1860 - 1881 (21 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Eli Bruce was born on 6 Sep 1818 in , Otsego, New York, USA (son of Eli Bruce and Sarah Rundle); died on 13 Jan 1902 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA
- Residence: 1860, Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA
- Residence: 1870, Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA
- Residence: 1900, Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA
Eli married Premelia Alcott on 8 Aug 1840 in North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, USA. Premelia was born in 1820; died on 24 Dec 1888 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Premelia Alcott was born in 1820; died on 24 Dec 1888 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA. Children:
- Merrick Bruce was born on 21 May 1849 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA; died on 3 Jan 1916 in , Lorain, Ohio, USA.
- Mary Ann Bruce was born on 8 Sep 1851 in , , Ohio, USA; died in 1916.
- Evelyn P Bruce was born on 21 Jul 1853 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA; died on 9 Feb 1925 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
- 1. Niram Bruce was born on 24 Jul 1860; died on 27 Jul 1881.
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Generation: 3
4. | Eli Bruce was born on 22 Aug 1783 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA (son of Eli Bruce and Sarah Gibbs); died on 6 May 1840 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, USA; was buried in Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1810, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA
- Residence: 1820, Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA
Eli + Sarah Rundle. Sarah was born in 1803; died on 10 Mar 1850 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Sarah Rundle was born in 1803; died on 10 Mar 1850 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA. Children:
- Hiram Bruce was born in 1806 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA; died on 29 Nov 1864 in LaPorte, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
- Hannah Bruce was born on 8 Sep 1811 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA; died on 3 Jun 1882 in Solon Township, Kent, Michigan, USA.
- Betsy Bruce was born on 16 Dec 1816 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA; died on 5 Nov 1899 in Courtland, Kent, Michigan, USA.
- 2. Eli Bruce was born on 6 Sep 1818 in , Otsego, New York, USA; died on 13 Jan 1902 in Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
- Isaac V Bruce was born on 16 Sep 1819 in , Otsego, New York, USA; died on 11 Sep 1883 in , Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
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Generation: 4
8. | Eli Bruce was born on 6 Aug 1749 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Charles Bruce and Martha Coburn); died on 21 Jun 1813 in Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: John Eli BRUCE
- Residence: 1790, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Residence: 1800, Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA
- Residence: 1810, Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA
Eli married Sarah Gibbs on 16 Jan 1773 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Gibbs and Mary Lilley) was born on 18 Oct 1750 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1788 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Sarah Gibbs was born on 18 Oct 1750 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Jacob Gibbs and Mary Lilley); died in 1788 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Charles Bruce was born on 2 Jan 1774 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died in 1810 in Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA.
- Samuel Bruce was born on 24 Aug 1776 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Dec 1847 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA.
- 4. Eli Bruce was born on 22 Aug 1783 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 May 1840 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, USA; was buried in Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, USA.
- Zelotes Bruce was born on 6 Jan 1785 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died in 1848 in Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA.
- Benjamin Bruce was born in 1788; died in 1832.
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Generation: 5
16. | Charles Bruce was born on 13 May 1723 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Abijah Bruce and Mary Woods); died on 5 Sep 1757 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1757, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Probate: 24 Nov 1758, , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Charles married Martha Coburn on 21 Jan 1743 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Martha (daughter of Benjamin Coburn and Elizabeth French) was born on 21 Oct 1717 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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17. | Martha Coburn was born on 21 Oct 1717 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Benjamin Coburn and Elizabeth French). Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Charles Bruce was born in 1743; and died.
- Abijah Bruce was born on 1 Aug 1744 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Jun 1833 in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, USA.
- Benjamin Bruce was born in 1747 in , , Massachusetts, USA; and died.
- 8. Eli Bruce was born on 6 Aug 1749 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jun 1813 in Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA.
- Simeon Bruce was born in 1751 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Sep 1810 in Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Abner Bruce was born on 6 May 1754 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Dec 1790 in Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA.
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18. | Jacob Gibbs was born on 5 May 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Gibbs and Sarah Cutler); died on 17 Oct 1777 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Jacob married Mary Lilley on 19 Nov 1747. Mary (daughter of Samuel Lillie and Hannah Boutell) was born on 18 Aug 1709 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Mary Lilley was born on 18 Aug 1709 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Samuel Lillie and Hannah Boutell); died in 1809 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- Nathaniel Gibbs was born on 24 Aug 1748 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
- Samuel Gibbs was born on 18 Oct 1750 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
- 9. Sarah Gibbs was born on 18 Oct 1750 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1788 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA.
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Generation: 6
32. | Abijah Bruce was born on 27 Nov 1693 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Roger Bruce and Elizabeth Forbush); died on 2 Dec 1774 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Notes:
In 1719 Lieutenant Abijah Bruce (1698-1774) arrived in Westborough and opened a tavern in the house he built at 210 East Main Street. A soldier in the French and Indian Wars, Bruce served as moderator of town meeting in 1735. As a member of the committee to build the second meeting house in 1749 the innkeeper provided the rum for that building's raising.
