Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 70

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008


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seventy-eight years. Both were interred in King's Chapel burial ground, Boston, and their tombstone is visible from Tremont street. Dr. Avery was the father of seven children, all of his first union, and the baptismal record of the three who accompanied him from England has been found in the parish of Barkham: I. Mary, baptised December 19, 1645; married, November 5, 1666, James Tisdale, of Taun- ton, and resided in that part of Middleboro which is now Lakeville, where she died Sep- tember 9, 1713. The death of her husband occurred January 15, 1715, aged seventy-one. They had one daughter, Mercy, born May 3, 1676. 2. William, baptised October 27, 1647. 3. Robert, see next paragraph. 4. Jonathan, born in Dedham, May 26, 1653. 5. Rachel, born in Dedham, September 20, 1657. 6. Hannah, born in Dedham, September 27, 1660. 7. Ebenezer, born in Dedham, November 24, 1663; died prior to 1683.


(III) Ensign Robert, son of Dr. William Avery, was born in Barkham, and baptised there December 7, 1649. He was a black- smith, residing in Dedham, and died there Oc- tober 3, 1722. When twenty-seven years old he married Elizabeth, daughter of Job and Sarah Lane, of Malden, the former of whom was a man of prominence and a representative to the general court. Children of Ensign Robert and Elizabeth ( Lane) Avery: I. Eliz- abeth, born December 21, 1677. 2. Rachel, born 1679. 3. Robert, born 1681, accidentally killed by a falling tree, August 21, 1723. 4. John ; see next paragraph. 5. Jonathan, born January 20, 1694-95. 6. Abigail, born May 8, 1699. Mrs. Elizabeth Avery died in 1746, leaving beside five of her children, thirty grandchildren, fifty-two great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.


(IV) Rev. John, son of Ensign Robert Avery, was born in Dedham, February 4, 1685-86. He was graduated from Harvard in 1706, entered the ministry, and about 1708 became pastor of the first church established in'Truro, Massachusetts. He not only guided the spiritual welfare of his flock, but healed their bodily ailments as well, and was consid- ered an able adviser in questions of law and in other matters. His labors in Truro covered a period of forty-four years, and he died in that town April 23, 1754. November 23. 1710, he married Ruth Little, aged twenty- four years, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Sturdevant) Little, of Marshfield, grand- daughter of Thomas and Ann ( Warren) Little, and great-granddaughter of Richard


Warren, the Mayflower Pilgrim. She died October 1, 1732, and July 3 of the following year Mr. Avery married (second) Ruth Knowles, born in November, 1694, daughter of Samuel and Mercy ( Freeman ) Knowles, of Eastham, granddaughter of Hon. John Free- man, great-granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prince, also of Pilgrim stock. She died November 1, 1745. June 24, 1748, Mr. Avery married (third) Mary, widow of Will- iam Rotch, who went from Provincetown to Boston, and the ceremony was performed in the last named place by Rev. Mather Byles. Children, all of his first marriage: I. John, born August 24, 17II; graduated from Har- vard, 1731 ; became a noted Boston merchant. 2, Ephraim, born April 22, 1713; graduated from Harvard, 1731; became pastor of a church in Brooklyn, Connecticut. 3. Ruth, born July 26, 1715; married Rev. Jonathan Parker. 4. Elizabeth, born March 5, 1716-17, married John Draper, of Boston. 5. Robert, born May 26, 1719; settled in Lebanon, Con- necticut. 6. Job, born April 6, 1721; died May 9, 1722. 7. Job, inherited the homestead. 8. Mary, born January 19, 1724-25; married West. 9. Abigail, June 1, 1727 ; be- came wife of Elisha Lothrop, of Norwich, Connecticut. 10. Ann, born July 6, 1729 ; died August 25, 1747.


