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He married, September 12, 1833, at Princeton, Margaret Carter Maynard, of Thetford, Vermont. Their children were: Alphonso Brooks, born April 28, 1837, married Mary Bryant, of Rutland, Massa- chusetts, and had one child, Charles Wesley. Sophronia Rosetta, born January 14, 1840, married, October 18, 1870, Stephen Nye Hubbard, of Holden (See sketch of Hubbard Family of Holden.) Charles Jason, born July 29, 1850, died August 9, 1851.
(VII) Sophronia Rosetta Sawyer, born in Holden, January 10, 1840, daughter of Charles Sawyer (6), married Stephen Nye Hubbard, men- tioned in sketch of the Hubbard Family of Holden.
FLAGG FAMILY. Thomas Flagg (1), the immigrant, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, was the progenitor of Mrs. Mary E. (Flagg) Hubbard, of Holden, Massachusetts. He came to New England in 1637, at the age of twenty- one, as a servant of Richard Carver and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He was yeoman, lieutenant, proprietor of the town, and held various town offices. His wife Mary was born about 1619. He died February 6, 1698. His widow's will was proved April 21, 1703. She died December 30, 1702, aged eighty-two. Their children were: Ger- shom, born April 16, 1641: John, June 14, 1643, died February 6, 1697; Bartholomew, February 23. 1645; Thomas; Michael, March 23, 1651, died Octo- ber 16, 1711, one of the earliest proprietors of Wor- cester at the first attempted settlement; married, June 3, 1674, Mary Bigelow; Eleazer, May 14, 1653; Elizabeth, March 22, 1655, married, October 20, 1676, Joshua Bigelow, settled in Worcester, later in Westminster; Mary, June 14, 1657, mar- ried, June 3, 1674, Samuel Bigelow, brother of Joshua and Mary Bigelow, just mentioned, and
Daniel Bigelow, of Worcester; Rebecca, September 5, 1660, married, November 19, 1679, Deacon Stephen Cook; Benjamin, June 25, 1662, married, September 26, 1690, Experience Child, daughter of Richard Child, of Watertown, ancestor of five gen- erations of Benjamin Flaggs, prominent in the his- tory of Worcester, and ancestor of numerous fam- ilies in Worcester ; Allen, May 16, 1665, died 1711. (11) Benjamin Flagg, son of Thomas Flagg (I), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 25, 1662, died May 31, 1741, aged seventy-nine years, at Watertown. (For further details of Ben- jamin Flagg see the Flagg family of Worcester sketch.) He was one of the first settlers of Wor- cester, and was an important factor in its early history. He married Experience Child, daughter of Richard Child, of Watertown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1690. He died May 31, 1741, at the age of seventy-nine, at Watertown. His children were: Benjamin, born August 25, 1691, married, January 25, 1716, Elizabeth Fiske, daughter of Nathaniel Fiske, of Watertown; was captain, school teacher, selectman and sheriff ; Experience, born 1693, married, 1713, Caleb Ball, of Cam- bridge; Abigail, born April 16, 1694, married Judge William Jennison, of Worcester; Bartholomew, sea captain, born 1699, died at Bristol, 1743; Elizabeth, born 1700, married Peter King, alias Rice ; Gershom, born 1702; Mary, born 1704; Ebenezer, born 1706; Richard, born May 20, 1708.
(111) Richard Flagg, son of Benjamin Flagg (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 20, 1708. He was a lieutenant in the company from Worcester, of which his brother Benjamin, was captain. He served in the French and Indian wars, in 1757. He was an early settler in that part of Worcester that was later set off as Holden. He was selectman there in 1752-53-54-55-56-57-60-79- So. He represented his town in the state convention in 1779 when the constitution was framed. He
was for many years the foremost citizen of Holden. He died November 12, 1799, at the age of ninety- two, and his widow Grace lived to the age of one hundred years, dying December 4, 1808. Their children were: Colonel Samuel, born February 13, 1737, was in revolution a very prominent soldier ; chairman of selectmen of Worcester from 1790 to 1808; died at Worcester, September 24, 1819, aged eighty-three years; wife Dolly died March II, 1824, aged eighty-five years : he owned the Fox Mills and the Red Mills (see Fox family and Dr. L. F. Woodward sketch). Sarah, born April 19, 1739. Francis, born January 29, 1741-42. Abigail, born June 24, 1744; Mary, born September 26, 1746. Elizabeth, born May I, 1748. Silas, born June 17, 1749 (baptized Cyrus June 25, 1749). Benjamin, born June 26, 1751 (baptized Joseph June 30, 1751, see other error in same family above).
