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He married, June 30, 1870, at Solon, New York. Julia Elizabeth, daughter of General John William Boyd, and granddaughter of Major General Samuel G. Hatheway. Chil- dren : Frederick William and Lavina Hathe- way, both born at Cortland. Lavina H. was married in February, 1911, to John Adolph Hegardt, and son, Englebert Hyde Hegardt, was born in November, 1910.
The family of Butts is of ancient BUTTS English descent, and inherited property at Shouldham Thorpe. Norfolk county, for many generations, from before the time of Edward II. to that of James Il. In the church of Shouldham Thorpe are many monuments of the family. A merchant family of the name flourished in the city of Norwich during the thirteenth cen- tury and the two following centuries, and were frequently called upon to represent their fellow-citizens in the parliaments of the period. The last who held office was John Butts. Es- quire, sheriff in 1456 and mayor from 1402 to 1471. Ile died in 1475. A Sir William Butts, of Ryburgh, was the physician to Henry VIII., and died in 1545. In the old records the name was spelled Butt and Butts.
( I) Thomas Butts. immigrant ancestor. came from Norfolk county, England, May 18, 1660, and lived in Portsmouth and Little Compton. Rhode Island. He bought land in Portsmouth. November 16, 1662, and October 1. 1666. He bought land in Dartmouth No- vember 20, 1668, and in 1682 was in Little Compton. He was granted a division of land in Dartmouth October 27. 1685. His will was dated December 28, 1702, and proved Febru-
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ary 2, 1703. lle married Elizabeth -- , who survived him. Children : Zacchetis, born 160 ;: Idido, mentioned in his father's will. but nothing further is known of him; Moses, mentioned below : Hepsibah, married, Decem- ber 26, 1695. William Earle.
( !1) Moses, son of Thomas Butts, was born July 30, 1673, in Little Compton, Rhode Island, died June 9. 1734. He married about 1699. - Children: Thomas, October 18. 1700: Zaccheus, June 27. 1702: Abraham, November 23. 1704: John, mentioned below : Anna, March 28, 1709; Elizabeth, December 5. 1719: Hepsibah. December 19. 122.
( 111) John, son of Moses Butts, was born August 31. 1707. died about 1797. He mar- ried, October 26. 1727. at Tiverton, Rhode Island. Alice, daughter of Gershom and Sarah ( Motto) Wodell, born April 18, 1705. Soon after his marriage he removed from Rhode Island and settled in the easterly part of what is now the town of Washington, Dutchess county, New York, then called Crom Elbow Precinct. October 4. 1748, he purchased a tract of land there, containing two hundred acres, of Isaac Thorn, one of the earliest set- tlers. He owned this land until his death, and the locality is still known as "Butts Hollow." There is a tradition in the Butts family that he took this land in payment of wages for carpenter work on a house built for Isaac Thorn at the rate of an acre of land for a day's work. The original deed is now in the possession of a descendant, Mr. W. J. De Witt Butts. of Rochester, New York. His will was dated June 26. 1783. and divided his lands between his sons, Thomas and Aaron. Children : John: Samuel, born May 9, 1730: Richard, March 16. 1732; Gershom. Septem- ber 12, 1734: Ruth, May 26, 1737: Susanna. July 26, 1739: Moses, March 4. 1744: Sarah. January 4. 1746: Aaron, mentioned below : Thomas, July 22, 1751.
(I\') Aaron, son of John Butts, was born August 13, 1749. died June 17. 1833. He married, Jantary 3. 1775, Mary Hustis, born March 3. 1755. died February 28. 1840. He lived at "Butts Hollow," and his wife was from Chestnut Ridge. Later in life he divided his lands between his sons. Nicholas and Stephen, and removed to Union Vale. where he died. Children: Samuel, born November 16, 1775: Jonathan, September 17. 1777 : Sarah, Decem- ber 5. 1779: Jacob. February 5. 1782: Nicho- las. January 30. 1785: Stephen, June 1. 1787 :
Rachel, August 10, 1789: Phebe, March 9, 1792: Mary, November 25, 1796; Reuben, Au- gust 28, 1798: Hustis, April 14. 1801, died August 19, 1820.
