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(VII) Benjamin Franklin Keyes, son of Thomas Keyes (6), was born in West Boylston, April 15, 1795. He inherited the house that had been luis grandfather's and lived there all his life. He was educated in the common school and was a student of local and family history. In 1857 he published a genealogy of his branch of the Keyes family (printed in Worcester by Henry J. Howland, 1857), from which much of the material for this sketch has been drawn. He was an industrious and well- to-do farmer. Like his father he was active in political affairs. He served the town as highway surveyor and selectinan, and in 1840 was representa- tive to the general court. With the majority of the Whigs in his section he joined the Republican party soon after its formation, and attended several state and many other nominating conventions of his party. In early life he trained with the militia, as all healthy youths were accustomed to do. He was all equipped and ready to take part in the war of ISI2, but was never called upon, for active service ; his musket and other equipments are now in the possession of his grandson. He was a member of the Congregational church and for some years was superintendent of the Sunday school.
He married, December 10, 1822, Lois Nichols, born July 17, 1797, daughter of Thaddeus Nichols, of Holden, and their children were: , born October 9, 1823, died aged two days; Jona-
than Masen, of whom later; born and died January 9, 1827; Eveline Murdock, born July 1, 1728, died October 25, 1829; Thomas Nichols, born March 18, 1830; William Wirt, born January 29, IS32; Lydia Eveline, born July 15, 1835; John Quincy, born October 13, 1837, died February 20, 1838.
(VIII) . Jonathan Mason Keyes, son of Benjamin Franklin Keyes (7), was born at West Boylston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1825. He was educated there in the public schools and his life-long occupa- tion has been farming. At the age of eighty years he is still reckoned among the active farmers of the town. He enjoys the good will and esteem of all his fellow-townsmen to an unusual degree. He is a Congregationalist in religion and a Republican in politics. He married, March 20, 1849, Esther Damon, of Kirby, Vermont. Their two children are: George Harvey, born September 28, 1850, of whom later ; Benjamin Franklin, born November 24, 1857, died April 19, 1880.
(IX) George Harvey Keyes, only surviving child of Jonathan Mason Keyes (8), was born at West Boylston, Massachusetts, September 28, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and from early youth to the present time has been associated with his father in carrying on the homestead farm. He is a Republican in politics and has been active in town affairs. He served two years on the board of assessors. He attends the Methodist church. He is a member of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Boylston Lodge of Free Masons. He married, December 22,
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1892, Georgianna (Pray) Merrill, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, daughter of Moses and Sarah ( Well- man) Pray. They have an adopted daughter, Ethel Caroline, born January 13, 1897.
BENTON DAVID JOHNSON. John Johnson (I), the immigrant ancestor of Benton David John- son, of Grafton, Massachusetts, was born in Eng- land, coming to America in the fleet with Winthrop, accompanied by his wife Margery, who died at Rox- bury, June 9, 1055, with their sons Isaac and Humphrey and probably other children. Savage thinks there were three daughters. Johnson was admitted a freeman, May 18, 1630. He settled in Roxbury and was called a yeoman. He was chosen by the general court, October 19, 1630, constable of Roxbury and surveyor of all the arms of the colony, a very industrious and faithful man in his place. He was a man of some wealth and much distinction. He was a deputy to the general court in 1634 and many years afterward. His house was burned Au- gust 2, 1645, with seventeen barrels of his country's powder and many arms then in his charge. At the same time the town records were destroyed. He was elected a member of the Artillery Company in 1638. He was agent for Catherine Sumpner, of London, in 1053. He signed the inventory of Joseph Weld's estate in 1646. He died September 30, 1659, and his will was proved October 15, following, dividing his property among his five children, the eldest to have a double portion. The estate amounted to six hun- dred and sixty pounds. His first wife Margaret died June 9, 1655. He married (second) Grace (Negus) Fawer, widow of Barnabas Fawer. Her will was made December 21, 1671, and proved De- cember 29, 1671, leaving all her estate to her broth- ers, Jonathan and Benjamin Negus. Children of John and Margaret Johnson: Isaac, see forward; Humphrey, Mary, married Roger Mowry, of Provi- dence, who sold her share in the estate October 12, 1059. Two other daughters, names unknown.