Abijah Bruce not only worked as a tavern keeper but raised cattle, horses and sheep on his land. He often sold his stock to drovers who stopped at the Bruce Tavern on the way to market. In 1750 the tavern was mortgaged to Captain Stephen Maynard and seems to have ceased business soon after.
Abijah Bruce served in the military. Rev Ebenezer Parkman's diary says that Abijah was a Sergeant in Sep 1740 but was an Ensign by Jul 1744. He made Lieutenant Aug 1748 and must have been in Captain Baker's Company as on 11 Oct 1748 Parkman "dined with the south Company Officers - Lt Bruce had the Command by Means of Captain bakers being engag'd as one of the Referrees upon the Case of messers [ William] Nurse and [Cornelius] Cook." Abijah doesn't appear in any Massachusetts Military records but might be found in the Westborough Militia records. To show what the soldiers and even the populace had to contend with during the French and Indian Wars, this July 1745 entry from Parkman's diary is included "Ensign Bruce (who went up to Fort Shirley to bring back his son Jonathan) return'd - and informs that last Friday about 10 a.m. Mr. William Phipps was kill'd by the Indians about 30 Rods from the Garrison at [Putney] (nigh which lives Mr Nehemiah How who went from Grafton) and his body was treated inhumanly, Scalp'd, his Heart taken out, etc."
Abijah Bruce was moderator of the town meetings in 1735. In January 1749 some land was bought for the purpose of building a new meeting house in the town of Westboorough. The house was to be fifty feet long by forty feet wide with posts 23 feet high. In April it was ready for raising and accordingly the precinct voted on the 17th "to provide Half a barrel Roum, by the cost and charge of the precinct, for the Raising of the frame of the meeting-house which the precinct voted to build..." Capt. John Maynard, Lieut. Simeon Tainter, and Lieut. Abijah Bruce were voted to be a committee to take care to provide the Roum for raising the frame of the meeting house.
Abijah at one time kept a tavern (during the 1750's at least). It was located on the road between Westborough and Marlborough about two miles from the center of Westborough.
A letter written by Abijah Bruce, dated at Westborough June 5th, 1772, reads "Whereas my brother David Bruce of Soutb'r is a person Naturally wanting Understanding and not capable of taking care of himself and there being some Estate left by our hon'd Father Roger Bruce late of Said Southb'r Deed for the Support of said David who is not Capable to manage the Same for that purpose, These are to desire your Hon'r to enquire into the truth of the above & appoint Him the said David a Guardian". Signed Abijah Bruce by mark, witnessed by Artemas Bruce and Isaac Johnson.
Abijah apparently had a violent temper. in several places in Parkman's diary Abijah is mentioned as having "warm Speech" or answering "Sharply, and coarsely, and asking....with great Anger". An example of his temper is found in the diary from June 1755 when Rev Parkman forgot to mention to the congregation Abijah's desire for prayers for his sick wife. "Lieutenant Bruce came into my House, and the Storm was great, Thunder, Lightening, and Rain. Yet the Storm of Brother Bruce's Passions was more grievous; uttering many bitter grievous Things; neither could I at all lay his Passionate Heat by anything I could Say. he went away talking and in a Rage, notwithstanding it was the Sabbath, and the Storm which Should have Struck Terror, into each of our Hearts. I could not Suffer him to go away in Such a Frame. I put on my Great Coat, and went to the Meeting House, ready to declare it was not with Design that I omitted the Note, but through forgetfullness - as I went I Spake to him at the Stables to Mollifie him - and entreated him and all others that were there to go into the Meeting House; but neither of them did. When I got into the meeting House I was Somewhat out of Breath by my running through the Rain. There were many more in the Meeting House (probably) than I expected; Yet I then conceiv'd it best for the prevention of further Mischief to declare that it was thro my Infirmity and no otherwise that his Case was Neglected; I also mention'd to them the Reason of my coming to Speak of it to them, viz. the violent Anger which he was in, and continued in, though I did all in my Power to Compose and Satisfie him; and that he assur'd me he would never bring me any Papers (to desire Prayers) any more. When I return'd from the Meeting House, he being Still at the Stables, I Stop'd there again and there labour'd to pacifie him; but all was in Vain. So that I left him with telling him that I had done and Said enough (and indeed it was too much) I would not trouble my Self any more. This was a just Chastizement from God upon me, for my own Sloth and Negligence! the Lord be mercifull to me a Sinner! The next day I made it my Business to Visit Mrs. Bruce...As to Lieutenant Bruce, he now receiv'd me civily - no word of yesterday; only when I parted while I had him by the Hand I told him I would not have any Difficulty between him and me, and he answer'd Smiling, ' with all my Heart' ." Abijah apologized a month later to Rev Parkman for his outbursts, " Lieutenant Bruce here and acknowledg'd he did amiss on june 22 and what he said was writ and sign'd".
Perhaps Abijah had cause to be angry. His wife Mary remained ill the rest of the year and was very close to death.
According to Parkman's diary Abijah died 2 Dec 1774, "Lieut. Bruce dies about 2 o'clock p.m. He was nigh 81, was born Nov.27.O.S. 1693".
