Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Aug 1699 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Isaac Higgins (1672-1760) 2
         Mother: Lydia Collins (1676-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *David Smith (Mar 1691 -       )
       Marriage: 1718 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. David Smith (1718-Abt 1795)
                2. Solomon Smith (Est 1719-      )
                3. Jonathan Smith (Est 1730-      )
                4. Elkanah Smith (Cir 1733-Bef 1827)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Nov 1757 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Dec 1832 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Eliakim Higgins (1733-1795)
         Mother: Bathsheba Freeman (1738-1799)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abner Freeman (12 Jun 1755 - 8 Jun 1833)
       Marriage: 20 Nov 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Jonathan Freeman (1778-1839)
                2. Captain Edmund Freeman (1780-1823)
                3. Sarah Freeman (1782-1866)
                4. Mercy Freeman (1784-      )
                5. Bathsheba Freeman (1786-1852)
                6. Tamzin Freeman (1789-1851) 4
                7. Thankful Freeman (1791-1863)
                8. Rachel Freeman (1793-1868)
                9. Hitta Freeman (1797-      )
                10. Samuel Freeman (1800-Bef 1838)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Jul 1766 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 31 Jan 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Higgins (1728-1768)
         Mother: Sarah Burgess (Est 1730-      )



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Feb 1756 - Billingsgate (Eastham), Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Deacon Jonathan Higgins (1734-1821) 7
         Mother: Sarah Coombs (1729-Est 1776) 8
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abner Wing (9 Aug 1752 - 11 Dec 1787)
       Marriage: 8 May 1777 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abner Wing)
Children
Thankful WING b: ABT 1778 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sarah WING b: 1780 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Lois Higgins WING b: MAR 1783 in Partridgefield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

picture Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Oct 1777 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Joseph Higgins (1735-1781) 11
         Mother: Hannah Pepper (1740-      ) 12
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Collins (1774 -       ) 13 
       Marriage: 24 Dec 1797 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14 15
         Status: 



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Sep 1782 - Bath, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: Sep 1862 - West Bath, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Simeon Higgins (Abt 1756-1830)
         Mother: Elizabeth McIntyre (1762-1837)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Humphrey Purington (20 Mar 1758 -       )
       Marriage: 14 Feb 1801 - Bath, Maine
         Status: 



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Oct 1740 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Eleazer Higgins (1697-Bef 1743)
         Mother: Sarah (Est 1705-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaac Young (23 Sep 1735 -       ) 17 
       Marriage: 21 Jun 1770 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Priscilla Young (1771-      ) 18
                2. Isaac Young (1773-      ) 18



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Nov 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 May 1816 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elkanah Higgins (1729-1815) 20
         Mother: Sarah Knowles (1732-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Obed Knowles (24 Jul 1766 - 23 Dec 1833) 21 22 23 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally C Knowles (1801-1879)
                2. Abigail D Knowles (1805-1860) 22
                3. Willard Knowles (1808-1833) 22
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
Sarah wife of
Obed Knowles
died May 17,
1816 Ęt 42 24
Marriage Notes (Captain Obed Knowles)
Children
Abigail D. Knowles b: 19 Sep 1805
Willard Knowles b: 7 Feb 1807
Lydia Knowles b: 4 Aug 1809
Polly Knowles b: 11 Apr 1813

picture Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 18 Dec 1774 - Eastham, Massachusetts 25
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Simeon Higgins (Cir 1745-1824)
         Mother: Martha Knowles (Cir 1750-1817)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1753 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1820 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *John Creed (Est 1732 -       )
       Marriage: 6 Jul 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sarah Creed (1776-1816) 28



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Philip Higgins (1728-Abt 1796)
         Mother: Mary Wiley (Abt 1730-Abt 1798)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Nov 1775 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Hezekiah Higgins (1750-      )
         Mother: Anna Sears (1753-After 1777)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1769 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Sep 1842 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 24
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Eliakim Higgins (14 Jul 1764 - 21 Feb 1839) 3 
       Marriage: 6 Apr 1786 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Higgins (1800-      )
                2. Patty Higgins (1791-1872)
                3. Eliakim Higgins (Est 1806-      )
                4. Warren Higgins (1786-      )



