Husband of Mary Smith (d/o Edward Smith and Mercy Mowry), m
Was willed this farm by Grandfather William Hawkins II, because his father William Hawkins III who was to receive it predeceased him. See sources and wills below. Joseph's will was dated 5 Oct, 1753. Beaman's condensed abstract of will follows:
Will names sons Abraham, Luther, John, Hezekiah and Joseph (last four under age), and two daughters Huldah and Susannah. Luther, Huldah and Joseph are listed in marriage record as being children of Joseph (Huldah and Joseph being in N. Providence), as is Orpha. (This part of Providence became North Providence in 1765).
Father of:
1. Abraham Hawkins m Mary Crawford
2. Luther Hawkins m Experience Salisbury lived in Killingly CT and served in Killingly in the Revolutionary War.
3. John Hawkins m Sarah Emerson 29 Nov 1764 Uxbridge, Worcester MA.
4. Hezekiah aka Hezebiah Hawkins m Abigail Patt, rem. to Newport, Herkimer NY. but resided on this farm at NP012 in 1790 next to Hezekiah Olney. 14922803
5. Joseph Hawkins m Hepsibeth, widow of Ithamar Olney. Resided this farm and in Killingly CT, then back to this farm. Revolutionary War soldier.
6. Huldah Hawkins m John Tucker
7. Susannah Hawkins
8. Orpha J. Hawkins m Hezekiah Olney, son of Jeremiah Olney, rem, to Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA.
9. Robe Hawkins m Isaac Briant.
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Will of William Hawkins II: The Early Records of the Town of Providence, at 304:
I William Hawkings of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations In new England, yeoman, being now Grown antiant and well stricken in years Calling to mind the mortallity of my body: doe make this my Last Will and Testament: Jn manner and forme following first and principally: I Commit my spirit Into the marcyfull hands of Almighty God my Creator : and my body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buried and as to what Lands and Tenements I have now Left undissposed of: I Give and bequeathe as followeth
Imprimis : I Give and bequeathe unto my two Grandsons : sons | the sons | of my son William Hawkings, deceased : namely Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings all the Remaineing parte of my homestead farme which I have not before my deede dissposed of : the which is scituate Lieing and being in Providence afore said and adjoyneing on the northward side of the fresh River Called the West River : that is to say the Lands with the two Dwelling houseing barne orchard fenceing and Improvements there on with the previledges and appurtinanses there unto belonging
To Have and To Hold the said Lands and tenements afore said unto them my afore said two Grandsons Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings Equally to be devided betwixt them : and to be unto them there Heirs and assigns for Ever : and also I Give and bequeathe unto them my afore said two Grandsons : one third parte of a Right in the Commons on the Eastward side of the seaven mile Line in sd Providence and all the Rest of my Land in Providence afore said that I have not before dissposed of to be Equally devided as afore said : and : to be unto them theire Heirs and assigns for Ever
But in Case my said two Grandsons Cannot agree in : Devideing said Lands and Tennements : Then my Will is : that the Town Councill of said Providence that then is shall make pertision Pertision betwixt them of said Lands and tennements : which pertision shall be binding: And further my will is that if Either of my said two Grandsons shall dye without Lawfull Issue : then his surviveing brother shall Inherrit his parte : after the same tenner as above Exprest : That is to say If Either of them shall dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one years without Lawfull Jssue : or after wards and Leave his said Land undissposed of : then his surviveing brother shall Inherit his parte as afore said : In wit-ness where of I doe here unto sett my hand and scale this seaventeenth day of march : In the eighth yeare of his Majestyes Reign George King of Create Brittan &c : Anno Domini one thousand seaven hundred and twenty one or twenty two
memorandum before signeing and sealeing That I had before Given my Children such a portion as I thought Conveniant Excepting my son William: and this Esstate I have Given to my aforenamed Grandsons Js that which I Intended for there father my son William Hawkings, deceased
The marke X of
William Hawkings L. S.
Signed sealled pronounced and declared Jn the presence of us
Richard Waterman Jonathan Whipple Nathan Waterman
▼References
↑ Providence - Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
267.
HAWKINS William (*2-148), July 6, 1723. Providence
↑ Providence (Rhode Island). Record Commissioners. The early records of the town of Providence.
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. (Chicago [Illinois] : J.H. Beers, 1908)
p. 1228.
