Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 19

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 660


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mission to Princeton University. Edward G. Munson is managing a wadding plant in Co- hoes, owned by Mr. Munson. The two next older sons are associated in business with their father in Albany.


William Munson, son of Wil- MUNSON liam Oscar and Ann ( Patrick) Munson, was born in Hebron,. Washington county, New York. He learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed for two years in Hartford, Washington' county, after which time he went into the hotel business, first in Hartford, then in Mid- dle Granville, where he remained about two. years, and then went to Granville and con- ducted the old Woodard Hotel. On the site of the old building he erected the present Munson House, of which he was the proprie- tor a number of years, retiring in 1905. Since· then he has managed the Forrest House at Lake St. Catherine, besides engaging in real estate business. He has held the office of town supervisor. He married, July 10, 1882, Clarissa Caroline Lincoln (see Lincoln II). Children : Dr. William Leslie, of whom fur- ther; Oscar P., of whom further.


(II) Dr. William Leslie, son of William and Clarissa Caroline (Lincoln) Munson, was. born November 1, 1886, in Granville, Waslı- ington county, New York. He was educated in the public school of Granville, Albany Medical College, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1908. He was house physician and surgeon in Albany City Hos- pital from 1908 to 1909. He is now practic- ing in Granville. He is a member of the county and New York State medical societies; member of Lodge No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, of Granville.


(II) Oscar P., son of William and Clarissa Caroline (Lincoln) Munson, was born in Granville, July 25, 1887. He was educated in the public school of Granville and Troy Con- ference Academy. He entered Granville Na- tional Bank in 1907, and is now assistant cashier of that institution. He married Made- line, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Wes- cott) Woodard. Daniel Woodard, son of Daniel and Anna (Case) Woodard, married Mary, daughter of James and Lydia ( Mar- ten) McNitt. Children : Lydia, married Wil- liam Shaw; James McNitt married (first) Georgia Bocker; (second) Elizabeth Stetson; Emma, married Captain Joseph Hays ; Daniel, of whom further; Frances ; Martin : Ely, mar- ried Nettie Bush. Daniel, son of Daniel and Mary (McNitt) Woodard, was born January 7, 1854, in Hebron, Washington county, New York. He married Elizabeth, daughter of


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James and Elizabeth (Warren) Westcott. Children :: Ethel, married, December 25, 1908, Dr. W. D. Coolidge; one child, Elizabeth Bel- nap : Allan J., born 1885, married Mary Al- len : Madeline, born 1890, married Oscar P. Munson.


(The Lincoln Line).


Harvey Lincoln was probably born in Hebron, Washington county, New York. He married Lucy Farrar. Children : Lucy, mar- ried David Thompson ; Blossmer, died young ; William P., of whom further; Lewis B., died young : Lewis A., died young; Homer, mar- ried Sarah Gardiner ; Laura Louise, married Edwin Hannibal ; Merrett C., married Clarissa Rafbo.


(II) William Philetus, son of Harvey and Lucy (Farrar) Lincoln, was born in Danby, Vermont. April 11, 1822, died August 11, 1885. He lived in Danby, Vermont, during his early life. then in Rupert, Vermont, and later removed to Hebron, Washington county, New York, where he resided until his death. He was a farmer, owning lands in these dif- ferent sections of Vermont and New York state. He was reared in the Baptist church, but later joined the Adventists, in which he became an active member, leading the singing for many years. He was a man of sterling integrity and highly respected by all who knew him.


He married, February, 1844, Maria Hay. Children: I. Helen R., born December 30. 1844: married Charles Hudson, one son, Sidney. 2. David W., October 16, 1846; married Fannie R. Burke; one son, Orien. 3. Lucy Ann, December 24, 1848; married Aaron Loveland : children : i. William, married Gladys Coolidge, and has one child, Kenneth ; ii. Frederick; iii. Elbert. 4. Mary Augusta, March 31, 1851; married John Moore: Children : Jay : Etta, married Charles Chamberlain, two children, Florence and Leon; Minnie, married Ray Hanna, two chil- dren : Marietta and Earnest. 5. Clarissa Caro- line, married, July 10, 1882, William Munson.


