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Green Hovey ; Allen Blood, of Medford, may take the name of George Washington Allen ; Sarah Bancroft, of Townsend, may take the name of Sarah Proctor ; Caroline Clark, of Framingham, a minor, may take the name of Caroline Buckminster Clark ; Charles Brown, of Woburn, may take the name of Charles William Stevens ; William Greenough Blood, of Woburn, may take the name of William Townsend Perry ; Fanny Vickers, of Natick, may take the name of Fanny Wheeler ; all of the county of Middlesex. Matthew Davenport, of Boylston, may take the name of James Davenport ; Eunice Tainter, of Leominster, may take the name of Elizabeth Eunice Tainter ; John Emery Marsh, of North Brookfield, may take the name of John Edward Marshall ; Jarvis Hunting, of Hubbardston, may take the name of William Jarvis Parker; Joseph Park, of Millbury, may take the name of Asa Lewis Park; Isaac Smith, 2d, of Leominster, may take the name of Isaac Warren Smith ; John Park, 2d, of Millbury, may take the name of John William Park ; Elizabeth Maria Keyes, of Leom- inster, may take the name of Maria Caroline Richardson ; William Peck, of Royalston, a minor, may take the name of James W. Peck ; Silas Hol- man, 2d, of Bolton, may take the name of Silas W. Holman ; Salome Fay, of Northborough, may take the name of Mary Salome Fay ; William Houghton, of Berlin, may take the name of William Addison Houghton ; George Hitchcock, of Sturbridge, a minor, may take the name of George Hitchcock Hudson ; John Gleason, 3d, of Worcester, may take the name of John Fiske Gleason ; Charles C. Pinckney, of Spencer, may take the name of Francis Aaron Lyon ; Edwin Norcross, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Henry Wilson ; Roger Phelps, of Northborough, may take the name of Henry Rogers Phelps ; all of the county of Worcester. Maria Cowles, daughter of Eleazer Cowles, of Amherst, may take the name of Maria Harriet Cowles ; Washington Everleth, George Everleth and Lucy Hinsdale Everleth, of Belchertown, may respectively take the surname of Eliot ; Zimri Everleth, of the same Belchertown, may take the name of Charles Eliot ; Relief Russell, of Hadley, may take the name of Jane Russell ; Henry Fay, of Ware, may take the name of Charles Brakenridge Fay; Climene Clapp, of Westhampton, a minor, may take the name of Climene Clapp Lyman ; all of the county of Hampshire. Dorcas W. Fisk, of Ludlow, may take the name of Elizabeth W. Fisk ; Foster Newell Hitch- cock, of Brimfield, a minor, may take the name of Foster Newell ; Phineas Crouch, of Brimfield, may take the name of James Munroe Clayton ; Ozni Underwood, of Springfield, may take the name of Henry Robert Vaille ; all of the county of Hampden. Emily Field, of Gill, may take the name of Emily Gratia Field ; Ferona Drusilla Field, of Gill, may take the name of Ferona Dwight Field ; Reuel Coller, of Northfield, may take the name of Reuel Collier ; John Nash, of Northfield, may take the name of John Farnsworth ; Mercy Allen, of Gill, may take the name of Sarah M. Allen ; Abel Bullock, of Montague, may take the name of Abel Carpenter Adams ; George Kentfield, of Montague, may take the name of George Lee Horton ; Rhoda Kentfield, of Montague, may take the name of Jane Horton ; Phineas Hemenway, jun., of Leverett, may take the name of James Phineas Hemenway ; Jonah Ball, jun., of Shutesbury, may take the name of Jonah Rudolph Ball ; all of the county of Franklin. Nial Bentley, of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire, may take the name of James Henry Bentley ; Hannah S. Whittemore, of Weymouth, may take the name of Augusta
