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(V) James (3), son of Moses Cash, was born in Marblehead, baptized November 18, 1792. He married, at Marblehead, Abigail A. Tutt. He probably settled at Windham. Chil- dren: James, mentioned below; Daniel, of Bridgton, died there : Jacob ; Mary.
(VI) James (4), son of James (3) Cash, was born in 1824, died at Woodford, Maine. 1904. He was a contractor and builder for many years. He married (first) Martha Lom- bart ; children : I. Radford, born 1846, died in service during civil war ; unmarried. 2. Charles Henry, mentioned below. He married (second) Harriet Hawks, of Windham, Maine ; children : Jennie, Fannie, Harriet, Nellie.
(VII) Charles Henry, son of James (4)
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Cash, was born at Windham, Maine, May 8, 1849. At the age of six months, on the death of his mother, he went to live with his aunt, Mrs. D. Cash, of Bridgton, Maine, and was educated there in the public schools. He learned the trade of carpenter with his father at Westbrook, Maine. He worked at Wood- ford, Maine, under his father ; followed trade at Boston ; took up car building, but later gave it up and became an engineer on the East Boston Ferry, continuing for twelve years; he resided in East Boston during this time; in 1886 he removed to Weymouth and fol- lowed his trade there ever since, being one of the well known carpenters and builders of that town. He is a member of Eastern Star Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of East Boston; Delphi Lodge, Knights of Pythias ; Order of the Golden Cross. He is a Metho- dist in religion and a Republican in politics. He married, January 18, 1873, Mary Jane Marr, born October 14, 1846, and they had one child who died in infancy. Mrs. Cash is a daughter of Benjamin L. and Almira (Nor- ton) Marr. Benjamin L. Marr was born Feb- ruary 2, 1804, at Limington, Maine, died May 30, 1883, at Baldwin, Maine. His wife, Almira (Norton) Marr, was born February, 1812, died April 19, 1898, at Weymouth, with her daughter, Mrs. Cash. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Marr: I. James W., born Decem- ber 25, 1831, at Limington, married Mary Louise Lovis ; one child, Byron, born in Cor- nish, 1871. 2. Lydia Ann, born March 23, 1833, married John Milton Pease, of Cornish ; one child, Jessie B., born September II, 1855. 3. Sarah E., born September 26, 1836, at Bald- win, Maine, married William Gilpatrick. 4. Hiram N., born July, 1838, died 1852. 5. Harriet, born July 8, 1840, married George W. Batchelder, of Baldwin; children: Jeannette, born 1858, and George E., born 1860. 6. Han- nah, born March, 1843, married Isaiah C. Libby; children: Dr. J. Herbert, of East Weymouth, and Winifred. 7. Mary Jane, born October 14, 1846, married Charles Henry Cash, mentioned above. 8. Benjamin W., born April 7, 1848, married Carrie Sweet ; one child, Stella S., born in Marblehead, Massa- chusetts. 9. Leonard Philmore, born October 23, 1850, died 1858. 10. Thompsanna L., born 1853, married Charles McLeod, of Prince Edwards Island ; children: Harry, born Sep- tember, 1871; George W., September, 1873; Charles B., September, 1875 ; Charles H., Oc- tober, 1877: Jessie. May, 1880; the first and second the only ones living. II. Sidney F.,
born 1859, unmarried. 12. Hiram Milton, born 1861, married Gertrude Stoddard; one child, Mabel S. Benjamin L. Marr, father of these children, was a mariner in early life; settled on a farm at Limington, Maine, from whence he removed to Baldwin, Maine, where he was a pioneer, lived in a log cabin, cleared off a fine farm and built a substantial house ; he attended the Free Baptist church at Baldwin ; he had brothers, James, Joshua and William, and a sister Salome.
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The Chaffees can CHAFFEE-CARTER trace their ances- try in England to the year of 1002, to the time of King Ethelred and King Edward the "Confessor." The coat- of-arms granted them satisfactorily marks their descent from Hugo, Earl or Thegn of "Chafecombe," and his connection with the Saxon Earldom of Devon.
