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Sarah. 3. Philemon, born February 2, 1675, married Abigail Tuttle. 4. John. 5. Mercy.
(IV) Daniel Warner, son of Daniel Warn- er (3), born September 5, 1672, died January 20, 1754, aged eighty-two years, four months and fifteen days. He married, February 29, 1699-1700, Dorcas Adams, born March 16, 1678, died May 13, 1749, daughter of John and Dorcas Adams. Children, born at Ips- wich: I. Dorcas, born December 6, 1700, died January 23, following. 2. Daniel, born February 15, 1701-02, died at Pomfret, Janu- ary I, 1766. 3. Priscilla, born March 23, 1703-04, died January 6, 1733-34. 4. Caleb, born April 19, 1706, died May II following. 5. Caleb, born March 23, 1706-07, died March
IO, 1774. 6. Joshua, born May 16, 1709, mentioned below. 7. Mary, born August 14, 17II, died November 4, 1732. 8. Samuel, born November 28, 1713. 9. Ruth, born February 22, 1715, married Curtis; died July 20, 1740. 10. William, born July 4, 1718, died November 3, 1736.
(V) Joshua Warner, son of Daniel Warner (4), was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 16, 1709. He settled in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. He married, January 12, 1731-32, Mary Hutchinson. Children: I. Joshua, mentioned below. 2. Daniel (?). 3 John, born at Bradford, September 17, 1733. 4. Job, soldier in the Revolution.
(VI) Joshua Warner, son of Joshua Warn- er (5), was born about 1750. His father Joshua and brother Daniel were among the earliest settlers in township No. 2, now Put- ney and Westminster, Vermont, across the river from Westmoreland, New Hampshire, where they also lived at the time of the In- dian war of 1744, the year the fort was built at Putney. With them were David How, Thomas and Isaac Chamberlain, and others. His brother John was in Westmoreland and signed a petition to the governor April 29, 1752, but he was not of age or not there in 1750, when another petition was signed, but he evidently signed for the family as the pe- tition represented the older settlers, saying: "we were the first petitioners for land on this river and have suffered the greatest losses from the enemy by fire and sword and have hitherto stood the heat and burden of the day and at last to be undone without the knowl- edge of your Excellency etc." The petition recites that the signers were there fourteen years before (1738) under a Massachusetts charter and the oppression they complained of 'came under the royal governor and the
New Hampshire charter. It was probably this John Warner who was captain in Lieu- tenant Colonel Herrick's regiment. of Ver- mont Rangers in 1777. John, Joshua and Corporal Job Warner were all in Captain John Cole's company, Colonel Ashley's reg- iment, which marched from Westmoreland June 28, 1777, on the alarm. When five miles from Otter creek they were met by an ex- press from Colonel Bellews advising that the enemy had retired, but were later recalled and joined the retreating American army. Joshua and John Warner were living in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1790. Samuel and Thomas Warner were also living in New- port in 1790, according to the federal census. Joshua had two sons under sixteen and four females in his family according to this census.
(VII) Selah Warner, son of Joshua Warn- er (6), born about 1780 in Westmoreland or Newport, settled in Landgrove, Vermont, where he was a well-to-do farmer.
(VIII) Carmillus Turten Warner, son of Selah Warner (7), was born at Landgrove, Vermont, November 2, 1842. He was edu- cated there in the public schools, and brought up on his father's farm. He enlisted in Com- pany H, Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshoot- ers, and served a term of three years in the civil war. As he was walking behind the second line of breastworks in the camp at Cold Harbor he was shot and killed by one of the enemy's sharpshooters, June II, 1864. He was buried in the national cemetery at Cold Harbor, Virginia. He married Emily O. Rawson.