(V) Jabez Butts, believed to be nephew of Aaron Butts, was of this New York branch of the family. He had a son Lyman C., ac- cording to the history of Wayne county.
(VI) Lyman C., son of Jabez Butts, was born in New York state. He came from the eastern part of New York to Wayne county. New York, in 1838, and for several years re- sided near the town of Savannah. He then went to Cortland county, where he lived until 1856, when he bought a farm at Sodus, New York, near the town of Joy, and spent the remainder of his days there. He was prom- inent in public affairs, especially active in anti- slavery work, and a useful citizen. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Pliny Porter, of On- ondaga county. Children: Susan, married General A. J. Warner, of Marietta, Chio: Helen M .. married Selden Granger, of Cleve- land. Ohio: Henry H., died in the civil war : George C., of Marietta, Ohio, married Ida Rice, of Marietta, Ohio: Frank L., succeeded to the homestead: Porter Pliny, mentioned below.
(VII) Porter Pliny, son of Lyman C. Butts, was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga county. New York, February 25. 1838. Like his father he was educated in the public schools, and followed farming for his occu- pation. He was in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. when President Lincoln called for troops and he was one of the first to enlist for the civil war, being in Washington on duty. April 19. 1861. After his term of enlistment, in 1862 expired, he came to Sodus. New York, where he resumed farming. His farm is south of the village of Sodus. He was a member of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He died in 1906. He married Fanny Jane, daugh- ter of Jacob Andrews. Children : Watson Andrews, mentioned below: Henry Porter. born April 8. 1870: Raymond K., February 25. 1873.
(VIII) Watson Andrews, son of Porter Pliny Butts, was born at Sodus. Wayne county, New York, May 16. 1867. He attended the public schools and the Sodus Academy. He then taught school for several terms. In 1887 he came to Fulton as clerk in a shoe store, and continued in that position until 1800. when he formed a partnership with Mr. Shat-
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tuck and bought the F. E. Goodjon store. In February, 1900, he bought out his partner and since then has continued in the retail shoe business without a partner, building up a large and flourishing business. He was president of the Fulton Chamber of Commerce for two years, secretary one year and director for many years. He is a trustee of the Fulton Savings Bank, has served as member of the Fulton board of education. For ten years he has been superintendent of the Sunday school of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member. He is also a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons; of the Masonic Club; the Knights of Pythias, and the Pathfinder Boat Club. In politics he is a Republican.
He married, in 1892, Bertha Adele, born in Michigan, daughter of William and Eliza Rose, of North Rose, New York. Children : Lela Natalie, born May 6, 1900; Porter Will- iam, August 31, 1002; Selden Watson, Octo- ber 21. 1906, died August 18, 1909.
The Winters family was WINTERS prominent in New York prov- ince long before the revolti- tion. According to the first federal census, taken in 1790, there were no less than eigh- teen families of Winters, scattered through the various counties. The names of the heads were: Abijah, Christopher. Isaac (2), Jacob. Joseph (3), Levi, Matthias (2), Michael. Moses. Peter and William ( 2). Five of these families were in Ulster county. There were three Josephs, one in Suffolk county, one in New York City and one in Dutchess county. In Orange county John Winters lived at Hay- erstraw in 1790, and had in his family three males over sixteen, one son under sixteen and two females.
(1) Joseph Winters, of this New York fam- ily, was born. lived and died in Orange county. New York. He lived to the age of ninety-six years and his wife to one hundred and four years. He married Children : By- ram. Joseph. Oscar, Thomas.