(IV) Benjamin Flagg, son of Richard Flagg (3), was born in Worcester. Massachusetts, June 26, 1751. He married Elizabeth -, who died March 1, 1833, at Holden. at the age of eighty years. He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary war, and a prominent man in Holden.
His children were: Silas, born February 16, 1778; Sally, born August 8, 1781: George, born December 10, 1785, had farm in Holden alongside his brother's; he was the grandfather of Mrs. Charles H. Pinkham, of Worcester (lives at 134 Lincoln street).
(V) Deacon Silas Flagg, son of Benjamin Flagg (4), was born in Holden, Massachusetts,
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February 16, 1778. Early in his majority he was given a portion of the homestead by his father and another portion was given his brother George. Part of the original homestead near the Worcester reservoir is still owned and occupied by a direct descendant of Benjamin Flagg, the original settler. viz .: Miss Sabrina Flagg, daughter of Lyman and Eliza Flagg ; granddaughter of Silas and Sally Flagg. Silas built a house on the part given him ; it adjoins lands he had bought there. His farm became one of the most prosperous and valuable in the vicinity, and he dealt considerably in real estate, owning at times several farms. He was also a builder, contractor and manufacturer of lumber. He was a man of exceptionally strong mind with broad and conservative views, of large . experience and gifted with a tenacious memory. He was well qualified to act as the adviser and coun- sellor of his neighbors. He was elected to all the important offices of honor and trust in the gift of his townsmen. He was representative to the gen- eral court in 1828-29-36-37-39-40, and chairman several years of the board of selectmen and also of the assessors. He was elected deacon of the Holden Congregational Church in 1837, and held the position until his death, June 6, 1870.
He married Sally Winch, daughter of John and Keziah Winch, November 1, 1798. She was born in Holden, May 6, 1779, died there April 7, 1842. Children of Deacon Silas and Sally (Winch ) Flagg were: Nancy, born February 10, 1799; Oren, June II, 1803; Lyman, November 30. 1805; Charles, De- cember 25. 1807; Sally. April 4. 1813; Silas, June 24, 1816; Roxy, March 8, 1819: Filena, September 4, 1823.
(VI) Charles Flagg, son of Deacon Silas Flagg (5). was born in Holden, Massachusetts, Deceni- ber 25, 1807, died November 16, 1845. At the age of three years he received an injury to his right knee that caused a life-long lameness and was a burdensome affliction. He lived on his father's farm near the Holden reservoir until he was twenty- four years of age, when, having married, he bought his grandfather's old homestead in Holden. He operated a saw mill and grist inill on that place for three years. In 1834 he sold his farm to Dea- con Newell Moore and moved to North Spencer, Massachusetts, where he was employed by Wash- ington Hill as clerk in his general store and driv- ing an express to Boston. In 1840 he purchased the store at East Brookfield and was appointed postmaster, an office he held for several years. When the railroad was opened, he was appointed station agent ; he then sold a part interest in his store and removed the postoffice to the railroad station. He was with the railroad company for thirteen years. He dealt largely in real estate, owning several farms and other property in the vicinity. When he re- signed his position with the railroad company he went to Worcester to enter partnership with T. W. Converse in a flour and grain commission house, having an office in Albany. He was in this busi- ness for twelve years. In 1869 his wife died and he retired from business and returned to Holden, where he cared for his aged father until his death. In the spring of 1873 he bought of Jones Davis the place at Holden Centre where he lately lived. He was gifted with excellent business ability, and his common sense and integrity won for him the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He was seleetman in 1869-70-71-72-76, and chair- iv-24.
man of the board during the last two years; he was treasurer in 1871-72-76 and chairman of the over- seers of the poor in 1871-72. He gave his time and of his means freely to the support of the Holden Church. Even when he lived in Worcester he did his full share in raising money in contributions to the support of the Congregational Church of his native town. He helped mnuch as any man to retain Dr. Paine as pastor through his long pastorate at. Holden.
