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(II) Samuel Eddy, son of William Eddye, was born May, 1608, died in 1685. He with his brother John left London, England, August 10, 1630, in the ship "Handmaid," Captain John Grant. Arrived at Plymouth, Massachu- setts, October 29, 1630, O. S., or by N. S., November 8, 1630. On January 1, 1632, he was admitted freeman of the colony and re- ceived the oath, November 7, 1637; he had three acres of land in Plymouth set off to him; in 1641 had six acres of land and thirty acres of meadows granted him. April. 3, 1645, he sent his son John to dwell with Francis Gould until he shall reach the age of twenty-one. In 1651 Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Eddy, was fined for wringing out clothes on the Lord's Day; the fine, ten shillings, was afterward re- mitted. May 1, 1660, Elizabeth was summoned to court to make answer for traveling on Sun- day to Boston from Plymouth. She affirmed that she was necessitated to go on account of the illness of Mistress Saffin. The court ex- cused her. May 9, 1631, Samuel Eddy bought a house of Experience Mitchell, at Spring Hill, at the end of Main street, Plymouth, which he afterward sold in 1645. He was one of the original purchasers of Middleboro, Massa- chusetts, also a large land owner at other places. In 1631 his assessment was half that of Captain Standish. In 1633 it was the same. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, died in 1689. Children : 1. John, born December 25
(Christmas Day), 1637, died November 27, 1695. 2. Zachariah, 1639, died September 4, 1718. 3. Caleb, 1644, died March 23, 1713. 4. Obadiah, of further mention. 5. Hannah, June 23, 1647, died young.
(III) Obadiah, son of Samuel Eddy, was born in 1645, died 1722. His wife's maiden name was Bennet, by whom he had nine chil- dren. He was admitted freeman, June 9, 1683; was constable, 1679-81-83-89. In 1690 he was a selectman ; in 1692 was grand juryman from Middleboro and also a surveyor. He lived in Middleboro as early as 1674. Children: I. John, born March 22, 1669; lived in Taunton, Massachusetts. 2. Hasadiah, April 10, 1672; married Samuel Samson. 3. Samuel, of fur- ther mention. 4. Jabez. 5. Benjamin. 6. Joel, married Sarah Harris in 1708 and had one daughter, Sarah. 7. Mercy, married Sam- uel Sampson, and they resided in Middleboro, Massachusetts; children : Obadiah, married Mary Soule; Gershom, married Bethia Clark; Ichabod, married Mercy Savory; Esther, mar- ried Abraham Borden, 1726, removed to Staf- ford, Connecticut; Mary, married Isaac Ful- ler. 8. Elizabeth, married David Delona; children : Lemuel, Betty, Abigail, David, born March 17, 1745. 9. Mary, married Dr. Isaac Fuller; had children: Reliance, Isaac, Eliza- beth, Samuel, Micah, Jobez and Mary.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Obadiah Eddy, was born in Middleboro, 1675, died 1752. He resided in Middleboro and was a man of un- common strength and robust constitution, his frame being very large. Tradition has pre- served remarkable stories of his physical pow- ers. He married Malatiah Pratt, born De- cember 11, 1676, died March, 1769. Children : I. Samuel, of further mention. 2. Zachariah, 1701, died 1767. 3. Malatiah, married, March 23, 1730, Samuel Tinkham. 4. Bennet, mar- ried William Reading, February 7, 1738. 5. Fear, married George Williamson, November 7, 1738.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Eddy, was born 1696, died November . 3, 1746. He was a public officer and an eminent man in the church, by which he was long remembered for his superior prudence and sense. He mar- ried Lydia Alden, daughter of John and Han- nah (White) Alden, a descendant of John Alden, the Pilgrim. Children: 1. Nathan, of further mention. 2. Joshua, born March 6. 1734, died young. 3. Susannah, November
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22, 1736, spinster. 4. Mary, May 9, 1740, died young. 5. Samuel, January 23, 1742. 6. Seth, February 11, 1744, died young.
