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Joseph Ingersoll was a joiner, and lived at Capisic ; he married a daughter of Matthew Coe. Danforth granted him a lot on the west side of Exchange-street, on which he built a house. On the reset- tlement of the town his son Benjamin returned from Gloucester, where his father then resided, took possession of his father's grants, and became an active and useful inhabitant. In 1738 Benjamin sold 4 acres lying west of Exchange-street, including his homestead to Phineas Jones, and moved to North Yarmouth.
Dominicus Jordan, 3rd son of Robert Jordan, married Hannah, a daughter of Ralph Tristram, of Saco, as early as 1683, and lived at Spurwink. By her he had Dominicus, born in 1684, Mary Ann, Samuel, Nathaniel, Hannah, married to Joseph Calef of Boston, and Elizabeth married to Humphrey Scamman of Saco. Capt. Jordan was killed in the war of 1703 by the Indians, and his wife and family were carried to Canada. They were all restored but Mary Ann, to whom the name of Arabella was given by her French masters. She married in Canada, where she was living in 1760, and never returned. The eldest son, Dominicus, escaped after a residence of several years, and was an active and useful man in the subsequent affairs of our town, as will be hereafter more particularly
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mentioned ; he was the progenitor of a numerous race, part of whom now occupy the paternal estate. Nathaniel also established himself . on his hereditary estate, which was finally divided among the heirs in 1754. Samuel and Elizabeth lived in Saco, where their posterity still maintain a respectable rank.
Robert Lawrence, who was killed in the attack, upon the fort, sus- tained the rank of captain. His wife was the widow of George Munjoy, by whom he entered into the possession of a large property here. It does not appear that he left any offspring, and we have not been able to ascertain his origin. A long quarrel growing out of a disputed title, subsisted for many years between him and Silvanus Davis, which was terminated only by his death. His widow married Stephen Cross, of Boston, for her third husband, and died in Boston in 1705.
Peter Morrell lived in King-street ; the date of the first deed to - him of land here was in 1681 ; it was of a house lot from Thomas Mason ; he probably came here about that time. After his capture in 1690, his wife and children moved to Beverly, where they sub- sequently lived. His wife's name was Mary. Their daughter Mary, who married George Tuck, and was residing in Falmouth in 1734, in a deed of that year styles herself the only surviving child and heir of said Peter.
James Mariner probably came here from Dover : or James . Marianell, whom I have supposed to be the same, as that name does not afterwards occur in our records, came from that place and pur- chased land on the Neck of Joseph Hodgsdon in 1686. He was born in 1651, and was living in Boston in 1731. Some of the same name, and probably his children, were inhabitants of the last settlement.
Dennis Morough lived at Purpooduck, where he married Jane, the eldest daughter of Sampson Penley, an ancient settler. We find trace of but one son, who bore the name of his father, and was living with him in Norwich, Conn. after the war. In 1734 the son was an inhabitant of Coventry. None of the family returned here.
Jonathan Orris was a blacksmith, and lived east of King-street. He does not appear to have left any children. His three brothers, Nathaniel of Barnstable, Experience of Braintree, and John of Boston, inherited his property.
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John Parrott, a fisherman, was a settler under Danforth. No male issue survived. His eldest daughter, Mary, married Philip Gammon ; another daughter, Sarah, married John Green, who lived in Newport, R. I. in 1738.
Sampson Penley was a settler before the first war, and returned on the restoration of peace. We have been unable to ascertain when and where he died. He left a widow Rachel and three daughters, Jane, married to Dennis Morough, Dorcas to Hugh Willcott, and Mary to Edward Bailey ; the latter was living in Stoughton, Mass. in 1734, a widow.
James Ross, was born in Falmouth 1662 ; he was taken prisoner with his father's family in 1676 and again in 1690. He was a shoe- maker by trade and occupied his father's farm or part of it at Back Cove ; his mother was Ann the eldest daughter of George Lewis. On bis return from his second captivity he resided in Salem. " His father was here about 1657.
