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220:Peabody
113:Retired
55:improve
1510:Kafker
1505:Cypher
1475:Duffly
1455:Sosman
1405:Abrams
1400:Liacos
1390:Kaplan
1355:Cutter
1305:Lummus
1280:Jenney
1270:Pierce
1265:Crosby
1245:Braley
1240:Loring
1225:Barker
1205:Holmes
1185:Devens
1160:Devens
1140:Foster
1115:Thomas
1090:Forbes
1055:Putnam
1040:Parker
1025:Strong
1020:Sewall
990:Sumner
960:Foster
954:Warren
889:Oliver
859:Graves
839:Dudley
834:Quincy
824:Thomas
814:Curwin
799:Saffin
794:Walley
724:Liacos
684:Holmes
674:Morton
649:Parker
644:Sewall
612:Oliver
592:Dudley
310:branch
244:Spouse
237:Boston
1525:Dewar
1485:Hines
1470:Gants
1460:Cordy
1450:Spina
1445:Cowin
1430:Fried
1415:Nolan
1410:Lynch
1325:Ronan
1320:Dolan
1175:Soule
1150:Wells
1060:Wilde
1010:Dawes
1005:Paine
947:Paine
914:Brown
904:Ropes
789:Cooke
744:Gants
714:Tauro
618:Adams
360:Greek
255:(
251:
40:, or
1572:stub
1500:Budd
1495:Lowy
1480:Lenk
1360:Kirk
1285:Wait
1255:Rugg
1170:Lord
1145:Ames
1135:Colt
1130:Gray
1120:Hoar
995:Dana
940:Reed
749:Budd
694:Rugg
669:Gray
654:Shaw
634:Dana
320:Unit
227:Died
207:Born
1315:Cox
1310:Qua
704:Qua
1617::
420:.
257:m.
44:,
36:,
1603:e
1596:t
1589:v
1578:.
539:e
532:t
525:v
270:4
215:)
211:(
80:)
74:(
69:)
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