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Mrs. Hurry was born in London, "within sound of Bow Bells," and was but two years old when her parents left Eng- land and settled in Philadelphia. She was an excellent French scholar, and spoke that language with ease. She was taught, as was her sister, Mrs. Robert Clinton, to play on the piano. This piano was brought over as part of the household effects of Mr. William Whiteside, in 1783, and was claimed to be the first piano brought to the United States. Mrs. Hurry was hand-
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some and dignified in person, and was very prominent in society in Philadelphia. As a young girl she was present at the last ball given by Washington, and danced with the President, she being a great favorite of his. She died in New York, August 8, 1860, at the age of seventy-nine, surrounded by her children, and retaining to the last the noble traits of character for which she had been so conspicuous. The seven eldest children of Sam- uel and Eliza Anne Hurry were born in Philadelphia.
Mr. Hurry's town residence was opposite Independence Hall, on part of the site of the present Drexel building, his be- ing one of the five residences known as Nobility Row by old Philadelphians, each residence having a coach house in the rear of its garden. His country seat was situated a few miles out of Philadelphia.
The children of Samuel and Eliza Anne Hurry were:
1. John, born June 27, 1799, died without issue in 1825.
2. Alice, born July 29, 1800, married Andrew Bishop Spence, at St. Andrew's Square, Philadelphia, February 27, 1823; children : Mary M., Andrew, Alice, and Helen.
3. Samuel, born August 28, 1801, was lost at sea, died with- out issue.
4. Eliza Anne, born March 24, 1803, married Thomas True- man Hogg, of New Jersey; children: Augustus, acting captain U. S. A., killed at Fort Fisher; Trueman; Samuel Hurry; Ed- mund; Eliza Anne; Alice Mary.
5. William ( Whiteside), born April 2, 1805, married Oeto- ber 10, 1827, Adeline, daughter of Samuel Hinman; children: 1. William Hurry, Jr., born October 1, 1828, at New York; married November 18, 1853, Dephme. daughter of Temple Fay, of Boston; only child, Edward Temple Hurry, born at New York, November 18, 1854. He married. September 5, 1888. Catharine Churchill Campbell, of Nova Scotia, daughter of
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Captain Arthur Wellington Campbell; his wife was a daughter of Hon. Ezra Churchill, M. P., of Windsor, of the family of the Dukes of Marlborough; no issue. 2. Ann Eliza, married Gavin Brackenridge. 3. Sarah, married William Henry Ross. 4. Caroline. 5. Adeline, married Francis Holland Nicol Whiting. 6. Margaret, married Francis Holland Nicol Whiting. 7. Jane, married William Floyd Livermore. 8. Samuel, died in infancy. 9. Alice, married Samuel Colt Selden. 10. Frances.
6. Edmund (Cobb), born September 17, 1807, see for- ward.
7. Caroline, born April 10, 1810, died unmarried.
8. Margaret, born August 16, 1813, married (first) Ven- tura Obregon, consul from Mexico at New York and brother of the then Mexican Minister to the United States; (second) Fran- cis Emanuel Siffken ; no issue by either marriage.
9. James, born in New York, January 27, 1815, married August 30, 1849, Emily, daughter of William Goelet Bucknor. Her mother was a granddaughter of General Von Bulow, of South Carolina; children: Emily Bucknor, died unmarried; William Goelet Bucknor, died in infancy; Gilford, born August 2, 1853, lientenant-colonel N. G. S. of N. Y .; Adelaide Bulow, married George Henry Kent.
10. Sarah. born March 23, 1818. died young.
Of this family, two of the sons, William and Edmund, were both architects, distinguished in their profession, and by their ability contributed largely to the improvement and advance- ment of the city. James, the third son, was for many years a partner in the firm of Hurry & Swan, merchants of South street, New York.
Edmund (Cobb) Hurry, the sixth child of Samuel and Eliza Ann Hurry, was married at St. Peter's Church, New York (of which he was vestryman, as was his father-in-law, Judge Flana-
Edmund Hurry. · (1807-1875.)
