Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 68

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986


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He married, April 30, 1850, Elizabeth Snow, born at Bowdoin, Maine, May 26, 1822, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Ridley) Snow. Mrs. Hart died November 16, 1906. Their only child, Abbie Snow, born September 22, 1851, married, June 4, 1885, Carl Wilhelm Ernst, A. M., born April 21, 1845, in Eddesse, Germany, son of Rev. Carl Ernst. Mr. Ernst is a writer and newspaper man of Boston.


(For first generation see Rowland Stebbins 1).


(II) John, son of Rowland


STEBBINS Stebbins, was born in Eng- land, in 1626, and died March


7, 1678, at Northampton, Massachusetts. He resided in Springfield, and in 1649 was granted a house lot next his father's land. In 1651 he is mentioned as being of Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, and the same year he bought a house in Springfield. He received other grants of land. He was selectman in 1655, and in 1656 settled in Northampton, and lived at the lower end of Pudding Lane, now Hawley street. He owned a saw mill, which was situated in East- hampton. He served as measurer of land, and was on committees to lay out highways ; was on the jury in 1661. He signed the church covenant June 18, 1661, and was on the com- mittee to build the meeting house. He contrib- uted toward the support of Harvard College, and in 1675-78 served as selectman of North- ampton. The manner of his death was unusual, and it was commonly supposed that he was


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killed by witches. He probably met his death in some accident in the saw mill of which he was part owner. It is said that "while sawing at his mill, the logs would roll over him, set in motion by witches, by which he was severely bruised." The inquest was held, and showed that more than half of the jurymen believed that his death was due to supernatural means. The first report said that there was a "warmth and heate in his Body yt dead persons are not usual to have;" and that there were "fower places upon his breast yt seemed to have been Pintched, though the doctor informed ym that in his life time there was a swelling between the Pintches." His neck was as flexible as that of a living person; upon his body were found "several hundred of spots," that looked as if they "had been shott with small shott," and when they were scraped there were holes under them. On the second examination, made soon after the first one, they found, "the body somewhat more cold yn before, his joynts more limber," and several bruises not pre- viously discovered. A large number of women were summoned by Joseph Hawley to exam- ine and touch him, to see if the witch could be found. Blood flowed when a certain woman touched him, but only one could see it, so nothing was done.


He married (first) March 14, 1646, at Springfield, Ann ( Munson) Munden, died in 1656, widow of Abraham Munden; (second) December 17, 1657, at Northampton, Abigail, daughter of Robert and Anne Bartlett. She married (second), December 28, 1681, Jede- diah Strong, and was killed by a fall from her horse, while passing through South Hadley Falls on her way to visit her children by her first husband. She had started October 10, 1710, from Northampton, to go to Coventry, Connecticut. Children : 1. John, born Janu- ary 28, 1647. 2. Thomas, born February 24, 1649: died April 24, 1650. 3. Anna, born April 10, 1651 ; died May 6, 1652 or 1653. 4. Edward, born July 12, 1653 ; died October 14, 1653. 5. Benoni, born June 23, 1655. 6. Sam- uel, born January 21, 1658. 7. Abigail, born September 6, 1660. 8. Thomas, born May 6, 1662, mentioned below. 9. Hannah, July 8, 1664. 10. Mary, September 10, 1666. II. Sarah, June 4, 1668. 12. Joseph, January 17, 1669; died June 3, 1681. 13. Deborah, born March 5, 1671-2. 14. Rebecca, baptized Feb- ruary 26, 1676. 15. Thankful, born May II, 1678.


(1H) Thomas, son of John Stebbins, was born May 6, 1662, at Northampton, and died


there April 28, 1712. He took the oath of allegiance February 8, 1678, and was fence viewer in 1695-6, 1706-7 and 1709-10. He married, September 26, 1684, at Northampton, Elizabeth Wright, born July 31, 1666, daugh- ter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Burt) Wright. She married (second) John Hannum. Chil- dren: I. Elizabeth, born October 31, 1685. 2. Thomas, born April 2, 1689; died June 25, 1752. 3. Hannah, born 1691. 4. Josiah, born September, 1694; died 1725. 5. Joseph, born March 30, 1697 ; mentioned below. 6. Experi- ence, born March 14, 1699; died young. 7. Asahel, born April 10, 1701. 8. Experience, March 18, 1703. 9. Mary, December 26, 1705.


