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(IV) Joseph White, son of Joseph White (3), was born at Marblehead and baptized there May 13, 1744. Married there August 3, 1766, Elizabeth Saltkins. He probably re- moved to Middleton, an adjacent town. Chil- dren, born at Marblehead : I. Samuel, bap- tized November 9, 1766, at Marblehead, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph, baptized June 19, 1768, mentioned below.
(V) Samuel White, son of Joseph White (4), was born at Marblehead, baptized No- vember 9, 1766, died at Middleton, September 5, 1818. He married Hannah who died at Middleton, August 28, 1813, aged
forty-four years, four months. He married (second), February 5, 1817, Phebe Stiles, born at Middleton, May 17, 1800, daughter of John and Rebecca Stiles; married (second), Au- gust 5, 1829, Samuel Tyler, Jr., and she died February 19, 1872, aged seventy-two years. Children of Samuel and Hannah: I. Ruth, born 1792, died March 10, 1812, at Middleton,
aged twenty years, seven months, eleven days. 2. (?) Oliver, born about 1795, married Asenath and settled in Middleton. 3. Perley, born July 28, 1802, died February 23, 1839; married November 30, 1826, Eliza Hutchinson, daughter of Abijah; she died November 6, 1845, aged forty-five. 3. Char- lotte, born August 10, 1804. 4. Lydia, born October 9, 1808. 5. Charlotte, born May 16, 1812. Child of Samuel and Phebe White: 6. Samuel Christopher Kilby.
(V) Joseph White, brother of Samuel White, and son of Joseph White (4), was baptized at Marblehead, June 19, 1768. Mar- ried at Middleton, January 2, 1794, Rachel Curtis, of Middleton, born May 17, 1757, daughter of Amos and Hannah, sister of his brother John's wife. Children, born at Mid- dleton : I. Joseph, baptized August 30, 1794, had a son Joseph H. and other children. 2. Betsey, baptized November 8, 1795. 3. Patty, baptized November 8, 1795. 4. John, prob- ably about 1797, mentioned below.
(VI) John White, son of nephew of Joseph White (5), was born in or near Middleton, Massachusetts. He married Mehitable Kin- ney, widow. Mehitable Wilkins married Israel Kinney, Jr., of Hollis, New Hamp- shire, October 9, 1794. Kinney was born in Hollis, September 14, 1768. Mehitable Wil- kins baptized July 5, 1772, daughter of David and Margaret Wilkins, of an old Middeton family. By her first marriage she had W. J. C. Kinney, who was for many years general freight agent of the Boston & Maine railroad, retiring at the age of eighty. years. The only child of John and Mehitable (Kinney) White was George W., born September 2, 1821, at Middleton, mentioned below.
(VII) George W. White, son of John White (6), was born at Middleton, September 2, 1821. He was a farmer at Middleton. Later he was conductor and yard master at Charlestown, Massachusetts, for the Boston & Maine railroad up to the time of his death. He died there November 18, 1896. He mar- ried, November 26, 1846, Augusta Ann Per- kins, born September 22, 1827, daughter of William and Hannah (Moore) Perkins. Her parents were married at Middleton, December 2, 1824. Her father was probably the son of Oliver Jr., and Betty Perkins. Oliver, Jr., married Betsey Berry, December 4, 1796. She survives her husband, George W. White, Sr. Children : I. George W., born March 1, 1847, mentioned below. 2. Frank Clarendon, born February 23, 1849, died young.
