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(VIII) Dr. Raymond Livermore (Van Marter) Prentice, son of Edson and Emma (Livermore) Van Marter, and a descendant of the line herein traced, was adopted by his mother's sister and her husband, after his mother died, and his name changed by his foster parents, William Goodspeed and Amelia
(Livermore ) Prentice, to Prentice. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town, and studied medicine at the Hahne- man Medical College of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1908. He located in Tully, New York, in the same year, and has since then practiced medicine in that town. He is a member of the state and county medi- cal societies, and of the Knights of Maccabees. He married, 1908, Marion, daughter of Rich- ard Harkinson, of Philadelphia.
(The Van Marter Line).
(I) Jan Gysbertsen Van Meteren, Van Meter, Van Metre, or, as it would be in Eng- lish, John (son of Gilbert) Van Metre, was in all likelihood a son of Gilbert, brother of Jan Joosten (Van Metre). Such is the tra- dition and we know that Jan named a son Gilbert.
Jan Gysbertsen Van Meteren, Van Meter, or Van Metre, is said to have immigrated from Bommell, province of Gelderland, Hol- land, to New Amsterdam, in 1663, bringing with him a son, Kryn Jansen Van Meteren, born, it is believed, in Bommell, March IO, 1650. The compilers of the various records at New Utrecht, Long Island, state that Jan Gysbertsen settled there in 1663. He was an inhabitant and taxpayer of New Utrecht in 1675-76. 1683. 1698, and doubtless in the meantime and before and afterward. He was a magistrate in 1673: deacon of the Dutch church in 1683. After 1698 his name disap- pears from that locality, but reappears at Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, then the province of East Jersey, whence he is supposed to have come that year. He is presumed to have married in that place his second wife, Hester, daughter of James Gro- ver Jr., of Middletown, in whose will, dated March 18, 1714-15, mention is made of his son-in-law. John Gysbertsen. Jan Gysbertsen and wife Esther of Monmouth county mort- gaged land to Gerardus Beekman, of Kings county, New York, November 19, 1700, on their land in Monmouth county, one hundred and forty-nine acres, adjoining land of Cap- tain John Bowne on Hope river. In the in- ventory of the estate of this Captain John Bowne, of Mattewan, Middletown township, filed April 9. 1716, the name of John Ghis- berson occurs as a mortgagor and also the names of Cryne Jansen, John Van Metre and
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Thomas Shepherd, all of whom were debtors to the estate.
(II) Kreign. son of Jan Gysbertsen Van Meteren, was the only son of whom we have knowledge. His name is variously spelled Quryn, Kryn, Chrine, Crynonce, Cryne, and probably in many other ways favored by the simple spellers of his day. He settled at New Utrecht with his father, and married there, September 9, 1683, Neeltje Van Cleef. He purchased Thomas Jans' new farm in New Utrecht, March 25, 1675. for two thousand gilders. He was a taxpayer there from 1675 to 1709 ; member of the Dutch church, 1677; deacon, 1699. He removed to Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1709, and died there March 10, 1720. His wife died there January I, 1747. Children: Jan, born April 26, 1687 ; John, April 17, 1688; Ida, Au- gust 24, 1691 ; Gysbert, February 24, 1694; Engleteje, September 30, 1696: Benjamin, January 22, 1702; Cornelia, May 24, 1704; Cyrenius, August 28, 1706; Joseph, February 5, 1710.
(III) John Van Meter. or Van Marter, as his descendants are called, was born at New Utrecht, April 17, 1688. He married, Oc- tober 17, 1717, Ida, daughter of Ruyk Hen- dricksen Van Suydam. Her father was lieu- tenant of Flatbush troop in 1715 : deeded land to his son-in-law in Middletown, June 6, 1727. John Van Marter was a communicant of the Dutch church of Freehold in 1713 and deacon in 1739. He died January 10, 1761. Children : Cryn (Jan), born September 28, 1718; Ryck, April 16, 1720: Gilbert, January 14. 1722; Janetje, baptized October 29, 1724; Nealtje, baptized August 14, 1728: Marija, January 7, 1731 : Eyda, February 12, 1733; John, Feb- ruary 1, 1735; Cornelia, July 4, 1737 ; Cor- nelius, August 14, 1739; Geertje, November 27, 1744. John Van Marter's will, dated March 7, 1758, and proved April 1, 1761, gives the names of wife and children in the following form and order: "Widow Eitje ; sons-Chrineyonce, Richard, Gusbert, John ; daughters-Youmachie Sutphen Vally van Lery ; Eitje Sutphen, Mary, Caty, Hune and Charity." The will provided that the son John be supported by Gusbert (Gilbert ) as long as he lived.
