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(IV) Cornelius, second son of James and Mary ( Buckling) Clarke, was born July 14, 1711, in Newport. He resided for some time in Middletown. Rhode Island, whence he re- moved about 1770 to East Greenwich, same colony. He married, December 24, 1741, Pa- tience Carter, of Portsmouth, who died be- tween August 17 and November 30, 1805. It is probable that her husband had made ample provision for his sons, as she mentions none of them in her will, which provides in detail for the division of her personal property among her daughters and granddaughters. Children: Ann, Ruth, James, Silas, William, Peleg, Matthew. Phebe, Mary, Patience.
(\') Peleg, fourth son of Cornelius and Patience ( Carter) Clarke, was born about 1752 in Middletown, died October 28, 1837. He married. in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, March II. 1784, Martha, daughter of James Boone, who is said to have been a brother to the famous Daniel Boone, of Ken- tucky. She was born July 28, 1762, died Au- gust 8. 1835. Children : Sarah, born June
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15, 1785, died March 23, 1864 ; Ruth, June 22, 1787 : Mary, July 14, 1790, died May 22, 1831; Hannah, November 30, 1792; Patience, April I. 1794 : Joseph, October 4, 1801, died Novem- ber 23, 1808; Anstis, January 4, 1804, died January 5, 1865.
(VI) Anstis, sixth daughter of Peleg ( 2) and Martha ( Boone) Clarke, was born Janu- ary 4, 1804. in Newport. She married, Feb- ruary 15, 1820, Robert Crandall Ellis, of Dry- den, New York (see Ellis VI).
RAY Ra, Ray or Rae is a very ancient personal name, perhaps derived or- iginally from rae, the Scotch form of roe, a deer. In Anglo-Saxon times, Ra, Rae and Ray were used as baptismal or chris- tian names and the Gaelic form MacRae ( Mc- Rae, etc.) came into use and the family be- came very numerous. Ray is the most com- mon spelling, but Rae and Rea are still found in use. The estate of Gill in the parish of Bromfield, county Cumberland, belonged to the family of Reay or Ray from the time of William the Lion, King of Scotland, who died in 1214. Tradition says that the original Ray was a faithful adherent of the Scottish mon- arch, by whom he was greatly esteemed for his extraordinary swiftness of foot in pursuing deer (which like that of the Homeric hero, exceeded that of most horsemen and gods) and gave him the estate. The tenure was a peppercorn rent, with the stipulation that the name of William should be perpetuated in the family. This was strictly observed from gen- eration to generation, until the latter half of the eighteenth century, when the William Ray or Reay in possession gave to the "hope of the house" the name of John. From these Rays have sprung most, if not all, the Rays, Wreys and Raes in England, and also the Rays, Wrays, Reas and Raes, it is believed in the United States. There were several Le Rays in the Hundred Rolls. In England the family of Ray is prominent in Berwick, Lin- coln, Suffolk, Derby, Gloucester. The oldest Ray coat-of-arms seems to be: Quarterly or and azure on a bend gules, three fleur-de-lis or. The Rea or Ree family, prominent in London and Worcestershire, bear : Azure a bezant four crescents argent. Crest : Out of a mural coronet argent a dragon's head azure. The Rae family has seats at Esk Grove, Mid- lothian, Scotland. The only Scotch coat-of- arms of the Rae family is given by Burke:
Vert three stags courant argent. Crest : .1 stag at gaze proper. Supporters: Dexter, a stag ; sinister, a lion; both proper. Motto: In omnia promptus. A branch of the Ray family in England bears: Per cross argent and azure on a bend gules three fleur-de-lis of the first. Crest: A mountain cat courant guard proper.
Several pioneers came to New England be- fore 1650. Simon Ray settled at Braintree, where he died September 30, 1641; his son Simon settled at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, and is the progenitor of a numerous family of Block Island and vicinity. Caleb Ray settled in Boston and died there, leaving a son Caleb ; was a member of the Second Church of Boston. A David Ray, baptized at Forfarshire, Scotland, owned the covenant at Charlestown, September 26, 1696; his son Samuel, born August 29, 1607, married, Oc- tober 24, 1723. in Boston, Mary Fullerton.