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(VIII) George W. White, son of George W. White (7), was born in Middleton, Mass- achusetts, March I, 1847, town record. He was educated in the public schools of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, whither his parents removed when he was about eight years old. He left school at the age of fourteen and went to work on a farm in Greenland, New Hamp- shire. At the end of that season he found employment in a grocery store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, remaining eighteen months, then went to East Boston, Massachusetts, as a clerk in a market. Then for ten years he was employed in the Suffolk Market in the butter business. In the same line of business he struck out for himself in partnership with Charles O. Stickney under the firm name of White & Stickney in the Suffolk Market. He sold his business interests to his partner in 1891, and in 1892 formed a partnership with Henry M. Corliss under the firm name of White & Corliss in the butter business in Bos- ton. In 1896 Mr. White sold his interests to A. C. E. Fairbanks and retired. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist. He married, February 9, 1876, Emma F. Han- son, who was born November 7, 1852, daugh- ter of Luther and Emily (Millett) Hanson, of Manchester, Massachusetts. Her father was a cabinet maker, a native of Vermont, a Re- publican in politics, and an excellent citizen. Children of George W. and Emma F. White : I. Edith M., born May 10, 1879. Married Joseph G. Allman, of the firm of Allman Brothers, Melrose; they now reside in San Francisco, California. 2. Frank C., born March II, 1887, is in the advertising business in Boston.
(For first two generations see Philip McIntire I).
(III) Ebenezer McIntire, son McINTIRE of John McIntire (2), and grandson of Philip McIntire (I), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, about 1695. He was a taxpayer of Reading as early as 1720, and lived there all his life. He had land at Fitchburg, where his son, John McIntire, settled before the Revolution. He married Susanna Freeman.
(IV) John McIntire, son of Ebenezer Mc- Intire (4), was born in Reading about 1730. He bought land of Ebenezer and Susanna Mc- Intire, his parents, February 7, 1789. This lot adjoined land of Jacob McIntire. He deeded land to Daniel McIntire, his son, March 15, 1794, at Fitchburg. He married
Mary ---. The following settled in Fitch- burg and all appear from the records to be sons of John and Mary McIntire: I. Elijah, soldier in the Revolution from Fitchburg. 2. Elias, mentioned below. 3. David. 4. Daniel. (V) Elias McIntire, son of John McIntire (4), was born in Reading in 1761, according to the Revolutionary Rolls. He was nineteen years of age November 20, 1780, when he enlisted in the army ; his hair and complexion were recorded as dark. He is called some- times of Billerica and of Reading. He was in Captain Nathaniel Heath's company, Febru- ary 13, 1779, discharged May 12, 1779, in guard duty about Boston. Elijah McIntire of Fitchburg, probably a brother, and David Mc- Intire, also of Fitchburg, mentioned above, were in the Fitchburg company in the Revo- lution in 1775. Elias McIntire did not remove to Fitchburg until after the Revolu- lution. He bought a farm there October 24, 1791, of Jonathan Fletcher, of Fitchburg, giv- ing his own residence at that time as Read- ing ; his land adjoining land of Simeon Shat- tuck, Jacob Burnap, Martin Herrick and Ben- jamin Herrick. He bought another parcel of land January 31, 1799, of Abraham Farwell, situated in the northwest part of Fitchburg. In 1797 Elias, Daniel and Jacob McIntire were members of the Baptist church of Fitchburg. Elias and others were refused a rebate on taxes paid for the support of religion, although other Methodists and Baptists were paid back a portion of their taxes. He had failed to file a written protest when paying his taxes. Elias was a highway surveyor of Fitchburg in 1801-02. He left town about 1808. He sold a pasture lot to Thomas Hilton, September II, 1806, and his farm to Reuben Smith, Sep- tember 29, 1806. The remainder of his land was deeded to Thomas Hilton, March 18, 1807. He bought the Underwood homestead with his brother-in-law, Abraham Farwell, in 1806. His sister-in-law, Lucy Underwood, of Read- ing, quitclaimed her rights to Elias McIntire in the estate of her late father, Joseph Under- wood, March 3, 1806, and Abel Farwell bought of Elias McIntire and Abraham Far- well the land, buildings, etc., of the home- stead. Elias then settled in Stoddard, New Hampshire, where he lived the remainder of his life. He married Rebecca Underwood, daughter of Joseph and Mary Underwood, of Reading and Fitchburg.
Joseph Underwood, the immigrant ancestor, came to Hingham, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor as early as 1637 ; was a free-
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man May 16, 1645, and died February 16, 1676-77, in Watertown, whither he removed. Married (first) Mary , (second), in Dorchester, April 26, 1665, Mary Howe; chil- dren : Joseph, mentioned below ; Sarah, Mary, Martha, Hannah, married, October 14, 1680, John Gibson; Elizabeth, married William Bull; Thomas, Margaret Underwood.