(II) Captain Isaac Johnson, son of John John- son (I), was born in England and came over with his parents. He was admitted a freeman at Rox- bury, March 4, 1635. He married, January 20, 1637, Elizabeth Porter. He was a member of the Boston Artillery Company in 1045 and captain in 1667. He was deputy to the general court in 1671. He was killed in the Narragansett fight in King Philip's
war, December 19, 1075 ( see Hutchinson 12-99 or Mather vii-50). His will was dated March 8, 1673, and proved February 10, 1676. The children : Eliza- beth, born December 24, 1637, married, December 20, 1658, Henry Bowen; John, born November 3, 1639, died December 18, 1661; Mary, baptized April 10, 1641, married, December 17, 1663, William Bar- tholomew; Isaac, baptized January 7, 1644; Joseph, born November 9, 1645, died young; Nathaniel, born May I, 1647, see forward.
(III) Nathaniel Johnson, son of Captain Isaac Johnson (2), was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, May 1, 1647, married there, April. 29. 1667. Mary Smith. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. He removed to Sherborn. Their children: John, born April 29. 1669; Nathaniel, born March 19, 1670, see forward; Smith, born January 22, 1672; Mary, born February 14, 1674; Hannah, born March 13. 1683.
(IV) Nathaniel Johnson, son of Nathaniel John- son (3), was born in Roxbury, March 19, 1670 (or March 21, 1609-70), and went to Sherborn, Massa- chusetts, where he had a lot granted March 8, 1696. He probably removed to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, or vicinity. Children of Nathaniel and Abigail Johnson: Joseph, removed to Sherborn or Hollis- ton, inherited lands and town right of his father;
died March 25, 1744-45; married Lydia drew land at Douglas in 1715. Nathaniel, see forward. William, married Mary Morse and had Sarah, born at Sherborn, March 20, 1716. Mary, married, 1705, Noah Morse. Martha, born February 19, 1696-97. Mehitable, born October 15, 1699.
(V) Nathaniel Johnson, son of Nathaniel John- 5011 (4), was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, about 1690. He settled in Douglas or Sturbridge shortly after his marriage. His estate was not settled in Worcester county. He married, November 23, 1708, at Sherborn. Children: Jonathan, born at Sher- born, January 30, 1709-10, settled in Sturbridge; married Jerusha, and their son Nathaniel was bap- tized at Sturbridge, October 12, 1740. James, born IZII, at Sherborn or Douglas, see forward. Dr. Johnson, of Sturbridge, born 1714, whose wife Abi- gail died March 15, 1809, aged eighty-six years. Perliaps other children.
(V1) Ensign James Johnson, son of Nathaniel Johnson (5), was born probably in Douglas or vicinity, 17II, and died in Sturbridge, Massachu- setts, April 1, 1788, in his seventy-seventh year. His wife Susannah died at Sturbridge April 9 or 10, 1774, in her sixty-ninth year. Their children, all la rn at Sturbridge, were: Lydia, born May 10, 1733, married, September 7, 1749, Benjamin Scott ; Susannah, born March 13, 1735; Abigail, born Au- gust 1, 1737; James, born May 19, 1739, died Octo- ber 12, 1816, aged seventy-seven; married, June 13, 1763, Hannah Harding; Lucy, born September 8, 1741, married, December 18, 1766, Oliver Mason; Barakiah, born November 5, 1743, died June 26, 1746; Isaac (twin), born July 7, 1746, married, Oc- tober 21, 1770, Jemima Robbins; John (twin), born July 7, 1746, died August 1, 1746; Comfort, born December 3, 1747, died February 13, 1839, aged ninety-one years, at Sturbridge; Job, born March 29, 1750, see forward; Elijah, born May 2, 1751; Timothy, baptized December 2, 1752; Hannah, bap- tized August 25, 1754; Mary, baptized at Sturbridge, March 23, 1756, married at Sturbridge, January 31, 1775.