The Chaffee coat-of-arms is as follows : Field, vert, a fess, gules, five fusils. argent. Crest : On a mount vert, a peacock in its pride, all ppr. Motto: "Vive ut postea vivas."
The Carter family, from which is descended Mrs. Belle Genevieve (Carter ) Chaffee, wife of Emory Franklin Chaffee, was granted arms in 1612, the description of which is: On a chev. betw. three cartwheels vert. Crest: On a mount, vert, a greyhound sejant argent. sustaining a shield of the last charged with a cartwheel vert. Motto : "Sub libertate quietem."
Above is given the impaled coat-of-arms of the Chaffee-Carter family, which is an exceed- inly beautifully specimen of armorial emblaz- onry.
The derivation of the surname is thus given
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in the "Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names," by William Arthur, M. A., published New York, 1857 :
Chaffee (Fr.) Chafe, to heat, to grow warm or angry. (Fr.) Chauffer, to warm, to can- nonade, attack briskly.
Chaffee, Chafe, Chaffey, are all from the same name.
Combe: O. Fr .- The unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. A deep valley where the sides come together in a concave form.
The "History of Somerset," by Rev. John Collinson, published 1791, by R. Cruttwel, vol. iii, pp. 115, gives the following :
Chaffcombe-This is a small parish in a pleasant valley near Chard Common, England. The land is unfavorable to agriculture, but flowers of various kinds and ferns flourish here. The ancient name of this parish is Caffecome, which is compounded of the Saxon "lay," (sharp), and "lomb," (valley). In the Con- queror's time it belonged to the Bishop of Coutances. Two thanes, (a title of honor among the Anglo-Saxons), held it in the time of King Edward, the "Confessor," for two manors.
"The parish contains thirty houses, includ- ing a hamlet called Libnash, situated a mile southward from the church. There is a wood eight furlongs long and as many broad. It is worth forty shillings. To this manor is added one hide and three virgates of land. The arable is two carucates. These are held by three villanes. It is worth twenty shillings. But in process of time this manor became part of the honor of Gloucester, which extended itself throughout this county.
"Edward II, Hugh de Beauchamp, held one moiety, and Ralph de Stocklinch held the other, each by the service of a third part of a knights fee, of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester.
"John Denband held at his death the manor of Stokelynch-Ostricer, with the advowson of the church, of the Earl of Huntington, as of his manor of Haselborough, by the service of keeping a hawk (ostrum) every year until it should be completely fit for service, and when said hawk should be fit, he was to convey it to his lord's manorhouse, attended by his wife, together with three boys, three horses, and three greyhounds, and to stay there forty days at the lord's expense, and to have the lady's second best gown for his wife's work."
The following extract from "Devonshire
Wills," by Charles Worthy, Esq., published in London, 1896, by Bemrose & Sons, gives a clear idea of the earlier surnames as found in England.
"The Chaffys derive their name from their ancient heritage, 'Chafecombe,' now Chaff- combe, near Chard, which is the "ceaf cumbe" (in English, the light or breezy valley ) of the Saxon period, and which was held by their first known ancestor, Hugo the Thegn, or Thane, in the days of Ethelred, the "Unready," and by his son Raynald Fitz-Hugh, in those of Edward, the "Confessor," in 1002.
But although the Chafys can trace back with unerring certainty to a period long anterior to the Conquest, and so justify the assertion in- scribed on the ancient tomb of one of them in Devonshire, as to his own identity with the "perantiqua" race of Chafes of "Cha fecombe," yet they are not, paternally at least, of Saxon origin, which at once accounts for their con- tinued possession of "Chafecombe," under Norman rule.
Hugo, was the confidential advisor of Queen Emma of Normandy, second wife of King Ethelred of England, and came there in her train of 1002. That her Norman follower was faithful to her, to her second husband King Knut the Dane, and to her children, is shown by his retention of his property at "Chafe- combe," under Saxons, Danes and Normans, and although King Edward the "Confessor," had suffered for some quarter of a century by the interpolation of the Danish dynasty, he evidently recognized the fidelity Hugo had evinced towards his royal mother.
