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and a new house built. Mr. Lewis is a Repub- lican in politics, and a Baptist in religion. He is a useful and highly respected citizen.
He married, May 12, 1875, Jennette Lind- sey Smith, born December 14, 1852, daughter of James B. Smith, of Andover, Massachu- setts, mentioned above.
Children : I. Ella Lee, born July 9, 1876, in Syracuse, New York. 2. Caroline Smith, born July 26, 1878; in Syracuse, New York; married Herbert A. Morse, and reside in Lawrence ; he is a ship- ping clerk for the Smith & Dove Manufactur- ing Company, Andover. (See Smith family). 3. Harold Everett, born May 15, 1895, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
This surname is derived from WELCH the name of the nationality and belongs in the same class with English, Scotch, Irish, used as surnames. It is an ancient family of many branches. The Gloucester branch bears arms: Argent six mullets or. Another English family named Welsh bears: Azure six mullets-three, two and one within a bordure gobony argent and gules. Crest : An antelope's head erased aztre bezantee gorged with a collar gobony argent and gules on the top of each horn a ring or. Other families bear arms slightly varied from this. In Scotland the family bears: Argent a saltire four annulets sable a bordure gules. Crest: On three grieces, a long cross or.
(I) Philip Welch, immigrant ancestor, was born in 1638 and according to family tradi- tion was of Scotch ancestry. He came to this country in 1654, when sixteen years old, on the ship "Goodfellow." George Dell, master. He settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, where on February 20, 1666, he married Hannah Hag- gett and where their first child was born. They removed to Topsfield, Massachusetts, but later in life he returned to Ipswich and died there. Children: 1. Philip Jr., born De- cember 27, 1668, mentioned below. 2. John, born November 27, 1670. 3. David, born August 27, 1672. 4. Samuel, born May, 1675, served in the expedition against Louisburg in 1745 at the age of seventy years ; was one of the first settlers of Kingston, New Hamp- shire. 5. Hannah, born 1680, married, 1707, Thomas Scribner, of Kingston, as his second wife, and was among the early settlers of Kingston. 6. Moses, born at Ipswich, No- vember 25, 1685, married Rebecca
(II) Philip Welch, son of Philip Welch. (1), born in Ipswich, December 27, 1668, mar-
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ried, 1692, Hannah Children, born at Topsfield: I. Thomas, September 6, 1693, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born about 1698, married, December 29, 1726, Deborah Scrib- ner, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Clif- ford) Scribner, of Kingston; wife was born September 7, 1705; their children settled in South Hampton, Kingston, Newton and Plais- tow, New Hampshire.
(III) Thomas Welch, son of Philip Welch (2), born in Ipswich, September 6, 1693, re- sided in Kingston, New Hampshire, or vicin- ity. Children: I. Thomas, baptized at Kings- ton, November 26, 1727. 2. George ( ?). 3. William, mentioned below.
(IV) William Welch, son of Thomas Welch (3), born 1729-30 in Kingston or vicin- ity, settled in Nottingham. He signed the association test in 1776, and was on the tax list of Nottingham with Isaac and Jacob in 1806. According to the census of 1790 he had three sons over sixteen and two females in his family. Children: I. Thomas, men- tioned below. 2. Isaac. 3. Jacob.
(V) Thomas Welch, son of William Welch (4), was born about 1755. According to the census of 1790 he had a family living in Not- tingham with one son under sixteen and three females. The son was Andrew, mentioned below.
(VI) Andrew Welch, son of Thomas Welch (5), born in Nottingham, New Hamp- shire, February 8, 1779, died July 26, 1858. He removed to Parsonfield, Maine, where he lived in the valley at the base of Cedar Moun- tain near the Welch meeting house (Free-will Baptist), which was built on his farm and which he liberally supported. He engaged ex- tensively in stock raising and general farming, and was also a ship-builder. He married his first cousin, Elizabeth Welch, born July 22, 1781, died December 17, 1877. Children: I. William, born October 7, 1803, died April 3, 1804. 2. Isaac, born February 8, 1805, died April 26, 1859 : settled in Limerick, Maine. 3. Betsey, born September 27, 1806. 4. Lovina, born December 19, 1808, died January 5, 1856. 5. Acel E., born April 19, 1811. 6. Lucinda, born December 27, 1813, died August 22, 1838. 7. Cyrus Brackett, mentioned below.