John Skillings was the son of Thomas Skillings of Back Cove, the ancestor of all of the name in this neighbourhood, who came here as early as 1651. During the first war he continued in Salem ; at its close he returned and entered with zeal and activity upon the improvement of his former as well as later possessions. He was a carpenter. His principal farm was at Stroudwater where he lived, about a mile northwest of Long creek. He also had 7 acres on the Neck where Centre-street now is, which he obtained by exchange with Rev. George Burroughs in 1683, on which he had a house. His son Samuel born in 1677, conveyed this tract about 1732 in . parcels to Wm. Cotton and others, under whom it is now held. We have it from tradition that John Skillings died before he was 40 years old, and that his widow and 4 children removed to Piscataqua. This would be about the time of the 2d Indian war, of which he may have been a victim ; he was living in 1688. Samuel returned and established himself at Long creek.
Lewis and John Tucker were brothers, and lived on adjoining farms east of Presumpscot river. The children of Lewis were Hugh of Kittery fisherman, Lewis of New-Castle N. H. Elizabeth married to - Bragdon of Kittery, and Grace married to Isaac Pearce of Boston, tailor. The first Lewis was born 1643.
Ralph Turner was an ancient settler in Purpooduck, he lived on a farm of 100 acres between Long and Barberry creeks, on which in
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1687, he had " a faire dwelling house and other improvements." His daughter Hannah, who married Thomas Holman a shoe-maker, was living with her husband at Rehoboth in 1729, and then styled herself " daughter and heir of Ralph Turner." He was chosen constable in 1670.
Edward Tyng came here as early as 1680, and soon after married Elizabeth a daughter of Thaddeus Clarke, and grand-daughter of George Cleeves. He was the second son of Edward Tyng, who came to this country with his brother Wm. about 1636. 'The time of his birth is not known, his elder brother Jonathan was born in 1642. He owned a number of pieces of valuable land on the Neck, and several houses ; on a tract of 44 acres, extending from Robinson's point to north of Main-street, and about 70 rods fronting the harbour, he had three dwelling houses in 1687, when it was surveyed under a patent from Andross ; in one of which he lived. The cellar of this house may now be seen on York-street, a little west of its entrance into State-street. In 1680 and 81, he commanded fort Loyal, was one of the counsellors or magistrates of Maine during the presidency of Mr. Danforth, and in 1686 was appointed by the king one of the counsellors of Pres. Joseph Dudley, who married his sister, and of Gov. Andross. He was appointed Lt. Col. by Andross, and had a command in the province of Sagadahock in 1688 and 89. He was afterwards commissioned as Gov. of Annapolis in N. S. and on his passage there, was captured by the French and carried to France, where he died. He had 4 children, Edward born 1683, Jonathan who died young, Mary married to the Rev. John Fox of Woburn1, and Elizabeth married to a brother of Dr. Franklin. Wm. Tyng late of Gorham, who was grand-son of Edward, by his eldest son Edward, was the last survivor of the male posterity of the Tyng family, in this country. Wm's. father died in Boston Sept. 8, 1755, and his brother Edward died a bachelor, in England.
Wallis. Persons bearing this name in Falmouth, were numerous during the second settlement. The first of the name were Nathaniel and John, who were probably the ancestors of all the rest ; they were both here before the first war. Nathaniel lived at Back Cove and John on Purpooduck point ; John was one of the selectmen in
1Lineal descendants of this connection are now among our enterprising citizens, who may trace their origin in the male line to John Fox the martyr, and in the female to Cleeves the first settler of Falmouth.
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1681. In addition to these in the subsequent settlement, were Josiah who was born in 1662, and was living in Gloucester 1734, Benjamin, Joseph, and James born 1670, who were brothers, and lived at Pur- pooduck ; these were all sons of John-they went to Gloucester after the destruction of the town, but returned again. Josiah's son John was an inhabitant of Cape-Elizabeth in 1768, aged about 70 years ; a few of his descendants remain. Matthew Paulling and John Lane married daughters of John Wallis, and lived near him at Pur- pooduck point in 1687. The first Nathaniel was born in 1631, and was living in Beverly 1701 : he had a son John, whose son John was a resident in Sherburn Mass. in 1720.
