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(The Ely Line. See Nathaniel Ely 1).
(III) Deacon Joseph Ely, son of Samuel Ely, was born in Springfield, August 20, 1663, and died in West Springfield, April 29, 1755. His will was dated April 14, 1738. He mar- ried Mary Riley, born June 2, 1665, died May 19, 1736, daughter of John Riley. Chil- dren: I. Joseph, born April 9, 1686; men- tioned below. 2. Mary, born July 25, 1689; died 1732. 3. Martha, born July 16, 1691. 4. Nathaniel, born October 21, 1694; died December 29, 1787. 5. Ruth, born October 20, 1697 ; died May 21, 1754, unmarried. 6. Sarah, born January 8, 1703. 7. John, born June 19, 1706; died May 15, 1754.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Deacon Joseph (I) Ely, was born in West Springfield, April 9, 1686, and died there January 6, 1770. He married Margaret Leonard, born 1692, died October 3, 1760. Children: I. Margaret, born October 26, 1714; died September 5, 1796. 2. Miriam, born June 16, 1716; died October 29, 1800. 3. Joseph, born March 30, 1718 ; mentioned below. 4. Azubah, born March 15, 1719. 5. Keziah, born September 15, 1723 ; died January 1, 1796; married, Feb- ruary 7, 1771, Aaron Bush. 6. Zebia, born September 22, 1726; died September 26, 1808. 7. Mary, born October 4, 1728; died May 16, 1802. 8. Benjamin, born Decem- ber 25, 1730; died December 25, 1802. 9. Enoch, born February 5, 1734 ; died Novem- ber 16, 1736. 10. Dorcas, born September 22, 1735 ; married John Ely. II. Anne, born October 10, 1738; died May 9, 1740.
(V) Captain Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Ely, was born in West Springfield, March 30, 1718, and died there May 31, 1803. He was one of the company of rangers under Captain Phineas Stevens, which during the French and Indian war, in April, 1747, suc-
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cessfully resisted an attack on the fort at Charlestown, New Hampshire. He was wounded in the forehead. He married, Feb- ruary 3, 1749, Mary Day, born August 7, 1726, died April 22, 1771, daughter of John and Abigail (Bagg) Day. Children, born in West Springfield: I. Ann, August 13, 1750; died May 25. 1828. 2. Margaret, January 12, 1752; died June 2, 1843. 3. Jane, June 8, 1753; died June 22, 1818. 4. Enoch, No- vember 13, 1754; died February 19, 1843. 5. Joseph, October 19, 1756; mentioned below. 6. Lovisa, January I, 1758; died October 15, 1759. 7. Lovisa, October 13, 1760; died May 30, 1841. 8. Captain Jube, July 15, 1761 ; died June 5, 1843. 9. Edmund, March 7, 1763 : died January 7, 1834. 10. Russell, 1765 : died May 12, 1841. II. Asenath, Sep- tember 24, 1768; died November 8, 1827. 12. Preserved, (twin), April 7, 1771; died December, 1775. 13. Child (twin), born April 17, 1771 ; died April 19, 1771.
(VI) Joseph (4), son of Captain Joseph (3) Ely, was born in West Springfield, Oc- tober 19. 1756, and died there June 19, 1850. He was a soldier in the revolution, and one of the founders of the First Baptist Church in West Springfield. He married, November 23, 1786, Martha Smith, born 1767, died October 23, 1847, daughter of Samuel and Abiah (Chapin) Smith. Children, born in West Springfield: 1. Sophia, born September 29, 1787; died December 13, 1867, unmarried. 2. Lovisa, born April 2, 1789; died Decem- ber 18, 1878, unmarried. 3. Martha, born May 29, 1793; died March 24, 1867; married February 27, 1816, Jonathan Smith (see Smith VII). 4. Cynthia, born December 5, 1797: died March 30, 1885, unmarried. 5. Joseph, born 1798; died September 6, 1803. 6. Asenath, born 1800; died young. 7. Joseph, born July 3, 1804; died September 27, 1869. 8. Samuel, born October 1, 1806; died August 21, 1879. 9. Austin, born February 25, 1809.
