Thomas French, ll, of Ipswich

Thomas French

• Baptized: 27 November 1608 - Assington, Suffolk, England
• Died: 8 Aug 1680 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
• Father Thomas French1 b. 11 Oct 1584, d. 5 Nov 1639
• Mother Susan Riddlesdale1 b. 20 Apr 1584, d. Aug 1658

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Biography

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/French-691

Thomas French was baptized on November 27, 1608 in Assington, Suffolk, England, son of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French.[1]

In 1631 Thomas French and his sister Alice French emigrated from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony. [2] Thomas initially settled at Boston.

"In 1630, this eldest son, then 21, sailed for New England in the Winthrop Fleet of eleven ships with about 700 colonists. In the next few years, three of his sisters, Alice, Dorcas and Susan, also immigrated to New England. In late 1636, Reverend Nathaniel Rogers, the Vicar of Assington, also immigrated to New England, where he became the pastor at Ipswich, MA, until his death in 1665. Four other Assington families also came with Rogers. Over the next year, Thomas French (the father), his wife Susan and remaining children, also crossed the Atlantic to settle in Ipswich, where he first appears on record in New England in 1638 with a grant of land."[3]

Thomas Jr. and Alice were among the earliest members of the Boston church and were followers of John Winthrop.[4]

By 1635 Thomas moved from Boston to Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts.

Alice French married Thomas Howlett. Dorcas French married first Christopher Peake then Griffin Crafts.

In 1633 Thomas French's two next younger sisters, Dorcas and Susan emigrated from England to Massachusetts. After 1633 their parents and younger siblings sailed for New England. [5] [6]

He was a tailor. [7]

He married by 1632 Mary _____; she died at Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts on May 6, 1681. (See below regarding Mary's identity.)

He was admitted to Boston church as member #128 (no later than mid 1632).

On January 27, 1639, the Boston church dismissed Thomas French to the Ipswich church.

He served as Sergeant in the July 1636 - September 1638 Pequot War.

During the 1675 - 1676 winter campaign against the Narragansetts, Thomas French served under Major Appleton.

Commoner in 1678 and voter in 1679.

August 8, 1680 -- Thomas French died at Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts.

Last Will & Testament

Dated August 3, 1680; proved September 28, 1680; inventory taken August 25, 1680

• to Mary my beloved wife...
• to my son Thomas French...
• to my son John French...
• to my dau Mary Smith...
• to my son Samuel French...
• to my son Ephraim French

Disputed Spouse

Anderson does not provide the maiden name of Thomas' wife. She may have been Mary Scudamore, daughter of William Scudamore, but this identity is unproven.[8] See the G2G discussion "How shall we represent the questionableness of Mary (Scudamore?) French?".

Children of Thomas French and Mary:

1. Mary, bp Boston 23 Sep 1632; d soon
2. Mary, bp Boston 2 Mar 1633/4; m by 1657 Robert Smith
3. John, b abt 1635; m by 1657 Phebe Keyes, dau of Robert Keyes
4. Thomas, b abt 1636; m Ipswich 29 Feb 1659/60 Mary Adams
5. Sarah, b abt 1638; on 30 Sep 1656 "Hackaliah Bridges, accused by Sarah French of his getting her with child..." if she was a dau of Thomas French, she apparently died without issue prior to 1680 as she is not named in his will.
6. Samuel, b abt 1641; convicted for fornication 26 Mar 1667; d Ipswich 1688, apparently unmarried.
7. Ephraim, b abt 1643; d Enfield CT Sept 1716, unmarried.

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From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2063.htm#...

• Thomas French was born on 27 November 1608 at Assington, Suffolk, England.1 He married Mary Scudamore, daughter of William Scudamore and Frances Lechmere, circa 1630.1 Thomas French died on 8 August 1680 at Ipswich, Essex, MA, at age 71.1
• Family Mary Scudamore b. c 1595, d. 6 May 1681
• Children
  • Ephraim French+1 b. 2 Mar 1633, d. Sep 1716
  • Mary French+2 b. 2 Mar 1634, d. 22 Mar 1720
  • Thomas French+3 b. c 1635, d. 14 Dec 1661
  • John French+4 b. Feb 1635, d. 15 Mar 1706 or 25 Jan 1707
• Citations
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by chafinchafin43.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by iankate2.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by JoanGardner1948.

