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Alexander Baker, the immigrant BAKER ancestor, was born in London, England, about 1607, and came over in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann" in 1635, when twenty-eight years of age, with his wife Elizabeth, aged twenty-three, and two children, Elizabeth and Christian. He seems to have been for a short time in Gloucester, Massachusetts, but settled permanently at Bos- ton, where he was a ropemaker. He took the oath of allegiance before two justices of the peace, having obtained a certificate as to his standing from the church in England before his departure. He and his wife were admitted to the church October 4, 1645. Children : Eliz- abeth, born about 1633; Christian, about 1634; Alexander, January 15, 1636; Samuel, June 16, 1638; John, June 20, 1640; Joshua, men- tioned below ; Hannah, September 29, 1644; William, May 15, 1647 ; Benjamin, March 16, 1653; Josiah, February 26, 1655, died in in- fancy: Josiah, born February 26, 1658. The first two children were born in England, the others in America.
(11) Joshua, son of Alexander Baker, was born April 30, 1642, in Boston, and died at New London, December 27, 1717. About 1670 he removed from Boston to New London, where he had shares in the town plot and be- came in time owner of much land. He had a deed about 1700 from Owaneco, Chief of the Mohegans, for a large piece of land in Mohe- gan, and some of his descendants still occupy some of this land, located near the famous "Cochegan Rock." He married, September 13. 1674. Hannah Tongue Mintern, widow of Tristram Mintern, of New London, and daughter of George Tongue. She was born July 20, 1654 ; one of her sisters married Gov- ernor John Fitz Winthrop. Children: Eliza- beth, born May 9. 1676; Joshua, mentioned below: Alexander, born December 16, 1679; John, December 24. 1681 ; Hannah, January 18, 1683: Sarah, twin of Hannah ; Benjamin, Mercv, Patience.
(III) Joshua (2), son of Joshua (1) Baker, was born January 5, 1677. He lived in the North Parish, near New London, where he was a carpenter and farmer. He was an ac- tive member of the society, and his wife was a member of the church. He married, March 27, 1705, Marion, daughter of Stephen Hurl- burt. He died in 1740. and his widow mar- ried (second) John Vibber. May 8, 1754. In
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his will, dated May 25, 1740, proved at New London, July 8, 1740, he mentioned his wife and ten children. Children : Joshua, born May 3, 1706; Samuel, mentionel below; Elizabeth, born April 24, 1709; Gideon, November 27, 1711 ; Lydia, June 12, 1712, died November 24, 1712; James, born March 17, 1714; Anna, May 28, 1716; Stephen, March 17, 1719; Sarah, May 14, 1721 ; John, 1723; Asa, 1726
(IV) Samuel, son of Joshua (2) Baker, was born August 24, 1707. He married, De- cember 8, 1733, Jerusha, daughter of Andrew and Sarah ( Baker) Davis, of Groton, now Ledyard, where he settled and was a farmer. He died in March, 1793. Children : Andrew, born September 18, 1738, died young; Amy, born January 9, 1739-40; Lydia, July 13, 1742; Daniel, mentionel below; Elizabeth, May 5, 1748; Samuel, July 27, 1750; Sarah, February 16, 1753-4; Andrew, March 22, 1756; Ennice, January 14, 1758.
(V) Daniel, son of Samuel Baker, was born in Groton, Connecticut, February 26, 1745-6, and died there November 10, 1815. aged sixty-nine years. He married Elizabeth Crosby, who died February 26, 1827, aged seventy-six years. Among his children was Andrew, mentioned below.
