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James Bailey, the immigrant, BAILEY was born in England, about 1612, and came to New Eng- land with the early settlers sent over by the Massachusetts Bay Company, and he is found among the settlers on "Mr. Ezechi Rogers" Plantation" established as the town of Row- ley, September 4, 1639. He married Lydia Emery, who lived to a very old age, and died at Rowley, April 29, 1704, twenty-eight years after the death of her husband, who died at his home in Rowley, and was buried August IO, 1677. The children of James and Lydia (Emery) Bailey, were nine, four of which, John, Lydia, Jonathan and Damaris, married and had children.
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Lydia (Emery) Bailey, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, December 2, 1642. He was married June 16, 1668, to Mary, daughter of Deacon Thomas Mighill, whose prominence made him a deacon on the forma- tion of the church at Rowley. John Bailey was a prominent man in the town government, and volunteered in the service of the colony as a member of Sir William Phipp's expedi- tion of 1690 against the French settlement of Port Royal to Acadia, and of the larger ex- pedition the same year when thirty-four ves- sels and two thousand men were sent by the Massachusetts Bay Colony against Quebec, and on the return of this unsuccessful ex- pedition John Bailey was among them who lost their lives, November 19, 1690, when nine of the vessels of the fleet were wrecked and lost. He had left at home his wife and eight chil- dren, and his widow gave birth to their ninth child after learning of his death. She ad- ministered his estate in Salem, and died about 1693. Children of John and Mary (Mighill) Bailey : Jonathan, born August 31, 1670; Ann, 1673, died 1690; Nathaniel, born 1675 ; Thom- as, October 7, 1677 ; James, 1680; Mary, born 1683, died 1721; Elizabeth, November 15, 1685, married Daniel Tenney, lived in New- bury and died January 26, 1780; Lydia, April 14, 1688, married Daniel Ritter, and lived in Lunenburg, Massachusetts; John, January 12, 1691, lived in Boston, married Mehitable , and died before 1722.
(III) James Bailey, son of John and Mary (Mighill) Bailey, was born in Rowley, in 1680. He lived in Bradford, Massachusetts, and married (first), July 14, 1702, Hannah Wood, born January 20, 1681, and she bore him thirteen children and died about 1730. He married, second, November 22, 1733, Mrs. Mary Bacon, and the occasion called for a smock marriage, described as weddings where the bride appears dressed in a white sheet or chemise furnished by the bridegroom. The reason was the prevalent belief that if a man married a woman who was in debt he could be held liable for her indebtedness if he received any property with her. Eventually all im- modesty was avoided by the bridegroom fur- nishing to the bride all the clothing worn at a wedding, 'retaining title to the same in him- self. James Bailey died early in 1769, and his will was probated in Salem, February 27, 1769. Children of James and Hannah (Wood) Bailey : Abigail, born at Bradford, Massachusetts, October 26, 1703, married Jo- seph Carleton, Jr., October 30, 1729 ; had two children, and died February 8, 1737-38. Sam-
uel, February 20, 1705, married, February 2, 1727-28, Mary Rolf, moved from Bradford to Andover ; his house lot now forms a part of the Hood Stock Farm. His second wife, Dor- cas Abbott, of Andover, born October 2, 1735, died December, 1774, ten years before the death of her husband, who died of cancer, January 5, 1784. Hannah, July 30, 1706, mar- ried James Hardy, July 4, 1727. Joseph, May 18, 1708 (q. v.). Mehitable, August 8, 1709, married John Goss, July 30, 1728, and had seven children, four sons and three daughters. Edward, August 9, 1711, married Elizabeth Burbank, October 12, 1732, and had one son, Moses, and two daughters. Ednah, May 31, 1713, married Jonathan Griffin, of Newbury, October 28, 1731. Stephen, January 3, 1715, lived at Bradford, married (first) Sarah Church, of Newbury, May 3, 1737, died three days after the birth of her son Abraham, who married Ruth Harris, July 10, 1763, and (sec- ond) Judith Varnum, of Amesbury, May 22, 1740, and they had a daughter Mary, born Au- gust 1, 1743. Miriam, June 14, 1716, married Moses Tyler. Beulah, December 20, 1718, married Daniel or Nathaniel Griffin, of New- bury, February 24, 1735-36, and had two sons, Samuel and Daniel Griffin. James, February II, 1721-22, was a ship carpenter, married Rachel Berry, about 1745, and by her had eight children. He married as his second wife Mary Kinard, who bore him three children after 1762. Hepzibah, February 29. 1723-24, mar- ried a Mr. Beale.