With the title of Earldorman, or Earl, Hugo was sent into the west very soon after the arrival of Queen Emma with secret instruc- tions which he seems to have followed im- plicitly.
The term Earldorman was afterward changed to Thegn, and we next hear of Hugo as "Thegn of Chaffcombe" during the reign of King Ethelred. His son was joint owner up to 1066, besides having a separate manor and other lands. The grandson of Hugo, Ralph Fitz-Reginald succeeded him at "Chafe- combe" and so on from father to son.
From the "Black Book of the Exchequer." we learn that during the reign of Henry II, the Lord of "Chaffcombe," was Robert Fitz- Ranulph who had a younger brother Ranulph- Fitz-Ranulph. His son and heir Robert Fitz- Ranulph was the ancestor of the present race of Chafe and Chaffee. His father had re- ceived for his younger son's portion, "One
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carrucate of land in "Chaffecumbe." The son of Robert Fitz-Ranulph is especially note- worthy as being the first of the family who assumed a regular surname which was of course derived from his property. As "Thomas Chaffee" of "Chafecombe" "he was seized of land" of the inheritance of his father Robert.
(I) Thomas Chafe, (as the family name was originally written), the first American ancestor of the Chaffees of New England, was born in England in one of the counties of Somerset, Dorset or Devon. He came to Plymouth Colony about the time of the settle- ment of the town of Hingham, September 2, 1635, being one of the pioneers of that sec- tion, and there are records of his owning land there at that time, also of lands granted in 1637. At that time the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony encouraged especially the advancement of fishing.
Thomas Chaffee took up the occupation of fisherman and farmer. He found a most advantageous location at Nantasket Plantation (which became the town of Hull May 29, 1644). He moved there in 1642 and prob- ably married there. He acquired considerable of an estate principally in land in what is now Swansea, Attleboro and Rehoboth as evi- denced by his will made in 1680. in which he described his possessions as including land on the borders of Rhode Island. In it he names Nathaniel and Joseph ; the latter as executor. He died 1683. (Plymouth Colony Deeds, vol. iii, p. 174).
During King Philip's war Thomas Chaffee and family as well as near neighbors doubt- less lived in "Chaffee's garrison," a stone build- ing which stood near his home. During this time he bought considerable property of Fran- cis Stevens of Rehoboth, but there is no record of the disposal of the same or in his will, which follows :
"In the name of God Amen. I, Thos. Chaffee of Swansie in ye county of New Plymouth, in New England. being of great age, yet in perfect memory and good under- standing, make this my last will and testament. First : I commit my Soul to Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and my body unto ye grave. * * Item : I give unto my elder son Nathaniel my home lott, being twenty five acres the which I purchased of Capt. Thos. Willett and Jas. Brown (Sr.) gentt. as also my right in ye common lott it being at a place. commonly called the long beach, and four acres of meadow lying and being at ye mouth of ye River on ye great Neck, commonly called
Mount Hope Neck. Item: I give unto my son Joseph, all ye rest of my land, meadows, orchard, gardens, dwelling-house, barn, out houses, as also my living stock, neat cattle, sheep, horse, kine, Swine, poltery, and thirty- five acres of land, lately purchased upon ye neck commonly called Phebes Neck, with all other priveleges that I now have or here after may have, in ye aforesaid Town of Swansy, with my debts now due, or hereafter may be due unto me, or my estate whom I make my sole executor, to pay my debts to see this my will performed and my body buried. In wit- ness my hand and seal this twenty-five of July in ye yeer of oe Lord one thousand six hun- dred and eighty, signed and seal in ye presence of John Peck, John Ormsby .- Signed THOS. (T) CHAFFEE."
The exact date of his death is at present unknown, but he was no doubt buried on his own farm (in the ancient Chaffee burying ground), located on the west bank of the present Barrington River, a few miles north- west of the present town of Barrington Centre, Rhode Island. Two children: 1. Nathaniel, born 1638-42, married Experience Bliss. 2. Joseph, born about 1639-46; married Annis Martin.
