Samuel Smith and Mary Ensign

Samuel Smith was born 27 Jan 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut to Henry Smith and Dorothy --. According to Savage, he was "son of the Rev. Henry, and the only one, who reached mature life." Samuel wrote of his childhood, "'Concerning of ye earlie days I can remember but little save Hardship." Among the dangers Samuel remembered were hostilities between the natives and the English settlers, as Samuel explained: "I do not myself remember any of the attacks made by large bodies of Indians whilst we did remain in Wethersfield, but did oftimes hear of them. Several families which did lives back a ways from the river was either murdered or captivated in my boyhood, and we did all live in constant fear of the like." Other dangers were the wildlife. Samuel continues, "Catamounts was bad eno' & so was ye Beares, but it was ye Wolves yt was ye worst. The noyes of theyre bowlings was eno' to curdle ye bloode of ye stoutest & I have never seen ye Man yt did not shiver at ye Sounde of a Packe of em." Samuel's father died when Samuel was about nine years old. His mother remarried to John Russell. Of his relationship with his stepfather, Samuel wrote, "but he was sometimes a littel shorte of ye Charity wch thinketh no Evil, at ye least I was wont to think so when his Hand was too heavy on my Shoulders & I remembered ye sweetnesse & ye Charity of my firste Father, but on ye whole said he was a Goode Man & did well by my Mother & her children, & no doubt we did often try his wit & temper." Samuel married Mary Ensign, as indicated by an entry in John Withrop's medical journal: "Smith Sam: 2 y: son of Sam: of Wethersfeild whose wife in Goodman Ensigne's daughter" (7 Jul 1664, Winthrop Medical Journal, cited in Great Migration Begins). Mary was born about 1641 to James Ensign and Sarah --. Mary was treated by John Winthrop ("Ensigne Mary 16 years"--see GMB) in November 1657. The Smiths moved about 1666 from Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts. Samuel became a freeman in 1676. They then moved to Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts after the death of Samuel's stepfather in 1680 to take care of his mother. Samuel died 10 Sep 1703 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mary died in 1713, according to Torrey.

Samuel and Mary’s children are: Samuel Smith, born about 1662, according to the Winthrop Medical Journal (date given as 12 Jun 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts records but he would be too young to have married in 1685), treated by John Winthrop 7 Jul 1664 at the age of two, took the oath of allegiance 8 Feb 1679 at Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Joanna McLathlin (b. 12 Aug 1665 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts to Robert McLathin) 19 Nov 1685 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, admitted freeman in 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, a deacon, died 1 Sep 1723 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah Smith, probably born in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married 1) John Lawrence (d. 1694 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, killed by Indians when he went with another man into the woods to search for a missing man, administration of his estate granted 10 Oct 1694 to his widow Sarah) 16 Oct 1684 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts and 2) Ebenezer Wells (b. 20 Jul 1669 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Thomas and Mary (Beardsley) Wells, widower of Mary Waite, d. in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts) in 1705 (15 Aug 1705, according to John W. Jordan). Dorothy Smith, baptized 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (according to Torrey and Cutter), married William Rooker 30 May 1687 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Ebenezer Smith, baptized 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (according to Torrey and Cutter), married Sarah Huxley (dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Spencer) Huxley, sister of Mary Huxley below, widow of James Barlow, m. 3) Martin Kellogg 5 Oct 1732 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut), buried in Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Ichabod Smith, born 24 Jan 1669/70 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Mary Huxley (dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Spencer) Huxley, sister of Sarah Huxley above), moved to Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut about 1699. Mary Smith, born 18 Jan 1672/3 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married William Barnes (resided in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, d. 18 Feb 1715/6, administration of his estate granted to James Smith and Mary Barnes 6 Mar 1715/6, guardians appointed for his children 1 Apr 1718) 20 Aug 1696, died 18 Nov 1714 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. James Smith, born 12 Jun 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Elizabeth Smith (b. 2 Feb 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Chileab and Hannah (Hitchcock) Smith, sister of Mary Smith below) 26 Oct 1698 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, appointed guardian to his nieces Abigail and Eunice Barnes 1 Apr 1718, settled in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Preserved Smith, born Aug 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Mary Smith (b. 16 Aug 1681 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Chileab and Hannah (Hitchcock) Smith, sister of Elizabeth Smith above, m. 2) Peter Montague 22 Apr 1721 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, d. 25 Jun 1763 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts) 15 Dec 1697 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, died in 1713, buried in the Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