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(IV) Joseph Bailey, son of James and Hannah (Wood) Bailey was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, May 18, 1708. He married Sarah Goss, 1709-1755, and moved to Tewks- bury about 1735. He was a member of the church of that place. His wife died April 22, 1755, after bearing him nine children, and he married, October 3, 1755, Apphia Bartlett, who bore him two children. The children in the order of their birth were: Joseph, Sarah, Ebenezer, Jethro, James, Luther (q. v.), Wil- liam, Hannah, Timothy, Apphia and Tris- tram Bartlett.
(V) Luther Bailey, fifth son and sixth child of Joseph and Sarah (Goss) Bailey, was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, August 2, 1745, married Experience Bailey, of Tewks- bury, and they had ten children: Experience, Luther, Anna, Hannah, Calvin, Charlotte, Sarah, Joseph, Timothy (q. v.) and Elizabeth. Luther Bailey died at Malden, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1830.
(VI) Timothy Bailey, son of Luther and Experience (Bailey) Bailey, was born in West
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Moreland, New Hampshire, September 20, 1785. He was a farmer, but suffered from a sunstroke and removed to Malden, Massa- chusetts. He married Eunice Sweetzer, of South Reading, Massachusetts, and they had eight children. The mother died February 14, 1833, and he married as his second wife Mary B. Dingley, of Waterville, Maine, in 1835, and she bore him four children. She died December 18, 1840, and he married for his third wife Nancy B. Dingley, who bore him no children. Timothy Bailey engaged in the manufacture of tin ware, and employed forty men. He was president of the Malden Bank, 1832 to 1850, and First National Bank 1850 to November 19, 1852. He died in Mal- den, Massachusetts. November 10. 1852. His children in the order of their birth were: Marianne, born November 19, 1817; Almira, Abigail, Sarah Jane. John Calvin, John New- ton. George Timothy (q. v.). Joseph Henry. born February 8. 1833, died February 16, 1833: Joseph Henry, born February 22, 1836, died September 2. 1836; Emma Octoria, Nancy Sophia and Sarah Jane.
(VID) George Timothy Bailey, son of Timothy and Eunice (Sweetzer) Bailey, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, February 15. 1830. He was educated in the public schools of Malden, and the Academy at Middleboro, graduating in 1848, and went to work in his father's tin ware factory; on the death of his father in 1852 he came into possession of a half interest in the business, his brother, John Newton Bailey, being an equal partner. He sold out his interest soon after and established a hardware business in a new store on City Square. Malden, and in 1856, moved into a new store, part of a four-story brick building. He erected at No. 56 Pleasant street, Malden. the first four story building in Malden. In 1868 he sold out the business on account of the many hours exacted by the custom of the trade, and engaged in the real estate business. including the care of his own rapidly accum- ulating property, which, when he gave up the real estate business in i8So, had been ang- mented by the erection of twenty-five houses which he readily sold or leased. He served the city of Malden four years as commission- er of public property, commissioner of high- ways, commissioner of the fire department. commissioner of state aid, commissioner of street lights and commissioner of cemeteries. In the latter capacity he selected and pur- chased the property on which Forestdale cemetery was created. The site was previous- ly a farm of fifty-two acres; valned by the
owner at $20,000, but which he purchased through a third party for $10,500, and it be- came the property of the city of Malden at that price. He was chief engineer of the fire department of Malden, 1862-80, and secured for the department the new fire engine house on Central Square, constructed under his sup- ervision, and accepted as a model in that class of city public buildings. As a highway com- missioner he aided in securing the extension of Mountain avenue to Summer street, and of Clifton street to Main street. He has served as a member of the Democratic city commit- tee since 1882, and was a member of the city council for the first four years of the exist- ence of the city government. He is a mem- ber of the United Order of the Golden Cross founded in 1876; of the United Order of Pil- grim Fathers, founded in 1879; of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded in 1868; and he was presiding officer of the command- ery and council of that order, and active in all these relations.