Peter and Charity Hull came HULL from England and settled in Nova Scotia a short time; from there they went to the town of Kent, in Connecti- .cut. In England he was a merchant, and kept books and stationery. Peter and Charity Hull had one son, Daniel.


(II) Daniel, son of Peter and Charity Hull, married Ruth Barnum. They went to the town of Queensbury, New York, where he took up a large tract of land ; here he lived and died. He was a member of the Society «of Friends. Their children were: Daniel ;


Nehemiah; Benjamin ! Joseph, of whom fur- ther; David: Ruth; Sarah ; Phoebe.


(II) Joseph, son of Daniel and Ruth iBar- num) Hull, was born in Queensbury, New York, May 28, 1795, died October 3, thus, He was a member of the Society of | Friends. and a leading farmer of his town. Hemmor- ried Polly Burnham, born April 25, 1795, die 1 November 29. 1873. Children : 1. Loren.). born December 12, 1819. 2. Clorinda, bort December 4, 1821, died September 6, 1859! married John Piester; children : Mary and Halsey. 3. Nelson, of whom further. 4. Leonard, D. D., born August 7, 1828; he in- herited the Polly Burnham farm, which was granted to her patriotic ancestor in recogni- tion of his revolutionary services as captain of a company at Bunker Hill, and Lake George; Leonard, D. D., married Melissa Sweet ; children : Eber, Annie (M. D.) and Orville. 5. Orange, born October 27, 1830. 6. Orville, born July 30, 1833 ; married Sara Louisa Adams; he removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he became an extensive owner of real estate, also having large tracts in Florida with orange groves at DeLeon, De- land. Daytona and Ormond; he died in De- land, Florida, 1889. 7. Judson B., born March 23, 1835, died August 21, 1867; married, in 1859. Annie Foster ; children: Charles. Jennie and Etta.


(IV) Nelson, son of Joseph and Polly (Burnham ) Hull, was born on the llull home- stead at Glens Falls, New York, January 12. 1824, died in Hubbard, Iowa, December 29, 1899. Early in life he was in the furniture business in Granville, New York, until 1865, when he removed to Glens Falls to the farm inherited from his father, Joseph Hull. In 1884 he removed to Hubbard, Iowa, where he purchased a farm. He remained there engaged in agriculture until his death. (The Joseph Hull farm is yet ( 1910) in the pos- session of the Hull family. ) Nelson Hull was a member of the Society of Friends, and always adhered closely to its most excellent tenets, and in both New York and Iowa was a recognized minister of that faith. lle mar- ried, February 2, 1852. Hannah K. Dilling- ham (see Dillingham \III). Children: 1. Otis Dillingham, of whom further. 2. Jo- seph, born July 4. 1854: married Josephine Staples ; children : Anson and Orange. 3. Josephine, twin of Joseph, married Amos C. Norton ; children : James, Nelson, Joseph, Lena, Louisa, Otis and Elizabeth. 4. Lydia Eliza- beth. horn March 22, 1859: married James F. Norton : children : lliram, born 1884: Car- rie, 1890; (icorge, 1892. 5. Nelson (2), born July 4, 1861, died September 8, 1862. 6.


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Louisa C., born March 22, 1872, died May 4, 1887.


(V) Otis Dillingham, son of Nelson and Hannah K. (Dillingham) Hull, was born in the town of Granville, Washington county, New York, January 26, 1853, died November 19, 1908. While still a boy his parents re- moved to the town of Queensburg near Glens Falls, where he was educated at the Glens Falls Academy. He inherited the Otis Dil- lingham farm from his Grandfather Dilling- ham, and early in life assumed its manage- ment. Later he sold his property, that is now a part of the village of Granville. Mr. Hull then went south and engaged in orange cul- ture at Daytona, and De Leon Springs, Florida. He remained in the south until 1900 when he returned to Granville and engaged in the manufacture of slate. He was a mem- ber · of Granville Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, a Knight Templar and Shriner. He married, October 23, 1876, Car- rie, daughter of Hiram and Hannah Norton. Children : Lulu Norton, born February 17, 1880, a resident of Granville ; George Nelson, born October 8, 1882, a resident of Gran- ville.