(I) Daniel Ray, immigrant ancestor of this family, was doubtless brother of Caleb Ray, of Boston, and probably also of Simon Ray, of Braintree. Tradition has it that he was Scotch, but few came to the colonies at the time he came except from England. The family was prominent in Galloway, Caithness and Ayrshire, Scotland, for many centuries, and since 1612 in the Scotch counties of Ire- land. There are reasons for believing that Daniel Ray came from Suffolkshire, England, though he may have been of Scotch ancestry. He settled in Plymouth colony in 1630, or earlier, and bought land of Anthony Anna- ble, but soon afterward removed to Massachu- setts Bay Colony, settling at Salem before February 6, 1631-32, according to a letter from Governor Bradford to Governor Win- throp of that date. The descendants of Dan- iel in Essex county have followed the spelling Rea, but those who left that section in most cases have adopted Ray, which is nearly uni- versal in the families descended from Caleb and Simon, the other immigrants. Daniel Ray became a prominent citizen of Salem ; was admitted a freeman, May 14, 1634; was proprietor of the town in 1636, and held vari- ous town offices ; removed to Salem Village, now Danvers, in 1662. His wife, Bethia, sur- vived him. He died before completing his will, but an agreement of his heirs, dated June 26, 1662, is in accordance with the pro- visions he made therein, signed by his son Joshua and his son ( Joshua's) Daniel; the
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daughters, Rebecca and Sarah Rea and Bethia Lothrop. Children: 1. Joshua, mentioned be- low. 2. Rebecca. 3. Sarah. 4. Bethia, died December 6, 1686; married (first ) Captain Thomas Lothrop, who was killed September 18, 1075, at Bloody Brook, in King Philip's war: married (second) Joseph Grafton ; ( third ) William Goodhue.
(11) Joshua, son of Daniel Ray, or Rea. was born in England probably. and diel at Salem Village, now Danvers, in 1710. Ac- cording to various depositions he stated his age incorrectly, making his birth year in one case 1626, in another 1031, and another in 1637. lle was admitted to the First Church of Salem in 1668; freeman, May 3. 1655. He married. February 26, 1051, Sarah Waters, who died May 19, 1700, aged seventy years. He and his wife were among the original members of the church of Salem Village. In 1603 he was keeping a tavern. Children, born at Salem and Salem Village: 1. Samuel (not recorded. but found with the family at Dan- vers). 2. Daniel, born March 30, 1654, died March 5. 1714-15. 3. Rebecca. September 4, 1656; married (first) Samuel Stevens, who was killed September 18. 1675, at Bloody Brook: married (second) Simon Horne. 4. Sarah, died young. 5. Sarah, June 4, 1661 ; married Thomas Haynes: settled in Salem, West Jersey. 6. Bethia, January 3. 1662: married Joseph Gould. 7. Joshua, August 6. 1664 : married Elizabeth Leach. 8. John, May 23. 1060. 9. Hannah, August, 1667.
(111) John, fourth son of Joshua and Sarah ( Waters) Ray, was born May 23, 1666, in Salem, where his early years were spent and where he lost two wives. John Ray, of Sa- lem, appears at Preston. Connecticut, April 22. 1718. on which day he married Abigail Her- rick. born June 15, 1701. in Beverly, second daughter of Lieutenant Stephen and Elizabeth (Trask) Herrick, of Salem. The Herrick family is descended from Robert Eyricke, of Houghton, England, who lived in 1550, and whose descendant in the fourth generation, Henry, son of Sir William and Joen ( May) Herrick, was born 1604, at Beau Manor, in the county of Leicester, England. He was named by command of Prince Henry. eldest son of James I., and had various titled spon- sors. He went early to Virginia, but soon settled at Salem, Massachusetts, where he be- came a member of the First Church in 1629, together with his wife Edith. He purchased
several farms and settled his sons about him, his homestead being in what is now Beverly. His third son, Ephraim Herrick, was baptized February 11. 1638, in Salem ; married, in 1661, Mary Cross, and died September 8, 1693, in Beverly. Lieutenant Stephen, son of Ephraim and Mary ( Cross) Herrick, was the father of Abigail Herrick, previously alluded to as the wife of John Ray. The latter's name is usu- ally spelled in the records Rea. Children, all born in Preston: Elizabeth, February 20, 1719: Abigail, May . 1721. died 1726; Lydia. April 3. 1724: Abigail, May 9, 1726, married. January 27, 1744, Isaac Burton ; John, March 20, 1729; Gideon, mentioned below : Daniel, May 29. 1733: Sarah, February 5. 1736; Mary, September 4, 1738: Stephen, March 24. 1742. died 1746. The mother Abigail died January 1, 1747.