(VI) Nathan, son of Samuel (3) Eddy, was born September 8, 1733, in Plymouth county, died in Pittsfield, Vermont. In 1785 he removed from Plymouth to Sherburne, Ver- mont. He married Eunice Sampson, of Mid- dleboro, Massachusetts, November 17, 1757. Children: 1. Ephraim, born December 21, 1759, died about 1800. 2. Hannah, February I, 1766. 3. Nathaniel, July 6, 1768, died at Gallipolis. 4. Lydia, September 16, 1769. 5. Nathan, April 21, 1771. 6. Isaac, of further mention. 7. Zachariah, November 17, 1778.
(VII) Rev. Isaac Eddy, son of Nathan and Eunice (Sampson) Eddy, was born at Middle- bury, Massachusetts, January 24, 1774, died at Jamestown, New York, June 26, 1833. He resided in Pittsfield, Rutland county, Vermont, for about forty years. In 1814 he settled in Jamestown where he became pastor in charge of the First Congregational Church, organized in that place, it likewise being his first charge, after being licensed by the Congregational As- sociation. He was a man of pure life and earnest purpose. His zeal in the Master's ser- vice was unbounded and he accomplished great work during his long and useful life. He married, August 12, 1796, in Pittsfield, Ver- mont, Betsey McCary, who died February 16, 1863. Children: I. Elizabeth, born June 5, 1797 ; married Deacon James Carey. 2. Eu- nice, born December 29, 1799; married Alvah Brown. 3. Isaac, born October 22, 1801, died at Jamestown, New York, 1872. 4. William McCary, born September 16, 1803, died 1865. 5. Nathaniel, born November 29, 1805, died at Jamestown, New York. 6. Elmina, of fur- ther mention. 7. Safford, born April 15, 1810, died 1879; had one son and two daughters. 8. Hiram, born May 17, 1813; married (first) Elizabeth L. Hawley, February 7, 1839; she died January 7, 1856; married (second) Frances C. Adams, May 5, 1857, and in 1881 was a distinguished clergyman in Jersey City, New Jersey. 9. Zachary, born December 19, 1815; married (first) Susan Gray, 1835; she died March, 1847; married (second) Malvina R. Cochran, April 26, 1848; he was an emi- nent clergyman of the Congregational church, stationed at Northampton, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Detroit, Michigan. Williams College conferred on him the de- gree of Doctor of Divinity.
(VIII) Elmina, sixth child of Rev. Isaac and Betsey (McCary) Eddy, was born August 30, 1807, at Pittsfield, Vermont, died January 6, 1893. Married John Scott. They are the parents of Dr. John Winfield Scott (see Scott II).
(The Montgomery Line).
The Montgomerys of England, Scotland and Ireland spring from Counts d'Ermes or de Hermes, of Normandy, of whom were Saint Godegrand, bishop of Siezand, and Sainte Op- portune, his sister, living in the time of King Pepin and of Emperor Charlemagne in 760. They were great Lords of France at a later period. When William the Conqueror came to England Roger, a kinsman, was with him, and at the decisive battle of Hastings led the Norman van. Philip Montgomery settled in Scotland in the time of Henry I.