(IV) Joseph, son of Thomas Stebbins, was born March 30, 1697, at Northampton, and died January 31, 1780, at Northfield. He first settled at Deerfield, and in 1726 bought a place in Northfield, and lived there the rest of his life. In 1750 he built a house near Asheulot, which remained in the family for several generations. In 1763 he built a house on the west side of the river, in what is now Vernon. He married, in 1718, at North- ampton, Mary Williams, born February 13, 1701, died December 23, 1786, daughter of Zebediah and Sarah (Arms) Williams. Chil- dren : I. Mary, born July 11, 1719. 2. Joseph, January 13, 1720. 3. Zebediah, Ocober 29, 1723. 4. Sarah, January 27, 1727. 5. Josiah, October 20, 1729 ; mentioned below. 6. Anna, September 5 or 25, 1731; died November 5, 1732. 7. Ann, born November 10, 1734. 8. Elizabeth, October 8, 1736. 9. Elisha, March 16, 1743.


(V) Josiah, son of Joseph Stebbins, was born October 20, 1729, at Northfield, and died October 30, 1813, at South West Winchester, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer. He married (first), February 14, 1754, Mary Howe, born at Northfield, May 26, 1735, died May 14, 1794, daughter of Nehemiah and Margaret ( Willard) Howe; (second) Abigail Batchelder, died July 26, 1805, in her seventy- second year, probably daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Butnam) Batchelder, of Beverly. He married (third) about 1809, Very, of Winchester, widow. Children: I. Patty, born February 2, 1755. 2. Sophia, baptized June 13, 1756. 3. Josiah, baptized January 15, 1758. 4. Arad, baptized October 21, 1759. 5. Lucy, baptized March 1, 1761. 6. Elihu, baptized March 7, 1763 ; mentioned below. 7. Mary, baptized March 31, 1765. 8. Eli, born February 1 or 15, 1767. 9. Hixel, baptized July 9, 1769; died May 4, 1776. 10. Polina,


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baptized October 20, 1771. II. Matilda, bap- tized March 13, 1774. 12. Thankful, bap- tized April 28, 1776; died July 2, 1778.


(VI) Elihu, son of Josiah Stebbins, was baptized March 7, 1762-3, and died at Hins- dale, New Hampshire, April 23, 1846. He was a farmer at Hinsdale, and married, March 24, 1786, Lucretia Wright, born March I, 1763, died December 7, 1843, daughter of Eldad and Anne (Taylor) Wright. Children : I. Miranda, born November 22, 1787; died February 3, 1803. 2. Thankful, born Novem- ber 10, 1789. 3. Lucretia, born November 2, 1791 ; died October 17, 1798. 4. Infant, born March 27, died April 15, 1793. 5. Elihu, born March 27, 1794; mentioned below. 6. Polina, born March 2, 1796; died October 10, 1798. 7. Jerusha, born March 24, 1798; died Febru- ary 20, 1866. 8. Lockhart W., born June 3, 1800. 9. Lucretia, born February 25, 1802; died May 15, 1813. 10. Miranda, born No- vember 6, 1804.


(VII) Elihu (2), son of Elihu (1) Steb- bins, was born at Hinsdale, New Hampshire, March 27, 1794, and died there October 19, 1871. He was a farmer there, and in June, 1795, was one of the subscribers to a petition to "grant a Lottery to raise fifteen Hundred Dollars for the purpose of making Saud Roads & Bridges with the other Expence." He was an attendant of the Congregational church, and was a Whig in politics. He married, No- vember II, 1824, at Hinsdale, Sarah Gay Hooker, born June 22, 1797, daughter of Seth and Abigail (Gay) Hooker, granddaughter of Rev. John Hooker, of Northampton, who suc- ceeded Jonathan Edwards as pastor of the Northampton church. Children : I. John Mills, born December 27, 1825; mentioned below. 2. Sarah Hooker, born July 31, 1831 ; died October 31, 1866. 3. Edward, born March 10, 1834; married Martha D. (Fisk) Walker.


