List of persons whose names have been changed in Massachusetts. 1780-1883, Part 14

Author: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State; Massachusetts. General Court. cn
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Boston : Wright and Potter Printing Company, state printers
Number of Pages: 438


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AN ACT to change the Name of A. Macon Bolling.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


SECT. 1. A. Macon Bolling, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suf- folk, may take the name of Macon Bolling Allen, and shall be hereafter known and called by that name, as his only proper and legal name, to all intents and purposes.


SECT. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [January 20, 1844.


AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


County of Suffolk : - Benjamin Gilbert, a minor, may take the name of Benjamin Williams Gilbert ; Amaziah Atwood, jun., may take the name of Francis Amaziah Atwood ; Charles Parker may take the name of Charles Sargent Parker ; John Mason may take the name of John Warren Mason ; Rebecea Locke may take the name of Louisa Rebecca Locke; James Col- bert may take the name of Caleb Colbert Mortimer ; Ruthy Low Colbert may take the name of Sarah Lynch Mortimer; Caleb Cushing Woodman may take the name of Caleb Cushing Emerson Mortimer ; William Storer Wormwood may take the name of William Storer ; Jonathan Kimball Rogers may take the name of John Kimball Rogers ; Alphonso Horatio Foster may take the name of Franklin Henry Foster ; Louisa Cody Palmer, a minor, may take the name of Louisa Caldwell Palmer ; Prince Edward Nichols may take the name of Ferdinand Almy Nichols ; Francis Moore may take the name of Francis Clifford Moore ; Charles Augustus Bartlett may take the name of Charles Augustus Bartlett Munroe ; Dominicus Scammans Lewis may take the name of Alfred Seaimons Lewis ; Jonathan Ingersol Kendall may take the name of Henry Ingersol Kendall ; Mary Doughty may take the name of Mary Jane Cutter ; Jeremiah Bean Moulton may take the name of Charles Bean Moulton ; Richard Hazen Fitz may take the name of Richard Ilazen Wellington ; William Pynchon Oliver


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may take the name of Peter Oliver ; Ephraim N. Buyn may take the name of Ephraim N. Bowen ; Sarah Livermore Coburn, a minor, may take the name of Anna Livermore Coburn ; Charles Appleton Burzeil may take the name of Charles Appleton ; Benjamin Franklin Cowdin, a minor, may take the name of Franklin Cowdin Merriam ; Sarah Robbins Whitehouse may take the name of Adelaide Austin ; William Henry Cowen, a minor, may take the name of Eleazer Porter Wells ; Charles Holbrook, may take the name of Charles Angustus Holbrook ; Ennice Fellows may take the name of Eunice Caroline Fellows ; Joseph Wood Whiting may take the name of Joseph Whiting Wood ; Sarah Starr Lombard may take the name of Emily Livingston Lombard ; Harriet Morton Bull may take the name of Harriet Morton Lawrence ; Samuel Gooch may take the name of Samuel Henfield Gooch, severally of the city of Boston ; Edmund Bowker, of Chelsea, may take the name of Jacob Henry Bowker ; all of the county of Suffolk. John Lewis Rowe, of Gloucester, may take the name of Lewis Rowe; Moses Marsh, 2d, of Haverhill, may take the name of Moses Chandler Marsh ; Proctor Perley Batchelor, of Georgetown, may take the name of Morrison Proctor ; Joseph Bradley, 3d, of Haverhill, may take the name of Joseph Hildreth Bradley ; Judith Bray, of Newbury. may take the name of Maria Bray ; Ann Maria Bean, a minor, of Hamilton, may take the name of Eliza Symonds Patch ; Sewell Barrett, a minor, of Lynn, may take the name of Nicholas Bowler ; John Tarbox Kimball, a minor, of Methuen, may take the name of John Tarbox ; Christian Nelson, of Salem, may take the name of Charles Nelson ; George Washington Cook, a minor, of Salem, may take the name of George Washington Emerson ; Gustavus Nourse, of Lynn, may take the name of Gustavus Frelinghuysen Nourse ; Isaac Burley Horn, of Topsfield, may take the name of Burley Orne ; William Groves Millett, a minor, of Beverly, may take the name of William Groves ; Jona- than Rundlett. jun., of Newburyport, may take the name of Jonathan D. Rundlett ; James Smith may take the name of James Albert Smith; Edward H Brooks may take the name of John Brooks Edwards ; Stephen Phippen Hill may take the name of Stephen Prescott Hill, severally of Salem ; Eliza and Lucy Townsend, minors, of Lynn, may take the names of Eliza Malvina and Lucy Maria Townsend ; Valeria Pew, a minor, of Gloucester, may take the name of Mary Pew ; John Jumper, of Gloucester, may take the name of John Edward Mason ; Sereneth Chamberlain Good- rich, a minor, of Andover, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth French ; Henry French Goodrich, a minor, of Andover, may take the name of Peter Henry French : John Hamilton Brown, of Lynn, may take the name of Hamilton Brown ; John Boardman Cheney, of Georgetown, may take the name of John Oseola Brown ; Michael Milkiey, of Danvers, a minor, may take the name of Warren Emerson ; Harriet Newell Brookings, of Newbury, may take the name of Harriet Newell Bartlett ; Hadassalı Chase Bragdon, of Newbury, may take the name of Ellen Chase Bragdon ; Lucv Maria Cloutman, a minor. of Lynn, may take the name of Lucy Maria Wheeler ; Abigail M. Hall may take the name of Abigail Barton ; and her children, Mary S. Hall, Abby M. Hall, Susan C. Hall, Frances E. Hall, Emily F. Hall, and Maria B. Hall, of Salisbury, may severally take the surname of Barton ; Daniel Adams Emes may take the name of Daniel Adams Ames ; Lura Eines may take the name of Lura Ames ; Lovey Emes may take the name of Lovey A. Ames ; Martha Emes may take the name of Martha