(VII) Cyrus Brackett Welch, son of An- drew Welch (6), born in Parsonfield, Maine, November 19, 1816, died July 30, 1869. He had the homestead of his father, consisting in his day of three hundred and seventy-five acres. He not only carried on this large farm successfully but was a drover and cattle deal-
er, and for some years kept a general store at Parsonfield. He was one of the most prom- inent men of the town. He and others of the family are buried on the old homestead in a private burial ground. He married Abigail Hill, born November 24, 1817, in Biddeford, Maine, died May 2, 1852, in Parsonfield. Children, born at Parsonfield: I. Oliver B., April 12, 1839, a farmer, living in New Lon- don, Wisconsin ; married, February 18, 1856, Annie Rand, of Salem, New Hampshire. 2. Charles H., July 2, 1840, resides in Boston ; married, January 1, 1866, Abigail Hill, of Til- ton, New Hampshire. 3. Luther H., Septem- ber 28, 1841, died June 30, 1883, was a farmer at Parsonfield ; married Mary Webster, of Salem, New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth, March 22, 1843, died April 10, 1865 ; married Elwood Hanson. 5. Aaron, January 7, 1844, died June 26, 1873; married. November 6, 1861, Emma Webster, of Salem, New Hampshire. 6. Cyrus, July 13, 1846, removed to California, unmarried. 7. John, June 15, 1849, mentioned below. 8. Lucinda, June 3, 1851, died aged a year and a half. Cyrus Brackett Welch mar- ried for second wife Julia Tolpy, and they had these children: Julia, Emma, Eugene.
(VHHI) John Welch, son of Cyrus Brackett Welch (7), was born in Parsonfield, June 15, 1849. He worked on his father's farm in his boyhood, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of twenty he left home and began to learn his trade of hatter in the shops of Methuen, Mass- achusetts. He has continued in the business of making hats in that town to the present time. He is a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Methuen. He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 31, of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Democrat ; in religion a Baptist. Mr. Welch has built a number of houses to rent in Methuen, and is interested to some extent in real estate.
He married, December 3, 1873, Margaret Ann Cluff, born October 6, 1850, at Methuen, daughter of Jonathan Jr. and Eliza (Carleton ) Cluff. Her father was born in Methuen in 1808 and died there in 1898; her mother was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1818 and died in Methuen in 1887. Jonathan Cluff Sr., father of Jonathan Cluff Jr., lived and died in Methuen. Children of John and Margaret Ann (Cluff) Welch : I. Herbert Arthur, born 1875, died aged ten months. 2. Maud Frances, December 14, 1877, educated in the public schools of Methuen and Lowell and was trained as kindergarten teacher in a private
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school, Lowell; married, 1900, William Thompson, of Methuen, a machinist in the Pacific Print Works; child, Maxwell Sargent Thompson, born June 23, 1902.
REEVES As a surname Reeves came into use in the same way as Constable, Chamberlain, Sher- iff, and other titles. Reeves is the plural of Reeve, the bailiff in ancient Anglo-Saxon times of a franchise or manor. Chaucer makes one of his Canterbury Pilgrims a Reeve. In ancient times almost every manor had a reeve whose authority was "to levy his Lord's rents, set to work his servants and husband his demesnes to best profit and commodity, to govern tenants in peace, to lead them in war when necessity required; especially in the 'copyholde' manors where old custom prevail- ed longest." The word reeve is still in use and well understood, though after the Conquest the word bailiff came into more general use as the title of an officer with the same or similar duties. A branch of the ancient English fam- ily went to live in Ireland in the time of the Lord Protector. Robert Reeves, a major in Cromwell's army from Sussex, and his descendants had a coat-of-arms. The family of Reeve in Lincolnshire, Somerset, and Thwayte, county Suffolk, bears these arms : Sable on a chevron between three fleur-de-lis or as many cronels of spears azure. Another : On a fesse engrailed sable between three escallops azure as many eagles displayed or. Crest : An eagle's head erased or, collared sable. The same arms are used with this crest : An eagle's head erased or collared
sable. The only ancient coat-of-arms in a branch of the family using the final "s" is described : Argent on a bend cotised sable three lozenges ermine. Crest: A greyhound sejeant sable bezantee collared and ringed or.
