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(III) Moses Banks, son of John Banks (2), born about 1690, resided upon the Banks homestead in York throughout his life. He is variously styled in the records, gentleman, yeo- man and mariner, and lieutenant. He was in Colonel Thomas Westbrook's company in 1722-5, detailed to range the district of Maine from the Kennebec to the Penobscot to prose- cute "the Eastern Indians for their many breaches of covenant." He married, 1712, Ruth Weare, daughter of Elias and Magda- len (Hilton) Weare, born January 6, 1696-7, and who survived him as late as 1763. His will, dated March 12, 1749, was proved No- vember 23, 1750. Children of Moses and Ruth: I. Joshua born September 13, 1713; mentioned below. 2. Elias, born August 9, 1715 ; died February I, 1725. 3. Mary, born September 12, 1717 ; married August 13, 1735. 4. John, born March 12, 1722. 5. Elias, born September 9, 1725. 6. Jeremiah, born Feb- ruary 7, 1727 ; died May 21, 1752 of small pox. 7. Zebediah, born May 7, 1730. 8. Moses, born July 24, 1732. 9. Elizabeth, born January II, 1734-5 ; married August 26, 1754, Benjamin Millikin. IO. Ruth, born January 18, 1736-7 ; married April, 1760, Elias Weare. II. Richard, died December 4, 1762, of fever
contracted in service in French and Indian war.
(IV) Joshua Banks, son of Moses Banks (3), was born in York, September 13, 1713; married September 18, 1737, Mary Mutch- more. He removed to Nova Scotia about 1760, and his descendants have been numerous in that province. Children: I. Joshua, bap- tized November 4, 1750. 2. Joseph, baptized May II, 1751-2 ; said to have settled in eastern New Jersey. 3. Elizabeth baptized July 24, 1753 ; married Phineas Graves. 4. Jeremiah, baptized July 20, 1755; died unmarried, aged eighty. 5. Moses, baptized October 22, 1758; married, 1764, Jane Spinney ; 1778, Judith Saunders.
(V) Joshua Banks, son of Joshua Banks (4), was born in York, Maine, 1749, baptized there November 4, 1750; removed to Ann- apolis county, Nova Scotia, 1760, with his father's family. His brother Moses settled at Wilmot, and he followed a few years after his marriage. He married, 1776, Dorothea Craft. He died in 1846, aged ninety-six years. Chil- dren of Joshua and Dorothea Banks : I. George, born 1778; married, 1805, Elizabeth Nelson; children: `i. Hannah, born 1809, married Burton Chute; ii. Sarah, born 18II, · married Silas Jackson ; iii. James Nelson, born 1814 ; married Dorothea Beals ; iv. Craft, born 1816, married Sophia Chute, nee Marshall ; v. Frederic, born 1819; married Naomi Marshall ; second Lois Chute ; vi. Eliza Ann, born 1821, married William Jackson; vii. Eleanor, born 1826, married Sidney Marshall and Samuel Moore; viii. Isaac, born 1828, married Eliza Foster; ix. Margaret Ann, born 1831, mar- ried Howard Mayhew. 2. John, born 1779, « mentioned below. 3. Henry, born 1781, died 1878; married, 1804, Thankful Farnsworth, born 1786, died 1868; children : i. Mary, born 1805, married Charles Foster ; ii. Joel Farns- worth, born 1807, married Deborah Slocomb; iii. Joshua, born 1810, died 1843; married Catharine Slocomb ; iv. Caleb, born 1812, died 1831 ; v. Henry, born 1814; married first, Catherine Durland ; second, Wilhelmina Cong- don ; vi. Louisa, born 1817; married John W. Gilliatt ; vii. Frances, born 1819; married Gideon Beardsley; viii. Rebecca, born 1823, married Parke Neily; ix. Susan, born 1825, married George Neily ; x. Caleb Anstley, born 1830, married Caroline Rafuse. 4. James, born 1782; married 1810, Sarah Rice; chil- dren : i. Silas, born 1811, died 1836; ii. Jo- seph, born 1812, married Leah Durland ; iii. Eliza, born 1816, married Thomas Elliott ; iv.