===================
Elijah Hawkins sold all of this to brother Joseph and moved to Glocester. His Cemetery is RIHCC number GL065:
15 May 1734 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Providence Twp., 6 acres sold for 110 pds to Joseph Hawkins, part of homestead, his farm adjoining
Property 9 Jan 1743/44 Sells 100 acres in the Twp of Providence for £400 to Joseph Hawkins. Bounded on the North by the land of Joseph Snow, on the East by the land of Capt. Stephen Dexter, William Turpin and Joseph Randall, on the South by the land of Joseph Hawkins and on the south-west by the lands of Zephariah Peck and Job Arnold.
Will[2] 9 Sep 1754 Death[1] 11 Sep 1754 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
References
↑ Glocester Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
52.
HAWKINS, Elijah, Sen, died Sept. 11, 1754
↑ .
Will: Mentions wife Jemima, sons Benjamin, Uriah, Elijah, Wm & daughters Abigail, Elizabeth & Sarah Hawkins Jenks.
Witnessed by Zebeedee Hopkins, Robert Colwell & Joseph Winsor.
↑ Providence - Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
222.
HAWKINS, Elijah, of William, Jr., and Elizabeth, [born] Sept. 12, 1705.
Was willed this farm by Grandfather William Hawkins II, because his father William Hawkins III who was to receive it predeceased him. See sources and wills below. Joseph's will was dated 5 Oct, 1753. Beaman's condensed abstract of will follows:
Will names sons Abraham, Luther, John, Hezekiah and Joseph (last four under age), and two daughters Huldah and Susannah. Luther, Huldah and Joseph are listed in marriage record as being children of Joseph (Huldah and Joseph being in N. Providence), as is Orpha. (This part of Providence became North Providence in 1765).
Father of:
1. Abraham Hawkins m Mary Crawford
2. Luther Hawkins m Experience Salisbury lived in Killingly CT and served in Killingly in the Revolutionary War.
3. John Hawkins m Sarah Emerson 29 Nov 1764 Uxbridge, Worcester MA.
4. Hezekiah aka Hezebiah Hawkins m Abigail Patt, rem. to Newport, Herkimer NY. but resided on this farm at NP012 in 1790 next to Hezekiah Olney. 14922803
5. Joseph Hawkins m Hepsibeth, widow of Ithamar Olney. Resided this farm and in Killingly CT, then back to this farm. Revolutionary War soldier.
6. Huldah Hawkins m John Tucker
7. Susannah Hawkins
8. Orpha J. Hawkins m Hezekiah Olney, son of Jeremiah Olney, rem, to Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA.
9. Robe Hawkins m Isaac Briant.
=================================================================================
Will of William Hawkins II: The Early Records of the Town of Providence, at 304:
I William Hawkings of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations In new England, yeoman, being now Grown antiant and well stricken in years Calling to mind the mortallity of my body: doe make this my Last Will and Testament: Jn manner and forme following first and principally: I Commit my spirit Into the marcyfull hands of Almighty God my Creator : and my body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buried and as to what Lands and Tenements I have now Left undissposed of: I Give and bequeathe as followeth
Imprimis : I Give and bequeathe unto my two Grandsons : sons | the sons | of my son William Hawkings, deceased : namely Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings all the Remaineing parte of my homestead farme which I have not before my deede dissposed of : the which is scituate Lieing and being in Providence afore said and adjoyneing on the northward side of the fresh River Called the West River : that is to say the Lands with the two Dwelling houseing barne orchard fenceing and Improvements there on with the previledges and appurtinanses there unto belonging
To Have and To Hold the said Lands and tenements afore said unto them my afore said two Grandsons Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings Equally to be devided betwixt them : and to be unto them there Heirs and assigns for Ever : and also I Give and bequeathe unto them my afore said two Grandsons : one third parte of a Right in the Commons on the Eastward side of the seaven mile Line in sd Providence and all the Rest of my Land in Providence afore said that I have not before dissposed of to be Equally devided as afore said : and : to be unto them theire Heirs and assigns for Ever
But in Case my said two Grandsons Cannot agree in : Devideing said Lands and Tennements : Then my Will is : that the Town Councill of said Providence that then is shall make pertision Pertision betwixt them of said Lands and tennements : which pertision shall be binding: And further my will is that if Either of my said two Grandsons shall dye without Lawfull Issue : then his surviveing brother shall Inherrit his parte : after the same tenner as above Exprest : That is to say If Either of them shall dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one years without Lawfull Jssue : or after wards and Leave his said Land undissposed of : then his surviveing brother shall Inherit his parte as afore said : In wit-ness where of I doe here unto sett my hand and scale this seaventeenth day of march : In the eighth yeare of his Majestyes Reign George King of Create Brittan &c : Anno Domini one thousand seaven hundred and twenty one or twenty two
memorandum before signeing and sealeing That I had before Given my Children such a portion as I thought Conveniant Excepting my son William: and this Esstate I have Given to my aforenamed Grandsons Js that which I Intended for there father my son William Hawkings, deceased
The marke X of
William Hawkings L. S.
