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of Brookline, Massachusetts. Colonel Charles Lane's second wife was Sarah Jane, eldest of the ten children of Rev. Abraham and Nancy ( Conner) Bodwell, of Sanbornton. They were married Au- gust 6, 1838. She was a woman of superior quali- ties of mind and heart. Her father was a graduate of Harvard, and for forty-six years was pastor of the Congregational Church at Sanbornton. Her brother, Dr. Joseph Conner Bodwell, was a gradu- ate of Dartmouth, became a clergyman in England, and later returned to this country where he filled pulpits in Massachusetts, and finally became a pro- fessor in the Theological Seminary at Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. Sarah J. (Bodwell ) Lane died at Laconia, November 11, 1880, leaving three chil- dren : George Bodwell, mentioned below, Jennie Frances, who married A. Henry Waitt, of Boston, and James Willis, who lives at Sour Lake, Texas.
(VII) George Bodwell, eldest child of Colonel Charles Lane and his second wife, Sarah J. ( Bod- .well) Lane, was born in Sanbornton, New Hamp- shire, August 5, 1841. He was educated in the common schools of Laconia and at Gilford Academy. He then entered the dry goods store of John Pren- tiss Tucker, of Concord, New Hampshire, where he was clerk for ten years. Mr. Tucker's wife was Hannah (Whipple) Tucker, a niece of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. After leaving Concord Mr. Lane acted as travelling salesman for a Boston firm, his route took him through the state of Maine; he continued in this occupation until 1860. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers; he helped recruit the regi- ment at Laconia. He was appointed regimental mail clerk for the territory between Point Lookout and Washington, and in 1864 was made commis- sary sergeant. In 1865 he returned to Laconia and subseqeuntly took the position of bookkeeper in the Gilford hosiery mill, remaining for three years. Later he was engaged in the insurance business with his father. He was register of deeds for Belknap county for two years, and town clerk for Laconia, six years. In 1894 he was appointed by Colonel Thomas Cogswell, of Gilmanton, to a position in the pension office at Concord. He subse- quently became chief clerk, which office he still holds. In politics he is a Democrat, and he at- tends the Congregational Church. George B. Lane married, November 18, 1870, Mrs. Mary Jane (Davis) Webber, daughter of Samuel Davis, of Lakeport, New Hampshire, where she was born May 25, 1841. They have one child, Ada Florence, born March 15, 1877. (IV) Deacon Jeremiah, seventhi and eleventh of the sixteen children of Deacon Joshua and Bathsheba (Robie) Lane, was born March 10, 1732, and died June 21, 1806, aged seventy-four. He was a man of some means and of excellent standing in the community where he resided. His name is on petitions to Governor Wentworth relative to delinquent taxpayers in May, 1772. In March of the following year he made a statement to Governor Wentworth and the general assembly respecting a dispute in a parish of Hampton Falls, and October 1, 1762, he was one of a committee to determine the boundaries between Salisbury and Andover, then called Stevenstown and New Britain. He was very pious, a man of fair speech, active as a deacon in the church, and delivered the address at the funeral of his father which was printed under the title of "A Memorial and a Tear of Lamentation." Jeremiah Lane married, January 18, 1759, Mary Sanborn, who was born May 24, 1736, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Sanborn. She
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died August 17, 18IS, aged eighty-two. Their chil- dren, born at Hampton Falls, were: Mary, Sarah, Joshua, Jeremiah, Simeon, a son, and Levi.
(V) Jeremiah (2), fourth child and second son of Deacon Jeremiah (1) and Mary ( Sanborn) Lane, was born in Hampton Falls, January 20, 1768, and died July 18, 1848. He was a farmer and settled in Chichester in 1792. He and his second wife were members of the Congregational Church. He mar- ried (first),' December 29, 1791, Eunice Tilton, who was born November 26, 1764, and died January 18, 1811; and (second), December 31, 1811, Hannalı Tucke, who was born October 2, 1776, and died May 13, 1848. By his first wife he had children : Benjamin, Jeremiah, Joshua, a son, Eunice, Polly, Betsey and Joseph; and by his second wife: An- thony Knapp, Moses Garland and Hannah Sarah.