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gan), by Rev. Hugh Smith, D. D., April 25, 1838, to Elizabeth Maria, second daughter of James Flanagan, Esq., counsellor at law, and a justice of the peace of New York, and Elizabeth Myers MeKean, his wife, only daughter of David MeKean, to whose memory is a tablet in St. Paul's Church, New York city, a son of Robert MeKean, laird of the parish of Kilmarnock. James Flanagan was the eldest son of Christopher Flanagan, of Dublin, who finally settled in New York in 1786. Hle was a man of literary ability and well known for his oratorieal powers both in Dublin and New York. Christopher Flanagan, when a young man, acted as captain's clerk, and it is said also as purs- er on one of our war vessels during the War of Independence, receiving a quarter grant of land for his services. The children of Edmund (Cobb) Hurry and Elizabeth Maria Hurry were Edmund Abdy; Sophia Flanagan, born February 8, 1842, mar- ried (first) Samuel Henry Shreve, M. A., LL. B., April 16, 1868; Randolph, born in New York, October 18, 1854, married, May 17, 1883, at Trinity Chapel, New York, by the Rev. William Nairn, Marye Agnes Condit; children: Elizabeth Maria and Dorothy Whiteside.
Edmund Abdy Hurry. M. A., LL. B., U. S. N., was born in New York, August 8, 1839. He was married, November 17, 1868, by Rev. J. Cotton Smith, D. D., at the Church of the Ascension, New York, to Emily Ashton, eldest daughter of William Rhine- lander Renwick and Eliza Smeeds Crosby, his wife. Their children are: two sons (see forward) ; Edith Renwick, born January 15. 1870; Bessie Crosby, born March 13, 1871. died in infaney; Helen Selmyler, born September 28, 1872. married William V. Draper; issue. John Haggerty Draper; Mary Cros- by, married Walton Cheseborough Peckham: issue May Hurry Peckham: Emily Ashton, married Louis Gross Smith: issue, Crosby Tuttle Smith.
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Mr. Hurry derived his second baptismal name from his father's intimate friend, Edward Strut Abdy, Esq., descended from Sir Robert Abdy, of an ancient Yorkshire family, who was created Baronet in 1660. When the Southern States at- tempted to secede from the Union in 1861, Mr. Hurry, who had just been admitted to practice at the New York bar, was ap- pointed captain's clerk to his uncle by marriage, Captain (after- wards Commodore) Homer C. Blake. U. S. N., then command- ing the United States steamer "Entaw," and held that position for more than a year, when he was compelled to relinquish it in consequence of illness incurred in the line of duty. As the representative of Captain Blake he was present at the recep- tion, memorable in the history of the country, given by Presi- dent Lincoln to the officers of the Russian fleet. At this recep- tion only the diplomatic corps, the cabinet, and commanding offi- cers of the army and navy then in the district of Columbia wer, invited. Mr. Hurry had the great satisfaction and pleasure of conversing with President Lincoln on that occasion. While Mr. Hurry was on board the "Eutaw" that vessel was engaged in the important duty of protecting the supplies for the North- ern army at Bermuda Hundred, James River, Virginia, and was in the engagement of Chapin's Bluff; in blockading off Fort Fisher. and in preventing the enemy's ram "Albemarle" descending the Neuse river upon the city of Newberne, Mr. Hurry having performed picket duty on the Neuse river above that city. His unele, Captain Blake, was commander of the United States steamer "Hatteras" when she encountered and was sunk by the "Alabama" in a yard-arm fight in the Gulf of Mexico, and Captain Blake's bravery on that occasion was looked upon by his countrymen as unsurpassed.