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• (THE DAU. MARY LISTED HERE IS NOT THE CORRECT DAU. SHE IS DAU. OF MARY (BUTTON) & ANOTHER THOMAS FRENCH.)
• Thomas French1
• M, #61985, b. 27 November 1608, d. 8 August 1680
• Father Thomas French1 b. 11 Oct 1584, d. 5 Nov 1639
• Mother Susan Riddlesdale1 b. 20 Apr 1584, d. Aug 1658
• Thomas French was born on 27 November 1608 at Assington, Suffolk, England.1 He married Mary Scudamore, daughter of William Scudamore and Frances Lechmere, circa 1630.1 Thomas French died on 8 August 1680 at Ipswich, Essex, MA, at age 71.1
• Family Mary Scudamore b. c 1595, d. 6 May 1681
• Children
  • Ephraim French+1 b. 2 Mar 1633, d. Sep 1716
  • Thomas French+2 b. c 1635, d. 14 Dec 1661
  • John French+3 b. Feb 1635, d. 15 Mar 1706 or 25 Jan 1707
  • Mary French+1 b. c 1643, d. 2 Sep 1676
• Citations
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by iankate2.
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by JoanGardner1948.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2063.htm#... __________________
• SCUDAMORE, Mary
• b. ABT 1612 England
• d. 6 MAY 1681 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: ABT 1630
• Spouse: FRENCH, Thomas
• b. 27 NOV 1608 Assington, Suffolk, England
• d. 8 AUG 1680 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: FRENCH, Thomas
• Mother: RIDDLESDALE, Susan
• Children:
  • FRENCH, Thomas
  • FRENCH, John
  • FRENCH, Samuel b. ABT 1639 Ipswich, Essex, Mass. d. 1688 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
  • FRENCH, Ephraim b. ABT 1643 Ipswich, Essex, Mass. d. SEP 1716 Enfield, Hartford, CT.
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_1da.htm#33 _________________
• Thomas French
• Birth: Nov. 27, 1608 Haverhill, England
• Death: Aug. 8, 1680 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Baptized Assington, Suffolk, 27 November 1608, son of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French. A Tailor from Assington, Suffolk, he, but not his parents, emigrated to Massachusetts Bay in 1632. First settled in Boston; moved to Ipswich in 1635. Died in Ipswich 8 August 1680.
• Married by 1632 Mary _____; she died at Ipswich 6 May 1681.
• Thomas French and his sister Alice had arrived in New England by 1632, and their two next younger sisters, Dorcas and Susan, came in 1633. Their parents and younger siblings sailed for New England after 1633. Alice married THOMAS HOWLETT and Dorcas married first CHRISTOPHER PEAKE and then GRIFFIN CRAFTS. Susan may have been a servant in the household of John Winthrop Jr. for a time, but otherwise left no record in New England.
• See Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Thomas French (1584 - 1639)
• Susannah Riddlesdale French (1584 - 1658)
• Spouse:
• Mary Scudamore French (____ - 1681)
• Children:
  • Mary French (1632 - ____)*
  • Mary French Smith (1634 - 1719)*
  • Thomas French (1636 - ____)*
  • Sarah French (1638 - ____)*
  • Samuel French (1641 - 1688)*
  • Ephraim French (1645 - 1716)*
• Siblings:
• Thomas French (1608 - 1680)
• Edward French (1612 - 1674)**
• Dorcas French Crafts (1614 - 1697)**
• John French (1622 - 1697)**
• Mary French Smith (1625 - 1697)*
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 35789950
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35789950 _________________________________
• Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul, Welty & Fishel Families By Adrienne Boaz
• https://books.google.com/books?id=zzjxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA403#v=onepage&q...
• Pg.402 is not part of this book preview.
• Pg.403
• .... The ships departed on March 29, 1630, and arrived at the New World in a staggered fashion, as the first ships landed on June 12, and the last to arrive, the Success, anchored at Salem Harbor on July 6, 1630 BA11. Of the seven hundred passengers, only seventy names were recorded by John Winthrop, and Thomas French was not among the list BA11.
• Nevertheless, Thomas was a freeman in the colony on November 6, 1632 AN3, LI3, BE6, and became the 128th member AN3 of the First Church of Boston .... etc.
• He was a tailor BE7, AN3, LI3 but he was also a sergeant .... etc.
• He moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts after living in Boston for approximately six or seven years; .... etc.
• .... Thomas created his will on August 3, 1680 TH28, AN3, and he died five days later on August 8, 1680 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26, AN3, LI3, DA12. A copy of his will stated TH28:
  • .... etc.
• Pg.405 is not part of this book preview.
• Pg.406 no longer part of this book preview.
• Mary Scudamore (William, Margery) was born at Tedgewood, Upton Bishop, Hereford, England SK1 by the year 1598 or 1599, because her father died in December 1598 BE6. This indicates that she was at least ten years older than her husband, if the assumption that Thomas was baptized shortly after his birth is correct.