(VI) Andrew, son of Daniel Baker, was born in Groton, February 20, 1779, and died in Michigan, July 10, 1856. About 1806 he came to New York state and lived in Allegany, Steuben and other counties. He was a farmer. Before 1856 he removed to Michigan, where he remained the rest of his life. He married (first), November 25, 1802, Nancy Moxley, born in Groton, Angust 1, 1784, died March 25, 1844. He married ( second), March 12, 1848, Assenath Armstrong. Children by first marriage: Nancy, born in Groton, October 16, 1803, married Nathaniel Naramor, and died June 11, 1807; Andrew, mentioned below ; Fanny, born in Harpersville, New York, Angust 5, 1807, married Benjamin D. Dol- bee ; John, born in Jefferson, New York, July 8, 1809: Lois, born in Jefferson, May 31, 1811, imarried Alfred Burlison ; Prudence, born in Jefferson, April 5, 1813, died October 6, 1844, married John F. Burnett ; Charles, born in Jefferson, September 13, 1815; J. War- ren, born in Canisteo, New York, June 1, 1817, (lied May 14, 1863, married Huldah Converse ; Elizabeth, born in Howard, New York, Jan- uary 8, 1820, died February 7, 1891, married William HI. Gordon ; Hiram, born in Howard,
May 6, 1823, died December 19, 1894, married Hannah L. Head; John, born in Howard, May 6, 1826, died July 6, 1892, married Olive L. Wilson ; Charles T., born in Howard, January 2, 1829, married Ada Nutting.
(VII) Andrew (2), son of Andrew (1) Baker, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, August 28, 1805, and died in Norwich, New York, December 14, 1863. He was about one year old when his parents removed to New York state. He studied medicine with Dr. Case, of Howard, New York, and practiced for several years in Bath, New York. In 1843 he came from there to Norwich, New York. He was graduated from the Geneva Medical College in 1836. In 1843 he came from there to Nor- wich, where he remained until his death. In religion he was a Universalist. He was presi- cent of the Chenango County Medical So- ciety, a member of Norwich Lodge, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows. He married ( first ), March 5, 1829, Armena Graves, who died August 30, 1835; (second), September 4. 1836, Ruth K. Marshall, born in Poultney, Vermont, about 1814, died September 8, 1856. Children by first wife: Austin Alonzo, born May 8, 1830, died May 19, 1866; Julia M., born 1832, died March 3, 1834. Children by second wife: Thomas Spencer, mentioned be- low : Clarence M., born May 23, 1839, died February, 1910; Julia A., born May 23, 1841, married Melvin Graves; Delia L., born August 21, 1843, married R. S. Van Keuren ; Caroline Olivia, born June 2, 1845, married Aleck Dobson ; Mary Elizabeth, born April 24. 1847, died September 28, 1883; Charles Orin, born June 8, 1849, physician at Fort Madison, Iowa ; Adelphia A., born September 1, 1851, died May 15, 1854; Fannie M., born August 15, 1853, married Thomas H1. Wright, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Ruth, born September 8, 1856, died April 16, 1867.
(VIII) Thomas Spencer, son of Andrew (2) Baker, was born at Bath, New York, Sep- tember 28, 1837. He came to Norwich witlı his parents when he was six years old, and has resided there since then, excepting during two years spent in the west. He attended the pub- lic schools and Norwich Academy. He began to study medicine under the instruction of his father, but instead of completing his course, he went to Ottawa, Illinois, where for two years he taught school. He was one of the first to enlist in the civil war. On April 15, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued his
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call for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months in the defense of the Union. Four days later, on April 19, 1861, three young men walked from Freedom, Illinois, to Ottawa, in the same state, a round trip of twenty-four miles, for the purpose of enlisting in the Elev- enth Illinois Regiment Volunteer Infantry. One of the trio of young men who responded so promptly to the president's call was T. Spencer Baker. When the war broke out Mr. Baker, a young man of twenty-four, was teaching in Illinois. After serving the three months term of enlistment, he came to his home in Norwich, New York, and spent the winter of 1861-2. Then he went to Chicago, where he re-enlisted in Battery M, First Illinois Light Artillery. He took part in many battles, including Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and all the engagements in northern Georgia during Sherman's March to the Sea. Being a medical student he was chosen steward of the Nashville Hospital, whither he had been sent on account of illness, and had charge of dispensing medicine to 1,400 patients. He continued in the service until the close of the war, when he returned to Norwich, New York, and entered the employ of John Mitchell as clerk in his drug store. In 1871 he established himself in business as a druggist, and for many years conducted a large and successful busi- ness. He retired from business in 1908. Since he sold his drug store he has represented the Victor and Columbia talking machines in this section. In 1888 he built the Baker Block, at the corner of North Broad and Henry streets, and for twenty years he occupied the corner store with his drug business. He also owns a block on Lackawanna avenue and other val- uable real estate in the town. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has served as town clerk several years. In religion he is a Spiritualist. He is a charter member of E. B. Smith Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Norwich.
