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(VI) In the sixth generation from Abra- ham the freeman, of Cambridge and Salis- bury, appears the name of Greene Morrill, who married Nancy Carr but with no dates as to birth or marriage. They had a son Ben- jamin who represents the seventh generation from the founder.
(VII) Benjamin Morrill married Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Lowe) Bat- chelder, and their children were: David, not married; Nancy, who married John Church, and secondly, George Richardson, and died
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quite young; Leonard (q. v.); Susan, who married Philip Babb; Horace, who did not marry; Ira, who married Sarah Walker; Al- fred, who married Almira Batchelder, and Ezra, who never married.
(VIII) Leonard Morrill, second son and third child of Benjamin and Nancy (Batchel- der) Morrill, was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, February 18, 1817. He was mar- ried November, 1842, to Mary Jane, daughter of Smith and Eliza Batchelder, of Northwood, New Hampshire, and their daughter and only child, Melissa Morrill, died May 31, 1876, un- married, at the age of twenty-eight years eight months and twenty-nine days. He mar- ried (second), October 5, 1862, Prudence H., daughter of Zachariah and Prudence H. (Jones) Coburn, and she had no children. His early life was spent in his father's farm up to his thirteenth year, when he left home with all the clothing he had, besides the suit he wore, done up in a bundle and with a cash capital of seventy-three cents to make his way in the world. He walked to Great Falls, New Hampshire, twenty-one miles from his home, and found employment in a woolen factory and he remained at work in the factory for one and a half years. He then removed to Concord, the state capital, where he appren- ticed in a shoe manufacturer and after filling out two and a half years of his apprenticeship he bought out the remainder of his time and returned to his home on the farm where he worked alternately at farming and shoemak- ing. He then went to Lowell, Massachusetts, and for ten years worked in a cotton factory. He removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1875, and he there built two cottages and re- tired from any active business, devoting his attention to caring for the property. His brother, Alfred Morrill, engaged in the man- ufacture of boilers and steam engines in Cam- bridge, and he purchased the plant of Allen & Endicott and continued the business un- der the firm name of Morrill & Hooker for five years, when they admitted as partner Al- bert Allen, son of Caleb C. Allen, of the form- er firm of Allen & Endicott. In 1907 Leonard Morrill was the sole survivor of the eight chil- dren of Benjamin and Nancy (Batchelder) Morrill.
DYER The name of Dyer is of English origin, and, like many other fam- ily names, was doubtless derived from the occupation of its original bearer, who if his given name was John would have
been designated John the dyer. The name appears in the records as early as 1436, and is to be found in the "Yorkshire Pedigrees." The family coat-of-arms, which appears upon a tombstone in Copps Hill Cemetery, Bos- ton, is a plain shield surmounted by a wolf's head. George Dyer, who came over in the "Mary and John" in 1630, and settled in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, was first of the name in New England. William, who wrote his name Dyre, was a milliner from London, and arrived at Boston in 1635. His wife Mary, who was a Quaker, suffered on the scaffold at Boston in 1660 for the sake of her religious opinions. She was the mother of Mahershal- alhashbaz Dyre (Isaiah viii), the length of whose name caused Mr. Savage, author of the "Genealogical Dictionary," to wonder what they called its bearer for short. The Dyers of Brighton and Watertown, about to be men- tioned, are in all probability descended from Thomas Dyer, an emigrant who settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, about the year 1632. He appears in the records as a cloth- worker and he was admitted a freeman in 1644. He was a representative to the general court in 1646, and for four subsequent years; was a deacon of the church, and otherwise prominent in the community. His death oc- curred at Weymouth in 1676, at the age of sixty-three years. He married Agnes Reed, who died December 4, 1667. Their children were: Mary, John, Thomas (who died young), Abigail, Sarah, Thomas, Joseph and Benja- min. Of these John and Thomas went to Windham, Connecticut, and became the pro- genitors of the Connecticut Dyers.