(IV) Gideon, second son of John and Abi- gail ( Herrick) Ray, was born March 10, 1731, in Preston, and undoubtedly lived in that town, but no further mention of him appears in its records.
(V) Stephen, son of Gideon Ray. does not appear in the records of Preston. According to the authority of his descendant. Rev. Charles Walker Ray. D.D., of Philadelphia. he was the son of Gideon Ray, and the father of Jabez G. Ray, next mentioned.
(\1) Jabez G .. son of Stephen Ray, was born March 28, 1784. in Preston. He became a tailor, residing in various sections. For a time he lived in North Stonington, Connecti- cut : was subsequently in Preston, same state, whence he removed about 1812 to Burlington Flats in Otsego county, New York, where he purchased a tract of land. While waiting for the perfection of his title, he went to Lenox. New York, now Canastota, to work at his trade. Within a short time he was taken ill and died. Ile married, in Connecticut, Hannah York, born March 24, 1783, in Ston- ington, Connecticut. Children : 1. Sally, mar- ried - Eggleston. 2. Asher Miner, men- tioned below. 3. Stephen A., died December 30, 1910, at the age of ninety-five years ; he was a scholarly and an unusual man for the times ; was endowed with a vigorous intellect, which had he enjoyed the advantages of later days would have made him a brilliant mathe- matician ; was prepared for teaching and for land surveying, which occupations he followed for many years with marked success; was also elected to the office of town superintend-
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ent of schools ; long before the international date line was established he recognized and tried to make others understand the existence of a meridian where day begins; his was a deeply spiritual nature ; he was a Bible student, but did not see his way clear to join any church organization; was wont to say: "lf the pure in heart shall see God, surely this soul, that has closely followed the Master's precepts, will behold him face to face." 4. Lucy, married Brundage.
(\'ll) Asher Miner, elder son of Jabez G. and Lucy ( York ) Ray, was born June 1, 1805. in North Stonington, or Preston, and died in Binghamton, New York, September 19. 1887. He was a child when his parents removed to the state of New York, and after his father's death went to live in Connecticut with his grandfather, James York. There he received an education and worked on a farm as a young
man. After his marriage he removed to Ot- sego county, and settled upon the land pur- chased by his father at Burlington Flats. After a time he entered the employ of Charles Walker, who operated a large dis- tillery at Burlington, and continued with him twelve years, during most of which period he was manager of the establishment for Mr. Walker. With the latter he went to Chicago and was urged to invest in real estate there. Not liking the country, however, he returned to Otsego county, and remained until about 1842, when he removed to Otselic, Chenango county. New York. Here he purchased a farm of one hundred acres near Beaver Meadow. He also bought a saw mill and store, and for many years was very active in various movements pertaining to the growth and welfare of the town. He was a strong Democrat in political principle, but was elected and served as justice of the peace and magis- trate for twenty-six years in Otselic, which was a Republican stronghold. Late in life he removed to Randallsville, Madison county, and was again elected justice of the peace and magistrate, serving ten years. While residing in Otsego county he was for many years col- onel of the militia. He was an active mem- ber of the Baptist church in which he served many years as deacon. Soon after 1881 he removed to Binghamton to reside with his children and there died as above noted.