(For preceding generations see Robert Eyricke 1).
This Scandinavian name of HIERRICK great antiquity has had numer- ous variations as follows : Eric, Eitike, Erik, Erike, Erick, Irek, Eyrek, Eyrice, Eyricke, Herik, Heryk, Herick or Heyrick. Among those on record are Henry and Alam Eyryk of Great Stretton, in the twelfth cen- tury; Robert Eyricke of Houghton, in 1450; and John Heyrick of Leicester, with his son Nicholas of London, who were probably the first to introduce the initial H. His son Rob-
ert used the form Herick, and the other sons adopted Heyrick. The ancient family claimed descent from Ericke, the Danish chief who invaded Britain in the reign of Alfred, and being vanquished was compelled to repeople the wasted districts. He was known as "Erice, King of the Danes who hold the Countrie of East Angle." The pedigree of the English family of Herrick points to Sir William, of the Leicester county branch, as the father of the American ancestor. Will- iam Herrick was a goldsmith of London-in. those days a most honorable occupation. in volving more than the mere sale of plate and jewels. He was honored with knighthood by James I. The next year Sir William entered Parliament, and for twelve years or more he was in almost daily service at the court. He loaned huge sums of money to the king for both public and private purposes. He finally settled, a very rich man, on his fine estate, Beau Manor Park, as a retired merchant, in 1624. His wife, Lady Joan, was noted for her piety and beauty, as the following couplet. placed under her portrait shows :
"Art may her outside thus present to view, How fair within no art or tongue can show."
(I) Henry or "Henerie Hericke" was the fifth son of Sir William and Lady Joan He- ricke, of Leicester county England, and. was born at Beau Manor in 1604. When he came. to America he probably landed first in Vir- ginia, for his father, Sir William, was in- terested in the early mercantile adventures of that colony. The only record of any of the sons of Sir William residing abroad was in 1653, when Henry was mentioned under cir- cumstances indicating that his residence at that time was in America. It is stated that "a Cleveland emigrated with Henry Hericke from Beau Manor, parish of Loughborough." The following communication in support of this was received in 1651 by Rev. Henry Cleveland while in England : "Henry Herick, son of Sir William, went from Virginia to Salem, Massachusetts, and was there January 28, 1653, as per letter now preserved at Beau Manor, addressed to his brother John. With this Herrick went to America a Cleveland of Loughborough." It is stated that the family arms of the Salem branch are identical with those of the Leicester county family of Eng- land. Henry settled at Salem, "on the Cape Ann Syde of Bass River", now Beverly. He was "a husbandman in easy circumstances". He married Editha, daughter of Hugh Las-
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kin, of Salem, who was born in 1614, and was living in 1674. He and his wife were among the thirty founders of the First Church at Salem, 1629. They are on record as having been fined "for aiding and abetting an excom- municated person, contrary to order". He is described as a good honest man, of no special civil rank or influence in the colony. Be- sides his farm on "Cape Ann Syde" he pur- chased others at Birch Plain and Cherry Hill, on which he settled his sons Zacharie, Eph- raim, Joseph and John. He died in 1671. He had eight children, viz : Thomas, married Hannah Ordway, died s. p .; Zacharie, baptized December 25, 1636; Ephraim, baptized Feb- ruary II, 1638; Henry, baptized January 16, 1640; Joseph, baptized August 6, 1645; Elizabeth, baptized July 4. 1647; Jone, baptized May 25, 1650; Benjamin, died s. p., about 1677.
(II) Ephraim, third son of Henry and Editha (Laskin) Herrick, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and baptized February II, 1638. He lived on the farm at Birch Plain, given to him by his father. He married, July 3, 1661, Mary Cross. His death occurred Sep- tember 18, 1693. They had eight children, viz: John, born May 31, 1662, Ephraim, Au- gust 13, 1664; Mary, June 14. 1667; Stephen, March 15, 1670; Sarah; Samuel, June 4, 1675; Timothy, January 4, 1681 ; Anna, No- vember 20, 1683.