(II) Joseph Chaffee, second son of Thomas Chafe, was born in Hull, between 1639-46. He married, December 8, 1670, Annis, daugh- ter of Richard Martin, of Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts. She died at Barrington, Massachu- setts ( formerly Swansea ), about March, 1729- 30. They had nine children. Joseph Chaffee probably moved with his parents and brother from Hull to Rehoboth between 1657 and 1660. In 1667 that part of Rehoboth (called Wan- namoisett) was formed into a separate town called Swansea. About 1675-6 he contributed one pound eight shillings for carrying on the King Philip war, the brunt of which fell on Swansea, the most exposed and the greatest sufferer of Philip's war, of any of the New England settlements. Joseph Chaffee was Surveyor of Highways in 1673 and again in 1681. He took the oath of fidelity in May 22, 1674, and took the oath of constable in 1687.
In his will he begins: "In the name of God. Amen. I. Joseph Chaffee of the town of Swansey, in the Co. of Bristol, province of Mass. in New England, being sick and weake in body But of sound & perfect mind & mem- ory Prased be god Doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner & form following-First and principally I commend my Soule into the Hands of Almighty God and
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unto Jesus Christ my Dear Redeemer and my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executrix, and as Touching the Disposition of all such tem- poral Estate as God Hath been pleased to bestow upon me. I give & bestow etc., etc., bequeathing to his wife and sons John and Joseph. To his son Joseph was given the Great Bible that was his father's.
Children of Joseph, born in Swansea: I. Mary, born February 21, 1671 ; died May 7, 1674. 2. John, born December 16, 1673; mar- ried (first) Sarah Hills; (second) Elizabeth Hayward. 3. Mary, born October 23, 1675 ; mar- ried Daniel Whitaker. 4. Joseph, born February 6, 1677 ; married (first ) Abigail Hills, (second) Jemima Chadwick. 5. Annis, married, Octo- ber 15, 1793, Daniel Allen. 6. Dorothy, born September 4, 1682; died August 27, 1698. 7. Elizabeth, born March 18, 1685; married Josiah Paine. 8. Sarah, born March 18, 1687, married Samuel Luther. 9. Abigail, married, April 28, 1737, Thomas Field.
(III) Joseph, fourth child of Joseph (2) and Annis (Martin) Chaffee, was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, February 6, 1677, and died, probably at Woodstock, Connecticut, about August 10, 1759. He married, at Malden, Massachusetts, December 1, 1709, Abigail Hills, daughter of Gershom and Eliz- abeth (Chadwick) Hills, and was a sister to his brother John's wife. She ( Abigail) died October 2, 1710, when her only child was three weeks old. Joseph married (second) at Fal- mouth, Massachusetts, October 16, 1712, Jamima Chadwick, of that place. He was a field-driver in 1701, also 1707-8; was petty juryman 1703; clerk, 1710; constable, 1714; tythingman, 1720; fence-viewer, 1721; hog- reeve, 1722 and 1725 ; surveyor of highways in Barrington, 1733; assessor in 1736, 1743 and 1749. He was prominently connected with town affairs at both Barrington and Falmouth. He later moved to new Roxbury, Massachu- setts Bay Colony (now Woodstock, Connecti- cut) living in the western part of the town. He left no will, but an inventory of his large estate was filed August 30, 1759. He was one of three to select the site for the present Con- gregational Church at Woodstock, Connecti- cut. He selected sites for other churches and schools and was prominent in all the town's affairs. His children: 1. Benjamin, born September II, 1710, married (first) Hannah Chapman, (second) Priscilla Green. By sec- ond wife: 2. James, born about 1713, married (first) Beriah Hayden, (second) Rhoda Cady.
3. Abigail, born March 5, 1714-15, married Joseph Wright. 4. Thomas, born October 18, 1716, married Dorcas Abbott. .5. Joseph (Jr.), married Hannah Gould. 6. Samuel, born about 1722, married (first) Susanna Lyon, (second) Mary Howlett. 7. Stephen, born about 1726, died February 13, 1800, never married. 8. Josiah, born September I, 1731, married Sarah Cady.
