genealogy of the shekell/sheckels family in america

Joanne Shekelle (neé Sheckels) and Richard Shekelle

Chapter 1. Introduction

The history of the SHEKELL family in America begins with Thomas SHEKELL and Mary BUDD, who were married 11 February 1701 at St. James' Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. We, Joanne and Richard, are direct descendants of Thomas and Mary through two of their sons, John and Richard, respectively. Our aim here is to document the information that has been collected about the SHEKELL family using original documents where possible. In transcribing these documents, we have relied primarily on Palaeography: Reading Old Handwriting 1500-1800, A Practical Online Tutorial, prepared by the National Archives of the United Kingdom. Specifically,

• We have retained original spellings.

• When expanding a word that was abbreviated in the original text, we have put the added letters in square brackets, e.g., Adm[inistrator] and Dec[ease]d.

• The Old English letter "thorn" looks like a "y" but stands for "th" in modern English and is pronounced "th" as in "the", not "y" as in "yip". Thus, we have transcribed "y^e" as "the" and "y^t" as "that".

Spelling the Surname

Spelling of English surnames was largely unstandardized prior to 1900, and we have seen our surname spelled variously, e.g., SHECKELS,SHECKLES, SHEKELS, SHECKEL, SHEKELL, SHECKELL, SHEKLES, SHEKEL, SHEEKEL, SHEKELLE, SHECKLE, SHECKELLS, and SCHECKLES. For sake of simplicity, we have in most cases used "SHEKELL" as the standard except when transcribing an original document. Documents indicate that the terminal "s" was added early on. For instance, the birth of John, son of Thomas and Mary Shekell, was recorded as "John the Son of Thomas Shekel & Mary his Wife born Jan[ua]ry the 11th 1704", but the arrival of John's son, Abraham, was recorded as "Abraham Shekels son of John and Frances Shekels b. 15 Nov 1735." We think it likely that the "s" was originally added to indicate the possessive or plural when speaking -- as in "Where is the road to Shekell's farm?" or "Where do the Shekells live?" -- and was carried over into spelling the name. 

Pronouncing the Surname

Most Americans in our experience now pronounce their family name with the accent on the first syllable, i.e., "Sheh-kell" or "Sheh-kells", like "shekel", the Israeli unit of currency. However, as described elsewhere, a SHEKELL family in England pronounce their name"Shee-kul", and we have seen a few early 18th century Maryland documents with the surname spelled phonetically as "SHEEKEL". Around 1920, Richard Shekelle's father, Paul, added a terminal "e" to the family name spelling it as SHEKELLE and pronouncing it with the accent on the second syllable, "Sheh-kell".

Origin of the SHEKELL Surname

The origin of the SHEKELL surname is obscure.

P.H. Reaney’s A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed, Oxford University Press, 1997) contains no entry for Shekell but does list several more-or-less similar names: Shackel, Shackell, Sackle, Shackles, Skakle. Examples cited include Robertus filius Scakel, Robert Scakel, Herbert Scakel, and William Shakelle, the latter found in the 1379 Yorkshire Poll Tax Returns. Reaney says of this surname: “Shakel is an anglicizing of Anglo-Saxon Skakel, from ON Skọkull (byname), OSw Skakli, the latter occurring in Scagglethorpe (ER, WR, Yorks).” [NB: A byname is a nickname or a surname descriptive of an office or occupation.]

The Penguin Dictionary of Names (2nd ed., reprinted 1984) has no entries for Shekell or Shackel but does list Shackleton, which it describes as a surname based on location and coming from Old English meaning “farm on a tongue of land”. A place, Scackleton, is “in North Yorks, the surname going back to the OE form before it was scandinavianized.”

I do not know whether our SHEKELL surname is related to these other surnames, e.g., Shackel, but if it is, then our surname may derive from the Anglo-Saxon language and perhaps indicated the occupation of farmer.