(IV) Gilbert, son of John Van Marter, was born January 14, 1722. He lived in Mon- mouth county, New Jersey.
(VI) Gilbert Van Marter, descendant of
the above, probably grandson of Gilbert Van Marter, lived during most of his life, if not all, near Lodi, New York, between Cayuga and Seneca lakes. He married Clarissa Bailey. Children : Elum, John, Isaac, Judson, Sally Ann, Mary Ann, Betsey.
(VHI ) John, son of Gilbert Van Marter, was born in 1826 near Lodi, New York. He was a carpenter and builder and during the later years of his life was engaged in farming in Genoa and Venice, New York. He mar- ried Diana Shaver, born 1827 at North Lans- ing, New York, daughter and youngest of the twelve children of Benjamin and Mary (Lou- (ler ) Shaver. Mary Louder was born 1778-79. Benjamin Shaver is said to have been a nephew of Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode Island, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Children of John and Diana Van Marter: I. Albert Benjamin, born at Gro- ton, New York, January 15. 1848; learned the trade of carpentering, stair building, hand carving and engraving and was in this busi- ness in Auburn, New York, for twenty years ; resides (19II) in Moravia : a Republican in politics ; member of First Congregational Church of Moravia : married ( first ), at Genoa, June II, 1873, Emna A. Miller, of Venice, born August 20, 1848, died March II, 1903 : (second) Carrie A. Brigden, born June 17, 1865. 2. Mary Helen, at Venice, March 13, 1857 : married Alpheus Hutchinson, of Mo- ravia. 3. Edson John, mentioned below. 4. Clarence Burdett, at Venice, September 6. 1859, deceased. 5. Alida May, at Genoa, No- vember 3. 1869: married Frederick Moss, of Auburn.
(VIII ) Edson John, son of John Van Mar- ter, was born in Venice. Cayuga county, New York, April 27, 1858. and is thought to have lost his life in the San Francisco fire. He was a gifted inventor and made a number of important improvements in automobiles. He married (first ) Emma. daughter of David Livermore, of Berkshire, New York : she died July 12, 1880. He married ( second ) Mary Titus. Child by first wife. Dr. Raymond Liv- ermore ( Prentice by adoption, see Prentice VIII). Children by second wife: Lena and Grove, who died in infancy.
John Sawyer, father of the SAWYER immigrant, was a farmer in Lincolnshire, England. where he is supposed to have been a landholder also.
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He had three sons: William, Edward and Thomas, who left England on a ship com- manded by Captain Parker and settled in Massachusetts about 1636.
(II) Edward, son of John Sawyer, brought over with him from England his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Peaseley, and their children, Mary, Henry, James, mentioned be- low. They settled first in Ipswich and then in Rowley. Massachusetts.
( III ) Jares, son of Edward Sawyer, was born in England and came to Ipswich with his father. He was a weaver by trade and set- tled in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he died May 31. 1703. One authority says that he is doubtless son of Edward, while another having :ear hed the records of Ipswich, was unable to verify this. The diary of a clergy- man tells of meetings held at the house of James, also of his being present at the death of a daughter there. The records show that his first wife was Martha. In 1677 the Gloucester records show that a son Nathaniel was born to him and his wife Sarah, and in his will dated May 25. 1703, he mentioned his wife Sarah, and his children. He married ( second) Sarah Bray, born 1651. died April 24. 1727. Children, named in will: Thomas ; John, mentioned below ; Nathaniel, born 1677 ; Abraham, 1685; Isaac, 1684: Jacob, 1687; James, 1691: Mary, married William Ring ; Sarah. 1693.