(IV) James, second child of Joseph and Abigail (Hills) Chaffee, was probably born at Swansea, Massachusetts, about 1713, and died at Monson, Massachusetts, May 22, 1799. He married (first) in Woodstock, Connecticut, June 16, 1737, Beriah Hayden, born February IO, 1715-16, died June 24, 1758. He married (second) at Killingly, Connecticut, August 8, 1759, Rhoda Cady, of that place. She died May 22, 1799. James Chaffee was made a freeman September 12, 1749. He was drafted during the revolution, but being the father of twenty children he said he could not leave such a large family, so his son Abial (aged fifteen) was accepted in his place. Children, by first wife: 1. Nathan, baptized September 23, 1739, died October 8, 1750. 2. Zebediah, born April 11, 1741, married, Mehitable Pres- ton. 3. Dorothy, born May 6, 1743, died October 27, 1743. 4. Sarah, born April 27, 1746, married Samuel Chaffee. 5. James (Jr.), born March 22, 1748, married Sarah Howlett. 6. Nathan, born November 17, 1750, married Priscilla Wedge. 7. Abigail, born January 2, 1753. 8. Chester, born April ' 6, 1755, married Caroline Walker. 9. Calvin, born May 12, 1757, died April 25, 1758. By second wife: 10. Calvin, born February 3, 1760, married Ruth Evidon. II. Abial, born August 13, 1761, married Hannah Sargent. 12. Charles, born June 14, 1763, married Deb- orah 13. Lucy, born August 18, 1765. 14. Martha, born June 22, 1768, died April 13, 1772. 15. Chadwick, born March 16, 1771, married Abigail Moulton. 16. Stephen, born September 25, 1773, married Ruth Under- wood. 17. Patty, born April 17,. 1776, died 1845. 18. Jemima, born May 30, 1778. 19. Joseph, born June 30, 1780, married Clarissa Dunham. 20. Leonard, born April 11, 1782, married Betsey Needham.
(V) Chester, eighth child of James and Abigail (Hills) Chaffee, was born in Wood- stock, Connecticut, April 6, 1755, and died at Thompson, Connecticut, September 17, 1841. He married, at Woodstock, April 25, 1778, Caroline, daughter of Joshua Walker, of that place. She died November 3, 1845, aged eighty-
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six years ; buried at East Woodstock, Connec- ticut. Chester was baptized in the First Con- gregational Church of Woodstock, May 18, 1755. He and his wife were members of that church. He moved to Thompson, Connecti- cut, and bought land in 1785. In the records of the Connecticut Revolutionary Service, mention is made that Chester "Chafey" served as private in the Seventh Company, command- ed by Captain Ephraim Manning, formed at Woodstock, enlisted May 9, 1775, discharged December 15, 1775. He enlisted again as pri- vate in the Third Regiment, July 1, 1780, discharged December 11, 1780. He also served in Captain Lyons company, Colonel Durkee's regiment, as is mentioned in his pension claim. He was a revolutionary pensioner in 1832, living in Windham county, Connecticut, also in 1840, then living in Thompson, Connecticut, aged eighty-five years. He was a farmer and tailor. Description, five feet four inches, and of light complexion. He had ten children: I. Cyril, born February II, 1799, married Han- nah Grover. 2. Hannah, born June 21, 1781, married Hezikiah Friesell. 3. Abigail, born July II, 1783, married Amasa Scott. 4. John, born November 30, 1785, married Lydia Elliott. 5. Alpheus Cady, born April 9, 1789, married Nancy Evidon. 6. Caroline, born August 2, 1791, died April 12, 1867, unmar- ried. 7. Sophia, born January 22, 1794, mar- ried John W. Elliott. 8. Chester (Jr.), born March 14, 1798, married Mary Barker. 9. Mary Ann, born March 30, 1800, married Arad Upham ; died May 5, 1871. 10. Harriet, born April 2, 1804, died December 1, 1804.