John Montgomery fought at Otterbourns, 1388, and took Percy prisoner. He married Elizabeth, a descendant of Eglin, Lord of Eglinton. Eglinton was a lordship and castle in the county of Ayr, Scotland, whence its owner assumed a title name in the reign of King Malcolm. Eglin, Lord of Eglinton, had Bryce, and he a son, Sir Hugh, who married Giles, daughter of Walter, the justician, and sister of Robert III., descended through Mar- garet, wife of Malcolm III. From Egbert, a son, came Elizabeth, wife of John Montgom- ery. This marriage united the families of Montgomery and Eglinton. The arms borne by the Irish Montgomerys who follow the tinctures borne by the Earls of Eglinton of the present are: "Feist and fourth; azure. three fleur de lis, or." For Montgomery : "second and third gules, three amulets, gemmed azure for Eglinton." These arms were borne by General Richard Montgomery. The motto is: "Honneur Sans Repos." John and Elizabeth Montgomery had Sir John, whose son, Sir Alexander, was the first Baron and in 1449 was made Lord Montgomerie. Alexander, Master of Montgomerie, had a son, Alexander, who became the second Baron. His son Hugh was the third Baron and the first Earl of Eglinton created in 1507; married Helen, daughter of Colin, Earl of Argyle. He died in 1547. The second Earl, Hugh, married Marrietta Seton. The third Earl, Hugh, fought for Queen Mary at Langside, 1568, The fourth Earl, Hugh, had a sister Margaret, who mar- ried the first Earl of Winton. The fifth Earl. Hugh, married but had no issue. He obtained
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royal permission to will his honors to three youngest sons of his Aunt Margaret, wife of the Earl of Wilton. The sixth Earl, Alexan- der Seaton (nicknamed "Gransteel"), fought for parliament at Marston Moor, but after- ward sided with the King. He died in 1661. The seventh Earl, Hugh, a Royalist, fought with the King at Marston Moor and against his father. He had a younger brother, James, of Coylesfield, whose grandson, Alexander, became the twelfth Earl. The eighth Earl was Alexander, succeeded by his son Alexander, the ninth Earl. His son Alexander, the tenth Earl, was slain in a dispute. His son Archi- bald, the eleventh Earl, had no sons, and the title reverted to Hugh, grandson of James, of Coylesfield, who became the twelfth Earl. His son, Archibald, married Mary, daughter of Archibald, the eleventh Earl of Eglinton, his cousin, and became the thirteenth Earl of Eg- linton and was created Earl of Winton in 1859. The fourteenth Earl, Archibald Wil- liam, served in parliament as Earl of Winton.
Alexander Montgomery, of Hazelhead, Ayr- shire, Scotland, representative of the Irish branch of the family, first settled in Ireland, at the invitation of his cousin, Viscount Mont- gomery (of Montgomerys of Mount Alexan- der). He was Prebendary of Doe, county Donegal, but later became a soldier and a com- missioned officer. He had sons John and Wil- liam. John married and had a daughter Mar- garet, who married Rev. George Leslie and had a son John (2).
John (2), by a first wife, had Colonel Alex- ander, of Convoy, county Donegal, and Bally- connell, county Cavan ; died s. p. 1729, having devised his Donegal estates to his cousin, Alexander Montgomery, of Convoy. John (2), by a second wife, had a son John (3).
John (3) had three sons : John, whose male line became extinct ; Alexander, died 1722, and Robert, of Anared, the ancestor of the Mont- gomerys of Bessmount, county Donegal.
Alexander, son of John (3), had sons: Thomas, member of parliament for Lifford; was disinherited for marrying without the consent. Mary Franklin. One of his sons, Richard, born near Swords, Ireland, December 2, 1736, came to America, 1772, joined the American army, was commissioned general and was killed at the seizure of Quebec, De- cember 21, 1775; married, August 4, 1773, Janet, daughter of Robert Livingston, Lord of Livingston Manor, Columbia county, New
York. A brother of General Richard Mont- gomery, Alexander John, was a captain in the army and for thirty-two years member of par- liament from county Donegal. He inherited the Convoy estates of his cousin Alexander Montgomery, great-grandfather of Mrs. Dr. Scott. Alexander, son of John (3), had other sons : John (4), of further mention ; Matthew, Robert, of Brandium, county Monaghan.
John (4) Montgomery was of county Mon- aghan, where he died in 1732.
Alexander, son of John (4) Montgomery, married (first) Catherine, daughter of Colo- nel Hugh Montgomery, of Willoughly, last heir in entail to the honors of Earls of Mount Alexander. He married (second) Eleanora, daughter of Acheson Moore, Esq., of Garvey, county Tyrone. His son Nathaniel by this marriage assumed in right of his mother the surname and arms of Moore; died 1834. By his first marriage, Alexander had sons: John, Colonel Monaghan, member of militia and member of parliament from Monaghan, died (s. p.), 1795; Hugh, colonel of the Madras army, died 1795, leaving a daughter; Rev. Rubert, of Beaulieu, died 1825, leaving a son, Rev. Alexander, of Beaulieu, whose son, Rich- ard Thomas Montgomery, his heir, is now of Beaulieu seat, near Drogheda, Ireland.
