History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 48

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 466


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able difficulties to the scrivener who drew up for him this will:


In the Name of God Amen I Barendt Spier of the Provin of New Jersey in the county of Bergen Gent, being weack in boddy but sound in maembubery tanckt he to God for bis merceay and for wat he hees been Pleacd to bestow upoan me of wbicb I am to dispose bey this may laest Will and Testamendt in manner and form following, that is to Say first I Command my Soall into the bands of Almighty God and my body I commit to the Earth to be decendtly hurried at discretion of my Exec- utors hereafter named and as touching the Desposition of all my Tem- porall estate I give anddispose thereof as followet in primis I will tbat all mey yust Debts and fuenerall Charges Shall he first Paid and dis- charged Item I will tbat mey beloveet weife Catteleintie Spier Shall be & remain in full Possesyen of all mey estate Reyal and Persoenall dur- ing her naturall life and that after ber Disse my Reyal estate Schall be Sold & Soe ddd to all mey Cbilderen Seere and Seere aleike but mey Son Hendrick Spier Schall have Ten Pounds Current money of the Province for his birtreyt more tben aney of them bereafter named Benjamin Spier and Hannes and Abraham Spier and Alberties Spier and to mey dafters Jaseye Spier and Annatye Toers and Helena Newkerck and Seytye Spier to them all Sons and Dafters Seere and Seere alyke to them and their Ears for ever and y do bereby revoke and make voyd all former Wills and Testaments by me bereto fore made either by word and mouth or in wreyting In wittness whereof I the said Barendt Spier tbis eigbt day of Aprill in the year 1742 Seventein bundred and forerty & twoe and brought Over to the otber Seyd- Seined Sealed Published and decleared by Testator in the Presens of us woos names are Subscribed as witness and attested by us in presence of the Sayd Testator- This En- terleyning was made in this words- mey Reyal estate Shall be Sold and Soe divided before Seining & Sealing by me Testator this


of Barendt x Spier is mark


Wittnesses - Samuel Beeckman this


Jacob x X Gersen Van Waagenen


is mark


Lourens Van Boskerck


The will was proved 2Ist August, 1762, but as the testa- tor appointed no executors, letters of administration with will annexed were granted Oct. 31, 1763, to Benjamin Spier, of Bergen County, son of the testator. 1


III. Tryntje, bap. March 25, 1657; d. in inf.2


IV. Hans, bap. April 8, 1663; m. Tryntje Pieters, of Long Island, Aug. 1, 1683; he was of Bergen at the time. By various deeds he acquired large tracts of land at and near the present town of Belleville. The first was from John Gardner, April 2, 1695;3 on April 19, 1698, he bought more land, from John Curtis;4 in this deed he is called "Hance Hendrickson Spere, of Newark," which then ex- tended northerly to the Third river. His homestead was on the corner of the main road and Academy street, his house facing the river. On May 1, 1701, he and others bought from the Indians a large tract of land, apparently at Horse- neck. 5 By deed Aug. 10, 1713, he bought of Peter Sonmans, for £60, a tract of 150 acres in the "bounds of Newark, beginning at the black oak tree standing at the foot of the mountain in Newark, being marked on four


1 E. J. Wills, H, 333.


2 This entry appears in tbe N. Y. Dutcb Church records, in its proper place, as if written at tbe time; yet, as we bave seen, Hendrick Jansen Spier came to America with his wife in December, 1659. There is prob- ably an error in the record, or else Spier and bis wife had been in this. country prior to their coming in 1659, which is unlikely.