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Sabrina Ames, severally of Saugus ; all of the county of Essex. Sally Prescott, of Groton, may take the name of Phidelia Prescott; Lueretia Barnes, of Marlborough, may take the name of Lucretia Felton ; Samuel Bowman Nelson, of Waltham, may take the name of Samuel Nelson ; Richard Stone, of Sherburne, may take the name of Richard Ceeil Stone ; Earl H. Southwick, of Marlborough, may take the name of George Hough- ton ; Huldah Copeland Tribon, of Cambridge, may take the name of Amelia Copeland Tribon ; David Porter Fuller, a minor, of Natick, may take the name of David F. Fiske ; John Richard C. Brown, of Charlestown, may take the name of John C. Brown ; S. W. Palmer, of Newton, may take the name of Hazlitt Arvine ; Mary A. Palmer, of Newton, may take the name of Mary A. Arvine ; Charlotte Reed Gipson, of Burlington, may take the name of Charlotte Louisa Reed ; Ingebor Janson, a minor, of Lowell, may take the name of Ingebor Janson Anderson ; Clarissa Coburn, of Dracut, may take the name of Clarissa Fox ; Edward Richardson, of Draent, may take the name of Edward Everett Richardson ; Andrew Blanchard. 3d, a minor, of Medford, may take the name of Andrew Delaval Blanchard ; Benjamin Thorp Henderson, of Woburn, may take the name of Benjamin Thorp Henderson Porter ; James Russell MacCurdy, of South Reading, may take the name of James Russell ; Benjamin F. Breding, of Cambridge, may take the name of Benjamin F. Bridden ; Patrick Frederick IIewes, of Groton, may take the name of William Frederick Hewes ; Clara Frink, of Lowell, may take the name of Clara Wilson ; Elizabeth Fletcher Henderson, of Littleton, may take the name of Elizabeth Fletcher Grimes ; Rebeeea Grimes Henderson, her daughter, may take the name of Rebecea Whitcomb Grimes ; Polly M. Woodcock, of Lowell, may take the name of Mary M. Wood ; Thomas Womersley Melbon, of Lowell, may take the name of Thomas Womersley : Barzillai Birdet Williams, of Groton, may take the name of John Birdet Williams ; all of the county of Middlesex. Sarah Rebecca Fletcher, a minor, of Leominster, may take the name of Sarah Rebecca Adams; Thomas Smith, of Sterling, may take the name of George Richard Smith ; Dorothy Allen, of Leominster, may take the name of Dorothy Helen Allen ; Miranda Heywood, of Lunenburg, may take the name of Miranda Priest Heywood; Lois Brigham Nourse, a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of Louisa Brigham Nourse; Lydia Wallis MeIntire, of Charlton, may take the name of Vanda Lydia Wallis Kilburn ; William H. Carlton, of Sutton, may take the name of Augustus Carlton ; Benjamin David Perkins, a minor, of Royalston, may take the name of Benjamin Conant Perkins ; Mary Elizabeth Florence. a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of Mary Arravilla Carter ; John Cotton, a minor, of Leominster, may take the name of John Atwood Cotton ; Thomas Brewer, 2d, of Boylston, may take the name of Leander Watson Brewer ; Sarah Elizabeth Flagg, a minor, of Boylston, may take the name of Sarah Theresa Flagg ; Asa Goodnow Howe, of Northborough, may take the name of John Calhoun Howe; Charles Albert Babbitt, of Athol, may take the name of Charles Babbitt Albert ; Alexander Hamilton, of Worces- ter, may take the name of Edward Hamilton ; all of the county of Wor- cester. Mary Ingram. of Amherst, may take the name of Mary Boltwood Ingram ; Abigail Davis, of Granby, may take the name of Abby Martha Davis ; Abner Witt and Eliza T. Witt, minors, of South Hadley, may take the names of Abner DeWitt and Eliza T. DeWitt; Milton Coates, of


