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(XXV) Joshua (2), eldest son of Joshua (I) and Mary (Sikes) Boynton, was born May 4, 1669, in Newbury, and married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole, in May, 1708. She was born in Newbury, No- vember 14, 1681, and they resided there. He died October 29, 1770, and she on December 27, 1777. They had thirteen children : Sarah, Jeremiah, Jemima, Mary, David, Moses, Josh-
ua, Mary, Apphia, Jane, Hannah, Enoch and Mehitable.
(XXVI) David, second son of Joshua (2) and Mary (Dole) Boynton, was born in New- bury, December 15, 1712, and married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary ( Palmer) Stickney, of that town, September 19, 1738. She was born in Byfield, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 2, 1711. They resided in Newbury, and he died there February 8, 1757. She mar- ried (second) Moses, son of Jacob Hardy, De- cember 3, 1760, and removed to Dunstable, Massachusetts. He died, and she then mar- ried a Mr. Butterfield, of Andover, Massachu- setts. The record of births are as given : Sarah, David, Samuel, Amos, Thomas, Mary, Moses and Jonathan.
(XXVII) Amos, third son of David and Mary ( Stickney) Boynton, was born in New- bury, February 2, 1745. He removed to By- field, Massachusetts, and thence to Machias, Maine, in 1766. This town was colonized from Scarborough, Maine, just prior to Amos join- ing the settlement. He signed the petition to the general court for a charter, subscribed for the building of the first meeting house, and was part owner of the first sawmill. He held a lieutenantcy in Captain Smith's company. in Colonel Benjamin Foster's regiment, in the war of the revolution. He married Polly Libby, and (second) Lucy Loring. Children : Sally, who married Jonathan Longfellow, who was of the poet's line; Polly, married his brother Isaac; Betsey, Hannah, Lydia, Ste- phen, Thomas and Lucy.
(XXVIII) Stephen, eldest son of Amos and Lucy (Loring) Boynton, was born in Machias in 1787. When the war of 1812 broke out a military company was formed in Machias which should be ready at a moment's notice, and of this company Stephen was one, and re- ceived a grant of land for his services. The war caused a season of great scarcity in Ma- chias, and many of the citizens were in ne- cessitous circumstances. To escape the hard times, Stephen went to St. John, New Bruns- wick, and obtained employment, remaining till 1820. when he returned to his old home. He died in the centennial year, 1876. He married Hannah Jewett. Married (second) Myra Brown. Married (third) Hannah Bowker. Married (fourth) Polly Whitney, nee Crocker. By his first marriage he had five children, four by the second and two by the fourth. Amos, Thomas. Abigail T., Lucy L., Ezekiel, Han- nah F., David, Roscoe G .; a son who died in infancy, and Mary L., the only member of the family who remained unmarried.
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(XXIX) Roscoe G., second son of Stephen and Myra ( Brown) Boynton, was born July 15, 1836, at Machias, and was a farmer by oc- cupation. He married Martha A. Bowker in 1861. Children : Elmira B., Anna C., Emily J. and George B.
(XXX) George B., only son of Roscoe Green and Martha A. (Bowker ) Boynton, was born in Machias, October 13, 1870. He at- tended the public schools, entered the Eastern Trust and Banking Company of Machias as bookkeeper, and subsequently became man- ager. In 1907 he organized the Dirigo Can- ning Company. The plant is located at Mount Monsapec, Maine, and they can clams, blue- berries, apples and vegetables. Later he formed the Acme Canning Company of Ayer Junction, Maine, and the Machias Canning Company of Machiasport, Maine, this latter corporation canning sardines. Of all of these companies Mr. Boynton is treasurer. He is also a partner in the general store of Boynton & Estey at Whiting, Maine. They do an ex- tensive business in the manufacture of lumber. Mr. Boynton is a member of Harwood Lodge, No. 91, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar ; of the Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, and has taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Ben Hur Lodge, No. 77, Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He acts and votes with the party of Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt. He is very broad and liberal in his religious proclivities. He mar- ried Gertrude Frances, daughter of John and Silvia Perry, and they have no children.
