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of Uxbridge, may take the name of Emma Chapin Willard ; Zerniah Whit comb, of Bolton, may take the name of Louisa Frances Whitcomb ; Daniel F. Mason, of Petersham, may take the name of Daniel Mason Fales Alonzo Hoar, of Bolton, may take the name of Henry Lincoln ; George Hoar, of Bolton, may take the name of George Lincoln ; George Green, a minor, and an adopted son of Franci- W. Maynard, of Oakliam, may take the name of George Francis Maynard : Leonard Kenney, of Spencer, may take the name of Leonard Knights ; James Hollingworth, of Southbridge, may take the name of James Milton Hollingworth ; Jonah S. Bancroft, of Auburn, minor son of Peter M. Bancroft. of Worcester, may take the name of Charles S. Bancroft ; Barnabas Stiles, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Alonzo Stiles ; Windsor Rice. of Warren, may take the name of Windsor Drewry ; Theodore Lyman Washburn, of Warren, may take the name of Theodore Lyman, and Clarissa Washburn, his wife, may take the name of Clarissa Lyman ; Julia Cheney. of Milford, may take the name of Julia Nelson : all of the county of Worcester. Patrick McElroy, of Charlestown, may take the name of Charles McElroy ; Angeline C. Hatch, of Lowell, may take the name of Angeline C. Brown ; Clarissa Page, of Lowell, may take the name of Clarissa Hatch ; Samuel Chipman, jun., of Marlborough, may take the name of Samuel Adams Chipman ; Aleimus Fairbanks, of Marlborough, may take the name of George Fairbanks; Joseph S. Trowbridge, of Marlborough, may take the name of Joseph S. Bradley ; Lncy Minerva Stearns l'reston, of Bedford, may take the name of Incy Minerva Stearns, and her minor son, George Warren Preston, may. take the name of Sherman Stearns Preston ; Oliver Mead, minor son of Nathaniel Mead, of Boxborough, may take the name of Oliver Warren Mead ; Edward Clary, of Lowell, may take the name of Edward Warren Clary ; all of the county of Middlesex. Edward L. Death, of Northamp- ton, may take the name of Edward L. Dexter ; Jeremiah Bartlett, of Ware, may take the name of John Bartlett; Oliver Smith, jun., of Hadley, may take the name of Oliver Eastman Smith ; Jesse Holton, of Northampton; may take the name of Jesse Duren Holton ; Joseph Hoar Patrick, of Green- wich, may take the name of Joseph Homer Patrick ; all of the county of Hampshire. Ellis Draper, of Brimfield, may take the name of Charles Cole Graves : Sparrow Howes Bangs, of Springfield, may take the name of Edward Dwight Bangs ; William C. McLehose, of Westfield, formerly of. Scotland, may take the name of William Lonsdale ; all of the county of Hampden. George Field, of Sunderland, may take the name of George Rochester Field ; Emerson Merrifield, of Shelburne, may take the name of George Emerson Merrifield ; Benjamin Montague, of Shelburne, may take the name of Benjamin Franklin Montague ; Bushrod Washington Johnson, of Orange, may take the name of George Washington Johnson ; Harriet Wood Gage, of New Salem, may take the name of Harriet Wood Sanderson, and her minor son, Matthew Wood Gage, inay take the name of Matthew Wood Sanderson : Caleb Cooley Wells, of Whately, may take the name of Clifford Carlton Wells ; John Guilford, 2d, of Ashfield, may take the name of Charles Samnel Guilford ; Dickman Rowe, of Ashfield, may take the name of William Henry Rowe; all of the county of Franklin. Bartholo- mew Chapman. of Stockbridge, may take the name of George Chapman ; and Sarah Sophia Shelden, of Adams, a minor, and an adopted child of Harvey Arnold, may take the name of Sarah Sophia Arnold; both of the
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county of Berkshire. Pepperill Frost Scammon, of Canton, may take the name of John Frost Scammon ; Zephaniah Spurr Williams, a minor son of Joshua Howard Williams, of Roxbury, may take the name of Howard Spurr Williams ; Joseph Maynard, jun., of Needham, may take the name of Joseph Warren Maynard ; Lucy Campbell Lillie, minor daughter of John Lillie, of Milton, may take the name of Elizabeth Baker Lillie ; William E. Avers, of Dedham, may take the name of William E. Andrew ; all of the county of Norfolk. Elizabeth Ann Endley, of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol, may take the name of Elizabeth Endley Gibbs. James Ingham, minor son of Mary Otis, of Scituate, may take the name of James Otis ; Thomas G. Drinkwater, of Abington, may take the name of George Thomas ; Zilpha Stetson Rogers, of Hanover, may take the name of Zilpha Stetson ; Cyrus Dyer, of Abington, may take the name of Cyrus Aurelius Dyer ; Dolly Wood Savary, of North Bridgewater, may take the name of Ellen Maria Savary ; all of the county of Plymouth. Edwin Keith, of Sand- wich, may take the name of Edwin Aberdeen Keith ; Jonathan French Baker, minor son of Isaac Baker, of Wellfleet, may take the name of Isaac French Baker ; Edward Whilden, jun., of Yarmouth, may take the name of Silvanus Whilden ; all of the county of Barnstable. Moses Barnard, of Nantucket, may take the name of Moses J. Barnard; and Rebecca R. Eldridge, of Nantucket, may take the name of Heromine Angeline Melville, both of the county of Nantucket. And the several persons before men- tioned, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which by this act they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names. [ March 17, 1841.