(VII) Job Johnson, son of Ensign James John- SON (6), was born at Sturbridge, Massachusetts, March 29, 1750. He was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain Timothy Parker's company, Colonel Warren's regiment, April 19, 1775; also in . Captain Adam Wheeler's company, Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, later in 1775; also in Captain Francis Stone's company, Colonel James Converse's regiment, in 1777. Job Johnson married (intentions January 27, 1771) Rachel Lee, of Thompson, Con- Hecticut. and perhaps lived there and at Western later. Their children, born in Sturbridge, were: David, October 18, 1770; John, October 4, 1773, see forward.
1 . 111) John Johnson, son of Job Johnson (7), was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, October 4. 1773. and died at Western, Massachusetts, where he settled, August 10, 1805, aged thirty-two years, the death being on the printed Sturbridge records, where his wife removed shortly after his death. His will was filed for probate September 9. 1805, and Isaac Johnson, probably his brother, settled the estate. John married, at Sturbridge, December 28. 1794, Mary ( Polly) Smith, who died January 21, 1815, at Sturbridge, aged thirty-nine years. Their children were porn : t Western, which is the present town of Warren, Massachusetts, but they were baptized in the church at Sturbridge to which their mother be- longed, all on the same day, March 10. 1808. The children : Abijah, Almira, Elvira, Mary Eliza, Pliny, see forward.
(1X) Pliny Johnson, son of John Johnson (8),
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was born in Western, Massachusetts, about 1800. His father died when he was a young boy and he was bound out by his mother, who had a family of small children to care for. He learned the shoe- maker's trade. He settled in Sutton, Massachu- setts, and died there in 1853. He bought a lot of land on the Hartford turnpike at Douglas of Paul Dudley, November 16, 1821, and sold it April I, 1823, to Levi Moore. The place contained ninety- nine and a half rods of land and a shoe shop among the other buildings. He married Sophia Albee, of a well known Rhode Island family. Their chil- dren : Emily, married Ebenezer Cutler, of Worces- ter; Pliny F., Dr. John G., resided in Wellfleet, Massachusetts; Mary Eliza, married Adolphus F. Brown, of Douglas, Massachusetts; Elisha Smith, born in Sutton, had a farm in Douglas, also re- sided in Sutton; Moses T., born December 17, 1826, at Douglas, removed to Oxford, April 1, 1859, shoe cutter by trade, representative to the general court 1863, removed to Worcester, October, 1805, and died there April 17, 1883; Carew, see forward ; Sophia, married James Putnam, of Sutton; Dan- ford, resided in Oxford, has wheelwright shop there; George, died young; Elvira, died young.
(X) Carew Johnson, son of Pliny Johnson (9), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, about 1840. He had a guardian appointed in 1855, after his father's death. He was a farmer and shoemaker by trade. He kept a general store at Palmer and other places. He.resided in Sutton, Palmer, East Douglas, Boston, Framingham and elsewhere, and died in Framing- ham, April 2, 1899. He was a veteran of the civil war. He married Elexa Walker. Their children were: Fred, died in childhood. Hattie, died in childhood. Benton D., see forward. George Pliny, born December 2, 1866, resides at Everett, dealer in groceries; has children: Mary E., Mildred Ann, Benton Joseph, Bertha S., married Tyler McAdam, ot Boston : their children-Eleza, deceased; Bertha May, Nellie, Mora, Anna McAdam.
(XI) Benton David Johnson, son of Carew Johnson (10), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, September 27, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, East Douglas and Palmer. He began his career at Palmer as clerk in his father's store and worked there for two years. He went west in February, 1878, and worked on various ranches for two years, returning to Massachusetts, and locating first at Shirley, where he secured a place in the village store. He removed to Gardner, where he started in business, buying the shoe store of A. A. Upton in 1886. He was in this business for five years, residing altogether in Gardner for ten years. He then had a store at Millville in the town of Blackstone, but had to give up business on account of ill health. He bought a farm in Fram- ingham of Sanford Cutting and conducted it for about five years. He sold his farm there and June, 1900, removed to Grafton, where for several years he represented the Chapin Farm Agency, a large
real estate concern of Boston. At present he is in the employ of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican. He is a member of Hope Lodge, Free Masons, and of William Ellison Lodge, No. 185, Odd Fellows, both of Gardner. He held some of the offices in the latter lodge.
