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ward) : Sarah: Ruth. married Jin Palmer ; Esther, married Ammi Paulk . Roxanna, mar- ried Jabez West: Aaron : Dorcas, married Vine Robinson ; Daniel. Samuel, brother of Elijah Chapman, commanded a company in the French war, and was also an officer in the revolutionary war. He represented Tolland in the legislature, 1755-90. with the excep- tion of three years when absent in the army.
(V) Ashbel, fifth child of Deacon Elijah and Ruth (Steele ) Chapman, was born in Tolland, Connecticut, June 28, 1755. died Oc- tober 26, 1822. He represented Tolland in the legislature, in 1808-11-12-26. He mar- ried November 17, 1789, Lydia Lord. Chil- dren : Ashbel, born 1790; Carlos, 1792: Caro- line, 1793; Lydia, 1795; Mary B., 1796; John Buckley (see forward) : 1 ncy, 1801.
(VI) John Buckley, sixth child of Ashhel and Lydia (Lord) Chapman, was born at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 12, 1799. He was a humber dealer. He was at sea with a cargo of lumber when he was taken with yellow fever and died near the Cuban coast. He married (first) Lydia Holkins : children : Albert, Frederick Augustus (see forward) ; John E., Louise, Harvey. He married ( sec- ond) Lydia Dwight ; no issue. He married (third) Lydia Lord, no issne.
(VII) Frederick Augustus, eldest child of John Buckley and Lydia ( Holkins) Chapman, was born May 25, 1832, died July 19, 1889. He began his business life as a clerk in the Albany, New York, stores. He then went to Chicago, where he engaged in a wholesale hardware business, the firm being Loomis, Abbott & Chapman. He sold his interest in that firm and engaged in the wholesale bag business with his brother in Chicago, and died while on a business trip to Minneapolis. His remains were brought to Lansingburg, where he is buried, in Oakwood cemetery. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal church in Chi- cago. He married, in 1855, in Lansingburg, New York, Sarah Louise, born 1833. only child of Gilbert Eddy Vandercook ( see Van- dercook IV ). Children: 1. Ilattie, born in Lansingburg, July 25, 1858: married Abra- ham Reamer, born August 12, 1855, a coffee importer of New York City: children: i. Fred Chapman, born September 14, 1883, died August 1, 1884: ii. Dexter Wright, born Sep- tember 14, 1885; iii. Louise, born July 11, 1887, died January 25, 1907; iv. T. Murray, born November 25, 1890. 2. Kathleen, horn January 31, 1870, at Lansingburg, died at age of nineteen. Mrs. Chapman survives her hus- band, and lives in Lansingburg, New York. She was educated at Lansingburg Academy and Troy Seminary.
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(The Vandercook Line).
(I) Michael Vandercook, founder of the town of Cooksborough, New York, was of Holland descent, born in the province which today is the state of New Jersey, November 10, 1715. He came with his family to New York state and patented land, settling on what is known as "Cooks Patent," in May, 1762. Here he founded the town of Cooksborough (now Cooksburg), and died in 1786. His name on the tombstone in the Cooksborough cemetery is "d Cook." He married Cornelia Van Ness in 1742. She was born in 1721, and a direct descendant of the famous Anneke Jans. Children: Michael (2); Simon (see forward) ; Henry, born 1751; Hester, 1752; Cornelius, 1754; Isaac ; Cornelia; Sarah.
(II) Simon, eldest child of Michael and Cornelia (Van Ness) Vandercook, was born in New Jersey, August 17, 1749, and died in Cooksburg, Albany county, New York, No- vember 28, 1829. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, holding the rank of ensign in Captain Henry Van Der Hoff's company, Albany county (New York) militia, Colonel Peter Yates. A Michael Vandercook was a private in the same regiment, but it is hardly likely that it was his father, as he was sixty- one years of age in 1776. Simon Vander- cook married Levina Van Der Hoff, born May 5, 1754. Children: Michael S., see for- ward; Hetty, Peter, Henry, Simon, Gilbert, John, Cornelia, and Sarah.