(The Dillingham Line).


Edward Dillingham, born in England, died in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1666. Of his life in America, French's "An American Ancestry." says: "One of the earliest comers to Lynn (1632) was Edward Dillingham, Gentleman, who bore arms and brought over considerable money to invest for his friends in Bitterswell, Lancastershire, England. In 1647 he became one of the ten original settlers of Sandwich. In 1647-48 we find him one of those to inventory the property of James Halloway and George Knot. In 1657 he was arrested and admonished for sympathizing with the Quakers. He left but two sons, his only daughter having died in 1650." He mar- ried Druscilla , born in England, died in Sandwich in 1655. Sons: 1. John, born in England, died May 21, 1715, in Maverick, Massachusetts; married, March 24. 1650, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Feake; she died November, 1720. 2. Henry, of whom fur- ther.


(II) Henry, son of Edward and Druscilla Dillingham, was born in August, 1672, died in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1695. He was a resident of Sandwich and his will was pro- bated there August 25, 1705. To his son Jolin gave he "land from my dwelling house to Falmouth, part of which my son John now dwells on." He married, June 24, 1653. Han- nah Perry. Children: John, of whom fur- ther ; Deborah, born December 21, 1659, mar-


ried Daniel Wing; Dorcas, married Ralph Earl; Edward, born about 1669.


(III) John, son of Henry and Hannah ( Perry) Dillingham, was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, February 24, 1658, died 1733. He was still a resident of Sandwich in 1702. He married . Children : Henry, born about 1685; Edward, born about 1687; John, about 1689, married, August II, 1715, Jael, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Turner ; Mary; Jeremiah, born 1697; Meletiah, of whom further.


(IV) Meletiah, son of John Dillingham, was born 1699, died January 25, 1786, at Hanover, Massachusetts. He is mentioned in the settlement of his father's estate. He lived in Sandwich until after his first marriage, but removed to Hanover before his first wife died. He was a large land owner, holding property in several adjoining towns. He mar- ried (first), in Scituate, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 28, 1723, Mary Curtis, died December 17, 1727, aged twenty-four years. He mar- ried (second), in Hanover, February 18, 1730, Phebe Hatch, died January 20, 1732. He married (third), January 2, 1735, at Han- over, Maria Gifford, born October 16, 1709, died December 21, 1784. Children of first marriage : Edward, born 1724 or 1725; Lem- ual, married, September 23, 1756, Sarah Palmer, of Hanover, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Palmer. Child by second marriage : Mephibosheth, born December 29, 1730, dieď June 9, 1731. Children by third marriage : Lydia, born March 22, 1736, married Zacheus Gifford; Hannah, February 6, 1738; Content, June 30, 1739; Thomas, March 17, 1740; Joshua, of whom further ; Meriba, November 4, 1745; William, September 16, 1747; Ann, September 9, 1749; Phebe, January 14, 1757.


(V) Joshua, son of Meletiah and his third wife, Maria (Gifford ) Dillingham, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, March 21, 1743. He married, July 6. 1773. Hannah, born Oc- tober 4, 1747, daughter of Thomas and Debo- rah Rogers, of Marshfield. Children, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts: Stephen, of whom further ; Deborah, born June 6, 1775; Otis, May 3, 1777 ; Joshua, December II, 1779, dieď young; Lydia, twin of Joshua, died young ; Joshua (2), December 7, 1782; Hannah, No- vember 3. 1783; Sarah, December 9. 1784; Rhoda, April 9, 1787.