(VIII) John Mills, son of Elihu (2) Steb- bins, was born in Hinsdale, December 27, 1825, and died February II, 1888. He studied at Amherst College for about two years, and attended Dartmouth College two years, gradu- ating in the class of 1848. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852, in Hampden county, and established himself in practice in Springfield in 1853. He was a Democrat in politics, and active and influential in his party. He was president of the common council in 1855, and in 1874 mayor of Springfield. At the centennial celebration of the founding of West Springfield he responded gracefully to


the toast: "Springfield, Mother of Towns," and on many other occasions he proved him- self a gifted and convincing public speaker. He died February II, 1888, at Springfield. He married, November 23, 1853, at Hinsdale, Harriet Cornelia Haile, born June 22, 1829, at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, died at Springfield, March 14, 1906, daughter of Will- iam Haile, of Keene, New Hampshire, and his wife Sabrana (Walker) Haile. (See Haile family). Children: 1. William Haile, born March 29, 1858; died March 2, 1862. 2. Frederick Haile, born May 24, 1860; men- tioned below. 3. Charles Gay, born June 13, 1863 ; died July 7, 1864. 4. Walter Gay, born June 4, 1865; died October 8, 1893 ; graduate of Yale College as A. B., receiving degree of A. M. from Harvard, 1886, and A. M. 1886 from Harvard Medical School, 1886, (M. D.). 5. Arthur Walker, born May 20, 1872; died May 8, 1872.


(IX) Frederick Haile, son of John Mills Stebbins, was born in Springfield, May 24, 1860. He garduated from Yale College in the class of 1881, and was a student at the Harvard Law School for two years. He was admitted to the bar of Hampden county in 1884, and has since been engaged in the prac- tice of law at Springfield. He married, No- vember 12, 1902, Martha Rumery Adams, born June 28, 1870, daughter of J. Sumner Adams, of Springfield. They have no children.


HANDY The surname Handy is of ancient English origin, but the family has been comparatively small both in England and America. Richard Handy, immigrant ancestor of the American family, was doubtless born in England and was a sea- faring man. Little is known of him, however. His descendenats were numerous in Sandwich and other Cape Cod towns. Children, born in Sandwich : I. Richard, May 21, 1672; men- tioned below. 2. Jonathan, November 3, 1675. No other records of birth have been found, but the following were heads of families in Sandwich in 1730 and were probably his chil- dren : 3. Hannibal. 4. Isaac. 5. John. 6. Cornelius. 7. Zacheus. A prolific branch of the family settled in Rhode Island. James and Mary Handy, of Newport, Rhode Island, had a large family, 1746-66. Anthony, James, John, Samuel and Captain Charles Handy were soldiers in the revolution from Rhode Island. John Handy, Jr., of Sandwich, mar- ried, March 6, 1745, Kezia Eldred, of Fal- mouth.


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(11) Richard (2), son of Richard (I) Handy, was born at Sandwich, May 21, 1672.


(III) John, son or nephew of Richard (2) Handy, was born about 1700.


(IV) John (2), son of John (I) Handy, married, March 6, 1745, Keziah Eldred, of Falmouth. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Levi. And others.


(V) Job, son or nephew of John (2) Handy, was born in Sandwich about 1750. He mar- ried Elizabeth who died September 10, 1846, aged eighty-eight years, seven days. Her gravestone is standing near those of the family of her son Hatsel K., in the burial ground at Hyannis. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Ward Swift's company, Colonel Freeman's regiment, in 1778; also in Captain Elihu Gifford's company, of Sandwich, Colonel Turner's regiment in the Rhode Island cam- paign in 1781. He was also in the navy in 1776 on the brigantine "Rising Sun," com- manded by Captain Richard Wheeler. He was a ship-builder and sea captain for many years. Among his children was Hatsel K., born 1789, mentioned below.