3 E. J. Deeds, G, 105.


4 Ib., 104.


5 Analytical Index N. J. Col. Docs., 33.


1 E. J. Wills, Liber A, 308.


2 E. J. Deeds, I 2, f. 70.


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sides, and running from thence north 24 degrees east, 70 chains, to a black oak tree, marked on all four sides with A C, then north 58 degrees east 32 chains, south 24 degrees west 97 chains, north 67 degrees west 18 chains to the beginning; bounded northwesterly and northeasterly by the mountain, southeasterly and southwesterly by land of Peter Sonmans."1 Hans and his wife Tryntje conveyed this farm, Oct. 3, 1721, for £40 N. Y. money, to their son, Hans Spier, jun.2 They also conveyed to Elias Boudinot, of Newark, merchant, April 24, 1714, a "strip of land" on the north side of Second river, with house, barn, orchards, etc.3 By deed April 5, 1722, "Johanes Hendrick Spier, dwelling in the limits of Newark," "with the free consent of Trynka my present wife," conveyed to Johannes Dowe, turner, of the same town, a part (84x150 feet) of the tract he bought of John Gardner, "beginning at the north corner of my daughter Maria's land next door to Passaige River, and fronting upon said river," etc. 4 Hans and his wife both affixed their marks to this deed. On July 13, 1726, Hans and Catrina conveyed to Arent Schuyler, John Stoutenburg, Gerrit Wouterse, Frans Van Dyck, Cornelius Tomasse and Abraham Vreelandt, for £26 N. Y. money, a plot 136x170 feet, for the Reformed Dutch church at Bellville. No rec- ord has been found of any will of Hans Hendricksen Spier, nor of his death, nor of that of his wife.


V. Cathryntje, bap. Dec. 11, 1667; perhaps the Cata- lyntje Spier received into the Bergen church June 14, 1726; and perhaps the Catrina Spier who d. at Bergen, April 27, 1748.


Third Generation.


Jan-Hendrick Jansen Spier and Maria Franse had children :


I. Hendrick, b. at Pemmerpough, bap. June 13, 1681 -"the first baptized in the church," says the Bergen rec- ord; m. April 30, 1709, Sarah Dey, b. at N. Y., living at Peghkena-Pequanac; he was living at Acquiggenonck at the time-doubtless on the farm at Wesel which he had bought from his father two months previously, to provide a home for his bride. She was bap. June 10, 1688, dau. of Theunis Dirckzen Dey and Anneken, dau. of Johannes Lucaszen Schouten and Sara Jans. As stated on p. 74, Hen- drick was allotted Lot No. 8, West, in the Bogt subdivision of 1714, that Lot extending from Broadway northerly to half-way between Tyler and Godwin streets, and from East Eighteenth street westerly to the river. He thus owned the southern bank of the river, opposite the Island. Although Adrian A. Post and Juriaen Thomasse had secured, De- cember 10, 1737, an Indian deed (from Tahthochear) for the bottom of the river on the north of the Island,5 for a mill-site, one John Joralemon had been more prompt in ob-


1 E. J. Deeds, K Large, 68.


2 Ib., f. 71.


3 E. J. Deeds, G2, 180.


4 E. J. Deeds, K Large, 129. The grantee was the grandfather of the Rev. John Dow, a distinguished Methodist local preacher at Bell- ville.


5 See p. 139.


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taining a title from the East Jersey Proprietors-the only conveyance recognized in the law, for the Island and the river bed on each side of it. His deed was from James Alexander, one of the East Jersey Proprietors, member of the Governor's Council, Surveyor General, etc., etc. It was dated November 22, 1737, and for the consideration of £3 gave to Johannes Juralman "Six Acres of Land to be taken up, Survey'd and appropriate to the said Joannes in any part unappropriate in the Eastern Division of Newjersey." 1 The survey reads as follows:


These do certify that Jonathan Sergeant, by me duly deputed and duly sworn, did survey for Johannes Joralemon an Island near to the great falls of Passaick River in tbe bounds of Weesel in the County of Essex, Beginning at a small pine tree standing on the south side of Pas- saick River and thence running north twenty-seven degrees west four chains and thirty-four links to the opposite side of the said River, and thence running south sixty degrees west five chains and ninety links, thence south forty-two degrees west seven chains eighty-four links, thence south fifty-seven degrees east four chains and ten links to the south side of the said River and from thence down the stream of the said River eleven chains and thirty-five links to where it began, including the said Island, bounded southerly by the land of Hendrick Spears, con- taining six acres and twenty-eight hundredth parts of an acre strict measure, which after allowance for highways is to remain for six acres, To which the said Johannes has right by virtue of a deed to him from James Alexander for six acres of land to be taken up in any place unap- propriated in the Eastern Division of New Jersey, bearing date the twenty-second day of November last, recorded in the book of Records for the County of Essex B. fol. 132. Witness my hand this first day of December 1737.