There are few families in New York who have a more dis- tingnished connection than the Hurrys. Among other families
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they are descended from are the Cliftons, Ives, Watts, Bracey, Winn, Cross, Coopers (of the family of Sir Ashley), and related by blood to the Maurices, Hares of Hurtmonceaux, Churchills, Clintons, Fenwicks, from whom Ambassador Waddington was descended, who represented France at the Court of Saint James, Pagets, Hershalls. Milmans, Alderson. Erskine, present Earl of Marr, Cecils, Huxleys, O'Conels, and Summers (of whom the Archbishop Sumner, who placed the crown upon the head of Queen Victoria). The present Lord Salisbury is related by blood also to the Hurry family of New York, through his grand- father, the late Baron Alderson. His father, Edmund Hurry, was the consulting architect of the New York Crystal Palace, and his sister. Sophia F., married for her second husband. Alex- ander Macomb Mason, a grandson of General Alexander Ma- comb; she had no issue by either marriage. Alexander Macomb Mason was secretary to his unele, Hon. James Mason, who was with Slidell in the famous "Trent" affair. After the war he with other officers entered the service of the Egyptian government, and was for some years the senior Bey of Egypt. Mr. Hurry's wife, Mrs. Emily (Ashton) Hurry, is a great-granddaughter of Mrs. William Renwick, who, as Jennie Jeffrey, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Jeffrey, of Loekmaben, was the "Blue Eyed Lassie" immortalized in the poems of Robert Burns. Mrs. Hurry is also a great-great-granddaughter of William Floyd. one of the two signers of the Declaration of Independence for the state of New York, whose daughter Catharine married Rev. Samuel Clarkson, M. D., D. D., whose daughter Harriet married William Bedlow Crosby, whose daughter Eliza S. married Will- iam Rhinelander Renwick, the father of Mrs. Hurry. Mrs. Hurry is in descent also from the Rutgers. Bedlow, dePeyster, Rhinelander, and Robert families.
Renwick Clifton Hurry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
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mund Abdy Hurry, was born in New York, September 7, 1874, is a member of the Delta Phi fraternity and club, and a veteran of Company K, Seventh Regiment; married at Trinity Church, Saugerties, New York, May 18, 1904, Lucy Washington Morss, only daughter of Foster B. Morss and his wife, Lucy Madison Packett, of Albany. Their son, Renwick Washington Hurry, born at Rye, Westchester county, New York, August 27, 1905, is the fifth in line of descent from Samuel Washington, who inherited Mount Vernon, full brother of General George Wash- ington, and is also the great-great-grandnephew of Dolly Madi- son.
Rutgers Ives Hurry, born at New York, November 17, 1883, married, at Saint James' Church, New York, April 30, 1907, Aline Virginia Kent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blake Kent, of New York, Mr. Kent being of the Maryland Kents.
The residence of Mr. Hurry abounds in relies of past and honored generations, and among them is a fine portrait in oil of General Wolfe, a relative of the Hurry family, also a por- trait of De Witt Clinton, by Inman, and which he inherited from his mother, and she from her father, being the only profile por- trait of the great governor.
The late Dr. Atkins, a distant cousin of the Hurrys through the Wolfe family. and who was in the employ of the Panama Canal Company, had a pedigree embracing the entire family of Hurry, of which the Great Yarmouth family of Hurry were the principal members for the last two hundred years (which he referred to as a splendid connection), and which he saved with other papers in an iron box by dragging it into the street during the fire at Colon. Isaac John Greenwood, Esq., of New York, has also collated a pedigree from Ragman's Roll, etc., of the Hurry descent from the Lords Eure, afterwards Barons Pit- fichy, Lords of the Marches in Scotland. "One of them, Gen-
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eral Sir John Hurry, was cavalry general of the Cromwellian period; a man of marked ability as a general of horse, and who had been trained in the wars of the low Countries." He went to those wars from England with "a magnificent retinue."
Mr. Edmund Abdy Hurry is a prominent member of the Union League, University and Church Clubs of New York. He is also connected with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a life member of the Genealogical and Biographical Society, in which he has an active interest, and was formerly secretary and trus- tee. He is also a life member of St. Nicholas Society, the Ameri- can Geographical Society and a member of St. George's Society.