(III) Stephen, third son of Ephraim and Mary (Cross) Herrick, was born on the Birch Plain farm, Beverly, Massachusetts, March 15, 1670. He married, December 31, 1692, Elizabeth Trask. He removed to Preston, Connecticut, subsequently to 1716, and was commissioned lieutenant as shown by public records : "Colonel Rec of Connecticut, October, 1737: This Assembly doe establish and con- firm Mr. Stephen Herrick to be the Lieutenant of (the) second company or train band of (the ) town of Preston and order that he be commissioned accordingly." The children of Stephen and Elizabeth, all born in Beverly, were: Elizabeth, October 17, 1693; Edward; Stephen Jr., July 24, 1697 ; Ebenezer, May 17, 1699; Abigail, June 15, 1701 ; Anna, Novem- ber 2, 1702; Mary, April 15. 1705; Lydia, July 13, 1707 : Sarah, October 10, 1708.
(IV) Edward, oldest son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Trask) Herrick, was born at Bev- erly, Massachusetts, October 17, 1695. He married three times. The first wife left no children. His second marriage took place De- cember 9. 1737, and this wife, Margaret
Avery, of Groton, Connecticut, was the mother of his children. They probably re- sided at Preston or Norwick, Connecticut. The children by the second marriage were: Lucy, born August 31, 1738; Henry, April 3, 1740; Jonathan, December 3, 1743; Margaret, March 20, 1745; Grace, July 4, 1747; Moses, September 24, 1749, died July, 1794. The third wife of Edward Herrick was Elizabeth Brannan (married 1757).
(V) Jonathan, second son of Edward and Margaret (Avery) Herrick, was born at Preston, Connecticut, December 3, 1743, died in 1822. He was a soldier of the revolution- ary war. He married Elizabeth Clark, and re- sided at Norwich. Their children were : Lucy, born April 14, 1762 ; Stephen, May 19, 1764; Jonathan and Elizabeth (twins) July 14, 1767; Moses, April 17, 1774; Aaron, May 13, 1776; Thomas, January 14, 1779; William.
(VI) Aaron, fourth son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Clark) Herrick, was born in Nor- wich, Connecticut, May 13, 1776, died at Montgomery, Hampden county, Massachu- setts, April 28, 1828. He was a farmer. He married, 1823, Polly Shurtliff, born October 3, 1788, died at Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, March 16, 1869. Their children were: Aaron Hutchinson, born July 29, 1821 ; Hen- ry S., December 8, 1822; Polly Swann, Au-
gust 17, 1824; Sarah Orlinda, January 2, 1826; Maderia Alsina, February 2, 1828, mar- ried, February 22, 1850, William Howard Brooker, born February 9, 1826, lived in Litchfield, Ohio. He served as private two years in the Mexican war and as lieutenant in the war of the rebellion. They had no chil- dren.
(VII) Henry S., second son of Aaron and Polly (Shurtliff ) Herrick, was born in Chico- pee, Hampden county, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 8, 1822. He was a builder. He married (first) in 1846, Louisa M. Cooley, of Somers, Tolland county, Connecticut, who died leaving no children. Mr. Herrick married (second) in 1854, Cynthia A., daughter of Eleazur and Nabby (Kellogg) Wright, who was born June 20, 1832, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1851. Children: Anna L., born April 20, 1855, and Edward W., born June 25, 1863, a wood carver.
(VIII) Anna Louisa, only daughter of Henry S. and Cynthia A. (Wright) Herrick, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, April 20, 1855. She married, November 3. 1875. Austin Ely Smith, born at Holyoke, Massa- chusetts, February 4. 1850, son of Roswell
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Ely and Elizabeth (Ely) Smith, the former of whom served as superintendent of the Glascow Cotton Mills at South Hadley Falls, George A. Atwater, president.