HINCKLEY Among the early pioneers of Plymouth Colony were those bearing this name, and their descendants have had honorable records as citizens. They have borne a part in nearly every line of industry which has contributed to the progress and development of the na- tion. The name has been conspicuously iden- tified in Maine with various lines of material and moral progress.
(I) Samuel Hinckley, who was no doubt the ancestor of all in this country bearing the name, was born in 1595 in Tenterdon, county of Kent, England, and came to Boston in the "Hercules" of Sandwich (two hundred tons. Captain John Witherby), July 11, 1637. He was accompanied by his wife Sarah and four children, and located first at Scituate, remov-
ing to Barnstable in 1640. He died there Oc- tober 31, 1662, having survived his wife, who passed away August 16, 1656. He was mar- ried (second) December 15, 1657, to Bridget Bodfish, widow of Robert Bodfish. He was a large land-holder, and of some prominence in civil life. His children, all born of first wife, were: Thomas, Susannah, Sarah, Mary, Eliz- abeth, Samuel (died young), Samuel and John; besides a daughter and twin children who died in infancy, unnamed.
(II) Thomas, eldest child of Samuel and Sarah Hinckley, was born in 1618 in England and died April 25, 1760, at Barnstable, at the age of about eighty-eight years. A memorial stone is erected on his grave in Barnstable. He had nearly attained to man's estate when he accompanied his parents to this country, and soon took an active and conspicuous part in the conduct of colonial affairs. He partici- pated in the great Narraganset fight in 1665,. and was representative of the general court in 1647. He served as assistant to the governor, who was deputy governor of 1680, and gov- ernor from 1681 to 1692. He was king's coun- cilor in Andros from 1692 to 1706. He was. married (first) December 4, 1641, to Mary daughter of Thomas and Wealthean (Loring) Richards. She died in Barnstable, June 24,. 1659, and he married (second), March 16, 1660, Mrs. Mary Glover, widow of Nathaniel Glover, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and daughter of John Smith. She was born July 20, 1630, at Toxeth Park, near Liverpool, England, and died in Barnstable, July 29, 1703. Her father was known by the title of quartermaster and his wife and her mother was Mary Ryder, of Toxeth Park. Governor Hinckley's children by first marriage were : Mary, Sarah, Malatiah, Hannah, Samuel,. Bathshua, Thomas, Mehitable. Those of sec- ond marriage were: Admire, Ebenezer (died young), Mercy, Experience, John, Abagail, Thankful, Ebenezer and Reliance.
(III) Samuel (2), eldest son of Governor Thomas Hinckley and his first wife, Mary (Richards) Hinckley, was born February 14, 1652, in Barnstable, and passed his life in that town, where he died March 19, 1697. He was a soldier in King Phillip's war, and was one of the grantees of the town of Gorham, in the district of Maine. He was married No- vember 13, 1676, to Sarah, daughter of Cap- tain John Pope, of Sandwich. After his death she became the second wife of Thomas Hutch- ins, of Barnstable. Children of Samuel (2) Hinckley were : Mercy (died young), Mehit -.
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able, Thomas, Seth, Samuel, Elnathan (died young), Job, Shubael, Mercy, Josiah and El- nathan.
(III) Thankful, daughter of Governor Thomas Hinckley and his second wife, Mary (Smith) (Glover) Hinckley, was born August 20, 1671, in Barnstable, and became the wife of Rev. Experience Mayhew, of Chilmark.
(IV) Samuel (3), third son of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Pope) Hinckley, was born Sep- tember 24, 1684, in Barnstable, and died in Brunswick, Maine, where he settled after January, 1720. He resided in Harwich, Mas- sachusetts, until 1715, in which year he re- moved to Truro, Massachusetts, going thence to Maine. He was married in April, 1710, in Harwich, Massachusetts, to Mary, daughter of Edmond and granddaughter of Major John Freeman of that town, where she was born. Children : Seth, Shubael, Samuel, Mary, Ed- mond, Reliance, Aaron, Mehitable, Experience, Isaac and Gideon.