Joseph Underwood, Jr., son of Joseph Un- derwood, the first settler, was born in Water- town in 1650, died 1691. Was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. Children of Joseph, Jr. and Elizabeth: Mary, born 1673; Joseph, born 1675; John, born March 6, 1679, married Nathaniel Cutler ; Joseph, born May 28, 1681, mentioned below. Joshua, born January 31, 1682-83; Sarah, born February 9, 1687; Han- nah, born 1690, baptized April 13, 1690.
Joseph Underwood, third of the name in direct line, married, 1739, Ruth Barney.
Joseph Underwood, fourth of the name, married, 1762, Mary Poole, and resided in North Chelmsford and Reading. Children : Mary, born 1763, married, 1785, Thomas Miles; Lucy, born 1771, mentioned above ; Joseph, born 1773; Rebecca, born 1775 ; mar- ried Elias McIntire, mentioned above; Sally Under wood.
The children of Elias and Rebecca ( Under- wood) McIntire: I. Levi, married, at Stod- dard, December 21, 1823, Mary Tuttle. 2. Martin Willard, mentioned below. 3. Sally, married, February 9, 1826, Jesse Reed. 4. Clarissa, married, March 15, 1830, at Stod- dard, Jesse Reed. All were born probably at Fitchburg ; not recorded. .
(VI) Martin Willard McIntire, son of Elias McIntire (5), was born probably in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, about 1795, died 1875 in Nelson, New Hampshire. He was educated in the public schools, and followed farming at Nelson for his occupation. The farm was in the section known as Munson- ville. He married Mary Taylor, of Stoddard. Children: I. Adeline, settled in Nelson ; married Amos B. McIntire. 2. George Wash- ington, born at Stoddard, March 9, 1825, men- tioned below. 3. Dr. Horatio, married Lydia Holt, of Nelson; married (second) Addie Black, of New York City; resided at Han- cock, New Hampshire, then at Milford ; both his children died of consumption and he finally settled in Dakota.
(VII) George Washington McIntire, son of Martin Willard McIntire (6), was born at Stoddard, New Hampshire, March 9, 1825. He resided in Chelmsford, Massachusetts ;
married Elizabeth Reynor, daughter of Thomas Reynor, born in York, England, Sep- tember 29, 1827. Children: I. Charles H., born November 16, 1862, mentioned below. 2. Laura, married John Cressey; she died 1877.
(VIII) Charles H. McIntire, son of George Washington McIntire (7), was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 16, 1862. He was educated in the public and high schools and at Brown University, grad- uating 1885. He is at present practicing law in Lowell, entering into partnership in Decem- ber, 1896, with William H. Wilson, under the name of McIntire & Wilson with offices in the Hildreth building. He married, August 25, 1890, Martha Josephine Libby, at Lowell. She was born May II, 1865, at Lowell, daughter of William Eaton and Martha (Knight) Libby. Children: I. Laura Josephine, born February 7, 1899. 2. Eleanor Reyner, born November 29, 1901.
In England, Scotland and Ire- SKAHAN land (viz.), in "Burkes Gen- eral Armory" we find that this family is undoubtedly of ancient lineage and was settled in England about the time when surnames came into use. A. D. 1200 or soon after that period, we also find in "Burkes General Armory" that the family name has been spelled in various ways; at Bonby, Lin- colnshire, England, the name appears as Skearne and Skerne; we also find the name in Yorkshire, England. The family coat-of- arms are described (viz.) : Gules, in the dex- ter chief and sinister base points : a tower. or : in the sinister chief and dexter base points; a lion rampant of the last;
Crest, on a tower or, a lion couchant ar.
In the west of England and Ireland the name appears as Skearne, Skerne, Skyre, or Skryne and at a later period the name appears as Skahn and Skane. In Scotland the name appears as Skene and Skeene. It is of this branch of this family that the celebrated phy- sician and surgeon, Alexander J. Skene, of Brooklyn, New York, was a descendant.
