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(III) James Brown, son of James Brown (2), was born August 19, 1647. He was also a glazier by trade. He married Hannah Huse or Hughes, who died, his widow, November 18, 1713. He died February 27, 1708. Chil- dren: I. James, born February 3, 1671, men- tioned below. 2. Samuel, born at Charles- town, December 3, 1672. 3. Hannah, born at Ipswich, November 13, 1676, died young. 4. Sarah, born August 10, 1678, at Salisbury. 5. Benjamin, born March 21, 1681, at Newbury. 6. Abraham, born March 17, 1683, died young. 7. Joseph, born May 19, 1685. 8. Hannah, born November 16, 1687.
(IV) James Brown, son of James Brown (3), was born at Charlestown, February 3, 1670-71. He married (first) Mary Edwards, April 28, 1694. She died May 5, 1700. He married (second) Rebecca Kelly, of New- bury, daughter of John Kelly, of Newbury, and widow of Brown. John Kelly was the first settler of Newbury. Children, born at Newbury: I. Elizabeth, born October 14, 1696. 2. Sarah, born November 8, 1701. 3. Samuel, born July 7, 1712, mentioned below. (V) Samuel Brown, son of James Brown (4), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, July 7, 1712, and died at Hampstead, New
Hampshire, about 1780. He married, in 1735, Hannah Pike, who was born March 13, 1713, at Newbury, daughter of Hugh and Hannah (Kelly) Pike. Her parents settled in Plais- tow, New Hampshire, before 1741, on the farm now or lately owned by Joseph G. Brown. She was received into the Newbury church, June 27, 1762, and she died at Hamp- ton in 1804 over ninety years old. July 2, 1734, she received from the executor of the estate of her uncle, Richard Kelly, a feather bed and she made her mark on the receipt. Later she made another receipt for her por- tion of the estate with the explanation: "She had in the interval of the two receipts obtain- ed a husband and had also learned to write." The Browns lived at Hampstead. Children : Moses, born at Hampstead about 1740, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph, married Susannah Johnson. 3. John, married Lucy Abbott. 4. Samuel, Jr., married Hannah or Abigail George, and had ten children born at Hamp- stead.
(VI) Moses Brown, son of Samuel Brown (5), was born in 1740 and settled in Hamp- stead, his native town. He married Sarah Kimball, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Web- ster) Kimball, of Hampstead. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Hezekiah Hutchins' company in 1777. Chil- dren, born at Hampstead: I. James, born Au- gust 15, 1763, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, born July 4, 1764. 3. Sarah, born March 6,' 1767, married her cousin, Daniel Brown. 4. Simeon, born July 2, 1769, married Susannah Johnson and had six children. 5. Jonathan. 6. Alice, born February 17, 1776, married Thomas Pierce, of Atkinson. 7. Moses, born March 24, 1780. 8. Hannah, born June 23, 1783, died unmarried.
(VII) James Brown, son of Moses Brown (6) was born at Hampstead, New Hampshire, August 15, 1763, married there Alice Ferrin. They resided in Hampstead, and in 1783 he petitioned for a representative for the town. Children : I. Enos, born November 13, 1784, married Sally Brown, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (George) Brown, his cousin. 2. Jon- athan Kimball, born March 10, 1790, mention- ed below. 3. Sarah, born October 10, 1794.