(I) Alexander Montgomery, representative of the American branch of the family, came to the American Colonies with a brother about the year 1750. He settled in Connecticut, where he married Sarah Lockwood (a relative of Lord Millington, through his daughter Lady Ann), daughter of Gershom Lockwood, who. willed them property. During the revolution Alexander Montgomery lived in New York City, and during the occupancy of that city by the British troops under Lord Howe leased his property for ninety-nine years to avoid confiscation. After the British evacuated New York he removed with his family to New Brunswick, where he resided several years. He decided to remove to Ontario, Canada, and with his sons and their families, was well started on his journey. His party, however, met with a relative, Archibald Montgomery, who had served in the British army, who dis- suaded most of them from proceeding. Alex- ander with his son Hugh and William Stillwell, son-in-law, went into the Big Sandy region and finally settled in Jefferson county, New York, at Ellisburg. Another son, Alexander, continued his journey to Little York (now
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Toronto, Canada), where many of his de- scendants are now seated.
(II) Hugh, son of Alexander and Sarah (Lockwood) Montgomery, was born in Con- necticut. He followed his father's fortunes and settled first in Jefferson, then in Oswego county, New York. He married Rachel Rose. (III) Lydia, daughter of Hugh and Rachel (Rose) Montgomery, was born in Oswego county, New York, November 21, 1816, died May 3, 1889. She married (first) David Pow- ell; (second) Samuel S. Conover, born at Victor, Ontario county, New York, November 10, 1818, died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 2, 1898.
(IV) Louisa Lucinda, daughter of Sam- uel S. and Lydia (Montgomery) (Powell) Conover, was born August 3, 1846; married, October 30, 1868, Dr. John Winfield Scott (see Scott III).
PECKHAM John Peckham, immigrant ancestor of the American family of this name, is first found in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1638. As he was associated with several who supported Anne Hutchinson, it is presumed that he may have come from England with the Hutchinson party in the ship "Griffin" but his name has not been found on any passenger list or on the Boston records. He was a Baptist. His lands were allotted along with those of William Freeborn, John Coggeshall and others who were the first settlers of the Island of Aquid- neck in 1638. He was in the list of those ad- mitted inhabitants of Newport, May 20, 1638, and in 1640 the bounds of his lands were es- tablished. He was made freeman, March 16, 1641, and in 1648 he was one of the ten male members in full communion in the First Bap- tist Church. His second wife, Eleanor, was baptized that year. He lived in that part of Newport which became Middletown. In the list of wills which had but two witnesses in- stead of three as required by law, between 1676 and 1695, his name is found with six- teen others. Before 1700 he and his sons owned much land; in 1660 they were among the proprietors of the Petaquamscot purchase, in 1661 were proprietors in the Westerly pur- chase, and in 1677 were proprietors in the East Greenwich purchase. These tracts were across southern Rhode Island from Westerly to Narragansett Bay, and also included Con- nanicut Island and Dutch Island in the Bay,
as well as large pieces in the original settle- ment of Rhode Island. They also had a tract one mile square in Little Compton, where they built a house in 1640 which stood for two hundred years, and in which six generations of the family were born. They also owned land in Dartmouth, to the Acushnet river, where is now a part of New Bedford. A deed from Joshua Coggeshall and his mother, Mary, to Walter Connigrave, dated May 30, 1651, describes some land as bounded "on land granted to Mary Clarke, now deceased, sometime the wife of John Peckham." This grant was made before 1644; Mary Clarke had brothers Carew, Thomas, Jeremiah, John and Joseph; she was born in 1607, but the dates of her marriage and death are unknown, as are also the dates of the second marriage and death of John Peckham, and the surname of his second wife, Eleanor. It is thought that Mary (Clarke) Peckham was mother of John, Thomas and William, and that the other children were by the second wife. Children of John Peckham: John, of whom further; Thomas, William, born 1647; Rebecca, Ste- phen, James, Clement, Deborah, Phebe, born 1666; Elizabeth, Susannah, Sarah.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Peckham, was born about 1645, died before 1712. He lived on the Peckham estate in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and his children were born there. He was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in 1677. He married, 1667, Sarah Newport. Children : Elizabeth, born September 17, 1668; John, June 9, 1673 ; Mary, September 30, 1674; Reu- ben, February 3, 1676; Peleg, December II, 1677; Joseph, March 8, 1679; Sarah, Septem- ber 5, 1680, died young; Timothy, August 5, 1681 ; Benjamin, June 9, 1684; Isaac, of whom further ; Sarah, June 26, 1690.
