Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 26

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876


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(II) Jums, third co ward seventh child of Robert and Jace ( Hildreth) Doctor, Form in Con- und. January & DES rem vel to Wol arn al mt w. A. and did there Jo mary It, 1700. He married ( first). December 3. 10 1. Ener Parker, who died December 2 Ion; and (seul Im h


His children all by the - rond vie, were as fil- Iv : James Jonathan, Thomas, J hn, Ilarnah, Ai .. Pet! . r.


(ITD) James (2), elfosi child of James (1) and Hannah Proctor, was born in Woburn, April 2, og resided in Wol in, and owned a large Hamnat of real estate. Il. married, Abril 7. 1717. Judith Nichols, of Ring, and they Ind six chil- Elizabeth. Indich, Janes, Jonathan. Hannah and Mary.


Jan (3), oldest son and third child of [ .. . (2) ] Judith (Nich 1) Procter, was born in Volume. Jun . 18, 1722, and removed to Kinos- ton, New Hampshire, al at 1750. From "New II. mishire State Papers," it appears that he was at Crown Point, Sytomber 30, 1762, a soldier in the company of Captain Jeremiah Mar-ton. of Hamp- top, in Colen 1 John Goffe's rerment. He served Fly in the Rey lutionary war, having been mus- erol is About 10, 1726. He died on his way Long from Himmil ram, November II, 1776. He m: rried, 1742, Abigail Whitmor ;, born Jun- 7, 1722, del May 3, IST. They were the parents of twelve children, as follows: James John, Thomas, Jona- thay, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, die yours; Ebenezer, Ju ith. Lether Meli ble. John and William.


Tones, third si i and child of James (3) "in il ( Whitmore ) Proctor, born in Woburn, July 28. 1746 was a blacksmith, and lived in I Jon, New Hampshire, where he died March 28, 182 11 married, May 21, 1776, Fanny Kin ball, 1 or1 February 2, 1756, died June 1, 180. They lurl eleven children : Lydia, Fanny. Sally, Thomas, Reflect, Peter, Joseph, William, James, Benjamin and Priscilla


(VI) Thomas, fourth child and eldest son of Thomas and Fanny, was born in Loudon, June 12, 1783. When :' young man he located in Barnstead, New Hampshire, and resided there for the re- mainder of his life. which terminated June 25, 1856. His first wife. whom he married in 18o;, was Martha Drew, who was born July 25, 1774, and died


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October 2, 1825. In 1831 he married for his second wife Comfort Ayers, who was born February 19, 1781, and died April 2, 1847. He was again married in 1848 to Mrs. Betsey Clark, nee Priest, whose birth took place January II, 1794. She died Feb- ruary 15, 1875. His children, all of his first union, were: John, born June 22, 1808; Thomas K., born April 15, 1810: Fanny W., mentioned below; Joseph D., born May 12, 1814; Jane D., born June 27, 1817 (married Moses L. Mace, of Barnstead for her first husband, and Jacob D. Osgood, of Loudon, for her second husband) ; Mary, born February 1, 1819, married first, John R. Kaime, and second, Brad- bury Clark, of Barnstead: Samuel, born January I, 1822; and William. born May 30, 1824.


(VI) Fanny Wilson, eldest daughter and third child of Thomas (2) and Martha ( Drew) Proctor, born in Barnstead, April 16, 1812; married, May 13, 1830, George L. Nutter, of Barnstead, who settled in Concord, and died September 8, 1897. (See Nutter VII).


(Second Family. ) (1) John Proctor, who was born PROCTOR in England about the year 1595. was registered with his wife Martha and two children April 12. 1635, to embark at London for New England in the "Susan and Ellen," Ed- ward Payne, master. He first settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, but prior to 1665 removed to Salem, and November 29 of the following year he peti- tioned the selectmen for liberty to "sett up A house of Entertainment to sell Beare, sider Liquors and ctr. for ye Accommodation of Travellours." He died in Salem in 1672, and his will, which bears the date of August 28, was probated November 28 of that year His children were: John, Mary, Martha, Abigail, Joseph, Sarah. Benjamin and Hannah.


