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(I) Andrew Beard, according to tradition. was born in Scotland, coming to America with two brothers, both of whom located in Can- ada, while Andrew, according to the records. settled at Menotomy (West Cambridge. now
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Arlington ), Massachusetts, where he was a yeoman in the north part of the settlement. The records show that he was elected a hog- reeve in 1692. He moved to Shawshin (Billerica ) as early as 1713 and settled in that part of the town which was annexed to Will- ington in 1737, where he died January 8, 1817. His estate here was of considerable area as is shown in the inventory after his death amounting to £322 and 12 s, and in- cluded homestead and fifty-five acres, seventy acres of upland, swamp and meadow, seven acres of meadow and cedar swamp, forty- two acres from Shawshin river to Cobbins grant, thirty-five acres in same range, also twelve acres. His widow Mary and son John administered his estate. Joseph Hamlet and Daniel Simonds, of Woburn, were granted letters of administration of guardianship of Andrew Beard Jr. on payment of £50. De- cember, 1719, Joseph Hamlet was appointed guardian of Nathan Beard, then fifteen years of age. Widow Mary Beard married (sec- ond) James Frost. Children of Andrew and Mary Beard: I. John, born about 1695. 2. Simon, 1700. 3. Ebenezer, January 1, 170I- 02. 4. Nathan, 1704. 5. Jacob, December 26, 1709, mentioned below. 6. Martha, Au- gust 21, 1714.
(II) Jacob Beard, son of Andrew Beard, was born at Billerica, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 26, 1709, died at Wilmington, Massachu- setts, on that part that was formerly Billerica. He inherited a portion of his father's prop- erty. In March, 1737-38, Billerica received a petition of several persons on the south- easterly side of Shawshin river to be dismissed from the town of Billerica and to be annexed to the second precinct of Woburn in order to be erected into a township. On the question of granting this petition it passed unanimously in the negative. Two months later (Massa- chusetts Archives, Vol. CXIV 180) the general court received the petition of John, Ebenezer and Jacob Beard, Jonathan Baldwin, Peter Cornell and Richard Hopkins saying that their farms were convenient to Wilmington and that they had attended worship in the meeting- house there since its erection as it was two miles nearer than Billerica. To this petition the house in June refused consent, but in De- cember, 1737, the council gave a favorable hearing and voted that the petitions be an- nexed to Wilmington provided they shall pay their proportion of charges for the meeting- house which Billerica was then building. The house concurred and this section of six hun-
dred acres was transferred to Wilmington. He married Abigail Children : I. Abigail, born July 11, 1737. 2. Jacob, born January 2, 1738, died March 10, 1739. 3. Jacob, born December 6, 1741, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born August 20, 1744; mar- ried Josiah Cutter, of Medford. 5. Martha, born March 22, 1747; married Ezra Baldwin. 6. Abigail, born September 3, 1750; married Jonathan Baldwin Jr. 7. Reuben, born March 19, 1752. 8. Ruth, baptized February 8. 1756.
(III) Jacob Beard, son of Jacob Beard, was born at Wilmington, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 6, 1741, died there May, 1816. He was a prosperous farmer and shoemaker. His will, under date of February 10, 1816, was ap- proved May 29, 1816. Benjamin Thompson, James Cornell and Joseph Burnap, appraisers. He gave all his real and personal estate to "my beloved wife Ann Beard." To his sons Daniel and Jonathan, daughters Olive, Clar- issa, Nancy and Sally, all single, and Ruth, wife of Thomas Holt, fioo each. Samuel Hopkins was sole executor; witnesses to will Joseph Burnap, Jacob Manning and Ben- jamin Thompson. His estate, part in Wil- mington and part in Tewksbury, was fourteen acres and a homestead. He had one-half a pew in the Wilmington meeting house. He married (first) February 22, 1776, Olive Hazeltine. Married (second) August 20, 1781, Anna Evans, who survived him; she was born July 24, 1749, daughter of Thomas and Ruth Evans. Children by first marriage : I. Daniel, born December 23, 1776, mentioned below. 2. Jonathan. 3. Olive. 4. Clarissa. 5. Nancy. 6. Sally. 7. Ruth, married Thomas Holt. Child of second marriage: 8. Anna.