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"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown. "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 5; FHL microfilm 186,152. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch; citing FHL microfilm 186,161 186,152, and 186,122. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch; citing FHL microfilm 186,152, 14,766, 186,152, and 363,889. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). “Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts.” Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. "First Book East Haddam Land Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 11, Jul 1857, p. 273. Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the first settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his descendants, Detroit, MI: W. Graham, 1888. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990 (originally published Boston, 1860-1862). Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913, p. 1614. Temple, Josiah Howard and Sheldon, George, History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 Years, Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1875, pgs. 536-7. Temple, Josiah Howard, History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Published by the Town of North Brookfield, 1887. Jordan, John W., Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978 (originally published in 1911), vol. III, pg. 1170. Goodwin, Nathaniel, Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Hartford: F.A. Brown, 1856, pgs.193-194. Wight, Charles Henry, Genealogy of the Claflin family : being a record of Robert Mackclothlan, of Wenham, Mass. and of his descendants, 1661-1898, New York: Press of William Green, 1875, pg. 19. Huxley, Jared, Genealogical Descent of the Huxley Family in the United States, Youngstown, OH: The Vindicator Press, 1901, pg. 27. Manwaring, Charles William (comp.), A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1700-1792, Vol. II, Hartford, CT: R.S. Peck & Co., 1904, pgs. 352-3. Smith, Helen Evertsen, Colonial Days & Ways as Gathered from Family Papers, New York: The Century Co., 1900. Gravestone of Ebenezer Smith, Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Gravestone of Preserved Smith, Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Records related to the Samuel and Mary (Ensign) Smith family but not copied below due to copyright considerations: Entry for James Ensign, Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

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Town Records

Smith Preserved s. Samuel & Mary Aug *?6 1677 [6009] Smith, Samuel & Mary    Iccabod, s. b. Jan. 24 1669/70 OB-12    Mary, d. b. Jan. 18 1672/3 OB-12    Samll, s. b. June 12 1674 OB-12    Preserved, s. b. Aug ...6 1677 OB-12 Source: “Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts.” Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Name    Joanna MacKclaflin Event Type    Birth Birth Date    12 Aug 1665 Birth Place    Wenham, Massachusetts Father Name    Robert MacKclaflin Name:    Ichabod Smith Event Type:    Birth Birth Date:    24 Jan 1669 Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts Father Name:    Saml Smith Mother Name:    Mary Smith Name:    Preserved Smith Event Type:    Birth Birth Date:    Aug 1677 Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts Father Name:    Samuel Smith Mother Name:    Mary Smith Name:    James Smith Event Type:    Birth Birth Date:    12 Jun 1674 Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts Father Name:    Saml Smith Mother Name:    Mary Smith Name:    Mary Montague Event Type:    Death Birth Date:    abt 1681 Death Date:    25 Jun 1763 Death Place:    Ashfield, Massachusetts Death Age:    82 Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Name:    Samuell Smith Gender:    Male Birth Date:    27 Jan 1638 Birthplace:    WETHERSFIELD TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT Father's Name:    Henry Smith Mother's Name:    Dorothy Source: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-WFZ : 3 December 2014), Samuell Smith, 27 Jan 1638; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown. Name:    Samll Smith Gender:    Male Death Date:    10 Sep 1703 Death Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9D-7ZF : 10 December 2014), Samll Smith, 10 Sep 1703; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 5; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Preserved Smith Gender:    Male Christening Place:    NORTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    Aug 1677 Birthplace:    Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Father's Name:    Samuel Smith Mother's Name:    Mary Smith Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQC-7G9 : 4 December 2014), Preserved Smith, Aug 1677; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Part 2of5 P.18; FHL microfilm 186,161. Name:    Preserved Smith Spouse's Name:    Mary Smith Event Date:    15 Dec 1697 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQM-K26 : 4 December 2014), Preserved Smith and Mary Smith, 15 Dec 1697; citing reference 2:3XM0JFF; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Saml. Smith Spouse's Name:    Joanna Mactothlin Event Date:    19 Nov 1685 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Father's Name:    Samuel Smith Sen. Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC31-1JW : 4 December 2014), Saml. Smith and Joanna Mactothlin, 19 Nov 1685; citing reference 2:3XM2NP2; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Boaker Spouse's Name:    Dorothy Smith Event Date:    30 May 1687 Event Place:    Hadley,Hampshire,Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHN-S1W : 4 December 2014), Boaker and Dorothy Smith, 30 May 1687; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,152, 363,889. Name:    Ichabod Smith Gender:    Male Christening Place:    NORTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    24 Jan 1669 Birthplace:    Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Father's Name:    Sam. Smith Mother's Name:    Mary Smith Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQC-3Z6 : 4 December 2014), Ichabod Smith, 24 Jan 1669; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Part 2of5 P.11; FHL microfilm 186,161. Name:    James Smith Spouse's Name:    Elizabeth Smith Event Date:    26 Oct 1698 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQM-V9Q : 4 December 2014), James Smith and Elizabeth Smith, 26 Oct 1698; citing reference 2:3XM0HMH; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Elizabeth <Smith> Gender:    Female Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    02 Feb 1678 Father's Name:    Chilliab Smith Mother's Name:    Hannah Smith Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-VQZ : 4 December 2014), Elizabeth , 02 Feb 1678; citing , p 8; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    John Lawrence Spouse's Name:    Sarah Smith Event Date:    16 Oct 1684 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC31-1J3 : 4 December 2014), John Lawrence and Sarah Smith, 16 Oct 1684; citing reference 2:3XM2NNT; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Ebenezer Wells Gender:    Male Birth Date:    20 Jul 1669 Birthplace:    HADLEY,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name:    Thomas Wells Mother's Name:    Mary Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDK-3JD : 4 December 2014), Ebenezer Wells, 20 Jul 1669; citing HADLEY,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,122. Town: Suffield Surname: Kellogg Martin & wid. Sarah Smith, Int. Pub., Sept 15, 1732 Martin, m. wid. Sarah Smith, Oct. 5, 1732 Source: Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Town: Suffield Surname: Smith Samuel, Dea., d. Sept 1, 1723 Source: Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Name:    Mary Barnes [Mary Barns] Death Date:    18 Nov 1714 Death Place:    East Haddam, Connecticut, USA Spouse:    William Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Town: Granville Surname: Huxley Sarah and James Barlow, " was in the land division of Suffield, then Mass now, Conn, in 1670 to 1681," ___.* P.R.1. Town: Ashfield Surname: Montague Mary, wid., June 25, 1763. [June 29, a. 82, C.R.2.] Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Mary Barns ye wife of william barns departted this life November ye 18th: 1714 Source: "First Book East Haddam Land Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 11, Jul 1857, p. 273.