(IV) John (2), son of James Sawyer, was born in 1676, died in 1760. In 1719 he moved with his family to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and was buried in the graveyard at Meeting House Hill. Cape Elizabeth. His store there was standing at a recent date. In 1719 the town granted him the privilege of the ferry on the cape side and he kept it many years. He married, February 20, 1701. Rebecca Stanford. Children: Job. Sarah, Mary, Re- becca, Bethiah, John, Jonathan, Daniel, Jo- seph, mentioned below.
(V) Joseph, son of John (2) Sawyer, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, May 7. I711, died March 31, 1800. He went with his parents to Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth. Maine, in 1719. The York county records show that he was appointed special justice of the court of common pleas, December 27. 1734. April 8, 1743. special justice of superior court in 1749, and judge of the inferior court. September 11, 1765. He married Joanna. daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Cobb, of
Cape Elizabeth. Ebenezer Cobb was born April 10, 1688, died October 28, 1731, SO11 of Jonathan Cobb, born April 10, 1660, mar- ried, March 1, 1682, Hope Chipman. Jona- than Cobb was son of Elder Henry Cobb. who died in 1675, and his second wife, Sarah (Hinckley) Cobb, daughter of Samuel Hinck- ley. Hope ( Chipman ) Cobb was daughter of Elder John Chipman, born 1621, died April 7. 1708, son of Thomas and Hope ( Howland) Chipman. Hope Howland was daughter of John Howland, who came in the "Mayflower" and died 1673, and Elizabeth ( Tilley ) How- land, who also came in the "Mayflower" and died in 1687. Her father. John Tilley, and his wife, who is supposed to have been a daughter of Governor Carver. came in the "Mayflower," and the records show that they died in 1621. Children of Joseph Sawyer : Ebenezer, Mary, Lemuel, James, Jabez, John, Rachel, Mercy. Rebecca.
(\'II) Thomas Sawyer, of the Falmouth (Portland) family, was grandson or a near relative of Joseph Sawyer (V). Among his children was Captain Abel, mentioned below. The Falmouth records are meagre. The church records show the marriages 1743 to 1752 of Josiah, Jeremiah, Samuel and Solo- mon Sawyer. Some branches of the family are given in "Ridleon's Saco . Valley His- tory.'
(VIII ) Captain Abel Sawyer, son of Thom- as Sawyer, was born in what is now Port- land, Maine, and died 1870-75. aged sixty- two years. He was a master mariner, the owner of his own vessel sailing to India around Cape Horn. In politics he was a Re- publican after that party was formed. In re- ligion he was a Swedenborgian. He married Sarah Ann Giveen, of Brunswick, Maine, a descendant in the maternal line of the Pen- nells. They had twelve children. among whom were: John, died at sea : Sarah : Rob- ert. died in California ; William Hayden ; Abel Hargrave, the youngest, mentioned be- low. Others died young. Sarah Ann (Giv- een) Sawyer was well educated, being a pu- pil in her youth in a private school kept by Miss Salucia Abbott, a sister of John S. C. Abbott, the author, and of Jacob Abbott, the historian.
(IX) Abel Hargrave, son of Captain Abel Sawyer, was born at Portland. Maine, July 13. 1846. died at Boston, Massachusetts, in January. 1911. He attended the public schools
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of Portland and the College du Havre at Havre. France, and the Liverpool Institute. England. He began in carly manhooddl a not- able business career. Until 1888 he was in the wholesale grocery business in Portland. From that time until he died he was a co.n- mission merchant in Boston. Ile was a man of magnetic personality and widely known and popular throughout New England. He had taken the thirty-second degree in Scottish Rite Masonry, and was a member of lodge, chapter, council and Portland Commandery. In youth he was confirmed in the Sweden- borgian church, but afterward became a Uni- tarian. He married, December -5, 1873, Eve- lina Jessie, born April 28. 1853. daughter of Hannibal and Lucy Ann ( Brett ) Belcher. She and her mother are living together at Riverbank Court, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her mother is a lineal descendant of John and Priscilla Alden in two lines. She is now (1912) ninety-six years old (see Belcher VHI). Children of Abel 11. and Evelina J. Sawyer: 1. Philip Brett, mentioned below. 2. Frederica, born July 6, 1879 : married, Oc- tober 24, 1906, Stafford D'Oyly Noble, of the firm of Sawyer, Noble & Co., investment bank- ers of Elmira. New York ; children : Phyllis, born August 8, 1908, died August 8, 1909 : Shirley Evelina, born June 29, 1910. 3. Lucy Belcher, born December 8, 1880.