(V) Job, son of Rev. John Avery, was born January 14, 1722-23. The homestead in Truro was bequeathed to him by his father, and as he was the only one of the Rev. John's children who remained there, he was therefore ancestor of all of the Averys of Truro and Provincetown. In 1758 he was one of a com- mittee appointed to procure soldiers for the war between England and France. He served as a selectman 1763 to 1766, was town clerk and treasurer 1767 to 1770, and was in various other ways active in public affairs. He was the owner of at least two negro slaves, one of which he received as a gift from his father. He died January 2, 1785. He married, De- cember 30, 1742, Jane Thatcher, of Eastham ; children: 1. John, born October 27, 1743; married Hannah Snow. 2. Ruth, born May 22, 1745: married (first) Aquilla Rich; (second) Daniel Snow. 3. Elizabeth, born January 25. 1747; married John McAlpine. 1. Job, born January 7, 1749 ; married Jerusha Lombard. 5. Samuel, born August 31, 175 !; married Mary Weston. 6. Jane, born August 25, 1755; died in infancy. 7. Thatcher, born February 15, 1757 ; married Hannah Atkins. 8. George; see forward. 9. Jane, born Feb-


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ruary 9, 1761 ; became wife of John Atkins, and settled in Natick, Massachusetts. The mother of these children spent her declining years at the home of her daughter in Natick. (VI) George, son of Job Avery, was born in Truro, January 23, 1759. When a young man he enlisted for service in the revolution- ary war, and subsequently settling upon wild land in Vermont, was in 1780 captured by the Indians, who carried him to Montreal, where he was held a prisoner by the British for many months. He eventually settled in Plainfield, New Hampshire, and resided there for the rest of his life, and died January 21, 1857. He was a member of the Baptist church, and during his latter years devoted much of his time to writing, chiefly upon religious sub- jects. He also left a manuscript describing his hardships and privations while a captive with the Indians and British. He married Mary Sanborn, of Hawke (now Danville), New Hampshire; children: I. Samuel, born June 17, 1787. 2. Joseph, born January 14, 1789; died September 20, 1805. 3. Thatcher, born August 17, 1790. 4. Mary, October 15, 1792. 5. Betsey, May 26, 1795. 6. Ruth, October 8, 1796, died September 24, 1801. 7. George, born March 24, 1798. 8. Sarah, No- vember 20, 1800. 9. Salome, July 21, 1802. IO. David, February 17, 1804. 11. Jonathan ; see forward. 12. Ebenezer, September 28, 1808. All were born in Plainfield.


(VII) Jonathan, son of George Avery, was born in Plainfield, New Hampshire, July II, 1806. Possessing the requisite amount of energy and ability for a successful business career, he left at an early age his New Hamp- shire home to seek a wider field of operation in the immediate vicinity of the New England metropolis. Amid the busy scenes of his new surroundings his earnest energetic spirit soon led him into business undertakings which proved successful, and having gained pros- perity he used it unselfishly, giving the com- munity in which he lived the benefit of his ability and progressive ideas. For a number of years he resided in Newton, but in 1855 he removed to Needham, and perceiving the natural resources then lying dormant at what is now Needham Heights, he proceeded to develop them, sparing neither means nor ex- ertion to make that hitherto neglected locality one of the most flourishing villages in the town. He took an active interest in the moral and intellectual advancement of his fellow- beings, along educational and temperance lines, and his influence was always felt in the


cause of right and justice. In politics he was a Republican. He was not a church member, but worshiped with the Baptists, and was ever ready to contribute liberally toward the sup- port of religious work. His death occurred in Highlandville, April 19, 1875.


Mr. Avery married (first ) April 18, 1833, Eunice L. Arnold, born April 30, 1811, daugh- ter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth Arnold, of Roxbury. She died in Newton, December 27, 1842. He married (second ) November, 1843, Ann King, born July 21, 1803, daughter of Deacon Noah and Esther King, of Newton. Her death occurred March 31, 1861. He mar- ried (third) October 9, 1862, Dorcas Richard- son, born March 7, 1816, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Richardson, also of Newton. His children, all of the first marriage, are: I. John, born in Roxbury, May 19, 1835. 2. George, born November 26, 1836. 3. Jane Greenough, born in Roxbury, August 4, 1838, became the wife of William Carter, as pre- viously stated. She is the mother of two children : Lucy Avery and Roscoe Arnold Carter. Mrs. Carter is widely and favorably known for her literary ability, being the author of "Won by Love," "Bound Brook" and "The Old Distillery," the last-named of which has been long in demand as a popular favorite. She has also devoted much time to a careful research relative to her ancestors, and has compiled, jointly with Susie Perry Holmes, "Genealogical Record of the Dedham Branches of the Avery Family in America," from which her line of descent, given in this article was taken.