(11) Joseph, second son and fifth child of John and Martha Proctor, was born in Ipswich and re- sided in that part of the town which was then called Chebacco, and is now Essex. He served in King Philip's war, and was one of the very few survivors of Captain Lothrop's company, known as the "Flower of Essex," nearly all of whom were slain in the famous Bloody Brook massacre, September 18, 1675. His will was made October 4, 1705, and proved November 12 of that year, showing that his death must have occurred some time during that in- terval. Ile married for his first wife Martha Wain- wright, daughter of Francis Wainwright of Ipswich ; she died in 1683. His second wife was Sarah, widow of Richard Ingersoll, of Salem. the latter a son of John and Judith ( Felton) Ingersoll, and of her first marriage there was one son, Richard In- gersoll, Jr. Joseph Proctor was the father of twelve children. Those of his first union were: Daniel, Joseph, Jacob, Martha, Mary, Abigail, Francis, Elizabeth, Simon and Jonathan. Those of his second marriage were: Thomas and Sarah.


(III) Jacob, third child of Joseph and Martha ( Wainwright ) Proctor, was born in Chebacco. Jan- uary 25, 1679, and was still residing there in 1756. The Christian name of his wife was Mary. She


was born in 1680, and died at Chebacco, January 17, 1777. Their children were: Joseph, Isaac and Mary.


(1\') Joseph, eldest child of Jacob and Mary Proctor, was a lifelong resident of Chebacco, and his death occurred sometime between July 23 and October 27, 1766, the dates of the making and pro- bating of his will. He was married April 9, 1741. to Sarah Leatherland, who was born in 1727 and died September 1. 1797. She was the mother of Sarah. Abigail, Mary, Jacob, Joseph, Francis and William.


(V) Joseph (2), second son and fifth child of Joseph (1) and Sarah ( Leatherland ) Proctor, was born in Chebacco prior to October 6, 1751, the date of his baptism. In company with his brother Jacob lie settled in that part of Londonderry which is now Derry, and resided there for the rest of his life. His first wife was Hannah Brown, of Ipswich, and for his second wife he married her sister, Eunice. Hannah was the mother of the following children : Sarah Joseph and John. Eunice, Lois, Benjamin, Charlotte and Olive. ( Benjamin and descendants are mentioned in this article).


(VI) Jeseph (3). second child and eldest son of Joseph (2) and Hannah ( Brown) Proctor, was born April 3, 1777, probably in Ipswich, and was taken to Londonderry, New Hampshire, in child- hood by his parents. He first settled in Derry, New Hampshire, but afterward bought the "woods" on John Hopkins' farm, in Windham, about 1815, and there lived till his death. February 1. 1826, He mar- ried, in 1802. Mary Hughes, daughter of John and Mehitable ( Buzwell ) Hughes, of Windham. Her father, a British soldier, deserted in Boston, went to Windham, and afterward did faithful and efficient service in the Patriot / army in the Revolution. She died April 23, 1847. The children of this union were: . Anna G. James H., Abner B., Hannah B .. Moses B., Ebenezer G., Samuel W., Joseph B., and Thomas T.


(VII) Joseph Burnham, eighth child and sixth son of Joseph and Mary ( Hughes) Proctor, was Lorn in Windham, February 12, 1817, and died in Nashua, May 2, 1896. He received a common school education, and lived on the home farm until 1855, when he sold that and bought the original Nesmith farm where he lived the nine years following. IIis chief buisiness was that of manufacturing ship lumber. He sold that in 1865. and removed to Nashua, where he en- gaged in the lumber business, which he conducted successfully for a number of years. He was a member of the First Congregational Church, and in politics a Republican He married, November 27. 1851. Sarah J. Gage, who was born February 26, 1820. daughter of Frye and Kezia (Cutter) Gage, of Pelham, New Hampshire They had one child, Mary C .. born August 20, 1853, and married, June 7, 1881, Ira F. Harris, of Nashua. ( See Harris).