Colonial Days and Ways

Pages 47-52: In the diary of Juliana Smith, 1779-81, there exists a copy of a fragment of a reminiscent letter, written in 1699 by the Rev. Henry Smith's son, Samuel Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts, to his son, Ichabod Smith, residing in Suffield, Connecticut, apparently in reply to some inquiries which the latter had made. Juliana writes : "Today my Grandmother Smith gave me to read what is left unburnt of a Letter which was written to my Great-Grandfather by his Father & has permitted me to copy it. The Letter itself belongs to my Uncle Dan because he is my Grandfather's eldest son. A large part of it was burnt when my Grandfather's house in Suffield took fire, and was barely saved from destruction, with the loss of many things, especially Books & Papers. The Bible in which this Letter was kept was found on the next day still smouldering, with more than half of its leaves burnt away, including a part of the Family Record & this Letter: — "'Hadley, Massachusetts Colony, Jan. ye Firste, 1698/99 "'My Dear & Dutiful Son : . . . I was of so tender an Age at the death of my beloved Father that I am possessed of but little of the Information for which you seek. My Revered Father was an ordained Minister of ye Gospelle, educate at Cambridge in England & came to yis Land by reason of ye Great Persecution by which ye infamous Archibishop Laud and ye Black Tom Tyrante, (as Mr. Russell was always wont to call ye Earl of Strafforde,) did cause ye reign of his Majestic Charles ye First to loose favour in ye sight of ye people of England. My Father & Mother came over in 1636/37, firste to Watertown which is neare Boston, & after a yeare or two to Weathersfield on ye great River, where he became ye firste settled Pastor. "'Concerning of ye earlie days I can remember but little save Hardship. My Parents had broughte bothe Men Servants & Maid Servants from England, but ye Maids tarried not but till they got Married, ye wch was shortly, for there was great scarcity of Women in ye Colonies. Ye men did abide better. Onne of em had married onne of my Mother's Maids & they did come with us to Weathersfield to our grate Comforte for some Yeares, untill they had manny littel onnes of theire Owne. I do well remember ye Face & Figure of my Honoured Father. He was 5 foote, 10 inches talle, & spare of builde, tho not leane. He was as Active as ye Red Skin Men & sinewy. His delighte was in sportes of strengthe & withe his owne Hands he did helpe to rear bothe our owne House & ye Firste Meetinge House of Weathersfield, wherein he preacht yeares too fewe. He was well Featured & Fresh favoured with faire Skin & longe curling Hair (as neare all of us have had) with a merrie eye & swete smilinge Mouthe, tho he coulde frowne sternlie eno' when need was. '"Ye firste Meetinge House was solid mayde to withstande ye wicked onsaults of ye Red Skins. Its Foundations was laide in ye feare of ye Lord, but its Walls was truly laide in ye feare of ye Indians, for many & grate was ye Terrors of em. I do mind me y't alle ye able-bodyed Men did work thereat, & ye olde & feeble did watch in turns to espie if any Salvages was in hidinge neare & every Man keept his Musket nighe to his hande. I do not myself remember any of ye Attacks mayde by large bodeys of Indians whilst we did remayne in Weathersfield, but did ofttimes hear of em. Several Families wch did live back a ways from ye River was either Murderdt or Captivated in my Boyhood & we all did live in constant feare of ye like. My Father ever declardt there would not be so much to feare iff ye Red Skins was treated with suche mixture of Justice & Authority as they eld understand, but iff he was living now he must see that wee can do naught but fight em & that right heavily. "'After ye Red Skins ye grate Terror of our lives at Weathersfield & for many yeares after we had moved to Hadley to live, was ye Wolves. Catamounts was bad eno' & so was ye Beares, but it was ye Wolves yt was ye worst. The noyes of theyre bowlings was eno' to curdle ye bloode of ye stoutest & I have never seen ye Man yt did not shiver at ye Sounde of a Packe of em. What wth ye way we hated em & ye goode money yt was offered for theyre Heads we do not heare em now so much, but when I do I feel again ye younge hatred rising in my Bloode, & it is not a Sin because God mayde em to be hated. My Mother & Sister did each of em kill more yan one of ye gray Howlers & once my oldest Sister shot a Beare yt came too neare ye House. He was a goode Fatte onne & keept us all in meate for a good while. I guess one of her Daughters has got ye skinne. "'As most of ye Weathersfield Settlers did come afoot throu ye Wilderness & brought with em such Things only as they did most neede at ye firste, ye other Things was sent round from Boston in Vessels to come up ye River to us. Some of ye Shippes did come safe to Weathersfield, but many was lost in a grate storm. Amongst em was onne wch held alle our Beste Things. A good many Yeares later, long after my Father had died of ye grate Fever & my Mother had married Mr. Russell & moved to Hadley, it was found yt some of our Things had been saved & keept in ye Fort wch is by ye River's Mouthe, & they was brought to us. Most of em was spoilt with Sea Water & Mould, especially ye Bookes [Foot-note by Juliana: "My Father hath one of these books — The vision of Piers Plowman. It is so ruinated with damp and mould yt no one can read ye whole of it."] & ye Plate. Of this there was no grate store, only ye Tankard, wch I have, and some Spoones, divided amongst my Sisters wch was alle so black it was long before any could come to its owne colour agen, & Mr. Russell did opine yt had it not been so it might not have founde us agen, but he was sometimes a littel shorte of ye Charity wch thinketh no Evil, at ye least I was wont to think so when his Hand was too heavy on my Shoulders & I remembered ye sweetnesse & ye Charity of my firste Father, but on ye whole said he was a Goode Man & did well by my Mother & her children, & no doubt we did often try his wit & temper, but it was in his house yt' — "Here," writes the copyist, "there is a break" — probably where the sheets of the original had been burned. The silver tankard mentioned in the foregoing letter of Samuel Smith of Hadley is in all probability the one now belonging to my brother, Gilbert Livingston Smith of Sharon, Connecticut, though the earliest positive record which we have concerning it is in a bill of sale, including various things to the amount of nearly £700, made to the Rev. Cotton Mather Smith by his brother, Simeon Smith, M.D., when the latter was leaving Sharon to take up his residence in Vermont in 1787. It is there described as "One ancient Silver Tankard marked with our coat of arms & S. S., bought by me from Brother Dan." The tankard now has on the side opposite the handle a spout, which was put on about 1820 that it might be used as a water-pitcher. Family tradition has always held that this tankard was brought from England in 1636 by the Rev. Henry Smith, and referred to in the letter just quoted. Source: Smith, Helen Evertsen, Colonial Days & Ways as Gathered from Family Papers, New York: The Century Co., 1900.