Ax Acr to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Aune Kanifile may take the name of Ann Maria Williams ; Charles Little may take the name of Charles Henry Little ; Susan P. McCurdy may take the name of Susan P. Stoddard ; Charles Cook may take the name of Charles Edward Cook ; Edwin Bray Nichols may take the name of Edwin William Bray ; Anna Channing Woodbridge may take the name of Lucy Ann Woodbridge ; Charles Plander LeCain, a minor, may take the name of Charles Lamont LeCain ; Levi Whitcomb, may take the name of Levi Lin- coln Whitcomb ; Elkanah Bates may take the name of Elkanah Gerry Bates ; Daniel Kimball may take the name of Daniel B. Kimball ; Maria Percival Weeks, a minor, may take the name of Maria Weeks Percival ; Henry Williams may take the name of Henry Lewellynn Williams ; all of the county of Suffolk. Amasa Ham, of Danvers, inay take the name of George Clinton Claiborne ; Mary Jane Fisher, a minor, of Amesbury, may take the name of Louisa Jane Hadley : Joseph Treadwell Grafton, a minor, may take the name of Joseph Grafton Treadwell ; Martha Johonnot Tread- well, a minor, may take the name of Martha Treadwell ; George Johonnot Treadwell, a minor, may take the name of George Treadwell ; severally of Salem ; Sarah Withey, of Georgetown, may take the name of Saralı Augusta Stanley ; Eliza Willet Cheney, of Georgetown, may take the name of Mary Willet Cheney ; Samuel French Steele, a minor, of Gloucester, may take the name of Samuel Steele French ; Dolly Jayne, of Lynn, may take the
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name of Augusta Jayne ; John Dial, a minor of Lynn, may take the name of Charles Warren Foster ; Lydia Alley, of Lynn, may take the name of Lydia Maria Alley ; George Augustus Smith, of Salem, may take the name of George Augustus Pousland ; John Rich, a minor, of Lynn, may take the name of John Tyler Ingalls ; John Pierpont Bailey, a minor, of Hamilton, may take the name of Ebenezer Pierpont Bailey ; all of the county of Essex. Lydia Symmes, of Charlestown, may take the name of Lydia Maria Symmes ; Alexander E. Pope, of Marlborough, may take the name of Franklin Mancer Pope ; Charles Henry Benjamin, a minor, of Waltham, may take the name of Charles Henry Haven ; Nahum Allen Dalrymple, of Marlborough, may take the name of Nahum Allen Gay; Dolly Ann Fran- cina Butterfield, a minor, of Pepperell, may take the name of Francina Ann Bolles ; Sarah White, of Charlestown, may take the name of Sarah White Dalrymple ; Harrison Thwing, of South Reading, may take the name of Charles Harrison Thwing ; Kendall Bailey Shedd, of Charlestown, may take the name of Kendall Bailey; Elizabeth Shedd, of Charlestown, may take the name of Elizabeth Bailey ; an infant child of the said Elizabeth may take the name of Kendall Bailey ; Josiah Crosby Whitman, a minor, of Waltham, may take the name of Bernard Whitman ; Cornelius Roswell Richardson, of Woburn, may take the name of Albert Richardson ; Mary Elizabeth Emerson, a minor, of Concord, may take the name of Mary Eliza- beth Emerson Kimball ; Susan H. Blood, of Acton, a minor, may take the name of Susan B. Hayward; Adaline Parker, of Lowell, may take the name of Adaline Amanda Parker; Joshua Augustus West, of Stow, may take the name of Joshua Augustus Severance ; John Wolcott, of Natick, may take the name of John Benjamin Wolcott; Charles Haynes, 2d, of Charlestown, may take the name of Charles Haynes Haselton ; Rufus Lee, of Waltham, may take the name of Rufus Seymour Lee ; all in the county of Middlesex. Squire Butterfield Wood, of Westborough, may take the name of Charles Butterfield Wood; Climena Roxlana Wood, of West- borough, may take