(III) Major Michael Simon, eldest son of Simon and Levina (Van Der Hoff) Vander- cook, was born in Pittstown, New York, April 5, 1774, and died there February 17, 1852. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, attaining the rank of major, commanding New York state troops. He was a general man of business and of high standing in the community. He was three times married. His first wife, whom he married August 27, 1792, was Mehitable Haskins. She died June 19, 1806. He mar- ried (second) December 14, 1806, Sally Eddy, born January 30, 1789, died April 4, 1823, a daughter of Major-General Gilbert Eddy. He married (third) September 25, 1825, Mrs. Betsey Roberts Pickett, born September 4. 1784. died October 28, 1865. Children of Major Michael S. Vandercook, by first wife, Mehitable Haskins: I. Simon, born January IO, 1794, died October 20, 1794. 2. Michael M., born March 2, 1795, died August 24, 1873. 3. Polly, born April 10, 1799. 4. Sally, born July 24, 1803. By second wife, Sally Eddy : 5. Gilbert Eddy, see forward. 6. Simon Henry, born June 24, 1812, died September 25, 1884. 7. Russell A., born August 25. 1814, died August 24, 1839. 8. Tisdale Eddy, born
June 11, 1818, died November 15, 1869. 9. Charles Raney, born May 20, 1819. 10. Pru- dence, born April 20, 1821. By third wife, Mrs. Betsey Roberts Pickett : II. Roberts, born September 5, 1826, died in San Fran- cisco, California, March 29, 1871; he was a California pioneer of 1849; member of the California Pioneer Society, Sons of Revolu- tion, and became a man of prominence on the Pacific coast. 12. Frederick Augustus, born September 28, 1829, died May 29, 1871, in San Francisco, California ; he was a banker of that city.
(IV) Gilbert Eddy, son of Major Michael Simon and his wife Sally (Eddy) Vandercook, was born in Pittstown, New York, July 25, 1808, died in Lansingburg, Rensselaer county, New York, June 13, 1886. He was educated at Pittstown. He was a man of good business ability, and operated along various lines. He conducted the United States Hotel at Sara- toga Springs for some time, and owned and operated a farm in Brunswick, called "Hill- crest." He built a house in Lansingburg, where he died. He was an attendant of the Episcopal Church. He married, January 31, 1833, Sarah Fox, born November 13, 1813. Their only child, Sarah Louise, married Frederick Augustus Chapman (see Chap- man).
The Miller family has for many MILLER years been established in Mont- gomery county, New York. The founder, Conrad Miller, was probably an emi- grant from Germany. He had nine children, Peter, Conrad, Daniel, Henry, John, George, Christiana, Mary and Nancy.
(II) John, son of Conrad Miller, married Margaret Garlock and had children : Henry, Adam, Conrad, John, Jacob, Peter I., Eliza- beth.
(III) Peter I., son of John and Margaret (Garlock) Miller, born in the town of Minden, Montgomery county, New York, May 5, 1789, died October 12, 1841. He was educated in the district schools. He was a tavern keeper at Mohawk, New York, for several years, after which he turned his attention to farming, fol- lowing that occupation for the remainder of his active life. He was a Whig in politics. He married Christina Devendorf, born No- vember 27, 1798, died in Minden, January 28, 1867, daughter of Solomon and Christina De- vendorf, granddaughter of Jacob Devendorf, one of the original patentees of the town of Minden. The Devendorfs came from Swit- zerland prior to the revolution, and one of the name served under General Herkimer and was killed at the battle of Oriskany in 1777.
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Children of Peter I. and Christina Miller : Chauncy, married Barbara Stauring; Harvey, married Margaret Stauring; Mary, married Charles J. Devendorf ; Martha, twin of Mary, married Stephen Z. Walrath ; Jerome, married (first), Louisa Walrath, (second), Martha Davy ; Peter, of whom further.