He married, May 17, 1883, Jennie Frances Burn- ham, daughter of George and Mary (Spencer) Burnham. Then have no children. Her father was a lumber dealer and had a trucking business at Charlestown, New Hampshire ..
STOCKWELL FAMILY. William Stockwell (I), the immigrant ancestor of the Stockwell family of Sutton and Worcester county to which the late Setlı Stockwell, of Grafton, belonged, was born in England about 1650. The family tradition has it that he was enticed on board ship when a young lad and followed the sea after serving his appren- ticeship in the old-fashioned way. He finally made his home in Ipswich, but his seafaring life probably explains the absence of records there. It is said that he was Scotch, and born in Scotland, but the name is unquestionably English, and there was an- other family of Stockwells in Massachusetts before he came. William Stockwell had a seat in the meeting house at Ipswich in 1700. l-le seems to have been in Sutton for several years from 1720 to 1731 or later, but where he died is not known. His son William used the "Junior" as late as 1731, when he sold land to William Severy in Sutton. He sold ten parcels of land according to the records be- tween 1731 and 1769. The only two deeds in Wor- cester county given by the immigrant appear to be those dated October 19, 1720-1 and acknowledged March 2, 1720-21, but the wife's name was Mary Stockwell, which was the name of the son William's wife. This William Stockwell sold land seven rods wide and one hundred and six rods long to John Lilly, adjoining land of John Sibley, Jonathan He King, Ebenezer Stearns and Samuel Bisco. sold land also in March, 1722-23, to John Sibley, of Sutton, one and a quarter acres. The first deed of William Stockwell, Jr., according to the Worcester records, was dated April 5, 1727, acknowledged 1731, conveying land on Crooked pond between land of Benjamin Marsh and land of William Stockwell to William Severy. He deeded more land in 1729.
William married, at Ipswich, April 14, 1685. Sarah Lambert. His children included five sons, who all settled in Sutton and he probably with them. They were: William, born about 1686, mar- ried Mary -, settled in Sutton; John, see for- ward; Jonathan, married, December 26, 1726, had Stephen et al. Ebenezer, whose son Abraham was in the revolution; David.
(II) Captain John Stockwell, son of William Stockwell (1), was born in Ipswich about 1687, died at Sutton, Massachusetts, March 29, 1778, aged ninety-one years. He married, in 1717, Mary Lom- bard, soon after coming to Sutton. Ife was a sol- died in Captain Wainwright's company, from which he was discharged with sixteen others, July 16, 1707. He became captain after settling in Sutton. He and his son John, Jr., bought land at Royalshire, afterward called Royalston, Massachusetts, of Caleb Dana and others, attorneys of the proprietors, in- cluding lot No. 16, in the south part of the town, two hundred acres, September 27, 1753. Captain Stockwell was then seventy-six years old and it was evidently intended for his son who was in his forties, but John, Jr., died in 1765, never leaving Sutton apparently. Part of the land was sold to Captain John's second son, Daniel, September 27, 1763, and he settled there soon afterward. Chil- dren of Captain Jolin and Mary Stockwell were : Jolın, Jr., born about 1718, died 1765; Daniel, see forward; Ichabod, Mary, died unmarried; Sarah, died unmarried; Nathaniel, born February 5, 1720; Jane, married Ebenezer Stearns, January 15, 1741.