St James' Parish in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Thomas was a member of Old Herring Creeke Parish, now called St. James' Parish, in Anne Arundel County, and the parish records provide us with much information about the Shekells. (See Edith Stansbury Dallam, St James Parish (Old Herring Creeke Parish): A History, 1663-1799, Including Copies of The Original Records of the Parish, Vestry Minutes, and Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1978.) The parish register, as required by the Act of Establishment of the Church of England, recorded (albeit sporadically and incompletely) the births, baptisms, marriages, and burials in the parish. The  church is located at 5757 Solomons Island Rd, Lothian, MD, about 16 miles south of Annapolis (Point A on this map).

Chapter 2. Immigrants to America

We have not identified the SHEKELL who came to America and founded the family. Although Thomas SHEKELL began the earliest SHEKELL family for which we have records, we have found no record for Thomas before his marriage, and do not know whether he migrated to America.

Below is a list of SHEKELLs (real or imagined) who purportedly came to America but appear to have left no descendants.

Barbary Shekells in Virginia by 1656

Barbary was a "headright" (see note below) whose way toVirginia was paid by Peter Rigby and George Kibble. The abstract of the land grant that documents this reads: "Mr. Peter Rigby & George Kibble, 600 acs. Lancaster Co., 8 Oct. 1656, p384. Upon N. side of Pyanketank River, opposite to land formerly Major William Hoccaday's. Trans. of 12 pers: Richard Chantry, William Leach, John Binion, Mary Stanton, Edward Steevens, John Riggons, David Vause, John Wells, Barbary Shekells, Ann Tompson, Thomas Bond, Robert Thompson." (Nugent 1934 p 318). We infer that Barbary was female because the name "Barbary" (or "Barbry") was a diminuative form for "Barbara", but we have no further information about her. From whence she came to Virginia, the reason for coming, and her fate are unknown. Edward Steevens was one of the headrights in the group with Barbry. These two surnames were linked (perhaps coincidentally) back in England when Thomas Shekell of Pebworth c1768 married Elizabeth Steevens, daughter of John Steevens (Crisp 1997, vol 6, p 117). Barbry probably was not the mother of Thomas.  Y-DNA evidence described elsewhere (see Chapter ??) supports the idea that Thomas of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, was related genetically to the SHEKELL family of Pebworth, England, and Barbry could not have transmitted that Y-DNA.

The Land Grant

We transcribed the land grant to Rigby and Kibble from an image of the original.

To all etc. Whereas etc. Now know yee that I the Said Edward Diggs Esq. etc. give and grant unto Mr. Peter Rigby and George Kibble Six hundred Acres of land Scituated in the County of Lancaster upon the North Side of Pyanketank River opposite to the land which was formerly in the occapation of Major William Hoccady begining at the mouth of a Small Creek and upon the East Side thereof and extending along Pyanketank South East by East to a marked Oake Standing on a point opposite to Hoccady's Creek and from thence into the Woods North East by [Begin new page] by North from thence North West by West upon the head of the aforementioned Creek the Said land being due unto the Said Peter Rigby and George Kibble by and for the Transportation of twelve Persons into the Collony etc. to have and to hold etc. Yielding and paying etc. which payment is to be made etc. Dated the Eighth day of October 1656 Richard Chantry Mary Stanton David Vause Ann Tompson William Leach Edward Steevens John Wells Thomas Bond John Binion John Riggons Barbary Shekell Robert Thompson.

The Piankatank River flows into Chesapeake Bay just south of the Rapahannock . Many creeks, both small and large, flow into the Piankatank, and the name "Hoccaday's Creek" seems not to have survived into the present time.

The "Headright" System

Immigration into Virginia was encouraged from 1624 to 1699 by the "headright" system under which a person who paid his own way to Virginia would be granted 50 acres of land plus another 50 acres for every other person whom he transported at his own cost. Persons of all social classes were among the headrights: "nobility and gentry, yeomanry, indentured servants (some of good family and connection in England), and negroes" (Nugent 1934, vol 1, Introduction by Robert A. Stewart).