He married, December 9, 1824. Melissa P. Gray, born September 17, 1806, in North Stonington, died January 19, 1881. Children :
1. Melissa Mary, born November 17, 1825, (lied April 11, 1903; married (first ) Marvin 1. Wedge: (second) Aaron Blackman; she had one daughter Ella, and two sons, Arthur and Ernest : Ella married Legrand Harris and lives at White Store, Chenango county, New York; she had two daughters who married brothers, Cope by name. 2. Celinda, Novem- ber 9, 1828, died October 18, 1907: married E. T. Calkins, and had daughters. Alice and Minnie, Alice Calkins married Clinton H. Stowell, of Lebanon. New York, and has one son, George La Fayette. 3. Charles Walker, February 20, 1832 ; is a retired Baptist clergy- man. residing in Germantown, Pennsylvania : he married Julia T., daughter of Bishop Shef- field, and had sons, Arthur, now deceased, and llal Sheffield, now general passenger agent of the Rock Island railroad. 4. Eliza A., April 2. 1839. died December 18, 1908; married ( first ) Daniel Tallett ; ( second ) De Witt Fre- denburg ; she left a son, Charles Tallett. 5. Emma Orlina, March 18, 1842: married ( first ) James Van Patten : (second ) Jason C. Brown: she had children, Emma ( deceased ) ; Mary: Ray, died at eighteen years; Nellie and Charles. Emma married Harry Bowman, of Kirkwood, New York: Mary married Charles Forward, of Madison, New York : he died in 1910, and she now resides in Bing- hamton, New York: Nellie married John Eisenhart. of Binghamton : Charles, married and lives in Canon City, Colorado. 6. George Washington, mentioned below. 7. John L., May 30, 1846: educated in the common schools and at Norwich, New York Academy ; was ordained to the ministry at the age of twenty years, and later was graduated from Madison University ( now Colgate College ), at Hamilton, New York: after a continuous and successful pastorate of forty years, he. on account of ill health, resigned from First Baptist Church, Norwich, New York, in April, 1012; he is unmarried, and resides in Nor- wich, New York. 8. William W., May 17. 1849. died July 13. 1897: he married Anna Truman, and had a son Truman Kay.
(VIII) George Washington, second son of Asher Miner and Melissa P. (Gray ) Ray, was born February 3. 1844, in Otselic. Hle re- ceived his primary education in the common and private schools and in the Norwich Acad- emy. He enlisted as a soldier of the civil war in September. 1864. being assigned to Company B, Ninetieth New York Volunteer
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Infantry, and served until the close of the war, being most of the time in the Shenan- dloah Valley. This regiment was attached to the First Brigade, First Division, Ninetieth Army Corps, and during most of his service Mr. Ray was detailed a brigade clerk. After his discharge he completed his studies in Norwich Academy, and in 1866 took up the study of law in the office of Hon. Elizur H. Prindle, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. For a year thereafter he was associated with the law firm of Prindle & Knapp, after which he engaged in practice alone. He rapidly gained recognition as an able counselor and pleader at the bar, and was employed in many important cases of litigation. He early be- came interested in political movements, and soon established an invaluable reputation as a polished orator. He is a ready talker on any subject and a formidable debater, a lover of literature and a patriotic citizen, and an able attorney whose counsel was sought in his own and adjacent counties. Mr. Ray soon came to exercise an extensive influence in both politics and law. In 1881 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent his dis- trict in the forty-eighth congress, and in 1890 was again returned to that body, serving con- tinuously in the fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty- fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses, resigning in September, 1902, to go upon the bench. At this time President Roosevelt appointed him a judge of the fed- eral court for the northern district of New York, an appointment which met the appro- bation of the entire bench and bar and the citizens generally of Chenango county. While in the national house of representatives he was distinguished as a conservator of the interests of the Empire State, and rapidly gained notice from men of all parties. In the latter part of his service he was chairman of the judiciary committee and was active in for- mulating the present bankruptcy laws. His course upon the bench has been distinguished by fairness and impartiality, and when not needed in his district he is assigned to hear- ing important cases in New York City, where he is highly regarded by the ablest members of the bar. Judge Ray is a charter member of the E. B. Smith Post, No. 83, Grand Army of the Republic, and prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Norwich Lodge, No. 302, Free and Accep- ted Masons, Harmony Chapter, No. 151,
Royal Arch Masons, and Norwich Command- ery, No. 46, Knights Templar. He has at- tained the thirty-second degree, and has been elected to the thirty-third degree of Masonry. He is also a member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Im- proved Order of Red Men and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a friend of public education, and for twenty-six years has been a member of the board of education of Norwich, serving eight years as president of the board. He is also president of the library board and chairman of its board of trustees.