Austin E. Smith attended the Hadley high school, and when fourteen years of age, hav- ing developed in his boyhood a capacity for business, he secured a position at the mills where his father was employed, remaining for three years when he resigned to take a clerkship in Hiram Smiths general store. A year later he entered the Providence Confer- ence Seminary and took a commercial course. In the meantime his father had purchased a farm, and he returned home to take charge of it, but entered business life again after a period of six months. Mr. Smith came into local prominence by reason of his efficient service in the employ of the Springfield Street Railroad Company. He had been connected with the local company since its organization, holding different offices from that of cashier to treasurer and manager, and in every part of this employment he showed an efficiency that marked him as one of the men whose business ability and honorable qualities insure them the highest confidence of all those with whom they come in contact. During the nine years he was managing di- rector he did much to improve the facilities of the road and develop and promote the courtesy and careful attention which have been marked characteristics of the public ser- vice of this company. Mr. Smith was very methodical in all of his work, keeping his bus- iness affairs and that of the company in the most complete shape, always under his own immediate direction, and in all of his work he showed the greatest of frankness and honesty and his word was always relied upon implicity by his superior officers as well as by those in his employ. Mr. John Olmstead, who was president of the Street Railroad Company, had come to rely wholly upon Mr. Smith as his assistant : he often spoke of his efficiency, and remarked many times about the smooth- les with which street railway affairs were go- ing, and how much confidence he placed in his ability. The employees of the Street Railroad Company, with whom Mr. Smith was in al- most immediate touch, looked up to him as one of the finest men for whom they could work, their interests being always his, and he looked carefully after their welfare; he had been known to consider favorably many ap- plications of men whose misfortunes had placed them in tight places and who came to
him with clean records otherwise, but who were pressed for employment through which to find support.
Mr. Smith's connection with the business interests of Springfield were not confined alone to street railway management. He held much stock in other street railway organiza- tions, and had direct interests with many of the large business affairs of the city. He was a director in the Northampton street railroad, also in the Holyoke street railroad system, and in the First National Bank of Springfield. He was considered an expert in street railway affairs, and when the city of Boston consolidated the old East End street railway into its present system, Mr. Smith was called to that city as a railroad expert and spent several months there in that ca- pacity, being the only one selected to fill that important position. Entering the employ of the Springfield Street Railroad Company in 1870 as cashier, when but twenty years of age, he counted out the first dollar ever earn- ed by the company, which is now preserved in scrip in the office of the company. Mr. Smith was for several years during his resi- dence at the North End prominent in the work of the Memorial Church, of which or- ganization he for a time was treasurer. Upon taking up his residence at Forrest Park he became prominent in the work of Faith Church. He was not a man who talked much of his religious convictions, but was one of the few who lived every day a conscientious, moral, honest life. Though not demonstra- tive he was very sympathetic, and was a man of exceptional taste.
He married, as aforesaid, Anna Louisa Herrick, and they were the parents of two children : Lyda, born July 20, 1876, died Au- gust 16, 1879; and Rubie Adelaide, born February 8, 1887. Mr. Smith died August 8, 1889. He was survived by a widow and daughter ; a brother, Frank D. Smith ; and a sister, Mrs. Frederick W. Wilson, of Chico- pee, Massachusetts.
(For preceding generations see John Glimore 1). (III) Captain Andrew Gil- GILMORE more, son of James Gilmore, was born in 1727, and died in Wrentham, August 10, 1806. He was a farmer in Raynham, Massachusetts, and came to Wrentham in 1794, settling at Honey Pot (Pondville), where he bought of Ephraim Wilbore (Wilbur), one hundred and sixteen acres, also two tracts of
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seventeen and eighteen acres in Walpole, paying £706. He also bought eight acres of Joshua and Elizabeth Ormsby, of Foxboro. The homestead farm is now owned by John G. Palfrey, of Boston. His will, dated April 23, 1803, gave one-half of dwelling to his wife Esther, his son Daniel being executor; to sons Andrew, Lemuel and Daniel, his right in a pew in the parish meeting house; to son Daniel his dwelling house, barn and buildings, with land in Wrentham and Walpole, provid- ing he care for his father and mother during their natural lives. He was captain in the militia, and selectman at Raynham, 1782. He and his two wives are buried in the old ceme- tery at Pondville. He married (first) Abigail -, born 1727, died April 17, 1804. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, died October 19, 1756. 2. Andrew, died October 22, 1756. 3. Lemuel, born April 28, 1756. 4. Daniel, born March 16, 1758, died February 3, 1844; revolution- ary soldier; married Nabby Dunbar; chil- dren: i. Relief, born September 2, 1791, died December 24. 1866; ii. Daniel, born October 27, 1792, died May 14, 1836; iii. Achsah, born April 4, 1793, died November 28, 1858, mar- ried, February 7, 1835, Joseph Plympton; iv. Sybyl, born February 8, 1795, died February 15, 1837; v. Mary, born August 3, 1797, died May 23, 1826; vi. Curtis, born August 29, 1799, died September 3, 1801. 5. Mercy, born July II, 1759; married Samuel Reed. 6. Elisha, born December 29, 1760. 7. James, born June 9, 1762; married Annie Wilbur. 8. Andrew, born July 23, 1764; see forward. 9. Perez, born July 9, 1766. 10. Mary, married Joseph Dean. II. Nabby, married Joseph Boy- den. Captain Andrew Gilmore married (sec- ond) November 29, 1804, Esther Fales, widow, born 1726, died October 2, 1815.