Probate Records

Page 49 Barnes, William, East Haddam. Died 18 February, 1715-16. Invt. £218-02-07. Taken by Daniel Cone and Daniel Braynard. Court Record, Page 7--6 March, 1715-16: Adms. to James Smith and Mary Barnes joyntly. Page 61-2--1 April, 1718: The Court appoint Joshua Braynard of Haddam guardian to William Barnes, age 19 years, and to Samuel Barnes, age 8 years, sons of William Barnes decd. Also appoint Samuel Evans of Haddam guardian to Thomas Barnes, age 12 years, and appoint James Smith of Coventry guardian to Abigail Barnes, age 13 years, and Eunice Barnes, age 9 years, all minor children of William Barnes, decd. Page 67--3 June, 1718: James Smith, of Coventry, Adms., exhibits an account of his Adms. Accepted and allowed. Order to dist. the estate amongst the children as follows:                                                                                                                                                                     £    s   d To William Barnes, eldest son,                                                                                                                 61-14-05 To Thomas, Samuel, Mary, Abigail, and Eunice Barnes, to each,                                                      30-17-03 And appoint Thomas Gates, Daniel Braynard and Daniel Cone, of Haddam, distributors. Page 94--9 January, 1718-19: Distributors' report.   Source: Manwaring, Charles William (comp.), A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1700-1792, Vol. II, Hartford, CT: R.S. Peck & Co., 1904, pgs. 352-3.