He was married November 26, 1861. to Luella E., daughter of Samuel (1792-1875) and Sallie B. (1802-1887) Hayes, of South Strafford, Vermont. The children of George T. and Luella E. (Hayes) Bailey are: Minnie E., born in Malden, September 3. 1862, mar- ried George C. Crosby, June 22, 1882: they have had three children. all of whom died. George A .. born Malden. September IS. 1864. married September 3. 1899, Harriet Richards. Albert W., born September 3. 1867, married Clara Love Porter Barnes, and has children, James Albert Bailey, born Au- gust 15, 1899. Clara Lnella Bailey, born Au- gust 24. 1900, Dorothy Reed Bailey, born February 20. 1005. William M., born Au- gust 6. 1869. married Inez M. Dodge, in' De- cember, 1901, and has one child, Blanche J. Bailey, born September 22, 1907. Grace T., born October 20, 1871. Edward S., born May 5. 1873. died October 5, 1873. Sidney H., born July 5. 1874. never married.
Nathaniel Woodward, the WOODWARD immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and he and his sons John. Robert and Nathaniel, all approaching manhood, with other younger children, were among the first settlers of Bos- ton. Massachusetts. There are reasons for be- lieving that this family was from Boston, Eng- land. Nathaniel had a lot assigned to him in Boston. November 30. 1635: was admitted a freeman April 17. 1637: was mathematician
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and surveyor employed to run the line between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony, also between Massachusetts and Connecticut and later in the Merrimac survey. In 1642 he was appointed to fix the line between Charlestown and Lynn. He was allotted land at Muddy River, January 8, 1737, and from time to time had other grants of land. His house was at what is now the northeast corner of Summer and Washington streets, Boston. Children : I. Nathaniel, removed to Taunton about 1650. 2. John, born in' England; descendants not traced. 3. Robert, born in England; men- tioned below. 4. Prudence, married July, 1661, Christopher Morse, mariner, of Boston ; possi- bly other children.
(II) Robert Woodward, son of Nathaniel Woodward (I), was born in England, came with his father to Boston, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter. He was granted a house lot in Boston, December 18, 1637, and had a house lot and garden in Boston in 1644. His house and garden in 1651 was bounded on land of Jacob Leger, Thomas Botolph, High street, and the lane. He died Novem- ber 21, 1653. He married Rachel Smith, daughter of John Smith, of Boston, tailor. His widow married July 7, 1654, Thomas Harwood, of Boston. She joined the church November 6, 1646. Her father, John Smith, in his will dated September 23, 1673, gave Robert and Nathaniel Woodward, his grand- children, land on which they had already built houses to be enjoyed in fee. Children: I. Joseph, born October 24, 1641; probably died young. 2. Nathaniel, baptized October 30, 1642, when four days old. 3. Smith, bap- tized August 4, 1644, aged five days, men- tioned below. 4. Robert, born November 14, 1646. 5. Mercy, baptized November 6, 1646. 6. Thomas, baptized April 2, 1650. 7. John, baptized December 14, 1651; died August 23, 1652. 8. Jeremiah, baptized August 28, 1653, died November 26, 1653.
(III) Smith Woodward, son of Robert Woodward (2), was born in Boston, 1644. Children: I. Robert, mentioned below. 2. Smith, settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married July 29, 1691, Thankful Pope, daugh- ter of John and Margaret Pope, of Dorches- ter; she died June 15, 1738, a year after his death; had thirteen children. Perhaps other children.