The Indentured Labor System (see Chandler & Thames, 1907)

The indenture system was instituted to provide the large amount of cheap labor that was urgently needed in 17th century Virginia to clear and cultivate the large tracts of land required to keep up with the increasing demand for tobacco. Under this system, a laborer sold himself (or was sold) to a master. The contract between the servant and master usually indicated the term of years for which the indenture was to last, the services required, and the compensation given. In the following example, a farmer in Surrey, England, bound himself to an ironmonger in London. "To continue an obedient servant of him, the said Edward Hurd, and his heirs and assigns, and so by him or them sente, transported unto the colony and land of Virginia, in the parts beyond the seas, to be by him or them imployed on his plantation there for the space of four years, and will be tractable and obedient and good and faithful, [?] to be in such things as shall be commanded him. In consideration thereof the said Edward Hurd doth covenant that he will transport and furnish to the said Logwood, to and for Virginia aforesaid, and allow unto him sustenance, meat, drink, and apparel and other necessities for his livelihood and sustenance during the said services." Servants who completed their term of service were rewarded with grants of land, e.g., 100 acres under the first regulation of the London Company. Some persons voluntarily entered into indentured service because they wanted land and could not afford to pay their own way to Virginia. Others were forced into service, sometimes as punishment for a crime such as theft of a loaf of bread, which at that time in England was a capitol crime punishable by hanging but which could be commuted to transportation to one or another of the colonies. For example, records available at Ancestry.com show that Elizabeth Shekell of Bridport, Somerset, England, was transported (with her young son Daniel) in 1808 to Australia for 7 years after being convicted of theft. There she met William Chalker, moved to Brush Farm, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, and became the founding matriarch of an Australian family.

William Sheckle in Virgina c. 1645 (?)

Robert V. "Van" Blackwell has written that his ancestor, Robert Blackwell, was given a certificate for 250 acres of land as a headright for importing himself and four other men: Thomas Badridge (or Baldridge), Richard Jones, William Sheckle and John Rich. I have been unable to find any documentation of this land grant. I copied this information from a website, but neither the URL to the website nor the author's e-mail address work any longer.

John Shackues in Maryland by 1670

John Shackues was transported to Maryland in 1670 and claimed as a headright by Jesse Wharton (Skordas 1968, p 412). We have verified this abstract with the Maryland Land Records (see below). Some persons have thought that John was a Shekell, but I know of no evidence to support that idea. The 6th letter in John's surname is very similar to the "u" in "County" and in "unto". The last 2 letters are very similar to the "es" in "acres". I see no letter in John's surname that is similar to the "l" in "himself", "Walton", or "Welch".

Thomas Shakle in New Jersey by 1689

Thomas Shakle was a planter in Haddonfield, Gloucester County, New Jersey, in 1689 when he acquired the deed to 95 acres of land and 5 acres of meadow as shown by the following abstract.

1689 April 12. Do. Francis Collins of Mountwell, Gloucester Co., Esq re to Thomas Shackle of said Co., planter, for 95 acres in said Co. W. William Cooper, N. John Willis, S. grantor; and 5 a. of meadow, E. of the 95 a. Nelson William (Ed.). Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXI, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State. 1664-1703. Paterson NJ, The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1899. [Reprinted by The Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1976, 1982, p 651.]

NB: "Do." is an abbreviation of "ditto", and refers to the word "deed" that appears in a preceding abstract. The 95 acre parcel was bounded on the west by property of William Cooper,on the northby property of John Willis, and on the south by property of the grantor, Francis Collins.

Thomas was mentioned also in a deed dated 6 January 1695-6.

1695-6 Jan. 6. Deed. Elias Hugg of Glocester River, Glocester Co., yeoman, and wife Margrett to Simeon Ellis of Cooper's Creek, same Co., yeoman, for 400 acres at Holly brook, said Co., S.W. Cooper's Creek, N.W. a branch thereof, Wm Cooper and Tho. Shackle, S.E. grantee, N.E. John Willis; the tract having formerly been conveyed by Francis Collins, father of said Margrett Hugg, to Samuel Jenings and Robert Dimsdale as Trustees for said Margrett, April 5, 1687. Ibid., p 666.

Thomas' will and inventory indicates that he was a Quaker and had no descendants. Except for some bequests to non-relatives, he directed that his estate be sent to Great Britain and there divided equally among the children of his brother, John Shakle. 