He married (first) Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Rev. Joseph Cheney. He came from the Cheney family of Holden, and was the first Holden boy to , go to college. Rev. Joseph Cheney, was settled at Augusta, Maine, and Salisbury, Vermont. Charles . Flagg married (second), 1873, Martha S. Locke, of Corinth, Vermont. Children of Charles and Elizabeth (Cheney) Flagg were: Preston, born at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1839, died July 20, 1858; Mary E., see forward.
(VII) Mary E. Flagg, daughter of Charles Flagg, was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, November 15. 1840. She married, May 3, 1871, at North Grafton, Massachusetts, Lewis F. Hubbard, of Holden. (See Hubbard family sketch.) He died September 19, 1879, at the age of thirty, of consump- tion. He was a carpenter by trade. Mrs. Hubbard is an active member of the Congregational Church. She lives with her son Charles'P. Hubbard, on Park avenue, Holden Centre. She had two sons : Charles P., born January 16, 1872, has been in mer- cantile business in Arizona and Holden; Loring, born in Holden, December 25, 1877, resides in Holden, clerk in Gleason's store there; married, December 25, 1902, Elizabeth Fales, daughter of Charles and Emma ( Davis) Fales, of Holden ( Emma Davis was born in Rutland. Massachu- setts), and have one child, Emma Elizabeth, born June 28, 1904.
BURRAGE FAMILY. Robert Burrage (I), the first progenitor in England to whom the line of Leonard F. Burrage, of Leominster, Massachu- setts, can be traced, lived in Seething, Norfolk county. England. Seething is near Norwich. The name is very ancient, probably local from the word "burgh." The will of Robert Burrage was proved in the Bishop's court at Norfolk, May 13, 1559, the year of his death. His wife's name was Rose. Their children. were: Robert, married Amy Cooke, died December 3. 1598; Richard, of whom later; Margery, died September. 1557.
( Il ) Richard Burrage, son of Robert Burrage (I), was born in Seething. England, about 1550, and lived there and at Norton Subcourse, Norfolk county, England. His children were: Henry, born November 17. 1577, died August 13, 1643; Richard, Jr., October 4, 1579, died July, 1646; Thomas, Feb- ruary 28, 1581 ; Anne, February 10. 1583: Alice, March 7. 1586; Elizabeth. April 17. 1589: John, April 18, 1591, died young; John. November 4, 1503: Owen, January 12, 1595-6: Anthorus, March, 1598.
(III) Thomas Burrage, son of Richard Burrage (2), was born at Norton Subcourse, Norfolk coun- ty. England. February 28, 1581. lived there, and died there March 2, 1632-3. He married Frances Dey, August 19, 1606. Their children, all born at Norton Subcourse, were: Mary. September 21, 1606: Margaret. February 28. 1607-8, died June 21. 1632; Grace. about 1610, died December 5. 1612: Letitia,
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July 16, 1612, died December 5, 1612; John, April 12, 1616, of whom later; Henry and Anna (twins), November 30, 1620.
(IV) John Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (3), the immigrant ancestor of the Leominster family, was baptized in the church at Norton Sub- course, England, April 10, 1616. He came to Charles- town in New England about the time he reached his majority in 1637. He was a house owner there in 1638. 1His wife Mary was admitted to the church with him April 10, 1642. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He was a ferryman and clerk of the market. Later in life but before 1657 he and Francis Hudson owned and operated the Charlestown ferry. Hudson lived on the Boston side, Burrage on the Charlestown side of the river. Owing to an accident Burrage was dis- abled late in life and Hudson had the burden of the labor for some years. Burrage sold his place September 29, 1661, to Richard Russell. As nearly as can be located, his homestead was at the foot of Water street in what is now the United States navy yard, Charlestown. He died October 19, 1685, and the inventory of his estate was filed by his widow Joanna December 15, 1685. She died December 25. 1689, and the inventory of her estate was filed March 13, 1689-90. An agreement for the division of the estate was made May 2, 1694, by Mary Marshall, Hannah French, Elizabeth Poor, William Bethiah and Thomas Burrage; Sarah John- son, Ruth White, and Susanna, daughter of John Burrage, deceased. The father's estate was admin- istered by the son, Thomas Burrage.
