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. IV, Part 80

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: 878


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He married, October 13, 1875. Flora E. Anderson, born May 29. 1853. daughter of Andrew and Betsy J. Anderson, of Portsmouth.


The Junkins homestead at No. 12 Deer street, is one of the oldest houses in the city. A block of marble is inserted in the chimney bearing the date 1705. This house was built by John Newmarch, whose wife was a sister of Sir William Pepperrell.


LOUGEE But little is known of the early his- tory and character of this family. The emigrant coming to this country about 1685 was an inhabitant of the Isle of Jersey, Eng- land. The family, however, seems to have pos- sessed a sterling military spirit and a noble patriot- ism which led certain of its members in the coun- try's emergency to spring to arms and battle val- iantly for its protection. Some of them certainly have been eminent for their high christian character and salutary influence. The name is probably of French origin, and is not widely spread in this country, though numerous in certain localities. More than the usual proportion of descendants had fam- ilies of uncommon size.


(I) John Lougee was born 1700 in the Isle of Jersey and came to this country at the age of eight- een. In 1710 he served in a scouting party in pur- suit of savages, under Captain Gilman. He was cap- tured by the Indians. but made his escape. He was by trade a knitter, and he settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, where he died at the age of seventy-sev- en years. He married Mary Gilman, daughter of Moses Gilman, of Newmarket. They had eight children : John, Joseph, Moses, Edmund, Gilman


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(mention of Gilman and descendants forms part of this article), Shuah, Anna and Joanna.


(II) John (2), eldest child of John and Mary (Gilman) Lougee, was born in Exeter. He married (first) Molly Leavitt, by whom he had Sarah. John, Nehemiah, Jesse, Molly, Jonathan, Elsey and Wil- liam : married (second) Susan Hull, by whom he had Henry. Shuah, Benjamin, Susan, Emerson and Sarah ; married (third ) Mrs. Judith Beal.


(III) Nehmiah, second son and third child of John and Molly (Leavitt) Lougee, was born in Ex- eter, and married Mary Marsh by whom he had seven children as follows: Nehemiah, Lucy, Nancy, Isaac, John, Dudley and Betsey.


(IV) John (3), third son and fifth child of Ne- hemiah and Mary (Marsh) Longee, was born in Exeter, January 17. 1771. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was wounded. He learned the hatter's trade and wrought at it in his early days, bet in later life became an invalid as the result of his wounds. He married, April 1, 1801, Betsey. daughter of Joseph Marsh. She was born in Gil- manton, October 23. 1781, and died July 14, 1867. Her father was born in Exeter. December, 1754. He was a soldier in the Revolution serving in Cap- tain Philip Tilton's company, Colonel Enoch Poor's regiment, from May 26, 1775, two months and eleven days. He also enlisted in Captain John Nesmith's company raised for Canada, was mustered in July II, 1776, and marched July 22. Later he enlisted in Captain Frye's company, Colonel Matthew Thorn- ton's regiment, and was mustered in February, 1777. He afterwards resided in Exeter till 1788, when he removed to Gilmanton Iron Works, where he lived till his death, March 17, 1839. He was an honest and exemplary christian man. His children were : Betsey, who married John Lougee, Olive, who mar- ried a Thurston, Joseph, Caleb and Amos, born July 4. 1799, who lived the longest of any in the village. Like his father he followed the trade of black- smith. Politically he was a staunch Republican, and represented his town in the legislature in 1854 with


and 1855. He united


the Congregational Church in 1838. The children of John and Betsey ( Marsh) Lougce werc : Leavitt, born in 1801 ; Olive, who married Timothy Barnard in the west : Eliza, who married Frank Martin, John; Joseph. born in 1808, died young: Charles, born in 1810, married Mary Ross; Hazen, who married a Pack- ard: Jacob Moody, born in 1820, died when a young man: Merrill, born in 1825, who married Susan Wheeler, and Joseph, born in 1826, married Mary Ann Sargent.