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 May 1725 - Eastham, Massachusetts 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Higgins (1702-1777)
         Mother: Sarah Lewis (1702-Bef 1734) 30
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Winslow (28 Feb 1724 -       ) 31 
       Marriage: 1741 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Isaac Winslow (1742-      )
                2. Elisha Winslow (1745-      )
                3. Mehitable Winslow (1747-1835)
                4. Joshua Winslow (1749-1788)
                5. Sarah Winslow (1753-      )
                6. Priscilla Winslow (1756-1785)
                7. Miriam Winslow (1758-1835)
                8. Hannah Winslow (1761-1831)
                9. Susanna Winslow (1764-      )



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Mar 1721 - Eastham, Massachusetts 32
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Higgins (1695-Bef 1768)
         Mother: Ruth Twining (1699-1793)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Rogers (17 May 1728 - 12 Feb 1761)
       Marriage: 26 Feb 1746 - Eastham, Massachusetts 33
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hezekiah Rogers (1751-      )
                2. Gideon Rogers (1748-      )
                3. Sarah Rogers (1753-      )
                4. Phebe Rogers (1755-      )
                5. Penninah Rogers (1757-      )
                6. Richard Rogers (1759-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Richard Rogers)
)Children, in Harwich
Gideon Rogers b: 28 OCT 1748
Hezekiah Rogers b: 3 MAY 1751
Sarah Rogers b: 19 MAY 1753
Phebe Rogers b: 23 NOV 1755
Penninah Rogers b: JAN 1757
Richard Rogers b: 29 JAN 1759
(new_england )

picture Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1764
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1830
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *John Holbrook (14 Feb 1768 - 1838)
       Marriage: 30 Sep 1787 - Bath, Maine
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Aaron Holbrook (Est 1800-      )
                2. John Holbrook (1789-      )



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1673 - Piscataway, New Jersey 34 35
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1703
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Higgins (1613-1677)
         Mother: Mary (Yates) (Est 1630-After 1702)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Samuel Moore (31 Mar 1670 - Feb 1703) 36 
       Marriage: 26 Oct 1693 - Wwodbridge, New Jersey 36
         Status: 



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
AKA: Sarah Higgens 37
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Oct 1690 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 37 38
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1741 - (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 37
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Jonathan Higgins (1637-After 1721)
         Mother: Hannah Rogers (1652-1690)
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Mitchell (Abt 1691 - After 1769) 39 
       Marriage: 10 Apr 1717 - Eastham, Massachusetts 40 41
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James Mitchell (1718-      )
                2. Tabitha Mitchell (1720-      )
                3. Mercy Mitchell (1722-      ) 42
                4. William Mitchell (1725-      ) 43
                5. Desire Mitchell (Abt 1727-      ) 43
                6. Hallett Mitchell (Est 1728-      ) 43
                7. Seth Mitchell (1738-After 1800) 43
                8. Betty Mitchell (1741-      ) 43
Notes
Marriage Notes (William Mitchell)
Children
James MITCHELL b: 4 NOV 1718 in Chatham
Tabitha MITCHELL b: 19 JUL 1720 in Chatham
Mercy MITCHELL b: 4 MAY 1722 in Chatham
William MITCHELL b: 30 JUN 1725 in Chatham
Desire, abt 1717
Hallet, abt 1730
Seth MITCHELL b: 11 DEC 1739 in Dartmouth
Betty MITCHELL b: 22 MAR 1740/41 in Dartmouth
Rootsweb files sprin, rathbun

KC Higgin's main source was Smith's "History of Chatham, Mass."

