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(IV) William (2), son of William (I)
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Bartholomew, was born in Burford, England, 1602-3. He received a good education. He went to London, and married Anne, sister of Robert Lord, afterward his next neighbor in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Before September, 1634, he had entertained the famous Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at his London home. On September 18, 1634, he arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in the ship "Griffin," in the same company with Anne Hutchinson, Rev. John Lothrop and others. He was admitted a freeman March 4, 1634-5, and at the same time was given permission to trade with ves- sels at Ipswich, where he settled. He received several grants of land there in 1635, and was deputy to the general court the same year, serving again in 1636-37-41-47-50. He was often on the jury; was commissioner, town clerk, assessor, selectman, treasurer of the county, and often on important committees. He removed to Boston about 1660, and in 1662 was overseer of the mill of William Brown, of Boston. He is called a merchant, of Boston. He died in Charlestown, at the home of Jacob Green, January 18, 1680-81. His grave is in the Phipps street cemetery, Charlestown, near that of John Harvard. His wife Anne died in Charlestown. January 29, 1682-3, and her gravestone is still standing. Children: Mary, married (first) in Glouces- ter, December 24, 1652, Matthew Whipple, (second) Jacob Greene; Joseph, born about 1638, resided in London, England, in 1693; William, of further mention.
(V) Lieutenant William (3), son of Wil- liam (2) Bartholomew, was born at Ipswich, 1640-I, and died in the spring of 1697. He learned the trade of carpenter, and settled first in Roxbury. He sold his Roxbury land in 1676-7, and removed to Deerfield, Massachu- setts, where he bought the home lot of Peter Woodward. At the time of the raid of the Indians on Hatfield, September 19, 1677, he was there with his family. His daughter Abi- gail, aged four, was among the captives taken to Canada and was ransomed eight months later. In 1679 he removed to Branford, Con- necticut, where he was granted twenty acres of land, built a saw mill and kept an ordinary or inn. He was elected surveyor and fence. viewer. In 1687 the town of Woodstock re- quested him to build a mill in their town and offered him a grant of land. He was com- missioned ensign of the New Roxbury com- pany, as Woodstock was then called (July 13,
1689), and in 1691 became lieutenant. In 1692 he was the first deputy to the general court from Woodstock. He died in Woodstock, in 1697. He married, in Roxbury, December 17, 1663, Mary Johnson, born April 24, 1642, daughter of Captain Isaac and Elizabeth (Por- ter) Johnson, granddaughter of John Johnson, who held the title of "Surveyor of all ye King's armies in America." Her father was killed in the Narragansett fight, December 19, 1675, as he was leading his men over the bridge (a fallen tree) into the enemy's fort. Children : Isaac, born November 1, 1664, died October 25, 1727 ; William, October 16, 1666; Mary, October 26, 1668; Andrew, December II, 1670, of whom further ; Abigail, December 8, 1672, married (first) January 11, 1691-2, Joseph Frizzel, (second) 1709, Samuel Paine, died 1732; Elizabeth, March 15, 1674-5, mar- ried November 21, 1699, Edmund Chamber- lain ; Benjamin, born about 1677; John, about 1679; Joseph, about 1682.
(VI) Andrew, son of William (3) Bar- tholomew, was baptized December II, 1670, in Roxbury. He managed his father's mills in Branford after the latter's removal to Woodstock, and after his father's death owned and operated them in company with his brother Benjamin. On January 11, 1711-2, the prop- erty was divided and Andrew bought large quantities of land in Branford, Wallingford, and adjoining towns. He removed to Wall- ingford before 1729, and continued there the remainder of his life. He was a leading citi- zen, and often held positions of trust. He was admitted to the church there in 1701. He married Hannah Frisbie, died February 2, 1741, daughter of Samuel Frisbie, of Bran- ford. Children: 1. William, born February 2, 1699. 2. Susannah, February 4, 1701-2. 3. Hannah, August 17, 1704; married. Novem- ber 19. 1724. Joseph Barker. 4. Samuel, Sep- tember 12, 1706; died 1795. 5. Daniel, Octo- her 16, 1708: died October 25, 1777 6. Re- becca, March 28, 1712; married, October 19, 1732, Peter Hall; died October 3, 1791. 7. Rev. Andrew, November 7, 1714; graduated at Yale College, 1731, was settled minister at Harwinton, Connecticut, October 4, 1738, and continued as pastor thirty-five years. 8. Tim- othy, February 28, 1716-7; died April 27, 1749. 9. Joseph, of further mention. 10. John, February 8, 1723-4. II. Martha.