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

SMITH, Samuel (1639/40, 1638/9-1703) & Mary [ENSIGN] (-1713); ca 1661; Wethersfield, CT/Northampton, Hadley SMITH, Samuel (1653-1723) & Joanna McLATHLIN/?MACKLATHLIN; 18 Nov 1685; Hadley/Northampton/Suffield, CT ROOKER/ROCKER?, William & Dorothy SMITH; 30 May 1687; Hadley SMITH, Ebenezer & Sarah (HUXLEY) [BARLOW], w James, m/3 Martin Kellogg 1732; ca 1693; Northampton/Hadley/Suffield, CT SMITH, Ichabod & Mary [HUXLEY]; b 1693/[4?], 1692?; Hadley BARNES, William (-1716) & Mary SMITH (1673-); 20 Aug 1696; Hadley/East Haddam, CT SMITH, James & Elizabeth SMITH; 26 Oct 1698; Hadley LAWRENCE, John (-1694) & Sarah SMITH, m/2 Ebenezer WELLS 1705; 16 Oct 1684; Hadley/Brookfield   Source: Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

Vol. 4 SMITH, SAMUEL, Northampton, s. of the Rev. Henry, and the only one, wh. reach. mature life, the freem. of 1676, had m. a. 1662, Mary, d. of James Ensign, and had Samuel, and Sarah bef. his rem. from Conn. to where he had Dorothy, bapt. 1667; Ebenezer, 1668; beside Ichabod, b. 24 Jan. 1670; Mary, 18 Jan. 1673; James, 12 June 1675; and Preserved, Aug. 1677. Aft. the d. of John Russell, at Hadley, h. of his mo. he rem. to Hadley, to take care of her, and d. 10 Sept. 1703. Of his five s. three, viz. the eldest, sett. at Suffleld, where Ichabod, the youngest of them had Samuel, b. 1700, wh. m. Jerusha, d. of Atherton Mather, and had Cotton M. Smith. Ludicrous perversity in modern days of this genealogy, so as to make the blood of the Mathers follow thro. wrong f. and wrong m. beside sinking in the male line one generat. yet grasp. in the female at one too old. See p. 34 in the valua. Centen. of Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin, where all the error is giv. for truth. His Excellency, John Cotton Smith, Y. C. 1783, late Gov. of Conn. was thus, it is ssid, misdirect. by his f. Rev. Cotton Mather S. Y. C. 1751, wh. seems to have partak. in one ill habit of his illustr. namesake. How he should exchange the name of his mos. f. for that of her gr.f. is less strange, however, than it might seem, if we suppose the reference being oft. made to the famous Dr. M. in the youth's hearing, he always assoc. [[vol. 4, p. 133]] the Presid. of the Coll. at Cambridge with that rare title, and thot. more of Increase, than of the humble neph. Atherton Mather, from wh. his own prefix came. Good substitution the f. made in the child's name by enrich. him with an honor. designat. tho. no Cotton blood ran in his veins, as had heedless. been assum. SAMUEL, Hadley, or Northampton, took o. of alleg. at the former 8 Feb. 1679, m. 1685, Joanna Macklathlin, perhaps d. of Robert, and was adm. freem. 1690, as inhab. of the latter. WELLES, or WELLS EBENEZER, Hatfield, s. of Thomas of Hadley, m. 4 Dec. 1690, Mary Waite, eldest d. of Benjamin, had Ebenezer, b. 1691; Thomas, 1693; Joshua, 1695; Martha, 1697; John, 1700; Jonathan, 1702; and his w. d. soon aft. He m. 1705, Sarah, wid. of John Lawrence of Brookfield, had Mary, 1707. Vol. 3 LAWRENCE JOHN, Hadley, br. of Daniel, m. 1684, Sarah Smith, d. of Samuel of Hadley, had John, b. 1686, d. next yr.; Mary, 1688; Deliverance, 1693; and Sarah, 1694. He was k. by the Ind. 1694 at Brookfield, whither he had recent. rem. His wid. m. 1705, Ebenezer Wells of Hatfield. Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990 (originally published Boston, 1860-1862).

Cutter's New England Families

Rev. Henry Smith, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1588, near Norfolk. He came to America in 1636, and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1638. He is thought to have married twice, but the name of his first wife is not known. The name of his second wife was Dorothy, sister of Rev. John Cotton, of Boston. He died in 1658, and she married (second) John Russell, father of Rev. John Russell, who succeeded Mr. Smith in the pastorate at Wethersfield, and who, ten years later, became the first minister at Hadley, and died May 8, 1690, aged eighty-three. Mrs. Dorothy (Smith) Russell died at Hadley in 1694. Children of Rev Henry Smith: Peregrine, died unmarried; daughter, married and had children; daughter, married and had children; Dorothy, born 1636; Samuel in Wethersfield, 1638, mentioned below; Joanna, Wethersfield, December 25, 1641; Noah, Wethersfield, February 25, 1643-44; Elizabeth, Wethersfield, August 25, 1648. (II) Samuel, son of Rev. Henry Smith, was born in Wethersfield, in 1638 39. He lived at Northampton, Massachusetts, from 1666 until about 1680. He removed then to Hadley, to take care of his mother. The following taken from his letter in 1698-99, refers to his stepfather, John Russell: "But he was sometimes a little short of ye Charity which thinketh no Evil, at ye least I was wont to think so when his Hand was too heavy on my Shoulders & I remembered ye sweetnesse & ye Charity of my firste Father, but on ye whole said he was a Goode Man & did well by my Mother & her children & no doubt we did often try his wit & temper." Samuel Smith died at Hadley, September 10, 1703, aged sixty five. He married Mary, daughter of James Ensign, the immigrant who was one of the first settlers of Hartford. Children: Samuel, deacon; Sarah, born before her father's removal to Northampton; Dorothy, baptized 1667, at Northampton; Ebenezer baptized at Northampton, 1668; Ichabod, born at Northampton, January 24, 1670, mentioned below; Mary, Northampton, January 19, 1673; James, Northampton, June 12, 1675; Preserved, Northampton, August 1677. (III) Deacon Ichabod, son of Samuel Smith, was born at Northampton, January 24, 1670. He lived in Hadley until about 1699, and after that in Suffield. He married, about 1692, Mary, daughter of Thomas Huxley, of Sufiield. Children born at Hadley: Child born February 1, died February 13, 1693-94; Mary, born May 20, 1696. Children born in Suffield: Hannah, January 21, 1698; Samuel, November 5, 1700, mentioned below; Ichabod, January 1, 1708; James, March 15, 1710-11; Joseph, January 1, 1717. Source: Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913, p. 1614.

Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis

Pages 400-401: The following document was written by Elder Ebenezer Smith the year before his death: "Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 1st, 1823. "For the information of my children I write the following account of my grandfather's posterity. My grandfather's name was Preserved Smith; his wife, Mary Smith, by whom he had one daughter and six sons. He died when they were all small. His daughter, Mary, and oldest son. Preserved, died young, and were not married; his second son, Ebenezer, married, had a son, Preserved, and a daughter, Hannah; he was killed at raising my Grandfather Moody's house; his son went into the army and died with sickness; his daughter married, had a family, and died in old age. My grandfather's third son, Samuel, married Sarah Morton, and had 12 children. My grandfather's fourth son, Chileab Smith, who was my father, married Sarah Moody, and had 13 children. My grandfather's fifth son, James, married Sara Smith; had only two daughters that lived to grow up. Samuel, Chileab, James, three brothers, all lived to be upwards of 90 years of age, and died one after another — as they were born. My grandfather's sixth son, Moses, died when a child. ... Pages 405: 1. Rev. Henry Smith and his wife, Dorithy, came from England in 1637. (See above). Their children were: Mary, John, Preserved (2), Samuel (3), Dorithy, Joanna, Noah and Elijah. 2. Preserved Smith was born in 1637, on board of ship coming to America. Of his children we have an account of but one. Preserved (4). 3. Samuel Smith, son of Rev. Henry (1), had a large family of children: Samuel, Sarah, Dorithy, Ebenezer, Ichabod, Mary, James and Preserved. 4. Preserved Smith, son of Preserved (2), married and had seven children. He died when his children were young. His wife, Mary, was born in 1681 and died in 1763. Their children were Preserved, Mary, Ebenezer, Samuel, Chileab (5), James and Moses. Preserved, Mary and Moses died young. Ebenezer was killed at the raising of Mr. Moody's barn; he had two children — Preserved, who died in the army, and Hannah, who married and had a family. Samuel m. Sarah Morton and had 12 children. He lived to be over 90 years of age. He settled in Northfield, Mass. James m. Sarah Smith, and lived to be over 90. He had two daughters. Source: Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the first settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his descendants, Detroit, MI: W. Graham, 1888.

The History of the Town of Northfield

Source: Temple, Josiah Howard and Sheldon, George, History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 Years, Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1875, pgs. 536.

Goodwin's Genealogical Notes

Preserved Smith, of Hadley, Mass., was married to Mary Smith, daughter of Chileab Smith, of the same town, December 15, 1697. She was born August 16, 1681. After his death, she was married to Peter Montague, of Hadley, April 22, 1721. Mr. Preserved Smith died in 1713, aged about 36. Mrs. Mary Smith, alias Montague, died after 1746. Children.* 53 Mary,            born January         3,   1699.     Died in 1714. 54 Preserved,    born November    9,   1700.     Died in 1727.    Had 2 children. 55 Ebenezer,     born February       4,    1702. 56 Samuel,        born October        1,    1705. 57 Chileab,       born May              21,   1708. 58 James,          born September  23,   1710. 59 Moses,          born October       30,   1712.    Died in 1726. Source: Goodwin, Nathaniel, Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Hartford: F.A. Brown, 1856, pgs.193-194.