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Middlefield, may take the name of Milton Henry Coates ; Franklin B. Leonard, of Middlefield, may take the name of Franklin B. Ely ; Joseph William Strong may take the name of James William Strong ; Silas Cook may take the name of Silas Dwight Cook ; Francis Jaines Pepper may take the name of Francis James Pepper Beaumont ; Albert Ingram may take the name of Albert Barnes Ingram, severally of Northampton ; Ansel Edwards Durant, of Westhampton, may take the name of Ansel Edwards ; Harriet Melvina Sears, a minor, of Williamsburgh, may take the name of Harriet Eliza Sears ; David McClintock, of Ware, may take the name of David Woods ; Samuel Train, of Northampton, may take the name of Orson Eates Train ; Lyman Cook, a minor, of Pelham, may take the name: of Lyman Van Buren Cook ; all of the county of Hampshire. Sylva Bissel, a minor, of Ludlow, may take the name of Sylva B. Alden ; Maria Crosby, a minor, of Springfield, may take the name of Sarah Maria Crosby ; Thomas Ainsworth Wedge may take the name of Thomas Ainsworth Brad- ford ; Sophironia Ruth Wedge, his wife, may take the name of Sophronia Ruth Bradford ; Sarah Adeline Wedge, their daughter, may take the name of Sarah Adelinc Bradford ; Eliza Ann Wedge, their daughter, may take the name of Eliza Ann Bradford ; Thomas Waterman Wedge, their son,' may take the name of Thomas Waterman Bradford ; Lucy Mariah Wedge, their daughter, may take the name of Lucy Mariah Bradford ; Ellen Frances Wedge, their daughter, may take the name of Ellen Franees Bradford, all of Brimfield ; Jolin Fostick, of Brimfield, may take the name of John Lyman ; Betsey M. Crooks, of Blandford, a minor, may take the name of Betsey Crooks Morton ; Timothy Leary, of Springfield, may take the name of Theodore Lyman ; all of the county of Hampden. John Death and Eunice Death, his wife, may take the names of Jolin Dickinson and Eunice Dickinson ; Asahel G. Death, Jotham P. Death, and Abel S. Death, their minor children, may severally take the surname of Dickinson ; John G. Death and Mary Ann Death, his wife, may take the surname of Dickinson, all of Deerfield ; Abby Craw, of Greenfield, may take the name of Abigail Sawtell ; Nathaniel Macomber, 2d, of Shutesbury, may take the name of Nathaniel Dwight Macomber ; Charlotte P. Peabody, of Wendell, may take the name of Charlotte P. Stone ; George W. Hotchkiss, a minor, of Mon- tague, may take the name of George W. Puffer ; Frederick Ross, of Deer- field, may take the name of Frederick Clapp Ross ; William Harrison Hanks, a minor, of Shutesbury, may take the name of William Hanks Spear ; Jacob Quackenbush, of Bernardston, may take the name of Jacob Bush ; all of the county of Franklin. Thomas Crode Cushing, of Lenox, may take the name of Edward Cushing, of the county of Berkshire. Martha Mary Worcester Curtis, a minor, of Stoughton, may take the name of Martha Mary Crane Worcester ; Joseph S. Mutchinore, of Braintree, may take the name of Joseph S. Pratt ; Joseph Henry Jackson and his wife, Susan Hatch Jackson, of Braintree, may take the surname of Thayer, in addition to their present names ; Sarah Adams, of Quincy, may take the name of Sarah Hardwick Adams ; Sally Wilkinson Lewis, of Walpole, may take the name of Sarah Wilkinson Lewis ; William Dudley Wells, of Rox- bury, a minor, may take the name of George William Wells ; all of the county of Norfolk. Ann Elizabeth Nichols, of New Bedford, may take the name of Ann Elizabeth Nichols Eddy ; Caroline H. Jenney, of New Bed- ford, may take the name of Caroline Bartlett Hall ; of the county of