Thomas Walter, with his wife Hannah moved here from Salem about 1682, and settled at Purpooduck. His wife was then 25 years old, having been born in 1657. In 1732, his son William then living in Boston, in a deed of his father's property in Falmouth, styled himself " his son and only heir." Wm. Walter of Boston, the late bishop, probably descended from this stock.
Samuel Webber. There were several of the name of Webber inhabiting here during the second period of our history, among whom were Samuel, Thomas and Joseph. Of the latter we only know that he had grants of land from the town as a settler. Thomas mar- ried Mary a sister of John Parker, a large landed proprietor on the Kennebeck, and where Thomas had lived before the first war. His family moved to Charlestown during the second war ; he left a widow and several children, one of whom was named Joseph. Mary Webber was a petitioner to Andross for a patent in 1687 of land granted her by the town six years before. Samuel was here as early as August 1681, when he received a grant of the mill privilege on Long creek, on which he erected the first mill which was built on that stream, and which he sold in 1685 to Silvanus Davis and John Skillings. He was a witness on the trial of George Burroughs in 1692 at Salem, and testified to his great strength. He died in York 1716, leaving a widow Deborah and 9 children, viz. Samuel, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Waitstil, Joseph, Mary wife of Joseph Sayward, Deborah and Dorcas.
There was also a family of Yorks here ; Samuel born 1678, and Benjamin born 1680, were children and living here on the destruc- tion of the town, as appears by depositions given by them in 1759 ; but we do not know who their father was. John York was one of
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the trustees of North-Yarmouth in 1684, and it is not improbable that he was their ancestor. He was living in 1685 " on land which lieth in Casco bay in North-Yarmouth, which was once possessed by John Atwell, who bought the same of Richard Bray sen. and there he inhabited till drove off by the Heathen." On the breaking up of North-Yarmouth in 1688, he probably took refuge in Falmouth.
We have not space to give a detailed account of all the settlers in Falmouth between the first and second wars, but we will now subjoin a catalogue of their names as far as we have been able to collect them. In the second war some families were probably entirely destroyed, others lost their male branches ; in this way we may in part account for the fact that so few of the ancient names are found in our subsequent history.
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James Andrews,
New-Casco.
*George Adams,
Elisha Andrews,
Andrew Alger,
Thomas Baker,
Son of Andrew of Scarborough. Back Cove. Purpooduck.
Henry Bailey, Philip Barger, Peter Bowdoin, Stephen Boutineau,
Neck.
Back Cove. Neck.
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Neck. Purpooduck. Neck.
Spurwink. Neck.
Anthony Brackett, George Bramhall, Philip Le Bretton, John Brown sen. *John Branford, Richard Broadridge, John Brown sen. George Burroughs, Joshua Brackett, Thomas Brown, Philip Carpenter, Thaddeus Clarke, Thomas Cloice, John Corney, John Culliver,
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Abraham Collins,
*Henry Crosby, * Andrew Cranch,
Ebenezer Davenport,
Isaac Davis,
New- Casco. Stroudwater.
Lawrence Davis, Jacob Davis,
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Silvanus Davis,
Neck.
John Davis, Joseph Daniel,
Purpooduck.
Henry Donnell, John Durham,
Jewell's Island.
Moses Durant,
*Philip Edes,
. John Edwards,
Purpooduck.
*Thomas Enow,
George Felt,
New-Casco. ·Neck.
Jacob Freeze, Nicholas Freeby,
Moses Felt,
*John Frizell,
*John Flea,
Elihu Gullison,
Edmund Gale,
Robert Greason,
Phili Gammon,
Back Cove. Presumpscot. Purpooduck.