John Burrage married ( first) Mary -, about 1639. He married ( second) ) Joanna Stowers, born in 1624, daughter of Nicholas and Amy Stowers. Her father was the colonial herdsman. The chil- dren of John and Mary Burrage were: Mary, bap- tized March 8, 1640, married John Marshall, of Billerica : Hannah, born November 14, 1643, mar- ried John French, of Billerica, died July 17, 1667; Elizabeth, born about 1644, married (first) Thomas Dene ; (second) John Poor; John, born 1646, mar- ried. June 16, 1675, Susannah Cutler. The chil- dren of John and Joanna Burrage were : Nathaniel, 'born December, 1655, died December 21, 1656; Will- iam, born June 10. 1657, married Sarah -, died 1720: Sarah, born January 24, 1658-9, married Will- iam Johnson; Bethiah, born May 23, 1661 ; Thomas, born May 25, 1663, married, November 30, 1687, Elizabeth Breed, of Lynn, died March 11, 1717-8; Ruth, born February 28, 1664, married Ignatius White; Joanna, died June 16, 1668.
(V) Thomas Burrage, son of John Burrage (4), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, May 26, 16663, and died at Lynn, March II, 1717. He set- tled at Lynn. He married (first), November 20, 1687. Elizabeth Breed, who died June 16. 1709; married (second) Elizabeth Davis, widow. Ile was a carpenter by trade and became a prominent and useful citizen. He was overseer of Rumney Marsh in 1698 and other years. He was on the jury in 1694. constable 1695, tythingman 1703. deacon of the church and selectman of the town in 1712. He was on many important town committees. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Breed) Bur- rage were: Joanna, born August 2, 1688, married Daniel Mansfield; Elizabeth, November 20, 1691 ; John, January 26, 1694, married, January 1, 1718, Mehitable Largin : Thomas, of whom later ; Mary, March 3, 1609; Bethiah, May 12, 1704; Ruth, Feb- ruary 1, 1707.
(VI) Thomas Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (5), was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, September 19, 1697. He also was a carpenter by trade, or housewright, as well as a farmer. He was a thrifty and respectable man, we are told. He died in Lynn in 1759 and his will was dated December 8. 1759, his sons William and Josiah being the executors. He married (first), January 30, 1722, Sarah Newhall, who died May 14, 1749. He married ( second), November 15, 1750, Anna Waite, of Malden. The children of Thomas and Sarah Burrage were: Desire, born January 18, 1723, married, May 14, 1743, Edmund Whittemore ; Thomas, January 1, 1725, died March 8, 1751 ; Abijah, October 27, 1729, died young; William, of whom later ; Sarah, December 8, 1733; Josiah, April 30, 1736, married Susannah Ramsdell ; Susannah, August 20, 1738, married. February, 1775, Stephen Wait, of Malden ; Ruth, May 13, 1744, died Septem- ber, 1745; Abijah, born July 8, 1745, died 1780; Ruth, October 16, 1746, died January 9, 1748; - -, January 7, 1748, died January 9, 1748.