The arms of the Irish and Scottish branch of this ancient family are the same arms, only the charges ar, Crest-on a tower or, a lion Ramp, of the last; that the members of the Irish branch of this family have been at seri- ous variance with their English brethren there can be no doubt, hence the radical departure from the original coat-of-arms.
(I) John Skahan was a prosperous farmer
PATRICK SKAHAN
SARAH SKAHAN
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of Queen's county, Ireland. He came of a prominent family which thrived for many generations and which numbers among its ancestors many notable men. John Skahan was considered one of the best farmers in that part of Queen's county where he lived. He had three sons and three daughters. Among the sons was John, mentioned below.
(II) John Skahan, son of John Skahan (I), was born in Durreen, Castle Durrugh, Queen's county, Ireland. He was brought up on his father's farm, and received what schooling was available in those times. Although this was very meagre, he acquired through his own efforts a good education. When a young man he was appointed wood-ranger and game- keeper for Lord Ashbrook in his township, remaining with him for twenty years. He then bought a farm of eight acres nearby of a London merchant named Palmer. He also hired some of the adjoining property of Mr. Palmer and became a successful farmer. At that time he was considered comfortably well off. He raised wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and sheep. He was a farmer all his life and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was very active and businesslike, and was noted for his great strength, being able to lift more than any other man in his town. He was a liberal in politics, and was influential in his party, succeeding several times in electing his candidates to parliament. He and his family were members of St. Paul's Church at Durrugh. He married Ellen Kelley, of Kill- dare, Queen's county, Ireland. Among his children were: I. James, married Margaret Dunn and had one child, James. 2. Michael, died at the age of twenty-one. 3. John, mar- ried Huestis and had three children, William, Patrick and Michael. 4. Thomas, married Ann Hartford, of Kilkenney, and had: i. Mary, married Thomas Cosgrove, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; ii. Thomas. 5. Patrick, born 1828, mentioned below. 6. Wil- liam, married Bridget O'Connor, of Castle Island, Ireland, and had: i. Mary, married Daniel Frazier, of Montreal, and had John Frazier ; ii. Katherine, married Daniel Kelley, of Cambridge, and had William, Edward, Katherine and Mary. iii. William, married Jennie Malone.
(III) Patrick Skahan, son of John Skahan (2), was born in Durreen, Castle Durrugh, Queen's county, Ireland, in 1828, and died at Belmont, Massachusetts, November 10, 1890. He was the emigrant ancestor. He was of sturdy stock-and began early to support him-
self. He learned the trade of iron moulder, serving seven years apprenticeship, and work- ed at his trade a short time before coming to America. When he was twenty-one years old he started for America, landing at Boston, and subsequently going to Belmont, then West Cambridge. Here he found employment with William Richardson, a market gardener, where he remained two years. During this time he attended the night school at Cambridge, and later. became associated in partnership at mar- ket gardening with Mrs. William Gay, of Belmont, and Henry Richardson was sales- man for their products. He continued here for ten years, and it was the beginning of his success at market gardening. At the time the partnership with Mrs. Gay was dissolved he leased the eight acre farm of D. F. Leonard nearby, and started in business for himself. In 1871 he purchased the present homestead of five acres on Grove street of Helen M. King, also continuing on the Leonard farm on Harvard Lawn, cultivating about fifteen acres of outside growth. In 1887 and 1889 he built his first and second greenhouses and the third was being erected at the time of his death.