John Gustin or Augustine John, Presumpscot. John Graves, Robert Haines,
Peter Housing, Henry Harwood, Philip Horman, John Ham, John Holman,
Joseph Holmes, Joseph Hodgedon, Francis Haines, 28
Purpooduck. Presumpscot. Neck.
Purpooduck, lived in N. Yarmo. before 1st war. New-Casco. Neck, moved to York about 1686.
James Freeze,
Purpooduck.
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John Harris, George Ingersoll, George Ingersoll jr. John Ingersoll, Joseph Ingersoll, Samuel Ingersoll, Dominicus Jordan
Wm. Jameson,
Francis Jefferies, John Jones, John Jordan, Robert Jordan,
Samuel Jordan, Jedediah Jordan, Jeremiah Jordan, John Lane, Isaac Larrabee, Joshua Lane,
Robert Lawrence, George Lewis, Philip Lewis, Anthony Libbee,
Thomas Loveitt, *Henry Langmaid *John Marshall, James Mariner, Joel Madefor sen. Wm. Mansfield, Dennis Morough; Peter Morrell, Robert Morrell,
Joel Madefor jr. Joseph Morgan, Purpooduck. Ephraim Marston, Robert Nichols or Nicholson, Presumpscot. Francis Nichols, Neck.
Purpooduck. Capisick.
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Spurwink. Purpooduck. Neck.
Son of Rev. Robert, of Spurwink.
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Back Cove.
Moved to Portsmouth about 1685, he was a carpenter and brother in law of A. Brackett. Purpooduck.
Neck. Purpooduck.
Purpooduck. Neck.
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John Nicholson, Neck, brother in law of Geo. In- gersoll, jr. Neck.
Jonathan Orris, *Robert Oliver, *Thomas Paine, John Palmer, Neck. Purpooduck.
: Thomas Page, John Parrott,
Matthew .Patten or Paullin Wm. Pearce, Neck.
John Peadrick, Thomas Peck,
Sampson Penley,
Back Cove. Purpooduck.
David Phippen,
Richard Pope, Spurwink.
Richard Powsland or Powsley, Capisic.
Samuel Pike, New-Casco.
*John Randall,
John Rider,
*James Randall,
Wm. Rogers,
New-Casco. Back Cove.
James Ross,
*Thomas Roby,
*Job Runnells,
Richard Seacomb,
Neck and Back Cove.
*Andrew Shaw, John Seacomb, *Peter Shaw, John Smith, Leonard Slew, John Skillings, Thomas Sparke, Robert Staniford, Thomas Staniford, John Staniford, Clement Swett,
Back Cove. Purpooduck. Stroudwater. Spurwink. Purpooduck.
*Robert Shares, Samuel Skillings, Lewis Tucker,
New- Casco.
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John Tucker, Ralph Turner, Edward Tyng,
New-Casco. Purpooduck. Neck.
*Richard Thomling, Nathaniel Wallis, John Wallis, Josiah Wallis,
Back Cove. Purpooduck.
James Wallis,
Benjamin Wallis,
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Thomas Walter,
Samuel Webber,
Stroudwater.
Thomas Webber,
Joseph Webber, Michael Webber, Zachariah White, Nathaniel White,
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Nathaniel Wharff, John Wheelden, Nath'l. Webber, James Webber,
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New-Casco. Stroudwater.
*Several of the above names I have met with for the first ind only time in a pe- tition to the government in 1689, which is copied entire in chapter 9th, p.190. They are styled in the petition " inhabitantsof Falmouth," and although their names are not familiar, I am bound to believe that they speak truly ; the names of such are marked by an asterisk.
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No. 1.
CLEEVES- D. WINTER. '
From the record of a Court held at Saco in 1640.