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Dorothea, born 1818, died 1819; v. Jacob, born 1822, married Ruth Ann Burns ; vi. Sid- ney, married Sarah, daughter of Wilbur Park- er. 5. Christopher, born 1785; married, first, 18II, Phebe Durland ; second, Jerusha, daugh- ter of Isaac Longley ; children: i. Eliza, born 1812; married Reis Worthylake; ii. Cornelia, born 1815, married John Mackenzie; iii. Charles, born 1816, married first, Sarah Ann Mackenzie, second Angelina (Slocomb) Whit- man; iv. William, born 1818, married Han- nah Rankin; v. Angelina, born 1820, married Israel Brooks; vi. George, born 1823, mar- ried Rebecca Messenger; vii. Maria, born 1825 : married William Crocker; viii. John Ward, born 1827, married Rachel Mackenzie; ix. Russell, born 1829, married Lovicia Mar- shall; x. Sarah, born 1831, married Solomon Charlton ; xi. Joseph Clark, died unmarried. 6. Hannah, born 1786, married Elijah Beals. 7. Frances, born 1788, died 1803. 8. Mary, born 1791, died 1803. 9. Elizabeth, born 1793, married Bayard Payson. IO. Jacob, born 1794, married Elizabeth Witt; children : i. Louisa, married John Wilson; ii. Sarah Bethiah, married Albert Sproul; iii. John, married Jane Neily; iv. George Craft, mar- ried Sarah Ann Durland ; v. Samuel, died un- married ; vi. Ambrose, married first, Sarah Eliza Whitman, second Matilda Whitman, third Armanilla Sproul; vii. Maria, married first, Isaac Whitman, second Alden Banks. II. Frederic, born 1797; married 1819 Hannah Graves; children: i. Philo, born 1820, died unmarried ; ii. Gilbert, born 1822; unmarried ; iii. Alexander, born 1824, unmarried; iv. Israel, born 1827, died unmarried: v. John, born 1829, married Rachel Wilson; vi. Eliza- beth, born 1831, married Aaron Carlton; vii. Phineas, born 1834, married Harriet Wilson ; viii. Eliza Jane, born 1836, married .William Dalton; ix. Margaret, born 1840, married Curtis Dalton. 12. William, born 1800, mar- ried Margaret Ann Warwick; children: i. Mary Eliza, married Des Brisay Balcom; ii. Jessie, born 1835, married Thomas Chesley.
(VI) John Banks, son of Joshua Banks (5), born in Wilmot, Annapolis county, Nova Sco- tia, 1779; married, 1811, Mary, daughter of Joel Farnsworth. Children: I. William, born 1812; married first, Rachel Elliott; second, Mary Foster. 2. Handley, born 1814; mar- 'ried Armanilla Marshall. 3. Ann, born 1816, died 1819. 4. Abigail, born 1819, died un- married. 5. Margaret, born 1820; married Rev. Henry Archilles. 6. 'Maria, born 1822; married first, William H. Roach; second, Archibald Burns. 7. James, born 1824, mar-
ried Elizabeth Banks. 8. Henry, born 1826; mentioned below. 9. Mary Eliza, born 1828; married Weston Johnson.
(VII) Henry Banks, son of John Banks (6), was born near Port Scorne, Arlington Section, Annapolis City, Nova Scotia, in 1826. He married first, Rebecca Vidito; second Rebecca Hoffman. Rebecca Vidito be- longed to the Vidito family of Nova Scotia, mentioned below. Children of Henry and Re- becca (Vidito) Banks: Emma; Alice; Ed- mund ; Albert A. ; Charles R., mentioned below.