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Bristol. Mason McLanthlin may take the name of Henry Mason ; Hannah MeLanthlin, his wife, may take the name of Hannah Mason ; George Mason MeLautlilin, their minor son, may take the name of George Mason, all of Duxbury ; Albert Torrey, a minor, of Scituate, may take the name of llenry Albert Torrey ; Return Tilden, of Marshfield, may take the name of Elliot Return Tilden ; Jacob Stetson, of Abington, may take the name of Jacob Shaw ; Merrill Whitmarsh, of East Bridgewater, may take the name of Mary Livingston Whitmarsh ; all of the county of Plymouth. Warren Fish Baker, of Falmouth, may take the name of Henry Baker ; Nathaniel Hopkins, a minor, of Truro, may take the name of Sylvanus Rich Hopkins ; .lolin Cogswell, a minor, of Yarmouth, may take the name of John Bear Doane Cogswell ; Albert Dunbar, jun., a minor, of Yarmonth, may take the name of Albert Henry Dunbar ; Daniel A. Rich, of Truro, a minor, may take the name of Henry Holmes Rich ; Horace C. Davis, of Barnstable, a minor, may take the name of Daniel Davis; all of the county of Barn- stable. 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 16, 1844.


AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


William Winthrop Andrews, now United States Consul at the Island of Malta, may take the name of William Winthrop ; Moses Fisher may take the name of Moses Everett Fisher ; Daniel Warren Amasa Davis Cowdin may take the name of Warren Davis ; Henry Ballard, a minor, may take the name of Henry Ballard Dyer ; Sarah Elizabeth Hooper, a minor, may take the name of Sarah Elizabeth King ; Joachim Gervasio may take the name of Joseph Gervasio Oakes ; Francis Harrison Blanchard may take the name of Francis Harrison Clay Blanchard ; Oliver Ayres may take the name of Oliver Emmoris Ayres ; Joseph McCollum, and Thurza McCollum, his wife, and William B. MeCollum, their minor son, may severally take the surname of Chandler, instead of McCollum ; Moses Bullen may take the name of Moses Burlen ; Horace H. Whitmore may take the name of Horace Hersey Vinton ; Ann Maria Robson, a minor, may take the name of Ann Maria Armstrong ; Elizabeth Robson, a minor, may take the name of Elizabeth Lydia Armstrong ; Willard Feachem, a minor, may take the name of Willard Danforth ; Theodore Ashley Doolittle may take the name of Theodore Ashley ; Antoncy Pairar may take the name of Charles Almeder Perry : John Knight Smith may take the name of John Prince Knight ; Lucy Maria Faxon, an adopted daughter of Daniel Bartlett. jun., may take the name of Incy Faxon Bartlett; Hiram Fogg may take the name of Hiram Edwards Fogg ; Mary Vose may take the name of Mary Newell ; Horace Cutter may take the name of Horace Frederick Cutter ; William E. Cox may take the name of William E. Warren ; Charles O. Cox, a minor, may [take] the name of Charles O. Warren; Chester Peeler may take the name of Chester Peeler Marshall ; Sarah E. Seaman may take the name of Sarah E. Saymore ; Lneinda Porter Bean may take the name of Lucinda Porfter Whitman ; also her minor children, Stephen Bean, may take the name of Stephen Whitman ; Helen Maria Bean, may take the