THE plaintiffe declareth that for ten years last past or thereaboute he was law- fully seized and in peaceable possession of a certain tract of land lyeing within this province, knowne by the name of Spurwink the wch. lott of land of two thousand acres the plaint. held as his owne inheritance by virtue of a pmise made unto him by you Sr. Ferdinando Gorges, being then one of the Pattentees unto whom wth the rest of the Pattentees was assigned all the land in New-England betweene forty and forty eight degrees of north latitude, wth the government thereof-wch. pm'ise1 was made unto me for my encouragement before my com- ing into this country in any place unposessed, as is to you well knowne.
The plaint. further declareth that aboute the time aforesaid he joyneing himself in p'tenershipp? wth. Richard Tucker then of Spurwink, who had also a right of inheritance there, the wch. he bought and purchased for a valueable consideration of Richard Bradshaw, who was formerlie setled there by Capt. Walter Neale by virtue of a commission to him given by some of the lords Pattentees, and soe as appeareth the said Richard Tucker was lawfully posessed of a right of inheritance at and in the said Spurwink.
Alsoe the plaint. further declareth that he joyneing his right by pm'ise and posession wth. his pt'ner's right of purchase and posession, and soe being accoun- table to his said pt'ner, they both agreed to joyne their rights together, and there to build, plante and continue : wch. when the plaint. had done and was there settled for two years or thereaboutes, this defendt. Jno. Winter came and pretend- ed an interest there by virtue of a succeeding pattent surrupticiouslie obtained, and soe by force of armes expelled and thrust away the plaint. from his house, lands and goods ; all wch. the said defendt. to this day unjustly and unlawfully detaineth and keepeth contrarie to equitie and justice for wch. wrongs and injuries the plaint. in this Courte commenceth his action of trespass upon the case for the trover, and demandeth for his damage two hundred pounds starling-for all wch. the plaint. of this Courte humbly desireth, and in his Ma'ties3 name requireth a legal proceeding according to his Ma'ties lawes.
The defendt. John Winter cometh into this Courte and saith that he defendeth all the wrongs, injuries and damage where and when he ought-first he answear- eth and saith that the plaint. was never lawfully seised and posessed of two thou- sand acres of land knowne by the name of Spurwink, nor any pte nor pcell + thereof
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as his owne inheritance by any lawfull grant from Sr. Ferdinando Gorges (in manner and form as the plaint. declarethi) for the plaint. declaring a pmise to him made by Sr. Ferdinando Gorges nether showeth herein the year, day nor place where and when this pmise was made, nor any consideration, wch. the plaint. ought here to have declared, for by the law no man can have action lye against another upon a bare pmise, wch. said pmise the said Sr. Ferdinando Gorges doth utterly deny. And whereas the plaint. declareth that Richard Tucker had also a right of inheritance at Spurwink aforesaid by purchase from Richard Bradshaw, who was formerly settled there by Capt. Walter Neale by virtue of a commission to him given by some of the lords pattentees, and that the plaint. joyned his right wth. the right of the said Rich. Tucker his ptener there to build, plant and con- tinue. To this the defendt. answeareth that Capt. Walter Neale had then no power from anie of the Lords pattentees to dispose of any land within this prov- ince but only in Pascattaqua. And the defendt. in answeare to the plaint. further saith that the President and Councell of New-England by their deed indented bearing date the First day of December, 1631, for the considerations therein expressed, did give, grant, allott, assigne and confirme unto Robert Trelawny and Moses Goodyeare of Plimouth, marchants, their heires, associates and assignes for ever, all those lands and hereditaments with appurtnances, situate, lyeinge and being alonge the sea coast eastward betweene the land formerly granted to Capt. Tho. Cammock his heires, associatts and assignes and the bay and river of Cascoe, extending and to be extended northwards into the Mayne land soe farre as the limitts and bounds of the land granted to the said Capt. Tho. Cammock as afore- said-doe or ought to extend towards the north, wth all and singular the pmisses1 with appurtnances as by the said deede indented more at large it doth and may