Ja Alexander Sur Genl 2


Thus Joralemon had the title to the water power, and Spier owned the river bank most convenient for the erec- tion of a mill. Very sensibly they struck a bargain, for their mutual advantage, after this fashion:


Articles of agreement made and fully concluded upon this 24th day of November in the roth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye second King &c. Anno Domini 1737. Between Hendrick Spier of Weeselen in the County of Essex and Eastern division of New Jersey Yeoman of the one part and Johannis Joralemon of Acqugkanonk in the County Devision aforesaid of the other part which is as followith (viz:) that whereas there is a conveniency for the building of a mill or mills at a certain place on Passaic River and the property of the land on the south side being said Hendrick Spiers and the property of the stream being the said Jobannis Joralemons which makes it convenient for said parties to joyn in partnersbip in such a design. it is therefore agreed between the said Parties that if they go on with the building of mill or mills at the place aforesaid. Imprimis that the sd. Hendrick Spier on his part shall give liberty to set up said Mill or Mills on the side of the said stream on his land and shall bear his equal part in all the cost and charges that shall be necessary for beginning carrying on and finishing said mill or mills and if said Hendrick Spier shall think it not for his advantage to join in said design he shall sell at a reasonable rate if said Johannis Joralemon will go on alone such a quantity of land adjoyning on the south side of said stream as shall be convenient or necessary to said Johannis Joralemon for building of said mill or mills and he doth hereby bind and oblige himself his heirs, executors, Admin- istrators and assigns to the well and true performance of each and every of the above said covenants and agreements And the said Johannis Joralemons if they joyn in said design shall, on his part bear his equal


1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 3.


2 Liber S of Surveys at Perth Amboy, f. 124.


By deed May 28, 1734, James Alexander conveyed to Johannes Jorale- mon three acres of land to be taken up anywhere in East Jersey, and by ",virtue thereof Joralemon took up an acre and a half of land on Passaic and Saddle Rivers. This not proving advantageous, or having been previously taken up, he acquired the Island property as above.


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part of all the cost and charges for begining carrying on and finishing of said mill or mills and shall give liberty of the stream and if he shall not think it fitting for him to joyn in said design as above said that he shall sell the priviledge of the sd. stream to said Hendrick Spear at the place aforesaid, also he doth by these presents bind and oblige himself his heirs executors Administrators and assigns to the true performance of every of the above said covenants and articles.


In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto sett their hands and seals the day and date above said-


his


Hendrick >


x Spear


Johannis Joralemon


mark


Signed, sealed and Delivered in the presence of Jonathan Sergeant Johan Casper Cog 1


From subsequent conveyances it is evident that Spier sold Joralemon a tract of about six acres, extending from the river nearly or quite to Broadway, and from near Mul- berry street to a line somewhat east of West street. Such was the origin of the famous grist-mill which stood for three-quarters of a century near the foot of Mulberry street, until washed away by the freshet of 1810.


Reference has been made (pp. 76, 183) to the confirma- tory deeds executed March 12, 1712-13, by the five surviv- ing patentees to each other. In the deed2 (still in the most perfect state of preservation, but unrecorded) from Johannis Michielse, Cornelis Michielse, Simon Jacobs Van Winckel and Cornelis Lubbers to Jan Hendricksen Spier ("John Hendrik Spier of Acqueckenung," in the deed), the Wesel lot is described as No. 5, by the following metes and l;ounds :


Beginning on the West side of Pisaick River and Running up into the Woods North ninety five degrees West ninety three chains sixty four links and is in breadth Parallell from the ffront to the Rear Nine chains sixty seven Links And Contains One hundred Acres of Land English Measure Bounded Southerly by the Lott of Symon Jacobson van Winkel Northerly by the Cowpath Easterly by Pisaick River and Westerly by Land unSurveyed