Captain Isaac Dyer, son of Lieutenant Pe- ter Dyer, and a descendant of Deacon Thom- as and Agnes (Reed) Dyer, of Weymouth, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, No- vember 3, 1782, and resided in his native town. He married Sarah Thayer, of Brain- tree, who was born July 22, 1787, daughter of Nehemiah and Sarah (Hobart) Thayer. She was a descendant of Richard Thayer, the emi- grant, through Shadrack (2) and Deliverance Thayer, Ephraim (3) and Sarah (Bass) Thay- er, Shadrack (4) and Rachel (White) Thayer, Captain Jonathan (5) and Dorcas (Heyden) Thayer, and Nehemiah (6) and Sarah (Ho- bart) Thayer. Mrs. Sarah (Thayer) Dyer, was the mother of five children: Jane Bailey, Isaac Thayer, Lavinia, Nehemiah F. and Lorenzo.
Isaac Thayer Dyer, son of Captain Isaac and Sarah (Thayer) Dyer, was born in Brain- tree May 28, 1809. He settled in Brighton,
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Massachusetts, the principal cattle market in New England. April 13, 1836, he married Martha Harriet Glover, who was born in Dorchester, May 22, 1810, daughter of Elijah and Martha (Pope) Glover.
Martha Harriet (Glover) was a descendant in the eighth generation of Thomas and Mar- gery (Deane) Glover, the first known English ancestor of all who bear the name in America. The name of Glover is undoubtedly of Saxon origin, and was originally Golofre. Its present form of spelling first appeared in the middle of the fourteenth century, and the name is found in the ancient records of the older counties of England, especially in Warwick- shire and Kent. Prior to the period of Puri- tan emigration, the Glovers were landholders and men of wealth. Thomas Glover, Esq., previously mentioned, who died in Rainhill parish, Prescott, Lancashire, December 13, 1619, was married there February 10, 1594, to Margery Deane, daughter of Thomas Deane. According to the Rainhill Parish rec- ords their children were: Ellen, John (who died in infancy), Elizabeth, John, Henry, An- nie, Thomas, William, George, Jane and Pe- ter.
John Glover, eldest surviving son of Thom- as and Margery (Deane) Glover, was born in Rainhill Parish, August 12, 1600. About the year 1625 he was married in Rainhill, and the Christian name of his wife was Anna. He in- herited a large estate from his father, but in- stead of remaining in England to enjoy his wealth he joined the large company of colon- ists gathered by Governor Winthrop in 1630, and came to New England. His property in the old country he afterwards conveyed to his eldest son, who remained there, and was a merchant in London in 1652. Prior to his emigration John went to London, where he joined the Honorable Artillery Company, be- coming its captain, and in the records of that period is referred to as "the worshipful Mr. Glover." He was one of the organizers of the London Company for promoting coloni- zation in New England in 1628, and came as a passenger in the "Mary and John," bringing with him, besides a large number of cattle, the necessary servants, appliances and other supplies to establish and carry on a tannery. Settling in Dorchester, he opened the first tan- nery in New England; was one of the organ- izers of the town in 1631; and when the church was organized in 1636 under the pas- torship of Rev. Richard Mather, he and his wife Anna were among the subscribers to the covenant. Aside from holding important
town offices he represented Dorchester in the general court from 1636 to 1652, when he be- came an assistant governor, and in all he served the colony some eighteen years. In 1650 he removed to Boston, where he died February 1, 1653, while still serving as an as- sistant. He was not only prominent in Dor- chester and Boston, but elsewhere as well, as he is mentioned in the records of Salem, Charlestown, Cambridge and Barnstable. His children, born in Rainhill and Dorchester, were: Thomas, Habakuk, John, Nathaniel and Peletiah.
Nathaniel Glover, fourth son of John and Anna Glover, was born in 1630-31. He re- sided in Dorchester, and his death occurred there May 21, 1657, at the age of about twen- ty-seven years. He married Mary Smith, born in Texteth Park, near Liverpool, July 20, 1630, daughter of Quartermaster John and Mary (Ryder) Smith. She married for her second husband Thomas Hinckley, of Barnstable, who was subsequently chosen governor of the Plymouth Colony, and died at Barnstable July 23, 1703. By her first husband, Nathaniel Glover, she had four chil- dren: Nathaniel, Mary, Sarah and Melatiah.