(V) John (4), second son and fourth child of John and Betsey ( Marsh) Lougee, was born Octo- ber 10, 1806. He married, January 5, 1831, Rebec- ca Edgerly, daughter of David Edgerly. Their chil- dren were: George, who died young: Laura, who married Charles H. Thompson ; Julia A., who mar- ried Horace Edgerly; George. who died young ; Clara and Emma, both of whom died young.


(VI) Julia A., second daughter and third child of John and Rebecca (Edgerly) Lougee, was born in Gilmanton. She married Horace Edgerly, of Gil- manton, (see Edgerly. VII), by whom she had Albert Clark, born May 18, 1872, and Annie M., born May 4, 1874.


(II) Gilman, fifth son and child of John and Mary (Gilman) Lougee, if the order is correct, was born February 3. 1729. probably at Exeter, New Hampshire. In March, 1763, he moved to Gilman- ton, this state, where he reared a family of four- teen children. Gilman Lougee married Susanna Mudgett, born March 5. 1737, and they had: Gil-


man, Samuel, John, Susanna, Jonathan, Susanna, Simeon, Anna, Betty. Levi, Joseph, Levi, Molly and Lydia. Gilman Lougee died June 28, 1811, and his wife died January 4, 18II. The three eldest sons settled in Parsonfield, Maine.


(III) Samuel, second son and child of Gilman and Susanna (Mudgett) Lougee, was born aboutt 1760, perhaps in Exeter, New Hampshire. With his two brothers. Gilman and John, he moved to Par- sonfield, Maine, in June, 1778, and built a log house at the foot of Mudgett's hill. Samuel Longee was the first settler of East Parsonfield where he moved with his wife in 1780. He married Sarah Rand. and had three children, Taylor, whose sketch fol- lows. Annie and Betsey.


(IV) Taylor, son of Gilman and Sarah (Rand) Lougee, was born at Parsonfield, Maine, January 3, 1784. For many years he was well known as a hotel proprietor there. In 1840 hie removed to Effingham Falls. New Hampshire, where he died. Taylor Lougee was thrice married, and had two sons by each wife. He married (first) Hannah Watson. and they had four children: Sarah, Samuel, Thom- as and Hannah. His second wife was Jerusha, daughter of Simeon Tibbetts, and their children were: Greenleaf, Sylvester T., whose sketch fol- lows, Sophia Ann and Elizabeth. His third wife was Sabina Hayes, and the children were: Cyrus and Hayes.


(V) Sylvester Tibbetts, second son and child of Taylor Longee and his second wife, Jerusha Tib- betts, was born at Parsonfield, Maine, July 11, 1819. After attending the public schools he learned the carpenter's trade, and later engaged in contracting and building. He moved to Effingham, New Hamp- shire, in early life, there made his permanent home and died January 6. 1892. He always took an active interest in Masonry. Sylvester Lougee married Ruhamah Burleigh, daughter of Winthrop Marston and Sarah (Gile) Burleigh, who was born in Ef- fingham, this state. December 26. 1826, and died March 28, 1907. They had seven children : Edwin, born September 9. 1845. died July 17, 1897. He served on the police force of Boston twenty-three years ; he was sunstruck while on duty and died the same day. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Hayes, born September 19, 1848, read law with the late Thomas J. Whipple, of Laconia, and has practiced his profession more than twenty years in Boston. He is a thirty-second degree Ma- son. Abbie S., born January 23, 1852, has served in the capacity of teacher for many years. Josiah B., born November 2, 1853. is a successful merchant in Canton, Connecticut. He is a prominent Knight Templar. George Woodworth, whose sketch fol- lows. Frank T., born September 13. 1862, graduated from medical department of Dartmouth College, class of 1886, after which he immediately settled iv Lynn. Massachusetts; he is connected with several hospitals, and is a fine surgeon. Mott R., born No- vember 11, 1866, died of typhoid fever, August IS, 1881.