He raised all kinds of garden produce, and at first employed Edward Richardson as selling agent, but later attended to that part of the business himself. For the last five years before his death his son relieved him of that care. He was a careful and shrewd business man, strictly honorable in all his dealings. He was of a jovial disposition, and had his share of Irish wit. In politics he was a Democrat, and was a local leader in his party. He was an attendant of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He married, January 1, 1855, Sarah ( Fergu- son) O'Rourke, adopted daughter of Michael and Mary ( Ferguson) O'Rourke. Her father was a mason by trade. Children: I. Mary Ellen, born November 15, 1856, married, No- vember 20, 1881, Joseph M. Turk, of Water- town, Massachusetts; children: I. Francis Warren Turk, born September I, 1882; ii. Mary Alma Turk, born April 4, 1887 : iii. Nor- mand Joseph Turk, born April 11, 1897. 2. John William, born July 3, 1858, mentioned below. 3. Alice Agnes, born April 15, 1860, married, October 9, 1881, Christopher New- man, of Mount Auburn, Massachusetts ; chil- dren: i. Frederick Newman, born July 15, 1882, died September 20, 1882; ii. Christopher Francis Newman, born March 4, 1885: iii. Marion Elizabeth Newman, born December 19, 1886; iv. Alice Newman, born May II,
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1890, died July 10, 1890; v. Edward Newman, born June 10, 1892. 4. Elizabeth Ann, born August 20, 1862, died June 29, 1890; married, October II, 1885, Thomas Powers, of Water- town ; children : Ellen Elizabeth Powers, born April 4, 1888; ii. Francis Leo Powers, born October 14, 1889. 5. Edward Francis, born March 2, 1865, mentioned below. 6. Ellen Theresa, born May 11, 1869, unmarried. 7. Sarah Gertrude, born August 20, 1873, mar- ried, October 1, 1902, John J. O'Brien, of Arlington, Massachusetts, and had Helen Frances O'Brien, born July 15, 1903.
(IV) John William Skahan, son of Pat- rick Skahan (3), was born at Belmont, Mass- achusetts, July 3, 1858. He attended the pub- lic schools at Belmont until the age of fifteen, and then worked at market gardening with his father. In 1885 he took the ten acres of the Leonard farm on Harvard Lawn which his father had previously run, and commenced business on his own account. Here he re- mained for ten years. In 1893 he purchased three acres from the old Learned estate, of Revolutionary fame, and later erected his first greenhouse. Soon after, in 1895, he built the fine residence where he now resides. He has since erected seven more greenhouses on land he has added to his original purchase. In all he has under cultivation, outside and inside, about fourteen acres. The capacity of the greenhouses is sixty-five thousand square feet, where he raises lettuce, cucumbers, radishes
and water cress. The outside cultivation is under the supervision of James Norton, and consists of tomatoes, beans, radishes, lettuce and dandelions. John J. Maher is his sales- man for the Boston market. Mr. Skahan em- ploys on an average of ten or twelve garden- ers the year round. He also owns other real estate, outside the farm. He is a member of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association. In politics he is independent, always preferring. to use his own judgment rather than to follow party nominations entirely. He attends the Sacret Heart Roman Catholic Church at Watertown.
He married, November 25, 1885, .B. Annie Kilroy, born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 8, 1863, daughter of Patrick and Ellen (Cummings) Kilroy. Her father was a stone mason of Cambridge. Children : I. Alice Evangeline, born September 26, 1886, is a bookkeeper for her father. 2. Frederick John, born May 4, 1896. 3. Charles Francis, born April 17, 1900.
(IV) Edward Francis Skahan, son of Pat- rick Skahan (3), was born at Belmont, Mass- achusetts, March 2, 1865. He attended the public schools of Belmont, going two years to high school. At an early age he was asso- ciated with his father at market gardening, learning thoroughly every branch of the bus- iness, which he afterward followed so success- fully. At his father's death in 1890 he and his mother formed a partnership and conduct- ed the place eight years, with great financial success. Every part of the business was under his personal supervision. During this time five greenhouses with a capacity of twenty thousand square feet were built for the grow- ing of early produce. In 1898 he purchased three acres of the best tillage adjoining the home property and started in for himself. Five years later he leased the home farm of the heirs, and later added two acres to his own land. He has erected on his own property six of the largest and most improved greenhouses, containing forty-one thousand square feet, with boiler house for steam heating. He de- votes eight acres to outside cultivation. He goes daily to the Boston market. Mr. Skahan is an example of a self-made man, and both he and his brother, John W. Skahan, are con- sidered among the most successful market gardners in the state. He resides in a beauti- ful home at 91 Grove street, which he built in 1898. He is also interested in real estate, dealing in mortgages and loans. His seven children are all under nine years of age. Mr. Skahan is independent in politics, and is dep- uty warden of Belmont and for some time was engineer of the Belmont Fire Department. He is a member of the Boston Fruit & Pro- duce Exchange and of the Boston Market Gardener's Association. He and his family attend the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Watertown. He was married Feb- ruary 16, 1898, at 9 o'clock a. m., by Rev. Father P. M. O'Connor, at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, at Arlington, Mary Ellen Purcell, born November 5, 1869, daughter of James and Julia (Hines) Purcell, of Arling- ton. Her father was a prominent market gardener of Arlington. Children: I. Mary Gertrude, born December 20, 1898. 2. Ruth Katharine, born January 10, 1900. 3. Elean- or Purcell, born September 21, 1901. 4.