(VI) Moses Garland, second child of Jere- miah and Hannah (Tucke) Lane, was born August 26, 1814, and died October, 1895. He was named for his great-uncle, Lieutenant Moses Garland, who was a Revolutionary soldier and fought valiantly at the battle of Bunker Hill. He resided on the 'homestead in Chichester, then removed to Pitts- field. He and his wife were members of the Con- gregational Church. He married, November 29, 1839, Sophia Ann Sanborn, daughter of Captain James Sanborn, of Epsom. She died in Pittsfield, August 9, 1856. They had six children: Elizabeth A., born April 6, 1841, married, January 24, 1866, David K. Swett, of Pittsfield. Charles H., see forward. Abbie M., born February 22, 1847, mar- ried, December 5, 1872, George P. Woodman, of Manchester. James T., died young. Helen A., born August 2, died October 30, 1853. Walter B., born March 21, 1855, died April, 1880.
(VII) Charles H., second child and eldest son of Moses G. and Sophia Ann ( Sanborn) Lane, was born in Chichester, October 9, 1843, and while he was still a boy his parents removed to Pittsfield. He attended the public schools in that town and in Concord, was subsequently student at Pittsfield Academy. For many years he was a builder and lumber dealer. After marriage he resided in Concord, and then removed to Pittsfield, which has since been his home. Beginning life with a small capital he has acquired a large property and become prominent as a contractor and builder, banker and dealer in real estate. Quiet and retiring in manner, he has ever been interested in promoting the growth of Pittsfield and has done much toward that end. He constructed most of the large buildings and managed the most difficult car- penter work of the town. He possesses not only mechanical skill but much ingenuity, and has in- vented several useful appliances. He was among the first in the organization of the Pittsfield Acque- duct Company, of which he was superintendent fifteen years, and is still a director. For a time lie was superintendent of the Pittsfield Gas Company, and is. yet a member of its directorate. He is a trustee of the Farmers' Savings Bank of Pittsfield, a director in the Pittsfield National Bank and a director from its organization to the present time in the Merchants' National Bank of Dover. He is a loyal Republican, has never sought or filled an office, but has been ever ready to assist in his party's progress and in the cause of temperance. Ile is a deeply religious man by nature, an active member of the Congregational Church, and for years has been its treasurer and one of its wardens. Ile is a charter member of Corinthian Lodge. No. 82, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pittsfield. and of Sun-
cook Lodge, No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Pittsfield.
He married (first), in Pittsfield, January 2, 1868, Almira Lorena Perkins, who was born August 3, 1845, daughter of Oliver Lowell and Abigail ( San- born) Perkins, of Pittsfield. She died February 24, 1897, aged fifty-two. She attended the same schools that Mr. Lane did, and subsequently taught school. She was a fond mother, a lady of culture, and took much interest in the education of her family. The children of Charles H. and Almira L. ( Perkins) Lane, were: Willis H., died aged seven years. Katie Rena, died at the age of three years. Winifred, born April 30, 1875, married, June 26, 1895, Charles C. Goss. Ethel, born July 2, 1880, died December 29, 1884. Mr. Lane married (second). Ella ( Ches- ley) Martin, a woman active in the educational in- terests of the town.
(Third Family.)
Many early immigrants of this name are LANE found among the seventeenth century settlers of America, and most of them reared large families and have numerous descend- ants. The present line is derived from James Lane, of Casco Bay, Maine, and is unrelated to that sprung from William Lane, of Boston, whose grandson, Deacon Joshua Lane. was a prominent citizen of Hampton, New Hampshire. The Hamp- ton Lanes and their descendants are already well represented in the biographies of this work.