(IV) Daniel Baird, eldest child of Jacob Beard, was born at Wilmington, Massachu- setts, December 23. 1776, died at Boston, Mass- achusetts, March 17, 1854, of old age. His early life was spent on his father's farm, acquiring the usual education of a farmer's son at that period. He was apprenticed to the trade of carpenter until he became of age. At his father's death he with his brother and sisters received £100. About 1816 he re- -moved to Boston, where we find he was a housewright, living on North Allen street up to 1824, and in 1825 resided at No. 28 Charles street. Many of the houses in the vicinity of Charles and Allen streets were built by him. Ile was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Daniel as well as his brother Jonathan and sisters in signing receipts for their father's es-
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tate signed their names Beard (see record in Middlesex county courthouse at East Cam- bridge). How Daniel changed his name to Baird is not known to any of his descendants who bear the latter spelling. He married, De- cember 20, 1804, Rebecca Clark, of Chelms- ford. Children: I. Augustus, born about 1806, mentioned below. 2. George, January 27, 1809, died April 25, 1891 ; married (first) January 17, 1833, Ellen Aiken; child Ellen, who resides on West Cedar street, Boston; married (second) September 4, 1835, Mrs. Ann S. (Shattuck) Babson. 3. Mary, Febru- ary 18, 1811, died March 25, 1889; married Lewis Breeden; children: i. Mary, married Thomas Emerson ; children : Mary and Evelyn Emerson; ii. Lewis; iii. George; iv. Helen, married Frank Jerome Sidenstiker ; children : Lewis and Helen. 4. Sarah Maria, married William Turner. 5. Lydia Elizabeth. 6. Daniel, 1827, died March 28, 1874; married Augusta N. Shattuck; child, George Burton, born March 19, 1860. 7. Lucy Jane. 8. Char- lotte Augusta, married Luther Frost ; children : Charles, Alice and William.
(V) Augustus, son of Daniel Baird, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, about 1806, died there about 1838. He was reared in Bos- ton and received a liberal education in the schools of that city. In early manhood he was employed in a grocery store at the West End where he remained a number of years. He was not physically strong and was inca- pacitated for manual labor. From 1833 to 1836 he had charge of the City Bank at 61 State street as its caretaker, living at 56 Allen street with his father, where he died. He was a most genial and entertaining person and possessed a wide circle of friends. He was deeply religious and a member of the church. His motto was always "Do the duty which is nearest leaving the consequences to God." He was a Whig in politics and took a deep interest in his party. He married, June 18, 1829, by Rev. Charles Lowell, of Boston, Lucy Pierce Trowbridge, daughter of Edmund and Mary (Stone) Trowbridge. Children : 1. Augustus, born December 28, 1829, mentioned below. 2. Sophronia Merriam, June 27, 1832; married, December 4, 1856, Edmund Trowbridge Wis- wall ; children: i. Lizzie Bacon, born Novem- ber II, 1858, died April 6, 1886; ii. Lucy Trowbridge, August 8, 1860, died August 4, 1868. 3. Mary Rebecca, May 10, 1834; mar- ried, August 19, 1856, Stephen Winchester Trowbridge ; children : i. Mary Charlotte, born April 18, 1862 ; married, May 5, 1880, Charles
Hall Adams; children : Lawrence Trowbridge, born June 16, 1881, died February 3, 1882; Charles Lloyd, March 19, 1887; ii. Caroline Winchester, born March 30, 1867, died March 27, 1892; married, February 9, 1891, Willis Clark Curtis; iii. Gertrude Wyoming, born April 9, 1869; married, May 30, 1894, Arthur Robert Torrey; children : Albert Trowbridge, born April 25, 1895 ; Katherine, May 29, 1897 ; Arthur Robert Jr., October 8, 1899; Win- chester, October 2, 1902; Edith, September 27, 1903. 4. George, January 1, 1837, died July 16, 1857.