(V) Samuel (4), third son of Samuel (3) and Mary (Freeman) Hinckley, was born February 7, 1711, in Harwich, Massachusetts, and died in Georgetown, Maine. He resided in Brunswick until after 1742, when he re- moved to Georgetown, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was married in Brunswick to Sarah Miller; children: John, Mehitable, Samuel, Mary, Josiah, Edmund, William, Seth, Nathan, Sarah and Reliance.
(VI) Edmund, fourth son of Samuel (4) and Sarah (Miller) Hinckley, was born Jan- uary 29, 1745, in Georgetown, Maine, where he passed his life, and was a farmer. He was married in 1767 to Mary Pettingill, of North Yarmouth, Maine. Children: Elizabeth, John, Miriam, Edmund, Mary, Martha, Rebecca and Sarah.
(VII) Edmund (2), son of Edmund and Mary (Pettingill) Hinckley, was born Jan- uary 6, 1778, in Georgetown, Maine, where he was engaged in farming and fishing. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married in Georgetown, Maine, to Abigail Oliver, born April 27, 1782, in that town, daughter of Eph- riam and Anna (Spinney) Oliver. Children : Maria, William, Pettingill, Eliza, John Wilson, Ann, Ephraim Oliver, Mary and Richard.
(VIII) Ephraim Oliver, fourth son of Ed- mund and Abigail (Oliver) Hinckley, was born August 6, 1818, in Georgetown, Maine, where he was reared and received such educa- tion as the local public school afforded. Dur- ing the most of his active years he followed a seafaring life, which proved detrimental- to his health, and for the last twenty years he
has lived a retired life on account of physical disabilities at Georgetown. He is an earnest supporter of the Republican party, but takes no active part in political movements, and has no desire for official station. He was married in Georgetown, September 22, 1845, to Maria, born January 28, 1822, in that town, a daugh- ter of Ephraim and Jerusha ( Spinney ) Oliver. Ephraim Oliver was a farmer and fisherman, residing in Georgetown. The children of Eph- raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley were : William, Loring, Georgianna, Sarah Elizabeth, Frederick James, Abby Ellen, Edward Clar- ence and Mary Maria.
(IX) Frederick James, second son of Eph- raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley, was born November 25, 1853, in Georgetown, and received his education in the public schools of his native town. At the age of fourteen years he went to sea with his father, and continued in this line of occupation for many years. At the age of twenty-two years he became master of the vessel, and sailed in the coasting trade and voyages to the West Indies until 1897. In the last-named year he settled in Bath, Maine, where he engaged in business as a ship bro- ker, and fire and marine insurance agent. In this he has been successful, and is regarded as a useful and leading citizen. He is a mem- ber of the Atlantic Carriers' Association, and of the Free Baptist church of Georgetown, Maine. He was married, January 19, 1875, to Mary Emma, of Phippsburg, Maine, daughter of Isaac Holbrook, of that town. Two chil- dren, one of whom died in childhood. The other, Ethel Blanche, is the wife of Sylvester H. Rowland, of Bath, Maine, formerly of New Jersey.
HOUGH This name was early in New England. William Hough, house- wright, was a son of Edward Hough, of West Chester, in Cheshire, Eng- land, and came to America, probably in 1640, with Rev. Richard Blinman. It has not been ascertained that this Edward Hough emigrated to America, but a widow, Ann Hough, who died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1672, aged eighty-five years, was perhaps his relict, and the mother of William Hough. William Hough married, October 28. 1635, Sarah, daughter of Hugh Caulkins, and had Hannah, Abiah and Sarah. He removed to New Lon- don, and there had Samuel, John, William, Jonathan, Deborah, Abigail and Ann. Of sev- eral of these children there are no traces. Jo- seph, mentioned below, may be a grandchild of William the immigrant.