(VIII) Charles R. Banks, son of Henry Banks (7), was born in Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, November 16, 1862. He had a common school education. Leaving home at the age of twenty, he came to Boston, Massa- chusetts, where after a time he established (in . 1882) his business of manufacturing picture frames. His shop was in South Boston for two years, in Boston for eight years. Since 1892 he has been located at Somerville, Massa- chusetts. His business has grown to large pro- portions. He has at present four salesmen on the road. The business is conducted under the name of C. R. Banks Company. The shop and store are at 94 Broadway, Somerville. The business is 'both wholesale and retail. He married at Boston, August 4, 1884, Susie Vidito, born in Annapolis county, Nova Sco- tia, April 6, 1865, daughter of Uriah and Susan (Hall) Vidito, whose other children were: Joseph, Fisher, 'Ingram, Amrett, Mary, Isaac, Alton, Lizzie, Frank and Jessie Vidito.
William Vidito, father of Uriah, married Mary Marshall; children: Silas, Parker, Rev. Nathaniel and Uriah Vidito. Jesse Vidito, father of William, married Isabel Fisher : Chil- dren : i. John Vidito, married Ann Daley ; ii. William Vidito, mentioned above; iii. Rev. Nathaniel Vidito, married Caroline Munroe; iv. Parker Vidito, married Mary R. Dunn; v. Rev. Silas Vidito, married Eleanor Mc- Gregor; vi. James Vidito, married Hannah Saunders; vii. Rebecca Vidito, married Gideon Clark ; viii. Susan Vidito, married David Ward; ix. Caroline Vidito, married George Marshall; x. Mary Vidito, married Oliver Marshall. Justus Vidito, father of Jesse, re- sided at Annapolis; died there. Children: i. Jesse, mentioned above; ii. Jacob Vidito, married Eliza Peoples; iii. Phebe Vidito, mar- ried Thomas Stacey; iv. Charlotte, married Stephen Jefferson. John Vidito, father of Justus, lived at Annapolis, and died there December, 1820, aged ninety-three; born therefore, in 1727. He was probably an im- migrant of French Huguenot origin.
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W.T. Bather. N.Y.
The Lewis Publishing Co.
Chester Wright Rugg
W. T. Bather. NY
The Lewis Publishing Co
Mandana, Freeman, Rugg.
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Children of Charles R. and Susie (Vidito) Banks: 1. Albert L., born October 7, 1885; educated in the public and high schools of Somerville, graduating from the Latin high school in 1904; associated with his father in business. 2. Mabel Pancy, born September 19, 1889 ; educated at the public and English high school, class of 1907, Somerville. 3. Eveline, born May 2, 1892 ; class of 1910, English high school, Somerville. 4. Eugene Russell, born April 28, 1903.
Abraham Gillard, of Lowell,
GILLARD Massachusetts, was born in Strasburg, Germany, son of Abraham and Christine (Powlis) Gillard, both natives of Strasburg, Germany. He came to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he was married, November 7, 1850, at St. Anne's Church, to Jane Whitten, who came to Lowell from the north of Ireland when she was a child. The children of Abraham and Jane (Whitten) Gillard were :
(1) John Robert Gillard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, November 25, 1851, was mar- ried, December 23, 1876, to Emma D. Phil- brook.
(2) Frederick William Gillard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 19, 1854, was married in April, 1879, to Etta D. Phelps.
(3) Abram Gillard, born in Lowell, Massa- chusetts, March 19, 1856, was married Octo- ber 29, 1879, to Bertha Mandana, daughter of. Chester Wright and Mandana (Freeman) Rugg. Chester Wright Rugg was born in Oxford, Grafton county, New Hampshire, September 28, 1823, was married September 13, 1848, to Mandana Freeman, who was born at Plainfield, Washington county, Vermont, April 22, 1830, and died at Lowell, Massa- chusetts, December 2, 1903. Chester W. Rugg was- for many years proprietor of a large music store in Lowell, Massachusetts, a business which he entered as a young man. He founded the Lowell Choral Society, and the Rugg block was named after him. Chester Wright Rugg died in Lowell, Massachusetts, May 27, 1874. The children of Chester Wright and Mandana (Freeman) Rugg were : Herbert Augustus Rugg, born in Low- ell, Massachusetts, April 14, 1852. Bertha Mandana Rugg, born in Lowell, Massachu- setts, August 2, 1856. Abram Gillard was educated in the public schools of Lowell, and became an expert bookkeeper and accountant. He served as private secretary to Mayor Cook, of Lowell, during his term of office;
engaged in the insurance business but subse- quently took up that of expert accountant, which profession he continued up to the time of his death, which occurred in Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, June 29, 1893. He was buried from St. Anne's Church, Lowell, of which church both he and his wife were communi- cants, and their children were baptized in that church. He was a Republican in politics, but never held public office.