• She was the mother of a daughter named Mary, born September 1632 in Boston, but this child did not live very long AN3, BE6. She was also the mother of another daughter named Mary, sons, John, Thomas, Samuel, and Ephraim, and of Sarah French, who in September 1656 accused Hackaliah Bridges of impregnating her (AN3, AN6, BE6, DO13. Hackaliah Bridges was the son of Edmund Bridges (see page 495). In a deposition given by Thomas French on December 23, 1658, Thomas stated that he was twenty-two years old, and in another deposition dated December 30, 1658, Ephraim was said to have been about fifteen years old DO13. Her son, Thomas, may have been the Thomas French who served in King Philip's War under Captain Samuel Appleton; this Thomas was mentioned in lists of men, one of which was dated June 24, 1676, which included Jonathan Emery (see page 283) and Mosses Pengrie BO2.
• Brian J.L. Berry, in his work "Was Mary French a Scudamore?" and Warren Skidmore, in his work, "Mary Scudamore (ca 1598-1681), Wife of Thomas French of Ipswich, Massachusetts; An Old Debate Newly Resolved" present evidence for their argument that Mary French was the daughter of William Scudamore. A brief synopsis of these two articles follows, which together entail three key points, but a great portion of Brian Berry's rationale involves the interrelationship of individuals of several families, specifically with regard to property in Upton Bishop; a summation of his article is insufficient and for this reason should be read independently.
• Firstly the pedigree of William Scudamore V was documented by Thomas May in The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1682-1683, and this pedigree stated that the daughter of William Scudamore was "Mary wife of ____ French of Boston in New England" MA36.
• Secondly, Mary's brother, William Scudamore IV of Gloucester (who ws the father of the aforementioned William V), created his will on November 14, 1636 BE6, SK1, and in this will he mentioned his sister BE6:
  • I William Scudamore of The Citty of Gloucester... I doe give unto all the nowe children of Mary French my sister, to each of them five pounds apeace to be paid att their severall ages of one and twenty yeares.
• There were three men named Thomas French in the Boston area in the 1600s: two of them were the subjects of biographies in this book, and
• Pg.407
• another married a woman named Mary Button and relocated to Guilford, Connecticut BE6. Another man, Stephen French of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was married to a woman named Mary, but they had just begun to have children circa 1635 (their first child was said to have been born about that year) AN3. In his will, William Scudamore IV used the word "children", as opposed to "child", and so it is doubtful that Mary, the wife of Stephen French, was William's sister. This essentially leaves just Mary, the wife of Thomas French, who must have been the sister of William Scudamore IV BE6, SK1.
• Lastly, property transactions in Upton Bishop, England link William Scudamore III with Isabel Redverne in Ipswich, then to the Pengry brothers in both Ipswich and Gloucester, then later still to William Scudamore V, who owned the Manor of Bishop's Upton and purchased "Tedswood" in 1679/80 BE6. William Scudamore III purchased two farms in Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, England; one was called Tedgewood (also known as Testwood or Tedswood) and the other was called Thornes BE6. Later, at least part of Tedgewood was owned by Isabell Redverne of Ispwich, Massachusetts, and in her will created in 1650, she bestowed shares of the farms to Moses and Aaron Pengry BE6 (Pingry TH31), also of Ipswich BE6, TH31. These two Pengry brothers requested that their brother, Thomas (who lived in Gloucester, England), control the farm operations AS1:
  • .... etc.
• The argument that Mary French was the daughter of William Scudamore III, then, can be concluded in this fashion: the daughter of William Scudamore III was referred to as Mary French of Boston, and the sister of William Scudamore IV of Gloucester was referred to as Mary French, who had more than one child in 1636. Thomas and Mary French were acquainted with the Pengry brothers because the Pengry brothers and the French family resided in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Moses and Aaron Pengry had ties back to
• Pg.408
• Upton Bishop and Gloucester in England, and the Scudamore family had already been associated with those areas. Finally, Giles Lye was the cousin of William Scudamore V and the brother-in-law of Thomas Pengry, which firmly links those two families.
• Pg.489