(VII) William Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (6), was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, December 9, 1731. He settled in his native town then removed to Leominster, Massachusetts, and died there Septem- ber 23, 1820, aged eighty-nine years. He removed to Leominster in the spring of 1767 and bought land there of Joseph Darby, a farm of sixty acres, for one hundred and forty-four pounds, thirteen shillings, situated in the eastern part of the town on the east- ern slope of the valley of the Nashua river. He was a shoemaker by trade; also a farmer. We are told that he was a mild and gentle man, diligent, frugal and conscientions. He married, May 20, 1760, Phebe Barrett, of Malden, Massachusetts. She died May 22, 1822, aged eighty-two years. Their children were: Sarah, born at Lynn, December 31, 1760. married, August 21. 1791, Abigail Fairbanks, of Templeton, died October 10, 1828; Phebe, born February 1, 1766, at Lynn, died June 17, 1809; William, of whom later; Josiah, born August 16, 1770, married, March 7, 1800, Ruth Kilburn, of Lunenburg: died November 5, 1856: Abijah, born April 24, 1673, died September 10, 1787; John, born March 10, 1775, died August 15, 1779: Anna, born February 4. 1778, married, May 5, 1810, Benjamin Carter, of Leominster; Joseph, born November 5. 1780, died October 31, 1803: Sarah, born January 25, 1784, died September 18, 1806; Patty, born .April 21, 1787, died October 30, 1807.
(VIII) Deacon William Burrage, son of William Burrage (7), was born at Leominster, Massachu- setts, September 2. 1768. When a youth he was ap- prenticed to learn the tanner's trade of Benjamin Hawkes of Leominster. At the age of twenty-two years he went into business on his own account as a currier and tanner and built up a prosperous busi- ness. In 1814 he was elected deacon of the Leom- inster Church, serving thirty years. He held many town offices and was a man of sterling character and considerable wealth. He married (first), Feb- ruary 2. 1702, Mary Joslin, who died December 19, 1820. He married ( second), June 21, IS21, Roxanna Sanderson, of Leominster and Lancaster. The children of Deacon William and Mary Burrage were: William, born November 30. 1792, died Feb- ruary 27. 1705: Polly, born December 20, 1791, died December 10, 1817: Leonard, born March 14, 1797, married, April 15. 1819, Mira Allen, of Leon- inster : Thirsa, born June 16, 1790, married, June 12, 1817, Thomas Stearns ; William, born May 4,
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1802, married, June 1, 1824, Mary Ann Richardson ; Caroline, born September 10, 1805, died October 22, 1826. The children of Deacon William and Roxanna Burrage were: George, born May 15, 1823, married (first), April 2, 1844, Martha G. Phelps; ( second), January 1, 1851, Aurelia Chamberlain ; he died May 16, 1876; William F., of whom later; Mary Jane, born January 12, 1829, died August 22, 1851; Charles W., born August 25, 1830, mar- ried, November 30, 1854, Sarah J. Hills, of Leominster ; Henry Augustus, born March 29, 1833. died April 10, 1838; Martha Ann, born March 17, 1835, married, February 16, 1859, Porter M. Kim- ball; died November 5, 1863; Henry Waldo, born March 31, 1840, died March 19, 1841; Daniel Bar- rett, born September 16, 1841, died April 28, 1843. (IX) William F. Burrage, son of William Bur- rage (8), was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. April 5, 1826. He attended the district schools and worked on his father's farm during his youth. He then learned the business of chair making, which had become an important industry in Leominster, Gardner, Winchendon and towns in that vicinity. He followed that business as workman and manu- facturer all his active years. He died November II. 1873. a comparatively young man. He married, July 5, 1849, Eva M. Lawrence, of Leominster. Her father was a dancing teacher in his younger days, later a farmer. Their children were: Mary E., born 1851. died September 19, 1874; Leonard F .. born November 2, 1853, of whom later; Harriet M .. born August 21, 1856, died November 12, 1874. (X) Leonard F. Burrage, son of William F. Burrage (9), was born in Leominster, Massachu- setts, November 2, 1853. He was educated in the Leominster public schools. He served an apprentice- ship at the stone mason's trade and followed it as a journeyman for a number of years, eventually going into business on his own account as mason and building contractor in the well known firm of F. M. Leavitt & Company. His firm is one of the best known and most successful in his section. Mr. Burrage has had the contracts for many of the most important buildings erected in late years in Leominster. Among others his firm furnished the granite for the new Unitarian church and built the Hawes Memorial Chapel, besides many dwellings and business blocks. Mr. Burrage is a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He has devoted himself almost exclusively to his home and business and is not a member of any fraternal orders.