the name of Frances Climena Wood ; David Allen, jun., of Leominster, may take the name of David C. Allen ; Hiram Harrington Crosby, a minor, of Northborough, may take the same of Hiram Webster Crosby ; Patrick IIunt, of Northbridge, may take the name of William Hunt ; William Upham, 2d, of Sturbridge, may take the name of William Henry Upham ; Frances Abigail Morse, a minor, of Upton, may take the name of Frances Abigail Walker ; Mary Gerrish Colburn, of Leicester, may take the name of Mary Greenough Colburn ; Dorcas Farnsworth, of Lan- caster, may take the name of Dorcas Eliza Farnsworth; Thomas Miles Manard may take the name of Thomas Manard Miles ; his wife, Lydia Merriam Manard, may take the name of Lydia Merriam Miles; both of Warren ; Orcemus Perington Clark, a minor, of Upton, may take the name of Oliver Clark Haven ; Saralı Ingraham, a minor, of Ashburnham, may take the name of Sarah Ingraham Watkins ; all of the county of Worces- ter. Orrick Willis, of Belchertown, may take the name of William Holmes Willis ; William Brown, a minor, of Pelliam, may take the name of William Lyman Mirick ; Orrigen Johnson, of Amherst, may take the name of Orren Johnson ; all of the county of Hampshire. Ozias Hoar, Leonard Russell Hoar, Eley Barney Hoar, Celia Hoar, Armenia Knowlton Hoar, Lamira Oplielia Hoar, Cornelia Luretta Hoar, and Leonard Sikes Hoar, all of Palmer, may severally take the surname of Hudson ; all of the county of
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Hampden. Jane Steele Mansfield, of Conway, may take the name of Lucy Jane Steele ;"Martha Moody, a minor, of Northifield, may take the naine of Martha Nevers ; Sarah Cornelia Day, of Hawley, a minor, may take the name of Sarah Cornelia Crosby ; Lovina Streeter, of Bernardston, may take the name of Lovina Gould ; Henry Dwight Peirce, of Shutesbury, may take the name of Henry Peirce ; all of the county of Franklin. Charles A. Woodford, of Quincy, may take the name of Charles A. Woodward; Cynthia Maynard Gay, of Needham, may take the name of IIelen Wheeler ; Charles Peirce, of Dorchester, may take the name of Charles Bates ; all of the county of Norfolk. James Lobdell Holmes, of Plympton, may take the name of Pelham Holmes ; John Morse, of Plymouth, may take the name of John Atwood Morse ; both of the county of Plymouth. George Ilall, a minor, of Dennis, may take the name of George Henry Hall ; John Smith, jun., a minor, of Truro, may take the name of John Wesley Smith ; Josiah HI. Howes, a minor. of Dennis, may take the name of Edward lowes ; all of the county of Barnstable. And the several persons before mentioned, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which by this act they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names. [March 3, 1842.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Harriot Clarke may take the name of Harriot Pomroy Clarke; Delia Clarke may take the name of Sarah Delia Clarke, of the county of Suffolk. Henry Wetherbee Chase may take the name of Charles Henry Wharton, in the county of Middlesex. Martha McHard may take the name of Martha II. Maynard ; Alphonso W. McHard may take the name of Charles May- nard ; Martha A. McHard may take the name of Martha A. Maynard; Lucy H. McHard may take the name of Lucy H. Maynard ; Mary E. MclIard may take the name of Mary E. Maynard ; John L. McHard may take the name of John L. Maynard ; William H. McHard may take the name of William H. Maynard, of the county of Franklin. And the several persons before mentioned, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which by this act they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names. [September 16, 1842.
AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Joseph Eames may take the name of Joseph Ames ; John Cunningham may take the name of John Adams Cunningham ; Antonio Jacinth may take the name of Antonio Jacinth Francis ; Desire Jacinth may take the name of Desire Francis ; Hannah Jacinth may take the name of Hannah Francis ; Margaret Rebecca Vaugh may take the name of Margaret Rebecca Henry ; James Carlton may take the name of John D. Roach ; Horace Gardner Smith may take the name of Horace Gardner Berry Smith ; Doro- thy Harris Faxon may take the name of Mary Harris Faxon ; Eliza White inay take the name of Eliza Stodder; Betsy Davis may take the name of
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Betsy Alds ; William Tolman may take the name of William George Tol- man ; Jolin Rogers may take the name of Jolin Webster Rogers ; Charles Veazie, jun., may take the name of Charles Stewart Veazie; Elizabeth Veazie may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Veazie; Edward Darley Baker may take the name of Darley Baker; Charles Augustus Munroe may take the name of Charles Augustus Bartlett; John Harleston Parker may take the name of Harleston Parker ; Susan Lane may take the name of Susan Douglas ; David C. Pearson may take the name of Edward Sewall Pearson ; Elizabeth Hewes, of Chelsea, may take the name of Elizabeth Brown Hewes ; Abigal Elizabeth Lunt may take the name of Abby Lunt Tewksbury ; Roger MeGowan may take the name of William Roger MeGowan ; Tryphena Van Buskirk may take the name of Frances Elizabeth Coffin ; Ephraim Baker MeLaughlin may take the name of Ephraim Baker Mason ; Mary Thomas MeLanghlin may take the name of Mary Thomas Mason ; Henry Wainwright MeLaughlin may take the name of Henry Wainwright Mason ; Mary Elizabeth MeLaughlin may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Mason ; Joseph Hastings MeLanghlin may take the name of Joseph Hastings Mason ; Ephraim Baker MeLaughlin, jun., may take the name of Ephraim Baker Mason, jun. ; William Hague McLanghlin may take the name of William Hague Mason ; Sarah Wilson may take the name of Sarah Caroline Morse; Philander C. Jacobs may take the name of Philander Jacobs Forrestall ; Jolin Moffett Robinson may take the name of Jolin Holton Moffett ; Benjamin Field may take the name of Ben- jamin Franklin Field ; Charles Brown may take the name of Charles H. Brown ; Jonathan Honghton may take the name of John Coolidge Hough- ton ; Ossian Doolittle may take the name of Ossian Doolittle Asliley ; Cristy Gregg may take the name of Charles C. Gregg ; Henry Rice may take the name of Henry Marshall Rice; all of the county of Suffolk. Nathan Eames, of Saugus, may take the name of Nathan Ames ; Jeremiah Sawyer, jun., of Salisbury, may take the name of Jeremiah Hayden Sawyer ; Joseph Blake Prescott, of Rowley, may take the name of Joseph Warren Prescott ; John Pickard, of Rowley, may take the name of Daniel Webster; Caleb Brown, of Newburyport, may take the name of John Caleb Brown ; Betsey Gould, of Topsfield, may take the name of Elizabeth Maria Gould ; George F. Hawkes, of Lynn, may take the name of William Warren Hawkes ; Rachel Hawkes, of Lynn, may take the name of Almira Aurelia Hawkes ; Daniel Millett, of Salem, may take the name of Daniel Caldwell Millett ; John Goodwin. of Marblehead, may take the name of Samuel John Good- win ; Horace Fish, his wife Ruhamah Fish, and their children, Eliza Dutton Fish and Julia Anna Fish, of Amesbury, may severally take the surname of Tremont; Ira Beckford, of Lynn, may take the name of William Ira Beckford ; Anthony Leon, of Ipswich, may take the name of Charles Leon Willeomb; William Straw may take the name of William Niles ; his wife, Hannah Straw, may take the name of Hannah Niles ; Hannah Maria Straw may take the name of Hannah Maria Niles ; Charles Otis Kimball Straw may take the name of Charles Niles ; William Eustis Straw may take the name of William Eustis Niles ; John Calvin Straw may take the name of John Niles ; George Dighton Straw may take the name of George Niles ; Cynthia Sophila Straw may take the name of Sophila Niles ; Orestus Her- bert Straw may take the name of Orestus Niles; all of Georgetown ; Joseph Smith, 4th, of Salem, may take the name of Joseph Augustus