(X) Philip Brett. son of Abel Hargrave Sawyer, was born at Farmington, Maine, July 13, 1875. He attended the public schools of Portland until he was twelve years old. when his parents removed to Boston. He fitted for college at the Roxbury Latin School and en- tered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1898. After an extensive European tour he entered the bank- ing house of F. H. Rollirs & Son of Boston, representing the firm throughout New York state. In 1904 he engaged in business as junior partner of the firm of Crocker & Saw- ver. dealers in bonds and investment securi- ties. Elmira, New York. In 1906 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Sawyer became a rep- resentative of the firm of Baker, Ayling & Company, bankers, of Boston. In 1908 Mr. Stafford D. Noble joined him in partnership, under the firm name of Sawyer, Noble & Co., making a specialty of high grade bonds for investment and dealing in local se- curities, with offices in Elmira. This firm is also a representative of Baker, Ayling &
Company of Boston. Mr. Sawyer is a direc- tor in the Curtis Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York. From May 12. 1900, to May 12, 1905, he was a member of the First Corps of Cadets, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia of Boston, a military body of the highest reputation, which from colonial days had acted as body-guard to the gover- nor. Mr. Sawyer is a member of the Sons of the Revolution. the Harvard Club of Now York, the Elmira City Club, the Elmira Coun- try Club and the Town and Gown Club of Ithaca. Ile and his family attend the Protest- ant Episcopal church.
He married, February 10. 1909, Helen Rogers Preston, of Baltimore, Maryland. daughter of Cecil A. and Leila ( Rogers) Preston. Children: 1. Phippy, born Janu- ary 12, 1910, died in infancy. 2. Helen Eliza- beth, born June 17, 1911.
(The Belcher Line).
The Belcher family is probably of Norman descent, but persons of that name have lived in England from an early time. During the reign of King Henry VIII. there was an Ed- mund Belcher in Guilsborough, Northampton- shire, and his son, Alexander Belcher, gentle- man, received a grant of Northoft. a hamlet of nineteen houses. There were four immi- grants to America, but no relationship has been found between them. They were: Jere- miah, of Ipswich ; Edward, freeman, May 18. 1631, of Boston : Andrew, ancestor of Gover- nor Belcher: Gregory, mentioned below.
(I) Gregory Belcher, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1606, according to his own deposition. He was in New England as early as 1637. when he was a farmer in Braintree. Massachusetts, and a proprietor of the town. On December 30, 1639, he was granted a lot of fifty-two acres on Mount Wollaston ( Brain- tree) where he settled. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640, and served as select- man in 1646. In 1664 be purchased land in Milton which he gave to his son John at his marriage. In 1657-58 he leased the Salter farm in Braintree from the estate of William Tyng, of Boston, and with others in 1666-67 he bought the place, his interest being one- eighth. With his son-in-law. Alexander Marsh, he bought the iron works with two hundred acres of land in Braintree. He died November 25. 1674. He married Katherine -, who survived him and died in the
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spring of 1680. Her will, dated September 3, 1679, was proved July 20, 1680. Children : Elizabeth, married Thomas Gilbert; Josiah, mentioned below : John, born about 1633: Samuel, August 24, 1637 ; Mary, July 8, 1639, married, December 19, 1655, Alexander Marsh ; Joseph, December 25, 1641.