(VIII) Jonathan Kimball Brown, son of James Brown (7), was born at Hampstead, March 10, 1790, and died December 24, 1827. He married, 1816, Hannah Noyes, who was born in Wilmington, Massachusetts, January I, 1790, died November 9, 1863, daughter of Moses Noyes (5) born May 12, 1744, at New-
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bury, and his second wife Phebe Richardson whom he married in 1775. Was sergeant in Captain Timothy Walker's company of Wil- mington, Colonel Green's regiment, in 1787. Moses Noyes was the son of Moses Noyes, born May 8, 1715, married, 1738, Susannah Jaques, died July 23, 1753. Moses Noyes (4) was son of John and Mary (Thorlo) Noyes. John Noyes was born February 16, 1677-78. He was a blacksmith and died June 15, 1719, at Newbury. His father, John Noyes (2), was born January 20, 1645, at Newbury ; mar- ried, November 23, 1668, Mary Poore, of An- dover. She was born in 1651 and died in 1716. He was a house carpenter by trade, and his house built by his own hands is still standing at Newbury, owned by his descend- ant, Silas M. Noyes (8). John Noyes (2) was the son of the immigrant, Nicholas Noyes, who was born in England in 1615-16, married Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John Cut- ting. Nicholas was a leading citizen for many years, deputy to the general court in 1660-79- 80-81, and deacon of the church. He died November 23, 1701, at Newbury. Nicholas was son of Rev. William Noyes, born in Eng- land, 1568, died at Cholderton, Wiltshire, Eng- land, April 30, 1622; graduate of University College, Oxford, in 1592; rector of Cholder- ton ; married, 1595, Anne Parker. Nicholas and James, his sons, are ancestors of most of the Noyes families of America. (See sketch). Jonathan K. Brown was a tanner by trade. He resided in Amherst, Hampstead and the adjoining town of Atkinson, New Hampshire. Children: I. Alice. 2. Francis, born Novem- ber 14, 1820, mentioned below. 3. Sarah.
(VIII) Francis Brown, son of Jonathan Kimball Brown (7), was born in Atkinson, New Hampshire, November 14, 1820, the sec- ond of three children. He was educated in the public schools of Amherst, New Hampshire, and at the Dracut Academy (Massachusetts), from which he was graduated at the age of twenty-two. He worked at home during the summer seasons. He then served an appren- ticeship of three years in the trade of wool sorting in the Middlesex Mills, Lowell. He was then appointed overseer in the wool de- partment of the Washington Mills at Law- rence, Massachusetts, under Samuel Law- rence, agent. Five months later he was called back to the Middlesex Mills to take a similar position as overseer of the wool department, and he continued in this position a period of forty-seven years. During much of the time he assisted in the buying of wool for the mills
and traveled extensively for this purpose in the middle and western states. After his re- tirement from active life he devoted himself largely to the care and improvement of his real estate, having invested wisely in Lowell property. In politics Mr. Brown was a Re- publican. He was elected a member of the common council in 1868-69, and was for two years overseer of the poor, 1870-71. He was a trustee of the Central Savings Bank, a mem- ber of the William North Lodge of Free Ma- sons, of Lowell Commandery, Knights Temp- lar. When a young man he was a memeber of the Amherst Rifle Company. He attended the Universalist church. Mr. Brown exerted a large and wholesome influence in the city of Lowell, and he always commanded the utmost confidence and esteeem of his townsmen. He died in Lowell, February 14, 1906.
He married Susan Odell, who was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, July 16, 1821, a daughter of Luther and Betsey (Green) Odell, of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. She sur- vives him. Children: I. Adelaide Augusta, born March 6, 1849, died in 1880. 2. Frank K., born June 12, 1852, was educated in the public and high schools of Lowell, and is con- nected with the Middlesex Mills, holding the same position in the mills as his father, wool buyer. He is one of the leading citizens of Lowell. He married Sarah Webster and they have one child, Gladys.
Studley is an old English sur- STUDLEY name of county Kent, also of Yorkshire. The seat of the latter branch of this family was in Studley Park, near the ruins of the celebrated Foun- tains Abbey, a famous resort for tourists, each one of whom is entitled to "meat by measure" (a quarter of a yard of roast beef for dinner), "and a great black jack of strong drink" on calling for the same. The coat-of- arms given by Barry in his "History of Han- over, Massachusetts," for this family is: Ar- gent a fesse vert between three stag's heads cabossed or. Crest-A stag's head cabossed or pierced through the scalp with an arrow in bend sinister feathered argent headed sable.