He married, September 4, 1867, Lucy H. Bailey, born in England January 7, 1840, died in Norwich, July 14, 1909. daughter of Sam- wel and Mary (Cross) Bailey. Children : Maud, born June 29. 1868, died September 14. 1868; Mae, born September 23. 1870, married. January 15, 1901, Charles 11. Corey, manager of the Borden Creamery, Norwich: Grace, born December 24, 1875, married 1908, Ray- mond A. Rindge, secretary of the Borden Con- densed Milk Company, in charge of New York City office.
1111.1. John Hill, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and very likely married there, in 1629, Frances , who was born about 1608, and died about 1680. He died in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, May 21, 1664. His wife was ad- mitted to the Dorchester church about 1638. and on February 13, 1667, the widow Hill was taxed on eighteen acres in the "Greate Lotts." Children: John, mentioned below ; Francis. born about 1632: Rebecca, about 1634, in Dorchester, married Joseph Gray ; Mary, about 1636, married Thomas Breck; Samuel, born and baptized about 1638; Jonathan, baptized July 12, 1640; Hannah, baptized December, 1641, married, 1662, Daniel Fisher. of Taun- ton. Massachusetts; Mercy, baptized January 8, 1642, married Elkanah Willis, of Bridge- water, Massachusetts: Ruth, born August. 1644, married July 19, 1664, Roger Willis : Ebenezer, Israel, served in King Philip's war. and was killed while in service; Martha, bap- tized August 20, 1648: Mehitable, baptized February 18, 1650-1, died March 5, 1679.
(II) Jolın (2), son of John (1) Hill, was born, probably in England, about 1630. In 1657 he was one of a company who purchased a large tract of land from the Indians in the frontier beyond Medfield. They settled on this land, which later became Sherborn, and he became one of the prominent members of the new set- tlement. He owned a large farm, where he lived until his death, January 23, 1717-8. He married (first) Hannah, daughter of Abra- ham Martin, of Rehoboth: she died Novem- ber, 1600. He married ( second ), about 1693. Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Bullard, of Sherborn ; she died December 1, 1719. Chil- dren : Samuel, born about 1654; Ebenezer. born 1656; Abigail, born February 2, 1657-8. married Hopestill Leland ; John, mentioned be- low: Mary, born October 28, 1662, married (second) John Ellis, of Boston ; Eleazer, born June 20, 1664: Johnson, June 22, 1666; Han- nah. about 1668, married, 1686, Daniel Pond. of Wrentham, Massachusetts; Sarah, about 1670, married, 1691, John Ring, Jr., of Sher- born; Abigail, child of second wife, born June 10, 1695, married. 1712-3. James Adams.
(Hl) John (3), son of John (2) Hill, was born March 14, 1660. He was a husbandman. and lived on a part of his father's farm at Sherborn, Massachusetts, where he died May 23. 1738. He married, about 1693. Hannah Rockwood, born October 1. 1673. died Feb-
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ruary 7, 1729-30, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Hannah ( Ellis) Rockwood. Children born at Sherborn: John, mentioned below : Aaron, born about 1698; Hannah, August 9. 1702, married William Maine, Jr., of Wren- tham; Sarah, November 11, 1705, married Samuel Morse, of Wrentham ; Samuel, August II, 1710; James, March 3. 1711-12, died May 11, 1729.