(III) Isaac, son of John (2) Peckham, was born April 11, 1688, died February 10, 1765. He was a farmer in Middletown, Rhode Island. He married (first), November 8, 1710, Barbara, born March 15, 1687, daughter of John and Rebecca Phillips. He married (second) Jane, born July 5, 1706, died Sep- tember 25, 1778, daughter of Richard and Ann (Card) Sisson. Children by first wife: John, born May 1, 1712; Isaac, October 20, 1713; Sarah, October 6, 1715; Benjamin, October 19, 1717; Ruth, July 22, 1719; Clement, May 20, 1721 ; Stephen, March 6, 1723; Philip, July 11, 1725. Children by second wife: William, born
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October 1, 1727; Barbara, November 19, 1729; Anne, August 13, 1731; Mary, August 16, 1733; Elizabeth, October 26, 1735; Joseph, of whom further ; Jane, March 23, 1740; Rachel, November 23, 1742, died young; Abigail, De- cember 29, 1743, died young; Richard, Octo- ber 8, 1745, died young.
(IV) Joseph, son of Isaac Peckham, was born May 2, 1738, died July 12, 1812. He lived in Middletown, Rhode Island. He was a zealous patriot in the revolution. He mar- ried, November 20, 1760, Sarah Weeden. Chil- dren : Eunice, Isaac, of whom further; Alan- son, born September 20, 1765, married Cather- ine Coggeshall, December 20, 1787; Charles, Sarah.
(V) Isaac (2), son of Joseph Peckham, was born in Middletown, Rhode Island, August 12, 1763. He married, at East Green- wich, Rhode Island, December 9, 1785, Ruth, born April 16, 1764, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Tripp. They were Quakers. Chil- dren, recorded at Middletown : Catherine, born August 28, 1786; Joseph, of whom further; Erasmus Kelley, October 29, 1788; Esther, June 9, 1790; Auschley, February 17, 1792; John, February 22, 1794; Ruth, November 7, 1799; Isaac, December 6, 1802.
(VI) Joseph (2), son of Isaac (2) Peck- ham, was born in Middletown, Rhode Island, near Little Compton, July 28, 1787. He is said to have lived at Little Compton, and near Boston, Massachusetts; he removed to the state of New York when a young man, and after residing a short time in Cortland county, thereafter located in Allegany county, where he died in 1876. He was a carpenter, and also a well-to-do farmer. In later years he was a Republican, and he was a member of the Baptist church. He married Abigail, daugh- ter of Captain Joseph and Rhoda (Parker) Smith, January 5, 1812. She was a member of the Smith family of Virginia, to which be- longed the famous Captain John Smith. Chil- dren: Almon, born November 1, 1812, died 1905; Edwin, September 28, 1814, died 1910; Abigail, May 18, 1816, died 1897; Sally, March 26, 1818, died November 30, 1822; Harriett, February 3, 1820; Lauriston, of whom fur- ther ; Rhoda Louisa, March 18, 1825 ; Mariette, June 19, 1827, died January 15, 1906; Cephas, July 9, 1829, still living 1912; Amelia, February 15, 1833.