He married Mary Lillian Packard, who died in 1002. Their children, all born in Leominster, were: Grace Lawrence, born January 24, 1877. married William H. Kenney ; William H., born August 26, 1881, student in college; Alice, born September 16, 1885, student in college ; Leonard F., Jr., born No- vember 2, 1887, student in college; Ronald P., born April 20. 1893.
ROOT FAMILY. Thomas Roote (I), the immi- grant ancestor of Charles Arthur Root, of Ux- bridge, Massachusetts. believed to be the son of John and Ann (Russell) Root, of Badby, England, was born January 16. 1605. He came to this country about the year 1637 and was among the first set- tlers of Hartford, Connecticut, where he lived many years and where his children were born, although, on account of the incompleteness of the early records of Hartford, the birth of one only was recorded. This Thomas Roote. as it was spelled then. is to be distinguished from Thomas Rootes, of Salem.
Thomas Roote, of Hartford, was a soldier in the Pequot war in 1637. He was a proprietor of the town of Hartford in 1639, and his name is found on the monument in the old graveyard in Hartford in the rear of the Center Church erected by the Ancient Burial Ground Association in memory of the first settlers of the city. He was a considerable landholder there, and one parcel of the land as- signed to lum was located on what is now North Main street, about a mile west of the State House. After a residence of about fifteen years in Hartford he removed with his six sons and one daughter and settled in Northampton, Massachusetts, May 9, 1654, as one of the planters of what was then called Nonotuck. In the Massachusetts colonial documents we find that in 1659, on petition, he was appointed one of the selection. He was a weaver as well as farmer. His record of land assigned to him by the town is dated December 7, 1059. Among the eight original members of the church at Nonotuck was Roote on June 18, 1661, and some say that he was deacon of the church. His homestead was on King street, opposite the site of the Roman Catholic church.
Thomas Roote died, July 17, 1694, aged eighty- nine years, naming his children in his will and men- tioning that he lived with his son Jonathan at the old homestead. The name of his wife is not known. The children were: Joseph, born about 1640, of whom later; Thomas, born about 1644; John, born January 10, 1646, died September 19, 1677; Jonathan, married, March 22, 1680, died December 25, 1741 ; Hezekiah, married, about 1682, dicd September 29, 1690; Jacob, died August 9, 1731; Sarah, married, March 20, 1679.
(H) Joseph Root, son of Thomas Roote' (I), was born in 1640 at Hartford, Connecticut. He re- moved with his father to Northampton, Massachu- setts, and settled there. His record of land granted is dated February, 1659. He married (first), De- cember 30, 1660, Hannah Haynes, daughter of Ed- mund Haynes, an emigrant from England, who was early at Springfield. She died January 28, 1691. He married (second) Mary (Holton) Burt, daugh- ter of William Holton and widow of David Burt. She died April 19, 1711, at Southampton. He died April 19, 1711, at Northampton. The children of Joseph and Hannah Root were: Hannah, born July 9, 1662, married, December 27, 1682, John Hutchin- son, of Lebanon ; Joseph, born January 15, 1664, died October 23, 1690, aged twenty-six years; Thomas, born April 13, 1667, died 1726, aged fifty-nine years ; John, born September II, 1669, died 1710, aged forty-one years; Sarah, born March 4, 1671, died in infancy; Sarah, born March 4, 1672, married, 1691, Samuel Hutchinson, of Lebanon; Hope, born Sep- temiber 25, 1675, died July 10, 1750, aged seventy- four years ; Hezekiah, born January 1, 1677, of whom later.
(III) Hezekiah Root, son of Joseph Root (2), was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, January, 1676. He settled there. He married, March 23, 1713, Martha Bridgman, daughter of John and Mary ( Sheldon) Bridgman. He died 1766 and she June 4, 1766. Their children were: Hezekiah, born Jan- urary 29, 1714, of whom later ; Dorothy, born October 7. 1715, married, April 24, 1740, Charles Phelps, Simeon, born April 20, 1718, died March 7, 1752, aged thirty-three years ; Martha, married John Mil- ler, of Williamsburg, Massachusetts ; Jemima, born April 1, 1722, married - Allen, and settled in Greenfield ; Hannah; Miriam, born February 20,
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