(I) Two branches of the English family located in New England, one in Boston, the other in Sandwich, Massachusetts, and de- scendants of both lived in the town of Han- over and vicinity. John Studley, the immi- grant ancestor, was living in Boston as early as 1659, and may have been in Gloucester
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earlier. John Studley, an apprentice, of Glou- cester, was sued by his employer in 1643; was a witness in court in 1647; was proprietor of Gloucester in 1650, and mortgaged his house and land in 1651. He was mentioned in a letter of Tristram Dalliber (Dolliver). He was doubtless a mariner, as following the sea was the exclusive industry at Gloucester, and therefore left little record behind him either there or at Boston. Children of John and Elizabeth Studley (the name is also spelled Stutly and Stoodly) : I. John, born Decem- ber 8, 1659. 2. Benjamin, May 23, 1661.
(II) Benjamin Studley, son of John Stud- ley (I), was born in Boston, May 23, 1661. He went to Hingham in his youth. Though we have no information on the subject, the lack of further references to John Studley indicate that he died or was lost at sea when his sons were very young, and his widow may have married a Hingham man. About the time he came of age in 1680-81, he removed to Scituate, and settled near Merritt's brook, a few rods southeast of the bridge. He married, in 1683, Mary, daughter of John Merritt. Chil- dren, born in Scituate: I. John, born Decem- ber II, 1684. 2. Benjamin, December 7, 1687. 3. James, July 15, 1690, married, 1717, Sarah Farrar, of Hingham. 4. Jonathan, June 19, 1693, resided at Hingham; married Susanna Lane. 5. David, January 19, 1696, mentioned below. 6. Mary, September 23, 1699. 7. Elizabeth, June 8. 1701. 8. Deborah, Decem- ber 19, 1703. 9. Eliab, September 10, 1706. (III) David Studley, son of Benjamin Studley (2), was born January 19, 1696, and died about 1759. He married, 1717, Susannah Vinton. His will was dated July 14, 1759, bequeathing to his wife, daughters Susanna, Abigail, and Priscilla, sons David and Thomas, and grandson John Studley. Children, born at Scituate : I. Susanna, 1718. 2. David, 1720, mentioned below. 3. Amasa, 1722. 4. Daniel, 1725. 5. Thomas, mentioned in will. 6. Abi- gail, mentioned in will. 7. Priscilla, mentioned in will.
(IV) David Studley, Jr., son of David Studley (3), was born in Scituate in 1720. He married, in 1744, Elizabeth Curtis, daugh- ter of Richard Curtis, one of four brothers who came from England and settled at Scitu- ate. Children, born in Scituate: I. Mercy, 1745. 2. David, 1748, soldier in the Revolu- tion. 3. William, 1752, soldier in the Revolu- tion ; had sons William and Amiel of Scituate. 4. Elizabeth, 1754. 5. Amiel, 1757, soldier in Revolution. 6. John, 1760, mentioned below.
(V) John Studley, son of David Studley, Jr. (4), was born in Scituate, 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Cap- tain Heywood Peirce's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment, serving eleven days in the Rhode Island campaign at Bristol. The pay- roll is dated at Scituate. His name was spelled Study. ("Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution"). He married Sarah Cole Gan- nett, of Scituate, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Cole) Gannett. Children: I. Alson, born December 6, 1794, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, resided in Scituate, and his sons still occupy the homestead, the original house being still well preserved. 3. Homer.
Matthew, the pioneer ancestor of the Gan- nett family, came from England to America in 1618, and settled at Hingham, and in 1651 removed to Scituate. He was one of a com- pany known as the Cohasset partners, who purchased a tract of land from one Ann Vinal. He died in 1695. His will, made in 1694, names his wife Hannah, sons Matthew (2) and Rehoboth, daughters Hannah Adams and Elizabeth Levett, a granddaughter Esther Palmer, daughter of his son Joseph, who was evidently deceased, as he was not named in will. Of this family, Joseph and Matthew settled in Bridgewater. Joseph married Benoni Sharp, and had children: I. Hannah, born 1684. 2. Joseph, 1686. 3. Matthew, 1688, married Mary Bacon, 1708. 4. Deborah, 1690. 5. Joseph (2), 1693, the first of that name probably dying young. Matthew (2), had sons Matthew and Joseph. Matthew (3), married Sarah Chapin, 1712, and had : I. Matthew, has sons Prince and Angus, living in Vermont, and son Elkanah living at Scitu- ate. 2. Seth, died in infancy. 3. Samuel, married Sarah Cole, and had sons Samuel and Joseph, both now living in Scituate.