(IV) John (4), son of John (3) Hill, was born at Sherborn, about 1695, and was also a husbandman at Sherborn all of his life, and died there about 1760. On condition of sup- port of his wife Ruth and himself, on April 3, 1758, he transferred real estate to his son James. He married, November 21, 1733. Ruth Day, born in Wrentham, October 1, 1707, daughter of John and Ruth ( Puffer ) Day ; she married (second), 1762, Benjamin Bullard, of Holliston, who died in 1766, and she married ( third) Deacon John Chapin, of Mendon. Children : James, born August 17, 1734 ; Caleb, mentioned below: Ruth, born April 26, 1739, married John Cheney, Jr., of Dedham ; Han- nah, born October 16, 1741, married .Asa Part- ridge, of Medway: Ebenezer, born July 8, 1744; Abigail, born February 9, 1746, married Isaiah Daniels : John, born April 28, 1750, was in the revolution.
(V) Caleb, son of John (4) Hill, was born August 17. 1736, at Sherborn, where he lived until 1778. He then removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he died the same year. He served in Captain Daniel White's company from April 10 to November 28, 1758, during the Canada expedition, and also served as pri- vate on the Lexington Alarm in 1775. HIc married, March 17. 1762, Hannah ( Fiske) Fairbanks, born January 24, 1733, daughter of John and Abigail ( Leland) Fiske, of Sher- born, and widow of John Fairbanks. As late as 1704 she was living in Medway. Children : Rhoda, married - Leland, 1781 ; David, Aaron, Abigail, John, mentioned below : La- vina, Timothy.
(VI) John (5), son of Caleb Hill, was born at Sherborn, November 21, 1771, and died October 13, 1852, in MeDonough, Chenango county, New York. He lived in Athol, Massa- chusetts, and then removed to New York state. He married Susanna Parmenter, Feb- ruary 8, 1795, daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Hadley) Parmenter. She died December 26, 1846. Children: John Fiske, born July 20, 1791, died November 1, 1846; Susannah, born
June 13, 1800: Abigail, married Shat- ton ; Chester, born December 9, 1802, died December 1. 1873 ; Sophie, born July 14, 1805, married Samuel Bachellor ; Jacob Parmenter, mentioned below ; Edwin, born February 19, 1815, died August 21, 1893, married Cornelia Parks ; Theodore, born July 10, 1819, died No- vember 5. 1887, married Mary Meade.
(VII) Jacob Parmenter, son of John .(5) Hill, was born January 22, 1811, died August 30, 1899. He lived in MeDonough, New York, where he was a merchant. He held the of- fice of postmaster there for thirty years, In addition to his business he dealt in real estate. In religion he was an Episcopalian and in poli- tics a Republican. He married Jane Jenkins, born February 13, 1813, died April 5, 1850. He married ( second) Helen Jenkins, a sister of Jane ; she died April 13. 1883. Children by first wife: Mary Jane, born July 27, 1835, married Bruce Reed: Charlotte, born Feb- ruary 27, 1837, died October 10, 1840; James Parmenter, born April 22, 1839; Laura L., born March 6, 1841 : Frederick Augustus, born May 13, 1843, died February 25, 1864; James, mentioned below : Thomas Jenkins, born April 5. 1850.
(VIII) James, son of Jacob Parmenter Hill, was born at McDonough, New York, October 10, 1845. Ile was educated in the public schools. For thirty years he conducted a general store in Cincinnatus, Cortland county, New York, in 1896 returning to Chenango county. In politics he is a Republican, in re- ligion a Methodist. He married Ruth Ann Purdy, born April 19, 1850, died June 14. 1896, daughter of James Orlando and Harriet ( Lull) Purdy. She is descended from Francis Purdy, who settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1658, through James Orlando (7); James (6), married Roxy Tyler ; David (5), David (4). Joseph (3), John (2), Francis (1). Mr. lill married ( second) Ella Blanchard. Chil- dren of first wife: Jane, born June 5, 1875, died in infancy : James Parmenter, mentioned below.