During the trying times of 1862 Mr. Hurry was volunteer night nurse to our wounded and sick soldiers at the hospital on Lexington avenue and Forty-ninth street, and also at Bellevue Hospital. His colleague, Augustus King, son of President Charles King. of Columbia College, perished in the line of duty. Mr. Hurry has had the rare distinction of being present by invitation of Black Rod on the floor of the House of Lords, upon which occasion he listened to the speech of his relative, the late Lord Salisbury. then Prime Minister.
Mr. Hurry's city residence is No. 122 East Thirty-ninth street. His country seat is "Clifton" Barelay Heights, Sanger- ties on the Hudson, New York.
FAMILY OF BURLING.
In the year 1692, if any one had asked the Governor of the Province or the Mayor of the City or the Judge of the Supreme Court: Is there a Qnaker Meeting House in New York? the answer would be promptly made, "None that we know of. Quakers as a body cannot hold real estate. A Quaker Meeting Honse would be contrary to law. But there is a private dwelling house on Green Lane owned by Edward Burling, and there the
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people who call themselves Friends, but whom we call Quakers, hold meetings on what they call 'first day,' but of course there is no Quaker Meeting. House."
The same answer would have been given if they had been asked, "Is there a Jewish Synagogue in New York?" There was none that had a legal existence, but it was pretty well known that on " Mill Street" there was a dwelling house owned by Mr. John Harperdick, but leased by certain Jews who used it as a synagogue, and was known to every one in the city by that name. As late as the time when the Methodist Society was organized. the question arose as to how they could own and establish a church. "Put a fireplace and a chimney in your building," said the liberal guardians of the law. "and then it will be a dwelling house, and not a church." Such was the condition of things at that time. Jews, Quakers and Methodists all had a well known actual existence, but in the eye of the law they did not exist at all.
Among the Quakers in New York at that early day no one is more prominent than Edward Burling. He and his wife Grace came from England about 1678. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom were born in England, and four in America, the following being their names and dates of birth : Edward, born 4th day of 9th month, 1674; Grace, 29th of 8th, 1676; William, 26th of 10th, 1678; Rebekah, ... of 6th, 1681 ; Jane, 17th of 5th, 1684, married James Mott, 1717; Sarah, 12th of 3rd, 1687, married John Way, 1716; Benjamin, 6th of 12th, 1689-90, died 21st of 10th, 1707.
It must be remembered that at that time the year began on the 25th day of March, and that month was called "the first month." February was the twelfth month. This is called "Old Style, " and continued till 1753.
Edward Burling, the first settler, and ancestor of this fam-
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ily, died in the 6th month, 1697. His widow, Grace Burling, sir- vived him many years.
Edward Burling, the second, born 4th day of 9th month. 1674 (November 4, 1674), died in New York in 3rd month ( May. 1749). He married Phebe, daughter of John Ferris of East Chester, 11th day of 4th month (JJune), 1700. Their children were: James, born 9th day of 3rd month, 1701; John, born 9th day of 6th month, 1703; Phebe, born 24th day of 8th month, 1705; Sarah, born 25th day of 5th month, 1712; Edward, 3rd of 12th, 1713-14. married Ama Farrington, 20th of 8th, 1743; Martha, born 29th of 9th, 1715.
William Burling, son of Edward (I), had wife Rebeckah, daughter of Ebenezer Spooner, who died 2nd of 2nd, 1729. He had second wife Mary, and children : Benjamin, James, Samuel, William, Mary, Ebenezer, Hannah, Amy and Sarah, wife of - Bloodgood. William Burling died 10th of 8th, 1743. His wife Mary died 25th of 6th, 1747. In her will she mentions her sisters Charity Embree, and Eleanor Burling.
Edward Burling, son of Edward (2), married Anna Far- rington. He lived in New York, and died the 3rd month, 1749, leaving children: James, John, Phebe, wife of Philip Pell; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Smith ; Edward; Martha, wife of Hinman, and Samuel. James Burling, in his will dated Sep- tember 8, 1742, proved January 21, 1750, mentions wife Elizabeth and daughter Abigail Bowne.