(III) Daniel Stockwell, son of Captain John Stockwell (2), was born about 1719-20, in Sutton, probably. He was a cordwainer ( shoemaker) by trade. He resided in Sutton until about 1763. when he settled in Royalston, Massachusetts. He bought his land of his father and brother Jolin, Jr., one
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hundred and thirty acres. Very likely this was his share of his aged father's estate, distributed by deed rather than will, the share intended for the eldest son John. The land was on Dead river, bounded by land of Benjamin Woodbury and John Howard and the deed was dated September 27, 1703. lle sold eighty-five acres of land in Royals- ton to his son, Moses Stockwell, May 13. 1777; Moses being of Northfield, although he returned to Royalston and he had lived there before. He was of Royalston, March 5, 1768, when Daniel conveyed him land in Royalston. Moses had these children born in Royalston before he went to Northfield : Abner, born December 13, 1768; Hannah, December 10, 1770; Daniel, December 1, 1772; Saralı, No- vember 8, 1774: Moses, Jr., March 8, 1777. His wife was Sarah Pierce, married at Royalston, October 15, 1768. Daniel Stockwell bought of William Town, of Royalston, ninety acres near Deacon Woodbury's land, June 2, 1773. He married Miriam and their children were: Moses, mentioned above, of Royalston and Northfield; Daniel, born about 1745. see forward ; Abraham ; Abigail, married at Royalston, August 15, 1768, Benajah Woodbury. (IV) Daniel Stockwell, son of Daniel Stockwell (3), was born about 1745, at Sutton probably, though the death record of his son Moses says he was a native of Royalston, Massachusetts. He died February 13, 1817, at Royalston. He settled in Westborough, Massachusetts. He bought his first land of Artemas Bruce, of Westborough, in that town by deed dated February S, 1771. His land was two acres and a half, located on the road from Grafton to Westborough. He and Phineas Has- kell, blacksmith, bought land in the eastern part of the town. He bought more land January 3, 1783, four acres at Westborough of Jonas Brigham. He went back to Royalston to live after the chil- dren were born. He bought land of Naphthali May, March 17, 1794, and that is about the time he settled there. He bought more land at Royalston, January 16, 1802, of Daniel Woodbury. Daniel Stockwell and his wife Rebecca executed a deed of land at Royalston, September 16, 1807.
He married, October 6, 1767, at Westborough, Rebecca Warren. They had twelve children, all born at Westborough, viz: Molly, born May 15, 1768; Daniel, Jr., born March 13, 1770, settled in Royals- ton; Anson, born February 23, 1772, died October 13, 1776; Ruth, born April 2, 1774; Asel (Asahel), born May 21, 1776, married, May, 1799, at Royalston, Lucretia Eames; Anna born August 3, 1778; An- son, born September 26, 1781, married, 1809, Anna Lock, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire; Elijah, born May 14, 1784 (twin) ; Elisha (twin), born May 14, 1784, died at Royalston, November 20, 1807, Moses, born June 29, 1786, see forward: Silas, born De- cember 21, 1788.
(V) Moses Stockwell, son of Daniel Stockwell (4), was born at Westborough, Massachusetts, June 29, 1789. Ile lived at Grafton and Shrewsbury. Ile was brought up in Royalston, Massachusetts, where his parents removed when he was a young lad. He was a farmer. He married Relief Holton and they removed from Royalston to Grafton in 1836. He died in Shrewsbury, April 16, 1862. His will was dated May 18, 1859. His widow survived him. Their children were: Ellen, born 1826, married, May 18, 1847, at Grafton, Cyrus E. Dalrymple; Warren, born about 1830, was called eldest son and made executor of his father's will; John, born about 1834; Seth, born February 23, 1836, see forward; Sum- ner, born at Grafton, November 2, 1837. All re- moved to Shrewsbury and were living there in 1862.
(VI) Seth Stockwell, son of Moses Stockwell (5), was born in Royalston, February 23, 1836. He was taken by his parents to Grafton, Massachusetts, when he was four weeks old. His father settled on a farm there and Seth was educated in the Grafton public schools. He worked with his father during his youth, and followed farming throughout his active career, having one of the most productive and highly cultivated places in the neighborhood. In politics Mr. Stockwell was a Democrat, but he has never cared for public office. He enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his townsmen to an unusual ex- tent.
He married, 1858, Sarah E. Kendall, daughter of Jolın Kendall, of Burlington, Massachusetts. Their children, all born in Grafton, Massachusetts, are : Ella L., married Waldo Braley and they have nine children ; Emma L., born January 12, 1861; Carrie, born February 3, 1863, deceased; Lilla, born Sep- tember, 1864, married Charles Sempson ; George S., born 1866, married Lucy Tuckins and they have one child; Justin H., born 1868, died young; Sum- ner E., born 1870, died young; Henry A., married Nettie E. Williams; Olive F., born 1874, married Howard Fay and they have two children.