(IV) Robert Woodward, possibly son of Smith Woodward (3), was born about 1660. He settled in Scituate when a young man. Deane in his "History of Scituate" has made many errors in his sketch of the Woodward
family, the Robert Woodworth there men- tioned being Robert Woodward, the proba- ble son of Smith, of Boston. He was not a descendant of Walter of Scituate, although there may have been some relationship. He married, in 1684, Bethia Torrey, daughter of Lieutenant James Torrey. In 1728 he bought of his son Robert the land where he was then dwelling, and June 9, 1735, he sold his house and land to his son James, possession to be given him after the death of the grantor and his wife Bethia. He died in 1744, and May 21 of that year his son James was appointed administrator. Robert was upward of sev- enty years of age June 7, 1730, when he was admitted to full communion. Children: I. Bethia, born December 5, 1685; married May 6, 1718, Benjamin Tower. 2. James, born January 25, 1687; died February 17, 1694. 3. Benjamin, born May 31, 1690. 4. Elizabeth, born August 23, 1692; married Thomas Tow- er. 5. Joanna, born February 20, 1694. 6. Robert, born August 15, 1697. 7. Mary, born April 27, 1699; married Joseph Garnett. 8. Deborah, born May II, 1701. 9. Ann, born May 4, 1704. 10. Lydia, born September 3, 1706; unmarried. II. James, born August 9, 1709; mentioned below.
(V) James Woodward, son of Robert Woodward (4), was born in Scituate, August 9, 1709; married December 16, 1731, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Soper, by whom he had nine children. She died in 1748, and James married (second) February 15, 1749, Mrs. Vinal, widow of John Vinal, Jr., by whom he had five children. James died in 1758, and his widow married James Lambert of Scituate. She spent the last years of her life in Bristol, Maine, with her son Samuel. Children by first wife: I. James, born September 17, 1732, died in infancy. 2. Lydia, born August 31, 1734, died July 8, 1821, unmarried. 3.
Sarah, born March 27, 1736, died in infancy. 4. Bethia, born January 23, 1737. 5. Sarah, born April 14, 1740, married, October 19, 1768, Rev. Shearjashub Bourn. 6. Mary, born May 14, 1742. 7. Joseph, born June 6, 1744, died in expedition to Canada. 8. John, born 1746, married, April 11, 1771, Mary Hodgkins, of Georgetown, Maine, and set- tled in Lisbon. 9. Elizabeth, born 1748. Children by second wife: 10. Samuel, born October 9, 1750, mentioned below. II. Wil- liam, born July 12, 1752, married Mehitable Beal, of Hingham. 12. James, born August 12, 1754. 13. Elisha, born September 27, 1756. 14. Benjamin, born October 7. 1758, married Dolly Lowell.
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(VI) Samuel Woodward, son of James Woodward (5), was born in Scituate, Massa- chusetts, October 9, 1750. He served an ap- prenticeship as shipwright under Thomas Barstow, of Hanover, Massachusetts. He married, December 30, 1779, Sarah Barstow, eldest daughter of his employer. She was born November 27, 1754, and in the spring of 1781 they moved to Bristol, Maine. He built numerous vessels on the Damariscotta river and was the first ship builder in the town of Bristol, also built the Walpole Meeting House. He was on the school committee in 1796. In the United States direct tax of 1798, he was assessed on four hundred and eighty- four acres of land, being one of the largest landholders in Bristol. He was also a soldier in the Revolution, and was in Colonel, Wil- liam Jones' regiment in the Penobscot expe- dition. He died November 8, 1815, and his wife February 6, 1811. Children: I. Samuel, born at Hanover, October 22, 1780, married, December 1, 1802, Martha Twombly. 2. James, born January 20, 1783, mentioned be- low. 3. Perez, born December 27, 1785. 4. John, born August 5, 1788. 5. Sally, born December 12, 1790, married, at Bristol, De- cember 9, 1817, John Wadsworth. 6. Mary, born May 2, 1793, married Samuel Russ. 7. Thomas, born May 1, 1799, married, Novem- ber 29, 1826, Catherine Huston, of Bristol.