William Burling, son of William (2), died 7th of 4th, 1745, married Sarah, daughter of Samnel and Hannah Bowne, 12th of 1st, 1729-30. He had children: JJereth, born 8th of 8th, 1732; Hannah, wife of Anthony Field; Sarah, and Rebeckah.
Edward Burling, "of Long Reach, East Chester," had son Edward, 1762.
John Burling, son of Edward (2), died in New York, 20th
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of 7th, 1785. He married Anna, daughter of Thomas Dobson, 5th of 5th, 1733. He had son John, who married Hannah Cor- nell, 9th of 1st, 1765, and Mary, wife of - Parsons. She died 12th of 4th, 1779.
James Burling, who died before 1754, had wife Elizabeth, and children: Sarah, who married Caleb Lawrence (son of Richard), and Edward, who married Rebeckah, daughter of William and Martha Van Wyck, 12th of 10th, 1757.
Thomas Burling and wife Susanah had children: Anne, born 1789; and Maria, born 1791.
Ebenezer Burling, of East Chester, died 1758. He left wife and children, but the only one named is daughter Hannah Vincent.
Samuel Burling, of New York, died 1757. He had wife Jane.
Benjamin Burling of Flushing, son of William (1), in his will dated September 1, 1747, proved October 12, 1747, mentions children: William, Peter, Lancaster, Rebecca, Seneca, and Anne. Lancaster Burling died October 31, 1807, aged seventy-one.
Edward Burling, of East Chester, had daughters Rebecca, wife of Richard Titus, and Phebe, wife of Isaac Hallock.
John Burling, of New York, son of John, married Hannah Cornell, 9th of 1st, 1769.
Thomas Burling, and wife Henrietta, had children: Mary, born 9th of 12th, 1783; Joseph, 30th of 8th, 1787; Ann and Thomas, born 19th of 8th, 1791.
Richard Burling, son of Edward, married Charity Haviland, 4th of 12th, 1776.
Thomas Burling, of New York, married Sarah Shotwell, Stlı of 5th, 1771.
Samuel Burling, of New York, died 12th of 11th, 1757, "buried in Friends burying ground."
James Burling, of Flushing, had son John, 1768.
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James Burling, of New York, probably son of William (1), died 8th of 1st, 1754.
William Burling, of Flushing, had children : Hannah, Sarah, Rebecca, George, William, and Elizabeth.
James Burling, son of Edward (2), died 8th of 1st, 1757. Ile had wife Elizabeth, and children: Sarah, wife of Caleb Lawrence, and Edward, who married Deborah, daughter of William and Martha Van Wyck, 12th of 10th month (December 12), 1757.
Edward Burling, the ancestor of the family, came to New York about 1690. On May 2, 1695, he purchased from William Biekley a lot of land on Broadway, a little north of what is now Liberty street. This lot extended east to a narrow street called Green Lane (now Liberty Place). In the deed he is mentioned as "late of Hewletts Island, wheelwright." On the rear of this lot, and fronting "Green Lane," he with one or two others, erected a dwelling house in 1696. This was used as the Quaker meeting house, and was the first in New York.
The representative of one of the branches of this family was Samuel Burling, who lived in the town of Harrison, Westchester county, and died there in 1821. He left a wife Mary and chil- dren : Rebecca, wife of Isaac Barnes; Hannah, wife of Stephen Barnes; Mary ; Phebe, wife of Joshua Sutton; Samuel, Richard and Benjamin F.
Of these children, Benjamin F. Burling was born 8th month, 1st, 1787, and died 12th mo., 5th, 1850. He married Hannah Hosier, 11th mo. 20th, 1811. She was born 4th mo. 29th, 1791, and died 3rd mo. 17th, 1869. Their children were: Catherine H., wife of Isaac Carpenter; Mary F., wife of Charles Titns; Ann L., wife of Stephen Britt; Susan M., wife of Benjamin Weeks; Rebecca T., wife of Alfred Underhill ; William, born 12th mo. 29th, 1824, left no children ; Samuel, born 4th mo. 1st, 1826;
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John C., born 3rd mo. 4th, 1829, died 11th mo. 6th, 1890, no issue ; and Hannah F., wife of William T. Cock. Of this family, Samuel Burling married Phebe G. Haviland, 9th mo. 15th, 1857. Their children were William Clinton Burling, born March 21, 1861, and Alice Gertrude, wife of Edward Fraser Robinson.