(VI) Alson Studley, son of John Studley (5), was born in Scituate, December 6, 1794, and died at Charlestown, December 23, 1871. He removed from Scituate to Charlestown in 1826, and started the first omnibus line be- tween that place and Boston the same year, continuing in this business with much success during his active life. His first stage line was from Charlestown Neck to Elm Street Tav- ern, and the fare was nine-pence. He had another line from Bunker Hill to Charlestown, Green and Summer streets, Boston, for a shilling. He sold out in 1853 to his son John H., and two of his old drivers, Spear and Downing. He married, at Hingham, Decem- ber 6, 1821, Sarah Waters Burr, daughter of
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Theopilus Burr, of that place. Their children : I. John Henry, see forward. 2. Emma, mar- ried Nathaniel Robinson, of Charlestown; children: Emma, died young; Emma F., Arthur, Henry. 3. Joseph, unmarried. 4. Sarah, married Luther Davis, of Charlestown ; children: Richard, Elizabeth, and Helen. 5. Cornelius, married Kate Trask, of Beverly ; children : Elizabeth and Catherine. 6. Lizzie, married William P. Peirce, of Charlestown; children : Susie and Sarah. 7. William Burr, still living.
(VII) John Henry Studley, son of Alson Studley (6), was born in Charlestown, Octo- ber 28, 1828, and died there March 28, 1903. He was brought up in the home on Main street, near Thorndike, opposite the old Johnson house. He attended the Bunker Hill school and a night school kept by one Holmes, in the building now occupied by the Charlestown Enterprise newspaper. On the day that the capstone was placed on Bunker Hill Monu- ment, June 17, 1843, the boy began his career in the transportation business, taking fares on his father's omnibuses ; he purchased his in- terest in 1856 and continued until 1858, when the horse car having gradually superseded the omnibus, he became a clerk in the office of the Middlesex Street Railway Company. On March 2, 1861, Mr. Studley was appointed superintendent of the road, and that position he held until this corporation went out of ex- istence in August, 1886. He remained in the employ of the Consolidated Street Railway Company, until November, 1887, and of the West End Railway Company and the Boston Elevated Road System, their successors. He was retired on full pay in 1899 in recognition of his long and faithful service, in succession as division superintendent. At the time of his death the Charlestown Enterprise said of his business career : "A position like that held by Mr. Studley not only involved a great deal of responsibility but afforded opportunity to gain the good will or incur the enmity of employes. He was first of all a satisfactory superintend- ent to the management and patrons of the road. His untiring zeal and undivided inter- est in the advancement of the road's welfare helped in the success of the road, and his elec- tion year after year was signal proof of his ability. While he labored to merit a continu- ance of the trust imposed in him by the offi- cials he never was unmindful of the men's in- terests and their wants, and, though duty may have impelled him to discharge an employe, his heart and pocketbook never lacked sym-
pathetic assistance in their behalf. Deeds of charity untold by him and seldom, if ever, brought to public light, were a part of his daily duty, and many a poor family of a dis- sipated former attache of the road have kept the wolf from the door through his helpful- ness, while not a few persons who have had no claim whatever upon him have been saved from a pauper's grave and their bodies de- cently buried beside their own by his sym- pathetic and substantial generosity. Beneath his bluff exterior was hid a heart as tender as a child's. - The late John H. Studley was one of the most successful street railroad men of Boston. Always with characteristic modesty, disclaiming any superior ability on his own part, it is a known fact that his sagacity, per- severance and clearheaded determination has done more to make the railroad system what it has been and is in Charlestown and the out- lying communities of what is the immense Di- vision No. 6 (his division), than that of any other person. The history of the railroad business in this vicinity is in a way a history of Mr. Studley's life. He had been through all its obstacles and successes and ever among all the changes the one shining light for over sixty years of service."