(IX) Dr. Carmillus Turten Warner, son of Carmillus Turten Warner (8), was born at Landgrove, October 12, 1864. He received his education in the public schools, in the Ver- mont Academy and at the University of Ver- mont in the medical department, the Medical College of New York, where he received the degree of M. D., and at the University of Berlin, Germany, where he took a special med- ical course. He began the practice of his pro- fession in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1890, making a specialty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat. He has established an excellent practice and stands high in the med- ical fraternity. He is a member of the Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Sons of Veterans. He married, June 20, 1888, Josephine Spaulding, daughter of Nathan R. Spaulding, of Burling- ton, Vermont. Children: I. Reuben D., born January 18, 1890, now a student at Worcester
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The immigrant ancestor of the BACON Bacons was Michael Bacon, who went from the north of England to the north of Ireland about 1633, and came to New England some seven years later, settling in Dedham, Massachusetts, about 1640. His death occurred in the win- ter of 1648. He was accompanied from the old country by his wife and four children: Michael, Daniel, John and Sarah. A de- scendant of Michael Bacon, Jr., was one of the original settlers in Dudley, Massachu- setts, going there about the year 1720, and the Bacon family became a prominent one in that town. Some of its more notable repre- sentatives were Jonathan Bacon, the latter's son Deacon Jonathan, noted for his piety, and Deacon Jonathan's son Jepthah, who was the father of Peter Child Bacon.
John M. Bacon, son of Ainsley Bacon, was born in Dudley, July, 1833. He was a mu- sician and a dancing master, and was widely and favorably known as an accomplished in- strumentalist and an able instructor. He re- sided for a number of years in Belchertown, Massachusetts. His death occurred July 3, 1906. He was a Master Mason and a mem- ber of the Blue Lodge. He married Sarah Charles, daughter of Luke B. and Louisa B. (Thompson) Charles, of Brimfield, Massa- chusetts. She was a lineal descendant in the sixth generation of. John Charles, of Brim- field, who was probably a grandson of John Charles, an immigrant from England who was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1636, and removed to New Haven. John Charles, of Brimfield, went there from Springfield and was among the original settlers, acquiring lot No. 4 in the division of land, and his de- scendants became extensive real estate own- ers in that town. March 10, 1709, he married Elizabeth Swetman and had a family of four children: Elizabeth, John, Aaron and Jona- than.
Jonathan Charles, fifth child and youngest son of John and Elizabeth Charles, was mar- ried in 1750 to Judith Smith, and was the father of nine children : Solomon, Judith (who died at the age of two years), Jonathan, Judith, Eliz- abeth, Nehemiah, Simeon and Levi (twins), and Abigail.
Solomon Charles, eldest child of. Jonathan and Judith Charles, was born in Brimfield,
December 8, 1750. He was married June 17, 1773, to Mary Abbott, who died August 22, 1791, and on January 16, 1794, he married for his second wife Hannah Tomblin. His chil- dren were: Mary, Levi, Danforth (died young), Danforth, Anne, Patty and Pease.
Levi Charles, second child and eldest son of Solomon and Mary (Abbott) Charles, was born in Brimfield, May 22, 1775. He married Sally Bashfield, who died June 4, 1854, sur- viving her husband, whose death occurred April 27, 1841. They were the parents of two children, Patty and Luke Bashfield.
Luke Bashfield Charles, only son of Levi and Sally: (Bashfield) Charles, was born in Brimfield, December 16, 1801, died March 27, 1850. Louisa B. (Thompson) Charles, his wife, died August 24, 1862. Their only child, Sarah, married John L. Bacon, and she be- came the mother of three children: Mattie, born' in 1865 and is now the wife of
Norcross. Alice, who died at the age of six years. Dr. John Lowell Bacon, of Southboro.
John Lowell Bacon, M. D., only son of John L. and Sarah (Charles) Bacon, was born in Belchertown, July I, 1875. His pre- liminary studies in the public schools of his native town were supplemented with a two years' course at Tufts College, Medford, from which he withdrew at the conclusion of his sophomore year to enter the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, and he was graduated from the latter in 1897. His professional preparations were augment- ed by eighteen months of practical experience and observation in the hospitals of Philadel- phia, and for three years he was attached to the State Hospital in Westboro. In 1901 he began the general practice of medicine in Southboro, and is now well established in his profession. In addition to his private practice he holds the position of district medical exam- iner, and acts in a similar capacity for the New York Life, the Penn Mutual and the Massachusetts Mutual Insurance companies. He is a Royal Arch Mason, being a past wor- shipful master of St. Barnard Lodge and a member of Houghton Chapter, Marlboro. October 6, 1904, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage with Ruby Barney, daughter of G. F. Barney, of Southboro. Mrs. Bacon is a representative of an old colonial family found- ed on this side of the ocean by an early im- migrant from the county of Essex, England, and a descendant of the latter; Thomas Bar- ney, who died in Sudbury in 1729, was in all probability the progenitor of the Southboro Barneys.