(II) Josiah, son of Gregory Belcher, was born in 1631, died April 3. 1683. He seems to have been a prominent man in Boston, and was one of the founders of the Old South Church. He married, March 3, 1655. Ranis, daughter of Elder Edward Rainsford, a mer- chant in Boston. She died October 2, 1691. They had twelve children, among whom was Edward, mentioned below.
(III) Edward, son of Josiah Belcher, was born in Boston, January 19, 1669. In later life he bought an estate at Stoughton, Massa- chusetts, where he lived the remainder of his life. He died March 16, 1745, and his widow survived him, dying March 5, 1752. He mar- ried Mary Clifford, and they had six chil- dren.
(IV) Clifford, son of Edward Belcher, was born in Boston, the youngest of six children. He owned a large estate in old Stoughton, where he lived until his death, April 26, 1773. He married, June 24. 1740, Mehitable, born December 8, 1706, died February 20, 1779. daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Clap) Bird. and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Bird, of Dorchester, Massach11- setts ..
(\') Supply, son of Clifford Belcher, was born in Stoughton, now Sharon, Massachu- setts, March 29, 1751. He spent his early life in Stoughton, receiving a good education, and then began a mercantile life in Boston. After the outbreak of the revolution he returned to Stoughton, as his prospects were not good then in Boston, and 1778 bought a large farm lying on both sides of the Taunton road of Jer- emiah Ingraham, in what is now South Can- ton. As he had suffered many losses in the war. as others had, he decided to start again in a different place, and in 1785 moved to the district of Maine, settling in Hallowell. now Angusta. He remained on the Kennebec river for six years, and was prominent in the town while there. Ile was elected captain of the North Company of Militia at its organization, having held a captain's commission from Gen- eral Washington before that time. He moved in February, 1791, with John Church, to
Sandy River township. Here he purchased the Seth Greeley river lot, No. 24, east side, where the upper part of the Centre Village now stands. Here again he was an important man because of his education and knowledge of men. In 1793 when the incorporation of the town was being considered, he was ap- pointed the agent of the township and in that capacity went to Boston, where he was suc- cessful in procuring the act of incorporation. He was made first town clerk and received the second justice's commission granted to a resident in the town. In 1798 he was first representative from the town to the general court, and also in 1801 held that office; in 1809 he was colleague of Nathan Cutler. He served as selectman in 1796-97. For many years he was a well known teacher, being the teacher of the second school in the township. He was called Squire Belcher as well as Cap- tain.
He was well versed in the knowledge of medicine and surgery, though he did not pre- tend to be a physician, and he gave the set- tlers mitch aid in cases of accident or disease, especially before Dr. Stoyell's arrival in 1794. Before that time there was no doctor nearer than Hallowell. He is best remembered, how- ever, as a musician. While living in Stough- ton, during the revolution, he opened a tav- ern, which is on the map of 1785 as Belcher's Tavern, and it appears from old diaries that this place was a favorite for musical people. He was closely associated with William Bill- ings, who taught music there as early as 1774. In 1782, with another member of the Stough- ton Musical Society, he went to commence- ment at Harvard College in order to enjoy the musical program. He was even better known as a composer of music and a performer on the violin than as a singer. While in Farm- ington, in 1794, he published a collection of sacred music known as "Harmony of Maine." containing several pieces composed by him. Archdale and Hymn 116 are still sung, being included in the Centennial Collection of the Stoughton Musical Society. In 1796 he was called from Farmington to conduct the music at a public exhibition given by Hallowell Acad- emy. He was the first choir leader in town and led the music for many years.
He married, May 2, 1775, Margaret, daugh- ter of William and Margaret More ; William's wife was daughter of John Johnson : she was a woman of unusual education and of refined
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manners ; she was born and brought up in Boston. He died June 9. 1836, and she died May 14, 1839, aged eighty-three. Children, born in Stoughton: Abigail Doty and Mar- garet Johnson, twins, born May 27, 1776; Clifford, January 17, 1778: Samuel, July 18, 1780; Benjamin More, August 4. 1782 ; Me- hitable, October 17. 1784, died September 20, 1785; Mehitable, in Augusta, June I, 1787; Hiram, mentioned below ; Martha Stoyell, in Farmington, February 20, 1795 ; Betsey, April 6, 1797, died September 27, 1804.