(II) Joseph (2). son of Joseph ( I) Win- ters, was born in Orange county. New York, April 2, 1820, died at Smithboro, Tioga town- ship. Tioga county. in 1887. He came to the town of Tioga from Orange county in 1860 and lived there the remainder of his life. He was a farmer, also a general merchant, con- ducted a creamery, and at the time of his
death was postmaster at Tioga Center. In religion he was a Baptist, in politics a Demo- crat. He married (first ) Julia .1., daughter of Isaac Carpenter, of Orange county. Ile married ( second) Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter. sister of his first wife. His widow died in 1903, aged seventy-eight years. Children by first wife: Sarah, born May 1, 1840, married William Cole, of Candor; Judson B., men- tioned below; Joseph E., a physician in New York City. Children by second wife: John, deceased : Julia, born June 15, 1853, married Edward J. Johnson, of Waverly; Edgar, a druggist, of Buffalo, New York; Carrie, married Hiram Horton, of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; Byram Lee, mentioned below ; Kate, born March 18, 1868, married George L. Free- land, of Passaic, New Jersey; Harry B., born October 15, 1870, superintendent of State Farm, Albany.
( III) Judson Beebe, son of Joseph (2) Winters, was born in Minisink, Orange county, New York, April 21. 1844. lle at- tended the publie schools and was a pupil when his father was a teacher. During his boyhood he followed farming, and when a young man taught school. In 1864 he became a bookkeeper in the store of Robert Cameron. After five years with this employer he worked two years in a dry goods store. In 18;1 he took charge of a hotel at Williamsport. Penn- sylvania, the Herdick House, now the Park Hotel, and continued there for four years. In 1875 he returned to Owego and in part- nership with Charles H. Hyde he bought the grocery business of Robert Cameron & Sons and continued the business under the firm name of Hyde & Winters, dealing in groceries and produce. From 1891 tintil 1896 he con- tinued the business alone. After selling ont in 1896 he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. where he leased oil lands and remained for two years in the oil business. In 1898 he went to Montana and engaged in the fire in- surance business until 1905. and since then he has been the proprietor of a flourishing real estate and insurance business at Owego. New York. lle has been active in politics and has been president of the village of Owego. In politics he is a Democrat. lle is a member of the Baptist church.
He married, in 1868, Emily D. Smith, of Smithboro, daughter of James W. and Whi gail (Taylor ) Smith. They have no children. (III ) Byram Lee, son of Joseph ( 2) Win-
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ters, was born at Smithboro, Tioga county, New York, September. 1805. He was edu- cated in the schools of his native town, in the Doylestown Seminary, Pennsylvania, the Peddie Institute, New Jersey, Phillips .Acad- emy, Andover, Massachusetts, and studied law at Columbia University, from which he grad- uated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1888. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in New York City for fourteen years. In 1902 he came to Smithboro to im- prove the old homestead. The farm then con- sisted of 160 acres. From time to time he has added to the acreage until he now has 800 acres under cultivation, supporting a herd of 125 cattle. His dairy is stocked with thor- oughbred registered Holsteins and Jerseys. and is one of the finest in the state. Many of his cows have a record of 1,100 pounds of milk a year. The milk from his dairy is shipped in bottles sealed on the farm and sold as certified by the Kings County Medical Com- mission. He has thoroughly modern barns and all the improved machinery for farm work. Besides his own handsome mansion, he has eight houses on the farm for employees. He makes a specialty of raising seed oats. In IyII he sold a crop of 4,000 bushels for $1.25 a bushel and in the same season raised a thou- sand tons of ensilage and 360 tons of hay. In addition to the care of this farm. Mr. Win- ters is owner and proprietor of The Waverly Free Press. In 1906 he bought The Tioga County Record and The Owego Daily Record and a Waverly newspaper. consolidating the three under the name of The Waverly Free Press-Record. His printing plant includes two linotype machines, three job presses and sev- eral large cylinder presses. His office is one of the best equipped and most modern in ar- rangement and fittings of any of its size in the state. He owns the Waverly Opera House. He is president and one of the larg- est stockholders in the Chamber of Commerce. which has seventy-three acres of land on which the railroads and switches are located in the village of Waverly, and individually he also owns twenty-three acres of this tract. In politics Mr. Winters is a Republican. He represented the district in the assembly at Al- bany in 1905-06. and was renominated by ac- clamation. While in the assembly he served on committees on general laws, military af- fairs and taxation. He is one of the managers of the Rome Custodial Asyhim. He is a mem-
ber of the order of Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Smithboro; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Smithboro, and the Improved Order of Red Men, of Tioga Center. He is a prominent member of the Baptist church.