(VI) Benjamin sixth child and third son of Joseph and Hannah (Brown) Proctor, was born March 10. 1786. The major part of his life was


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spent in Derry and his death occurred there Feb- ruary 10. 1848. His first wife was Rachel Camp- hell, of Bedford, New Hampshire, and his second wife was Eleanor Wilson, of Derry. He was the father of seven children, namely: William. John Reed. Louis, Nancy, Olive and Alexis, by his first wife. By his second wife he had one daughter, Margaret, who was educated at Kingston Academy, and married Edward F. Noyes, afterwards governor of Ohio and. Minister to France during the adminis- tration of President Hayes.


(VII) Alexis, youngest child of Benjamin and Rachel Proctor, was born in Derry, March 4. 1826. After concluding his studies at the old Pinkerton Academy he turned his attention to educational pur- suits and taught school continuously for over twenty years. During these years, like his father before him, he was often employed as a land sur- veyor and auctioncer in Derry and adjoining towns. In 1864 he removed to Franklin, where for the suc- ceeding ten years he occupied the position of clerk and paymaster at the woolen mill (successively) of Messrs. Griffin & Taylor, Taylor & Co., M. T. Stevens & Co., and he has henceforward devoted his energies exclusively to the banking interests of Franklin. In 1869 he with others organized the Franklin Savings Bank, of which he has been treas- urer from 1874 to the present time (1906), and he was also one of the incorporators of the Franklin National Bank. In politics he is a Republican. For the years 1857-58-63-64 he represented Derry in the lower house of the state legislature, and he served as an assessor in Franklin for twelve years, during which time the town profited by his ex- cellent judgment in the valuation of property. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic Order. In his religious belief he is a Unitarian. He was married May 30, 1850, to Miss Emma G. Gage, daughter of Joseph and Adaline ( Hamblet ) Gage, of Pelham, New Hampshire. The children of this union are: Frank, who will be again referred to. Mary Adaline, horn 1850, graduated from Smith College in ISSI ; since 1893 she has heen secretary of the board of education in Franklin, where she resides with her father and elder brother. John P. Proctor, who is treasurer and superintendent of the Franklin Light and Power Company. There were also three children who died in infancy.


(VIII) Frank Proctor, eldest child of Alexis and Emma ( Gage) Proctor, was born in Derry, September 18, 1856. His collegiate preparations were concluded at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, and he was graduated from Dartmouth College with the class of 1878. He was subse- quently for one year a law student in the office of Messrs, Barnard and Barnard, Franklin, and in 1879 was appointed the first cashier of the Franklin Na- tional Bank, in which capacity he has ever since served with ability and faithfulness. In addition to his regular duties at the national bank he is serving as a trustee and member of the investment committee of the Franklin Savings Bank: as treas- urer of the Franklin Falls Company, a corp ration


which has been largely instrumental in developing the natural resources of that locality; and since the incorporation of Franklin as a city he has held the office of city treasurer, administering the financial affairs of the municipality in a most careful and judicious manner. In politics he is a Republican. Aside from the business, financial, industrial and political interests of Franklin, he devotes his energies when opportunity permits to other fields of usefulness, particularly that of local history, and is a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Mr. Proctor is a member of the Unitarian Church.


The Worcesters are of English WORCESTER descent and were carly settlers in New Hampshire. They were civilizers and patriots, and their name appears in the muster rolls of both the French and Indian and the Revolutionary wars. The various town records show conclusively that citizenship and duty have always been synonymous terms with this family; that they have borne their part "each in their gen- eration" in the public affairs of the community in which they have lived. The long list of clergymen, the graduates of Harvard College and other institu- tions of learning, are evidences of their scholarly at- tainments; and the muster rolls of the army and navy from the earliest settlement of our country to the present time. prove their patriotism to have been of the order that counted not the cost when their country's flag was assailed.


(I) Rev. William Worcester, with his wife Sarah and four children, namely: Samuel, William, Sarah and Susannah, came from England and was settled pastor of the church first gathered in Salis- bury, Massachusetts. No production of his pen has been transmitted to posterity to indicate his in- tellectual attainments, but Cotton Mather in the Magnalia enrolls his name in the list of the "Rever- end, learned and holy divines, arriving such from Europe to America, by whose evangelical ministry the church in America have been illuminated." Sarah, wife of Rev. William Worcester, died at Salisbury, April 23, 1650. He married (second) Mrs. Rebecca Hall by whom he had six children, namely: Sarah, (died young ), Timothy. Moses, Sarah. Elizabeth ( died young), and Elizabeth. ( Moses and descendants receive extended mention in this article).