(VII) James Woodward, son of Samuel Woodward (6), was born in Bristol, Maine, January 20, 1783. Married, October 4, 1807, Lavinia Wadsworth, born January 4, 1783, daughter of Cephas and Molly (Cook) Wads- worth, of Kingston. He lived in that part of Bristol which in 1847 became part of the town of Damariscotta. He was a ship-build- er, and in company with James Jones built numerous ships on the Damariscotta river. He died December II, 1843, and his widow February 26, 1868. Children: I. Julia Ann, born 1808, married February 7, 1828, George B. Hussey, born January 29, 1804, son of Job and Sallie (Barstow) Hussey, of New Cas- tle. 2. Perez, born March 22, 1810. 3. Ma- ria, born October 2, 1812, died unmarried November 30, 1854. 4. James, born April 2, 1815. 5. Uriah Wadsworth, born October 28, 1817. 6. Samuel, born August 7, 1819, mentioned below. 7. Mary Jane, born Feb- ruary 3, 1822, married, September 1, 1846, Cephas Wadsworth. 8. Cephas Wadsworth, born April 20, 1824, died July 6, 1852. 9. Sarah Barstow, born March 13, 1827, mar- ried, November 6, 1849, George Baylis Poole,
and settled in North Bridgewater, Massachu- setts.
(VIII) Samuel Woodward, son of James Woodward (7), was born in Bristol, Maine, August 7, 1819. Married Jerusha Baker Erskine, in Wiscasset, Maine, January 20, 1848. Through his mother, Lavinia Wads- worth, he was descended of eight different pilgrims who came to Plymouth in the "May- flower's" first voyage-John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, William Brewster, Love Brewster, Francis Cook, Stephen Hopkins, William Mullins, Henry Samson and Richard Warren. His mother was a native of Kingston, Massa- chusetts. His wife, Jerusha B., was born No- vember 21, 1828, daughter of William and Betsey (Baker) Erskine, of Bristol. Samuel was a shipwright by trade, but taught school when a young man; was on the school com- mittee of Bristol for 1846 and of Damariscot- ta from 1851 to 1854. He removed from Damariscotta in 1866 to Chelsea, Massachu- setts, where he died May 18, 1875. Children: I. Samuel Walter, born December 13, 1848, married, in Chelsea, June 24, 1874, Mary Catherine Wade, born May 31, 1853, daugh- ter of William and Irene (Nichols) Wade, of Chelsea, dry goods merchant of Chelsea, now of Washington, D. C. Children: i. Helen Clifton, born in Chelsea, April 30, 1876; ii. Irene, born in Chelsea, October 4, 1878; iii. Walter Lothrop, born in Washington, D. C., March 8, 1882, died of meningitis, at Paris, May 3, 1898, while travelling with his par- ents; iv. Margaret, born in Washington, D. C., July 20, 1884; v. Donald, born in Wash- ington, D. C., June 14, 1888; vi. Catherine, born in Washington, D. C., December 12, 1889. 2. Frederick Eugene, born July 22, 1850, married, in Chelsea, January 29, 1879, Sophie G. Coleman, born June 16, 1857, re- moved to Washington, D. C .; dry goods mer- chant. Children: i. Laura Alice, born in Chelsea, November II, 1879, died in Wash- ington, D. C., April 22, 1884; ii. Frank Bar- stow, born in Chelsea, May 24, 1881, died March 5, 1900; iii. Ray Louise, born in Washington, D. C., November 13, 1885; iv. Edith D., born in Washington, D. C., Octo- ber 6, 1890. 3. Julia Hussey, born Septem- ber 16, 1851, died February 4, 1852. 4. Frank Ernest, mentioned below. 5. Maria Isabel, born November 30, 1854, married, in Wash- ington, D. C., November 2, 1893, John H. Olcott and has one son, John Woodward, born October 10, 1896. 6. Nellie Clifton, born December 30, 1857, died April 30, 1864.