Signed sealled pronounced and declared Jn the presence of us
Richard Waterman Jonathan Whipple Nathan Waterman
▼References
↑ Providence - Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
267.
HAWKINS William (*2-148), July 6, 1723. Providence
↑ Providence (Rhode Island). Record Commissioners. The early records of the town of Providence.
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. (Chicago [Illinois] : J.H. Beers, 1908)
p. 1228.
===================
Elijah Hawkins sold all of this to brother Joseph and moved to Glocester. His Cemetery is RIHCC number GL065:
15 May 1734 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Providence Twp., 6 acres sold for 110 pds to Joseph Hawkins, part of homestead, his farm adjoining
Property 9 Jan 1743/44 Sells 100 acres in the Twp of Providence for £400 to Joseph Hawkins. Bounded on the North by the land of Joseph Snow, on the East by the land of Capt. Stephen Dexter, William Turpin and Joseph Randall, on the South by the land of Joseph Hawkins and on the south-west by the lands of Zephariah Peck and Job Arnold.
Will[2] 9 Sep 1754 Death[1] 11 Sep 1754 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
References
↑ Glocester Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
52.
HAWKINS, Elijah, Sen, died Sept. 11, 1754
↑ .
Will: Mentions wife Jemima, sons Benjamin, Uriah, Elijah, Wm & daughters Abigail, Elizabeth & Sarah Hawkins Jenks.
Witnessed by Zebeedee Hopkins, Robert Colwell & Joseph Winsor.
↑ Providence - Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
222.
HAWKINS, Elijah, of William, Jr., and Elizabeth, [born] Sept. 12, 1705.
Husband of Mary Smith (d/o Edward Smith and Mercy Mowry), m
Was willed this farm by Grandfather William Hawkins II, because his father William Hawkins III who was to receive it predeceased him. See sources and wills below. Joseph's will was dated 5 Oct, 1753. Beaman's condensed abstract of will follows:
Will names sons Abraham, Luther, John, Hezekiah and Joseph (last four under age), and two daughters Huldah and Susannah. Luther, Huldah and Joseph are listed in marriage record as being children of Joseph (Huldah and Joseph being in N. Providence), as is Orpha. (This part of Providence became North Providence in 1765).
Father of:
1. Abraham Hawkins m Mary Crawford
2. Luther Hawkins m Experience Salisbury lived in Killingly CT and served in Killingly in the Revolutionary War.
3. John Hawkins m Sarah Emerson 29 Nov 1764 Uxbridge, Worcester MA.
4. Hezekiah aka Hezebiah Hawkins m Abigail Patt, rem. to Newport, Herkimer NY. but resided on this farm at NP012 in 1790 next to Hezekiah Olney. 14922803
5. Joseph Hawkins m Hepsibeth, widow of Ithamar Olney. Resided this farm and in Killingly CT, then back to this farm. Revolutionary War soldier.
6. Huldah Hawkins m John Tucker
7. Susannah Hawkins
8. Orpha J. Hawkins m Hezekiah Olney, son of Jeremiah Olney, rem, to Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA.