Laid Out October 27th 1709. By Wm Bond Surveyor


For some reason Hendrick Spier did not long, if ever, re- side on this farm, but removed to Lower Preakness or Pac- quanac. This may have been, and probably was, on ac- count of his wife's interests and preferences. Her mother had m. 2d, George Reyerse, of Pacquanac, and while Sarah was still a minor Reyerse and his wife had conveyed- his l'acquanac farm to Sarah Dey, her sister Jannetje and her brother Dirck, although he retained possession of it, as will be hereafter related. At an election, held at the court house in Hackensack, in 1714 or 1715, Hendrick Spier's right to vote in Bergen county was vouched for by George Reyerse.3 Hen- drick Spier, of Bergen county, d. intestate, and his eldest son, Tunis, was appointed administrator, May 25, 1751.4 His wife d. between Sept. 30, 1718, and Jan. 13, 1724-5.5


II. Frans, bap. April 2, 1683; m. Ist, Dircktie Corne- lisse, March 17, 1705; 2d, Hester de Lameter,1 wid., Oct. 4, 1733. At an early day he located at Horseneck, with a number of other settlers, who bought their lands of the Indians. 2 About 1744 the East Jersey Proprietors at- tempted to oust these settlers; the latter forcibly resisted; scores of them were indicted for riot and for high treason, but the legal question involved was never judicially deter- mined, and the settlers remained in possession of their lands.3 His will, dated Dec. 30, 1767, proved Jan. 8, 1771, disposed of his property thus:


Item I give and bequeath unto my eldest Son Cornelius Spier and his heirs & Assigns for Ever One hundred acres of land to be aloted to him in the great Peice and in the Purchase of hors neck over and above what I shall hereafter give him in full bar and satisfaction of all or any part of claim he may or can have to all or any part of my real Estate as being heir-at law: Item the remainder of my real and personal Estate I give devise and bequeath unto my Eight Children Namely Cornelius Spier Garret Spier Jacobus Spier, Henry Spier, John Spier Mary Spier now the wife of Peter Mourisson, Helener Spier now the wife of Henry Mandivildt Sarah Spier now the Wife of John Wouterson to be divided Apprised and alloted in form and manner following Item I give and be- queath unto my son Cornelius Spier and to his heirs and Assignes for Ever one hundred Acres of land lying at a place called the Veacten4 in the pattents of Achquackgenong, he paying a lequice for the same two Hundred pounds Current money of New York to be Equally devided amongst my six Children their heirs or Assigns Namely, Garret, Henry, John, Mary, Hellener and Sarah, one Sixth part to each of them their Heirs & Assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Garret & to his heirs and Assigns for Ever all that lot of land lying & being on the Easttermost side of the old plantation which I now live on and Joyn- ing to the land of Henry Francisco to the middle fence on the East side of the Hill from the house and devided by my two sons Garret and John Item I give and Bequeath unto my son John to his heirs and assigns for Ever all the Remainder part of my old plantation lying on the North side of the Road leading to Newark and all the land that he now has in possession lying on the South of the said road with all the Cattle Horses hogs and live stock whatsoever belonging to me. Item I give and be- queath unto my son Henry to his heirs and assigns for Ever all the re- maining land of my Old Plantation lying on the South of the Road which leads to Newark which he now lives on and has it in his Posses- sion Item all my other lands and real Estate lying or being in hors Neck purchase or in the Pattent of Acquackgenong5 or Elswhere I give


1 She was prob. the Hester, bap. April 7, 1683, at Albany, dau. of Isaac Le Maitre (son of Claude Le Maistre and Hester Du Bois, the pro- genitors of the Delamater family in America) and Cornelia Everts. See Genealogy of the Descendants of Claude Le Maitre, etc., by La Fay- ette De La Mater, Albany, 1882, p. 18. The statement in this work that Hester m. in 1716 a farmer at Newark, N. J., is probably an error, the reference being to the marriage to Frans Spier, mentioned above, in the text. Hester's first husband was Simon Van Ness, widower, of Albany, whom she m. Jan. 15, 1701 .- N. Y. Ch. Records. He was the ancestor of the Van Ness family in this vicinity. About the time of his second marriage he settled at Horseneck, having in company with Hans Spier, Jan Spier, Hessel Pieterse and others, bought of Tepgaw and other Indians, by deed May 1, 1701, a large tract of land in that region .- N. J. Archives, XV., 533. He had four sons: 1. Hendrick, who settled on Pompton Plains; 2. Isaac, remained at Horseneck ; 3. Evert, who settled at Little Falls; 4. Simon, who settled at Pompton .- MS. Hist. Pompton Plains Settlers, by the Rev. Garret C. Schenck.