(I) James Lane, born in England, son of James Lane, was a craftsman and perhaps a member of the guild of turners, London, in 1654. That same year he had joint ownership with his brother, John Lane, in real estate at Rickmansworth, Hertford county, which had been received from their par- ents. James Lane had paid debts on the property and was thereby depleted in pocket. Perhaps with a view of bettering their circumstances, the brothers Job, James and Edward Lane, came to America and settled in Malden, Massachusetts. about 1656. Soon after Edward Lane went to Boston and Job to Billerica, Massachusetts, but James Lane had more of the pioneer spirit, and finally pitched his tent at Casco Bay, Maine. Here he acquired large tracts of land and gave his name to a point and an island off the east bank of Royall's river, which they still bear. Tradition says that Lane's Island is the place where the Indians planted corn, held councils and buried their dead. In 1665-66 James Lane was "sergeant of ye companye," the West-' custigo military organization, formed on the plan of the London train-bands to which the immortal John Gilpin belonged. As chief officer Sergeant Lane would be armed with halberd, sword and pistol. James Lane is supposed to have had a wife, Ann, and certainly had a daughter by that name. He afterwards married Sarah White, daughter of John and Mary (Phips) White. Sarah White had interesting antecedents, and was the half sister of Sir William Phips, the royal governor of Massa- chusetts. Her mother Mary was the widow of James Phips when she married John White and she had twenty-six children by the two husbands. James Lanc died intestate, leaving six children who shared his estate. These were: Ann, who married Richard Bray : John, whose sketch follows: Samuel, who had a wife Abigail; Henry, who died at Bos- ton. June 4, 1690; Job, who married Mary Fassett ; and James. Sergeant James Lane was killed in a fight with the Indians, but the date cannot be ascer- tained. It was probably between 1675 and 1678, be-
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cause a deposition from his son John says that they lived at Casco Bay until driven thence by the "first warr." A massacre of four adults and three children occurred there September 12, 1675, and on August 11, 1676, Falmouth (which later developed into Port- land) was attacked and thirty-four persons killed or captured. All the settlements in that region were abandoned for a time. The inventory of the estate of Sergeant James Lane was made in 1680. and among the items are: "Lincewulse. 34 shillings ; puter, 14 shillings; 3 bras cetles at 20 shillings." There is a goodly amount of cloths of various kinds, beside bed and table linen, but the only kitchen furniture mentioned beside the kettles are one por- ridge pot and a pair of tongs and pot-hooks.
(II) John, eldest son and second child of Ser- geant James Lane, was born in 1652 in England. It is not known whether his mother was Sarah White or her predecessor Ann; probably Sarah White. When he was past eighty years of age, John Lane deposed that he lived at Casco Bay, Maine, until driven out by the second Indian war. He continued to live on the Maine coast for some years after leaving Casco Bay, because he was at Cape Elizabeth in 1680, and at Purpooduck Point in 1687 and 1689. Soon after he went to Glou- cester, Massachusetts, which became his permanent home. It was from him and his family that the village of Lanesville on Cape Ann takes its name. Joh'n Lane's name is attached to many deeds con- veying tracts of land in the vicinity of Gloucester. He also possessed large estates in Maine, both by inheritance and purchase. There was great con- fusion about the titles to land in the latter place, and in 1700 the general court of Massachusetts es- tablished a commission to examine into the matter. In these records John Lane was accounted among the old planters of Westcustigo, and there are many depositions extant signed by his name. John Lane was connected with the First Church in Gloucester before 1703, and was an original member of the Third Church, Annisquam, when it was organized in 1728. About 1680 John Lane married Dorcas Wallis, daughter of John and Mary (Shepard) Wallis, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. They had eleven children, five born at Cape Elizabeth and six at Gloucester : James, born in 1682, married (first), Ruth Riggs, (second), Judith Woodbury; John, married Mary Riggs: Josiah, married Rachel York; Dorcas. married William Tucker; Sarah, married . Thomas Riggs; Hephzibah, married Caleb Wood- bury; Mary, married (first), Thomas Finson, (sec- ond), Joseph Thurston; Joseph, married Deborah Harraden; Benjamin, whose sketch follows; De- borah, died in her twenty-seventhi year; and Job, married Mary Ashby. John Lane died January 24, 1737-38, aged eighty-six years. His widow, Dor- cas (Wallis) Lane, died February 2, 1754. in her ninety-third year. They are both buried in the Lanesville cemetery near Gloucester, Massachu- setts.