(IV) Andrew (2), son of Captain Andrew Gilmore, was born in Raynham, July 23, 1764. He received the usual common school educa- tion afforded to a farmer's son in that day, and followed farming throughout his life. He early learned the trade of cooper, which he followed with farming, doing cooper work for the people of the town. He became much im- paired in fortune in later years, and died of a tumor of the stomach. His farm was in Hon- ey Pot, consisting of some seventy-five acres, and he raised cattle and sheep for their wool, and marketed his hay at Walpole. He served in the revolution, as private in Captain John Shaw's company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's reg- iment ; marched to Rhode Island, March 6. 1781, by order of Governor John Hancock, on
a forty days' expedition from Raynham. He belonged to the orthodox church in Wrentham and was a Whig in politics. He was a man of striking appearance, six feet in height, san- dy complexion, blue eyes, and very sociable and upright. He married, at Raynham, Au- gust 23, 1787, Hannah Makepiece. She was tall, straight and slender, and was a most es- timable woman. She became totally blind, one eye being put out by a shot from a toy gun. She died at the home of Daniel Gilmore. Chil- dren : I. Barnabas, born March 19, 1788, died July 6, 1812. 2. Marshall, born December IO, 1789, died December 13, 1816. 3. Hannah, born August 3, 1791 ; married, November 14, 1816, John Partridge. 4. Andrew, Jr., born August 1, 1793. 5. Jarvis, born August 26, 1795; married, April 9, 1823, Irena Fales. 6. Marcus, born June 13, 1797; married (first) March 9, 1823, Eliza Meisinger ; (second) Oc- tober 3, 1824, Atarah Smith, of Medfield. Children, the first by first wife, others by sec- ond wife: i. Eliza M., born July 15, 1823, died April 5, 1856; ii. Helen R., born Decem- ber 18, 1825; iii. Abigail, born September 20, 1827, died November 6, 1859; iv. Marcus, born January 29, 1829; v. William M., born Jan- uary 1, 1832; vi. George M., born October 18, 1834. 7. Joseph, born February 7, 1799. 8. Moses, born January 29, 1801. 9. Charles Pinkney, born February 21, 1803; see for- ward. IO. James, born March 6, 1804, died young. II. Nancy, born March 6, 1804, died young. 12. Mary Ann, born October 7, 1805 ; married Whitney. 13. George. 14. Horatio Whiting, born April II, 1809, died September 10, 1891 ; married (first) April 23, 1831, Caroline Fales, died September 15, 1850; (second) November 28, 1850, Eleanor Tay- lor, died January 10, 1878; (third) July 28, 1880. Caroline Barton. Children: i. Harriet M., born November 27, 1833. died April 25, 1864, married, June 9, 1853. Samuel Clapp, and had Anna, William and Bertie; ii. Julius Porter, born August 26, 1838, died September 16, 1903, married. December 18, 1861, M. J. Wheeler ; iii. Luman Wood, born September 20, 1840; married (first) February 4, 1862, Ellen M. Tavlor. ( second) September 27, 1899, Sarah M. Kew, and he had: Ida M., born November 22, 1862, E. Chauncey, born July 7, 1868, Walter A., born June II, 1873, died March 3. 1891. Julius P., born August 26, 1876. Luman A., born September 28, 1866, died October 15. 1866: iv. James S., born Oc- tober 26, 1843. died February 26, 1863: v. Caroline E., born May 25, 1852: vi. Horatio
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Whiting, February 24, 1854; vii. George A., December 19, 1856; viii. Robert E., Decem- ber 9, 1855; ix. Eva J., October 7, 1861; x. Achsah, October 7, 1861.