(VI) Stephen, eldest son of Joshua and Hannah (Rogers) Dillingham, was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, March 6, 1774. He- married Amy Tucker. horn September 15, 1775, at Chappaqua, New York, died in West- chester county, New York, October 16, 1856. Children : Joseph, married Ruth Smith; Debo-


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rah, died young; Abraham, of whom further ; Hannah, married David Rogers: Stephen, married Eliza Rogers ; Otis, of whom further ; Reuben, died young.


(VII) Abraham, son of Stephen and Amy (Tucker) Dillingham, was born March IO, 1800. He married Lydia Rogers, born June 28, 1807, at Danby, Vermont, daughter of Aaron and Dinah (Folger) Rogers. Child, Henry, born July 17, 1833. He married, An- gust 22, 1854, Lillys, daughter of Russell and Jane (Hoag) Borden. Their daughter, Le- moyne Dillingham, born October 28, 1865, married, January 4, 1893, G. Myron Allen.


(VII) Otis, son of Stephen and Amy (Tucker) Dillingham, was born November 18, 1811, died July 12, 1878. He married (first ), June 12, 1832, Elizabethi Keese, of Peru, New York, born March 3, 1810, died January 10, 1845. He married (second) March 11, 1846, Lydia, daughter of Isaac and Mary Barker, of Granville, Washington county, New York. Children, all by first marriage: John K., mar- ried Sarah Potter; Hannah K., of whom fur- ther ; Deborah, married William Huntington ; Edwin, died young; Eliabeth, married Anson Rogers.


(VIII) Hannah K., daughter of Otis and Elizabeth ( Keese) Dillingham, was born Au- gust 1. 1834, died May 4, 1900. She married, February 2, 1852, Nelson Hull (see Hull IV).


PARKER The surname Parker is derived from the Latin "parcarius," parkkeeper, or shepherd. Danes, Saxons and Normans all seem to have had the name at an early date. Parcum and de Parco are found in Domesday Book. As early as 900-925, in the reign of Edward I, a Geoffrey Parker is mentioned even before the common use of surnames in England. The family bore arms, that of the Browns- holme family of Parker, the pedigree of which is traced to William le Parker, of Wiztwistle, Lancashire, before 1400 is: Vert, a chevron between three stags' heads cabossed or ; crest : a leopard head affrontee erased or, ducally gorged gules ; motto : Sepre Ande ( dare to be just ). This coat-of-arms descended through the Park Hall and Staffordshire lines, and is that used by Sir Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, England. A Parker branch that settled in Dutchess county, New York, de- scended from James Parker, a taxpayer in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1645.


(I) John Parker was born in 1799, died November 30. 1848, aged forty-eight years, ten months and sixteen days. He had a brother, Samuel, who had children : Philip and Philo, twins, who were of Shelbyville, Illi-


nois. John Parker settled at an early date in Saratoga county, New York, where he engaged in farming and lumbering. le mar- ried Nancy McQueen, who died December 26. 1888, aged eighty-four years, four months, six days, daughter of Robert and Betsey Mc- Queen. Robert McQueen died July 6, 1834, aged seventy-five years; Betsey McQueen died November 14. 1840, aged seventy-seven years.


(II) Robert, son of John and Nancy (Mc- Queen) Parker, was born in the town of Galway, Saratoga county, New York. He engaged there in the lumber business and operated a farm. In 1888 he removed to Michigan, where he yet resides ( 1910). He married Margaret Timeson, who died in 1860. Their only child was John Nicholas, see for- ward.