(VI) George Woodworth, sixth son and seventh and youngest child of Sylvester and Rtthamah (Buti leigh) Longee, was born in Effingham Falls. June 3. 1859. He was educated in the public schools of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and later at Parsonfield Seminary, Maine. About the age of nineteen he began the study of medicine. In 1880 he entered the medical school of Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated in 1883. Dr. Longee at once be- gan the practice of medicine at Freedom, New Hampshire, where he has achieved most gratifying success. Although having an extensive practice, he


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has found time to look after town affairs. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as selectman four years, and as representative to the New Hamp- shire legislature in 1901. In 1906 he was nominated for state senator, but the region being strongly Re- publican, he failed of election by a small majority. He is a member of the Carroll County Medical So- ciety, of which he has been president, and also be- longs to the New Hampshire State Association and to the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Board of Health in Freedom, and has served on the school board for six years. He has always been an enthusiastic worker in the several secret societies to which he belongs. He is a member of Carroll Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Carroll Chapter at Wolfboro : Saint Paul Commandery, Dover, New Hampshire : and Prospect Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was the first noble grand, also Costello Tribe, Independent Order of Red Men. at Kezar Falls, and is a member of Calvin Topliff Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.


On November 25. 1885, Dr. George Woodworth Lougce married Edith L. Merrow, daughter of Dr. A. D. and Jane (Topliff) Merrow, of Freedom. New Hampshire. Mrs. Merrow was a daughter of Dr. Calvin Topliff, of Freedom, the father of Dr. Albion P. Topliff, so it will be seen that the family has extensive medical connections. (Sce Topliff. ) Dr. George W. and Edith L. ( Merrow) Lougee have two children : Lonise MI .. born September 16, 1893, and Hayes, December 6, 1896.


GIBSON From the immigrant, John Gibson, has sprung a progeny of worthy citizens of New England, among whom have been found tillers of the soil, professional men, patriotic and valiant soldiers who fought both red and white foes, sober God-fearing church members, and keen successful business men.


(I) John Gibson was born (probably in England) i11 1601, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1694. aged ninety-three years, The name of the ship, the year of his arrival, and the place of his first settlement are unknown. He was in Cam- bridge in 1634, and was made a freeman May 17, 1637 (U. S.) He first appears on Cambridge (for- merly Newtown) records of August 4, 1634: "To John Gibson 6 Ackers," in the list of lots granted in Westend, that part of the town lying between Sparks, Wyeth and Garden streets. Harvard and Brattle Squares, and Charles river. His house was built before "Ioth October 1635." Family tradition says that Gibson planted linden trees, and if tradi. tion and boundaries can be made to agree, perhaps "The old house by the lindens," corner of Brattle and Sparks streets, made familiar by Longfellow's poem, "The Open Window." may have stood on land once owned by Jolin Gibson. He was prob- ohly a member of the church formed by Rev. Mr. Hooker on his arrival in 1633: and on the removal i11 1635 and 1636 of the pastor and most of the fam- ilies to Hartford, Connecticut, he became one of the succeeding society or First Church organized Feb- ritary I. 1636. by Rev. Thomas Shepherd. In addi- tion to his 'nyne acr" house lot in the Westend Goodman Gibson had other real estate in Cam- bridge, records of which appear in the usual quaint form in the record books of that place and time. He was a husbandman, not an artisan, and an old record shows that John Gibson agreed with the town May 8. 1637. to summer one hundred cows for £20. There is no evidence that he ever held any church office and of town offices only minor ones-


appointed March 15, 1676, to view fences, and in 1078 to drive Westfield. He was a party to one law suit. In 1660 Winifred Holman was plaintiff against John Gibson. Sr., and his wife and others. as the result of the defendants having accused Mary Ilol- man, daughter of Widow Winifred, of being a witch ; and at the hearing "3 day of Aprill," several months after the accusation, the finding for John Gibson was "costs of Court, fifteen shillings, ten pence." In the time of the tyrant Andross, John Gibson and George Willow, whose respective ages were "about 87 ,and 86 yrs." as representatives of the settlers, petitioned James II for redress, stating that "our title is now questioned to our lands, by tis quietly, possessed for near sixty years, and with- out which we cannot subsist." Ile married (first) Rebecca, who was buried December 1, 1661, in Rox- bury burying ground and the burial recorded by Rev. John Eliot. He married (second). July 24. 1662, Joan, widow of Henry Prentice, of Cambridge. "planter." The children of John Gibson, all by the first wife, were: Rebecca, Mary, Martha, John and Samuel.