(VI) Augustus (2), son of Augustus (I) Baird, was born at the West End in Boston, December 28, 1829, died in Natick, Massachu- setts, May, 1896. When about ten years of age his father died which deprived him of further schooling in Boston. He was bound out to Mrs. William Lamb, of West Newton, where he remained for a time, going to the district school. He later went to live with William Wiswall, a well-to-do farmer at Waban, a part of West Newton. Here he was reared and lived, working for Mr. Wiswall until his marriage and shortly afterward entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Ed- mund T. Wiswall, in the provision business in Newton under the firm name of Wiswall & Baird ; the store was located on Center street. Mr. Baird had previously learned the trade of butcher with William Jackson, an old time butcher of Newton. The firm of Wiswall & Baird did their own slaughtering and enjoyed a large patronage of the best families of the Newtons. About the breaking out of the civil war the partners dissolved and Mr. Baird en- tered the milk business and had an extensive route in Newton, continuing it up to 1865, when he moved his family to Ashland, Massa- chusetts, where he lived and worked for his father-in-law, who had previously settled there, going from Newton. Mr. Baird re- mained in Mr. Wiswall's employ until the spring of 1874, when he returned to Newton, where he was employed by Edward Fisher in his provision store about seven years, subse- quently working for John Viles for a like period. He then went to Weston, where he resided with his son. He then returned to Natick, Massachusetts, where he died in May, 1896. Mr. Baird was counted a just and up- right citizen, well read on all the topics of the day. He was progressive in his business, strong in his principles and believed in strict temperance ; he brought his children up to re- gard the christian virtues. He attended the
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First Congregational Orthodox Church at West Newton with his family, and was a Re- publican in politics. He married Elizabeth Ann, born Newton, Massachusetts, May 31, 1827, daughter of William and Ruth (Trow- bridge) Wiswall, of Newton. Children: I. Georgia Augustus, born July 27, 1859, died August 30, 1859. 2. Edmund Augustus, June 16, 1860, mentioned below. 3. Harriet Wis- wall, March 13, 1862; married October 25, 1887, Frederick Joseph Edes ; children : Albert Augustus, Duncan and Eunice Baird. 4. George Edgar, December, 1863, died July 18, 1903.
(VII) Edmund Augustus, son of Augustus (2) Baird, was born in Newton, Massachu- setts, June 16, 1860. At the age of five years he removed with his parents to the town of Ashland, where he was reared on the farm of his Grandfather Wiswall until thirteen years of age, attending the public schools. He then returned with his parents to Newton, where he completed his schooling in the Pierce gram- mar school at sixteen years of age. He then entered the employ of Rodney I. Bartow in the milk business, remaining for several years, when he engaged with his uncle, Edmund T. Wiswall, in the same business, remaining in his employ about three years. His ambition to go ahead in the world and be independent, also his thorough knowledge of the business, led him to engage in the milk business in his own behalf. He subsequently bought Mr. Bartow's route, of which he had a thorough knowledge, located in Newtonville and Water- town. He lived for a time at Newtonville, but later removed to Weston, where he purchased a place of John S. Fuller, situated in the south part of the township on the direct road to Auburndale. In 1894 he disposed of this place and moved to Natick, purchasing the old Crowell farm of forty acres, still continu- ing his milk route. After five years in Natick, he sold his route and good will to W. H. Ray- mond, of Brighton, and entered extensively in market gardening, which has proved a highly profitable vocation. He has made a specialty of general produce. He finds a ready market through the Newtons and Wellsley and in Bos- ton. Mr. Baird is assisted in his business by his son Harold W., who had charge of the teaming and selling of the products of the farm. Mr. Baird believes in up-to-date pro- gressive farming and in the improvement of his lands, and adopts the best methods to ob- tain the best results. He was formerly a private in Company C, First Regiment, Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Militia, now known as "Claflin Guards." He and his family are at- tendants of the Congregational Union Chapel at Natick. He is a strict Republican in his political principles. He married, January 14, 1884, Emma Frances Webster, born at Water- town, January 14, 1860, daughter of James and Annie Louise ( Bates) Brown, of Watertown. James Brown was engaged in the tobacco busi- ness in Boston, later in the dyeing business after 1872. Children: 1. Edna French, born November 12, 1884. 2. Elsie Evelyn, Febru- ary 27, 1886; married, June 7, 1906, Clifton E. Gasset. 3. Jessie Louise, October 3, 1887, died July 23, 1900. 4. Robert Edward, Octo- ber 23. 1888. 5. Harold Wiswall, July 6. 1892. 6. Dorothy Trowbridge, July 18, 1894. 7. Malcolm Arthur, February 27, 1896. 8. Gladys Louise, May 11, 1903.