Horace A. Carter, treasurer of CARTER the William Carter Company, Needham, Massachusetts, and treasurer of the Springfield Knitting Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, to which he was elected October 5, 1909, is a son of William and Martha (Lee) Carter, who are written of in the preceding narrative.


Mr. Carter was born in Needham, January 6, 1869. Having completed the regular gram- mar school course at the age of sixteen, he turned his attention to the manufacture of knitted goods, entering his father's factory as an apprentice, and spending several years in the mechanical department. He then pursued the usual course of instruction at Comer's Commercial College, Boston, for the purpose of acquiring an intimate knowledge of modern commercial business. Subsequently he joined the staff of the Carter factory in a responsible


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capacity, bringing to his department, in ad- dition to his practical experience as an opera- tive, the energy and enthusiasm of a well- equipped business man determined to succeed. His natural ability and zealous devotion to duty soon made him a valuable factor in the management of the business, and in due time he was admitted to partnership. In 1902 the house was reorganized and incorporated as the William Carter Company, with Horace A. Carter as treasurer, and this responsible po- sition he has since retained. Since assuming charge of the financial department the busi- ness has been expanded to such large pro- portions as to place it among the foremost houses in this country engaged in the produc- tion of knitted goods, and for which it is justly celebrated in the markets of the world. The preceding narrative gives account of its history and present condition.


Possessing an unusually active mind, capa- ble of superior cultivation, Mr. Carter has de- voted much of his spare time to intellectual pursuits. Taking a profound interest in the aims of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion as exemplified in other places, he was in- strumental in introducing it in his native town, and since its establishment there in 1904 has served as treasurer of the county committee. He was also one of the promoters of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, and served as its president in 1893. In young manhood he united with the Methodist Epis- copal church at Needham Heights, and has served on its board of stewards, as treasurer of its board of trustees, and as superintendent of the Sunday school. He is well advanced in the Masonic order, being senior deacon of Norfolk Lodge, and most excellent high priest of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, and is affili- ated with Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templar. Politically he acts with the Repub- lican party, and is thoroughly in sympathy with the sound principles and staunch patriot- ism of ex-President Roosevelt, and his suc- cessor, President Taft. From 1903 to 1909 he served with ability upon the Needham school board, of which he has been chairman for the past three years, and in the latter year was re-elected for a three years term. While he makes no claim to any special credit for his services in this connection, it is worthy of note that since his election to the board the public schools have not only improved in efficiency, but have increased from twenty to thirty-five in number. He was also mainly


instrumental in the establishment of evening schools in Needham.


Mr. Carter married, in 1891, Bertha Louise Manson. Children: I. Raymond Manson, born January 31, 1896, died February 21, 1896. 2. Manson Hildreth, March 31, 1897. 3. Horace Ronald, April 12, 1899. 4. Lyn- dall Frederick, December 6, 1902.


(The Manson Line).


Mrs. Bertha (Manson) Carter is a direct descendant of a patriotic family which served creditably in both revolutionary and civil war days.