He married, August 25, 1908, Susan R. Reynolds, of Syracuse, New York, daughter of Dr. Frank and Lucy ( Rapelyea ) Reynolds. They have one child, Byram Lee, Jr., born in Syracuse, New York, July 3, 1911.
John Mark, of an old German MARK family, was born in Altfassen, Germany, February 12, 1819. He came to this country with his parents when he was twenty-nine years old. The family located at South Dansville, Steuben county, New York, where his parents are buried in the Catholic cemetery about three miles from South Dansville village. His father was a farmer at South Dansville, and his son John followed the same occupation. He had a hun- dred acres of land, which he cleared and on which he followed farming all his active life. He was a Roman Catholic in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He was school commis- sioner of the district for a number of years. He was a member of St. John's Society. He died August 12, 1901, and he and his wife were both buried in the Catholic cemetery at Perkinsville, New York.
He married, in 1850, at South Dansville, Anna Marie Derrenbecher, born in Exweiler, Germany, August 5, 1829. died August 26, 1898. She came to this country with her par- ents. John and Helen Derrenbecher. Her par- ents also settled at South Dansville. Chil- dren : Anthony, Margaret, Kate, John Jr .; Jacob, Peter, William, Helen, Mary, Anna, Dr. Alexander, mentioned below.
(II) Dr. Alexander Mark, son of John Mark, was born at South Dansville, Steuben county, New York, August 5. 1872. His boy- hood was spent on his father's farm and he attended the Rogersville Union Seminary, Dansville high school. and the Hornell Busi- ness College, from which he was graduated in 1892. He studied medicine for two years under Dr. J. D. Mitchell at Hornell, New York, and in the fall of 1896 entered the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1899. He began to practice at Osceola, Pennsylvania, in 1899 and continued until 1905 when he came to Elmira. New York, where he has
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practiced since. llis present office is at the corner of Church and Baldwin streets. While a resident of Osceola he served as consulting surgeon at Blossburg Cottage Hospital. Dr. Mark was appointed police and fire department surgeon of Elmira in 1910 for a term of two years, and reappointed in 1912 for two years. He is a member of the Elmira Academy of Medicine, of which he is vice-president ; the Chemung County Medical Society; the New York State Medical Society; the Ameri- can Medical Association. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Columbus and Elks. He is a communicant of St. John's German Catholic Church of Elmira. In politics he is a Democrat.
He married, at Hornell, New York, Janu- ary 9. 1902, Julia Ann Miller, born at Hor- nell, April 2. 1873. daughter of John William and Mary ( Lallmang) Miller, the former of whom is a carpenter by trade. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller : Sophia Elizabeth, Car- rie Rosa, Mary Barbara. Julia Ann, Dorothy Theresa, John Andrew, Alice Magdeline. Frederick Adams. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Mark: 1. Sarah Marie, born at Osceola, De- cember 21, 1902. 2. Isabel Katherine, born at Osceola, January 19, 1904. 3. John Will- iam, born at Elmira, December 6, 1907. 4. James Alexander, born at Elmira, December 31, 19II.
Calvin and Isaac French,
FRENCH brothers, sons of Asher French, came from Norwich. Chenango county, New York, in 1820 or 1821. and settled in what is now Granby, Oswego county. New York, near Lake Neatawanta. Calvin French died there May 4, 1881, leav- ing a son Asher and other children.
(III) Lyman French, grandson of Asher French, came when very young from Nor- wich with the family and settled at Granby. where he cleared a large farm and engaged in farming. He married Eliza Robinson. Children: Henry, who was drowned in the canal: George R .. mentioned below ; Edwin.