Nathaniel (2) Glover, was born in Dorches- ter, January 30, 1653, eldest son of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover. At the age of sev- en years, when his mother became the wife of Thomas Hinckley and went to Barnstable, he was placed under the guardianship of his un- cle Habakuk Glover, and went to reside with his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Glover, in Bos- ton. In 1672-3 he married Hannah Hinckley, of Barnstable, (born April 15, 1650), and oc- cupied the homestead in Dorchester, a portion of which he inherited, and he died at New- bury farm in that town, January 4, 1723-4. His children were: Nathaniel, who died in infancy; another Nathaniel, also died in in- fancy; a third Nathaniel; Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, John and Thomas. The mother of these children died in Dorchester, April 30, 1730.
Thomas Glover, youngest son and child of Nathaniel and Hannah (Hinckley) Glover, was born in Dorchester, December 26, 1690. He resided at Newbury farm, and died June 16, 1758. He was married June 7, 1722, to Elizabeth Clough, of Boston, and was the father of twelve children: Thomas, Elijah Elizabeth (died young), Anna (died young), William, James, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Dorothy, John, Jerusha and Anna.
Thomas (2) Glover, eldest son and child of Thomas and Elizabeth (Clough) Glover, was ..
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born September 1, 1723, at the home of his maternal grandfather, Deacon John Clough, in Boston. He was reared in Dorchester, and for several years prior to 1748 he served as a soldier at Castle William, Boston Harbor, a portion of the time as an officer. In 1748 he went to Stoughton, Massachusetts, where he was married February 20, 1752, to Rebecca Pope, born in that town December 29, 1730, daughter of Dr. Ralph and Rebecca (Stubbs) Pope. He died in Stoughton, January II, 18II, in his eighty-ninth year, and his wife died August 12, 1812. Their children were Elizabeth, Rebecca, Hannah, Thomas, Wil- liam, Rachel, Samuel, Ebenezer, Jerusha, An- na and Elijah.
Elijah Glover, fifth son and youngest child of Thomas and Rebecca (Pope) Glover, was born in Stoughton, April 20, 1770. When a young man he engaged in mercantile business at Dorchester, and erecting a residence on Meeting-house Hill he occupied until 1810, when he removed to Stoughton, where he spent the rest of his life, which terminated March 9, 1855. He inherited the family homestead in Stoughton. February 13, 1805, he married Martha Pope, born in Dorchester December 12, '1780, daughter of Elijah and Martha (White) Pope. Her death occurred in Stoughton, July 16, 1813. His second wife, whom he married December 2, 1814, was Sarah Howe, born in Dorchester, May 21, 1786, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Wiswall) Howe. She died October 21, 1850. The children of his first union were: Louisa, born in Dorchester, August 5, 1808, became the wife of Joseph Parshley of Braintree; Martha Harriet, who married Isaac Thayer Dyer, as previously stated; and Mary Smith, born in Stoughton, May 25, 1813, died July 6 of that
year. Those of his second marriage were: Ashabel, Howe, Isaac Howe, John Clough, Rebecca, Elijah, Frederick Pope, and Na- thaniel. Mrs. Martha Harriet (Glover) Dyer became the mother of six children: Louisa Harriet, born October 7, 1837; Almeda, born June 24, 1839, married Henry C. Foster, of Dorchester; Isaac Henry, who will be again referred to; Nehemiah Franklin, born Febru- ary 10, 1844, died April 5, 1866; Sarah Jane, born September 1, 1848; and Katie Adelaide, born January 31, 1854, died February 10, I862.