(V) Charles Pinkney, son of Andrew (2) Gilmore, was born at Wrentham, at what is known as Honey Pot, ( Pondville), now a part of the town of Norfolk, February 21, 1803, and died at Wrentham, April 13, 1872. He attended the old district school at Pondville until about fifteen, working with his father on the farm. Later he began working out for different farmers in the town, and also man- aged several farms on shares, but owing to drouth these efforts proved failures. He was an indefatigable worker. He lived on the old Preston Pond place, which he bought. This he lost through a flaw in the deed. He later removed to the home of his son Joseph, at Pondville, where he died, April 13, 1872, and is buried in Norfolk. He was a good farmer and an upright man, of retiring habits,' and very pronounced on the temperance question. He attended the Congregational orthodox church, and was a Republican in politics. He married, at Wrentham, December 17, 1826, Almirax Keith, born at Barre, Vermont, June II, 1806, died March 29, 1900, daughter of Warren and Jemima ( Merrifield) Keith. Chil- dren : I. Joseph G., born in Walpole, Novem- ber 26, 1827, died in Wrentham, April 27, 1900; married Catherine Casey, of Dedham ; children : i. Laura C., born February 20, 1858, died September 10, 1858; ii. Joseph Warren, born November II, 1859, died February 22, 1866; iii. John, born July 18, 1866; iv. Mary Amelia, born March 24, 1870, married (first) October 17, 1894, Charles W. Blake, (second) William Guthre; v. Ruth, married Dennis Tagney; vi. Rebecca, married (first) James Day, (second) Warren Slater; vii. Robert, married Grace L. Williams; viii. Edward Keith, born January 24, 1864, died February 3, 1889. 2. Charles Metcalf, born September 2, 1829, died March 22, 1845. 3. Henry Mer- rill, born November 4, 1831, died September 4, 1852. 4. Warren Keith; sce forward. 5. Ellen Almira, born October 12, 1839; married, April 19, 1859, William Riley Farr, of West Chelmsford, New Hampshire. 6. William Metcalf, born March 21, 1847.
(VI) Warren Keith, son of Charles Pink- ney Gilmore, was born in Medfield, Massa- chusetts, October 9, 1836. At the age of six months his parents removed to Wrentham, where he received his education in the dis- trict schools, and helping his father on the
farm until he was fifteen years old. He then spent three years learning boot making, with Lewis Shepard, after which he entered the straw shop (Allens) at Norfolk, where he worked in the bleachery six months. For three years afterward he worked in the block- ing room of William E. George's straw shop, at Wrentham. He then decided to engage in business on his own account, and began in the livery stable line in a small way, but soon became fully equipped with stock and ve- hicles, and conducted the business with suc- cess for a period of fifteen years. For four- teen years of this time he ran the mail stage to Norfolk, and during the latter part of this service was earning nine hundred dollars a year-a very good showing in those days. On August II, 1867, he was so unfortunate as to lose his entire equipment, including fifteen horses (saving only seven) by fire, and entirely without insurance. This disaster would have impelled him to move from the town, but his fellow townsmen decided to keep him with them, and they contributed nine hundred dollars to aid him in rebuilding. He built his homestead where it now stands, but decided to give up the livery business, and he engaged in the flour and grain trade in his new quarters, and has since success- fully conducted a profitable trade in flour, grain, hay, cement, lumber, coal and drain pipe. In 1904 he admitted his four sons as equal partners, George and Fred conducting the business at Wrentham, and Frank and Charles having charge of the branch at Wal- pole, this affording a wide circle of trade, taking in many of the surrounding town. The family attend the Orthodox church at Wrentham. Mr. Gilmore has served the so- ciety as a member of the prudential and other committees. In politics he is a Repub- lican.
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