Henry Shekell in New York 1899

The Manifest of Alien Immigrants for the S.S. Germania, which sailed from Liverpool on 7 June, 1899, and arrived at New York on 16 June, lists a Henry Shekell, age 45, married, brick layer, nationality English, last residence Salford, final destination in the U.S. Pittsburgh. "Salford" could refer to a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester or to a village such as Abbot's Salford in the Vale of Evesham about 4 miles from Pebworth where a Shekell family lived for several centuries. (See Ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists, 1829-1957.) Whether or not he was related to Thomas Shekell in Anne Arundel, Maryland, or whether he left descendants in this country is unnknown to us.

Chapter 3. Origins of the SHEKELL Family in Colonial Marland

Summary of the First Three Generations

The SHEKELL family in America began with the marriage of Thomas SHEKELL (c1675-c1721) and Mary BUDD on 11 December 1701 at Old Herring Creeke Parish (now St. James Parish) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Thomas' place of birth is unknown, but evidence supports the idea that the family came from England. He was very poor.  At his death c 1721 his estate was valued at £3 and 6 shillings, and comprised his wearing apparel, some old bedding, 4 sows, 14 shoats, an old brass kettle, an old iron pot, some old iron, and some old lumber. Records show the birth of three children: Thomas, John, and Elizabeth. Three other persons -- Richard, Samuel, and William -- probably were children of Thomas and Mary. We have little or no further information about Thomas, Elizabeth, and William. John, Richard, and Samuel became fairly prosperous planters.

John (1704-1787) married Frances Birckhead c 1735. He devised 3 properties -- Bear Ridge, Hard Bargain, and Sorry Bargain -- totalling some 270 acres to their 8 children: Abraham, Rebecca, Richard, Susanne, Mary, Deborah, Francis, and Elizabeth. Francis and Benjamin BASFORD, Elizabeth's husband, purchased the land from the other 6 children. Richard moved to Kentucky as did his sister, Susanna and her husband, Nicholas RAY.

Richard (c 1714-1770), son of Thomas and Mary, married Ruth ____ c 1739. He owned "lands" but these have not been identified. After settling all accounts his estate totaled £347. Richard and Ruth had 11 children: Ann, John, Richard, Mary, Mahalaleell, Lydia, Samuel, Rebecca, Thomas, Cephus, and Hezekiah. At least two of these children, John and Samuel moved to Clifton Springs in Western New York c 1800.

Samuel (b 1720-a 1794), married c 1785 but his wife has not been named in any document we have seen. He owned at least one property, Shekell's Chance, of about 164 acres in Anne Arundel County. They had 6 children: Agnes, Richard, Ann, Durrance, Mary, and Deborah. Shekell's Chance was sold after Samuel's death and the proceeds divided among his heirs.

After a difficult beginning in the New World, the family was well established in Maryland by 1800, and some of the grandchildren had already moved to Western New York and Kentucky. Later generations moved to Indiana, Michigan, California, and elsewhere.

Thomas SHEKELL, Mary BUDD, and Their Children

Thomas^1.1 Shekell (c1680 - c1721)

Thomas SHEKELL was born c 1680, place unknown. The records of Old Herring Creeke Parish (now St. James Parish) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, have the following entry: "Thomas Shekel & Mary Budd were married Decemb[e]r the 11th 1701." [Dallam 1976, p 441]. He died c 1721, and his estate was inventoried 11 Feb 1722 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Prerogative Court (Inventories) 8, p 30.)

An Inventory of all Singular Goods and Chattles of Thomas Shackles of Annarundel County Deceased Appraised in Current Money by the subscribers February 11th Anno Dom 1722
his wearing apparrile	0	7
a parcele of old bedding	0	12
4 sows and 14 shoats	1	10
1 small old brass Kettle	0	5
1 old Pale and Piggin	0	3
1 old Iron Pott and a parcele of old Iron	0	5
a parcele of old lumber	0	4
	3	6
Mary Neile her mark Robert Franklin Benjamin Welsh Aprile 26th 1723 William Lock, Esq. Adm[inistrator] makes oath to the Truth of the within Inventory and that he knows of no Relation but the woman that has signed Except the Dec[ease]d's Child and that he knows of no Creditor to the Said Dec[ease]d save himself the Dec[ease]d's Landlord who paid himself before adm[----] John Beale, Deputy Com[missar]y Ann a[rundel] County