9. Robe Hawkins m Isaac Briant.
=================================================================================
Will of William Hawkins II: The Early Records of the Town of Providence, at 304:
I William Hawkings of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations In new England, yeoman, being now Grown antiant and well stricken in years Calling to mind the mortallity of my body: doe make this my Last Will and Testament: Jn manner and forme following first and principally: I Commit my spirit Into the marcyfull hands of Almighty God my Creator : and my body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buried and as to what Lands and Tenements I have now Left undissposed of: I Give and bequeathe as followeth
Imprimis : I Give and bequeathe unto my two Grandsons : sons | the sons | of my son William Hawkings, deceased : namely Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings all the Remaineing parte of my homestead farme which I have not before my deede dissposed of : the which is scituate Lieing and being in Providence afore said and adjoyneing on the northward side of the fresh River Called the West River : that is to say the Lands with the two Dwelling houseing barne orchard fenceing and Improvements there on with the previledges and appurtinanses there unto belonging
To Have and To Hold the said Lands and tenements afore said unto them my afore said two Grandsons Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings Equally to be devided betwixt them : and to be unto them there Heirs and assigns for Ever : and also I Give and bequeathe unto them my afore said two Grandsons : one third parte of a Right in the Commons on the Eastward side of the seaven mile Line in sd Providence and all the Rest of my Land in Providence afore said that I have not before dissposed of to be Equally devided as afore said : and : to be unto them theire Heirs and assigns for Ever
But in Case my said two Grandsons Cannot agree in : Devideing said Lands and Tennements : Then my Will is : that the Town Councill of said Providence that then is shall make pertision Pertision betwixt them of said Lands and tennements : which pertision shall be binding: And further my will is that if Either of my said two Grandsons shall dye without Lawfull Issue : then his surviveing brother shall Inherrit his parte : after the same tenner as above Exprest : That is to say If Either of them shall dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one years without Lawfull Jssue : or after wards and Leave his said Land undissposed of : then his surviveing brother shall Inherit his parte as afore said : In wit-ness where of I doe here unto sett my hand and scale this seaventeenth day of march : In the eighth yeare of his Majestyes Reign George King of Create Brittan &c : Anno Domini one thousand seaven hundred and twenty one or twenty two
memorandum before signeing and sealeing That I had before Given my Children such a portion as I thought Conveniant Excepting my son William: and this Esstate I have Given to my aforenamed Grandsons Js that which I Intended for there father my son William Hawkings, deceased
The marke X of
William Hawkings L. S.
Signed sealled pronounced and declared Jn the presence of us
Richard Waterman Jonathan Whipple Nathan Waterman
▼References
↑ Providence - Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
267.
HAWKINS William (*2-148), July 6, 1723. Providence
↑ Providence (Rhode Island). Record Commissioners. The early records of the town of Providence.
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. (Chicago [Illinois] : J.H. Beers, 1908)
p. 1228.
===================
Elijah Hawkins sold all of this to brother Joseph and moved to Glocester. His Cemetery is RIHCC number GL065:
15 May 1734 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Providence Twp., 6 acres sold for 110 pds to Joseph Hawkins, part of homestead, his farm adjoining
Property 9 Jan 1743/44 Sells 100 acres in the Twp of Providence for £400 to Joseph Hawkins. Bounded on the North by the land of Joseph Snow, on the East by the land of Capt. Stephen Dexter, William Turpin and Joseph Randall, on the South by the land of Joseph Hawkins and on the south-west by the lands of Zephariah Peck and Job Arnold.
Will[2] 9 Sep 1754 Death[1] 11 Sep 1754 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
References
↑ Glocester Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
52.
HAWKINS, Elijah, Sen, died Sept. 11, 1754
↑ .
Will: Mentions wife Jemima, sons Benjamin, Uriah, Elijah, Wm & daughters Abigail, Elizabeth & Sarah Hawkins Jenks.
Witnessed by Zebeedee Hopkins, Robert Colwell & Joseph Winsor.
↑ Providence - Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
222.
HAWKINS, Elijah, of William, Jr., and Elizabeth, [born] Sept. 12, 1705.
Was willed this farm by Grandfather William Hawkins II, because his father William Hawkins III who was to receive it predeceased him. See sources and wills below. Joseph's will was dated 5 Oct, 1753. Beaman's condensed abstract of will follows:
Will names sons Abraham, Luther, John, Hezekiah and Joseph (last four under age), and two daughters Huldah and Susannah. Luther, Huldah and Joseph are listed in marriage record as being children of Joseph (Huldah and Joseph being in N. Providence), as is Orpha. (This part of Providence became North Providence in 1765).
Father of:
1. Abraham Hawkins m Mary Crawford
2. Luther Hawkins m Experience Salisbury lived in Killingly CT and served in Killingly in the Revolutionary War.
3. John Hawkins m Sarah Emerson 29 Nov 1764 Uxbridge, Worcester MA.
4. Hezekiah aka Hezebiah Hawkins m Abigail Patt, rem. to Newport, Herkimer NY. but resided on this farm at NP012 in 1790 next to Hezekiah Olney. 14922803
5. Joseph Hawkins m Hepsibeth, widow of Ithamar Olney. Resided this farm and in Killingly CT, then back to this farm. Revolutionary War soldier.