2 By deed dated May 1, 1701. 'See N. J. Archives, XV., 533.


3 N. J. Archives, VI., 315, 355, 356; VII., 348, 414; XV., 531; XVI., 180.


4 Query : Vee-achten-good cattle place? The writer has not been able to determine this locality.


5 The confirmatory deed of March 12, 1712-13, from the four other surviving Acquackanonk patentees, referred to above, thus describes


1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 38.


2 In the possession of William Pennington.


3 Papers of James Alexander, in N. Y. Historical Society, in re George Ryerson and ux., complainants, and Derick Dey, defendant, in Chancery of New Jersey.


4 Liber E of Wills, Trenton, 529.


5 Alexander Papers, as above.


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and bequeath to be aprised and Equally divided Amongst my Eight Children Namely Cornelius, Garret Jacobus Henry John Mary Helener and Sarah one Eight part to Each of them thier Heirs and Assigns & Assigns for Ever Item I will and bequeath all my Household Goods to my three daughters to be Equally devided Namely, Mary Hellenor and Sarah to Each of them one third part I will & Bequeath unto my son John that he shall shall be reasonably paid and Satisfied for my support and Board wilst I lived with him Item I will and Bequeath that Each and all of my Children shall pay thier Equal proportions According to the Quantity and Number of Acres of land they shall have out of my Estate for the Moneys or Cash Advanced or that which any of them may Advanced for the Support and defence of the title of the said Lands in law or Equity against the proprietors: Item I do Hereby Nominate Constitute my three Sons Cornelius Spier Gerret Spier and John Spier Executors of this my last Will and testament.


To this instrument Frans, then of "hors Neck," yeoman, affixed his mark in the presence of Henry Vanderhoof, Heanry Franco [Francisco] and Cornelius Low, Junr., the last-named being doubtless the scrivener responsible for the peculiar orthography of the will.1


III. Geertruyt, bap. April6, 1685; m. Arent Louwerense Toers, March 18, 1704. Issue: I. Francintie, b. May 23, 1704; 2. Johannis, b. Oct. I, 1706; 3. Louwerence, b. June 7, 1712; 4. Jacob, b. Jan. 20, 1715; 5. Maritie, b. Aug. 23, 1718; 6. Abram, b. May 20, 1723.


IV. Maddeleen, bap. April II, 1687; m. Ist, Thomas Louwerense Toers, Oct. 28, 1810; 2d, Johannes Symon Van Winkel.2


V. Jannetje, bap. April 2, 1689; m. Roelof Cornelese Van Houte, Jan. 1, 1715.3


VI. Rachel, bap. April 4, 1692; m. Enoch Vree- land.4 Issue (baptisms recorded at Second River): I. Johannes, bap. Oct. 29, 1727; 2. Margrietje, b. Jan. 27, 1729; 3. Daniel, b. May 7, 1733; 4. Lea, bap. Nov. 4, 1735; 5. Catharina, and 6. Rachel, twins, b. May 18, 1738.


VII. Marritie, m. Johannes Reyerse, Oct. 27, 1716.5


VIII. Garretea (Geertje), named in her father's will, in 1722; m. Reinier Van Houte, July 8, 1727.


IX. Lea, m. Peter Winne, of New Brittanje, Dec. 13, 1727; they were received into the Second River church on confession, in 1749. Issue: I. Martin; b. Dec. 16, 1728; 2. Rachel, b. Jan. 7, 1731; 3. Johannes, b. March 25, 1735; 4. Abraham, b. Nov. II, 1738; 5. Maragrietje, b. Sept. 13, I740.