(4) Albert Henry Gillard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, June 1, 1858, was married, September 5, 1892, to Nellie -, and in 1907 they had two children : Doris Gillard and Chester R. Gillard.
(5) Cecil Stuart Gillard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 26, 1860, was married September 10, 1881, to Carrie M. Wormell, and in 1907 they had three children.
(6) George Edward Gillard, born in Low- ell, Massachusetts, June 19, 1862, was married February 29, 1889, to Emily Ashworth. He died in Lowell, October 9, 1903.
(7) Dr. Arthur Ernest Gillard, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, August 12, 1866, was in 1907 a practicing physician at 32 John street, Lowell, Massachusetts.
(8) Christina Gillard, born in Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, November 9, 1868.
BROWN David Henry Brown was born in Raymond, New Hampshire, August 17, 1836, and was the son of Joseph and Elvira Howard Brown. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and was graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1861, among his classmates be- ing Dr. William J. Tucker, now president of Dartmouth College. After teaching for sev- eral years, he went into the school book busi- ness in 1869, and at his death was one of the oldest publishers in the country. He was a member of the firm of Thompson, Brown & Co., of Boston.
Although he never accepted public office, he always took a keen and active interest in public affairs and especially in promoting the welfare of his adopted town. In many an im- portant local matter his voice was heard and his influence felt. He was the first president of the West Medford Village Improvement Society, that accomplished much lasting good for that section of the city. He was a charter member of the Congregational church and society of West Medford, being the prime mover in their organization in 1872, and re- taining an active interest in their success up
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to his death. He was the first clerk of the church, first treasurer of the society, and first Sunday school superintendent under the first ordained minister, Rev. Mr. Cutter. At the twenty-fifth anniversary he delivered the his- torical address, and when the first edifice was burned he was chairman of the committee that selected the architect and plans for a new stone building, and at the laying of the corner stone he was prominent in the exer- cises. His death leaves but three of the twen- ty-six charter members.
He took a leading part in the organization of the Medford Historical Society in 1896, serving as president four terms from 1902 to 1906, besides ten years as chairman of the committee on papers and addresses, and be- ing at his death editor of the Medford His- torical Register. While president of this so- ciety he proposed the celebration in 1905 of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniver- sary of the settlement of Medford, and the successful completion of that project was largely due to his persistent efforts as chair- man of the executive committee. He was one of the organizers of the West Medford Read- ing Club, one of the oldest literary societies in the country, and was the historian at its thirtieth anniversary, December, 1907, being at his death secretary of the club.
In genealogical matters he had more than a local reputation, being considered an author- ity on genealogical research, and frequently contributing to genealogical papers and mag- azines. His ancestors were among the earli- est settlers of historic towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His last active labor was in connection with the present work (History of Middlesex County), and his ser- vices were of peculiar value.
He was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Medford His- torical Society, Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Society of the Colonial Wars, Congregational Club, West Medford Reading Club, Columbian lodge A. F. and A. M., and other organizations.
Mr. Brown was married October 20, 1869, to Abby Dudley Tucker, daughter of General Henry and Nancy Dudley Tucker, of Ray- mond, New Hampshire, and a lineal descend- ant of Governor Thomas Dudley of the Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony. He is survived by his wife, three sons, Henry Tucker Brown, of the American Book Company, New York; How- ard Dudley Brown. of Arlington, with Deni- son & Farnsworth, Boston, dealers in invest- ment bonds: Edward Bangs Brown, of the
Burrill Advertising Co., Cleveland, all three being graduates of Harvard college; a grand- daughter, Elizabeth Brown, of Arlington, and a brother, Joseph L. Brown, of Raymond, New Hampshire.