(VII) Lieutenant Joseph, son of Andrew and Hannah (Frisbie) Bartholomew, was born
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in Branford, Connecticut, May 6, 1721, died in Wallingford, Connecticut, October 27, 1781. He marched on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, and served eight days. His com- mission of lieutenant from the general court placed him in command of all the men in town subject to military duty. He married, Janu- ary 13, 1741, Mary Sexton. Children : Han- nah, Andrew, Joseph, died young ; Jonathan, and Joseph (2).
(VIII) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Mary (Sexton) Bartholomew, was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, 1748, died April, 1821. His farm was on what was called "Whirlwind Hill," now known as East Farms, in Wallingford, a large part being yet owned in the family. He married (first) Martha Morse, who died about 1781; (second) about 1784, Damarius Hall, who died November 6, 1819. Children, first three by first wife : Isaac (2), married Lydia Curtiss ; Levi Moss, mar- ried (first) Lucy Ives, (second) Pamelia Pot- ter; Joseph, of whom further; Samuel, mar- ried (first) Sylvia Hood, (second) Hannah, widow of Stoddard Neal; Ira (2), married Eunice Hall; Orrin, married his second cousin Emmeline Bartholomew.
(IX) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Bar- tholomew, was born in Wallingford. Connecti- cut, settled in New York state, first at Sheri- dan, where he was an early settler. The tract of land he purchased was virgin wilderness, but he erected a log cabin, cleared a farm, and prospered. He lived and labored there the remainder of his life. He married, March 18, 1804, Julia Howd. Children: I. Eliza, married W. H. Parker. 2. William, died aged nineteen years. 3. Polly, married Harry Hall. 4. Sylvia Ann, married Ives Andrews. 5. Stephen Decatur, died young. 6. Almon, died aged nine years. 7. Henry, of whom further. 8. Joseph, a prominent dry goods merchant of Dunkirk; married (first) Cornelia Herten, (second) Elizabeth Pearson. 9. Nelson, asso- ciated with his brother in the dry goods busi- ness ; he built and managed the Dunkirk Opera House, which after his death came under the management of Joseph Nelson ; died unmar- ried. 10. William A., died unmarried. II. Stephen Decatur (2), married Julia E. Allen. (X) Henry, eldest son and seventh child of Joseph (3) and Julia (Howd) Bartholomew, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, June 7, 1818, died in Dunkirk, New York, November, 1871. He came to Sheridan, New York, with
his father, and for several years followed farming. He then removed to Dunkirk, where he was a successful manufacturer of boxes of various kinds. In his later years he retired from business and returned to Sheridan, re- siding on a farm of about three hundred acres, where his last years were spent, dying in Dun- kirk. He married Isabella Paterson, born in Oneida county, New York, July 7, 1819, died 1854; children, a son dying in infancy and three daughters : 1. Julia Ann, married Joseph Nelson (q. v.). 2. Mary, married (first) Wil- liam A. Post, a captain in the civil war, and killed while employed on Erie railroad as en- gineer ; child: William (2) Post. She mar- ried (second) Charles Van Wagner. 3. Helen Isabella, married William L. Slater, of Dun- kirk, now a resident of Jamestown (see Slater VI).
Mrs. Julia A. Bartholomew Nelson survives her husband, and resides at Dunkirk, where she is held in the highest esteem.