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(IX) Frank Ernest Woodward, son of Samuel Woodward (8), was born in Damaris- cotta, Maine, January 2, 1853. After leaving the common school of his district he at- tended Lincoln Academy at Newcastle, Maine, in 1865-66. In the fall of 1866 he re- moved to Chelsea, with his father, and attend- ed the grammar and high schools of that city. In 1869 he entered the employ of the Magee Furnace Company of Boston. In 1887 he be- came a stockholder in the corporation, and from 1895 until 1905 was manager of the heating and ventilating departments. The latter year he bought out the entire contract branch of the business and has since carried it on under the firm name of Frank E. Wood- ward & Company. Mr. Woodward is well known among the stove and furnace manu- facturers of the country. Since October 27, 1881, he has made his home in Malden. In 1884 he was elected secretary of the Malden school board and served in that office for ten years. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and was treasurer of its building committee in 1893-4. In Febru- ary, 1895, he was elected secretary of the Malden Historical Society, an office he has held to the present time. He is a member of the American Historical Association, New England Historic Genealogical Society, board of managers of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and president of the Malden Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, from its organization in 1900 until 1905. He was elected a trustee of the Malden Public Library, January 12, 1903, to succeed the late William A. Wilde. In 1905 he was elected one of the trustees of Pine Banks Park, a tract of one hundred and ten acres bequeathed to the cities of Malden and Melrose by the late Elisha S. Converse, and accepted under a special act of the legis- lature. He was appointed with D. P. Corey on a commission to copy and supervise the printing of the vital records of Malden. He was chairman of the committee having in charge the historic loan exhibition of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the cor- poration of the town of Malden in 1899. This exhibit was very extensive and formed one of the chief features of the celebration. The success of this exhibition was due largely to the zeal and indefatigable personal efforts of the chairman of the committee. Mr. Wood- ward is a Republican, and has been very ac- tive in the political affairs of the city having been for some fourteen years on the Republi- can city committee and treasurer since 1900.
He has contributed valuable historical and genealogical articles to various ยท magazines and periodicals. He is the author of a care- fully prepared genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Woodward, of Bristol, Maine, and has been gathering for many years data re- lating to the various branches of the Wood- ward family in America. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Malden. He married, June 23, 1881, Alice Elizabeth Colesworthy, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, daughter of the late Daniel C. Colesworthy, a book-seller of Cornhill, Boston. She was born June 19, 1849. Her mother was Mary Jane (Bowers) Colesworthy. Children, all born in Malden: 1. Ernest Colesworthy, born August 29, 1882. 2. Lawrence Erskine, No- vember 28, 1884, died of acute bronchitis, De- cember 4, 1885. 3. Mary, born May 15, 1886. 4. Adelaide, October 8, 1887. 5. Clarence Rich- ardson, April 22, 1889. 6. Stanley Wingate (twin), December 11, 1890. 7. Sidney Chaf- fin (twin) December II, 1890. 8. Alice, March 14, 1893. 9. Isabel, March 17, 1895.
JONES The surname Jones is a common one in Wales. Over fifty colon- ists by that name, and all progen- itors of families, were in New England before
I700. There is a tradition among the de- scendants of Lewis Jones, of Roxbury and Watertown, that their ancestor was of Welsh origin, which is, without doubt, true.
(I) Lewis Jones, of Roxbury and Water- town, Massachusetts, the ancestor of the Watertown-Weston family of Jones, was a resident of Roxbury as early as 1640. He re- moved to Watertown about 1650 or 1651, and died there April 11, 1684. His wife Ann died May 1, 1680, aged seventy-eight years, grave- 7, 1678-9, mentions his wife Ann, sons Shu- bael and Josiah, daughter of Lydia Whitney ; son Josiah, executor, "my loving friend and brother," John Stone, overseer. In a codicil dated April 19, 1682, he refers to his son Shu- bael. Children: Lydia, married, October 30, 1656, Jonathan Whitney : Josiah, see forward ; Phebe, baptized at Roxbury, January 1, 1645, died there, July 6, 1650; Shubael, born at Watertown, October 8, 1651.
(II) Captain Josiah Jones, son of Lewis Jones (I), married, October 2, 1667, Lydia Treadway, daughter of Nathaniel and Suffer- ana (Haynes) Treadway, of Watertown. He died at Weston, October 9, 1714, "in ye 74th year of his age," gravestone. She died Sep- tember 18, 1743, "full of days aet. 95." Mr.
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