picture Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Mar 1768 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Feb 1814 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 24
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Higgins (1728-1768)
         Mother: Sarah Burgess (Est 1730-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Edmund Linnell (13 Jul 1761 - 30 Aug 1839)
       Marriage: 17 Dec 1789 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mercy Linnell (1790-      )
                2. Rebecca Linnell (1792-1877)
                3. Joseph Linnell (1794-1815)
                4. Sarah Linnell (1796-      )
                5. Alice Linnell (1797-1878)
                6. Edmond Linnell (1799-1888)
                7. Isaac Young Linnell (1801-1840)
                8. Mary Linnell (1803-1860)
                9. Hannah Linnell (1805-1878)
                10. Absalom Linnell (1807-1872)



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Sarah Higgins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Aug 1819 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Aug 1900
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Jabez Higgins (1796-1881)
         Mother: Alice Linnell (1797-1878)
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Keeler (1819 - After 1880)
       Marriage: 7 Oct 1843 - Cambridge, Massachusetts 44
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (John Keeler)
research by Pamela J. Sears and Nancy Downing, Aug 2003:
The birth of their first child, Sarah Louisa Keeler on 3 Sep 1844, was recorded in Cambridge: [Cambridge VRs 1:404 C.R. 7] C.R.7 is a church record from St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Cambridge. Sarah Louisa Keeler, b. 3 Sep 1844.
Birth record for Jabez Augustus Keeler in the Vital Records of Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. Little Jabez was born 11 Jul 1849, but appears to have died in infancy. [Weymouth VRs 1:160] Jabez Augustus Keeler, s. John, mason, (b. Kent Co., Eng), and Sarah (b. Orleans), 11 Jul 1849.

census enumeration for 1850 in Weymouth MA:  
John and Sarah Keeler on the 1850 census for Weymouth, Norfolk, MA.
John is 30, a mason by occupation and born in England. They have two children,
Sarah L. age 5 and Angelica A, age 3.
 
John Keeler then appears on the 1860 Federal census in the 11th Ward of Boston, Suffolk, MA as follows:
11-WD BOSTON Series: M653 Roll: 524 Page: 633
John Keeler, age 41, Plasterer, b. England
Sarah Keeler, age 41
Sarah L. Keeler, age 16
Angelica A. Keeler, age 13
John W. Keeler, age 9
Josephine Keeler, age 6

1880 census, Boston
Cliff Street
John Keeler, 61, plasterer
Sarah Keeler, wife, 60, keeping house
Sarah L Keeler, dau, 35
John W Keeler, son, 28, [occupation unclear],
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Sources

1 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 50 (MD9:12). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

2 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Benjamin (Richard1) + Lydia Bangs.

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 85 (MD16:200).

4 Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 287.

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 55 (MD15:67).

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:3. Jonathan & Sarah Higgins family.

7 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.)

8 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 65 (MD15:2229).

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:531. Marriages.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:28. the children of Capt. Joseph Higgins and Hannah his wife.

11 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 69 (MD16:27).

12 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:143).

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:40. the family of Jonathan Cobb and Rachel his wife.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:549 Marriages.

15 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 150. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

16 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 15.

17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 78 (MD16:141).

18 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 170 (MD32:172).

19 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:43).

20 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 160.

21 Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:23.

22 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

23 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 156 (MD31:177).

24 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

25 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 185.

26 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 233.

27 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 107.

28 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #606.

29 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 33:84.

30 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 15 (MD4:141).

31 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 34. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

32 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 62 (MD15:143).

33 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 136 (MD28:83).

34 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," 1.ix Sarah.

35 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 41, 66.

36 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 66.

37 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Sherman, MF 2:164, 189.

38 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 22.

39 Rootsweb.com, irish (Lila Nickerson).

40 Randy Robinson, "Descendants of Richard Higgins," Sherman, MF 2:189.

41 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 53 (MD15:54).

42 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), 8.

43 Katherine Chapin Higgins, Supplement to Richard Higgins and his descendants (1924. Worcester Mass: K Higgins.), 9.

44 Cambridge Massachusetts Vital Records, 2:224.

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