This branch of the Gilbert GILBERT family in the United States is of English ancestry. Its Eng- lish progenitors were of the working class who, as one descendant writes, "lived peace- ful, honest lives." Samuel Gilbert was an English working man, who, with wife Susan- nah, belonged to the Episcopal church. They had children : John, Arthur, Henry and Susan. The family home was in Cornwall. John, born 1811, was the first of the family to come to the United States. He married, in England, 1833, Mary , born 1814, and in 1840 he left England for the United States. In 1843 his wife, with four children and her brother-in-law, Henry Gilbert, fol- lowed, making the journey from England to Ravenna, Ohio, in thirteen weeks.
(II) Henry, son of Samuel and Susannah Gilbert, was born in Cornwall, England, about 1815. He learned the cabinetmaker's trade, and in 1843 came to the United States witlı his brother Henry's family. He first settled at Ravenna, Ohio, later in Londonville, Ash- land county, Ohio. He was a Baptist in re- ligion, and a Republican, holding the offices of councilman and member of the school board at Londonville. He married, about 1850, Eliz- abeth Sprague, born in Londonville, Ohio, daughter of William Jasper Sprague, born on a farm near Fly Creek, Chautauqua county, New York. He was a gunsmith, and in early
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life lived in Dunkirk, New York. He married Rebecca Jones, of Londonville, Ohio. Chil- dren : Ann, Margaret, Louisa, James and Elizabeth, who married Henry Gilbert. Their children: Henry Washington, born February 22, 1852; John Franklin, of further mention ; William Jasper, born August 26, 1856; Clem- ent Girard, October 8, 1858; Thomas Burton ; Lou Harriet; George; Benjamin; Joseph Nelson.
(III) John Franklin, son of Henry and Elizabeth E. (Sprague) Gilbert, was born in Londonville, Ashland county, Ohio, June 30, 1854. He was educated in the public schools. He came to Dunkirk and became employed with Joseph Nelson, where he learned the jewelry business, continued in his employ, and in June, 1898, was made a member of the firm, continuing in partnership with him up to the death of Mr. Nelson, June 28, 1909. Since that time he has continued in business alone. The firm has been very successful, and is well known to the trade. Mr. Gilbert has given close attention to business and ranks high in commercial circles. He is a stock- holder in the Citizens' Savings Bank of his native town, Londonville, Ohio, and has other business interests. He has been a member of the Masonic order for many years, and an active worker in his lodge. He was formerly a member of clubs and societies in his city, but for many years has held no club member- ships. He married, at Dunkirk, New York, October 15, 1896, Isabelle Bartholomew Nel- son, born in Dunkirk, July 3, 1859, daughter of Joseph and Julia Ann ( Bartholomew ) Nel- son, of Dunkirk (see Nelson and Bartholo- mew). Mrs. Gilbert is a leading member of the Church of Christ, Scientist, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have no children.
SLATER This family is of Welsh ances- try, the name originally being later Slater. Slaughfter, also Slafter and The first settlement in America was about 1680, when John Slaughfter settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, removing to Mans- field, Connecticut, as early as 1716, and was an original settler in 1721 of Wellington, Con- necticut, where he was the first grand juror for that town. He died there before 1754. He married and had a son Samuel.
(II) Samuel, son of John Slater (as the name is now spelled), of Mansfield and Wel- lington, Connecticut, was born August, 1696,
died at Mansfield, July 31, 1770; married, January 24, 1721-22, Dorothy Fenton, and had a son John.
(III) John (2), son of Samuel and Dorothy (Fenton) Slater, was born at Mansfield, Con- necticut, May 26, 1739, died at Norwich, Ver- mont, October 8, 1819. He, with two com- panions, made the first settlement at Norwich. He married (first) March 26, 1767, Elizabeth Hovey ; (second) October 5, 1815, Priscilla Hovey. Among the children of first marriage was a son Elihu.
(IV) Elihu, believed to be a son of John (2) and Elizabeth (Hovey) Slater, was born at Norwich, Vermont, between 1777 and 1779. He married Sarah Beach, and had children : Orin, Eben, Susan, Mary, Hugh, William, a veteran of the civil war; Aremus (of whom further ).