Sarah Madeline, born November 26, 1902. 5. Julia Frances, born February 12, 1904. 6. Alice, born July 10, 1905. 7. Edward Fran- cis, Jr., born April 4, 1907.
RUTH KATHERINE
ELLEN (PURCELL.)
MARY GERTRUDE
ALICE
EDWARD F.
EDWARD FRANCIS, JR.
JULIA FRANCES
ELEANOR PURCELL
SARAH
MR. & MRS. E. F. SKAHAN AND FAMILY
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All the American Sanborns
SANBORN are descended from the three brothers who settled in Hampton in 1639. This surname is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words Sand and Burn (a stream), evidently a place-name before it became a family name and it seems probable that the English progenitors who first used Sambourne, the original form of Sanborn, as their surname were in Sambourne in War- minster, Wiltshire. The earliest mention of the name in England, in 1194, gives it spelled De Sandburne, but as early as 1330 it is com- monly spelled Samborne and Sambourne, and since the fourteenth century these two forms have been the accepted spelling in England, the only two surviving branches in that country using them. The Amer- ican progenitor spelled the name Samborn and Samborne but gradually the name has been changed to Sanborn, the form adopted by almost all of the American descendants. In Illinois the spelling Sanburn and in Michigan Sandburn is in use by members of this fam- ily.
The Sanborn or Sambourne coat-of-arms : Argent, a chevron, sable, between three mul- lets gules, pierced or. Crest : a mullet as in the arms. The Sambourne ancestry has been traced by V. C. Sanborn, compiler of the Gen- ealogy, to Nicholas Sambourne or Samborne, of Wiltshire, in 1320. Nicholas Samborne was born about 1320 ; probably held the fourth part of a knight's fee in Biddestone, St. Nich- olas, Wiltshire; represented Bath City at the parliament held at Westminster, November 3, I391.
His son, Nicholas Samborne, Jr., was born about 1350; held the fourth part of a knight's fee, mentioned above; was in parliament in 1393-94; married Katherine, the youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lushill or De Lusteshull, who was connected with the House of Lancaster. A grandson, Walter Samborne, was born 1420; held Fernham and Lushill manors but probably lived at Southcot House, near Reading, Berkshire; married Margaret Drew, daughter of Thomas Drew, of Seagry, Wiltshire; she died in 1494 and her will is extant.
Nicholas Samborne, son of Walter and Margaret Samborne, was born about 1450 and made his home at Mapledurham, Oxford- shire; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Brocas, of Beaurepaire, Mampshire ; descend- ant of an ancient and honorable family, from which she inherited considerable property, in-
cluding Timsbury, which the Sambornes oc- cupied. Timsbury House, now the most an- cient Samborne residence in England, is cel- ebrated for the interesting and artistic Tudor architecture. The house today is practically unchanged since 1542 except for minor alter- ations and repairs, and the loss of one wing by fire. The probable line of descent from this Nicholas to the American immigrants is given by the family historian as: Nicholas Sam- borne (VI), born 1500; Edward Samborne (VII), born about 1550; William Samborne (VIII), who married Anne Bachiler and was of Brimpton, Berkshire, in 1616; their sons Lieutenant John, William and Stephen Sam- borne, being the three American emigrants. A sketch of Lieutenant John Samborne ap- pears elsewhere.
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