Frederick Manson, son of Richard Manson, was a shoemaker, learning his trade in Weston. He removed to Framingham about 1767. He was a minute-man in Captain S. Edgell's com- pany in 1775, taking part in the battle of Con- cord; was in Captain Gleason's company in the battle of Bunker Hill ; was quartermaster in Colonel Abner Perry's regiment and served much of the time during the revolution. He was a man of active temperament and great muscular endurance. When seventy-four years old, having an errand at Cambridge, he walked down, performed his errand, and, without stopping to sit down, turned about and walked home. He first bought the Will- iam Hastings (now Edward Hastings) place, thirty-two and a half acres, for £159, of Jona- than Gibbs; then, in May, 1783, of Dr. Ebe- nezer Hemenway, for £400, the Loring Man- son place, thirty-four acres, where he died, October 20, 1826. His house is now standing in good condition, in what is now South Fram- ingham, and is known as the Manson House. His name is also commemorated in Manson's Grove, Framingham, and the Manson Building in South Framingham-the largest edifice in that town, used for store purposes, and with a public hall. He married Anna Hemenway, died October 20, 1843, daughter of Dr. Ebe- nezer Hemenway. Children: I. Loring, born December 7, 1770. 2. Richard, July 15, 1772, died 1802 : married Polly Hart, of Boston. 3.


Anna, November 22, 1773, died October 12, 1775. 4. Frederick, December 2, 1775; mar- ried - Goodwin ; lived in Cambridge. 5. Nathan, February 7, 1778; lived in Cam- bridge ; married (first) Anna Eames, died April 10, 1806; (second) - Hemenway. 6. Ebenezer, December 27, 1779. 7. Polly, November 5, 1781 ; married June 9, 1803, William Barber, of Medway. 8. John, Feb- ruary 13, 1784. 9. Sally, October 2, 1785,


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married Kellogg Hurlburt, of Utica New York. 10. Deborah, February 22, 1788, mar- ried (first) August 12, 1806, Cyrus Cobb, of Boston : (second) Henry Tolman. II. Otis. April 12, 1790, settled in Richmond, Virginia. 12. Dana, see forward. 13. Betsey Loring, December 26, 1797, married Francis Hurlburt, of New Hartford, New York.


Dana Manson, son of Frederick and Anna (Hemenway) Manson, was born May 14, 1794. He settled in Waltham, and died April I, 1879. He married (first) May 1, 1817, Eliza Sanger, died November 7, 1827, daugh- ter of Daniel Sanger ; (second) Martha Gard- ner, of Watertown.


Frederick Manson, sixth child of Dana and Martha (Gardner) Manson, served during the civil war, in Company A. Fortieth Massachu- setts Regiment, and participated in twenty- one battles and skirmishes; promotion was offered him, but he declined the honor, and served out his term of service as a private. He married Emily Hildreth Grover and their only child was Bertha Louise, who became wife of Horace A. Carter.


PARKER The ancestors of this branch of the Parker family settled in Connecticut, and before the revolution removed to Luzerne county, in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. Among the original one hundred and seventeen settlers in Wyoming in 1763 we find the name of Silas Parker. Sometimes his name was spelled Parke, and some if not all of his children ap- pear to have spelled their names Parke or Park. According to the Census of 1790 there were living in Wyoming: Amos Park, Darius Park and Jeremiah Parke. Silas Parke, or Parker, was a victim of the Indians in the massacre there, on July 3, 1778. In 1790 but one man of the name Parker was found by the census takers in this county. Isaac Parker had one child under sixteen at that time.


(I) Rev. Nathaniel Parker, born in 1758, probably in Pennsylvania. He was an itiner- ant Methodist preacher for many years and lived in various parts of Pennsylvania and New York. According to the first federal census taken in 1790 he was living in North- umberland County, Pennsylvania, and had one son under sixteen in his family and two fe- males. About 1808 he settled in Livingston County, New York, and followed farming during his last years. He died in 1817 or 1818 at the age of sixty years and is buried at Sparta, Livingston County. He married


Martha ( ?) Stackhouse, born about 1760, died in 1852, aged ninety-two years. She was a young woman during the revolution and re- sided in the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey, and had the privilege of waiting upon General Washington at breakfast one morning soon after he crossed the Delaware. The meal was served in the yard of the Stackhouse home- stead. They had four sons and four daugh- ters, among whom were three ministers of the Methodist denomination who preached in towns of central and western New York, viz : I. Rev. Robert. 2. Rev. John. 3. Rev. Samuel, mentioned below.