(V) Aremus, son of Elihu and Sarah (Beach) Slater, was born at Cairo. Greene county, New York, July 25, 1820, died March 30, 1873, at Dunkirk, New York. He received a good education, and early in life entered the railroad employ. He finally became a locomo- tive engineer and for thirty years was in ac- tive service, principally with the Erie Railroad Company. He lived at Hornell, New York; Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Dunkirk, New York, the latter being his home for many years. He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church at Dunkirk, and a man of high standing. His manly, upright character made him many friends who sin- cerely mourned his death. In political life he took little part, but was a supporter of the Republican party always. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in his younger years and quite active in the or- der. He married, Mary Jane Feroe, born April 29, 1830, at Buffalo, New York ; died February 17, 1880, and is buried beside her husband in the cemetery at Fredonia, New York. She grew up in Cairo, New York, where she was educated. Children: 1. Mary Melissa, born February 12, 1847; married (first) Henry Tyler ; child, Mary L .; married (second) Melvin G. Hill; residence, Addison, New York. 2. William Lewis (of whom fur- ther). 3. Delia Ann, born April 20, 1850, died 1906; married Frank Bliss. 4. Adelbert, born October 10, 1853, died November 19, 1875. 5. Edward Scott, residence, Los An- geles, California ; married and had one son, deceased ; and two daughters.
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(VI) William Lewis, son of Aremus and Mary Jane (Feroe) Slater, was born in Cairo, Greene county, New York, April 25, 1848. He was educated in the public schools of the towns in which his father resided: Hornell, Williamsport and Dunkirk. At the age of eighteen years he began business life for him- self as proprietor of a book, news and sta- tionery store, which he continued for six years. He then entered the employ of the Erie rail- road, remaining two years. He then estab- lished in the grocery business, which he con- tinned for four years, when he sold out and went to Arizona. After two years spent in mining he returned to New York state and located in Buffalo. Here he remained for twenty-three years engaged in contracting and building. He then removed to Adams, New York, as superintendent of a planing mill. Later he removed to Jamestown, New York, where he is now connected with the Warren, Ross Lumber Company, and resides on Fair- mount avenue. He was made a member of Parish Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Buffalo, later demitting to Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 145, of Jamestown. He also is a member of Buffalo Chapter, No. 71, Royal Arch Masons. He is a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and in politics is a Re- publican. He married, November 1I, 1869, at Sheridan, New York, Helen Isabelle Bartholo- mew. born at Dunkirk, January 24, 1850, (see Bartholomew X). Children : I. Henry Lewis, born October 6, 1870, died Angust 22, 1905 ; he was a traveling salesman for Joseph Nelson & Company, of Dunkirk, a young man of good business ability and reputation. He belonged to the Masonic order at Dunkirk, and was a Republican in politics. 2. Joseph Nelson, born at Dunkirk, July 11, 1878 ; received a technical education, graduating from Cornell with the class of 1903, and is a civil engineer by pro- fession, and connected with the good roads work in the state of New York. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He married Elizabeth Cornue. Children: Eliza- beth Helen and Alice Gray. 3. Leah Helen, born in Dunkirk, September 19, 1882; mar- ried, September 12, 1910, Howard Raymond Black, born at Oakland, Genesee county, New York. November 14, 1881, son of John C. and Ethel A. (Morsman) Black. He is secretary of the Warren, Ross Lumber Company, of Jamestown. One child, Howard Black. 4.
William Adelbert, born at Buffalo, New York, June 13, 1891.
This is an ancient name in HARVEY England, where it was brought with William the Conqueror by Hervens de Bourges (anglicized Hervey of Bourges). He is shown in Domesday Book, and in 1086 held a great barony in Suffolk. In 1485 Turner Harvey was born, who be- came a noted archer and warrior. His arms were: Sable on a chevron between three long- bows argent, as many pheons of the field. Crest : A leopard or, langued gules, noling in paw, three arrows proper. Motto: "Faites ce que le honneur exige." William Harvey, 1554- 67, was high in roval favor, and there is con- stant mention of the family in English records.