(III) John Nicholas, only son of Robert and Margaret ( Timeson) Parker, was born in the town of Providence, Saratoga county, New York, September 20, 1854, died in Sche- nectady, New York, February 23, 1907. His mother died when he was a lad of six years,. and his early training devolved upon an aunt,. who cared for him until he was ready to go out into the world and make his own way. This time came all too soon. He attended the winter schools, and in summer worked on a farm, receiving, at first, six dollars a month, working at this wage for two years, when he was raised to eight dollars. After two years more on the farm he yielded to the charm the Erie canal had for the farmer boy, and se- cured a job as water boy, where he earned a good round dollar every day. His uncle. Hiram Parker, was proprietor of a hotel at Acqueduct, and for eleven years John N. lived with him. He was treasuring his dollars, and after eleven years had sufficient capital to en- gage in business on his own account. For the next seven years he conducted the hotel at Rexford Flats, at the same time operating in all kinds of farm produce, under the firm name of John N. Parker & Company. He- shipped large quantities of hay, grain and kindred products, and conducted a profitable business, which he continued until his death. After disposing of his Rexford Flats' prop- erty he operated the hotel at Acqueduct for four years. He built a fine residence at that place, which was his home ever after. 11e sold his hotel interest, and henceforth de- voted himself to his produce business, the public service in the state of New York, and to business interests in the city of Schenec- tady. He was treasurer of the Schenectady Paving and Contracting Company, a concern that carried on the largest business of the


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kind in northern New York. He also had an interest in the Niskayuna Ice Company, and was a director of the Schenectady Trust Com- pany. He continued his successful business career up to the time of his death. In public life Mr. Parker was well known and promi- nent. He was a local leader in the Republi- can party, and influential in state party coun- cils. He was honored and respected as a leader in Schenectady county, and always proved a formidable opponent at the polls. He held many public offices in the county ; was road commissioner ; for two terms repre- sented his town on the board of supervisors, being elected without opposition. In 1894 he was appointed by Governor Levi P. Morton division superintendent of the eastern division of the Erie canal, going back in authority to the scene of his boyhood labor, and held this position twelve years. He was a capable of- ficial, and served his state well. At the time ·of his death he was assistant superintendent of public works of the state of New York. He was a familiar figure at party state conven- tions, and frequently was a delegate to Re- publican national conventions. His public life was clean, and he always made it his boast that he never had a dollar which he did not earn. He spent a life of active effort, and earned a deserved success. He was prominent in the Masonic order, belonging to St. George Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and was a noble of Oriental Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. He was a charter member of Schaughmaugh-ta-da Tribe of Red Men, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married, October 14, 1881, Kathe- rine, daughter of John Blair, of Schenectady, and Julia Blair, of St. Johnsville, New York, who survives her husband. Children : I. John Robert, see forward. 2. Ethel B., born July 21, 1884; married George G. Schieffelin ; child: Richard G. 3. James C., July 20, 1887 ; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy ; now a real estate dealer of Schenectady ; married Grace Gilbert.


(IV) John Robert, eldest son of John Nicholas and Katherine ( Blair) Parker, was born at Rexford Flats, Saratoga county, New York, October 14. 1882. He was educated in the public school, Schenectady high school, Union Classical Institute, Albany Business College, Mt. Beacon Military Academy, Fish- kill, New York, and was graduated LL.B. from Cornell University, class of 1907. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar, and in 1907 to the New York bar, and at once hegan the practice of his profession in Schenectady, as a partner of the law firm of Wemple & Parker. In 1909 this partnership was dis-


solved, and he is now conducting a general law practice alone. He has always taken an active part in politics, following in the footsteps of his father. In 1909 he was the Republican candidate for the state legislature from Sche- nectady, being beaten by the slender majority of two hundred and eighty-seven votes. He is a member of the Episcopal church; Sigma Chi (Cornell) ; Phi Delta Phi, a legal fra- ternity; Phi Psi, a preparatory school fra- ternity ; Schenectady County Bar Association ; Schenectady Board of Trade; Mohawk Club; Mohawk Golf Club, and the Press, Republican and Boat clubs of Schenectady. He married, July 3, 1907, at Newcastle, Kentucky, Fannie Symes, born February 21, 1883, daughter of Major Sanford, of an old Kentucky family, and Fannie (Smith) Sanford, and grand- daughter of Charles Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have a son, John Robert (2), born September 12, 1908.


From the time of the Dutch HOTALING ancestor, Mathys Hooghtee- ling, this name had caused deepest woe to those bearing it, on account of the many ingenious ways it can be spelled. Houghteling is one of the most common forms, but the tendency now seems to be toward the simpler form, Hotaling. Mathys Hoogh- teeling was born 1644 (it is supposed in Hol- land), died 1706. He is the first of his name in the Hudson Valley. In 1697 a patent of land was granted him in Rensselaerwyck in the present town of Coxsackie. He married Maria Hendrickse and had three sons and two daughters.