(I) William Reeves, grandfather of Peter Reeves, of North Andover, was born and died in England. He was the owner of an iron foundry.
(II) Richard Reeves, son of William Reeves, was born and died in England. He was educated in the schools of his native town and then became associated with his father in conducting the iron foundry, remaining in this business until his death. Children: I. Peter, mentioned below. 2. James. 3. Andrew. 4. Samuel. 5. Joseph. 6. Thomas. 7. Leah. 8. Annie. 9. Annie. 10. Alice. II. Lucy. 12. Elizabeth. 13. Hannah.
(III) Peter Reeves, son of Richard Reeves
(2), was born January 2, 1840, at West Bromwych, Staffordshire, England. He was educated in the common schools and then went into the factory of his grandfather. He learn- ed the trade of carriage maker and later became a clerk in a provision and meat store, and learned the trade of butcher, working at that trade until 1870. In that year he came to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and began work for his uncle, Fred Butler. He then worked with the Davis Machine Company of North And- over for about one year and for the sewing machine company at Lawrence for a short time, returning then to the Davis Machine Company at North Andover where he worked several years. He then embarked in business for himself with a store on Essex street, deal- ing in pork, and establishing a very successful business which is at present owned and con- ducted by his son and widow.
Mr. Reeves was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church; of North Andover Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He married, in England, July 27, 1861, Mary Kendrick, who was born in England, May 18, 1838, daughter of John Kendrick, who died in England in 1843, and Martha (Tuft) Kendrick, died in England in 1870. Her father was a farmer in Codsall, Stafford- shire, England, where his children were all born and educated: i. Betsey Kendrick, mar- ried George Stockton, in England; ii. Sarah Kendrick, married Samuel Powell, in Eng- land; iii. James Kendrick, married Ann Woolsworth, in England; iv. Ann Kendrick, married Joseph Stockton; v. Mary Kendrick, mentioned above. Children of Peter and Mary (Kendrick) Reeves : I. Andrew, born De- cember 13, 1862 ; mentioned below. 2. Simon John, born October 6, 1864; died March 28, 1866, in England. 3. Martha, born January 21, 1866; died October 29, 1876, at North Andover. 4. Mary, born November 14, 1868; died October 27, 1876, at North Andover. 5. Clara F., born February 1, 1871 ; died Octo- ber 23, 1876. 6. Frederick, born June 22, 1873: died October 25, 1876. 7. Beatrice E., born February 19, 1876; died October 28, 1876. 8. Albert H., born December 8, 1877 ; died December, 1898. 9. Frank E., born No- vember 28, 1880; died December II, 1880. IO. James Arthur, born February 15, 1882; died October 16, 1898. Of the ten children but one survives, and but two grew to matur- ity. In one week five of the children were taken in an epidemic of diphtheria in October, 1876.
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(IV) Andrew Reeves, son of Peter Reeves (3), was born in England, December 13, 1862. He was educated in the schools of his native place and of North Andover, Massachusetts, where his parents located when he was a boy. He began as clerk in the office of the Davis Machine Company, became bookkeeper in the Braid Mill. When his father died he resigned his position in the mill and took the manage- ment of his business which he inherited. He married Jennie Rextraw, of North Andover, born in 1862. They have one child, Arthur, born December 13, 1888, educated in the pub- lic and high schools of Lawrence and now associated in business with his father in the pork trade, Lawrence.