(IV) George R., son of Lyman French, was born in Granby Center. New York. He was educated in the district schools of his native town, and followed farming there. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, One Hun- dred and Forty-seventh Regiment. New York Volunteer Infantry. and served two years and nine months in the civil war. He mar-
ried Jane Philpott. Children, born at Granby: Fred J., Frank 11., mentioned be- low; Fanny E.
(V) Frank IL., son of George R. French, was born at Granby Center, Oswego county, New York, April 10, 1863. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. Ile began his business career in a woolen mill at Oriskany, Oneida county, where he was em- ployed until 1884, when he returned to Fulton as clerk in a news store. Afterward he was clerk in a drug store there and for two years returned to the woolen mill. He was travel- ing auditor for the Singer Sewing Machine Company one year. In 1888 he established the meat and provision business at Fulton and since then has conducted it with uniform suc- cess, and his is one of the best markets in the city. He was appointed sealer of weights and measures for Oswego county, December 30, 1909. He is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons; the Bene- volent and Protective Order of Elks; the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and is at present captain of Canton, No. 35. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married. -- , 1888, Mattie MI .. daughter of Peter Margrey.
Captain Robert Babcock, the
BABCOCK immigrant ancestor, was a native of England and set- tled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, before 1048, when he was on the list of proprietors of that town and bought additional land. He was a town officer and captain of the Dorchester military company. He removed to Milton. formerly part of Dorchester. In January, 1674-5. he was living in Sherborn, Massa- chusetts, one of the commoners, and was chosen on a town committee to treat with Cap- tain Gookin in regard to the exchange of lands between Natick and Sherborn. He soon after- ward, probably on account of King Philip's war, returned to Milton. His will. dated No- vember 11, 1694, proved March 7 following, bequeathed to wife Joana, son Nathaniel. grandchild Caleb and son-in-law Henry Vose. Children : Samuel, baptized July 7. 1650; Jo- nathan, baptized March 7, 1651 ; James, bap- tized March 12, 1654: Abigail, baptized April 27, 1656, aged about three months: Nathan iel, born March 14. 1657-8: Caleb, baptized October 21. 1660, aged about two months : Ebenezer, mentioned below ; Hopestill, bap-
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tized November 8, 1063; Hannah, baptized May 28, 1605, aged about three months; Elizabeth, baptized July 14, 1007, aged about six months; Thankful, baptized June 24. 1009. (II) Ebenezer, son of Captain Robert Bab- cock, was baptized July 5, 1003, aged about seven months, and died at Sherborn, Decem- ber 15, 1717. Ile settled in Sherborn about 1711. Children : Abigail, born March 5, 1687 ; Hannah, September 28, 1090, died young ; Hannah, March 25, 1094; Ebenezer, men- tioned below.
(III) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Babcock, was born at Sherborn, Massachu- setts, September 4, 1697, and died October 16, 1773. He married Mehitable Burt, and set- tled at Coventry, Connecticut. Children born at Coventry : William, July 17, 1720, men- tioned below : Dorothy, July 17, 1729; Robert. July 5, 1732; Stephen, born and died May 25. 1728; Abigail, born February 16, 1734-5: Ebe- nezer, July 18. 1740; Daniel, December 30. 1742.
(IV) William, son of Ebenezer (2) Bab- bock, was born at Coventry, Connecticut, July 17, 1726. He married Mary Gates. Children, born at Coventry: Ebenezer, May 8, 1751; Daniel, July 29, 1753; Azubah, June 21, 1755; Hannah, April 2, 1757 ; Roger, mentioned be- low: Martha, December 10, 1700; Jonathan, born at Mansfield, December 8, 1762. Born at Coventry : Susannah, November 9, 1764; Molly, November 16, 1766; Sibbel, December 3. 1768: Jerusha, March 8, 1771 ; Olive, Feb- ruary 13, 1773; Caleb, March 25, 1775.