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name of Helen Maria Whitman ; Rufus Henry Bean, may take the name of Rufus Henry Whitman ; Hannah Emily Bean, may take the name of Ilan- nah Emily Whitman ; Louisa Almira Bean, may take the name of Louisa Alnira Whitman, and Ephraim Whitman Bean, may take the name of Ephraim Parks Whitman ; Oliver Bicknell Wedge, a minor, inay take the name of Oliver Bicknell Lothrop ; Everard Wesley, a minor, and an adopted son of Oliver Dyer, may take the name of Everard Wesley Dyer ; Temper- ance Ann Bickford may take the name of Georgiana Brackett; Jasper Ferdinand Way may take the name of Jasper Franklin Ferdinand ; Mary Atwood may take the name of Mary Clifford ; Charles Norlando Tentorni may take the name of Charles Norlando Sibley ; Stephen F. Harding may take the name of Stephen F. Hoogs ; Abel Wright Conant may take the name of Arnold William Conant ; Simon Johnson Blanchard may take the name of Edgar Johnson Blanchard ; Moses Brackett may take the name of Walter M. Brackett, all of the city of Boston. Jacob Henry Bowker, of Chelsea, may take the name of Edmond Bowker ; Warren Bowker, a minor of Chelsea, may take the name of Henry Jacob Bowker ; Ellery Eldridge, a minor of Chelsea, may take the name of Ellery Watson Eldridge; all of the county of Suffolk. Joseph E. Killam, of Bradford, may take the name of Joseph E. Bartlett ; Jonathan E. Eastland, of Marblehead, may take the name of George Eastland; Deborah Morse, of Marblehead, may take the name of Caroline Morse ; Foster Smith, jun., of Newburyport, may take the name of Foster Waldo Smith ; Marie Antoinette Bliss, of New- buryport, may take the name of Marie Adelaide Otis ; also, her minor son, William Starkie Bliss, may take the name of Joseph William Otis ; Joseph Augustus Peabody, a minor, of Salem, may take the name of George Augustus Peabody ; Mary Putnam, of Saugus, may take the name of Mary Emery ; Hitte Cave Porter, of Lynn, may take the name of Ellen Maria Porter ; James Bachelder French, a minor, and an adopted son of Harrison B. Fowler, of Salisbury, may take the name of Henry Harrison Fowler ; Edward Payson Stimson and Sarephina Cass, minors, and adopted children of Daniel C. Bagley, of Amesbury, may take the names of Edward Stimson Bagley and Abby Bayley Bagley ; Margaret Elizabeth Carmady, a minor of Andover. may take the name of Margaret Elizabeth Gray ; Seabury Treadwell Witt, of Lynn, may take the name of George Seabury De Witt; Jonathan Crosby Allen, of Salem, may take the name of Charles Crosby Allen ; Asa Osgood, of Danvers, may take the name of Charles Asa Osgood ; Moses A. Styles, of South Andover, may take the narne of Charles D. Willoughby : Samuel Wadleigh, an adopted son of Moses Town of Andover, may take the name of Samuel Town; Barachias Hartwell Abbott, of Andover, may take the name of Hartwell B. Abbott; Ellen M. Kimball, a minor, of Bradford, may take the name of Ellen Berry Kimball ; William Wallace Hinkson, a minor, of Bradford, may take the name of William Wallace Holmes ; Joseph Buntin Cornelius, of Newburyport, may take the name of Joseph Buntin ; and his wife, Margaret Cornelius, may take the name of Margaret Buntin ; also, their children, James Hervey Cornelius, Ann Eliza Cornelius, and Rebecca Cornelius, may severally, take the sur- name of Buntin instead of Cornelius ; Warren Hedding Currier, of Lynn, may take the name of Warren Holbrook Currier ; William Tarbox, Lydia Tarbox, and Martha Ellen Tarbox, of Lynn, may severall'y take the sur- name of Appleton instead of Tarbox ; Andrew Jackson Mc Crate, of Salem,