He married, June 28, 1871, Mary Johnson, born August 24, 1844, in Pitcher, New York, daughter of John Jewett and Jane L. ( Pierce) Johnson, of North Pitcher (see Johnson VIII).
(IX) Jewett Johnson, only child of George W. and Mary (Johnson) Ray, was born Au- gust 1, 1872, in Norwich, New York. He was educated in the local schools, graduating from the high school in 1893. As a young man he served as clerk of the invalid pensions and judiciary committees of the national house of representatives, and on returning to Norwich was appointed agent of the United States Express Company. He resigned this position to accept that of postmaster of the city of Norwich, to which he was appointed by President Roosevelt, April 1, 1905, and was reappointed in 1909. Since taking this office Mr. Ray has greatly improved the serv- ice, having secured additional mails and in- creased the number of carriers for local de- livery.
He is popular with the citizens of Nor- wich, and his administration receives the approval of the department at Washington. Mr. Ray is active in official and civic affairs and is affiliated with the various local branches of the Masonic fraternity, with Katurah Tem- ple of the Mystic Shrine, of Binghamton, and Norwich Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is assistant foreman of Alert Hose Company; is a director of Che- nango National Bank, and extensively inter- ested in agriculture. He is regarded as a leader of political sentiment in the community. and served three years as chairman of the Re- publican county committee.
Mr. Ray married, November 4, 1905, Lena, daughter of Frank P. Hakes, of Cortland, New York (see Hakes VII). Their son,
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George Washington, was born March 21, John, Robert, Thomas and William. Chil- 1908. dren : (The Johnson Line). I. Robert, graduated at Harvard in 1645, died January 24, 1650, at Rowley, Mas- saclmisetts ; unmarried. 2. Thomas, died in- married. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Wil- liam, born about 1620, died 1702.
There were many immigrants of this name very early in New England, and all were pro- genitors of numerous thrifty and worthy de- scendants. The colony of Connecticut re- ceived some of these, and the name is now prominent and very frequently met in the state which succeeded that colony. Some of these have been identified with the settlement of New York, and have worthy representatives in various sections of that state.
(I ) Robert Johnson, a founder of New Ha- ven, came from a distinguished family of Lei- cestershire. England. Of this family the best known was Robert Johnson ( son of Maurice Johnson, alderman of Stanford, Lincolnshire ). graduate and fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, canon of Windsor in 1572 and archdeacon of Leicester in 1591. He founded two schools and two hospitals in Rutlandshire, all of which he endowed. He was also benefactor to the preachers of St. Paul's Cross, Upping. His school at Uppingham still remains in charge of the Johnson family. It reached distinc- tion in late years under Dr. Thwing. In 1884 Woolsey Johnson, M. D., of New York City, one of the descendants of Robert Johnson, of New Haven, visited the school at Upping- ham and was received with honors as being of the family of the founder, though the first of the Johnsons of America to visit the school was Rev. Samuel Johnson, D. D., who was there in 1724. This incident shows the direct connection of Robert Johnson, of New Haven, with the old archdeacon of the days of Good Queen Bess. The archdeacon also endowed two scholarships in his school, and they are still maintained by the Johnson family. Abra- ham Johnson, son of the archdeacon, lived at Clipsham, Rutlandshire, and he had two sons who came to America, Robert and Isaac. Isaac, the elder, was governor of the Upping- ham school; married Lady Arabella Fiennes. daughter of the Earl of Lincoln, and they came to America with Winthrop in the ship named "Lady Arabella." The sad fate of this young couple is well known. She sickened and died from the effects of the climate and lack of comforts, and he was killed within three months afterward. Robert Johnson came to Boston in 1637 from Kingston-on- Hull, England, where he had been in busi- ness, bringing his wife Adlin and four sons,
(II) John, third son of Robert and Adlin Johnson, was probably born in England be- fore 1630, and resided in New Haven, where his estate was probated in 1687-89. The rec- ords show that he was an extensive holder of and dealer in lands. He married, September 30, 1651, Hannah, daughter of John and Han- nah Parmelee, of Guilford, Connecticut. Children : David, Samuel, Hannah, died young, Hannah, John, Sarah, Ruth, Abigail, Daniel.