(II) Rev. Samuel, son of Nathaniel Parker, was born December 16, 1797, in Briar Creek, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and died in New York state, March 6, 1879. When a boy he went with his father to Livingston county, New York, and was educated largely in the public schools, he studied for the ministry, and was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal church. He was pastor of various Methodist churches in Livingston and Ontario counties, once at Elmira, New York. In 1840 he re- tired from the active ministry and resided the remainder of his life on his farm at Hopewell, Ontario county, New York, preaching from time to time. He married (first) in 1830, Mariette S. Fowler, born August 7, 1810, in Livingston county, who died December 4, 1833. He married (second) in 1834, Lois Winton, born in Schuyler county, December 14, 1805 (Ontario county history gives this name Winters). She died in 1887. Children of first wife: 1. Robert Franklin, born March 6, 1831; mentioned below. 2. Samuel W., born April 1, 1833 ; died June 15, 1900 .. Chil- dren of second wife: 3. John W., born June 23, 1835, died January 17, 1904 ; married Emma J. Brown. 4. Emory W., born August 19, 1838: married Kate E. Lewis, born 1841, in Hopewell, daughter of Nathaniel B. and Wealthy A. Lewis ; her father was son of Na- thaniel Lewis, a native of Connecticut ; he was one of the founders of the Methodist church of Hopewell in 1857; lived on the homestead at Hopewell ; educated in Canandaigua Acad- emy. 5. Lewis, born January 16, 1841 ; men- tioned below. 6. Anna Eliza (Parker) Hawks, born September 20, 1843 ; died August 29, 1883.


(III) Robert Franklin, son of Rev. Sam- uel Parker, was born March 6, 1831. He was brought up on his father's farm at Hopewell, Ontario county, New York, and received his education in the district schools of that town


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and in the seminary at Lima, New York. He was clerk in a hardware store at Canan- daigua for a few years, then, at the age of twenty-one years, came to Westfield, Massa- chusetts, and found employment as a traveling salesman for a whip manufacturer of that town. His territory was to the westward of Westfield and he sold his goods direct to the farmers and stable-men as well as the dealers, from a wagon in which he carried his stock. His occupation required great industry, pa- tience and endurance, but he was energetic, re- sourceful, and a gifted salesman. He won suc- cess and promotion, becoming first a branch manager, and in 1876 was elected president of the American Whip Company, then the largest concern in that line of business in the country. He demonstrated his executive and business ability and displayed the same enterprise and energy that had characterized his work in less important positions. He retired on account of ill health, and spent his later years in Florida in the winter, at Westfield in the summer. He owned an orange grove at En- terprise, Florida, in which he took a great in- terest, notwithstanding that he was an invalid. He died April 21, 1895, at the age of sixty- four years. He married May 25, 1870, Eliza- beth E., daughter of Abel J. and Rhoda (Hart) Chapin, at South Livonia, New York, who was born May 2, 1850, at South Livonia. Children : Robert Chapin and Frederick Liv- ingston, both mentioned below.


(IV) Robert Chapin, son of Robert Frank- lin Parker, was born at South Livonia, New York, January 19, 1871. He went to West- field, Massachusetts, with his parents in 1876, and attended the public schools there. He entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut. and was graduated in the class of 1893. He studied his profession in the South Carolina College, from which he re- ceived the degree of LL. B. in 1895. He was admitted to the bar of Hampden county, Massachusetts, in 1896, and since then has practiced law in Westfield, Massachusetts. From 1896 to 1901 he was clerk of the district court of Western Hampden, and since 1902 has been special justice of this court. He was elected a member of the Westfield school com- mittee in 1901 and re-elected in 1904, serving six years in all, during two of which he was secretary and four chairman of the committee. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member and officer of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was elected a lay delegate to the general conference of this denomination at Los An-


geles, California, in 1904. He married, Oc- tober 14, 1908, at Westfield, Mary Elizabeth Snow (A. B., Boston University, 1899), daughter of Charles H. and Martha (Kneil) Snow.