(IV) Peter, son of Peter I. and Christina (Devendorf) Miller, was born in the town of Minden, March 17, 1839. He was educated in the district schools and at Fort Plain In- stitute. For several years he engaged in farm- ing in Minden, then spent two years in Can- ada in the produce business. On his return from Canada he disposed of his interest in Minden, and settled in Lockport, New York, where he engaged in the wholesale grocery business, under the firm name of Miller & Smith. He continued in active business life until about 1900 when he retired from active business ; since which time he has spent the greater portion of his time in his native town, and now resides at the village of Fort Plain, New York. He has had a successful business career and has been the architect of his own fortune. He is well known in the community as a man of high character and generous im- pulses. He is a Republican in politics and served while living in the town of Minden as school trustee. In religion he is a Universal- ist. He married, December 30, 1868, Kather- ine, born July 29, 1841, daughter of John I. and Eliza (Sanders) Zoller, granddaughter of Jacob I. Zoller, who was a son of Jacob Zol- ler, one of the four brothers, Jacob, Henry, Casper and Andrew, who came into the Mo- hawk Valley from their native land, Switzer- land, during the revolutionary war, settling at Fort Willett, in Dutchtown, Montgomery county. Jacob and Andrew Zoller served in the battle of Oriskany, where Andrew was taken prisoner and Jacob was shot through the shoulder and also taken prisoner. An- drew returned but Jacob was never after heard from. Jacob I. Zoller was born in Minden, where he died June 18, 1863, aged eighty-six years. He served in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Sacketts Harbor. He mar- ried Katherine, daughter of John Christian and Elizabeth Ehle. She was born August 30, 1782, died October 29, 1868. Their children are: John I., of whom further; Mary, born May 9, 1807, married Henry I. Crouse ; James born April 20, 1809, removed to northern New York and settled near Ogdensburg; Jacob, born July 29, 1811, died at the age of seven- teen years; Josiah, born September 27, 1813, built the Zoller House at Fort Plain of which he was proprietor for many years; Henry Chauncy, born December 18, 1815, removed
to Columbia, Herkimer county, where he still resides (1910) ; Abraham, born May 16, 1818, died September 27, 1854, at Racine, Wiscon- sin ; Katherine, born October 25, 1821, mar- ried John C. Van Camp, and removed to Ot- ranto, Iowa; Elizabeth, born August 16. 1825, is living at Otranto Station, Iowa, unmarried. John I. Zoller, eldest child of Jacob I. Zoller, was born in Minden, March 9, 1805, died No- vember 15, 1891. He was for many years engaged in mercantile business. In 1843 he was a member of the New York legislature. He married Eliza Sanders. Children: 1. Katherine Elizabeth, died young. 2. Jacob, born April 15, 1833, died January 27, 1907; he was engaged in the wholesale grocery and provision business in Little Falls, New York; married Mary Jane Dygert. 3. Abram P., born July 28, 1835, died April 8, 1908; mar- ried Rachel Newkirk; no issue ; he was a resi- dent of Fort Plain. 4. Martha, born May 4, 1837; married Robert Smith, of Hallsville; three children living: Fred J., Robert Z. and Claude A. 5. Mary, born May 26, 1839, de- ceased. 6. Katherine, married Peter Miller. 7. Elizabeth, died aged thirteen years. 8. Charles, married Ianthe Klock, and died on the homestead farm, October 3. 1902, aged fifty-five years. Peter and Katherine Miller have no children.
If, as is believed, this name was MILLER originally Muller, the family in Slingerlands can claim descent from Cornelis Stephense Muller, of Green- bush, Rensselaer county, New York, 1063; also a land owner in Albany, devising same to sons Jacob and John.
(I) Russell Miller died in Westerlo, Albany county, New York, in 1829, in middle life. Ile was a farmer and land owner and died on his own farm. He was a member of the Christian church, and an active worker for good. Ile married Nancy Conger, who died April 1, 1868, aged seventy-two years, twelve days. The Congers are an old Albany county family. Children: 1. David, born in Berne, died February 27, 1866, aged forty-nine years ; a farmer of that town ; he married Catherine daughter of Duncan Fisher ; children : i. Rus- sell, deceased : ii. Caroline, deceased, married Walter Clapper, who died in the west. 2. Margaret, died at the age of seventy years; married Ambrose Lamb, a farmer of Wester- lo; no issue. 3. Eli, died aged forty-seven years ; a farmer of Westerlo, later of the town of Coeymans, Albany county ; married Hannah Nodine, who died leaving two sons, James and Jarvis, who are married, and have families at Indian Fields, New York. 4. James, see
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forward. 5. Emmeline, born in Westerlo, New York, 1824 died January 28, 1906; mar- ried George Lawson, who died in Berne.