(III) John (2), third son of John ( 1) and Hannah ( Parmelee) Johnson, was born Au- gust 27, 1661, in New Haven. He resided in Westfield, then a part of that town, where he had his grandfather's homestead in the Yorkshire quarter, on what is now York street. His will was made December 10, 1712, and his widow was made administratrix on the first Monday of February, 1731. He mar- ried, March 2, 1685, Mabel ( sometimes writ- ten Mehitable ), daughter of Edward Grannis, and his second wife, Hannah, daughter of John Wakefield. She resided in New Haven in 1729: was in Middletown in 1732, and in Branford in 1738. Children: John, Thomas, Anne, Sarah, Daniel, Joseph, Benjamin, Rob- ert, James, Mehitable, Hannalı.
(IV) James, youngest son of John (2) and Mabel (Grannis) Johnson, was born Septem- ber, 1703, in New Haven. He resided for a short time in Lebanon, Connecticut, whence he removed in 1724-25 to Chatham, Connecti- cut, and there died March 18, 1743. His wife's name was Anna, and they had children : James, John, Caleb, Ann, Elizabeth. Joseph.
(V) Caleb, third son of James and Anna Johnson, resided in Chatham, and in old age lived in Burlington, New York, where he and his wife were buried. He served in General Spencer's second regiment during the siege of Boston ; enlisted May 5. 1775. discharged De- cember 19. 1775. He married, September 19, 1745, Mary Cook, and they had children : Jo- seph, Elisha, Ira, Harris, John, Mary.
(VI) John, fifth son of Caleb and Mary (Cook) Johnson, was born about 1758, in Chatham, died June 28, 1842, in that town. He served in the Lexington alarm. He mar-
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ried (first ), October 31, 1771. Lois Brainerd, born September 15. 1753, in Chatham, died June 29, 1833, second daughter of Othniel and Lucy ( Swaddle ). Brainerd. He married ( second ), June 26. 1836, Mrs. Mary Bailey, widow of Solomon Bailey and daughter of Marcus and Phebe ( Scoville ) Cole, born 1761, died March 23, 1857. Children : Phebe Brainerd, Lois, Lucy, Nancy, Liva, Jared. Enos.
(VII) Enos, youngest child of John and Lois ( Brainerd ) Johnson, was born March 21. 1786, in East Hampton. He was a farmer residing in Burlington, New York, later in North Pitcher an | South Otselic. He was a Universalist in religion. He married, Septem- ber 23. 1810, Anna Parmelee, born June 25. 1785. died at South Otselic. New York. Sep- tember 24. 1858, daughter of John Parmelee. who was born May 17. 1761, and married at Chatham, Connecticut, March 28, 1782, Lucy Annable, born November 29. 1763. John Parmelee was descended from John Parmelee, who with his wife, Hannah, came among forty heads of families to Guilford, Connecticut, in 1639. He was probably a native of the Isle of Guernsey. His son, John (2), born 1618. in England, was made freeman of Guilford, in 1650. and his third wife, Hannah, was the mother of all except one of his children. These were: John, Joshua, Isaac. Hannah, Stephen. Joab. Caleb, Priscilla, Joel. Joshua, third son of John (2) and Hannah Parme- lee, was the father of Jonathan Parmelee, who married Sarah Taylor, and was the father of Bryan Parmelee, who married, November 13, 1755, Rebecca Cone. They were the parents of John Parmelee, whose daughter Anna be- came the wife of Enos Johnson. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson: Lucy Ann, John Jewett, Lois Louisa, Enos.
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