SHEA Among the ancient Celtic names this is one of the oldest and best known. Many of America's fore- most business men bear it, and it is known in every locality where there is activity and in- dustry. The ancient city of Quincy (ancient as a settlement, if not as a city) is indebted to those bearing this patronymic for active de- velopment in one of her leading industries and for able management of municipal affairs.
(I) John Shea was born and lived in Ire- land, where he was a farmer and attained the good age of ninety years. His wife's name was Catherine, and they had four sons and two daughters. Three of the sons, Michael, Thomas and William, came to America, and all settled in Quincy. All were identified with the granite business from their arrival. The first was a granite cutter, and died in Quincy in 1894. Thomas was a granite cutter, and died at the age of thirty years, in 1877.
(II) William, son of John and Catherine Shea, was born in Ireland, where he was reared and received a fair education at the national schools. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Riely) Riely. Immediately this couple set out for America, where freedom might be enjoyed in its greatest degree and where opportunity awaits those who are willing to earn advance- ment by diligent effort. Mr. Shea settled in Quincy and learned the business of granite cut- ting, in which he became an expert. By in- dustry and prudent care of his earnings, he was enabled to engage in business on his own account, and began in association with his sons, under the title of William Shea & Sons,
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in 1874. This was one of the early concerns to engage in granite contracting in the city, and Mr. Shea continued in its active manage- ment until his death, 1889, at the age of sixty- three years. The first business undertaken was quarrying, but it gradually drifted to con- tracting for monumental work, chiefly in cut- ting and lettering stones for this purpose. All kinds of stones are used, the chief being gran- ite, and the business is known by clients re- siding and doing business in remote districts. Like most natives of Ireland, Mr. Shea was a faithful supporter of the Roman Catholic church, and he was respected as a good and useful citizen. Children : 1. William Thomas, the eldest, mentioned below. 2. Mary, became the wife of Michael Lyons, of Quincy. 3. Annie, married John Scollard, who is de- ceased. 4. Michael, engaged in business with the firm of William Shea & Sons. 5. Catherine Elizabeth, married Arthur Murphy. The mother of these children is still living, at the age of seventy-seven years, enjoying in peace and comfort the fruits of her years of early toil.
(III) William Thomas, eldest child of Will- iam and Margaret (Riely) Shea, was born March 24, 1857, in Quincy, with which place his whole life has been identified. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and early became associated with the business of his father. He learned every feature of the business, from quarrying the stone to cutting, lettering and setting it up in place. He was the industrious and capable aid of his father in business until the death of the latter, and succeeded him thereafter. He abandoned the quarrying feature and began general contracting, such as road-build- ing, sewer construction and building water- works. As his business grew he was continu- ally adding to his force of workmen, and em- ploys regularly a large number of people, thus affording a livelihood to a considerable portion of the population of his home town. Mr. Shea has also developed an extensive business in the manufacture of granite paving blocks, known as the Hadley paving block, and this employs many people in quarrying, sawing and shipping. As one of the enterprising and up- right business men of the city, Mr. Shea is respected, and his popularity is shown by the fact that he was elected mayor of a city nor- mally having a Republican majority of twelve hundred votes, while he is a pronounced Dem- ocrat in political principle. Upon the incop- poration of the city he was elected a member
of the first city council and served in 1889-90, from ward four. When the sewer commis- sion was established, February 20, 1894, he was appointed a member, and served six years in that capacity, until 1900. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Shea was elected mayor as a "citi- zens'" candidate, and was re-elected in 1908 and again in 1909, to serve until January I, 1911. He is the first Democrat to hold the office for three terms, and is justifying the con- fidence of his constituents by faithful and capable service, conferring credit upon both himself and the city. Since attaining voting age, he has taken a keen and intelligent inter- est in public affairs, has been a delegate in many conventions and was for twelve years a member of the Democratic state committee. He is a member in good standing of the Catho- lic church; of the Ancient Order of Hiberni- ans; the Knights of Columbus, having served as grand knight of the Quincy Council; is a past chief ranger of the Massachusetts Catho- lic Order of Foresters. Since he was eighteen years old, he has been a member of St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society, of which he was six years president, and is a member of the Gran- ite City and Boston City clubs. Since the organization of Quincy Lodge, No. 943, Be- nevolent Protective Order of Elks, Mr. Shea has been a member of its board of trustees. His genial nature and pleasant manners make and retain lasting friendships. He is un- married.