(II) James, son of Russell and Nancy (Conger) Miller, was born in Westerlo, Al- bany county, New York, July 14, 1822, died in New Scotland, April 4, 1904. He located in the village of Reedville, town of Berne, where he was a merchant for twenty years. He was a farmer of New Scotland for thirty years, owning one hundred and thirty acres now a part of his son's estate. He was a man of substance and influence. He was ac- tive in the Democratic party, and while in Reedville was postmaster for several years under Buchanan and Lincoln. He married, in Westerlo, July 4, 1842, Julia A. Adriance, born in that town, September 4, 1825, died in New Scotland, September 5, 1901. She was possessed of the womanly virtues of gentle- ness, patience and piety, coupled with great courage, strength and endurance. She was her husband's trusted partner and associate, and contributed a full share to his success in life. She was a daughter of Albert and Catlı- erine (Snyder) Adriance, who both lie in the Snyder burying ground in Westerlo. They were members of the Christian church. Their children were: 1. Eliza M., born March 29, 1823; now a resident of Westerlo, aged eigh- ty-seven years, widow of Nelson Appleby ; children : Julia and Abraham. 2. Julia A., married James Miller. 3. Henry D., born January 4, 1828, now a resident of Westerlo, aged eighty-two years; married Katherine Betchem, born in Albany, February 22, 1848, and has three living children : William H., Al- bert G. and Charles M. 4. Caroline, October 8, 1830; unmarried. 5. George A .. March 27, 1833, died July 28, 1906; married Lucy Smith, deceased ; children : Annie and Emma, married; deceased after marriage. Children of James and Julia A. (Adriance) Miller : I. Charles, sec forward. 2. Mariette, born May 15, 1846; married John J. Mahar, a farmer of the town of Bethlehem; child, James H., horn May 29, 1868; married Nettie Bennett, and has a son James B., born December 26, 1900.
(III) Charles, son of James and Julia A. (Adriance) Miller, was horn in Westerlo, Al- bany county, New York, at the Miller home- stead, July 12, 1844. His carly years were spent in Berne, and in the store of his father at Reedville. He bought land in Berne, which he sold and removed to a farm he purchased in New Scotland on Norman's Kill in 1876. Here he remained two years, then purchased his present estate of one hundred and ninety- six acres consisting of two farms with all
improvements on both. This was the "old Taylor farm," and was partly owned by his father, who died at this place. Mr. Miller is a modern farmer and everything about his home and farm bespeaks progress and pros- perity. He stands high in his community and highest where best known. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Democrat in politics. He married, January 3, 1876, Edith J., born in the town of Guilderland, May 27, 1855, daughter of John and Edith (Jacobson) Oliver, and granddaughter of Evert and Mary A. (Albright) Oliver. John Oliver was born in Bethlehem, New York, January 12, 1836, died January 23, 1907, in New Scotland. He was a farmer, married (first) Edith, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Leonard) Jacobson, of Bethlehem. They were members of the Pres- byterian church. Children of John and Edith (Jacobson) Oliver : 1. Daniel, died in 1904, at Binghamton, New York; he was a railroad man ; married Elizabeth Hines, also deceased ; had issue. 2. Adeline, married Christopher La Grange, of Bethlehem, New York; issue: Emery, married; Hattie, married ; Alice, mar- ried; Raymond; Wesley, deceased ; Maude, married and lives in Binghamton, New York. 3. Edith J., married Charles Miller. 4. Sarah Alice, married Myron Hungerford, a farmer of New Scotland ; no issue. 5. Elizabeth, mar- ried Jacob Wagoner, of Albany; two daugh- ters : Minnie, married; Jennie, married. John Oliver married (second) Margaret Hart; no issue. He married (third) Lavinia Dyer, now deceased; children: 6. Irving, a farmer of Bethlehem, New York, married Mary Mc- Narry ; has issue. 7. Lewelyn, married Jacob Weis, of New Scotland, a farmer; three chil- dren. 8. John, a farmer of Bethlehem; mar- ried Sadie Rathburn; six children. 9. Chris- topher, a farmer of New Scotland; married Hattie Hallenbeck ; four children. 10. George, a farmer of New Scotland, married Eva C. Albright; one child. Children of Charles and Edith J. (Oliver) Miller: 1. Victor, born October 24, 1876; graduated Albany Business College, 1894; now a farmer of Bethlehem; he married Sarah A. Fitch, and has a son, Charles A., born August 2, 1909. 2. Ernest, born October 12, 1878; educated at Albany high school; now a farmer of New Scotland; married Edna J. Mackey. 3. James, born De- cember 5, 1881; educated in Albany high school, 1898, now a farmer of New Scotland ; married Nettie Johnson; children: i. Julia, born July 9, 1906; ii. Jane, February 29, 1908; iii. Edith, July 3, 1909. 4. Julia A., born March 12, 1884; well educated, resides at home. 5. Frank, born May 15, 1886, resides at home. The family are members of the Pres-
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byterian church, and the sons are Democratic in principle.