appeare-the said deede or writinge being under the hands of the Right honorable Robert Earle of Warwick, Edward Lord Gorges, and Sr Ferdinando Gorges, knight, in the behalfe of the whole Councell; now this defendt being an associatt to the aforesaid Robert Trelawny and principall agent for him in those partes, upon receiveing a coppie of the aforesaid deed indented wtli orders for the takeing and receiveing livery and posession of the said land and pmisses, did forthwith repaire to Capt. Walter Neale, Henry Joselin, Leiftenant, and Richard Vines, gent. who were authorised and appointed by the said President and Councell to be their law- full atturneyes or atturney, they or any of them to deliver full and peaceable posession of the pinisses, or some pte in the name of the whole, to the said Robte Trelawny and Moses Goodyeare, or to their certaine atturney or atturneyes. Whereupon the aforesaid Richard Vines on the 21th day of July, 1632, and like- wise againe on the 30th day of the same month, did give livery and posession of pte of the premisses in the name of the whole unto the defendt for the use of the aforesaid Robert Trelawny and Moses Goodyeare according to law and the true intent and meaning of the aforesaid decd. After this that the defendt was lawfully seised of all the land mentioned in the aforesaid deed, and finding the plaint unlaw- fully setled at Spurwink aforesaid upon pte of the aforesaid land granted to the said Robert Trelawny and Moses Goodyeare their heires, associatts and assignes by the aforesaid president and Councell for New-England and Sr Ferdinando
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Gorges, knight, did in a friendly manner (without force) warne the said plaint. to leave the posession of the said land at Spurwink showing him withall the contents of the aforesaid deed (and withall by order from the said Robt Trelawny did proffer the plaint. that if he pleased to become a tenant to the said Robt Trelawny on such conditions as the defendt ppounded that he miglit still remayne there in some other pte of his land and enjoy the same accordingly, wch the plaint then refused to accept of but still continued his unlawfull clayme by virtue of a prmise from Sr Ferdinando Gorges. And hereupon the defendt repaired to Capt. Walter Neale then Governor of those ptes, and required justice of him for the removeinge of the plaint out of the aforesaid posession, and to give the defendt liverie and posession thereof according to the aforesaid deed, whereupon the said Capt. Walter Neale required the plaint. to yeeld up the said posession, affirming that he had no right to that land. But soone after the plaintiff left his said possession to the defendt. And this the defendt is ready to affirme, and for the residue of the differ- ence he humbly accepteth the power of the Courte to heare and determine their pleas of this matter, and so putteth himselfe upon the countrey.
The plaint. and defendt. hereupon joyne issue and put themselves upon the triall of a Jury, viz.
1. Richard Foxill, gent. 7. Jno. Smith
2. Mr. Tho. Page 8. Jno Baker
3. Mr. Francis Robinson 9. Arnold Allin
4. Mr. Willm. Cole 10. Willm Scadlock
5. Mr. Tho. Williams 11. Henry Warwick
6. Jno. West 12. Jno. Wadly
1 The Jury find for the plaint the house and land enclosed containing foure acres or thereaboute joyning wth the said house, and give him eighty pounds for damage, and twelve shillings and six pence for the cost of the Courte.
Judgment is given upon this verdict by the worsp'll Tho. Gorges, Henry Joselin, Richard Bonython and Edward Godfrey, and execution by them awarded. Mr. Rich. Vines refused to give judgment on this verdict.
No. 2.
Petition of Robert Jordan in 1648, and the proceedings thereon. To the right honoured Alexander Rigby, President, Mr. George Cleave, Deputy President, together with the whole body of the General Assembly of the Province of Lygonia assembled this 12th day of September, 1648 .- Your Petitioner, sheweth,
Whereas he hath by the order of the authority here estated, endeavoured to the utmost to accomplish the last Testament of Mr. John Winter, deceased, for the satisfying of whose legacies he hath emptied himself of his proper estate, the mostness of which the said Mr. John Winter his estate lieth in the hands of the executors of Mr. Robert Trelawny, and hath been by them detained for these many years, notwithstanding the deceased John Winter did in his life time press them for an accompt, as likewise hath your Petitioner by divers swasive letters
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