(III) Benjamin, fifth son and ninth child of John and Dorcas (Wallis) Lane, was born in Lanesville, Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 25, 1700. He spent his life in Gloucester where at different times he bought several tracts of land in addition to what he inherited from his father. On January 6. 1725-26, Benjamin Lane married Elizabeth
Griffin, a descendant of Samuel and Elizabeth (York) Griffin. They had sixteen children : Thomas, Benjamin, whose sketch follows; Eliza- beth. Jonathan, John, Lydia, Hezekiah, David, Daniel, Dorcas, Joseph, Joshua, Lois, Nathaniel, Rebecca and Peter. Benjamin Lane died March
12, 1773, aged seventy-two years, and his widow Elizabeth died of asthma, September II, 1779, aged seventy years.
(IV) Benjamin (2), second son and child of Benjamin (I) and Elizabeth (Griffin) Lane, was born at Gloucester. Massachusetts, November 23, 1727. In 1752 he bought land in Gloucester, Mas- sachusetts, and in 1770 moved to New Gloucester, Maine, which was largely settled by emigrants from the former town. In 1782 he bought the "most Easterly Corner Pew" in the meeting house at New Gloucester. His name appears in connection with several transfers of real estate in that region. On October 28, 1749, Benjamin (2) Lane entered in- tentions of marriage with his second cousin, Han- nah Lane, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Em- mons) Lane, of Gloucester. She was the mother of his ten children: Nathaniel, Benjamin, men- tioned below, Eliphalet, Zephaniah, Hannah. John, Samuel, Joshua, Susanna and Betty. Two of the sons served in the Revolution. In 1778 Jolin Lane, at the age of nineteen, was killed in an engagement with a British ship mounting twenty guns, being the first man from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to lose his life in the Continental cause. In May, 1780, Joshua Lane was mustered with Captain Isaac Par- son's New Gloucester company, Colonel Prince's regiment, under General Wadsworth for eight months' service at Thomaston, Maine. On Sep- tember 23, 1780, when Benjamin (2) Lane was in his fifty-third year, he entered intentions of mar- riage with Mrs. Sarah Pool, a young widow of twenty-two. He died about 1805, and his widow lived till March 30, 1840, when she died at the age of eighty-two.
(V) Benjamin (3), second son and child of Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Lane) Lane, was bap- tized at Gloucester, Massachusetts, December I, 1752. When a youth he moved with his people to New Gloucester, Maine, finally locating at Poland, that state, where he bought land in 1796, and at later times. Benjamin (3) Lane had two wives, but it is probable that the seven children were all by the first marriage. On July 3, 1775, Benjamin (3) Lane married Sarah Davis, who was baptized and admitted to the church in Annisquam, Massa- chusetts, on September 27, 1778, on the same day that her eldest child was baptized. The seven children of Benjamin (3) and Sarah (Davis) Lane were: Benjamin (4),, whose sketch follows ; John, Sally, Oliver, Nehemiah, Rebecca and Zenas. On March 26, 1816, Benjamin (3) Lane married Eliza- beth Norwood. He probably died in 1841, at the age of eighty-nine, for his will was proved in Jan- uary. 1842.
(VI) Benjamin (4), eldest child of Benjamin (3) and Sarah (Davis) Lane, was born at Glouces- ter. Massachusetts, January 14, 1777. He lived with his parents in Poland, Maine, and in 1815 for the sum of five hundred and twenty-five dollars he bought a tract of one hundred acres in Minot, Cumberland county. Maine, which became his per- manent home. His name appears in connection with several other transfers of real estate up to 1846. On August 9, 1798, Benjamin (4) Lane mar- ried Hannah Downing, and they had cleven chil- dren : Palfrey, Jacob, Phebe, John Barnard, Rich- ard, mentioned below, Rebekah, Sally D., Hannah, Benjamin, Nathan D. and Hannah P. Benjamin (4) Lane died of cancer at Auburn. Maine, Oc- tober 4. 1846, aged sixty-nine years. His widow died April 18, 1867, aged eighty-seven years.