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may take the name of William Hale ; Thomas Magee, of Lynn, may take the name of Thomas Reed ; William Henry Berdge, of Newburyport, may take the name of William Henry Barton, and Sarah Berdge, his wife, may take the name of Sarah Louisa Barton ; also their child, Mary Adelaide Berdge, may take the name of Mary Goodrich Barton ; John Bullough, and his wife, Catharine Bullough, of Newburyport, may take the surname of Bullou, instead of Bullough ; and Eliza Bancroft Bullough, Catharine Moore Bullough, Nancy Kingsbury Bullough, Henry Willard Bullough, and Adaline Frances Bullough, may severally take the surname of Bullou, instead of Bullough ; Liberty Bullough, of Newhuryport, may take the name of Liberty Clement Bullou ; Joseph Bullough, of Newburyport, may take the name of Joseph Warren Bullou ; Harriet Bullough, of Newbury- port, may take the name of Harriet Ann Bullon ; Henrietta Bullough, of Newburyport, may take the name of Henrietta Maria Bullon : Robert Barr MeClintock, of Salem, may take the name of Robert Putnam Barr ; Charles Addison Noyes, of Newburyport, may take the name of Charles Albert ; and Nancy Osgood Noyes, his wife, may take the name of Nancy Albert ; Daniel Adams, of Newburyport, may take the name of Daniel Palmer Adams ; Ruth Ann Pinkham, a minor, of Saugus, may take the name of Anna Pinkham ; all of the county of Essex. William Blacker, of Lowell, may take the name of William Franeis Blake ; James Gilman Piper. Daniel Caldwell Piper, Artemas Woodbury Piper, and Malinda Caldwell Piper, minor children of Malinda C. P. Taylor, of Newton, may severally take the surname of Taylor, instead of Piper ; Ichabod Eugene Norton. a minor, of Charlestown, may take the name of Eugene Lindsey Norton ; Joel Gan- nett, a minor, and an adopted son of William D. Eastman, of Lowell, may take the name of Joel Albert Eastman ; Ruthy Ann Barrett, of Lowell, may take the name of Sarah Ann Mortimer Barrett ; William Toombs and Ruth F. Toombs, his wife, of Marlborough, may take the names of William Edward Wood and Ruth Fry Wood; also, their three minor children, Louisa Elizabeth Toombs, Martha Toombs, and Mary Toombs, may take the surname of Wood instead of Toombs ; Frederie Grimes, Jane Amanda Grimes, and Caroline Grimes, of Lowell, may severally take the surname of Graham instead of Grimes ; Abraham Rice, of Marlborough, may take the name of Abraham Winfield Rice ; Lydia Ann Brigham, an adopted daughter of William Coolidge, of Natick, may take the name of Sarah Ann Coolidge ; Thomas Joyce, of Cambridge, may take the name of Thomas Joyce White ; and his wife, Sally Joyce, may take the name of Sarah White ; also their minor children, Charles White Joyce, and Sarah Joyce, may take the names of Charles Joyce White, and Sarah White ; Calvin Richardson, 3d, of Woburn, may take the name of Calvin Baldwin Richardson ; Henry Cain, of Woburn, may take the name of Henry Wendall ; Zachariah Hill. of Con- cord. may take the name of William Adolphus Hill ; Augustus Williams, of Charlestown, may take the name of Augustus Peirce ; Samuel H. Linikin, of Cambridge, may take the name of Samuel L. Willard ; Charles Bullough, of Newton, may take the name of Charles Nelson Bullou ; Mary Abigail Temple, a minor, and an adopted daughter of Jesse Wright, of Littleton, may take the name of Mary Abigail Wright ; Albert Wellington, of Med- ford, may take the name of Albert Kirk Wellington ; all of the county of Middlesex. Parker Howe, of Boylston, may take the name of George Parker Howe; George Washington Hodgerny, of Grafton, may take the