(V) Roger, son of William Babcock, was born at Coventry, June 9, 1757. According to the first federal census of 1790 he was liv- ing at Coventry, and had in his family two males under sixteen and three females. He was one of the pioneers of Burlington, Ot- sego county, New York. He cleared a farm there in the wilderness, and afterward set- tled at South New Berlin, where he followed farming to the end of his life. He was also a blacksmith, and for many years followed his trade in addition to his agricultural interests. lle died May 11, 1836, in South New Berlin. Ilis wife Thankful died March 9, 1822, aged sixty-six years. Children: 1. Chester. born at Burlington, March 31, 1790; supervisor of New Berlin, a blacksmith by trade; married Sarah G. Fox; nine children. 2. Roger. 3. Alva, mentioned below. At least five other children, probably more. (Census of 1790.)
(VI) Alva, son of Roger Babcock, was born April 19, 1799, in Burlington, New York, and died in South New Berlin, March 1, 1867. He removed from his native town to South New Berlin when a young man, and spent inost of his active life in that town. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was accounted an expert craftsman, especially in the art of tem- pering axes and other edge tools. He was energetic and industrious, and accumulated a competence and raised a large family. In politics he was a Democrat, and for several years was in public office. He served the town of South New Berlin as justice of the peace and as supervisor. He attended the Baptist church. He married ( first ) April 22, 1828, Rebecca Hubbell, born March 8, 1808, died February 18, 1836. He married ( second) April 9, 1837, Isabelle Foote Pratt, born June 19, 1807, died August 16, 1857. Children by first wife: Charles B., born June 9, 1829, died December 19, 1896; Hobart, born January 4, 1832, died September 3, 1890; Grove L., born October 24, 1833. Children by second wife : Linn, mentioned below; Sidney Smith, born January 14, 1842, died August 30, 1866; Adrian ; Francis Ray, born January 11, 1847, died March 4, 1850.
(VII) Linn, son of Alva Babcock, was born at South New Berlin, Chenango county, New York, April 22, 1838, and died at Nor- wich. New York, October 2, 1901. At an early age he evinced great musical ability, and when about fifteen years old he began to study music at Cherry Valley under Professor J. A. Fowler, a noted musician in his day. He began to teach in 1853, and gave instruction on the piano during the next three years at Fort Plain Seminary, Fort Edward Seminary and Hamilton Female Seminary. In 1855 he entered Madison University (now Colgate ), and in 1875 received from this institution the honorary degree of doctor of music. In 1859 Mr. Babcock entered the University of Leip- sic, Germany, and studied there for three
years. During his residence at the university he came to know Rubinstein and other cele- brated men. The elder Steinway took a great interest in his career, and until his death re- mained a faithful friend. When Mr. Babcock returned to his native land, he entered into partnership with his brother Adrian Babcock, and engaged in business as a dealer in pianos, music, etc., with store at South New Berlin. He resumed the teaching of music also, with
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abundant success. In 1870 the firm removed its business to Norwich, New York, and bought a warehouse. The business of the firm flourished in its new location, and the house has continued to the present time among the foremost in its line in this country. In Janu- ary, 1899, Linn H. Babcock, a son, became a partner.
For many years Dr. Babcock was prominent in Democratic politics in the state, and in 1882 was a candidate for congress from this district. Though defeated, as was to be ex- pected, he cut down the normal Republican majority several thousand. He was chair- man of the Democratic county committee twelve years, and for two years was a mem- ber of the Democratic state committee. He was an admirer of Senators Hill and Mur- phy, whose personal friendship he enjoyed. to- gether with that of many other Democratic statesmen and leaders. He ranked among the best and most prominent and influential citi- zens of Norwich. He was always active, ener- getic and progressive notwithstanding physi- cal disabilities that would have brought des- pair to many. He was imbued with patriot- ism and public spirit, gave his support freely to every movement for the public welfare, and advocated always what he believed to be the right side of public questions. His work for the Democratic party will long be remembered in this section. True as steel to his friends, hie was generous and kindly in his relations with all men, and enjoyed the friendship and con- ficence of men of all classes, regardless of politics or other influences that tend to sepa- rate men in active life. He was a communi- cant of Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal church, and for many years a vestryman ; and a member of Norwich Lodge of Free Masons, Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Norwich Commandery, Knights Templar.
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