(1X) James Parmenter, son of James Hill, was born in the town of German, Chenango county, New York, April 7, 1878. He at- tended the public schools of his native town and the Cincinnatus Academy. He studied law in the offices of Bixby & Brown, in Nor- wich, for about three years, and was admitted to the bar in 1901. Afterward he became a partner in the law firm of Bixby & Hill. This
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firm was dissolved in October, 1905, and since then Mr. Hill has practiced alone. In politics he is a Republican, and as a candidate of his party was elected district attorney in 1907. leading the ticket at the election. As district attorney he displayed exceptional ability, and «luring his administration several notable crim- inal trials were held. He secured the conviction of William Scott for murder in the first degree and a similar verdiet in the case of Earl Hill. He prosecuted the famous Yeager burglary cases and he convicted David Borst of murder in the second degree. He was faithful, conscientious and indefatigable in the discharge of his official duties, especially in the wise and discriminating disposition of the cases not brought to trial. He was chairman of the Republican county com- mittee, 1908-11. He is a member of the Nor- wich Club, the Alert Hose Company, director of the Chenango National Bank and director of the Norwich Hospital Association ; mem- ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In religion he is an Episcopalian.
He married, January 9, 1907, Florine l'. Hall, of Norwich, daughter of John P. and Grace M. ( Pellett ) Hall. They have no chil- dren.
William Walworth, the im- WALWORTH migrant ancestor, came from near London in 1689, and settled in the New London colony, at the special instance of Fitzjohn Winthrop. then major-general commanding the forces of the colony, and afterward governor. 1le is said to have been descended from Sir Wil- liam Walworth, lord mayor of London, died 1383. The arms of the family were: Gules, a bend engrailed argent, between two garbs or. Crest : a cubit arm vested or, cuff argent, the arm grasping a dagger sinister imbrued gules, pommel and hilt or. Motto: "Strike for the laws."
William Walworth was the first lessee and settler on Fisher's Island, where he was sent to introduce the English system of cultivation, and was very successful in this undertaking. Fisher's Island is a part of Suffolk county. Long Island, and because of the doubt as to title, William Walworth obtained grants from Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. New York was finally granted the island, and, by a confirmation of Winthrop's title obtained from Governor Nichols, of New York, the island was declared to be subject to state au-
thority, and Walworth had practical indepen- dence in everything. He married soon after his arrival, 1690, Mary Seaton, born in Eng- land, in 1669, and came to New London in the ship with him. Being left in a penniless state at her father's death, as he was a second son of the family and received no inheritance from his wealthy father, she determined to emigrate to America and try her fortune here. About 1698 or 1699, because of danger from raids from pirates and Captain Kidd, he removed his family from the island to Groton. In re- ligion William Walworth was a Congrega- tionalist, and he and his wife were baptized in the old New London mecting-house January 24, 1691-2. He died in 1703, probably in Jan- vary. His will was filed January 3, 1703; the will and records were destroyed by fire at the capture of New London by Benedict Arnold. His widow died January 14, 1752. Children : Martha, born March, 1691; William, men- tioned below: Mary, February, 1695 ; John, June, 1697: Joanna, October, 1699; Thomas and James, twins, May, 1701, in Groton.
( HT) William (2), son of William (1) Wal- worth, was born on Fisher's Island, New York, January, 1694, and died May 17, 1774, at Noank, Connecticut. He owned much land in Groton. Bozrah and Lebanon, and he is said to have moved to Bozrah about 1744 and to have died there. He married, January 16, 1720, Mary, born January 10, 1695. daughter of Captain Samuel and Susannah ( Palmes ) Avery, of Poquanoc: her maternal great- grandmother was Lady Susan Clinton, daugh- ter of Thomas, third earl of Lincoln; Lady Susan was wife of General John Humphrey. a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a helper in the foundation of Cambridge College. William Walworth married (sec- ond ). September 23, 1742, Elizabeth Hinckley. Children by first wife: Nathan, mentioned be- low ; Amos, James, Elijah, Mary, Susan, Lucy, Abigail. Children by second wife: Eunice, Charles.
(III) Nathan, son of William (2) Wal- worth, was born at Groton, Connecticut, Octo- ber 17. 1721. He married Amy Stark, his cousin, and lived in Halifax, Vermont. Chil- dren: Mary, born September 13. 1752; Wil- liam, mentioned below: Abigail, born Octo- ber 17, 1757: Lucy, born December 11, 1759; Elijah, born at Bennington, Vermont, Jan- uary 15, 1762; Nathan, 1766; Amy, April 12. 1760 : Zacheus, September 3. 1771.