(VII) Lauriston, son of Joseph (2) Peck- ham, was born in Homer, Cortland county,
New York, February 5, 1823, died September 28, 1902. He was educated in the public schools, and was a carpenter in early man- hood, but bought a large tract of land near Angelica, New York, and turned to agricul- ture. In 1871 he retired from active pursuits, and resided in the village of Angelica, and at Jamestown. He was a Republican. He mar- ried, January 5, 1848, Mary J., born February 10, 1824 (still living, February, 1912), eldest daughter of Thomas and Betsy (Woodcock) Bacon. Thomas Bacon was left an orphan at the age of nine years, and as a boy went to sea, and followed it for many years. He was wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia, and he and two others were the only survivors of the disaster. He afterward settled in Bos- ton, where he followed mercantile pursuits. His later years were spent in Allegany county, New York, where he died in 1859. He was a man of untiring energy and great force of character, known among his fellows as "Hon- est Scotch Bacon," and his reputation for scrupulous honesty followed him throughout his entire life. He served in the war of 1812, and was honorably discharged. His children were: Mary J., who became wife of Lauris- ton Peckham; Rhoda, Ann Eliza, Betsy, Ed- ward, Francis.
(VIII) Vernon E., only child of Lauriston Peckham, was born in Caneadea, Allegany county, New York, October 1, 1849. He at- tended the public schools and the Angelica and Belfast academies, and taught school for a few years afterward. In 1875 he began the study of law in the office of D. P. Richardson, at Angelica, New York, and was admitted to the bar. April 7. 1878. In the following August he located in Attica, Wyoming county, New York, where he purchased the law library and practice of Judge Marvin Thrall. After several years of arduous and successful prac- tice he located, in February, 1885, in James- town, New York, and opened an office, where he has since continued in an active and re- munerative general practice. He has held va- rious important positions in the line of his profession. In 1892 he was elected special county judge of Chautauqua county for a term of three years. From 1898 to 1909 he was referee in bankruptcy in the United States district court for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. having been appointed by United States District Judge Alfred Coxe, and reap- pointed by United States District Judge John
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R. Hazel. He is a member of the County and City Bar associations, and is held in high repute by both bench and bar. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, F. and A. M .; Western Sun Chapter, No. 67, R. A. M .; Jamestown Commandery No. 61, K. T .; Jamestown Lodge of Perfection; Jamestown Council, P. of J .; Buffalo Consis- tory, A. C. S. R .; a noble of Ismailia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Buffalo. He is also a charter member of Jamestown Lodge, No. 263, B. P. O. E. He has for many years been a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Peckham married, January 28, 1880, at Attica, New York, Helen Burr, daughter of Moses Pearson Cogswell (see Cogswell IX). Children : Mary Cogswell, born July 3, 1883; B. S., Simmons College, 1908; now an assistant librarian in University of Michigan; a com- municant of the Presbyterian church; John Vernon, born March 10, 1885, died July 9. 1894.
Mrs. Peckham, wife of Vernon E. Peckham, has been active in various interests of the First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown, of which she is a member and for many years a deacon- ness. For some years she was a member of the board of directors of the Visiting Nurse Association, of Jamestown, and has always been active in the work of that organization. She is on the board of directors of the Agnes Association, the official board of the Agnes Home, and the Warner Home for the Aged. Since 1887 she has been an active member of the Mozart Club, and is herself a gifted musi- cian. Since young womanhood Mrs. Peck- ham has been an earnest believer in woman suffrage, and by voice and pen has advocated the enfranchisement of women in this and other states. At one time she was an officer of the New York State Woman's Suffrage Association.
(The Cogswell Line).
In England the names Coggswell and Cogge- shall have the same origin, but in America they are two distinct names, the Coggeshalls being descended from John, the first governor of Rhode Island, and the Coggswells being descended from Robert, mentioned below. The family tradition of the Cogswells now holding the ancient Cogswell possessions in Westbury, county of Wilts, England, is that their ancestors came from the county of Es- sex, and were known as Coggeshall, with the
various spellings appearing in the form of Cogshall, Coggeshall, Coggeshale, Cogesholl, Cogeshole, Coggashael, Cogshol, Coxhall, Cockshall and Coggshale.
(I) Robert Cogswell, according to his will, was a manufacturer of woolen cloths, and born in Westbury Leigh, county of Wilts, England. The register of the parish gives the date of his burial, June 7, 1581. His wife Alicia survived him and was buried August I, 1603. Children: Robert, Richard, Stephen, Joane, Margaret, Margery, Edith, Edward, mentioned below.
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