Hardly a citizen of Charlestown, who had lived there long enough to form an acquaint- ance with any of the people, that did not know Mr. Studley. His ingratiating, genial ways made him a friend of everybody. One still hears him affectionately called "John H.," "Father John" and "Uncle John," in Charles- town. He was held in the highest respect by the entire community. He was a prominent Free Mason, a member of Faith Lodge, of Charlestown; of Signet Royal Arch Chapter ; and of Coeur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a member of the First Parish Church (Congregational) of Charles- town. In politics he was a strong Republican, serving two years in the house of representa- tives.
He married, May 19, 1850, in the First Parish Church, Charlestown, Cordelia Hol- man Mellen, of an old Charlestown family, daughter of Ira A. and Mary A. (Guillard) Mellen. His wife died May 12, 1867, in Charlestown. The Guillard family was of Watertown, Maine. Children : I. John Henry, Jr., born June 27, 1852, mentioned below. 2. Nettie Cordelia, October 31, 1855. died May 13, 1873. 3. Carrie Mellen, April 24, 1858, married Charles N. Stockbridge, of Charlestown, (now Hingham). 4. Grace
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Robinson, May 5, 1863, married Charles B. Spencer; she died in 1893. , (VIII) John Henry Studley, son of John Henry Studley (7), was born in Charlestown, now Boston, June 27, 1852. He was educated in the public schools. He has been in the street railway business since June 1, 1878, in the service of the Boston Elevated Railroad Com- pany and its predecessors. He was treasurer of the old Middlesex railroad under his father's management, and when it was consolidated with the West End Railroad Company he be- came assistant auditor of the larger corpora- tion. A year later he was appointed assistant purchasing agent, a position he held for four- teen years. He is at present general ticket agent of the elevated and surface lines of the Boston Elevated Railroad, and one of the most prominent street railway men of New Eng- land. Mr. Studley is an important and in- fluential Republican. He resides at 108 Haw- thorne street, Malden, and is highly esteemed by his townsmen. He is secretary of the Kernwood Club of Malden, member of the Malden Chapter, Sons of the American Revo- lution, and auditor of the Metropolitan Mu- tual Aid Association, Boston Elevated Rail- way Company. He has been very prominent in Masonic circles. He is past master of Henry Price Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Charlestown; past high priest of Signet Royal Arch Chapter, of Charlestown; past thrice illustrious of Melrose Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Malden; past eminent commander of Coeur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar, of Charlestown; past dis- trict deputy of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts; past senior grand steward of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; mem- ber of the Massachusetts Consistory, Thirty- second degree ; and of Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, Boston. In religion Mr. Studley is a Universalist.
He married, April 25, 1878, Dora Francis Norton, of Charlestown, born June 10, 1854, daughter of John Baize Norton, a leading man of Charlestown, and Elizabeth Bennett (Kaler) Norton. Their only child is Eliza- beth Dearborn, born in Charlestown, March 25, 1879, married, September 17, 1906, Alex- ander Edwin McCallum, of Chicago, Illinois.
(I) William Brown, the immi- BROWN grant ancestor, was born in England, according to the best evidence obtainable, about 1640. He was a
seafaring man, and made his home in Salem and Marblehead. He was living in Marble- head in 1669 and later. Children of William and Sarah Brown: I. John, born in Marble- head, October 10, 1669. 2. Joseph, born August, 1672. 3. Benjamin, born August, 1674. 4. William, probably about 1675 or earlier. 5. Deliverance (?), married, 1694, at Marblehead, John Waldron. 6. Eleanor, married November 29, 1689, John Cruff, at Marblehead.
(II) William Brown, son of William Brown (I), was born in 1675 or earlier, in Marblehead or vicinity. He married Septem- ber 23, 1695, at Marblehead, Hannah Joy, of Salem. Children, born at Marblehead : I. Thomas, born about 1698; mentioned below. 2. William, baptized April 28, 1700. 3. Mary, baptized March 14, 1702-03. 4. Samuel, born March II, 1705-06. 5. Eleanor, born Febru- ary 2, 1707-08.