Isaac Henry Dyer, third child and eldest son of Isaac T. and Martha H. (Glover) Dyer, was born in Brighton, November 20, 1840. He was reared and educated in Brighton. January 8, 1862, he enlisted as a private in
Company B, Ninety-ninth Regiment New York Volunteers, with which he served three years in the civil war, and was honorably dis- charged January 9, 1865. After his return from the army he engaged in the provision business at Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, and was widely and favorably known among his business contemporaries. For many years he resided in Watertown, and his death occurred there March 4, 1904. Politically he supported the Republican party. In his religious faith he was a Unitarian. He was a comrade of Isaac Patten Post, Grand Army of the Re- public. On November 3, 1868, Mr. Dyer mar- ried Miss Abbie Baker Cook, who was born in Brighton, January 9, 1844, daughter of John and Betsey (Harding) Cook, of Brigh- ton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Dyer survives her husband, and resides in Watertown. She is the mother of five children : Minnie Frances, born in Brighton, April 7, 1870, now the wife of Elmer Whitney, of Boston; Abbie Anna, born in Brighton, January 16, 1872, now a teacher ; Madeleine, born in Brighton, July II, 1874, resides in Watertown; Sarah, born in Watertown, August 30, 1876, now the wife of William L. Locke, of Watertown; and Charles Henry, born in Watertown, May 26, 1878. The latter is now a well-known furniture salesman in Boston.
CLARK Henry W. Clark was born at Princeton, Massachusetts, May IO, 1822, died at Watertown, Massachusetts, July 27, 1907. In 1835, at the age of thirteen, he went to Boston, Massa- chusetts, and entered the employ of Gray & Danforth, hardware merchants, remaining until 1866, a period of thirty-one years, when he became a partner in the firm of Horace McMurtrie & Company, engineers and ma- chinery agents, which firm was succeeded a few years later by Hill, Clark & Company, and the character of the business was changed to the buying and selling of machinery; thus they became the pioneer machinery mer- chants in the country, as distinctive from ma- chinery agents. Mr. Clark continued in ac- tive business for a period of seventy years, re- tiring in 1905. He was succeeded by his son Charles A., who is now president of Hill, Clark & Company, Incorporated, New York and Chicago. Mr. Clark was of a genial and kindly nature, thoroughly just in all his deal- ings, and was personally known to an unus- ually large part of the trade, having had close business and friendly relations for many years
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with manufacturers and users of machine tools. Mr. Clark was an attendant of the Uni- tarian Church.
Mr. Clark married (first) Abbie Fisher, of Boston, Massachusetts, who bore him one son, Frank W., who is employed in the United States Geological Surveys. He mar- ried (second), April 16, 1851, Mary C. Whit- ing, daughter of Enoch and Sarah Whiting, of Boston. Two children were the issue: Ab- bie and Charles A. Clark.
SMALL Thomas Small, father of James Small of Lowell, Massachusetts, was born in Staffordshire, Eng- land, March 10, 1810, and died in Walsall, England, September 3, 1888. He was mar- ried to Phoebe Penn, born July 5, 1794, and died at Staffordshire, England, June 5, 1870. James Small, son of Thomas and Phoebe (Penn) Small, was born in Staffordshire, Eng- land, April 7, 1846, and learned the trade of mason and builder. He came to New Eng- land in 1871, and settled in Lowell, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, where he found em- ployment at his trade with the Lawrence Corporation, and he worked for this corpor- ation for nineteen years, 1871-90. He was subsequently interested with his brother, Jo- seph Small, in building the Lowell water- works. He also had a contract with the Tal- bot woolen mills at Billerica, Middlesex coun- ty, where he did the mason work in connec- tion with their mills at that place. James Small was married, September 3, 1873, to Sarah, daughter of Luke and Elizabeth (Socrofts) Ashworth, of Lancaster, England, and widow of Miles Veevers, of Park Lane, England, the mother of Miles Veevers, a gro- cer and supply merchant of Lowell, Massa- chusetts, who was born in Burry, England, June 6, 1862, removed with his mother to Lowell, Massachusetts, and was married to Lillie Dorson, by whom he had two children -Vera May, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, October 31, 1891; and Victor Gordon Veev- ers, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 5, 1902. James and Sarah (Ashworth) Veevers Small had no children. Mr. Small was a com- municant of the Protestant Episcopal church, and an earnest charity worker in St. Ann's Parish, Lowell. Upon becoming a citizen of the United States and a voter in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, he affiliated with the Republican party, but was not a poli- tician in the field of office seeking. Mrs. James Small was a member and church at-
tendant of the Congregational denomination, which faith she inherited, and in 'which she was brought up. She was a sister of Mrs. William Barber (q. v.).