Simple in his living, endowed with a large brain and heart, possessed of high ideals of character and of thought, and actuated by zealous and unselfish motives for the public welfare, he has left a deep impress for good in the community in which he long lived and worked.
Mr. Brown died on Friday, February 21, 1908, he never having recovered from injuries received while boarding an electric car last December.
Patrick Butler, a professional BUTLER baker, whose children became prominent in the Roman Cath- olic church in the United States, was born in the vicinity of the city of Waterford, Ireland, March 17, 1826, son of Patrick and Alice (Corcoran) Butler. His name was given him in baptism, both for his father and in honor of St. Patrick, on whose natal day he was born. His parents were humble Irish peas- ants, and his educational advantages were very limited. While quite young he was appren- ticed to a baker, and on reaching his majority left Ireland for the United States in pursuit of a larger field for the employment of his skill as a baker. He landed in Boston, Massa- chusetts, April 4, 1847, and soon found a va- cancy in the bread and cake factory of Mr. Spring in that city, and after a period of ser- vice in that establishment accepted the offer of Austen & Company, on Purchase street, to take charge of the bakeshop, from which they obtained their supply of ship bread for the wholesale trade. Having in a few months proved his ability to obtain work at any time in an American bakery, he visited his home in Ireland, in November, 1847, and was back in Boston early in the spring of 1848, and his first employment was as baker in the establish- ment of Mr. Miner in Malden, Massachusetts. He remained in Malden up to the close of 1849, when he made a second visit to the home of his parents in Ireland, returning in the spring of 1850, when he made two successive trips to the far west to see the great wheat fields, then first attracting the attention of the world. Not being disposed to take up the business of farming, and finding no demand for professional bakers, he returned to Boston and became connected with the Goodrich
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Cracker Bakery in Charlestown, changing in the fall to the Kennedy Cracker Bakery in Cambridge, the pioneer wholesale cracker bak- ery in that city.
Mr. Butler was married to Mary, daughter of John Kerwin, of Charlestown. Mrs. But- ler was a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, where her girlhood days were passed. Mr. and Mrs. Butler made their home at 267 Prospect street, Cambridge, where their talented children were born. Mr. Butler continued his connection with the Kennedy Bakery for forty years, and saw the business pass from father to son, and from Frank A. Kennedy, son of the founder, to the cracker trust known as the National Biscuit Company, which corporation knew that the name of "Kennedy" stamped on a bis- cuit had won its popularity through the` skill exercised by Patrick Butler in its various manipulations. The trade mark had already become the synonym "perfect" in the food product thus stamped. Children :
I. Matthew P. learned the trade of baker after graduating from the parochial school, and continued in that business in Cambridge. He married Lizzie Gannon, and they resided at 275 Prospect street, near the home of his childhood. Their children nine in number, were educated in the parochial school. 2. Mary Ann became a teacher in the parochial school con- nected with the church in which she was brought up. 3. Eliza, after graduating at the parochial school, was accepted as a novitiate in the Convent of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada, and in due course of time took up the work of that order as Sister Faustina, in Waterbury, Connecti- cut. 4. Ellen, followed the steps of her elder sister and took the vows of the order, and was attached to the Convent of Notre Dame, Washington, D. C., under the religious name of Sister Mary Patricia. 5. Katie, after gain- ing her educational training in the parochial school, devoted her life to the care of the household of her brother, the Rev. John A. Butler. 6. John Andrew was educated for the priesthood at . St. Joseph's Academy, Brighton, Massachusetts, and on being ordain- ed to the priesthood became assistant curate of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption, Brookline, Massachusetts, and later the pastor of St. Francis Xavier's Church, South Wey- mouth, Massachusetts. 7. Edmund Thomas was also educated for the priesthood, and had charge of churches in Quincy, Lynn and New- ton, Massachusetts, at various periods up to the time of his death, which occurred at the
home of his parents, 267 Prospect street, Cam- bridge, October 25, 1899.