(II) Samuel, eldest child of Rev. William Worcester, accompanied his father from England and settled in Salisbury, where he was operating a saw-mill as early as 1658. At the first recorded meeting of the Merrimack people he was chosen over-eer, and he was the first representative from Bradford to the general court, taking his seat Jan- uary 16. 1679-80. He was re-elected the ensuing year, but died while on his way to Boston to re- sume his scat.


(III) Francis, son of Samuel Worcester, was born in Rowley. Massachusetts, and became an inn- keeter in Bradford, where his death occurred De- cember 17. 1717. He possessed an amiable disposi-


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tion and wa- a general favorite in the community. He married Mary Cheney. (Mention of their son, Francis, and descendants forms part of this article).


(IV) Benjamin, son of Francis Worcester, was born in Brulford, August 25, 1709. He went to re- side in Windsor, Vermont, and engaged in farming. (V) Asa, son of Benjamin Worcester, was borr in Haverhill, Massachusets. Jinuary 27, 1738. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted for service in the Fren band Indian war, and during the struggle itp national independence he served as a scout with the r. l of sergeant. Ile followed the cooper's frank. I've resided at the homestead in Windsor.


(VI) .Asa, son of Sere ant Asa W-reester, was burn in Groton, Ma spchusetts, April 26, 1771. He ac mired possession of the homestead farm, and the active period of his life w.s devoted to its cultiva- tim His wife was before marriage Mary Delano. (VI) Curricey, son of Asa and Mary (De- lan , Worcester, was born at the family homestead in Wh for, May 18 1'i2, and died there August 13. 1654. He inherited anl carried on the homestead pro rtv, Which was located in West Windsor, six des west of the village of Windsor. He married Adeline Waldron, wha bore him five children, unely : Frank D. Und Maria, Mary. George W. ! Susan D


VIIDO Piaik Deling, ellest chi'ld of Chauncey Adeline ( Waldron) Worcester, was born in Wet Wind- r, February 4, 1852. His early educa- 11 001 was anmirel in the public schools of West Wir' rande prima and completa 1 at the Green Mountain ( Po ki) Institute, South Woodstock, Vermont. For a period of ten years imme liately thereafter he taught chod su cessfully in Windsor wanty, and we was nl-quietly for four years em- ployed as a clock . Piston. Deciding to prepare for the medical or de jon he chose the Homeopathic School, and entering Hahn mann Medical College. Chicago, he parater Einer years' course, graduating with the claw of mes. It al & acudiral me th val- un'le experien .. a. ervation in the Chicago tials, why ; : hier ar to Vern ant entered upon the practice of In profession in Springfield. In 10 be removed to Keene, New Hampshire, o Fere he has luft to a large and li rative prac ice, an 1 is now a member of the board of health. Dr. Wwe et y is a member of the American Institute of Te cathy, fle Homeopathic Mediad societies of It Now Hampshire, th. Mas mic inturn- it and The h roved Order of Red Men. On any d Pelle Hubbell, dangh- phal . ro ffa: Hubbell, of Take Guerre De and Mrs. Worcester have a :tighter ML y Woce ter


Find third child of the and wife " Re Wili'm Worcester, was born d. Salisbury, Nover - 10. 1043 He removed to Sittery in mot, aulosa- being in 731. He was a noted Indian fighter in his day and funiliarly known is "Old Contrary." Ile owned extensive tracts of Final in thet part of Kittery now known as Berwick.


Ile or twice married and by his first wife had three children: Thomas, William and Elizabeth.


(III) Thomas, son of Moses Worcester, was born in Sali bury, Massachusetts, or Kittery, Maine, and received a grant of land in that part of Kittery in which his father's property was located, and died in Berwick ( Kittery ) in 1718. By his first wife (naine unknown) he had three children: Thomas, William and Elizabeth. He married (second). April 4. 1005. Mrs. S. rah Soper.