WELLS Governor Thomas Welles, the immigrant ancestor, was born in Essex county, England, in the year 1598, and came from Northampton- shire, England, to America, in 1636. In the English calendar of Colonial State Papers is found the following: "1635, Record Commis- sion State Papers. Thomas Welles and Eliza- beth, his wife, recusant (that is nonconform- ists or Puritans) in Rothwell, Northampton- shire. As he disappeared from Rothwell in 1635, and having lost all his property by con- fiscation, he doubtless at that time entered the service of Lord Saye and Seal as private sec- retary, and came to America early in the spring of 1636.
"Recusant signifies refusal to subscribe to the oath of conformity to the established Church of England, which required the ac- knowledgment of the King as the head of the church, instead of the Pope. The Puritans would not subcribe an oath to either, and hence their emigration. Thomas Welles was secretary to L'ord Saye, and the families were undoubtedly connected."
Thomas Welles was an original proprietor of Hartford, Connecticut, and also of Weth- ersfield. He was chosen a magistrate of the colony of Connecticut in 1637 and held this office every successive year until his decease in 1659-60. He held various other offices; was deputy-governor in 1654; governor of the Connecticut colony in 1655; deputy governor again in 1656 and 1657; governor in 1658 and deputy governor in 1659, which office he held at the time of his death, January 14, 1659-60.
He married (first) in England - Hunt, who was mother of all his children. He mar- ried (second) in Wethersfield, about 1646, Elizabeth Foote, widow of Nathaniel. Foote, and daughter of John Deming, of England. She died July 28, 1683. Children: I. Ann, born about 1619 in Essex, England; married, April 14, 1646, Thomas Thompson, of Farm- ington; (second) Anthony Hawkins. 2. John, born about 1621, mentioned below. 3. Rob- ert, born about 1624, died before 1659. 4. Thomas, born about 1627. 5. Samuel, born about 1630. 6. Sarah, born about 1632, mar- ried, February, 1654, Captain John Chester, and died December 16, 1698. 7. Mary, born about 1634 in Essex. 8. Joseph, born 1637 in Hartford, Connecticut.
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(II) John Welles, or Wells, son of Gover- nor Thomas Welles (I), was born in Essex, England, about 1621, and came to America with his father in 1636, landed at Saybrook and came thence to Hartford in the autumn of that year, and in 1645 to Stratford, Con- necticut, where he resided until his death. He was admitted a freeman at Hartford, April I, 1645; was deputy to the general court 1656- 57-59. In 1658 he was elected magistrate of Stratford and judge of probate for Stratford, Fairfield and Norwalk. He married, in Strat- ford, Elizabeth Bourne, who came from Eng- land with Arthur Bostwick, presumably a near relative. Wells's will was dated October 19, 1659, and he died soon after, as he was deceased before his father, who died the fol- lowing January. He bequeathed to wife Eliz- abeth and his children; gave his son Robert to his father to be educated and, though the grandfather died a little more than two months afterward, Robert went to Wethers- field, lived and died there, receiving a consid- erable portion of his grandfather's estate. The widow Elizabeth married (second), in 1663, at Stratford, John Wilcoxson. Children of John and Elizabeth Wells: I. John, married Mary Hollister ; he died March 24, 1713-14. 2. Thomas, died January 7, 1719-20, aged seven- ty. 3. Robert (twin of Thomas), born 1650, mentioned below. 4. Temperance, born about 1653, married John Pitman. 5. Samuel, set- tled at Bridgeport, Connecticut. 6. Sarah, born September 28, 1659, married Ambrose Thompson. 7. Mary, born August 29, 1661, married Joseph Booth.