"According to the best authori-
LESLIE ties" says Burke, "the original progenitor of the families of the
surname of Leslie was an Hungarian knight, named Bartholomew, who appeared in Scot- land in 1067 (at the time of the Norman Con- quest) during the reign of Malcolm Caen- more, and among other distinguished marks of royal favor obtained from that monarch a grant of lands of Fitchie, now called Leslie, in Fifeshire, Innerlepad, in Angus, Cushnie, in Marr, and those now called Leslie in Garloch.
He had also the good fortune to rescue from imminent danger Malcolm's Queen, Margaret, sister of Edgar Atheling, and granddaughter, maternally, of Solomon, king of Hungary. She was carried away by the stream in crossing a river on horseback and he dragged her to land by her belt or girdle. Hence a belt and three buckles were assigned to him for a coat-of-arms, with 'Grip Fast' as the motto, from the queen calling out in these words when in danger, and two griffins ram- pant, for supporters. Bartholomew, who was designated 'Dominus de Laislaus' married one of the Queen's maids of honor, and dying in 1120 left by her a son and successor."
(II) Malcolm, second lord of Leslie, ob- tained an additional grant of lands from King William the Lion in 1166.
(III) Norman, eldest son of Malcolm (2), and third lord of Leslie, married Margaret, daughter of the lord of Lorn by whom he had two sons, Leonard, and Bartholomew, who died young.
(IV) Leonard, elder son of Norman (3), fourth Lord of Leslie, married Katherine Muir, heretrix of Tassies, in Fife, by whom he had three sons, Norman, Leonard and Wil- liam. This Leonard was made a golden knight.
(V) Norman, son of Leonard (4), was fifth lord of Leslie; had two sons and two daugh- ters. One son Walter, became the earl of Ross.
(VI) Andrew, son of Norman (5), sixth lord of Leslie, married a daughter of the Lord Douglass who bore him two sons, John, the heir, and George, the first baron of Balqu- hane: also two daughters. We now leave the chief line which was ennobled in 1457 in the person of George Leslie who was elevated to the peerage in that year, as earl of Rothes.
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(VII) George, son of Andrew (6), became first baron of Balquhane; obtained a grant of the lands of Balquhane, etc., and became founder of the family who assumed the title of barons of Balquhane. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Keith of Innerugie; died in I35I.
(VIII) Hemeline, son of George (7), mar- ried a daughter of Maxwell of Carlaverock and had son Andrew.
(IX) Andrew, son of Hemeline (8), mar- ried Isabel, daughter of Mortimer of Cragie- var and had many children.
(X) Sir William, son of Andrew (9), mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Frazer, daughter of Lord Lovat, by whom he had Alexander, his suc- cessor, whose descendants have continued the Balquhane succession, but after Ernest, the seventeenth baron, only through female de- scent down to the present time. He married (second) Agnes Irvine, daughter of the baron of Drum, and had a son Alexander (second of the same name -- a not uncommon English custom), first baron of Wardes.
(XI) Alexander, first of Wardes, son of William (10), got the two holly leaves added to his armorial bearings as a distinctive mark of his family; he married the heretrix of Bal- comie, in Fife.
(XII) John, son of Alexander (II), mar- ried (first) Stuart, daughter of the bishop of Moray; (second) Margaret Creighton, daugh- ter of the baron of Frendraught, and had an only son Alexander whose descendants con- tinued the Wardes succession; his great- grandson, John, sixth baron of Wardes, was included among the first creation of Nova Scotia baronets in 1625; he married (third) Forbes, daughter of the Laird of Echt by whom he had two sons, William and a second Alexander.
The present Leslie family of Warthill is traced directly to John Leslie (12) and also the Leslie family of Folla; of Glasslough, Monaghan, Ireland; of Leslie House, Antrim, Ireland. Aberdeen, Scotland, has been the seat of this family for nearly one thousand years. All of the name are descended from the family given above.
Donald Leslie, grandfather of James Wil- liam Leslie, mentioned below, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Although the interme- diate links are not known he must be con- nected at some point with the family in Scot- land as given above, and unquestionably seems to be entitled to the ancient coat-of-arms of his chivalrous progenitor from Hungary. The various branches of the family, even in Aber-
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