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James?*''' iiiiJ Freolnvc ;]htlLlnMlr Ro-^tTS came, about 1726, from N\u Lon-
il'ni to Xorwiilkn the descent from nhom is both tiumerous and noliceabk. Ko^ers or
KoptT IS an honored iiamt:. writes an annalist, in linly, Sicily, I-'rancL. l^nghnd, Smi-
land, Ireland. WalL's and AmL'iica, addin-;, there have bocn ^ijrL'at men and small men, fish-
irnu'ii ,iiul po[«:s. day-lainn'L'r'i nnd noblemen, good men and bad men in the family. The
l^^.,lnll^[^JnL■ in Norwalk lias been a lAnrilis f»ne and \\^ children have done it credit.
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Ix-Jirril lo lijivi- i-mbriii-i-d n pciriLoJi ol ilir iTi^iniit
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Mt- rrei-lifw Ktfpcr* was Itorii hi if»9.| mitl ^*.i- nine'
irrn M'ji-^ i^tLiu^LT rhjiii Iut linsl>jLiTJ. Slii' \\\\^ mar-
rii'l 111 rlit A'^': uE iiineiE'cii nnJ Hcire U» Iht jmrtin'r
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uiilv step ElAii^hif^r, NLiri. mnrrii'd Jnn. .j, 17J4- Jmin'
ilinn Cfi4.^^U'i (jj (truioii, L^oiin. IIlt ujll iv^i^ jicn-
iMicd I'Vli. iS, 17.^9-40, ilir- .■^I'Liiiors l>eiiij' S.iiiiii'l
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clmkil n silver lanliLinl, ^\\\\f- ^'^ AW. \\ " lu*'c suit,''
guld rlii;;'., liihiil l»CLki]s, ^i^^'^ll.l^^■, Ji vt-lvel [iiitl " };^LMiti.'
hiroil," jiiul " l.jw ;ind L^iin Itouk^/' I'lir t'-i;iii-
rPLord i-' pTe^erv»'il in Tviirtii'Ll,
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