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(I) Joseph Hough was born in Walling- ford, Connecticut, in 1717, and died June 5, 1800. He married, June 27, 1745, Catherine Yale, who died October 5. 1767, aged forty- six years. She was the daughter of Captain Theophilus and Sarah Street Yale. Their children were: Joseph, Mary, Lois (died young), Lent, Lois, David, Joel, James (died young), James, Catherine and Sarah.
(II) Lent, second son of Joseph and Cath- erine (Yale) Hough, was born in Walling- ford, Connecticut, April 4, 1751, and died Oc- tober 8, 1837. He married (first) Rebecca Tuttle, who died August 22, 1798, aged forty- four years. He married (second) Mary An- drews, who was Mary Pierrepont, of North Haven, before her first marriage. She died June 27, 1832, aged seventy-five. Children by the first marriage were: Lucy, Hannah and Serrajah ; child by second marriage, Almira.
(III) Serrajah, only son of Lent and Re- becca (Tuttle) Hough, was born in Walling- ford, March 26, 1780, and died in Meriden, August 3, 1853. He married, February 18, 1801, Elizabeth S. Avery, who was born in Wallingford, September 27, 1782, daughter of Abner Avery. Their children were: Lyman Worcester, Lent Serrajah, Nancy Avery, Re- becca Tuttle, Alonzo Bennett, George Sher- man, John Meers, William Augustus and Ju- lius Ogden.
(IV) Alonzo Bennett, third son of Serrajah and Elizabeth S. (Avery) Hough, was born March 25, 1810. He resided in Ludlow, Ver- mont, Gardiner, Maine and later in Vineland, New Jersey, where he was engaged in the in- surance business. He married Rebecca Gil- bert, who died in Portland, at the home of her son, William Ogden, July 1, 1898, aged eighty- six years. Children : I. Franklin, died at about the age of four years. 2. William Og- den, see forward.
(V) William Ogden, son of Alonzo Ben- nett and Rebecca (Gilbert) Hough, was born in Ludlow, Vermont, March 12, 1843, died in Portland, Maine, December 23, 1902. At ten years of age he went to Gardiner, Maine, with his parents, and there attended the public schools, graduating from the high school. He then entered Bowdoin College, which he at- tended two years. Entering the employ of the Berlin Mills Company of Portland, he became an expert accountant, and made bookkeeping his business the remainder of his active life. Mr. Hough was a man of very high moral ideas, and was of spotless character. He was a Republican and stood for all that was best
in the platform of that party. His strong moral convictions early made Mr. Hough a Prohibitionist, in which faith he grew strong with advancing years. He was a most ex- emplary Christian and devoted church and Sunday-school worker. While in Portland he was a member of the Second Parish Church (Congregational). His devotion to his mother during her years of widowhood was a beauti- ful example of filial regard. For nearly forty years they lived in the house where his widow is now living. William Ogden Hough mar- ried, in Portland, Maine, June 6, 1900, Lucy Scribner, born in Otisfield, Maine, September 6, 1853, daughter of William T. and Emaline (Haskell) Scribner the former of Otisfield and the latter of Poland. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scribner: I. Mary Louise, born De- cember 14, 1845, died May 28, 1880; married David L. Mayberry and had a son Frederic, who married Lizzie Eggleston. 2. Diana, born January 3, 1849, residing with Mrs. Hough. 3. Lucy, above mentioned as the wife of William Ogden Hough. 4. George W., born January 15, 1855, married (first) Rose J. Bonney; married (second) Sarah Rawson ; they reside in Paris, Maine.
TAYLOR The family of this name of which this article is written is traced to Scotland. The chris- tian name of the immigrant to America indi- cates his Scotch birth, and probably Scotch parentage. But the name Taylor, being an English name, suggests that those who bear it are descended more or less remotely from English forebears, and that this family began its existence under its present surname south of the Cheviots.
(I) Duncan Taylor, a native of Scotland, removed from Glasgow, Scotland, to Prince Edward Island, Canada, where he lived and died. His wife, Christena (Murray) Taylor, died in 1876, aged over ninety years. Ten children, three eldest born in Scotland, among whom were: Duncan, Neil, Donald and Will- iam, twins; James, went to California ; John, Malcomb, Mary, Alexander.