X. Jacob, m. Lea Coejeman, Dec. 5, 1746.


Barent-Hendrick Jansen Spier and Catalyntje Jacobs Hendricks had children:


the lot in the first tier, fronting on the river, being Lot No. 12:


Beginning on the West side of Pisaick River and Runing up into the Woods North forty seven degrees West One hundred chains And is in Breadth Parallell from the ffront to the Rear ten chains And Contains One hundred Acres of Land English Measure Bounded Southwesterly by the Lott of Johannes Sippe South Easterly by Pissaick River North Easterly by Symon Jacobson van Winkel's Lott and Northwest by Land not yet Surveyed-


Laid out October 27th 1709. By Wm Bond Surveyor-


1 Recorded in Liber K of Wills, Trenton, pages 306, &c.


2 See p. 95; for her children by Van Winkle, see p. 97.


8 For account of her descendants, see the Van Houten Genealogy.


4 See page 120.


5 See the Ryerson Genealogy.


I. Hendrick.


II. Jacob (2d son and 4th child), b. Sept. 25, 1704; m. Molly Stoutenburgh.


III. Benjamin (5th child and 3d son), b. July 28, 1706; m. Marritje Spier: he settled at Preakness at an early date. His will described him as of "Praikiness," "yeoman." It was dated Sept. 29, 1766; proved Feb. 7, 1772; witnessed by David Hennion, Corneles Kip and Robt. Hogg. He disposed of his property thus:


I give unto my Loving wife Maricha Spears All my lands Farm and Plantation Estate Real and Personal to Possess and Enjoy the same during her Continuing my Widow and in Case of her Marrying again or decease the said Lauds Farm and Plantations to be disposed of in manner following (that is to say) I Give and devise to my Eldest Son Hendrick Spears One hundred and twenty-six acres of the above Land Lot Farm or Plantation situate laying and being in Praikiness County & Province aforesaid Runing the Upper side the Ditch through the Meadow to have the use of the said One hundred and twenty six acres of land Profits and Crops and other Advantages thereunto Be- longing or appertaining he the said Hendrick Spears Building a House and Barn thereon during the Term of three years Begining from March the first One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six and after my decease or the Marriage or decease of my said wife Maricha Spears my said Eldest son Hendrick Spears his heirs and assigns to have hold and Enjoy the said One hundred and twenty-six acres of Land forever. I further give and Devise to my Youngest son Jacob Spears the Residue or Remaining One hundred and twenty four acres of land situate and being as aforesaid on this side the Ditch runing through the Meadow aforesaid with the Buildings Houses Barn Orchard Out houses and all other appurtenances thereto Belonging to him his heirs and assigns forever. And also at the Marriage or de- cease of the said Maricha Spears the Movable and Personal Estate to be Equally divided among the following Children (Viz) Jacob Spears, Cathaline Spears, Janes Spears and Hannah Spears. And Whereas I the said Benjamin Spears having Inheritance in the Estate of my Mother Cathaline Spears of Pamrippow at Bergen County and Province aforesaid depending my Will is that whatever Proportional Part of the Same falls to me be Equally divided among my daughters, Sarah Spears, Cathaline Spears, Jane Spears and Hannah Spears. Item I do Nom- inate and appoint my Dear and well Beloved wife Maricha Spears Exec- utrix as likewise my loving son Hendrick Spears to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament Intreating of them to Cause the same to be Punctually Performed and fulfilled and kept.1


IV. Helena, m. Paulus van Newkirk, banns announced at Bergen, June 18, 1728. Issue: I. Catalyntje, b. May 7, 1733; 2. Matthies, bap. May 18, 1735; 3. Barent, bap. March 12, 1738; 4. Jannetje, bap. May 26, 1740; 5. Jacob, b. Nov. 22, 1743; 6. Joannes, b. Oct. 9, 1746; 7. Rachel, b. March II, 175I.


V. Jaseye (Geesje).


VI. Annatje, m. Arent Toers, banns July 19, 1728, at Bergen. Issue: I. Jacomyntje, bap. March 19, 1733; 2. Catalyntje, bap. March 4, 1735; 3. Nicholas, b. March 23, 1737; m. Jannetje Van Rypen, both b. and 1. at Bergen, May 31, 1766; 4. Catrintje, b. Sept. 30, 1739.




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