(VI) Hiram, son of Supply Belcher, was born in Augusta, Maine, February 23, 1790, died May 6, 1857, after a useful and honored life. He was a lawyer by profession, and one of the most prominent members of the Franklin and Kennebec bars. He spent his youth in Farmington, Maine, and entered Hal- lowell Academy at the age of fifteen, with the view of following the study of law. Here he was in the highest rank in his studies among those who were afterwards known as learned scholars. In 1807 he began the study of law in the office of Hon. Nathan Cutler, and after remaining there two years he spent two years in the office of Samuel S. Wilde, who later was a well known judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in Kennebec county in 1812 and opened an office in Farmington, where he had from the beginning a large and important practice. He was ranked among the best lawyers in the state in a short time.
He served as town clerk from 1814 to 1819 inclusive, and was representative in the legis- lature of 1822-29-32 from the town. He rep- resented the Kennebec district in the senate in 1838-39, and in 1846 was elected representa- tive to congress, serving one term during the last half of President Polk's administration. He was a member of the Congregational church, joining in 1828, and was always in- terested in its welfare. He was a man noted for his keen, dry humor, and many anecdotes are told of him. He was greatly mourned at his death by all who knew him.
He married Evelina, daughter of Jason D. Cony. She was loved by a large number of friends and led an active and useful life. She died February 20, 1883, leaving ten grand- children and ten great-grandchildren. Chil- dren : Hannibal. mentioned below : Charlotte, born August 29, 1819: Abigail Doty, February 18, 1821 ; Hiram Andrew. June 27, 1823. died
September 6, 1825 ; Susan Evelina, March 29, 1825; Margaret Mehitable, April 9, 1828.
(VII) Hannibal, son of Hiram Belcher, was born at Farmington, Maine, June 15, 1818. He received his education under Na- thaniel Green at the Farmington Academy. He studied the profession of law and was ad- mitted to the Franklin bar in 1839. He be- came associated with his father in the law business, under the firm name of H. & H. Belcher, and he was known as a faithful law- ver with a good solid knowledge of his sub- jects. In 1841 he was appointed lieutenant- colonel on Governor Kent's staff, and in 1855 was elected by the legislature as major-general of the eighth division of the Maine militia. In 1860 he was a member of Governor Lot M. Morrill's company, and from 1862 to 1869 he served as internal revenue assessor. He married Lucy Ann, daughter of Ezra Brett, a descendant in two lines from John Alden, the Pilgrim: the more direct line is from Isaac, son of John Alden, whose daughter Sarah married, in 1712, Seth Brett; their son Simeon was father of Rufus Brett; Ezra, son of Rufus. was born in Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, February 27, 1779, and married, July 4, 1800, Alice Robinson, born November 14, 1779. The other line is from Ruth, daughter of John Alden. wife of John Bass, whose great-great-grandchild was Susannah Cary. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Belcher: Lucy Garaphelia, born July 12, 1845; Abby Doty, May 3. 1847: Iliram Andrew, February 9, 1849: Evelina Jessie, April 28, 1853, married, December 25, 1873. Abel Hargrave Sawyer (see Sawyer IX ) : Benjamin More, June 29, 1855: Alice Gertrude, July 1, 1858.
John Packer, immigrant an- PACKER cestor, settled early in Groton, Connecticut, and in 1655 was living near the Pequot Indians at Nowank. He died in 1689. He married (first) Eliza- beth -; (second ) June 24, 1676, Rebec- ca, widow of Thomas Latham. His widow married Watson, of Kingston. Rhode Island. Children of first wife: John, mar- ried Lydia Latham ; Samuel ; Richard ; Charles Eldridge. Children by second wife: James, mentioned below; Joseph; Benjamin, was in the army and probably died in the service in 1709.
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