A later entry for 27 Mar 1775, "Calld at Mr Stone's & desired him, if he should be sent for by those concerned, to attend the Funeral of old Mrs, Bruce, who dyd on ye 26th, aged 88 & one Day".
REF:
[1] The First Parish Church of Westborough Records
[2] The Diary of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman - Francis G. Walett, 1974
[3] Worcester County, MA Probate
[4] Westborough Vital records (Bruce births on pg.29)
[5] Diary of Reverend Ebenezer Parkman (copied by S.I. Briant
in 1906 - in Westborough Public Library)
[6] The History of Westborough - Town of Westborough, 1891
Children:
1. Mary, b. Marlborough 4 Oct 1719, bap. 19 Jun 1720, m. Westborough 20 Nov 1740 Simon Tainter
2. Elizabeth, b. Marlborough 4 Nov 1720, bap. 18 Jun 1721, m. Westborough 10 May 1739 Richard Barnes, Jr., b. Marlborough 12 Feb 1716-7
3. Charles, b.[4] Westborough 13 May 1722, m. Westborough 21 Jan 1742-3 Martha Coburn
4. Ephraim, b.[4] Westborough 15 Nov 1724, m. Westborough 5 Oct 1744 Mary Maynard, d. Westborough 13 Jan 1801 Chil.: 1) Zipporah, b. Westborough 7 Feb 1753
5. Jonathan, b.[4] Westborough 4 Sep 1726, m. Westborough 24 May 1749 Hannah Beeman, b. Westborough 23 Apr 1730
6. Artemas, b.[4] Westborough 20 Dec 1728, d. Newfane, VT 31 Jul 1811, m. Westborough 20 May 1756 Mary Latiny, b. abt. 1732, d. Newfane, VT 29 Sep 1811
7. Abigail, b.[4] Westborough 2 Jul 1730, m. Westborough 7 Apr 1752 Merodach Baladan Smith
Abijah married Mary Woods on 14 Jan 1719 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Isaac Woods and Mary Maynard) was born on 13 Mar 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Mar 1775 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Mary Woods was born on 13 Mar 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Isaac Woods and Mary Maynard); died on 26 Mar 1775 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- Mary Bruce was born on 14 Oct 1719 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Nov 1781 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Elizabeth Bruce was born on 4 Nov 1721 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Apr 1792 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- 16. Charles Bruce was born on 13 May 1723 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Sep 1757 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Ephraim Bruce was born on 15 Nov 1724 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Oct 1759 in Northboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Jonathan Bruce was born on 4 Sep 1726 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Feb 1816 in Northboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Artemas Bruce was born on 20 Dec 1728 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Jul 1811 in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, USA.
- Abigail Bruce was born on 2 Jul 1730 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
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34. | Benjamin Coburn was born on 13 Mar 1681 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Robert Coburn and Mary Bishop); died on 10 Jul 1746 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Probate: 1746, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin married Elizabeth French on 6 Jun 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph French and Elizabeth Knight) was born on 5 Jan 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1732 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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36. | John Gibbs was born on 10 Apr 1662 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish); died on 2 Apr 1718 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Probate: 1718, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- Residence: 1718, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
John married Sarah Cutler on 31 May 1694 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Cutler and Mary Gould) was born on 15 Mar 1665 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Aug 1725 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Sarah Cutler was born on 15 Mar 1665 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Nathaniel Cutler and Mary Gould); died on 31 Aug 1725 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Married:
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Children:
- Mary Gibbs was born on 3 Aug 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Apr 1752 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Nathaniel Gibbs was born in 1695 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Nov 1732 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Samuel Gibbs was born in 1698 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Isaac Gibbs was born on 12 Oct 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1785 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Sarah Gibbs was born on 6 Dec 1702 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Feb 1734 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- 18. Jacob Gibbs was born on 5 May 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Oct 1777 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Israel Gibbs was born on 11 Jul 1706 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Oct 1780 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
- Ephraim Gibbs was born on 12 Jun 1710 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Aug 1710 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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38. | Samuel Lillie was born on 14 May 1665 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of George Lillie and Hannah Smith); died on 7 Feb 1753 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Samuel married Hannah Boutell on 23 Dec 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of John Irving Boutwell and Hannah Elizabeth Davis) was born on 3 Jun 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jun 1721 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | Hannah Boutell was born on 3 Jun 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Irving Boutwell and Hannah Elizabeth Davis); died on 17 Jun 1721 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Hannah Lillie was born on 8 Aug 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Aug 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Samuel Lillie was born on 24 Mar 1695 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Apr 1774 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
- John Lilley was born on 15 Sep 1697 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1797 in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Hannah Lillie was born on 5 May 1700 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Aug 1726 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Sarah Lillie was born on 23 Nov 1702 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Jun 1775 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Jonathan Lillie was born on 18 Aug 1707 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Jan 1778 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- 19. Mary Lilley was born on 18 Aug 1709 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- David Lillie was born on 29 Feb 1712 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jan 1774 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Elizabeth Lillie Lilly was born on 18 Apr 1714 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1814 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Samuel Lillie was born in 1718; and died.
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