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BEAN John Bean, the immigrant ances-
cestor, was of Scotch ancestry, and a Presbyterian in religion. He settled as early as 1660 in Exeter, New Hamp- shire, and had a grant of land there January 21, 1661, another October 10, 1664, and again April 1, 1671, and February 21, 1698. He also bought land of John Ted, of Exeter, July II, 1664, twenty acres, and lots ten, five and twenty-six acres respectively. In 1671 he was one of the commissioners appointed to run the lines between Exeter and adjoining towns. He took the oath of allegiance with the other inhabitants November 30, 1677 ; was poundkeeper 1680; signed the New Hamp- shire petition 1689-90. According to tradition his wife died on the voyage to America, and he married (second), about 1660, Margaret -, a Scotch-Irish girl who came in on the same ship. He died between January 24 and February 8, 1718, as shown by deeds on record, and was buried in the old churchyard at Exeter. Child of first wife: I. Mary, born June 16, 1655. Children of second wife: 2. John, born August 15, 1661, died May 18, 1666. 3. Henry, born March 5, 1662-63, died young. 4. Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Sam- uel, born March 23, 1665-66. 6. John, Octo- ber 13, 1668. 7. Margaret, October 27, 1670. 8. James, December 17, 1672. 9. Jeremy, April 20, 1675. 10. Elizabeth, September 24, 1678. II. Catherine.
(II) Daniel Bean, son of John Bean (I), born at Exeter, New Hampshire, March 23, 1662-63, died soon after his father, between March 4 and May 27, 1718. He married Mary His son Daniel was adminis- trator. His homestead of forty acres was on the right hand of the highway to Pickpocket. He owned a third of a saw mill at King's Falls, twenty-three acres of upland and one of meadow at Kingston, New Hampshire, and two common rights in that town ; an eighth of another saw mill, and bought and sold much land during his active life. He was highway surveyor 1693, and signed the New Hampshire petition with his father. He was absent from home October 22, 1707, for some reason, per- haps on account of Indians, and was ordered by the authorities to return. Several of the original deeds of his property to his sons have been preserved and some of them never re- corded. Children : 1. Daniel, settled in King- ston, New Hampshire. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, married Sarah -; died April 9, 1737; she died September 18, 1750; he lived in Exeter, and was called Jr.,
to distinguish him from another of the name. 4. Mary, married John Quimby, of Exeter.
(III) John Bean, son of Daniel Bean (2), was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 1690. Married Martha Sinkler, daughter of James and Mary Sinkler. He died in 1732. His home was in that part of Exeter that be- came Brentwood. Children: I. David, men- tioned below. 2. John, killed by Indians, Au- gust, 1746; his estate was represented No- vember: II, 1747, by his only brother David, when a claim was before the legislature in relation to the skull of an Indian killed during that fight, the sum of seventy-five pounds being divided among the following: Daniel Gilman, Alexander Roberts, widow of Jona- than Bradley, widow of Samuel Bradley, seven pounds, ten shillings to heirs of John Bean and a like sum. to several others in the company.
(IV) David Bean, son of John Bean (3), born in Brentwood, New Hampshire, about 1720, settled in Sandwich, New Hampshire ; signed association test in 1775 with his son Josiah ; also petition for paper money in 1786. Among his sons were: I. Edward, a grantee of the town in 1763, proprietor in 1781-82. 2. Josiah, signed association test, fought in the Revolution; selectman of Sandwich 1778; father of Deacon John Bean, of Sandwich. 3. Benjamin, signed association test.