(I) Thomas Harvey died in Somersetshire, England, prior to 1647. About the time of the birth of Thomas Harvey's first child, King James' declaration that he would make all men conform to the Established Church or drive them out of England, was having its due effect, and in due time the pilgrims in the "Mayflower" landed in New England. Thomas Harvey's sons, William and Henry, joined the emigration in 1636, and his daughter married Anthony Slocum, and with him came to Amer- ica, settling in Taunton. The name of Thomas Harvey's wife is not known, but he had an- other son James, besides the two mentioned.
(II) William, son of Thomas Harvey, was born in Somersetshire, England, about 1614. In company with his brother Thomas he came to America in 1636 and settled at Dorchester. In 1637 he was one of the company of forty- six "first and ancient purchasers," so called, who, "feeling much straitened for want of room." purchased from Massasoit, Sachem of the Wampanoag tribe of Indians, whose seat was at Mount Hope, the Indian title to Cohan- net, lying thirty-two miles south of Boston, in the colony of New Plymouth. In the summer of 1638 the proprietors removed to their pur- chase, to which they gave the name of Taun- ton, the English home of many of them. Mr. Harvey was the owner of eight shares in the new purchase. His is the second recorded marriage in the town, and is thus shown upon the court records: "At a court of Assistants, William Harvey and Joane Hucker of Cohan- net were maryed the 2nd of Aprill, 1639." In late 1639 or early in 1640 he removed with his wife to Boston, where they remained until
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1646, during which period four children were born to them. He then returned to Taunton. In 1659 he shared in the general distribution of land, receiving a home lot on what is now Cohannet street. In 1661 he was appointed excise commissioner. In 1664 he was repre- sentative to the general court, and again in 1677. For many years he was selectman, and his name is of frequent mention in connection with important affairs of the town. He died in the summer of 1691, leaving a will. His children: I. Abigail, born April 25, 1640; died August 20, 1691. 2. Thomas, of further mention. 3. Experience, born March, 1644; married her cousin, Thomas Harvey. 4. Jo- seph, born December 8, 1645 ; died 1691 ; mar- ried Esther .5. Jonathan, born 1647; died 1691 ; unmarried.
(III) Thomas (2), son of William and Joane (Hucker) Harvey, was born in Boston, December 18, 1641. In 1646 he settled with his parents in Taunton, and in 1667 became the owner of a right of land thereby pur- chased from Richard Stacey. In 1678 he was described as a "husbandman," and was the owner of land in the "South Purchase." His name appears on the list of "the four squa- drons ordered to bring their arms to meeting on the Lordsday" in 1682. In 1689 he was one of the grantees named in the Bradford deed. In 1700 he was a member of the "First Military Company or Train band" of Taunton. In 1708-9 he was selectman of the town, and held that office for several years. He is of frequent mention in the records until his death in Taunton in 1728, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He married, December 10, 1679, Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon John and Eliza- beth (Hodgkins) Willis. Deacon John came from England to America, and was an original proprietor and one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Children: I. William, born January 2, 1681; died 1733. 2. Thomas, of further mention. 3. John, born February 4, 1684. 4. Jonathan, born April 30, 1685. 5. Joseph, born January 14, 1688. 6. Hannah, born 1690; unmarried in 1716. 7. Elizabeth, born 1692; unmarried in 1716. 8. Abigail, born 1694; married, 1739, James Latham, of Bridgewater.
(IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Willis) Harvey, was born in Taun- ton, Massachusetts, September 17, 1682. He lived at Norton, where his children were born. About 1724 or 1725 he removed with his fam-
ily to Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York. He married, in 1706, Sarah
Children, born in Norton, Massachusetts: I. Thomas, February 18, 1707. 2. Elijah, Octo- ber 20, 1708. 3. Zechariah, May 21, 17II. 4. Joel, of further mention. 5. Sarah, born July 2, 1716. 6. Zebulon, May 20, 1719. 7. Obed, March 10, 1722.