Samuel Burling, the great-grandfather, lived in the town of Harrison, and owned a farm of one hundred and eleven acres on the west side of Purchase street, and it was here that his son Benjamin F. Burling, was born, and upon this farm the greater part of his life was passed. The latter part of his life was passed at Upper New Rochelle.
Samuel Burling, his son, in partnership with his brother, John C. Burling, established a wholesale and retail grocery busi- ness in 1849. Their place of business was the corner of Gold and Sands streets, Brooklyn. Previous to this Mr. Samuel Bir- ling had been connected with Hanfor Lockwood. In business he was noted for his exactness, and was excessively careful in all business dealings. His efforts were successful, and he made extensive investments in real estate. He remained in business until 1900, when they both retired to enjoy the results of their earliest labors.
William Burling, his brother, who lived on the homestead at Upper New Rochelle, in Westchester county, was a man of great integrity and universally esteemed. During his life he was frequently called upon to arbitrate differences among his neighbors, and his opinions were very justly held in the highest respect. When confined in his last sickness, ministers of various denominations called upon him to express their sympathy and show their respect. He died as he had lived, a useful and hon- ored man.
William Clinton Burling was born in Brooklyn, and was educated at the Adelphi Academy. At the age of seventeen he
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began business as a clerk with Thomas & Benham, of the New York Produce Exchange. In this capacity he remained two years. He then went to Europe, and while in Paris he made the acquaintance of the lady whom he afterwards married. She was, like himself, a resident in Brooklyn, and of the same neighbor- hood, but this was their first acquaintance. Upon his return from Europe he entered into partnership with Isaac Adriance, and condneted a dry goods establishment on Franklin street, New York. The partnership was ended by the untimely death of Mr. Adriance. Upon the election of Mayor Schieren, in 1894, Mr. Burling accepted a position in the Department of City Works, and remained for four years. Since then he has been connected with the real estate business, and his office on Gold street is near the place where his father began business in his early years. Mr. Burling married Lillie T., daughter of James Raymond, February 22, 1887. They have three children : William Ray- mond, born December 29, 1888; Lillian Aletta, born August 7, 1894; and Alice Gertrude, born June 11, 1896.
CLIFFORD CODDINGTON GOODWIN.
The Goodwin family, worthily represented in the present generation by Clifford C. Goodwin, a native of New York city, born December 3, 1860, is directly descended from the Goodwins of East Anglia, whose names appear in the records of Norwich. England, as early as 1238. The family was founded in America by Ozias Goodwin. who left his native land in 1632, locating first in Boston, Massachusetts, from whence he removed to Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachusetts, the same year, and there be- came one of the leading elders and a representative of the Gen- eral Court in 1634. Ozias Goodwin and his brother, William Goodwin. accompanied the colony that removed from Massa- elmsetts to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1635, and they became
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widely known and highly respected for the business aenmen used in everyday life, and the publie spirit they displayed upon every cecasion. They were followers of the Pilgrim Fathers, a body of worshipers belonging to the Church of England, vet alienated from its ritual, who determined to worship God and study the scriptures according to their understanding thereof.
The line of deseent is traced through Samuel Goodwin, great- grandson of Ozias Goodwin, born 1682, died 1712. He married Mary Steele, daughter of Lieutenant James and Sarah ( Barn- ard) Steele, of Hartford. Connecticut. He married for his second wife Laodamia Merrill, daughter of Moses and Mary Merrill, of Hartford, Connecticut. The issue of the first union was Samuel Goodwin, born 1710, died 1776; he was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and served in the capacity of collector during the years 1737-45-47, grand juror in 1743, and ensign of the military company in 1749.
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