(IV) Frederick Livingston, son of Robert Franklin Parker, was born at South Livonia, New York, March 13, 1874. He came with the family to Westfield in 1876 and attended the public schools there. He graduated from the East Greenwich Academy ( Rhode Island ) and from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He became associated in busi- ness with his father, and succeeded to his in- terests in the whip manufacturing business at Westfield. He is well known to the whip trade throughout the country, and is now vice- president of the United States Whip Company. He is an extensive traveller, and in 1905-06 made a tour of Asia and Europe, etc., visiting principal countries of that part of the globe. In religion he is a Methodist, and in politics a Republican. He married, January 27, 1908, Mary E. Myers, of Ashland, Ohio, daughter of Francis E. Myers.


(III) Lewis Parker, son of Rev. Samuel Parker, was born in Hopewell, New York, January 16, 1841. He was educated in the public schools and in Canandaigua Academy. During his boyhood he worked on his father's farm at Hopewell and later was proprietor of a hardware concern in Bath, New York. He came to Westfield, Massachusetts, as sales- man for the American Whip Company, and after a time was advanced to the responsible position of manager of the New York store of this company. A number of years later he engaged in the manufacture of whips in West- field, in the firm of Cook & Parker. This con- cern was absorbed by the United States Whip Company, of which Mr. Parker became the treasurer. He was one of the best known and most successful whip manufacturers of the country. In religion he was an attendant of the Congregational church, and in politics an independent Republican. He died at his home in Westfield, April 15, 1903. He married, February 12, 1877, Mary Cook, born October 9, 1846, died May 6, 1902, daughter of Elisha G. and Elvira (Hartwell) Cook, of Westfield, Massachusetts. They had but one child, Lewis Cook; mentioned below.


(IV) Lewis Cook, son of Lewis Parker, was born at Westfield, May 9, 1880. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Williams College, where he was graduated in 1902. He studied his profession


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in Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Hampden county in 1905, since when he has practiced law in Westfield. He is a Republican in politics, and has been active in town affairs. He represented his district (Twelfth Hampden) in the general court in 1908, and was elected selectman of Westfield on March 8, 1909. He is a special justice of the district court of Western Hampden. He is a member of the Westfield Club. He mar- ried, August 31, 1905, Rose Josephine, daugh- ter of William and Annie ( Bush) Tracy. They have one child, Lewis Cook, Jr., born Septem- ber 3, 1906.


STEVENS John Stevens, immigrant an- cestor, born in England, in 1605, came from Caversham or Gonsham, Oxfordshire, England, in the ship "Confidence," sailing in April, 1637, from Southampton. Caversham is in the southern part of Oxford near Reading, in Berkshire. He settled first in Newbury, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He removed to Andover and served on a com- mittee with Henry Short, of Newbury, and Joseph Jewett, of Rowley, to decide the boun- dary line then in dispute between Haverhill and Salisbury, appointed by the general court in 1654. In 1681 his son John was also a proprietor of Andover. He was a man of note and substance and his name often appears in the town and court records, and he was called yeoman. He was sergeant, or chief commander, of the militia company of An- dover. He died April 11, 1662. His grave- stone at Andover, the only one to a first set- tler, is quaintly carved and ornamented, but bears no eulogy or text, simply this inscrip- tion : "Here lyes buried the body of Mr. John Stevens, who deceased ye II Day of April 1662 in ye 57 Year of his age." His wife Elizabeth was appointed administratrix June 14, 1662. The inventory showed a Bible and other books, also musket, corslet, headpiece, a sword, cutlass and halberd, table cloths and napkins, table board, chairs, etc. Elizabeth testified June 16, 1673, that she was sixty years old, concerning Samuel Parker, son of her brother Joseph Parker of Andover, and presumably her maiden name was Parker, though the word "brother" was used for brother-in-law, etc. She died May 1, 1694, aged eighty-one years. Her will dated Octo- ber 21, 1687, with codicil added September 7, 1691, bequeathed to children John, Timothy, Nathan, Ephraim, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth




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