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Smith ; Warren Hartwell Johnson, of Lynn, may take the name of Charles Warren Johnson ; Junius Augustus Noble, of Salem, may take the name of Augustus Noble ; Enoch Chase, of Newbury, may take the name of Enoeh Pilsbury Chase ; Elizabeth Ann Long, of Andover, may take the name of Elizabeth Ann MeNamara ; Joseph Page, of Bradford, may take the name of Rufus Holmes Page ; Charity Dennis, of Gloucester, may take the naine of Mary Franees Dennis ; Samuel Osgood Baker may take the name of Samuel B. Osgood ; Sarah B. Baker may take the name of Sarah R. Osgood ; Sarah Ellen Baker may take the name of Sarah Ellen Osgood ; Josephine Augusta Baker may take the name of Josephine Augusta Osgood ; and Anna Elizabeth Baker may take the name of Anna Elizabeth Osgood ; severally of Salem ; Levi Hutchinson, jun., of Danvers, may take the name of Levi Hutchinson Russell ; Nathan Fellows, jun., of Ipswich, may take the name of Nathan Warren Fellows ; John Hoyt Henry, his wife, Margaret Henry, and their children, Mary Jane Henry and John William Henry, of Danvers, may take the surname of Bean ; Jeduthan C. Calden, of Ames- bury, may take the name of Albert Nelson Edwards ; James Kimball, of Boxford, may take the name of James K. Henry ; Samuel Noyes Coker, of Newburyport, may take the name of George Edward Byron ; all of the county of Essex. John Boyd, jun., of Marlborough, may take the name of John Merrick Boyd ; Thomas Colley, of Marlborough, may take the name of Thomas Corey ; Josiah Kemp, of Westford, may take the name of Green- ville Pike ; Nathaniel Mead, jun., of Boxborough, may take the name of Adelbert Mead ; Charles Hartwell may take the name of Charles Belknap Hartwell ; and Catharine Hartwell may take the name of Catharine Adair Hartwell, both of Framingham ; Jonathan Nelson, of Woburn, may take the name of John Nelson ; Jonathan Brigham Cunningham, Sarah Cunning- ham, Lydia Ann Cunningham, and Sarah Cunningham, jun., all of Marl- borough, may severally take the surname of Brigham; Maria Antoinette Gavazone of Charlestown, may take the name of Maria Antoinette Gava- zone Doyle ; Charles Courtsworth Babcock, of Marlborough, may take the. name of Charles Dana Elliot; William Helstone of Lowell, may take the name of William Elston ; Merey Doane, of Charlestown, may take the name of Elizabeth Freeman Doane ; Andrew Clark may take the name of Andrew Jackson Clark ; Levi Clark may take the name of Levi Flint Clark ; Sarah Clark may take the name of Sarah Brooks Clark ; Rebeeea Clark may take the name of Rebeeea Lydia Clark ; severally of Coneord ; all of the county of Middlesex. Semanthia Adams, of Northborough, may take the name of Abba Maria Adams ; Dolly Wheeloek Oakes, of Southbridge, may take the name of Catharine Wheeloek Oakes ; Silas Pieree, of Sutton, may take the name of Silas Austin Pieree ; Abel Houghton, of Bolton, may take the name of Edward Elliot Houghton ; Joseph Burley, of Northbridge, may take the name of Joseph Crocker ; Ann Walkins, of Warren, may take the name of Ann Elizabeth Watson ; Hannah Haeket, of Douglas, may take the name of Hannah Aldrich ; Lewis MeIntyre, of Charlton, may take the name of Lewis Trumbull Mason ; James Bailey, jun., of Holden, may take the name of James Hamilton Bailey ; Joseph Eaton, of Fitchburg, may take the name of Joseph Myron Rensselaer Eaton ; Charles Robbius, of Millbury, may take the name of Charles Birney Robbins ; Alvira Hubbard, of Millbury, may take the name of Elvira Calista Hubbard ; John Lawrence, 2d, of West Boylston, may take the name of Jacob George Washington ,
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Coridon Marsh, of Spencer, may take the name of George Brigham Marsh ; Israel Wheeler, of Milford, may take the name of George Israel Evelyn Wliceler ; George Edward Knowles Baneroft, of Auburn, may take the name of George Bancroft ; Albertson Watkins, of Warren, may take the name of Albert Watson ; his wife, Mary E. Watkins, and their daughter, Mary I. Watkins, may severally take the surname of Watson; all of the county of Woreester. Lyman Dwight Marshall, of Enfield, may take the name of Lyman Dwight Walker; Harvey Holland, of Northampton, may take the name of James Ilarvey Holland ; William Warren Lee, of