(IV) Jalin, on of Thomas Worcester, was I rn in Kittery, and resided in Berwick and Leb- : Hon, Mame. He married Lydia Remick, July 15, I;31, by whom he had five children, Polly, John, Lycia (who married General John Sullivan, Dur- hem, New Hampshire). George and Lemuel.


(V) Gorges and son of John and Lydia ( Remick) Worcester, was born in Lerwick, Maine, lived in Berwick and Somersworth, New Hamp- shire; marri d Margaret Clements, by whom he had nine children : Petsey, Ezekiel, Mark, Thomas, Lemuel, Alexander, John, George and John.


(VI) Mejor Alexander Worcester, son of George aid Margaret ( (I ments) Worcester, was lern in Perwick, moved to Lebanon, Maine, and Jenuary 25. 17 .. mered Molly Libbey, by whom he had six children: Ebenezer, Sally, Lemuel, tiram, "killel at the battle of Lake Eric." Mary nd George. He was major in the militia and a pan of standing and influence in the community. In the War of IMiz he was first lieutenant in Cap- 1.1 E rthy'onew Thompson's company. First Regi- went. "Nowells" Massachusetts militia.


(VII. Lemuel, son of Alexander and Molly liber Wo rester, was born in Lebanon, Maine, When a boy he served with his father in Captain Impinse many, and received disabilities for which le received a pension from the United States Termine t. He married Mare ret Pray, daughter Chadh ure Pray and Bracket, direct descendant Tohu Boy et, of whom n ation is made in his- Bot n, Assath isetts, 35 giving material '+ de cre at the it was besieged by the British. Inl for the gren: Mary A. Burn March I, 1. 1 rriel Mark F. Wallingford. of Lebanon, 1. Horace ! and two who died in their in-


VHb Cdone Horace L. Worce ter. ~ 1 of "mela:r. M. e ret i bravi Worcester, was born Learn, Mains Mah 8, 1846. When six at age his anty my 1 to the town of ! Berwick, Miom , where he received hi- edu- 1 11 th. detrit 1 1. 1:ving h me at the ti sisters to egy the trade of shoemaker. At in ling out ther in It, he was a boy aten yer standing school. From its earliest utility splitting his father's mission to cali Not being su cessful after re- Hotel attempts, in ISop he went to Portland and ulsteel aboard the frigate "Saline" in the navy. giving his age as twenty-one and "thus evading the rcessity of parents consent" From the "Sabine"


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he .. out In i ceiving ship "Oho" at Charlestown nav. wir l, Massachusetts. From the "Ohio" he W > a signed to the West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron under Farragut. He was placed aboard the re- cciving ship "Potome" at Per-acola mivy yard, and from there assigned to the United States steamship "Lackawanna," aboard of which he served until the close of the war. It was stationed on the blockade off Mobile and Galveston, interspersed with cruis- ing. In the spring of 1865 he took part in the cap- ture, or rather destruction, of the rebel ram "Will- iam II. Webb," which attempted to escape from Red River past New Orleans, where the "Lacka- wanna" with other men of war was laying at an- chor. He was aboard the "Lackawanna" when she was ordered to cruise in search of the formidable ram'"Stonewall"; said cruise was not successful, as the "Stonewall" surrendered to the Spanish author- ities at Havana and was turned over to our gov- ernment by them.


At the close of the war he returned home and engaged in shecmaking and farming. In 1867 he came to Roch ster and worked in the shoe shop of Messrs. E. G & E. Wala e. June 27. 1872, he married Villie A .. daughter of Charles Greenfield. one cf R che ter's wealthiest and most respected citizens. (Se Torr-Greenfield V). Later he worked in Farmington, Dover. New Hampshire, and in Natick, Massachusetts, cutting upper leather. About 1877 ill health compelled him to seek cut-of- doors employment and he served as baggage mas- ter at the Great Falls & Conway Railroad depet in Rochester three years. In ISSO, with his brother- in-law. Frank Greenfield, he purchased the busi- ness of 1. T. Cottor, and for twelve years they carried on the business of stationery, blank books, variety store, papers and magazines. At the end of twelve years, mon the desire of Mr. Greenfield to go west, Mr. Worcester purchased his interest and continued the misiness unal i&co. when he sold out to Edward Miles and retired from business.