HARLOW Captain James Harlow, the earliest known ancestor of this branch of the Harlow family, came from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Cornish, New Hampshire, during the rev- olutionary war, bringing at least three chil- dren with him, namely: 1. James Jr., mar- ried Phebe ; children : i. Abner, born June 21, 1783; ii. Mary, January 21, 1784; iii. James Jr., November 5. 1785: iv. Ebene- zer, September 14, 1788; v. Phebe, May 15, 1791 ; vi. Polly Doten, May 11, 1793 ; vii. Ben- jamin Dorr, September 27, 1795: viii. Sally, 1799, died April 13, 1804. 2. Robert, see for- ward. 3. Mercy, born September 7, 1765, died September 28, 1839; married (first), a Mr. Porter; married (second), Ebenezer Cobb, of Cornish, by whom she had several children.
(II) Robert Harlow, son of James Harlow, was born June 25, 1763, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He came to Cornish in 1778 when fifteen years of age. He married, May 6, 1790, Charity Barrows, of Cornish, New Hampshire, but recently of Carver, Massachu- setts, whence she had come with her parents, Moses and Elizabeth Barrows. Charity was born September 12, 1768, died June 18, 1868, aged ninety-nine years nine months six days. The Barrows settled near Cornish Flats in a section since called "Dodge Hollow," near the foot of Fernald Hill. Robert Harlow lived on or near the same farm and cared for them in their old age. Robert Harlow died June 18, 1823. Children, all born in Cornish : I. George, born October 22, 1791, died De- cember 3, 1873; married, March 4, 1817, Bet- sey Sanborn, of Springfield, New Hampshire, daughter of Reuben and Sarah Sanborn, born May 6, 1792, died September 2, 1872. They
had six children, the first four born in Cornish and the remainder at Grantham, New Hamp- shire, where they removed March 17, 1826. A son, George W., settled in Strafford, Vermont. 2. Deborah Cushman, born August 23. 1793. clied January 6, 1823, unmarried. 3. Malachi, born May 7. 1795, died December 29, 1866; married, October 18, 1826, Betsey Hibbard ; settled in Michigan. 4. Robert Jr., born July 9. 1797, died December 23, 179 -. 5. Robert Jr., born July 5, 1799, died January 12, 1882 ; married Eleanor Hadley: moved to Hanks- bury, Canada. 6. Isaac, born September 24. 1801, died August 15. 1803. 7. Sylvanus, see forward. 8. Isaac Cushman, born February 13. 1806, died February 6, 1872; married, April 4. 1839, Experience Cornish, of Ply- mouth, Massachusetts, born 1801, died May 21, 1860; no children. 9. William Clifford, born July 1, 1808, married first, November 21. 1829, Mary Hall, of Cornish, daughter of Per- ley and Abigail (Osgood) Hall, born Septem- ber 10, 1813, died April 10, 1880 ; married sec- ond, October 12, 1881, Mrs. Hannah (Gil- fillan) Clough, of Plainfield ; she died April 8, 1902. He had two children by first wife: i. Abbie C., born February 25, 1842, married, March 23. 1862, Franklin D. Nevins, one child ; ii. William Harvey, born June 27, 1853. married, June 28, 1876, Abbie F. Dow, one child, Leroy Harvey, who died December 3. 1905. 10. Hannah, born August 20, 1810, died September 15, 1812. 11. Moses Barrows, born December 11, 1812; married first, April 13, 1837, Priscilla Bean Hubbard, born April 3, 1812. They settled at first in Lisbon, New Hampshire, where she died January 3, 1873: married second, March 5. 1874, Hannah Alice Hubbard, born May 4, 1830; he settled later in Woodsville, New Hampshire, where he died February 4, 1891. 12. Mary (adopted daugh- ter), born January 14, 1813, died September 25, 1858; married Daniel Wild, of Cornish.