• Thomas French (Jacob, Susan) was born in 1584 TH31 or 1585 TH34 in Assington, Suffolk, England BA11, TH34, TH31 and was baptized on October 11, 1584 in Bures St. Mary, on the border of Suffolk and Essex in England TH34. Thomas married Susan Riddlesdale BA11, BE7, L13, TH31 on September 5, 1608 L13, CA12, BE7 in St. Edmund Parish BE7, Assington, Suffolk L13. He was probably the man named Thomas French who was mentioned in the will of John Gurdon, Esquire, of Assington, Suffolk, which was written on December 6, 1621 and proven on October 10, 1623 WA19. John Gurdon bequeathed several parcels of land to his grandson, also named John Gurdon, and one of these parcels was described as "the messuage or farm house wherein on Thomas French doth now inhabit, called Garland's, and lands belonging &c., which I did lately purchase of Sir William Waldgrave, knight, the elder, situate in Assington...." WA19.
• He, and the remaining members of his family who had not already left for the New World, sailed from England to Boston after 1633 AN3 or circa 1637 TH35, L13, BE6, TH31. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 did not state the name of the ship which transported the French family, nor did it indicate in which year they traveled, but simply listed their names in "Appendix A; Alphabetical List of Passengers" BA11. He settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts BE7, and owned land at Reedy Marsh in 1638 and 1639 BE6, SC4, which was a planting lot that he owned on or before July 25, 1638 DA12.
• He died in Ipswich in 1639 TH35, L13, BA11, and the administration of his estate was granted to his widow on November 5, 1639 SH17, TH35, DA12. The court record stated that, by the advice of the Ipswich magistrates, his land was to be sold "for the maintenance of his wife & education of his children, wch are not yet able to p[ro]vide for themselues" SH17.
• Susan Riddlesdale (John, Dorcas) was said to have been born in about 1587 TH31 or 1588 in England, but she was allegedly baptized on April 20, 1584 in Boxford, Suffolk TH34. Another baptismal record for a child named Susan Riddlesdale, whose father was John, ocurred in Lindsey, Suffolk, less than four miles northeast of Boxford, on September 6, 1584 EN4.
• Susan was mother of Thomas, Alice, Dorcas, Susan, Anne, Margaret, John, and Mary BE7, L13, DA12, although she may have had nine children TH34. Four of her children, Thomas, Alice, Dorcas, and Susan, sailed for the colonies prior to her own immigration AN3, DA12. All of her children baptized in Assington, Suffolk: Thomas on November 27, 1608, Alice on April 9, 1610, Dorcas on July 31, 1614, Susan on April 22, 1616, Anne on March 15, 1617, Margaret on March 12, 1619, John on May 26, 1622, and Mary on January 6, 1624 DA12.
• She was enumerated as "Widdow French" in a list of commoners in Ipswich on "the last day of the last month" in 1641 SC4, which would have been in February 1641. A Dorcas "Ridelsdell" was listed as a witness in a defamation case between Richard Smith and Joseph Fowlar in the Ipswich Court on March 30, 1647 CO12; this Dorcas may have been her niece, the daughter of her brother, Edward TH34. While Edward did not immigrate to
• Pg.490
• New England, his wife, Mary, died in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1683 TH34.
• Susan died in August 1658 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts BE7, L13, and her son, John, was granted the administration of her estate on September 28, 1658 DO13. The Ipswich record of her death simply stated, "Susan French, widdow dyed in August, 1658" MA26. A complete list of the items of her estate, which had a value of a mere twelve pounds, was inventoried on March 10, 1658/9 by Robert Lord and Phillip Fowler, and they have been transcribed below TH26:
  • .... etc.
• Pg.528
• John Riddlesdale (Henry, Joan) was baptized on September 26, 1557 in Boxford, Suffolk, England TH34. He married Dorcas circa 1583, probably in Assington, Suffolk TH34. John and Dorcas sold several acres of pasture land to John and Faith Gryme of Assington for 120 pounds on January 3, 1613 or 1614 TH34. He was buried adjacent to Dorcas on June 4, 1629 in Assington, Suffolk, England TH34.
• Dorcas "released her interest in land leased in June 1555 by John and Robert Gurdon for 500 years to John Vigorus the younger" on January 3, 1613 or 1614, and may have been a relative of John Vigorus, who was a clothier of Langham, Essex TH34. Dorcas was the mother of Susan, baptized on April 20, 1584, as well as Richard, Thomas, Joan and Dorcas, who may have been twins, Edward, and John, who were all born in the approximate years of 1586 through 1598, and finally Sarah, who was baptized at Assington on March 2, 1599/1600 TH34. Dorcas was buried on September 24, 1624 in Assington, Suffolk, England TH34. __________________