(II) Ebenezer, second son TINKHAM of Ephraim (q. v.) and Mary ( Brown) Tinkham, was born September 3. 1651, in Plymouth, and resided in Middleboro, where he died April 8, 1718. He and his elder brother lived on the paternal homestead, and engaged in farming. Ebenezer Tinkham was one of the original members of the First Church of Middleboro, and was elected deacon in 1695, and also served as town treasurer. He married, in 1677, Elizabeth Liscome, born 1652, died April 8, 1718, on the same day as her husband. Both were buried in one grave. Children: I. Ebenezer, born March 23. 1679. 2. Jeremiah, mentioned below. 3. Peter, April 20, 1683.
(III) Jeremiah, second son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Liscome) Tinkham, was born August 7, 1681, in Middleboro, where he was a farmer, and died April 5, 1715, before his parents. He married Joanna Parlow, who was admitted to the First Church in August. 1716, and married again in 1720.
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(IV) Jeremiah (2), son of Jeremiah (I) and Joanna (Parlow) Tinkham, was born February 20, 1713, in Middleboro, where he passed his life, and died June 7, 1790. He married, in 1740, Naomi Warren, baptized September 8, 1717, in Scituate, Massachusetts, daughter of John and Naomy ( Bates) War- ren. Children: Jeremiah, born October 27. 1740; Elisha, August 18, 1742; Joanna, De- cember 6, 1743; James, mentioned below : Abi- gail, December 25, 1746; Anna, October 9, 1748; Jesse, July 25, 1750; Benjamin, Janu- ary 6, 1755; Huldah, December 18, 1756; Ebenezer, August 26, 1758.
(V) James, son of Jeremiah (2) and Naomi (Warren) Tinkham, was born May S. 1745, in Middleboro, where he was a farmer, and died July 22, 1836. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving first as a private in Captain Joshua White's company of Colonel John Cushing's regiment, for a period of sixty days in Rhode Island. He entered the service. September 20, 1776, and on December 8 of the same year became a member of Lieutenant Jonah Washburn's company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment, which marched from Mid- dleboro and served five days on the Rhode Island alarm. He married (first) December 20, 1770, Sarah Redding, born 1753, died April 2, 1774, daughter of Thomas Redding, who was born 1727, in Middleboro. She was ad- mitted to the First Church of Middleboro, August 7, 1763, "aged 10 years." He married (second) November 21, 1777, Chloe Rickard, born September 16, 1754, died December 29, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Rickard, of Middleboro. His children: Louisa, born November 30, 1771 ; James, March 28, 1774: Sarah, February 26, 1779 ; Chloe, May 3, 1780 ; Jacob, August 13, 1781 ; Asenath, May 12, 1782; Lazarus, January 5, 1784; Anna, Sep- tember 14, 1785; Jane, August 25, 1787 ; Jere- miah, mentioned below ; Andrew, September 5, 1792; Enoch, September 5, 1795 ; Lewis, Oc- tober 6, 1797.