(II) John (2), of Cambridge, Massachusetts, fourth child of John (I) and Rebecca Gibson, was born at Cambridge about 1641, and died there Octo- ber 15. 1679. He lived in his native town and doubtless on the homestead in the Westend, deeded him by his father November 30. 1668, "3 acres and Iz my house Cambridge." There is no record that he ever owned any other real estate. Although a minor at the time of the suit "Holman versus Gib- son" in 1660, he was one of the defendants, and boy- like must have been very vehement against the sup- posed witch, widow Winifred's daughter, as he was sentenced either to openly acknowledge in court that "he hath wronged and scondalously slandered Marye Holman, by speeches irregularly, rashly and suddenly spoken," or refusing to do this, to pay the plaintiff five pounds: of the two alternatives he wisely chose the former. He was a soldier in King Philip's war-a private on the list of Captain Thom- as Prentice's troopers August 27. 1675, in the first. or Mt. Hope expedition. the company leaving Bos- ton the preceding June 24. fighting at Swansea. June 28, skirmishing in July on Mt. Hope Necks near Mt. Hope or Pokanoket (Bristol, Rhode Is- land). the home of King Philip; private on list of Lieutenant Edward Oake's troopers March 24. 1676, scouting near Marlboro; private, on pay list of Captain Daniel Henchman's company of foot, Sep- tember 23. 1676, impressed the preceding April 27. starting May 27 and reaching Hadley, June 14: possibly the John Gibson on the list of Captain Josh- na Scottow's men at Black Point near Saco. Maine, September. 1677. the garrison being captured the following month by Mogg Megone, the celebrated Indian chief. Before and ever after his military service, he was a quiet farmer with nothing more to change the monotony of his life than fell to the lot of any other inhabitant of Cambridge at that time. He was admitted freeman about October 11, 1670. His name appears from time to time on the town records as the holder of some small office, the last and most important. the appointment in 1678 "to view fences in Westfield." He died of smallpox when only thirty-eight years of age. The inven- tory of his estate showed forty-seven pounds, six- teen shillings including his house and three acres of land: £16. In June following the court ordered : "Charlestown 15. 4. 1680 The Selectman of Cam- bridge ordered to dispose of ye children of Jno. Gibson & of such a pt of his estate as shall be nec- essary for ye putting them forth to service," etc.


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In the proprietor's records of 1683, under division of lots "beyond the 8 Mile line," is given this al- lotment in the ninth squadron; "John Gibson's heirs Twenty accers Three Commons." He married "9.10.1668," (December 9, 1668), Rebecca Errington, who was born in Cambridge, baptized in the First Church, December 4. 1713. daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Cutler) Errington. They had four chil- dren : Rebecca, Martha, Mary, and Timothy, whose sketch follows.