ARMSBY FAMILY. The English spelling of this name is Ormsby. It is an ancient and dis- tinguished family of Lincolnshire, England, dating back to the time of the Conquest, and it has borne a coat of arms for many centuries.
(J) Sir Richard de Ormesby, Knight, held lands in Ormesby, Lincolnshire, and after the Conquest King William gave him all the lands he had pos- sessed before.
(11) Sir William de Ormesby was the son of Sir Richard.
HID Sir Oswald de Ormesby, Knight, founder of the Priory of Ormesby in the reign of Henry 11, was the son of Sir William (2).
(1\) Sir Oswald de Ormesby, who married Anastasia -, was the son of Sir Oswald.
(V) Richard de Ormesby was the son of Sir Oswald (4).
(VI) Ansketill de Ormesby, who married Agnes Langton, was the son of Richard (5).
(VII) William de Ormesby, married Anne Moores, was the son of Ansketill.
( VIII) Sir John de Ormesby, Knight, married Anne Lamworth, daughter of Sir Nicholas Lam- worth, of Leake, Knight; was son of William de Ormesby.
(IX) Roger Ormesby, son of Sir John (8).
(X) Richard Ormesby, son of Roger (9).
(XI) Robert Ormsby, of "Portown, son of Richard (10).
( X11) William Ormsby, son of Robert Ormsby (II).
(XIII) John Ormsby, son of William (12), married Heron.
(XIV) William Ormsby, son of John (13).
(XV) Philip Ormsby, of Portney, Lincolnshire, England, son of William (14), was born about 1530. One son, Thomas Ormsby, removed to Ireland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was living there in 1569. One of the descendants of this Thomas was John, who emigrated to Virginia in 1752, all- cestor of a distinguished American family in Penn- sylvania and the south.
(I) Richard Ormsby, the immigrant ancestor of Amos Armsby, of Millbury, Massachusetts, was probably a descendant of Philip Ormsby (15). named above. He was born perhaps in Lincoln- shire, England, in 1608. He was in New England before 1649, when he was admitted a freeman. He
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was then a planter at Salisbury. He was in Saco, Maine, in 1641 ; Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1645-46-47- 48-52-56-58-59-60; in Haverhill, 1649-53-62. He set- tled finally at Rehoboth, where he died in 1664. He was in Rehoboth in 1663, when he sold land to Rob- ert Pike. He deposed in 1660 that he was fifty-two years old. The inventory of his estate was dated July 30, 1664, and it refers to his business dealings at Salisbury. He married Sarah and their children were: John, see forward; Thomas, born November 11, 1645, married Mary Fitch and settled at Taunton, where they had children: Thomas, Mary, Rebecca, and Judith. Jacob, born March 6, 1648, resided at Rehoboth; proprietor 1668, died 1678, leaving a number of children. At Rehoboth the spelling Ormsbee prevailed.
(11) John Armsby (Ormsbee), oldest son of Richard Armsby (1), was born about 1641, prob- ably at Saco. He settled in Rehoboth, where he was a proprietor in 1668. He was one of Gallup's company in 1690 in the Phipps Expedition against Quebec. His will was dated in Bristol county, Oc- tober 31, 1717, and proved April 8, 1718. He mar- ried, at Rehoboth, January 15, 1664, Grace Martin, daughter of Richard Martin. Their children, all born and recorded at Rehoboth, were: Sarah, born September 14, 1665, married Lane; John, April 12, 1667; Elizabeth, October 3, 1668; Grace, November 2, 1667, married Sabin; Mary, October 22, 1671, married Isaac Sabin; Joshua, De- cemiber 9, 1672, see forward; Elizabeth, November 27, 1674; Mary, April 4, 1077 ; Jonathan, August 20, 1678; Martha, May 7, 1680; Jacob, March 16, 1682; Joseph, July 8, 1684.
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