(VI) Daniel Bean, grandson of David Bean (4), was born about 1760. Married, at Sand- wich, New Hampshire, Hannah Fogg. Chil- dren, born in Sandwich: I. Stephen, married Emily Willard. 2. Daniel, mentioned below. 3. David, married Eleanor Huffman. 4. Na- thaniel, married Mary Tinker. 5. Polly, mar- ried Josiah Willey. 6. Theresa, married James Orner. 7. Abigail, married Rev. Mr. Wig- gins. 8. Hannah, married Chamber- lain.
(VII) Daniel Bean, Jr., son of Daniel Bean (6), born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, 1797, died at Coventry, Vermont, January 13, 1876, aged seventy-nine. He married Annie Willey, who was born in Sheffield, Vermont, in 1801, and died at Coventry, Vermont, Oc- tober 24, 1868, aged sixty-seven years. Chil- dren : I. Silas, born at Sheffield, Vermont, November, 1822, died January 13, 1892. 2. Melinda, born at Sheffield, April 24, 1824, died August 12, 1897. 3. Harrison, born at Sutton, Vermont, November, 1825, died No- vember 15, 1878. 4. Estine, born in Sutton, May 4, 1827. 5. Temperance, born in Sutton, January 29, 1828. 6. Charles Story, mention-
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ed below. 7. Alzadia, born at Coventry, July, 1834. 8. Ellen, born at Coventry, in 1837. 9. George, born in Coventry, May 4, 184I.
(VIII) Charles Story Bean, son of Daniel Bean (7), born in Coventry, Vermont, June 16, 1830, died October 7, 1903, at Lowell, Massachusetts. He received his early educa- tion in the district schools of his native town, and he attended the academies at Coventry and St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Leaving school at the age of eighteen, he engaged in farming until he was twenty-three when he worked for a year in a shoe factory at Coventry. During the succeeding ten years he was proprietor of a general store in his native town. He then closed out his business and during the next five years had a store in Newport, Vermont. In 1873 he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he lived the remainder of his days. He started in a modest way in the produce com- mission business at 76 Dutton street and built up a large and successful business. He retired in 1886 on account of ill health. In politics Mr. Bean was a Republican. He was a faith- ful member of the Unitarian church, a citizen of public spirit and sterling character. He married first, Ellen M. Soper ; married second, 1880, Caroline Parthenais. Children of Charles Story and Ellen M. Bean : I. Harry E., died 1886; was engaged in produce business with his father. 2. Minnie Louise, married, 1885, George Robinson Chandler, of Lowell; she is a member of the Unitarian church and the Middlesex Club; their only child, Paul Chandler, is now a student in Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca, New York. 3. Frank. 4. Ellen.
LINNELL Robert Linnell, immigrant an- cestor of all of this surname, born in London, England, of an ancient English family, as early as 1584, came to this country in 1638 and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, removing to Barn- stable in 1639. He joined the church of Rev. John Lothrop, whose record reads : "My brother Robert Linnell and wife having a let- ter of dismission from the church in London joyned to us September 16, 1638." He took the oath of allegiance February 1, 1638, at Scituate, and was a proprietor of that town as early as January 22, 1638-9; was admitted a freeman of the colony of Plymouth, December 3, 1639; was a grantee of Sippican, January, 1638-9 ; served on the grand jury, June, 1639. He was a man of high social position, as the title "Mr." given him in the public records
bears witness, and when he left England had considerable property, but died comparatively poor. His will, made January 23, 1662, proved March 12, 1662-3, bequeathed to wife, to son David, to daughters Abigail and Bethia, and to John Davis. His widow Penninah petition- ed court, October 29, 1669, to recover the house her husband had left her, from the hands of his son David Linnell. She was the second wife ; the name of the first is unknown. Children, born in England by first wife: I. Sarah, born 1607; married Thomas Ewer; second, December II, 1630, Thomas Lothrop. 2. David, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, mar- ried March 15, 1648, John Davis. 4. Mary, married October 15, 1649, Richard Childs. 5. Abigail, married May 27, 1651, Joshua Lom- bard. 6. Shubael (or Samuel). Child of second wife : 7. Bethia, baptized in Barnstable, February 7, 1640-I.