(III) Deacon Timothy (1), of Sudbury and Stow, Massachusetts, fourth child of John (2) and Rebecca (Errington) Gibson, was born in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, about 1679, and died in Stow, July 14, 1757, and was buried in the Lower Village cemetery in the easterly part of Stow. He was brought up by Selectman Abraham Holman, of Cambridge, son of William and Winifred Hol- man, and after 1689 removed with him to Stow. He continued a member of the Holman household till into 1703, when he removed to the northwest of Sudbury, and settled north of Assabet river on a sixty acre farm deeded to him June 21, 1703, by Mr. Holman "for divers and sundry good and weighty reasons moving me thereunto but in spe- cial manner to shew My love unto and care of Tim- othy Gibson now living with me & hath done from a child." Timothy Gibson received a second deed November 29. 1708, to twenty acres from the same source, and again ten acres April 23, 1711. Abraham Holman also appointed Timothy Gibson executor of his will. He was also the grantee of forty acres, house and bar from Mrs. Sarah Holman, and had other property in Stow, about one hundred acres in all. He was a large landowner in Lunenburg. Be- tween 1728 and 1731 he removed from Sudbury to Stow-perhaps by merely moving to another part of his home farm which lay on both sides of the town line. He was selectman of Stow 1734-35-36-39, and dissented to a grant of £60 for Rev. John Gardner, May 17, 1736. He was deacon of the First Church probably during the pastorate of Mr. Gardner. His "house and fifty acres in Stow on Poniciticut Hill" passed from sire to son for nearly one hundred years, finally going to strangers in 1823. Deacon Timothy Gibson married (first) at Concord, Massa- chusetts. November 17. 1700, Rebecca Gates, of Stow, who was born in Marlboro, July 23, 1682, and died in Stow, January 21, 1754, in the seventy-third year of her age. She was the daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Woodward) Gates. He married (sec- ond), (published November 30, 1755) Mrs. Submit Taylor, of Sudbury, who died at Stow, January 29, 1759. "in the 75 yr of her age." Twelve children were born to him, all by the first wife: Abraham, Timothy, Rebecca, John, Sarah, Samuel. Stephen (died yonng), Errington, Stephen. Isaac, Mary and Reuben. ( Mention of Errington and son Thad- deus appears in this article.)


(IV) Captain Timothy (2), of Sudbury, Gro- ton and Stow, Massachusetts, and Henniker, New Hampshire, second child of Deacon Timothy and Rebecca (Gates) Gibson, was born in Stow, Janu- ary 20, 1703. and died in Henniker, January 18, 1782, aged seventy-nine. He was very young when his parents moved from Stow to Sudbury, and in some inexplicable way his birth is entered on Sud- bury copied records although not on the original ; there is, however, no question that he was born in Stow. His boyhood and early manhood were spent in Sudbury and he never occupied house lot 33 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, bought of Ephraim Sautle in 1723 by "Timothy Gibson for son Timothy," the father retaining it for another son. About the date


of his marriage he removed to Groton, locating most likely on property which he purchased December II, 1724, from two parties, one tract of thirty acres from S. Scripture for £35, the other of twenty-five acres from "eleven persons" for £30, both deeds de- scribing him as "Timothy Gibson, Jr., of Sudbury, yeoman;" between December 23, 1729, and October 7, 1730, he made three other purchases in Groton. Whether he remained in the town any length of time after 1730 is not clear. In 1733 he was living in Stow as is shown from the sale made May 7. 1733, by "John Forster to Timothy Gibson, Jr., of Stow, yeoman, 1341/2 acres in Stow including cor- net's pond, the south side of Elsabeth (Assabet) river, southerly of a great brushy hill," etc., "also all my right in the meeting house," and this property in the southeast of Stow, was his home for the next forty years. He bought other land in Stow, and also owned land in Lunenburg. He was prominent among the men of Stow-selectman 1734-35-36-39, constable 1745 and probably holder of some military office as he was always called Captain Gibson. He was also an active member of the First Church, joining his father May 17, 1736, in the negative vote for a £60 pound appropriation to Rev. John Gard- ner, and on January 27. 1755, buying the "northeast corner of pew ground," that is, the northeast corn- er pew in the old church. As eldest of the sons surviving Deacon Gibson in 1757, he was of great help to his stepmother, Mrs. Submit Gibson, who by her will left bequests to his wife and daughters, and made him her residuary legatee. Early in 1774, when over seventy years old, Captain Gibson re- moved to Henniker on the Contoocook river, a promising New Hampshire town incorporated No -. vember 10, 1768. his farm lying at the foot of Cran- ey hill, south of the Contoocook. His patriotic and beneficial influence was felt in the neighborhood. and until his death he rendered service in the Revolu- tionary struggle, especially by pecuniary aid. He was among the fifty-one signers of the "Association test." He married, December 29, 1725, Persis Rice. who was born in Sudbury, January 10, 1707, and died in Henniker, March 22, 1781, daughter of Dea- con Jonathan and Anne (Darby) Rice, of what is now Wayland. Their children were: Jonathan, Timothy (died young). Timothy, Persis, Lucy, Abel. John, Joseph and Jacob.