(VI) Jeremialı (3), son of James and Chloe (Rickard) Tinkham, was born September 19. 1790, in Middleboro, where he remained until fourteen years old. He then went to New Bed- ford and became a sailor, and followed the sea for many years. He rapidly rose to the rank of captain and became part owner of vessels upon which he sailed. He crossed the ocean ninety- six times and did not lose a man or vessel until the last trip, after which he retired from the sea. His ship was cast upon the rocks on the coast of Florida, and the entire cargo was sac-
rificed in the hope of again floating it, but in vain. After remaining on board three days, it was found necessary to abandon the craft in order to save the crew, which was accom- plished. The captain was the last to leave, and then only when the craft was almost sub- merged. Naturally, his headquarters was at Boston, but after his marriage he made his home in Lunenburg until after the death of his wife. She was Abigail, daughter of Freder- ick William Major, a pump and block maker of Boston, a native of Halifax, England. He died early in life, and his daughter, Mrs. Tink- ham, died at the age of forty-one years, in Lunenburg, after which Captain Tinkham re- turned to Boston to live. He died there in 1881, at the age of ninety years. Children : Jeremiah, Abbie, James, George, Charles, Lucy and Louise L.
(VII) Jeremiah (4), eldest child of Jere- miah (3) and Abigail (Major) Tinkham, was born January 26, 1824, at the corner of Pur- chase street and what is now Atlantic avenue, Boston. He made one voyage at sea, after which he was apprenticed to his uncle, Caleb L. Pratt, an undertaker of Boston. Having become familiar with the business, he engaged in it on his own account as early as 1855, in South Boston, where he continued until 1870. He then purchased the business of L. L. Tar- bell on Howard street, West End, where he continued until 1901, when he retired. Dur- ing the small-pox and cholera scourges in Bos- ton, about thirty years ago, Mr. Tinkham buried nearly all the victims. He took charge of and buried the body of Professor Webster after his execution for the murder of Pro- fessor Parkman, a case which greatly excited Boston and the whole country at the time. His home was subsequently No. 17 Chambers street, where he died October II, 1909, being the oldest undertaker in the city at the time. Mr. Tinkham was of most kindly nature, and he was popular as an undertaker because of his ready sympathy with bereavement. By diligent application he accumulated means, and was most liberal in charitable work. His ear was ever ready to hear the tale of misfortune and distress, and he disbursed at times as high as two dollars per day while in business on Howard street, in providing meals for those who applied to him for relief. No one worthy of assistance was ever turned away empty- handed by this noble and generous soul. Only a small part of the benefactions of Mr. Tink- hamn will ever be known to the general public, but many will bless his memory for the kind-
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nesses of the past, and many others will mourn him as one whose example is worthy of emula- tion. His kind heart and pleasant face will live as long as one is left who knew him. Mr. Tinkham was an active member of the great Masonic fraternity, whose principles embody the active rules that governed his life. He was affiliated with Adelphi Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of South Boston ; St, Matthew's Royal Arch Chapter; and St. Omar Commandery, Knights Templar. He was also a member of John Hancock Council, Royal Arcanum. Only one member of the commandery is his senior in membership, and he was the oldest member of the Royal Arca- num Council. Before 1858 he was sexton of the Green Church, and was later sexton of St. Matthew's Church. He married (first ) Mary, daughter of Daniel Ross, of Boston. She died in 1858, at the age of thirty-two years, leaving two children: Annie Florence and Charles Frederick. The latter died in 1907. The former is the wife of Franklin U. Boyd, and resides in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a daughter, Martha H., wife of Clarence A. Bickford, of Saco, Maine. Mr. Tinkham married (second) Georgiana Howard, daugh- ter of Alvin and Martha A. (Huntoon) How- ard, of South Boston. Alvin Howard was a carpenter and policeman, and died in 1842. His wife was a native of Wiscasset, Maine, and died in 1880. The survivor of her two children is Mrs. Tinkham. The latter has one daughter, Alice T., who married (first) Fred- eric Kimpton. They had two sons, Howard and Frederic, who have been legally adopted by her second husband, Geddes G. Abbott, of Farmington, Maine, and are now known as Howard Kimpton Abbott and Frederick Kimpton Abbott. By the second marriage there are two children, Anna Frances and Charles Tinkham Abbott.
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