(II) Alexander, son of Duncan and Chris- tena (Murray) Taylor, was born in Prince Edward Island, April 17, 1830, died Novem- ber 29, 1878, aged forty-eight years. He was educated in the common schools and left Prince Edward Island when a boy of fifteen and came to Portland and worked with his brother William, who had come before him. He learned the trade of shipsmith, and worked
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at this business all his life, was an industrious, quiet, exemplary citizen, who set a good ex- ample in his daily life. He was inclined to be fraternal in his associations with his fellow- men. and was a member of Free and Accepted Masons lodge, chapter and commandery; In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and St. An- drew's Society and Burns' Society, Scotch so- cieties.
He married, in Portland, on January I, 1856, Mary Frances Marden, born in Dover, New Hampshire, January 9, 1830, died in Portland, January 21, 1906, aged seventy-six years. She was the daughter of Simon and Phoebe (Lougee) Marden, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Children : I. Addie I., born February 14, 1857, married John S. Con- ley, of Portland; children : Walter, William, Arthur and Marion. 2. William Neil, men- tioned at length below. 3. Sarah C., born in Portland, November 1, 1861 ; married (first) Benjamin L. Johnson; child, Mary F., born February 6, 1888; married (second) Samuel O. Carruthers, and had one child Ruth, born August 25, 1893. 4. Walter M., born March 3, 1866; married Henrietta Speight, and had child, Charles S., born November 24, 1900.
(III) William Neil, second child and elder of the two sons of Alexander and Mary Fran- ces ( Marden) Taylor, was born in Portland, February 17, 1859, graduated from the Port- land high school in 1876, and then went with the firm of Loring, Short & Harmon to learn the stationery trade and the art of blank-book making. After a term of two years' service there he went west and was in various em- ployments for ten years. In 1888 he returned to Portland and became a traveling salesman for his former employers, and was on the road until 1891. He then took a position with Randall & McAllister, coal dealers. On the death of Mr. Randall, Oakley C. Curtis, Henry T. Merrill and William N. Taylor were ap- pointed trustees of the estate and managed the business. Mr. Taylor is an active supporter of the principles of Lincoln and Roosevelt, and has long been a party worker. In 1907 he was elected to the city council from Ward I. In religious affiliations he is a Baptist. He has membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Portland Lodge, No. 188, and the Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M., of Portland.
He married, on June 4, 1890, Maud Havens, daughter of John Freeman and El- vira Small (Sargent) Randall (see Randall, II), and they have one child, Neil Randall, born November 5, 1903.
Thomas Low or Lowe, immigrant LOW ancestor, was born and came from the island of St. Michaels (an Eng- lish possession ). He is believed to have been the son of Captain John Low, master of the ship "Ambrose" and vice-admiral of the fleet that brought over Governor Winthrop's col- ony in 1630. The cane and Bible, said to have belonged to Captain John Low, have been handed down in the families of the Essex Lows and are now in the possession of Daniel W. Low, of Essex, Massachusetts, a descend- ant. The Bible was "Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queen's most excellent Majestie, dwelling in Pater Noster Rowe at the signe of the Tigershead Anno 1579." "The whole Book of Psalms by Sternhold Hopkins and others, printed by Derye over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low her book 1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his book." Thomas Low came early to America and was a resident of Ipswich as early as 1641. According to his deposition made in 1660 he was born in 1605. He was a maltster by trade. He died September 8, 1677. His will, dated April 30, 1677, was proved November 6, 1677. His son John succeeded to his business as malt- ster and carried it on until 1696. Thomas Low married Susanna -, who died at Water- town, August 19, 1684, aged about eighty-six. Children : 1. Margaret, born in England, mar- ried, April 8, 1657, Daniel Davidson, who was afterwards a major-general ; died July 8, 1668. 2. Thomas, born in England, 1632, died April 12, 1712. 3. Sarah, born 1637, if deposition of father in 1660 is correct, married Joseph Safford. 4. John, mentioned below.