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Whittemore ; Alfred Tupper, of Roxbury, may take the name of Alfred Tupper Gray ; Mary Woodward Tupper, wife of said Alfred, may take the name of Mary Woodward Gray ; Mary Woodward Tupper, minor, and daughter of said Alfred and Mary, may take the name of Mary Woodward Gray ; Augusta Greenleaf Tupper, daughter of said Alfred and Mary, may take the name of Augusta Greenleaf Gray ; Alfred Greenleaf Tupper, son of said Alfred and Mary, may take the name of Alfred Greenleaf Gray ; Helen Matilda Tupper, minor, daughter of said Alfred and Mary, may take the name of Helen Matild Gray ; Edward Gray Tupper, minor, son of said Alfred and Mary, may take the name of Edward Tupper Gray ; M. Edward Hunt, of Braintree, may take the name of Edward Hunt ; James Trickey, of Dedham, may take the name of James Lyman ; George Curtis, of Rox- bury, may take the name of George Scarborough Curtis ; Bezer Keith, of Braintree, a minor, may take the name of Bezer Richmond Keith ; all of the county of Norfolk. Hanan Hack Skinner, of Taunton, may take the name of Hanan Hack ; William Blackmer, jun., of New Bedford, may take the name of William Tisdale Blackmer ; George Frederick Wing, of Dart- mouth, may take the name of George Wing Slocum ; all of the county of Bristol. Louiza Beck, of Duxbury, in the county of Plymouth, may take the name of Louisa B. Drew. Mayo Bassett, of Yarmouth, in the county of Barnstable, may take the name of Isaac Mayo Bassett; Michael Cook, of Provincetown, may take the name of Harvey Cook ; Charles Thacher, minor, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Henry Charles Thacher : 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 said names shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names, to all intents and purposes. [ April 19, 1837.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
John Bailey may take the name of John Adams Bailey ; Elizabeth Lewis may take the name of Frances Elizabeth Dunnells ; Henry Andrews may take the name of Henry Richmond Andrews ; Lendol Enoch W. Freeman Witham, Delania T. Witham, and Dorcas Witham, may severally take the surname of Freeman; William King may take the name of William Taubert King ; Albert Richardson may take the name of Albert Louis Richardson ; Mary Catherine Fitzgerald may take the name of Mary Ellen Byrant ; Mary Goddard may take the name of Mary Jane Goddard ; Anna Carpenter may take the name of Anna Swinerton ; Margery Tirrill may take the name of Mary Tirrill ; Charles Rice may take the name of Charles Brooks Rice; Samuel Langmaid may take the name of Samuel Prentis Langmaid ; Sarah Merrill may take the name of Sarah Jane Winship ; Isaac Crockett may take the name of Daniel Wright; Elbridge West may take the name of Elbridge Gerry West; Francis Hatstat may take the name of Francis Wade; Mary Chadwick Sprague may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Sprague ; Abner Shelley, Belinda Shelley, and Daniel H. Shelley, may severally take the surname of Shirley ; James Browne may take the name of James Henry Browne ; all of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk. Peter Russell, of Lynn, may take the name of Orin Russell ; Ebenezer Hart, jun., of Lynnfield, may take the name of Charles
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Henry Granville ; John Barnard, 3d, of Andover, may take the name of John Clark ; Joseph Tiplady, of Salem, may take the name of Joseph Taylor; Hannah Sewell Riley, a minor, of Newburyport, may take the name of Hannah Sewell Dimmick ; Oliver William Philpot, of Methuen, may take the name of William Freeman ; Thomas Philpot, of Methuen, may take the name of Thomas Freeman ; Ann Peat, of Manchester, may take the name of Ann Hardy Smith; Daniel Wheeler Tuttle, jun., of Gloucester, may take the name of Daniel Wheeler; Addison Rust, of Manchester, may take the name of Addison Clarendon ; Billy Patch, of Beverly, may take the name of William Amma Patch; John Graham Mil- grove, of Rowley, may take the name of John Felton ; Benjamin