(V) Joel, son of Thomas (3) and Saralı Harvey, was born at Norton, Bristol county, Massachusetts, in April, 1712, and in 1724 01' 1725 removed with his parents to Nine Part- ners, Dutchess county, New York. Later he lived at New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, and in 1742 removed to Sharon, where he set- tled in what was called "the valley." He built there a grist mill that stood for more than sixty years, and a substantial stone house which stood for a longer period. He was also a large land owner. He died December 26, 1776. He married Sarah Children, born in Sharon: I. Sarah, July 31, 1744. 2. Joel, of further mention. 3. Cynthia, June 8, 1749. 4. Zilphina, November 4, 1750. 5. James, February 23, 1753. 6. Esther, March 5, 1755. 7. William, May 23, 1757. There were probably others born in other towns.
(VI) Joel (2), son of Joel (I) and Sarah Harvey, was born February II, 1746, at Sharon, Connecticut. He removed to Wash- ington county, New York, where he settled in the town of Fort Ann. A relative, Medad Harvey, had settled there prior to 1784, who was one of the first supervisors of the town, justice of the peace, and a farmer. Joel Har- vey married, and had a son Medad.
(VII) Medad, son of Joel (2) Harvey, was born in the town of Fort Ann, Washing- ton county, New York, March 22, 17 -. He served in the war of 1812, and later removed to Onondaga county, New York, where he engaged in farming, later, in 1823, removing to Herkimer county. He married Mary Fos- ter, and had issue: William F., of whom fur- ther ; and Oliver H.
(VIII) William F., son of Medad Harvey, was born in Onondaga county, New York, April 5, 1822; died February 15, 1901. In 1823 his parents removed to Herkimer county, where he was educated in the public schools and at Fairfield Academy. He remained there until 1845, becoming a farmer and lumberman. In 1879 he settled in Lockport, New York, where he became a contractor and builder, also an extensive dealer in real estate, continuing
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the lines of activity until his death. He was an attendant of the Reformed Church and member of the Masonic order. He married (first) Sarah Brown and had three daughters, Jane, Ellen, and Isabel. He married (second) in Herkimer, New York, 1874, Elisabeth (Jones) Spinner, widow of Charles Spinner, of Herkimer, New York.
(The Spinner Line).
(II) Rev. John P. Spinner, son of John Peter Spinner, was born in Baden, Germany, and died in Herkimer county, New York. He was educated in the Gymnasium of Bishopeim and the University of Mentz. In 1789 he was consecrated to the Roman Catholic Church. He married Mary Magdale Fedelis Brumante, a native of Loire ; and in 1801, accompanied by his wife, emigrated to the United States, having renounced his priestly vows. He landed in New York City, and in 1802 was called to the pastorate of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of German Flats (town of Mo- hawk), Herkimer county, New York. Here he ministered to the spiritual welfare of his people for forty-six years, broken only by a short period of teaching. Nor were his serv- ices confined to this particular congregation, for he preached to the people at Columbia, Warren, Indian Castle, Manheim, Schuyler, and in some of the towns of adjoining coun- ties, and at the church in Herkimer village. He was thoroughly educated, and his sermons are said to have been eloquent and masterly. He died at his residence in Herkimer, May 27, 1848, aged eighty years. Children: Fran- cis E., John D., Peter B., Catherine L., Jacob WV., Charles, Amelia, Christian F., Mary A.
(III) Francis E., son of Rev. John P. Spin- ner, was born at German Flats, Herkimer county ; was educated mostly under his father's instruction ; was for twenty years executive officer of the Mohawk Valley Bank; held all commissions from the governors of New York, from lieutenant to major-general of the state artillery ; was sheriff of Herkimer county ; commissioner for building the State Lunatic Asylum from 1845 to 1849; was auditor in the naval office at New York City in 1854; was elected representative from New York to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congress, serving as a member of the committee on accounts ; re- elected to the thirty-sixth congress; serving as chairman of the committee on accounts. In 1861 he was appointed treasurer of the
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