With the exception of four years, 1880 to 1884. during which time he was town clerk, Mr. Worces- ter absolutely refused to have his name used for any political office although often importuned to do so. Upon his retir ment from business he was elected mayor, serving two terms, and me term in the legislature, resigning his seat in that body to accept the office of United States consul at Saltillo, Mex- ico, to which offce he lind been appointed by the president. After eight months of pleasant duty in Mexico, upon the death of Mr. C. W. Brown. city clerk of Rochester, he was elected city clerk. and clerk and collector of Rochester Water Works. in 1003. whereupon he returned to Rochester and resigned the office of United States consul. In 1905 he was appointed by Judge MeGill. check of the police court, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Henry F. Walker, the former clerk.


In 1867. when twenty-one years of age. he joined Unity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Union, New Hampshire, later joining JIumane Lodge at Rochester by demit. Ile is a member of Temple


Chapter of Masons at Rochester, and St. Paul Com- man very. Knights Templar, at. Dover, New Hamp- hire, a member of Sampson Post. Grand Army of the Republic serving as quartermaster and com- mander of his post, ale as chief mustering officer of the department twice, council of administration, aide de camp on staff of department commander, junior and senior vice and commander of depart- nient o Ww Hampshire, and aide de e.m) on staff of commmrinder-in-chief. He is a member of Kearsage .\ swiation Nav. 1 Veterans a Ports- muh. New Hampshire. A member of the Far- ragut Association, a ialy comprised of those only who served under Parras it in the Gulf, and a nicm- ber of the Order of Sons of American Revolution, a member of the National Veteran Association, and vice-president of the New Hampshire Veteran As- sociation at 'Th Weirs: trustee of the Norway Prins Savings Bank toklest in years of service on the board), and some years since, to n death of President Charles Greenfield, was elected it- presi- dent, which office he held for veral years. until business interests demanding his attention in the west for an indefinite time, he resigned the presi- dens. He is one of the trustees of the Rochester Public Library, and takes great interest in its wel- fare and por ere s.


(IV) Rev. Francia (2), second son and fourth child of Francis (I) and Mary (Chency) Worces- ter, was born in Bradford, Massachusetts. June 7, ICOS. IT . lived in Bradford until 1722, and then in C noord and Littleton, Mas achusetts. In both of th. Ietter phie's he woh 1 s a blas-m'th. In If28 he was one of the .ch tien of Bradford. Ile then went to Boxf r. Ma p huset's, where he was liven el to preach, and on June 18, 1735 he was ordained wer & Congregational church in Sand- wich, Mussi'm att, where he remained ten years is past r. On your after his dismission he re- move I to New Hampshire, geh & first to Exeter and then to Plisow, and in 1750 to Hellis, where his de- seendants have lived ever since. For the remain- ing thirty-three years of his life he was employed as an evangelist in preaching the gospel in the desti- tute sections of New Hampshire and other parts of New England. In the sixtieth year of his . . he i "Milit tings all in ver e." which was published in P. tân in 1760. He was evidently : devant man and a faithful student of the Bilder. Fach1 idle. fi dication which was vonch- safed to his great grandson, notably the editor f the Dictionary. in rh plentiful degres. Rev. Fran- cis Warer ter married. April IS, 1720. Abip, il Carta of Rowley. Massachusetts. There were fire children: Fratris: born in Bradford, M. - 1- chusetts, March 30. 1721. married, October 23. 1741. Hannah Beanton, of Newbury, Mosse Fest, and died at Plymouth. New Homp hire, Oct b r 10. 1802. a representative and senator to the gen ral court of New Hampshire. Jesse, born in Bradford. Massachusetts, September 5, 1722. imarr'.] Patience -: went to the siege of Oswego, and died whil a prisoner in Montreal in 1757. Hannah,




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