(VI) Hatsel K., son of Job Handy, was born in Sandwich in 1789, died at Hyannis, October 12, 1851. His gravestone in the family lot in Hyannis burial ground gives his age at death as sixty-two years, one month and seven days. Like his ancestors he followed the sea, and became a master mariner. He was also a ship-builder. He lived at Sandwich until about 1820, when he moved to Hyannis in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts. He married (intention dated November 3, 1810) Sally Holmes. His widow Sally died February I, 1860, aged sixty-eight years, five months. She is buried at his side in Hyannis. Her epitaph reads :


"Not for me should tears be given Child of God and heir of Heaven; For to give the sweet release Thine the Christian's death of peace."


"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the Death of the Righteous.'


Upon his gravestone is the inscription : "The memory of the Just is blessed. Their works do follow them."


Children, born at Sandwich : I. Rhoda Meriah, August 30, 1811. 2. Sally Holmes, October 9, 1813. 3. Gustena, October 3, 1815. 4. Hatsel, January 6, 1817, died January 9, 1817. Children, born at Hyannis ( Barnstable) : 5. Hatsel, September 20, 1821, mentioned below. 6. Job W., November 30, 1823. 7.


Floretta, September 13, 1825. 8. Ellen A., January 25, 1828. 9. Benjamin F., October 31, 1829. 10. Isabella G., February 5, 1834.


(VII) Hatsel, son of Hatsel K. Handy, was born in Hyannis, September 20, 1821, died April 3, 1897. He was educated in the public schools and also followed the sea, after the custom of his neighbors and family. He was a master mariner for twenty-five years and one of the best known sea captains on Cape Cod. In later years he engaged in the retail grocery business at Springfield, Massachusetts, set- tling here in 1873. He married (intention dated December 7, 1844) Desire Bacon Lewis, born January 9, 1820, died June 14, 1899, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Lewis. Her father was school master at Centerville, Cape Cod. Children: 1. Hatsel K., born Septem- ber 21, 1846, lost at sea October 14, 1865. 2. Howard B., August 3, 1848. 3. Benjamin F. 4. Herbert Lewis, January 13, 1856, mentioned below. 5. Milton. 6. Frederick, January 23, 1862, died October 15, 1862. 7. Floretta, Sep- tember 15, 1863. 8. Winthrop, June 18, 1865, died October 7, 1865.


(VIII) Herbert Lewis, son of Hatsel Handy, was born in Hyannis, January 13, 1856. He attended school until he was six- teen years of age, when he went to Hartford, Connecticut, and worked for some time in a meat market. He went to Springfield and was employed by his brother in the same business. In the autumn of 1875 he followed his brother to California and when he reached San Fran- cisco he found himself penniless. He obtain- ed employment in a hotel sufficient to pay for his broad and lodging, but the hotel keeper presented a bill, which neither of the brothers could pay, and at last their persuasions pre- vailed upon the proprietor and the bill was re- mitted. By this time the young man was very homesick, and anxious to return home, but he had no money. He sent a message to his father and received money enough for a first class ticket home. He bought, however, the cheapest ticket possible, and gave the surplus money to his brother. Upon arriving in Springfield he went to work for his father who was in the grocery business in Spring- field and remained with him four years, then working a few months in a meat market. Borrowing the necessary money, he went into partnership with Mr. Cleland in the meat busi- ness, buying out his former employer, George W. Hollister. The business was a success and at the end of two years he sold out his inter- est to his partner for five hundred dollars.


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He invested next in the sausage business, manufacturing Bologna sausages and selling them to jobbers. One day he made the acquaintance of Mr. Skilton, of the firm of Charles H. North & Company, who inquired if he could sell his provisions in that part of the country, which his former agents had failed to do. Mr. Skilton further asked Mr. Handy how much money he had. "I have none at all," he replied. "I like your frank way," said MIr. Skilton, and at once offered to sell Mr. Handy goods on credit. This was the beginning of a business connection which has been of equal benefit to both men, and has grown into one of the largest meat trades in the country. From 1884 to 1893 he dealt exclusively with North & Company. The place of business which in 1884 was at 15 Hampden street, was changed to a larger one before long ; he moved to No. 27 on the same street. Again the business out- grew the quarters, and for a time he had to sell his meat from a car. In the spring of 1893 he purchased the block at 41, 43 and 45 Hampden street, which he remodeled into a beef and provision house and sausage factory. He has been unusually successful. Besides this establishment, he also conducts a beef house at Northampton, also one at Hartford, Massachusetts, and did have one at New Haven, which latter he has sold.