(II) John, son of Thomas Low, was born about 1640 in Ipswich. He married, Decem- ber 10, 1661, Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thorndike, of Beverly, Massachu- setts. He married (second) Dorcas
He died intestate, and in 1705-06 Elizabeth, Daniel and Joseph Low, declining to admin- ister, the son Thorndike was appointed. Chil- dren born at Ipswich : 1. John, April 24, 1665. 2. Elizabeth, October 10, 1667. 3. Margaret, January 26, 1669. 4. Dorcas, November 3, 1673. 5. Daniel, about 1675, mentioned be- low. 6. Joseph, about 1677. 7. Martha, Sep- tember, 1679. 8. Thorndike, about 1680, died 1750; children : i. Nathaniel; ii. Joseph; iii. Sarah, married Abraham Martin Jr .; iv. De- borah, married Isaac Randall; v. Martha ; vi. Mary, married Nathaniel Foster; vii. Eliza- beth, married Timothy Bragg Jr .; viii. Dor- othy, married Thomas Yorke: ix. Daughter, married Jacob Clarke.
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(II1) Daniel, son of John Low, was born about 1675, in Ipswich. His uncle, Thomas Low Sr., who settled in Gloucester and mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Harlaakenden Sym- onds, December 2, 1687, was a grantee with his son John Low Jr. and others who bought of Harlaakenden Symonds a tract of land called Coxhall, now Lyman, Maine, six by four miles. Most of the grantees and first settlers in this section of York county, Maine, were from Ipswich. Thomas and John appear to have lived always at Gloucester. Daniel Low went to York when a young man ; bought land in Wells, Maine, of Henry Maddocks, of York, June 19, 1721, and January 29, 1723-24. Sarah Low, widow of Thomas (3) Low, son of Thomas (2) Low, deeded land in Wells to her son, John Low, of Gloucester. There is no indication that either Thomas or John became permanent residents of Maine. Daniel was killed by the Indians at Wells in the spring of 1723. His property seems to have descended to Job, William, Jeremiah and Eph- raim (I), doubtless his sons. Job had a house in Wells in 1735 and was an inhabitant and proprietor with William in 1726. Jeremiah Low may have returned to Ipswich ; his estate was divided February 28, 1758, among his widow, Elizabeth Low (now Raymond) ; chil- dren : Jeremiah, Mary, Lydia, Daniel and Jonathan.
(IV) Job, son of Daniel Low, was born about 1700-10. He lived in Wells, Maine, and in 1735 appears to be the only one of the fam- ily living there. These appear to be his sons : I. Jedediah, mentioned below. 2. John, mer- chant, had a ship built by Pelatiah Littlefield at Wells in 1792. 3. Jonathan, was soldier in the revolution from Wells. 4. Ephraim (2). born March 14, 1748, married Little- field, of Wells ; he was a soldier in the revolu- tion. 5. Ebenezer, went with Ephraim ( 1) and Jedediah to settle in Sanford, Maine; Olive, daughter of Ephraim ( I), born June 28, 1742, was the first white girl born in Sanford, Maine.
(V) Jedediah, son of Job Low, married Mary Stewart, of Wells, Maine. He came from Wells to Sanford, during or right after the revolution and settled on a farm in what is now the lower part of Sanford Village, Maine. A year or two previous to 1779, Jede- diah Low, taking with him his father, Job Low, moved and settled upon a farm about a mile north of Springvale Village, Maine, and upon it now lays the pond which supplies Springvale with water. He was granted this farm of one hundred acres from the agents of
the state of Massachusetts during the revolu- tionary war, concerning which there had been a famous lawsuit. About 1785 he sold this farm, and, with his family, consisting of six children-Jeremiah, Moses, Stephen, Eunice, Hannah and Abbie-removed to Shapleigh, Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution in the Wells company, Colonel Joshua Bragdon's regiment, April 9, 1775, and later in the year in Colonel Scammon's regiment (Thirtieth) Massachusetts.
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