History of North Brookfield

Page 146-8: "Springfield, July 29, 1693. On the evening of the 27th inst., John Lawrence from Brookfield came to me with tidings of Mischief done there. The account he gave me was that about noon the 27th of July, Joseph Woolcott came from his own house (which was 3 or 4 miles) to the garrison house, with one of his children in his arms, crying Arm ! Arm ! and said he doubted his wife and other children were killed by the Indians, he seeing 2 or 3 Indians after her, so snatched up that child and come away himself being shot after and pursued, only turned into a swamp and hid from them. Upon which relation of his, this said John Lawrence being then at Owen's house by the garrison, resolved to go and see how matters were at his own house towards and not far from Woolcott's : and in the way before he came at his own home, found his brother killed and scalped, and two Indians walking towards him, whereupon he returned presently to the garrison ; and staying there about half an hour, hasted to Springfield, telling me that in that time none came into the garrison besides Joseph Woolcott, and that all there made but 5 men, who were in extreme hazard, if I sent not men to them presently : In the night, not an hour after John Lawrence, or thereabouts, came in here, a traveller, one Cooke, who was going to the Bay, saying that about noon on July 27th, he was at the garrison house at Quabaug, went thence onward towards the Bay, not knowing or hearing any thing, he being gone out thence just before Woolcott came in ; and when he came as far as Woolcott's house, within 20 rods of it, he saw many Indians, the yardful, stood still awhile, and seeing no English with them mistrusted them, counted them to be at least 40 or 50, and so turned about his horse to go back, when presently the bullets flew about him as thick as hail, so he hastened to the garrison where he stayed but a little while and came to Springfield, telling me the garrison was in great hazard, being but 6 men, and no ways able to hold it against so many. Whereupon I forthwith ordered 20 men out of Springfield, 10 out of Westfield the next town all troopers : Sent post immediately to Hadley &c. for as many more there, ordering their march to Quabaug and there join ours &c. Ours (I being up all the night) were got ready by morning with 8 that came from Westfield about sun rising. These 28, all well mounted and well fixed went together yesterday to Brookfield, Capt. Colton their leader and for them also from the upper towns ; whom I now this day understand attended to my order, rallying up to the number of 30 : but could not be ready so soon, and were after those from Springfield. I feared (according to the intelligence I had) we were too weak, if they met not to join. But now this day towards evening, a messenger  sent to me from Brookfield gives me this account : That those I sent from Springfield arrived there yesterday about 2 of the clock in the afternoon; finding the garrison well and not touched, presently were upon the discovery, and finding no Indians, improved besides some scouting, themselves that afternoon in burying the dead. They found Thomas Lawrence dead, Joseph Mason and his eldest son, Joseph Woolcott's wife and two children, six in all, which they buryed : 3 or 4 persons not found, whether killed or carried away, know not. When Capt. Colton had performed this service yesterday being the same day he went from Springfield, returning to the garrison about sundown : the soldiers from Hadley, Northampton &c. came in : Just upon which a man that adventured out of the garrison upon the hills, spies 6 Indians as he said; came back and acquainted therewith ; presently Capt. Colton sent out to discover, found the man to have spoken truth, perfectly discerning their tracks in the long grass which they could very well follow : But it growing dusky and too dark to proceed, returned, and intended this morning to take the tracks and pursue the enemy, who went northward, probably are Canada Indians, and that party which in the Frenchman's examination (sent from Albany) were mentioned, viz., 30 ready to come towards these parts under a chief Indian called La Plato, with 10 more to follow them, and I suppose have been about Deerfield, but finding soldiers &c. durst not attempt there. This morning the rain prevented Capt. Colton's march after the enemy, early as he intended. But the man (who is come to me) tells me that it clearing up, he was getting ready and fitting to pursue them. I pray God they may overtake the enemy and have a good success against them. The people at Quabaug have sent to me by this man for advice whether to draw off or stay there. Drawing off will be ruinous to what they have ; staying may be hazardous and ruinous to their persons. They would draw off, or stay, according to order. Drawing off will be a publick Damage as in other respects so in respect of the road and for travellers. Continuing there will call for some men to keep their fortification, it may be about 6 or 8 may be sufficient. I request your Excellency's advice and order ; what you appoint shall be exactly attended. I understand the inhabitants are willing to be ordered one way or other, and till your Excellency's pleasure is known, I intend only to appoint Capt. Colton to leave 6 or 8 men, and so return on Monday after he shall have finished his pursuit of the Indians, which I hope this day or tomorrow will be over, and probably you may hear of the issue or success of their pursuing the enemy by the messenger that I shall order to bring this letter to your Excellency before I can write again. . . . John Pynchon To Sir Wm Phipps, Governor." Pages 153-4: 1694. — Only scanty records are found of the condition and doings of the Brookfield settlers, for this year ; and it is not likely that any new comers were added to their small number. The garrison soldiers were billeted on the families ; and while they afforded protection to field work, and safety to the homes, they drew largely on the scanty supply of provisions. Thomas Gilbert of Brookfield, John Hitchcock, James Warriner and Samuel Parsons of Springfield were allowed from the State treasury, "for services at Quabaug, 10 shillings each." The only clew we have as to the nature of these " services," is the fact that some time during the year, Samuel Owen and John Lawrence (whose brother Thomas was killed the last summer, as already related) went into the woods in search of a man who was missing, when they were set upon by a lurking band of Indians, and Lawrence was killed,1 but Owen escaped. — Such were the perils and discouragements under which the families here held their homes! 1 Administration on the estate of John Lawrence was granted to his widow, Sarah, Oct. 10, 1694. Source: Temple, Josiah Howard, History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Published by the Town of North Brookfield, 1887.

Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania

Ebenezer Wells, seventh son of Thomas and Mary (Beardsley) Wells, was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, July 20, 1669. In 1687 grants of four home acre lots and twenty acre farm lots were made to Ebenezer Wells and some fifteen others on the Green river. This was the beginning of the town of Greenfield. The present Main street of Greenfield was selected as the site for the home lots of four acres each. The lots were distributed by lot and Ebenezer Wells drew No. 1, which was at the west end of the town on the brow of the hill overlooking Green river. This property was until recently still owned in the family. The French and Indian War ("King William's War") lasting from 1689 to 1698 was nearly fatal to such weak and exposed points as the Green river settlement. For better protection the settlers abandoned their homes and lived in the shelter of the fortifications on the town street. Lands were cultivated in common, those nearest the town, without regard to ownership.Ebenezer Wells married, December 4, 1690, Mary, daughter of Sergeant Benjamin Waite, the scout and Indian fighter, famed in the annals of the period. He was killed by the Indians at Deerfield, 1703-04. Her mother Martha, with her three daughters, Mary (Mrs. Wells), aged six years, Martha, four, and Sarah, two, were among the number captured by the Indians in their raid on Hatfield, September 19, 1677. Their awful journey to Canada and their rescue by their husband and brother, Benjamin Waite and Stephen Jennings Waite, is told in Judd's "History of Hadley," Sheldon's "History of Deerfield," and retold with fascinating interest in the fourth volume of the "Young Puritan" series. Mary, twelve years after her rescue from captivity, became the wife of Ebenezer Wells. Their children were: 1. Ebenezer, born September 13, 1691, died June 12, 1758. 2. Thomas, September 25, 1693, died March 7, 1743, had ten children. 3. Joshua, August 31, 1695, died April 21, 1768, had fourteen children. 4. Martha, September 18, 1697 (Mrs. Edward Allen). 5. John, see forward. 6. Jonathan, September 26, 1702, died February, 1797, had eight children. The date of the death of Mary (Waite) Wells is not recorded. On August 15, 1705, Ebenezer Wells married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Smith, and widow of John Lawrence, killed by the Indians in 1694. One child was born of this marriage: Mary, October 24, 1707 (Mrs. Aaron Graves). How long Ebenezer Wells lived in Greenfield is not recorded, but he remained the necessary time to perfect his title to the lands granted him as they were not forfeited like many of others. He returned to Hadley, where he died. Source: Jordan, John W., Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978 (originally published in 1911), vol. III, pg. 1170.

Genealogy of the Claflin Family

SECOND GENERATION. 2 Joanna2 (Robert1), born at Wenham, Mass., Aug. 12, 1665. Married Samuel Smith,* of Hadley, Nov. 18, 1685. Samuel was born 1653. He died at Suffield, Conn., Sept. i, 1723. The date of Joanna's death is unknown. Their children were all born at Suffield. Children. 10 Mary, born April 18, 1688; married John Kent, 1709. 11 Samuel, born March 13, 1690. 12 Thankful, born May 13, 1692; married Jedidiah Winchell, 1710. 13 Mindwell, born Feb. 28, 1695 ; died 1705. 14 Noah, born May 12, 1698; married Mary Johnson. 15 Experience, born May 9, 1700. 16 Ebenezer, born Dec. 6, 1702. 17 Mindwell, born March 5, 1705. 18 Mercy, born July 5, 1706. * According to Judd's history of Hadley (p. 580), Joanna's name at her marriage was spelt McLathlin. Samuel, her husband, was son of Samuel and grandson of Henry Smith, a clergyman who, born in England, came to Plymouth, Mass., about 1636. From there he removed to Watertown, Mass., and thence to Weathersfield, Conn., where he became the first settled minister. He died there, 1648. Source: Wight, Charles Henry, Genealogy of the Claflin family : being a record of Robert Mackclothlan, of Wenham, Mass. and of his descendants, 1661-1898, New York: Press of William Green, 1875, pg. 19.

Genealogical Descent of the Huxley Family

His [Thomas Huxley's by Sarah Spencer] children, first five born at Hartford, were. 2. Thomas [11] born April 7. 1668. 3. John [13] born 1670. 4. Mary, born 1672. Married Ichabod -Smith 1692. and had 6 children. 5. Elizabeth, born 1673: married James King, June 22>. 1698. and had 9 children. She died Aug. 20, 1745. 6. Sarah, born 1675; married Ebenezer Smith of Northampton. Mass.. in 1693. and had 9 children. He was born -- — 1668, and a son of Samuel and Mary (Ensign) Smith. Second, she married Martin. Kellog, Oct. 5. 1732. 7. Jared [17] born January 21. 1679. 8. Hannah, born February 3. 1681 : married Mathew Copley February 1701 and had 9 children. 9. Nathaniel, born August 26. 1683 : died in 1685. 10. William [28] born June 26, 1687. Source: Huxley, Jared, Genealogical Descent of the Huxley Family in the United States, Youngstown, OH: The Vindicator Press, 1901, pg. 27.

Gravestones

Gravestone of Ebenezer Smith, Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (photo credit: Charles Grauerholz, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Preserved Smith, Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: H.Cook~Maine, findagrave.com):

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