(II) David Linnell, son of Robert Linnell (1), born in England, as early as 1627, came with his father from London. He inherited his father's homestead at Barnstable, and all of the Linnells are descended from him. His name is on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He did not join the church until a year before his death. His reason partly ap- pears in the persecution of him and his young wife, recorded in town and church records. He may have inclined to Quakerism. At any rate he married, contrary to the laws of the Puritans, March 9, 1652-3, Hannah Shelley, then in her sixteenth year, daughter of Robert and Judith (Garnett) Shelley, of Barnstable. The story of this romantic courtship and mar- riage equals that of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins a generation before. David and Han- nah were punished both by church and court for violating the absurd old Puritan law "That if any shall make any motion of marriage to any man's daughter or mayde servant not haveing first obtayned leave and consent of the parents or master so to doe, shall be pun- ished either by fine or corporal punishment or both at the discretion of the bench." David and Hannah were married by Thomas Hinck- ley ; censured by the church and punished brutally by the court. Many Quakers and non- Puritans were cruelly and shamefully whip- ped under this and similar laws about the same time. Hannah was never reconciled with the authorities, and died without joining the church. He became a member 1688. His will, dated November 14, 1688, was proved March 9 following. Children, born at Barn- stable : I. Samuel, December 15, 1655. 2. Elisha, June 1, 1658. 3. Hannah, December
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15, 1660 ; married August, 1681, Dolor Davis (3d). 4. Mary, married John Sergeant. 5. Abigail, married March 17, 1721, Ralph Jones. 6. Experience, married August 20, 1689, Jabez Davis. 7. Jonathan, born 1669, died September 8, 1726. 8. John, born 1670, men- tioned below. 9. Susannah, born, 1673; mar- ried November 14, 1695, Ebenezer Phinney. (III) John Linnell, son of David Linnell (2), born in 1670, died at Barnstable, Febru- ary 9, 1747-8. He is buried on Lothrop Hill, and his gravestone gives him as in his seven- ty-eighth year. He is ancestor of all the later Linnells of Barnstable. He was a farmer, living on the west side of Chequaquet (now Hyannisport), Massachusetts; residing later on the John Davis estate, inherited from his wife's father, and at the time of his death he owned and occupied the house that stood op- posite the residence of Deacon John Munroe of recent years, now or lately owned by Cap- tain Foster. Linnell was the earliest settler at South Sea, as South Park of the town of Barnstable was called. He died February 9, 1747-8, and was buried in the old graveyard at Hyannis. He married, 1695, Ruth Davis, born 1673, died May 8, 1748, daughter of John Davis. She is also buried at Hyannis and both graves are marked. His will, made October 1, 1737, proved July 7, 1748, be- queathed to wife Ruth, to daughters Thankful Bearse, Bethiah Bearse, Hannah Linnell, and by codicil dated July 5, 1748, after the death of Bethia Bearse, his daughter, he gave Sam- uel, his son, the southwest part of his home- stead, John the middle section, and Joseph the eastern section of the farm that he formerly occupied, while the one in which he then lived was left to Jabez. The will of his widow Ruth, dated July 5, 1748, bequeathed land on the east side of the Hyannis Road formerly her father's. Children : I. Thankful, born Novem- ber 12, 1696; married November 12, 1726, James Bearse. 2. Samuel, born November 16, 1699; died September 12, 1773, buried at Hyannis. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Bethia, born May 14, 1704; married June 3, 1728, Augustine Bearse. 5. Joseph, born June . 12, 1707. 6. Hannah, July 10, 1709. 7. Jabez, July 31, 171I.