According to the Maryland Archives, "Inventories are lists of personal property owned by the deceased, drawn up by two appraisers, who would list everything in the house, the barn, and the tool shed, and appraise the items in terms of money or in tobacco. After about 1712, the inventory would have been signed by two of the 'greatest creditors' and two of the adult 'nearest of kin.' " In this instance, the appraised values are shown in pounds sterling and shillings in the right-hand columns. The total value of Thomas' personal property was 3 pounds and 6 shillings. The inventory was signed by Mary Neile as Thomas' next-of-kin. For reasons described below, we infer that Mary Neile was Thomas' widow, who married Thomas Neale, a widower with young children.

• Thomas' death left Mary a very poor widow with 1 or more dependent children.

• Mary Neile signed the inventory of Thomas' estate as next-of-kin, and was also the administratrix of Thomas Neale’s estate in 1740.

• Payment was made by Thomas Neale’s estate to Samuel Shakles.

• Entries in the St. James Parish register show that Thomas Neale was left a widower with young children following the death of his wife in 1718.

  • Tho[mas] Neale Aged 20 years and upwards, bap[tized] Jan 5, 1700 (Dallam, p 439).

  • Thomas the son of Thomas Neal & Dorothy his wife was born Aug 26, 1704. Bap[tized] Oct 8, 1704 (Dallam, p 446).

  • W[illia]m Neale son of Tho[mas] Neale & Dorithy his wife was born [Septem]ber 10th 1712. Bap[tized] Aprill 6, 1713. (Dallam, p 462).

  • Geo[rge] Neale the son of Tho[mas] Neale and Dorithy his wife was born March 20, 1714; bap[tized] Aprill 11, 1714. (Dallam, p 469).

  • Dorothy Neele, buried Sep 29, 1718. (Dallam, p 472).

Mary Budd (c 1680 - a 1740)

Life must have been hard for Mary. The parish record for 25 Sep 1701, shown below, indicates that Mary, before her marriage to Thomas, was an indentured servant, had a child out of wedlock, finished her term of service, and was set free by the minister of the parish on 6 August 1701. She and Thomas were married 11 Dec 1701, 4 months before the birth of their son Thomas.

Att A Vestry Held the 25th of September 1701 for St James p[a]r[i]sh In Ann Arund[e]ll County att the Church. Pr[e]sent: M[aste]r Henry Hall, Minister, Capt[ain] Rob[er]t Lockwood, M[aste]r Anthony Smith, M[aste]r Christopher Vernon. THEN was one Mary Budd apoynted to serve M[aste]r Henry Hall minister of St James Church In Ann Arrund[e]ll County, or his assignes from the 6 day of August last past & will serve [obliterated] yeares be fully Completed & Ended by reason of her having A Mallatto Bastard for which she was condemned by the law att Ann Arrund[e]ll County Court first to serve her former service, with the recompence by service made [for] the trouble of the house where it was born & att the expiration thereof to be deliverd to the vestry & from them as the Law directs to the Minister of the parish where such fact is Committed Soe th[a]t on the 6th day off August last she [was] discharged from the date thereof to serve M[aste]r Hall as afore is Expressed. (Dallam 1976, p 139)

Mary was not alone in having a “Mallatto Bastard”. Here are two other excerpts from the vestry records.

ITT is ordered that the produce of the three women Servants sold by the vestry being adjudged for their having Mallattoe children amounteing in all to the sum off thirty & two pounds Sterll: be layd out in Iron work, Glass & other necessarys for the use of the church. And that Capt William Holland Take the sayd money or bills into his hands & dispose of the [obliterated] as shall be hereafter directed. (Dallam 1976, p 119, Vestry minutes for 19 April 1969)

KATHERINE Worley, late sert of Salamon Sparrow being adjudged att Ann Arrundell County Court to serve Seven years, for having a Mallatoo child, Who was ordered to the vestry of this parish according to Law: The Sayd Woman was likewise ordered by the vestry to be delivered unto Mr Henry Hall – Minister of the Sayd parish, to be disposed off as he think [illegible] who hath Sold her to Anthony Holland, his heirs Executors Admrs or assignes for & Dureing out the full term – of three years Commencing from the first day of this Instant Aprill, fully to be Completed & Ended, and att the expiration of three years. (Dallam 1976, pp 131-2,Vestry minutes for 25 April 1699.)