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name of George Washington Lincoln ; Mary Abigail Upham, and John William Upham, of Millbury, minors, may take the surname of Copeland instead of Upham ; Joseph Leland, of Northbridge, may take the name of Joseph Warren Leland ; William Robinson, of Speneer, may take the name of George Robinson ; Amanda Dickey, of Southbridge, may take the name of Amanda Hall : Ellen Pray Denton, an adopted minor danghter of Thomas W. Butterfield, of Worcester, may take the name of Ellen Louisa Butter- field ; Allen Beaman, of Worcester, may take the name of Allen Conant, Beaman ; Francis D. Wheeler, of Westminster, may take the name of Clinton D. Wheeler ; Charles Whitney, 2d, and George Whitney, minors, of Westminster. may take the names of Charles Hubbard Whitney, and George Edwin Whitney : Ebenezer White Sawtell, a minor, of Westminster, may take the name of Walter Hubbard Farnsworth Sawtell ; Abigail Larned Davis, a minor, of Oxford, may take the name of Abby Larned Davis; Martha Ann Mason, of Worcester, may take the name of Martha Pierson Mason ; Jolin Pratt, of Worcester, may take the name of John Bush Pratt; George Aspinwall, of Brookfield, may take the name of George Gray; Gamaliel Beaman, jun., of Princeton, may take the name of Gamaliel Saw- yer Beaman ; Sarah Ann Channing Robinson, of Northbridge, may take the name of Martha Channing Robinson ; Simeon Dwinell, of Millbury, may take the name of Simeon Du Nel ; Reuben M. Hoar, of Worcester, may take the name of Reuben M. Hudson ; Philo A. Wheeler, of Bolton, may take the name of Ilarriet Wheeler ; Lyman Brooks Macnllar, of Wor- eester, may take the name of Lyman Brooks ; Clarinda Maria Legg Thayer, a minor, of Milford, may take the name of Clarinda Maria Thayer Legg ; Lurestan Chauvelin, of Princeton, may take the name of Luther Luton Lakey ; and his wife, Asenath Chauvelin, may take the name of Asenath Lakey ; also their minor children, George Augustus Chauvelin and Charles Henry Chauvelin. may take the surname of Lakey, instead of Chauvelin ; Samuel Hoar and Elizabeth Hoar, his wife, of North Brookfield, may take the surname of Homer, instead of Hoar; also their children, Adin Hoar, Samnel Hoar. jun., and Rodolphus Wilber Hoar, may severally take the names of Adin Alonzo Homer, Samuel Hoar Homer, and Rodolphins Wilber Homer ; Franklin Hamant, of Sturbridge, may take the name of Benjamin Franklin ; Samuel Wood, of Northborough, may take the name of Samuel Lees Wood ; all of the county of Worcester. William Quanee, of South Hadley. may take the name of William Ransom ; Frederick Plummer Tracy, of Williamsburg. may take the name of Frederick Palmer Traey ; Samuel Nash, of South Hadley, may take the name of Samuel Adams Nash ; all of the county of Hampshire. Allen Look and Harriet Look, of Springfield, may take the names of Allen Guild Lincoln and Harriet Guild Lineoln ; Albert Clark. a minor, and an adopted son of Jonathan Steele, of Spring- field, may take the name of IIenry Albert Steele ; Fanny Hoar, of Spring- field, widow. may take the name of Fanny. Homer ; also, her three children, Adaline. Elvira. and John Harvey Hoar, may severally take the surname of Homer instead of Hoar ; Elias Bean, of Palmer, may take the name of Elias Bean Whitman ; all of the county of Hampden. Edwin Ward, of Orange, may take the name of Edwin Daniel Ward ; Porter Snow, of Whately, may take the name of Porter Howard Snow ; Ennice Hibbard, of Rowe, may take the name of Eunice Emerson Hibbard ; Rebecea Sears Crosby, a minor, of Hawley, may take the name of Ellen Sears Crosby ;




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