He learned the drug business in the stores of Wm. P. Eaton, and John L. Devotion, and later conducted the drug business for himself on Main Street, Norwich, and in Syracuse, N. Y. In 1864 he went to Albany, N. Y., where he has been engaged in the wholesale salt business since that date. He has held various positions of trust in that city. [E. G.]
THE GRAY FAMILY.
Tradition affirms that two Scotch boys, by the name of Philip and Benjamin Gray, taken on board a vessel off the coast of Great Britain, were landed in Boston, and that Philip is the ancestor of the Grays in this part of the country. He came from Eastern Massachusetts to New London, later to North Groton. About 1710 he married Mrs. Mary (Stoddard) Button. Their children were Philip, Benjamin, Ezekiel, Elijah. Philip Gray was by occupation a knitter. He died 1780, aged 90 years.
His son, Philip, married Hannah Latham. They had six children-Jonas, Latham, Ezekiel, Stephen, Lydia and Mary. After the death of Mrs. Gray, Mr. Gray married for a second wife, Mercy Chapman. They had one child, Asa Gray.
Philip Gray, 2nd, died in 1802, aged 63 years. Mrs. Mercy Gray died in 1816.
Benjamin Gray, second son of Philip, Ist, and Mary Stoddard, was born in 1740. He married Temperance Baxter. They had two sons-Thomas Baxter and Philip Gray, 3rd. Benjamin died in 1813. Ezekiel Gray, son of Philip, Ist, and Mary, died at sea, aged 18 years.
Elijah Gray, son of Philip, Ist, and Mary, born 1743, married Candice Perkins. They had four children-Elijah, Prudence, Hannah and Eunice. Elijah lived in the time of the Revolution,
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was wounded, taken prisoner and died on board Jersey prison- ship near New York.
Jonas, son of Philip, 2nd, and Hannah, was born 1770. He married Lucy Spicer. Their children were Philip, Winthrop, Oliver, Abisha, Hannah, Mary and Althea. Jonas followed the West India trade. Lucy, his wife, died in 1813. Jonas married May Gardiner as his second wife, then moved to Pennsylvania.
Latham Gray, son of Philip, 2nd, and Hannah, born 1772, married Amy Brown. Their children were Henry, Latham, Mercy, Esther, Annah, Betsey, Amy and Filena. Latham, Ist, died 1821 ; Amy died 1822.
Stephen, son of Philip, 2nd, and Hannah, born 1775, married Lydia Stedman. Their children were Stephen, 2nd, Austin, Norman, Lydia and Ardelia. Stephen, Ist, died 1840.
Asa Gray, son of Philip, 2nd, and Mercy Chapman, born in 1786, married Susannah Wilcox. They had one son, Asa Gray, 2nd, who lived in the eastern part of the town of Ledyard. He was a store-keeper, mechanic and farmer. He printed a little history himself in 1851.
Thomas B. Gray, son of Benjamin, 2nd, and Temperance Baxter, born 1769, married Suweah Stanton. She soon died. He then married Katurah Stanton. They had five children -- Benjamin, 3rd, John, Thomas, Suweah and Temperance. This family lived on the place now owned by John Yeomans. The father and children moved into the State of New York. and their descendants are still living there. Thomas B. died in 1830. Though we know but little of the family we presume that the name of the post-office, Gray, in Herkimer County, was sug- gested by the fact that so many Grays are living in the region.
The three heads of Gray families living in the town of Led- yard in 1836 were as follows :
Philip Gray, 3rd, known as Esquire Gray, a carpenter and builder. He lived in the house now occupied by William H. Spicer.
Asa Gray, 2nd, a mechanic and farmer.
Stephen Gray, 2nd, a mechanic.
Philip Gray, 3rd, son of Benjamin and Temperance Baxter,
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born in 1775, married Sabrina Stanton. She soon died. He then married Sarah Morgan. Their eight children were Thomas Baxter, Benjamin Shapley, William Morgan, Sabrina, Mary, Sally, Julia, Betsey. Philip Gray, 3rd, died 1838. Sarah Morgan, his wife, died 1854.
Thomas Baxter, born 1802, married Amanda Williams. They had eight children-Philip B., Thomas B., James B., William Shapley, Daniel M., Amandar W., Prudence M. and Lucy A. His wife, Amanda Williams, died 1849. He then mar- ried Martha B. York. They had one son, Eneas M. Gray, born 1851.
Philip B., born 1825, married Mary Myers. Their children were Henry B., Amos M., Daniel E., Hadley G. and Philip B., 5th.
Henry B. married Mary Bryan.
Daniel E. married Martha A. Gray. Their children were Elsworth Cutler, Philip Enos, Hadley P. and Allyn D.
Hadley G. married Mary Capwell. They had one child, Nettie May.
Philip B., 5th, married Charlotte Weathered.
Thomas B. Gray, 3rd, married Esther Gates. Their children were Charles H., born 1853; Luther C., born 1857; Frank, born 1861, died 1886; Edwin.
Charles H. married Phebe Babcock. Their children were Minnie, Arthur and Frank.
Luther C. Gray, born 1857, married Mary E. Beckwith. Their children were May Belle Gray and Edna Gray.
Edwin Gray married Edith Thornton. Their children were Ruth, Herbert, Thomas B., 4th, Lewis H. (Earl M. and Esther M., twins), Helen G. and Walter.
James B. Gray, lost at sea ; unmarried.
William Shapley Gray, settled in Iowa; married. Their children were John, William.
Daniel M. Gray settled in Iowa; married Samantha Wheeler. Their children were James, Samantha, Lucy and Thomas.
Amandar W. Gray, the well-known horticulturist and fruit grower and dealer, married Francina Peckham, daughter of Rev. Stephen Peckham. They had eight children, viz .:-
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Charles A. Gray, born 1858, married Elizabeth Peckham.
James B. Gray, born 1860, married Helen Littlefield. Their children were Betsey L., Bertha F., Alba A., Julia, Charles A., Frederic and Helen M.
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