Children of Thomas and Mary

Parish records list three children for Thomas and Mary Shekell:

• Thomas^2.1 (b 13 Apr 1702). "Thomas Shekel the Son of Thomas Shekel & Mary his Wife born April the 13th 1702 bap. March the 26th 1703" (Dallam p 443). We have no other information that is definitely about Thomas. However a Prerogative Court record dated 26 Sept 1774 (see Skinner, vol 11, p 124) lists a John Sheckell, son of Thomas. The St. James' parish record (p 478) shows a "John Sheckles, son of [incomplete], born May 11th, 1730." We assume (provisionally, of course) that this John is the son of Thomas-2 because Thomas-1 died in 1722 and we know of no other Thomas who could have been the father.

• John^2.2 (b 11 Jan 1704). "John the Son of Thomas Shekel & Mary his Wife born Jan[ua]ry the 11th 1704" (Dallam p 452). John married Frances Birckhead on or before 1735 (estimated from date of their son Abraham's birth in 1735). They had eight children: Abraham, Rebecca, Richard, Susanna, Mary, Deborah, Francis, and Elzabeth. John died in Ann Arundel County in 1787. More information about John and his family will be presented below.

• Elizabeth^2.3 (b 22 Jan 1708). "Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Shekel and Mary his Wife, born Jan[ua]ry the 22nd 1708, bap. Augst the 14th 1709" (Dallam, p 455). We have no further information about Elizabeth.

Three other persons may have been children of Thomas and Mary. We have provisionally assumed this relationship because other persons who might have been their parents are unknown.  Note that the correct birth-order of these persons is uncertain since we have no dates of birth.  

• Richard^2.4 (b. before 1720). Our first record for Richard is the notice in the St. James' Parish record:"Ann Daughter of Richard Shekell and Ruth his wife born May 28 1740" (Dallam, p 488). We have assumed that Richard was over 20 years of age at that time. Richard left a will dated 25 Dec 1769 in which he named his wife, Ruth, and four of his children (John, Richard, Ann, and Mary). He also referred to "the rest of my children". The inventory of his estate (dated 21 March 1770) named two other children, Samuel and Hezekiah, and stated that the estate was to be "divided equally among eleven children." Joanne suggests that the other five children are Mahalaleel, Cephus, Rebecca (who married James Simmons), Lydia (Alby), and Thomas. More information about Richard and his family will be presented below. 

• Samuel^2.5 (b. before 1720): Our first record for Samuel is an administrative account (see Skinner, v 4, p 57) dated 15 May 1740 which shows that the estate of Thomas Neale owed money to "Samuel Shakles" and others. The administratrix was Mary Neale,Thomas Neale's widow and Samuel Shekell's presumptive mother. We have estimated Samuel's date of birth by assuming that he was 20+ years of age at the time of the administrative account. More information about Samuel and his family will be presented below.

• William^2.6 (b. before 1710): Our first and only record for William is another administrative account dated 11 Dec 1730 (see Skinner, v 2, p 148) in which William was listed as owing money to the estate of Mary Orrell of Dorchester County, which is on the Eastern Shore across Chesapeake Bay from Anne Arundel County where all the other Shekells lived at the time. How was William related to Thomas Shekell? Son? Brother? Nephew? Son seems the simplest assumption. William's date of birth was estimated by assuming that he was 20+ years of age when listed in the administrative account.

List of References

Dallam ES. St. James' Parish, Old Herring Creeke Parish, a history, 1663-1799, including copies of the original records of the parish, vestry minutes and register of births, baptisms, marriages, and burials. Privately printed by the Vestry of St. James' Parish, 1976.)

Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Richmond, VA. Dietz Press, 1934. [Reprinted by the Library of Virginia, 2004.]

Skinner Vernon L Jr. Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland. Westminster, MD. Heritage Books. 11 volumes dated 1996-1999.

Skordas Gust. Early Settlers of Maryland 1633-1680. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968 (reprinted 2002).

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