(V) Captain Timothy (3), of Stow, Massachus- setts, Henniker, New Hampshire, and Brownfield. Maine. third child of Captain Timothy (2) and Persis (Rice) Gibson, was born in Stow, Decem- ber 17, 1738, and died in Brownfield, January 16, 1814, aged seventy-six. Before reaching his ma- jority he served in the French and Indian war. His record is: "Muster Roll. Capt. Abijah Hall's company, Col. Willard's regiment, in expedition to Crown Point, from May 9, 1759, to January 12, 1760. Timothy Gibson, sergeant, Stow-from May 2, to November 27-30 weeks." Perhaps this serv- ice as sergeant gave rise to his familiar appellation of "Captain Gibson." He resided under the paternal roof until his marriage. February 19, 1770, he bought for three hundred pounds, of John and Mary Gor- don "35 acres in Stow, estate of our father Ebenezer Graves," 1/2 house and the Mill." September I, 1733. he bought of Jonas Temple thirty acres of White's Pond between Stow and Marlboro. He prob- ably removed from Stow to Henniker with his par- ents in 1774, and ran saw and grist mills on the Contoocook. During the quarter of a century he re- mained in New Hampshire he filled many offices of trust, both town and state. He was delegate to the Provincial congress convened at Exeter, May 17,


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1775, and to the convention held at Concord, June 13, 1778, "to form the state government," was the first justice of the peace in Henniker by vote of March 21, 1776, was selectman 1766-68, town clerk 1776-77-78, representative 1776-77-94-96-97. He further showed his love of country by signing the "Association test" in 1776, and procuring men and money throughout the Revolutionary war. In 1798, four years prior to its incorporation, February 20, 1802, he settled in the north of Brownfield, Maine, on a tract of nine hundred acres of tillage and timber land, which he bought together with one hundred acres in the adjoining Freyburg, August 18, 1797, in consideration of $3,500. With Captain Gibson's removal to his new home he carried the reputation as "possessor of sound judgment and excellent ex- ecutive ability, and as one of the ablest citizens of the state." He was buried in Burnt Meadow, Brook cemetery, the old East Brownfield cemetery. He was "published" February 20, 1773, and soon after married Margaret Whitman, who was born in Stow, January 14, 1755, and died in Brownfield, June 29. 1838, and buried beside her husband. She was the daughter of Zachariah and Elizabeth (Gates) Whit- man, of Stow, and a descendant of John Whitman, the English pioneer of Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1638. The children of this union were: Moratha, Jonathan, Daniel, Timothy, Zachariah, Henry G .. Polly, Robert, Abel, Margaret Whitman, Jane and Samuel.


(VI) Lieutenant Robert, of Brownfield and Ban- gor, Maine, eighth child of Captain Timothy (3) and Margaret (Whitman) Gibson, was born in Henniker, New Hampshire, August 22, 1787, and 'died in Paris, Maine, March 12, 1866, aged seventy- nine years, and was buried in Brownfield Center cemetery. He served in the War of 1812, was third lieutenant of the Thirty-fourth United States Infan- try commanded by Colonel J. D. Learned, April 30, 1813; was promoted second lieutenant March 7, 1814, and first lieutenant August 13, 1814, and dis- charged June 15, 1815. The official record states "On recruiting service at Portland from April 18 to October 1, 1813, and from March, 1814, until discharge." He is also on record as "belonging to Massachusetts" of which the Province of Maine was then a part. this record varying a little from his commission which states that he was an "ensign in the second regiment of infantry, Mass. Militia, resigned Nov. 30, 1814, and Dec. 27, 1814, was com- missioned by President Madison, first lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth regular United States Infantry to date from Aug. 13, 1814." He married, February 12, 1815, Sarah Kast McHard Molineux, who was born in Fryeburg. Maine, December 15, 1857, daughter of Robert and Peggy McHard (Kast) Molineux, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Hopkinton, New Hamp- shire. They had five children: Sarah M., Robert M., Maria Emeline, James M., and George Lafay- ette.




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