(IV) John Linnell, Jr., son of John Linnell (3), born in Barnstable, June 15, 1702; mar- ried, November 28, 1734, Mary Phinney, of Centreville, in Barnstable. His wife was a descendant of the fourth generation from David Phinney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Swift's "Barnstable Fam- ilies," p. 148). He died at Centreville, Janu-
ary 7, 1781, in his seventy-ninth year, accord- ing to gravestone in old graveyard on Phinney Lane. His son and son-in-law are buried at his side in this cemetery, which was establish- ed in 1745, used until 1875, and received its name from that of his wife's family : the Phin- ney Lane Cemetery. Linnell was a juryman in 1734. Children : I. Ruth, born 1735, mar- ried her cousin John, son of Samuel Linnell, he died October 29, 1787, in his fifty-third year ; buried in the Phinney Lane Cemetery by the side of his wife Ruth who died April 28, 1773, in her thirty-second year. 2. Rebec- ca, born 1744; married above named John Linnell, former husband of her deceased sis- ter ; Rebecca married second, Elisha Blush, and died November 7, 1830. 3. James, men- tioned below.
(V) James Linnell, son of John Linnell, Jr. (4), born in Centreville, Barnstable, 1736, died according to his gravestone beside his father's in the Phinney Lane graveyard, De- cember 17, 1795, in his fifty-ninth year. He married April 19, 1770, Anna Childs. Her gravestone near his gives her death as on February 20, 1782, in her forty-second year. He married second, September 22, 1785, Sarah Lewis, of Barnstable. Children : I. David. 2. James, Jr. 3. Anna. 4. Ruth. 5. Abner, mentioned below.
(VI) Abner Linnell, son of James Linnell (5), born in Barnstable, April 18, 1780, died (town records), November 29, 1837, aged fifty-eight. He married June 25, 1809 (town records ) July 6, 1810, (family record) Esther, daughter of David and Salome Chase; she was born at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 27, 1788, and died at Barnstable July I, 1872. Children, born at Barnstable: I. Wil- liam, born March 29, 1811, died June 20, 1865. 2. Aaron, born April 15, 1813: died July II, 1836. 3. Henry S., born October 2, 1816; died in Boston, March 28, 1886. 4. Isaiah, born August 2, 1819 ; died at Barnstable, No- vember 18, 1858. . 5. Abner, Jr., born Septem- ber 2, 1822 : died at Barnstable, November 22, 1896: married December 28, 1843, Caroline S. Handy, who died February 3. 1890, aged sixty-four. 6. Esther, born April 29. 1828; died May 8, 1828. 7. John Wesley, mentioned below.
(VII) John Wesley Linnell, son of Abner Linnell (6), born at Centreville, in Barn- stable, April 17, 1830, died at Malden, Febru- ary 23, 1903. He was but seven years old when his father died. He received his educa- tion in the public schools, and at the age of fifteen went to sea. When thirteen he pur-
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chased through his guardian, Benjamin Lewis, a tract of twenty acres of land in Barnstable. At the age of twenty-one he was in command of the schooner "Catherine Wil- cox." He remained a master mariner until thirty-five, when he engaged in the ship-brok- erage business, and continued in that line with success the rest of his life. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church in early life, and later in the Universalist Church in both East Boston and Malden. In politics he was a Re- publican. He joined Fraternal Lodge of Free Masons, February 26, 1866 (A. L. 5866).
He married, February 17, 1850, Lucy J. Nickerson, of one of the oldest and best known families of the Cape, daughter of Leander W. and Abigail F. (Phinney) Nickerson. Chil- dren : I. Edna Frances, born February 26, 1851 ; died July 18, 1872, aged twenty-one. 2. Lucy J., born February 20, 1853; married first, March 2, 1875, Henry E. Nickerson, and second, September 7, 1887, Harry N. Slack. 3. Emily T., born August 6, 1855; married September 7, 1880, Clarence H. Knowlton. 4. Wayland Meredith, born No- vember 8, 1857; died June 27, 1865. 5. Ar- letta A., born May 22, 1862 ; married January 20, 1892, Arthur N. Webster. 6. John Wes- ley, Jr., mentioned below. 7. Vesta N., born March 26, 1867. 8. Henry Stimpson, born May 6, 1874; died November 23, 1875. The interments in this family are in the Cotuit Cemetery, Barnstable.
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