The business of Mr. Handy was incor- porated in June, 1904, but he remains at the head of it, as president and manager. The concern has an extensive trade throughout New England and the eastern states as far south as Virginia. Mr. Handy is a member of the Nayasset Club. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is fond of fine horses and spends much of his leisure driving. His stables con- tain a number of fast horses of his own breed- ing, and he is accounted an excellent judge of horses.


Alexander Hutchinson,


HUTCHINSON immigrant ancestor of


this branch of the family,


was born in England, probably son of Alex- ander Hutchinson, who lived in the West Rid- ing of Yorkshire. He attended the Episcopal schools of the parish and taught for a time. In early manhood he enlisted in the army, and held the rank of sergeant. His regiment was sent to Ireland to protect the King's judges there, and was stationed in Carrickfergus. While here he met Dorcas Pye, sister of the landlord of Pye Inn (called the "Head Inn"), situated at the corner of Purity row and High street, near the court house. She was daugh- ter of William and Dorcas Pye, the former owners of the inn. Being a non-commissioned officer, he was not allowed to take a wife to military quarters, and he waited until his re- turn home, when he soon found opportunity to claim his bride. About a year after their marriage, William Pye died, and Mrs. Hutch- inson went to Ireland to look after her prop- erty at Carrick fergus. While there her first child was born. She returned to England later. Alexander Hutchinson fought in the battle of Waterloo, and after his discharge from the army was sent back to the quarters in Carrickfergus at his request, and he re- ceived a pension for the rest of his life, and died at the age of seventy-five. While in the service he learned the trade of shoemaker, and followed it afterwards until his death. His shop was near that of his son in later years. He was a quiet man of fine physique and mili- tary bearing, and was honorable in all his deal- ings. His faith was that of the Church of England, and he gave his allegiance always to the Crown. Children: I. William, born April 16, 1805; mentioned below. 2. Mary Ann, died May, 1849; married Robert McMannus, a gardener at Carrick fergus ; had James, Will- iam, George and Robert McMannus, born in May, 1849. 3. Elizabeth. died May, 1849; .married Edward Hamilton, a shoemaker, and had Edward and Elizabeth Hamilton, and a son who died young.


He married, in Springfield, January 26, 1881, Henrietta Huck, born at Feeding Hills, daughter of Herman and Margaret Huck, of Springfield. Her father was a cigar manufac- turer in Springfield. Children : 1. Meda Huck, born at Springfield, October 28, 1881, married (II) William, son of Alexander Hutchin- son, was born in Carrickfergus, Ireland. April 16, 1805. He received the privileges offered in the English army while his father was serv- ing the Crown, and later removed to Carrick- fergus and attended the private school kept by William M. Larmour, a celebrated master of his day, and a strict disciplinarian. He studied Elisha Gage Scudder, Jr., of St. Louis, Mis- souri. 2. Herman, born at Springfield, Janu- ary 10, 1888, educated in the public schools of his native city and at various private schools ; now associated with his father. 3. Herbert Lewis, Jr., born June 2, 1889, educated in private and public schools in Springfield ; now with the H. L. Handy Company, Springfield. . navigation and later started to learn the trade iii-40