The ancestor of the Van VAN ORDEN Ordens of New Balti- timore, Greene county, New York, is William Van Orden, who came from Holland in the ship "Arms of Norway" about 1670. He settled at Katts Kill, where in 1718, after his marriage, he took possession in right of his wife of lot No. 4, containing about fifteen hundred acres. Here he built a house that was his home until death and stood for over a century and a half before being torn down. It was built partly of logs and partly of stone quarried from the Kalk- berg. It was built against the hill, so that it was two stories high on the east side and one story on the west. In front was the Hud- son, and the jealously guarded "canon place" at which the boats were tied. William was one of the first elders of the Dutch Reformed church at old Catskill, where he was well known and highly respected. He died in 1765, and was buried on the brow of the hill north- west from his house. The stone that marked his grave bears the inscription "W. V. O. 1765." The inventory of his property shows him to have been a wealthy man for his day. He married, in 1716, Temperance, daughter of William Loveridge (the patentee of what is known as the "Loveridge Patent"), and his wife, Margrietje Dumond. Children : 1. Wil- liam, born 1717; married, December 22, 1842, Sarah Dubois, died March, 1793, aged sev- enty-six years, daughter of Hezekiah Dubois of Kingston; children : i. Temperance, mar- ried John Burhans; ii. Hezekiah, married (first) Engeltje Loeck; (second) Elizabeth Van Vecten ; iii. Annatje, married James Mil- liken. Hezekiah served in the revolutionary war; was justice of the peace, supervisor and very influential. 2. Margaret, baptized Janu- ary 23, 1726; married Jan Baptist Dumond ; children : Ignatius, Temperance Loveridge, William Van Orden, Ignatius (2), David, Jan Baptist. 3. John, born May 26, 1727; mar- ried, February 15, 1751, Tryntje (Catherine) Dubois ; children : Catryntje, William, Benja- min, Sarah, Peter, John, Margery. John was too old to become a soldier of the revolution, but he was very active and zealous in the cause of the colonies. William, his oldest son, fought at Stillwater and Saratoga, and died in the service. Benjamin, the second son, was commissioned quartermaster of the 11th Regi- ment, New York Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. 4. Elizabeth, baptized June 29, 1729; married David Dumon. 5. Ignatius, of whom further. 6. Peter, baptized
December 9, 1732, died before Tannary 30, 1761 ; no issue. 7. Sarah, baptized 1735.
(II) Ignatius, third son of William and Temperance ( Loveridge ) Van Onlen, was baptized at Kattsbaan, February 4. 1731. che l July 9. 1807. From 1765 until hi death he lived in the house which his father built near the Iludson. In 1778 he received a major's commission in Colonel Anthony Van Bergen's regiment, and saw active service. lle married (first) Annatje Oosterhoudt, who was the mother of his children : married (second) Sa- rah Breasted Mynderse. Children: 1. Sarah, born July 1, 1758; married, March 1, 1781, Jeremiah Overbagh. 2. Jane, married Hen- drick Freligh. 3. William, of whom further. 4. Ignatius, died about 1854.