(VI) John, fourth child of Chester and Caroline (Walker) Chaffee, was born in Thompson, Connecticut, November 30, 1785, and died there March 1, 1864. He married, at Thompson, Connecticut, March 17, 1813, Lydia, daughter of John Elliott, of that place. She was born November 8, 1794, died June 5, 1857-8: buried at Grosvenordale, Connecti- cut. Both were members of the First Congre- gational Church of Woodstock, having joined March 3, 1816. Later they became members of the Methodist Church. He was a farmer and stone mason, and was of dark complexion and of a jovial disposition. In politics he was a Republican. In 1813 and for many years after, he lived in Thompson, Connecticut. He was buried at North Grosvenordale, Connec- ticut. He enlisted as a private in the Connec- ticut militia during the war of 1812, serving in New London, under command of John Lyon from June 21 to June 24, 1813, and
under Commander Jacob Lyon from June 25 to July 15, 1813. He had five children: I. Emoret, born 1813, married Erastus Caldwell. 2. Calista, born January 5, 1815, married Ben- jamin Burlingame. 3. Faxon, born December 16, 1817, married Sarah J. Brown. 4. Loren, born August 12, 1820, married Nancy Hall. 5. Eliza, born December 29, 1823, died before 1883, married (first) Hammond Johnson, (second) Leonard Chaffee.
(VII) Faxon, third child of John and Lydia (Elliott) Chaffee, was born in Thomp- son, Connecticut, December 16, 1817, and died February 27, 1870. He married, Au- gust 9. 1846, Sarah Jane Brown, daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Brown, of East Killingly, Connecticut. He was baptized in the First Congregational Church, at Woodstock, Con- necticut. He owned land in Killingly, Con- necticut, in 1862, and with his wife bought and sold land from time to time, and this suc- cessfully. He was a carriage maker by trade, and was also engaged in the building of steam cars for many years. In 1869 he lived in Danielsonville, Connecticut. There were three children : 1. Francis Herbert, born June 5, 1847, died August 28, 1847. 2. Ellen Jane, born Jan- uary 5, 1849, married George Rowell, lives in East Somerville, Massachusetts. 3. Emory Franklin, born January 27, 1856, married Belle G. Carter, January 1, 1879. (See Carter family ).
(VIII) Emory Franklin, only son of Faxon and Sarah J. (Brown) Chaffee, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, January 27. 1856. He attended the public schools of Danielson, Connecticut, and the National Col- lege of Business at New Haven, Connecticut, from which he graduated. His father dying when he was a mere lad, he was obliged at the early age of sixteen to earn his own liveli- hood, thus beginning to carve his own way to success. Having married, he resided in Wo- burn for about a year, then removed to Som- erville. There in 1880 he opened a new phar- macy, on Cross street, of which he was pro- prietor for twenty-three years, selling out the business in 1903 to his clerk. During the time that he owned the store Mr. Chaffee became connected with a land syndicate, the first proprietors of which were J. W. Litch- field, Charles H. Porter and himself, he being trustee for the property. The syndicate pur- chased three different estates in Everett, Massachusetts, divided them into house lots, located streets, etc. The first division was named Washington Park, and others later
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were Washington Park Addition and Mt. Washington Park. Later Messrs. Chaffee and Litchfield bought Mr. Porter's interest, and erected some business blocks. In 1903 Mr. Chaffee bought Mr. Litchfield's interest. Hundreds of dwelling houses, several blocks, churches and schools, have been built upon the land, which now bears no resemblance to its former unimproved condition. Mr. Chaffee now gives his attention to looking after his real estate in Everett, and his blocks and houses in Somerville, is trustee of several estates, besides caring for numerous estates belonging to others. He is recognized as one of the prominent and influential citizens of Somerville, his influence being always felt on the side of right and justice ; and in behalf of every enterprise for the best interests of the community. He takes a deep and active interest in church work, and is a member, treasurer and head usher of the East Somerville Baptist Church, and is on the executive board of man- agement. He is also superintendent of the Sunday school. He acts with the Republican party, but has never sought public office. He is a member of the school board, being chair- man of the finance and a member of the Text books committee. He is a member of the Railroad Club of Boston, the Universalist Men's Club of Somerville, and the Young Men's Baptist Social Union of Boston.
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