6. Huldah Hawkins m John Tucker
7. Susannah Hawkins
8. Orpha J. Hawkins m Hezekiah Olney, son of Jeremiah Olney, rem, to Brooklyn, Susquehanna, PA.
9. Robe Hawkins m Isaac Briant.
=================================================================================
Will of William Hawkins II: The Early Records of the Town of Providence, at 304:
I William Hawkings of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations In new England, yeoman, being now Grown antiant and well stricken in years Calling to mind the mortallity of my body: doe make this my Last Will and Testament: Jn manner and forme following first and principally: I Commit my spirit Into the marcyfull hands of Almighty God my Creator : and my body I Commit to the Earth to be decently buried and as to what Lands and Tenements I have now Left undissposed of: I Give and bequeathe as followeth
Imprimis : I Give and bequeathe unto my two Grandsons : sons | the sons | of my son William Hawkings, deceased : namely Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings all the Remaineing parte of my homestead farme which I have not before my deede dissposed of : the which is scituate Lieing and being in Providence afore said and adjoyneing on the northward side of the fresh River Called the West River : that is to say the Lands with the two Dwelling houseing barne orchard fenceing and Improvements there on with the previledges and appurtinanses there unto belonging
To Have and To Hold the said Lands and tenements afore said unto them my afore said two Grandsons Elijah Hawkings and Joseph Hawkings Equally to be devided betwixt them : and to be unto them there Heirs and assigns for Ever : and also I Give and bequeathe unto them my afore said two Grandsons : one third parte of a Right in the Commons on the Eastward side of the seaven mile Line in sd Providence and all the Rest of my Land in Providence afore said that I have not before dissposed of to be Equally devided as afore said : and : to be unto them theire Heirs and assigns for Ever
But in Case my said two Grandsons Cannot agree in : Devideing said Lands and Tennements : Then my Will is : that the Town Councill of said Providence that then is shall make pertision Pertision betwixt them of said Lands and tennements : which pertision shall be binding: And further my will is that if Either of my said two Grandsons shall dye without Lawfull Issue : then his surviveing brother shall Inherrit his parte : after the same tenner as above Exprest : That is to say If Either of them shall dye before he attaine to the age of twenty one years without Lawfull Jssue : or after wards and Leave his said Land undissposed of : then his surviveing brother shall Inherit his parte as afore said : In wit-ness where of I doe here unto sett my hand and scale this seaventeenth day of march : In the eighth yeare of his Majestyes Reign George King of Create Brittan &c : Anno Domini one thousand seaven hundred and twenty one or twenty two
memorandum before signeing and sealeing That I had before Given my Children such a portion as I thought Conveniant Excepting my son William: and this Esstate I have Given to my aforenamed Grandsons Js that which I Intended for there father my son William Hawkings, deceased
The marke X of
William Hawkings L. S.
Signed sealled pronounced and declared Jn the presence of us
Richard Waterman Jonathan Whipple Nathan Waterman
▼References
↑ Providence - Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
267.
HAWKINS William (*2-148), July 6, 1723. Providence
↑ Providence (Rhode Island). Record Commissioners. The early records of the town of Providence.
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. (Chicago [Illinois] : J.H. Beers, 1908)
p. 1228.
===================
Elijah Hawkins sold all of this to brother Joseph and moved to Glocester. His Cemetery is RIHCC number GL065:
15 May 1734 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Providence Twp., 6 acres sold for 110 pds to Joseph Hawkins, part of homestead, his farm adjoining
Property 9 Jan 1743/44 Sells 100 acres in the Twp of Providence for £400 to Joseph Hawkins. Bounded on the North by the land of Joseph Snow, on the East by the land of Capt. Stephen Dexter, William Turpin and Joseph Randall, on the South by the land of Joseph Hawkins and on the south-west by the lands of Zephariah Peck and Job Arnold.
Will[2] 9 Sep 1754 Death[1] 11 Sep 1754 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
References
↑ Glocester Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
52.
HAWKINS, Elijah, Sen, died Sept. 11, 1754
↑ .
Will: Mentions wife Jemima, sons Benjamin, Uriah, Elijah, Wm & daughters Abigail, Elizabeth & Sarah Hawkins Jenks.
Witnessed by Zebeedee Hopkins, Robert Colwell & Joseph Winsor.
↑ Providence - Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
222.
HAWKINS, Elijah, of William, Jr., and Elizabeth, [born] Sept. 12, 1705.
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