(III) William, son of Ignatius and Annatje (Oosterhoudt ) Van Orden, was born April 4, 1765, died November 14, 1840. He built his house on the beautiful knoll "Green Point." He was a farmer and a noted sportsman. At the age of seventy-five, while out gunning for wild ducks, he was drowned in the Hudson, on the flats near his dwelling. He married, December 19, 1787, Catherine Ten Broeck, born October 19. 1766, died February 12, 1820, daughter of Wessel and Jannetje ( Per- sen ) Ten Broeck, of Germantown, New York. Children : 1. Wessel Ten Broeck, of whom fur- ther. 2. Henry, born September 4, 1790 ; mar- ried, February 20, 1822, Temperance, died July 13, 1863, daughter of Henry and Cath- erine (Dumond) De Witt. 3. William, born October 16, 1794. died July 18, 1839. 4. Jane Ann, born February 3, 1799, married Ben- jamin Van Denburg.
(IV) Wessel Ten Broeck Van Orden, M.D., eldest son of William and Catherine (Ten Broeck) Van Orden, was born Septem- ber 12, 1788, died at New Baltimore, New York, January 31, 1871. lle married Maria Schumacher (Schoonmaker). born 1795. died May, 1892, daughter of Tjirck and Jane Myn- derse Schoonmaker, of Ulster county, New York. Children : 1. Jane Catherine, born November 12, 1812; married John Ilam, of Columbia county. 2. Wessel Ten Broeck ( 2). born January 24. 1821, died August 11. 1877. 3. Edmund Henry, of whom further.
(V) Edmund Henry, youngest child of Wessel Ten Broeck and Maria ( Schoon- maker ) Van Orden, was born at Germantown, Columbia county, New York, October 7, 1828, died at Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 27, 1909, and was buried at New Baltimore, New York. He was an extensive farmer and an influential citizen. He married, November 17, 1859, Almyra Van Bergen, who was born August 20, 1827, died August 20, 1874.
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daughter of Philip and Sarah Ann (Bush- nell) Van Bergen.
(VI) Wessel Ten Broeck, only child of Ed- mund Henry and Almyra (Van Bergen) Van Orden, was born December 2, 1861, at New Baltimore, Greene county, New York. He was educated in public and private schools, and succeeded to his father's estate, and has spent his life in its management. He is a member of the Holland Society of New York; Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Rev- olution; Social Friendship Lodge, No. 741, Free and Accepted Masons of New Balti- more, of which he is past master ; non-resident member of the Albany Club and Pike's Peak Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a member of the First Reformed Church of New Baltimore; is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Greene county Republican As- sociation. He married, January 7, 1885, Jen- nie A., daughter of William and Lydia A. Fuller of New Baltimore.
(The Van Bergen Line).
(I) Almyra (Van Bergen) Van Orden de- scends from Martin Gerretse Van Bergen (or Marte Gerretse, as he always called himself), who came to New Netherlands about the year 1640. He is said to have been a relative of Killian Van Rensselaer, patroon, of Amster- dam, and to have come to Rensselaerwyck un- der his patronage. He soon became a man of note in the colony and for many years was commissary of Fort Orange, a member of the governor's council; one of the justices of the peace for the county of Albany, and captain of the militia company. He was a wealthy and liberal man, and gave freely of his substance when the colony or his church was in need. In 1689 few subscribed a greater sum than he for the defence of the frontier, and no one paid a larger sum for the support of Godfrey Dallius, the minister of the Dutch Reformed church of Albany. He died in 1696, on his estate of several hundred acres, lying on the west side of the Hudson. It is a well founded tradition of the family that a party of Cana- dian Indians attacked his house with the in- tention of carrying him off a prisoner ; he re- sisted the attack, and was killed in the affray. He left a large estate consisting of lots in Al- bany and farm properties. He married, (first) Jannetje Martense; (second) in Albany, Jan- uary 21, 1686, Melltje, daughter of Myndert Frederickse Iveren, who survived him. Chil- dren : Gerrit, Myndert, Martin, Pieter (of whom further) ; Johannes.
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