(VII) Richard, fourth son and fifth child of Benjamin (4) and Hannah (Downing) Lane, was
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born in Minot, now a part of Auburn, Maine, on May 4, 1806. In 1832 he moved to Whitefield, New Hampshire, which, with the exception of a few years spent in Carroll. this state, became liis perma- nent home. He was a farmer and lumberman, and a respected citizen. He attended the Free Baptist Church, was a Republican in politics, and served as selectman for one year, and also acted as cap- tain of a militia company. In the fall of 1851 Richard Lane went to California, engaged in farm- ing, but returned home in the spring of 1853. On September 2, 1833, Captain Richard Lane married' Hannah, daughter of Asa and Sarah (Barnes) King, of Whitefield, and they had eleven children : Benjamin Franklin, whose sketch follows; Asa King, Albert Winch, Richard (2), Caroline Ade- laide, who died at the age of eight years; Augustus Henry, Hannah Lewella, John Barnard, Edward Austin, Charles Irwin (twins), and Effie Jean. Of these children, two became physicians, Hannah Lewella and Charles Irwin. Hannah L. Lane was born August 27, 1847, received the degree of M. D. from Boston University in Boston, was for a time physician at Snell Seminary, Oakland. California, and is now established at Berkeley, that state. Charles I. Lane was born November 27, 1854, re- ceived his degree of M. D. at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, studied abroad, became a successful physician at Concord, New Hampshire, and died April 13, 1883. Dr. Lane was a man of fine qualities of mind and heart, and his untimely death cut short a promising career. During his last illness he was married to Frances Kendrick Adams, of Concord, to whom he had been engaged. On January 22. 1907, Mrs. Frances K. Lane became the second wife of Rev. Daniel C. Roberts, D. D., vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Concord. Three of the sons of Captain Richard and Hannah (King) Lane served in the Civil war, and one died from the effects of wounds. Albert W. Lane, born June 19, 1838, and Richard (2) Lane, born April 11, 1840, both enlisted for one year, September 21, 1864, in Company L. First Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and were mustered out June 15, 1865, each having attained the rank of corporal. Albert W. Lane now lives in Plymouth, New Hampshire; and Richard (2) Lane died April 10, 1907. Augustus H. Lane, born May 19, 1844, en- listed August 22, 1862, was mustered into Company E. Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun- teers. on September 23, 1862, and was discharged disabled, October 24, 1864, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and died September 17, 1866, at the age of twenty-two years. Of the other children of Cap- tain and Mrs. Richard Lane, Edward A., born No- vember 27, 1854, is a lawyer at Pittsfield, New Hampshire. On May 24. 1882, he married Anne A. Barter, daughter of Lewis Barter, of Concord, who had been educated at Wellesley College. Effie Jane Lane, born December 10, 1856, was educated at Wellesley College and married James Edson Noyes (now deceased), late of Tilton, New Hamp- shire. They lived at Redlands, California. Captain Richard Lane died at Whitefield, October 12, 188.1. aged seventy-eight years. and his widow died April 15, 1896, aged eighty-one years.
(VIII) Benjamin Franklin, eldest child of Cap- tain Richard and Hannah (King) Lane, was born at Whitefield, New Hampshire, April 28, 1834. He was educated in the schools of his native town and at Derby Academy, Derby, Vermont. He taught school for twelve years in various places near his home. and has served on the board of education in Whitefield for nine years. From 1856 to 1862 he
was in the ice business in New York City. In the latter year he came home and bought a farm in Whitefield, where he has lived ever since. He owns one hundred and sixty acres' of land, and makes a specialty of milk. B. F. Lane has been deacon of the Free Will Baptist Church for twenty years. and was superintendent of the Sunday school for ten years. Deacon Lane is a Republican in politics, and was selectman for 1871-72-73, 1881-82-83-84 and 1898. He represented Whitefield in the legis- latures of 1874 and 1875. Deacon Lane inherits the excellent qualities that have distinguished this fam- ily for generations. Ile is a valuable citizen of his native town, one of those who makes the world better by living in it. On November 20, 1861, Ben- jamin Franklin Lane married Julia A. Farr, daugh- ter of Gilman and Triphena Farr, of Littleton, New Hampshire. They have had four children: Bert R., born January 16, 1865, lives in Brookfield, Mis- souri ; he married Sada Westgate, children: Ma- bel, Olivette, Alice, deceased ; Benjamin Franklin and Ralph. Carrie, born April 6, 1867, married, No- vember 18, 1891, William H. Sawyer, son of Eli Sawyer, of Littleton, New Hampshire. They have lived since their marriage at Concord, New Hamp- shire, where Mr. Sawyer is a lawyer of standing, and an active worker in temperance and other good causes. They have five children: Howard, Helen, Marion, Robert and Murray. Mabel F., born April II, 1879, is a teacher in Whitefield. Minnie, died in infancy.