(III) Thomas Brown, son or nephew of William Brown (2), was born at or near Marblehead, about 1698; married there June 4, 1724, Mary Nicholson, of the Nicholson family of Marblehead. Children born at Mar- blehead: 1. Thomas, baptized November 28, 1725 ; died young. 2. Mary, baptized Novem- ber 27, 1726. 3. Elizabeth, baptized June I, 1729. 4. Robert, baptized October 24, 1731. 5. John, baptized February 27, 1736-37; died at Marblehead, September 10, 1816, in his seventy-ninth year. 6. Elizabeth, baptized November 16, 1740. 7. Thomas, baptized April 10, 1748; mention below.
(IV) Thomas Brown, son of
Thomas Brown (3), was baptized in Marblehead April IO, 1748. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Nicholson Broughton's company, Colonel John Glover's regiment, in 1775; also in Captain William Hooper's company and Captain Edward Fettyplace's company in 1776; also in Colonel Lamb's regiment of artillery in the Continental army in 1777 ; his brother Robert was also in the service and was captured and imprisoned in England. He mar- ried, October 3, 1769, Jane Cross, descendant of an Ipswich family. Children, born at Mar- blehead : I. Thomas, baptized July 7., 1771 ; died young. 2. Thomas, baptized June 13, 1773. 3. Robert, baptized October 8, 1775; mentioned below.
.(V) Robert Brown, son of Thomas Brown (4), was born in Marblehead, and baptized October 8, 1775, in the Marblehead church. Like his ancestors, he followed the sea for a livelihood and became master of a vessel. He
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was lost at sea in the prime of life. He mar- ried Betsey Woodbury, daughter of Nathaniel Woodbury, of Ipswich. (See Woodbury). Children : I. Nathaniel, born about 1805. 2. Captain Robert, born at Salem, Massachusetts, June 9, 1810; commanded a whaling-vessel at the age of twenty-three; died on board the barque "Emerald," in the Indian Ocean, near the Isle of France, October 7, 1841; owned land on Pearl and Northey streets, Salem, bought shortly before his death ; married Mary Cleveland : John (6); Ebenezer (5); John (4); Josiah (3) ; Josiah (2) ; Moses (I), born at Salem. His widow married second, Hon. James Gregory, son of Joseph and Hannah (Hooper) Gregory, of Salem; children : i. John Cleveland, born December 20, 1836, died at Salem, January 7, 1841 ; ii. Robert Bancroft, born April 19, 1840; married at Marblehead, June 26, 1866, Ruth Ann Gregory, born at Marblehead, August 21, 1838, daughter of Hon. James and Ruth (Roundy) Gregory ; was educated for the bar ; lived at Salem to April, 1861; became second lieutenant of Company C, Second Massachusetts Infantry, Colonel Gordon, and filled various positions in the army during the entire war; was in Sher- man's March to the Sea; located in 1865 at the close of the war, in St. Louis, where he has since lived; manufacturer ; (Children : Mary Cleveland, born March 29, 1868, at Mar- blehead; Anna Gould, born December 15, 1872, at St. Louis; Ruth Gregory, born Au- gust 4, 1875, at Marblehead; Gregory, born August 14, 1878, at Salem; Bancroft, born December 14, 1880, at St. Louis). 3. Samuel Thurlow, born February 12, 1816; mentioned below.
(VI) Samuel Thurlow Brown, son of Cap- tain Robert Brown (5), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, February 12, 1816. His father died when he was quite young, and at the age of eight years he was sent to Derry, New Hampshire, to live with a family there, and he received his education in the Pinkerton Acad- emy at Derry, New Hampshire, and the Lynn Academy, Massachusetts. In 1839 he made his home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He work- ed in a market and provision store for a num- ber of years, then engaged in the same line of business on his own account. He was suc- cessful in business, and as he invested his surplus in Lowell real estate, which the rapid growth of the city greatly enhanced in value, his property finally required all his time and attention, and he retired from his business. He died in Lowell, June 12, 1902. He became
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