(III) Captain Robert Wells, twin son of John Wells (2), was born about 1650, died June 22, 1714, aged sixty-five years. He set- tled at Wethersfield and inherited part of the estate of his grandfather, Governor Thomas Welles. He married, at Wethersfield, June 9, 1675, Elizabeth Goodrich, daughter of Ensign William Goodrich and his wife Sarah (Mar- vin) Goodrich. His wife died at Wethersfield February 17, 1698. Children, born at Weth- ersfield: Thomas, born May, 1676. 2. John, June, 1678. 3. Joseph, September, 1680, mentioned below. 4. Prudence, married Rev. Anthony Stoddard, of Woodbury, Con- necticut. 5. Robert, Jr. 6. Gideon.
(IV) Joseph Wells, son of Captain Robert Wells (3), was born in Wethersfield, Connect- icut, September, 1680. Married there Janu- ary 6, 1709-10, Hannah Robbins, daughter of Captain Joshua Robbins. Children, born at Wethersfield: 1. John, born November 13, 1710. 2. Prudence, February 12, 1712. 3.
Esther, May, 1716. 4. Hannah, August 5, 1718. 5. Joseph, September 17, 1720, men- tioned below. 6. Eunice, March 25, 1723. 7. Joshua, September, 1726. 8. Christopher, December, 1729.
(V) Joseph Wells, son of Joseph Wells (4), was born in Wethersfield, September 17, 1720. Married there March, 1745, Mary Robbins. Children, born at Wethersfield: I. Joseph, April 14, 1746, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, September 13, 1747. 3. Seth, August 3, 1749. 4. Elijah, January 10, 1751. 5. Samuel, De- cember 10, 175 -. 6. Mary, February 4, 1756. 7. Elisha, March 12, 1758. 8. Christopher, March II, 1760-61.
(VI) Joseph Wells, son of Joseph Wells (5), was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, April 14, 1746. Married Mary Robbins, child: Joseph, born May 26, 1782, mentioned be- low.
(VII) Joseph Wells, son of Joseph Wells (6), was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, May 26, 1782, and died there October 24, 1836. He married Lucy --. Children: Jo- seph, John, Samuel, Albert Stanley, born April 3, 1820, mentioned below; Thomas, Lucy, Jerusha and Mary Ann.
(VIII) Albert Stanley Wells, son of Joseph Wells (7), was born at Wethersfield, April 3, 1820. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. He followed farming in Enfield, Connecticut, where he owned a place. In politics he was a Republi- can after that party was organized. He was an active member of the Congregational church at Enfield and held various offices in the church and society. He was a member of no secret orders. A man of sterling character, he had the confidence and esteem of all his townsmen and exerted a wide influence. He married (first), at Weth- ersfield, Caroline Galpin, who was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1840. He married (second) Caroline Chapin, about 1852. Chil- dren, born at Enfield, Connecticut: I. Ed- mund Galpin, born 1845, died January 29, 1890. 2. Carrie, born 1847, married Edward Higby, and lives at Milford, Connecticut. 3. George Stanley, born July 10, 1851, men- tioned below. Children of second wife: 4. Albert, born at Newton. 5. Hattie, born at Enfield, married - Dewey, proprietor of a large stock-farm at Granby, Connecticut. Mr. Wells died January 30, 1901; his first wife died August, 1851 ; his second wife died fall of 1907.
(IX) George Stanley Wells, son of Albert Stanley Wells (8), was born in Enfield, Con-
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necticut, July 10, 1851. He was educated there in the public schools and in the acade- my at Granby, Connecticut. He began to work on his father's farm at an early age. When he was about fifteen years old he went to work for a street railroad business in the repair shop for Hartford and Wethersfield, continuing for about two and one-half years. Then for five years he conducted a restaurant in Boston on his own account. With his sav- ings he started in the hotel and livery stable business in Townsend, Massachusetts. After five years he sold out to good advantage and engaged in the same line of business in Shir- ley, Massachusetts, where he has continued with much success to the present time. By his industry and enterprise he has built up a large and flourishing trade. Mr. Wells is a Republican in politics, and was formerly tax collector of the town of Shirley. He was a member of Hamden Lodge of Odd Fellows, at Springfield, but is not now affiliated. He is a member of the Shirley Congregational church.
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