NOYES Commencing with the Plymouth Colony. in 1620, New England had many emi- grants from the mother country in the early part of the century, and most, if not all, from the same cause. Under James I. and Charles I. all forms of worship which died not conform to those of the established church (Anglican) were strictly prohibited ; and all "Non-Conformist," as they were called, were rigorously persecuted, and many fled to Holland and America. Catholics and Puritans suffered alike under that bigoted church. Puritan ministers were driven from their livings by the hundred, and flocked to Holland, their old shelter, and to America, a newly discovered refuge. Be- tween 1627 and 1641, during the persecutions of Laud, New England received most of its early settlers, and this persecution was no doubt the cause of the emi- gration of James and Nicholas Noyes and those who came with them. The weight of authority seems to indicate that the family of Noyes is descended from one of the nobles of William the Conqueror of England in 1066. William des Noyers, one of these nobles, whose name rendered into English is William of the Walnut trees, was a prominent figure. The name des Noyers by first dropping the article became Noyers, and later was corrupted to Noyes.
(I) Rev. William Noyes was born in England, in 1568, and died in Cholderton, in the county of Wilts, England, before April 30, 1622. He matricu- lated at University College, Oxford, November 15, 1588, and was admitted to the degree of B. A., May 31, 1592. He was instituted rector of Cholderton, a place about eleven miles from Salisbury, in 1602, and served in that position until his death. The inventory of his estate was made April 30, 1622, and his widow appointed administratrix May 28, 1622. He married, about 1595. Anne Parker, born 1575, and buried at Cholderton, March 7, 1657. Their children were: Ephraim, Nathan, James, Nicholas. a daughter name not known, and John.
(II) Deacon Nicholas, fourth son and child of Rev. William and Anne ( Parker) Noyes, was
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born in England in 1615-16. Rev. James and Deacon Nicholas Noyes, brothers, in March, 1633, embarked for New England in the "Mary and John" of Lon- don, with their cousin, Rev. Thomas Parker. No record has been found of the place and date of the landing of James and Nicholas, but it was probably on the bank of the Mystic river, as the records show that they settled in Medford in 1634, and that they moved to Newbury the following year. On arriving they sailed up the Parker river ( then called the Quas- cacunquen) to a point a short distance below where the bridge now stands. Tradition says that Nicholas was the first to leap ashore. He walked forty miles to Cambridge to qualify as a voter when he was made a freeman, May 17, 1637. He was a deputy to the general court at Boston from Newbury, De- cember 19, 1660, May 28, 1679, May 19, 1680, and Jan- uary 4, 1681. He was chosen deacon of the First Parish, March 20, 1634, and died November 23, 1701, at Newbury. His will was made July 4, 1700, and proved December 29, 1701. The personal estate was £1,531, and the real estate was £1, 160. "In 1652 many were brought before the court for not observing the sumptuary laws of 1651. The records say 'Nicho- las Noyes' wife, Hugh March's wife, and William Chandler's wife were each prosecuted for wearing a silk hood and scarf, but were discharged on proof that their husbands were worth two hundred pounds each. John Hutchins' wife was also discharged upon testifying that she was brought up above the ordinary rank.'" Nicholas Noyes married, about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John Cut- ting (a ship master of London), and Mary his wife. John Cutting in his will mentions Mary, wife of Nicholas Noyes. Their children were: Mary, Han- nah, John, Cutting, Sarah, Timothy, James, Abigail, Rachel, Thomas, and three who died young. (James and descendants are mentioned in this article).
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