Son of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French [1]

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GEDCOM Note

W.G. Davis 1927, The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne 1737-1793 of
Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, pp. 23 and 45-48. In Ipswich (where there was another Thomas French) by 1637. Served in the Pequot War; in later military duties was a Sergeant and an Ensign after 1664. Will and inventory are given.

Estate of Thomas French, Sr. of Ipswich Essex Probate Docket # 10190

In the name of God, Amen. I Thomas French Senior of Ipswich being weak of body yet of perfect understanding and memory doe in case of death make this my last Will and Testament. In the first place I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who hath redeemed it by the precious blood of his Son; and I commit my body to the Earth, whence it was taken, to be buried in a Christian decent manner by my friends in hope of a blessed resurrection to eternal life. And as for my outward Estate which God hath graciously given me in this world I doe thus dispose of it: Imprimis, I give and bequeath to Mary my beloved wife the Bed whereon I use to ly, with all the appurtenances and furniture belonging thereto. Moreover, I give to my son Thomas French my cloak and close-coat. Also I give to my son John French one Cow, which is to make up the full summe of thirty pounds which I formerly promised him for his Portion. Also I give to my daughter Mary Smith, one Cow. And to my son Samuel French, I give and bequeath he bed where he usually lieth, together with the Bedding and Bedstead belonging to the same. Further, as concerning my lands at the Pequod lots, and my division lot of marsh at Plum Island, my will is that my sons Thomas and Samuel French for and in consideration of twenty pounds by them engaged according to to order unto my son Ephraim French as the remaining part of this portion (which summe of twenty pounds is almost all paid, and the remainder due upon demand), I say my Will is that those my two sonns Thomas and Samuel shall possess and enjoy the said Pequod lands, and division-lot of marsh to themselves and to their heirs forever, to be equally divided betwixt them. Furthermore, I give and bequeath to my sonn Thomas French my dwelling house and homested with all the appurtenances and priviledges thereof and belonging thereto, and also by Lot lying in Labour-in-vain fields containing twelve acres more or less; with all the rest of my cattell, stocke of all sorts and moveable goods (not disposed of by this my will and testament) and to my son Samuel I give and bequeath two acres of upland joyning to Joseph Quilter's and two acres of meadow-ground at Reedy marsh; to be possessed by them respectively after my decease, provided always and my will is that my son Thomas French doe give full and free libertie to Mary my wife his mother to abide ad dwell in the said house and to make use of any room or rooms thereof for her convenient accommodation therein; as likewise to make use of all or any such moveable as I doe now leave in the hands of my son Thomas (not disposed of) as my be necessary ad convenient for her use and occasions from time to time; and all these during the term of her natural life, and after her decease my son Thomas shall deliver to my three children John, Samuell and Mary three of the biggest pewter dishes which shall then be left and remain that is to say, to each of them, one. Provided also, and my will is that my two son Thomas and Samuel doe carefully provide for their mothers comfortable maintenance and livelyhood and what is requisit thereto during her natural life; each of them allowing thereto proportionally to that part of my Estate which shall be by them received by vertue of this my testament. And if through any neglect of failure, this way of maintenance should not be to their mother's satisfaction and content, my Will is, that those my two sons Thomas and Samuel shall allow to their mother ten pounds yeerly; nine pounds thereof to be paid by Thomas and twenty shillings by Samuel, in such pay as shall be suitable and necessary for her comfortable maintenance and livelyhood. And further, if it shall pleas God to exercise her with much prevailing weakness or continuing sickness that the aforesaid then pounds should not suffice to defray the charges of her expenses, my Will is that (over and above the ten pounds, and according to the like rate of proportion) those my two sons Thomas and Samuel shall supply her with necessaries suitable as her condition may require, that she be not exposed to suffering for want of what ought and might be procured for her. Also my Will is that my Lot in Labour-in-vain fields, and the two acres of meadow at Reedy Marsh shall stand bound respectively to my said wife during her natural like as securitie for the true performance of this my Will as respecting her maintenance by my two Sonns; and after he decease, the said lands (except what shall bee alienated (if any so be) by means of the securitie aforesaid) to remain to each of those my Sonns and to their heirs forever as is before mentioned and declared. And lastly, I doe name, appoint and constitute my son Thomas French to be the sole Executor of this my last will & testament. August 3 1680 Witness: (no signatures) Proved in Ipswich Court 28 Sep 1680, by Mary French and Samuel French

Source: Printed "Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts; 1635 - 1681," In three volumes,The Essex Institute; Salem, MA; 1916

GEDCOM Note

Source for place of marriage: http://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/OP25%20Mary%20Scudamore%20Fren...

The Great Migration Begins:

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   2. Immigrant Ancestors A List, page 32.
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   10. Immigrant Ancestors -- A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Extracted from Volume VII Compendium of American Genealogy. Chicago, 1942. Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland. 1970. Thomas French, page 32.
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