(III) Sylvanus Harlow, son of Robert and Charity ( Barrows) Harlow, was born November 12, 1803. He married, April 17, 1826, Elvira M. Leslie, of Cornish, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Farrington) Leslie, born June 20, 1810, died at Bridgeport, Con- necticut, and is buried at Springfield, Massa- chusetts. They resided in Cornish Flats, where most of their children were born, and about 1852 removed to Windsor, Vermont, where they lived a few years and then went to Massachusetts. He died in Bridgeport, Con- necticut, April 4, 1887. Children: I. Louisa M., born November 4, 1826, died August 25,
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1840. 2. Elizabeth E., born April 26, 1828, married, August, 1852, George W. Bartlett, one child, Edwin E., born July 22, 1861 ; lived in Hyde Park, Massachusetts; she died Janu- ary 24, 1897. 3. Robert Sylvanus, born Octo- ber 18, 1829, married, January 8, 1854, Rox- anna Danforth, of Stowe, Massachusetts; six children ; he was a shoe manufacturer, resid- ing in Hudson, Massachusetts. 4. Henry J., born October 12, 1831, married, May 26, 1867, Maria S. Marden ; one child, born August 12, 1876, died May 13, 1896; farmer, resided in Dudley, Massachusetts. 5. Philander, see forward. 6. Charles Franklin, born October 7, 1834, married twice ; no children ; machin- ist, resides in Boston. 7. William C., born August 8, 1836: married, 1862, Sarah Dun- ham, no children ; was a machinist; resided in Springfield, Massachusetts. 8. Clarissa C., born September 7, 1837, married, December 31, 1861, George Clough; five children; re- sides in Somerville, Massachusetts. 9. Silas C., born June 26, 1839, died April, 1857, at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. 10. George L., born October 31, 1841, married twice ; resides in Somerville, Massachusetts; chil- dren : Sarah, Sidney, Walter. II. Edwin, born August 1, 1845, died August 28, 1846. 12. Louisa M., born December 5, 1846, married, October, 1864, Lorenzo Follett. 13. Edwin, born January 24, 1851.
(IV) Philander Carlos Harlow, son of Syl- vanus and Elvira (Leslie) Harlow, born in Cornish, New Hampshire, November 24, 1832, died in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, March 7, 1890. He was a machinist by trade, and lived in Cornish, New Hampshire, Wind- sor, Vermont, and Boston, Massachusetts. He was influential in Masonic circles, being an active member of Hyde Park Commandery, Knights Templar. He married, March 7, 856, Susan M. Walsh. Children : I. Wil- liam Henry, see forward. 2. Fannie E., born October 22, 1862, married Franklin D. Brig- ham, of Hyde Park. 3. Lillian M., born June 19, 1871, married Herman Gregg, of Walt- ham, Massachusetts; they have one daughter, May Elizabeth, born August 7, 1902.
(V) William Henry Harlow, son of Phil- ander C. and Susan M. (Walsh) Harlow, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 14, 1857. He was reared in Hyde Park, re- ceiving his education in public and high schools. In 1876 he entered the employ of N. H. Tucker in the coal business, later was employed by S. B. Balkam, was taken into partnership in 1882, and at the death of Mr.
Balkam succeeded him in the coal and lumber business. He is a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, and was its secretary in 1881-84. Mr. Harlow married Mary E. Bleakie, daugh- ter of Robert and Isabella (Henderson) Bleakie. Children : I. William B., born August 17, 1887. 2. Robert B., born June 6, 1889.
John Morrison (1), a MORRISON Scotch Protestant, from the county of Aberdeen, in 1628, fled with his family from religious persecution in Scotland to the north of Ire- land, arriving at or near Londonderry prior to 1688. During the long and memorable siege of Londonderry by the forces of King James II, the Morrisons, with many other Scotch Presbyterian families, were by the inhuman order of the French commander of the assail- ants, General de Rosen, driven to a dangerous position beneath the walls of the city, where they not only suffered the pangs of starva- tion but were constantly exposed to the mis- siles of death from both the besieged and the besiegers. They survived, however, to wit- ness with satisfaction the raising of the siege and the final defeat of King James in Ireland by William of Orange at the famous battle of the Boyne in 1690. About the year 1720, when ninety-two years old, John Morrison came from Ireland to Londonderry, New Hampshire, with those of his children who had remained with him in the old country, joining his sons, "Charter" James and "Charter" John, who had preceded him. He resided at what is now known as "Derry Dock" on the farm which, in 1882, was owned by Charles Day, and he died February 16, 1736, "at the reputed age of one hundred and eight years." The maiden name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife, whom he married in Ireland, was Janet Steele, and he was the father of eight children, four of whom (James, John, Deacon Halbert and Martha,) were of his first union, and were probably born in Scotland. The chil- dren of his second marriage were: Samuel, Hannah, Mary and Joseph.