North- ampton, may take the name of Samuel Warren Lee; Abner Kingsley Burnell, of Northampton, may take the name of Kingsley Abner Burnell ; John Taft, of Ware, may take the name of John Edward Taft; Eunice Ramsdell, of Belchertown, may take the name of Eunice Smith ; Chrissa Smith, of Granby, may take the name of Chrissa Kinsley Moody ; all of the county of Hampshire. Naney Tarbox may take the name of Naney Taber ; Eliza Ann Tarbox may take the name of Eliza Ann Taber ; Almeda Tarbox may take the name of Almeda Taber; Julia Abby Tarbox may take the name of Julia Abby Taber, severally, of Springfield ; Franklin Andrews Whipple, of Monson, may take the name of Franklin Whipple; all of the county of Hampden. Frederick Curtis Squires, of Sunderland, may take the name of Samuel Pomroy Montague ; George Allen, of Sunder- land, may take the name of George Allen Morse ; David Manson Daniels, of Montagne, may take the name of Manson Wells Braynard ; John Bangs, of Montague, may take the name of John Cushman Bangs ; Sylvia Johnson Goddard, of Orange, may take the name of Sarah Johnson Goddard ; Elvira Wrisley, of Gill. may take the name of Elvira Jackson ; Levi Goodnow, of Charlemont, may take the name of Joseph Watson Goodnow ; Diana God- dard, of Orange, may take the name of Amelia Elizabeth Goddard ; all of the county of Franklin. Rufus Temple, 2d, of Williamstown, may take the name of Munroe Temple ; Harriett Atwood White, of Williamstown, may take the name of Harriett White Young ; John Wesley Haxford and Sarah Watson Haxford, of Lenox, may severally take the surname of Butler ; all of the county of Berkshire. Hannah Foster, of Dorchester, may take the name of Anna Elizabeth Foster; Eliza Clapp Thayer, of Dorehester, may take the name of Eliza Thayer Clapp ; Charles Bates, of Dorchester, may take the name of Charles Bates Pieree ; Benaiah Prescott Spaulding, of Randolph, may take the name of Benjamin Prescott Spaulding ; Sarah Howard Wales Curtis, of Stoughton, may take the name of Martha Mary Worcester Curtis; George Washington Bull may take the name of George Washington Webster; his wife, Hannah Leach Bull, may take the name of Hannah Leach Webster ; Franees Ann Bull may take the name of Franees Ann Webster ; George Henry Bull may take the name of George Henry Webster ; Charlotte Louisa Bull may take the name of Charlotte Lonisa Webster; all of Roxbury ; James Henry Hodgkins, of Weymouth, may take the name of George Brooks ; Albert Stoddard, of Weymouth, may take the name of Albert Austin Stoddard ; all of the county of Norfolk. Harriet Isabel Crocker, of Taunton, may take the name of Harriet Burling Crocker ; George Bedon, of Dartmouth, may take the name of George Butts ; Julia Marvin Coggeshall, of New Bedford, may take the name of Julia Marvin Parker ; Rebecca Pierce Selee, of Easton, may take the name of Catharine Rebeeea Pieree Selee ; Harriet G. Parks, of Taunton, may
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take the name of Harriet G. Richmond ; all of the county of Bristol. Joseph Warren Maglathlin, of Pembroke, may take the name of Joseph Warren Way ; Calvin Shaw. 2d, of Abington, may take the name of Calvin Holmes Shaw ; Brackley Shaw, 4th, of Abington, may take the name of Brackley White Shaw ; Betsey Dyer, of Abington, may take the name of Elizabeth Lavinia Dyer ; Mary Ann Hollis, of Halifax, may take the name of Eliza Jane Waterman ; all of the county of Plymouth. Zoheth Smith, 24. of Truro, may take the name of Zoheth Manlius Smith ; Alvan Cobb, of Truro, may take the name of Richard Alvan Cobb ; Edward S. Howes, of Dennis, may take the name of Jotham Howes ; Joshua D. Knowles, of Truro, may take the name of Daniel A. Knowles ; Ermina Townley Phinney, of Falmouth, may take the name of Sophronia Wicks Phinney ; Zenas Eldridge, of Harwich. may take the name of Zenas D. Eldridge ; Patty Myric, of Harwich, may take the name of Lucy Myrick ; all of the county of Barnstable. And the several persons before mentioned, from and after the passing of this aet, shall be known and called by the names which, by this art, they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall hereafter be considered as their only and proper and legal names. [March 24, 1843.
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