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of fine engraving on steel. This work not being congenial, he apprenticed himself to a Henry Bowen to learn to make shoes of a fine grade, the time of apprenticeship being seven years. He settled in Belfast, where he re- mained a year or two with his brother-in-law, Edward Hamilton, working at his trade. Re- turning to Carrickfergus about 1845, he estab- lished himself as a custom shoemaker, employ- ing a cobbler and two journeymen. Much of the work from the Belfast factories was sent to him to finish. He was popular among his townsmen, and his shop was the meeting place for many of his friends. He exerted a large influence in the community. He continued in business until the time of his death, having a generous patronage and enjoying a fair degree of prosperity. He died April 16, 1849, after a very brief illness caused by exposure at a fire in the neighborhood. He was confirmed in the Episcopal church, and occupied a pew in the parish church with the Pys and McKies of his mother's family. He was a member and officer of the order of Loyal Orangemen. He was a good citizen, a sincere Christian, an able, conscientious upright man. He married, in 1841, Jane Robinson, born December, 1822, daughter of William and Annie (McLeod) Robinson, granddaughter of Roger and Jennie (White) Robinson. Her mother was daughter of John McLeod, and descended from the Harris clan of Scotch McLoeds of Harris Island. Children : 1. Annie Kezia, born April 13, 1842; married, February 2, 1878, Thomas Sheridan, of Lansingburg, New York, who was born June 11, 1838, died January 11, 1902, son of Philip and Mary (Seavy) Sheridan ; child: Anna Kezia Sheridan, born February 13, 1884. 2. Joseph Thompson, born August 31, 1843; mentioned below. 3. Dorcas Pye, died aged seventeen. 4. Alexander. 5. John Robinson, killed at sea when one day out from China, by the falling of a block from the rig- ging.


(III) Joseph Thompson, son of William Hutchinson, was born August 31, 1843, in Carrickfergus, county Antrim, Ireland. Six years later his father died. From 1849 to 1853 hie attended the common schools of his native town. He then entered a linen mill, where he worked for three years, earning two shillings a week during the first year. At the age of thirteen he ran away to sea and began the perilous life of a sailor, which lasted for about thirteen years. In those days the sea- faring man suffered many hardships unknown to the sailor of to-day. The following brief


sketch will give some idea of the voyages and experiences of his life at sea. He first bound himself out as an apprentice on the "Maria," of Dublin, Captain Armstrong, of Maryport, Cum- berland, England. On the first night at sea, the "Maria" was wrecked off the coast of Ayr Harbor, Scotland. He was saved by some fishermen who found him on the rocks. After the vessel was repaired he sailed with her again, remaining in the "Maria" eleven months. He ran away from her and sailed about home for a while. He next shipped in the schooner "May," of Liverpool, and made a voyage to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, South Amer- ica, sailing up the Plata and Uraguay rivers as far as the port of Paysandu. At Paysandu he ran away from the schooner, but was caught and taken back to Liverpool in irons. After this voyage he shipped in the "Ranee," of Liverpool, for Singapore, Straits Settlements, back to London, and home again for a short visit. He later joined the "Digby," of Liver- pool, bound to New Orleans, but she was lost on Coraledda reef, ninety miles south of Ha- vana. The crew was transferred by a Spanish schooner to - Havana. Here he joined the "Athens," of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, went to the Cuban ports of Cardenas Matan- zas, taking on a cargo of sugar, and set out for London. The "Athens" was sunk in the har- bor of Fayal, Azores Islands, but was raised and went on to London. He then joined the "Assay," of London, bound to the Persian gulf, with six hundred miles of telegraph cable aboard. After laying the first cable up the Persian gulf and into the Euphrates river, the return trip was made; a cargo was loaded at Bombay, and the "Assay" set out for Liver- pool, but was lost on the Irish coat, in Rosca- berry Bay, inside Gally Head. All were saved by the breeches buoy except the captain, who tried to swim to the rocks but was dashed against them and killed. Joseph T. Hutchin- son then went home, but soon sailed again on the "George Bell," of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, bound for Havana; a cargo of sugar was brought back to Bristol. The next voyage was to Quebec and back to Liverpool in the "Mar- garet." On July 27, 1865, he married Mary Davey, of Carrickfergus. For a short time after his marriage he sailed about home in the coasting trade. He then went to Miramichi, gulf of St. Lawrence, in the ship "Disraeli," and back to Belfast. A second voyage was then made to Quebec in the "Jean Lithgow." He returned to his home, and while in the coasting trade his son was born, December 12,




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