(II) "Charter" James Morrison, eldest child of John Morrison, was born about the year 1675. As a boy he participated in the heroic defence of Londonderry, Ireland, and grew to manhood strong in his religious faith. He was one of the signers of the memorial or petition to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, sent over in 1718, praying for a grant of land within the latter's jurisdiction for the purpose
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of establishing a Scotch-Ireland settlement, and like all the other signers who became orig- inal proprietors of Londonderry, New Hamp- shire, he acquired the title or prefix of "Char- ter." Charter James Morrison arrived with the original company of settlers from Ireland in 1719, and was among those who chose to locate upon a grant in southern New Hamp- shire, which they called Londonderry, in mem- ory of their former home. With others he petitioned for a redress of grievances, which resulted in the laying out of land in Windham Range for the settlers in 1728, and the allot- ment assigned him is still in the possession of his descendants, its original boundaries re- maining unchanged. His home farm, situated in Derry, east of turnpike, was in 1883 the property of W. O. Noyes. His death occurred about March 5, 1756. He was first married, in Ireland, to Mary Wallace, who bore him two sons, Halbert and Samuel. The maiden name of his second wife was the same as that of his stepmother, Janet Steele. Of his second union there were five children: Janet, Kath- erine, John, Thomas and James.
(III) Lieutenant Samuel Morrison, second son of "Charter" James and Mary (Wallace) Morrison, was born in Ireland, in 1704. He came to Londonderry with his parents when fifteen years old, sharing with the others in the great privation and toil subjected to by those zealous pioneers, and in 1739 he received from his father a deed of the farm in Wind- ham Range previously referred to. He was moderator of the first town meeting held in Windham after its incorporation in 1742, and in that capacity he presided at thirty subse- quent meetings, officiating for the last time in 1775. He was also a member of the first board of selectmen, serving as such for seven years, and was town clerk for four years. His death occurred in Windham, February II, 1776. His mental faculties were well developed, and being exceedingly sensitive to the call of the needy and unfortunate, he was noted for his charity and benevolence. He was also noted for his piety, and adhered strictly to the Pres- byterian precepts of his forefathers. He mar- ried Martha Allison, born March 31, 1720, daughter of Samuel Allison, of the Double Range, Londonderry, and was the first female child of European parents born in the town. She died December 3, 1761, and is represented as having been a very lovable woman. She was the mother of five children: John, Cath- erine, Samuel, Robert and Martha.
(IV) Deacon Samuel Morrison, third child
of Lieutenant Samuel and Martha ( Allison) Morrison, was born in Windham, September 28, 1748. He resided upon the Rev. James McGregor farm, purchased by his father in 1749, and deeded to him in 1776. He was a revolutionary soldier, serving for some time at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and on August 29, 1777, he was with the Londonderry company which had participated in the battle of Ben- nington a few days previous under General Stark. Considering his meagre opportunities, he possessed a good education, and there are still in existence books containing in his hand- writing his mathematical investigations, which would do credit to a collegian. He served the town of Windham as moderator, town clerk and selectman, holding the latter office for seven years, and was representative to the leg- islature. Like his ancestors he clung tena- ciously to the Presbyterian doctrine, observing conscientiously every rule and ordinance in its articles of faith, and for many years he was an elder of the church. He died in January. 1816. May 20, 1779, he married Sarah Park of Windham, born September 4. 1757, daugh- ter of Robert Park, and she died December 27, 1780. His second wife, whom he married August 31, 1792, was Mrs. Margaret Armor, nee Dinsmore, born October 14. 1759, daugh- ter of William Dinsmore and widow of John Armor. Her death occurred September 18, 1837. The children of his first union were : Martha, Jane, Samuel, Robert, James and Stephen : those of his second marriage were : Margaret, Jeremiah, John, Christopher and Sarah.
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