(II) Coenradt, son of Mathys and Maria (Hendrickse) Hotaling (Hooghteeling), was born about 1667. He married, 1688, Tryntja Willemse Van Slyck, and had eleven chil- dren.


(III) Willem, second child of Coenradt and Tryntja W. (Van Slyck) Hotaling, was bap- tized January 17, 1692. He was a farmer and a frecholder of the town of Bethlehem, Al- hany county, in 1742. He married Lena Uzile, November 9, 1716, and had nine children.


(IV) Jonathan, son of Willem and Lena (Uzile) Hotaling, was baptized September 12, 1736. He married Jannetie Slingerland, November 2, 1754. He cultivated a farm in New Scotland and Bethlehem, and died, lcav- ing sons, Coenrad, Johannes and Wonter. His eldest child and only daughter was Neeltje, baptized September 28, 1755.


(V) Coenrad, son of Jonathan and Jannetie (Slingerland) Hotaling, was baptized Novem- ber 1, 1761, died in the town of Berne in 1831. He owned a large tract of land which, at his


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death, was divided among his two sons, Aaron and Jonathan. Coenrad was an active mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a class leader. He was a Democrat and a man of influence in his town. He was twice married. Children : Aaron, of whom further ; Jonathan, died in Montezuma, New York, in 1903, leaving a son, Gabriel ; Solomon, settled in the west, where he married, and had thir- teen children.


(VI) Aaron, son of Coenrad and Janetta (Bogardus) Hotaling, was born in the town of New Scotland, Albany county, New York, in 1797, died in the city of Albany in 1866. At the division of his father's property it was supposed that he got the less valuable half, but he later discovered upon it quarries of bluestone that made him a very rich man. Albany sidewalks are paved almost exclusively with flagstones taken from these quarries, and innumerable carloads have been shipped to dis- tant points. In 1855 he retired from the ac- tive operation of his quarries and settled in a comfortable home in Albany, where he died eleven years later. The quarries are located near Reedville, in the town of Berne, and are yet a source of supply for flagging purposes. He was originally a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, but later became con- nected with the First Baptist Church in Al- bany. He was a man of religious nature, and lived a most exemplary life. In politics he was a Democrat. He married, in 1826, in Berne. Mary (Polly) Rogers, born in Al- bany county about 1800, died in Albany shortly after the removal to that city in 1855. She was a daughter of Captain Thomas and


(Wheat) Rogers. Captain Thomas Rogers was a soldier of the revolution. He was extensively engaged in lumbering and gained his title of captain from his river operations. He owned large tracts of timber in Washing- ton county, and drove his logs, when prac- ticable, down the Hudson to mills below. He was a well-known character, and with Dea- con Philips, established the First Baptist church in Albany county, and was officially connected with it during his lifetime. He was one of the leading business men of his day. His two sons, Dr. Samuel and Dr. Hiram Rogers, went west. settled in Quincy, Illinois, where they helped to organize and build the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road. They became well known as prosperous business, rather than as professional men. His son, Thomas Rogers, was a farmer of New Scotland, and still another, Peniel, also set- tled in Quincy, Illinois, married, and left two sons, George, a prominent attorney of Spring- field, Illinois, and Hiram, leading druggist


of Quincy. Captain Thomas Roge: dred in Berne in 1849, in the ninety-first yoor of his age. Children of Aaron and Mary Hraaling : Hiram, of whom further; Oscar, born in Reedville, New York, 1830, died in New Scot- land in 1905; married Leah Loucks and left Harry, now a resident of New Scotland, and a daughter, Mariette Mickle; William Chaun- cey, died in Albany, 1904; married Eleanor, daughter of John Moore, of Albany ; they have no living issue; Louisa, married William H. Conger.




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