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(IV) William (3), son of Nathan Wal- worth, was born September 17. 1755, and died August 15, 1825. He married Esther Packer, who died May 24, 1838, aged eighty-three years. He went from Groton to Preston, New York, in 1802, and lived there until his death ; he was one of the pioneers there. Children : Percival : born May 30, 1779, died young ; Na- than, July 15, 1783, died February 5, 1786. William, April 4, 1786 ; Charles, mentioned be- low ; Daniel, June 18, 1790.
(V) Charles, son of William (3) Wal- worth, was born February 26, 1788, doubtless at Sodus, New York, near Oswego, or in Gro- ton, Connecticut, and died in Cayuga county. New York, July 14, 1872. He came to Pres- ton, Chenango county, New York, in 1802, with his parents, and was a farmer there. He lived at various places in the state, and died at the home of one of his daughters in the town of Sterling, Cayuga county. He was in the war of 1812, and while holding his colo- nel's horse was wounded in the head. He mar- ried Eunice Hicks, of New London or Gro- ton, daughter of John Hicks, a soldier in the revolution ; she was born in 1787, and died December 11, 1866. Children : Lucy, born No- vember 23, 1815, died July, 1874, married Downing Fletcher ; Alonzo M., mentioned be- low; Eunice E., born July 23, 1819, married William Franklin; Charles A., born in Pres- ton, July 14, 1821, died December 29, 1908, married, February 28, 1856, Jane Kilsey, daughter of William Kilsey, of Weare, New Hampshire, and Mary (Tewksbury ) Kilsey, of Woodstock, Vermont, and they had daugh- ter, Hattie Eliza, of Norwich, New York; Robert H., born March 7, 1824, died Novem- ber 10, 1881; Hiram D., born August 1, 1828, lived in Oxford, New York; Prudence, died in infancy.
(VI) Alonzo Marvin, son of Charles Wal- worth, was born in Preston, Chenango county. New York, October 8, 1817, and died at Smithville Centre, December 6, 1908. He was a farmer in Sterling, Cayuga county, New York, for some time, but spent most of his life in Chenango county, and many years in Smithville. In politics he was a Republican, never missing a town meeting or other elec- tions from the time he was old enough to vote. He held the offices of assessor, town clerk, and justice of the peace. He was a member of the Baptist church at Greene. He
married (first) Ellen M. Van Patten, who died in 1848; (second) Harriet, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Shaw) Terry, and she died June 16, 1884. Child by first wife: Walter C., of Norwich, New York. Children by second wife : Harmon A., mentioned below ; Ella M., born April 28, 1857; Lucy E., May 9. 1859, died January 30, 1887, married Horace Benedict, and had child, Lucy; Ursula, Feb- ruary 4, 1864, married Joel Dorman, of Nor- wich, New York, and has one child, Esther.
(VHI) Harmon Alonzo, son of Alonzo M. Walworth, was born in Sterling, New York, November 30. 1851. He attended school in Plymouth and the Norwich Academy. After the custom of his day he taught school in win- ter and followed farming in the summer, for ten years. In his later years he followed farm- ing. During most of his life he has been a resident of Smithville, where he still owns a farm. He has been honored by many places of public trust. For nine years he was super- visor of the town of Smithville, and during two years of that time he was chairman of the board of supervisors of Chenango county. He was elected sheriff of the county for a term of three years in November, 1909. He has been a director of the Chenango Fire Relief Asso- ciation for more than twenty years. For sev- eral years he was a traveling salesman for the International Ilarvester Company and for the Johnson Farm Machine Company. He is a member of Smithville Center Grange, No. 512, Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Baptist church. Mr. Walworth has had a successful business life and his administration of the important county and town offices that he has held has been characterized by zeal, prudence and faithfulness. His integrity and executive ability were especially valuable to the town and county that he served so well. Throughout this section of the state he has a wide ac- quaintance and a host of friends in all classes and parties. In politics he is a Republican.
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