Pickett of Rowley, may take the name of Benjamin Franklin Pickett ; Polly Eaton Parker, of Bradford, may take the name of Mary Hathorne Parker ; George Henry Eye, of Lynn, a minor, may take the name of George Henry Brackett ; Lucy Mary Jewett, of Ipswich, may take the name of Lucy Mary Woodbury ; Mary Gould, of Ipswich, may take the name of Mary Jane Gould ; Harriet Caldwell, of Ipswich, may take the name of Harriet Frances Caldwell ; Mary Harris, of Ipswich, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Harris ; Elizabeth Hiddon Harris, of Ipswich, may take the name of Sarah. Elizabeth Harris; Samuel Heath, of Bradford, may take the name of Samuel S. Heath ; Harriet B. Smith, of Bradford, may take the name of Sarah Jane Smith ; John Kinsman, of Ipswich, may take the name of John C. Kinsman ; all of the county of Essex. Alden Winn, a minor, of Con- cord, may take the name of Alden Bradford Winn; Elmira Coombs, of Charlestown, may take the name of Helen Amanda Herbert ; Jackson Ames,. of Pepperell, may take the name of Asa Jackson Ames ; Simeon Blanchard, of Cambridge, may take the name of Simeon Tenney Blanchard ; Charlotte Pamelia Pike, of Charlestown, may take the name of Charlotte Pamelia Cutter ; Van Rensellaeir Osborn Jewell, of Marlborough, may take the name of Lewis Rensellaier Jewell ; Joseph Skinner, of Holliston, may take. the name of Joseph Oberlin Skinner ; Jonathan Edward Gay, of Weston, may take the name of Edward Austin Gay; Michael Gay Brackett, of Weston, may take the name of Henry Gay Brackett; Mary Ann Bettis, of Charlestown, may take the name of Mary Ann Eaton Campbell ; all of the county of Middlesex. James S. Gilbert, of West Brookfield, may take the name of James Snow Sherman ; George Henry Beebe, of Auburn, a minor, may take the name of George Henry Banner ; Henry Nind, of Har- vard, may take the name of Charles Henry ; Margaret Pollard, of Harvard, may take the name of Margaret Elizabeth Franklin Pollard ; Minerva Chamberlain, of Southborough, may take the name of Minerva Wilder Chamberlain ; Ezra Kendall, of Templeton, may take the name of Ezra. Clay Kendall ; James Toole, and Julia Ann Toole, of Auburn, may severally take the surname of Thompson ; Silas Wood Smith, of Holden, may take the name of Silas Smith Hall; Samuel Witt, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Samuel De Witt ; Sarah Elizabeth Dwight Witt, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Sarah Elizabeth Dwight De Witt ; Harriet D. Flagg, of Boylston, a minor, may take the name of Caroline Flagg ; Paul Wheelock, of Charlton, may take the name of John Adams Wheeler ; Elisha Dorance, of Spencer, may take the name of Elisha D. Clark ; James C. Clapp, of Petersham, may take the name of Ai Wood; Manasseh Sawyer Gerry, of Harvard, may take the name of Henry Albert Gerry ; Oliver Burgess, of.
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Harvard, may take the name of Oliver Warren Whitcomb ; Dolly Wheeler, 2d, of Bolton, a minor, may take the name of Dolly Marion Wheeler ; Moses Chase, jun., of Sterling, may take the name of Mervine Wilbur Chase ; Edwin M. Cutler, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Edwin Miranda Garfield ; Eliza Jane Sibley, of Spencer, a minor, may take the name of Ruth Eliza Sibley ; Joseph Faxon Seaver, of Northborough, may take the name of Joseph Napoleon Seaver ; George Ordway, of Fitchburg, may take the name of George Henry ; Alfred Ordway, of Fitchburg, may take the name of Alfred Rufus ; Joshua Kendall, of Boylston, may take the name of Sanford Mason Kendall ; Hyram Smith, of Oxford, may take the name of Brigham Hyram Smith ; Imena W. Frost, of West Boylston, may take the name of Almira W. Frost ; Henry De Wolf Handy, of Uxbridge, may take the name of Henry De Wolf ; Lydia H. Wheeler, of Rutland, may take the name of Juliaetta Lydia Hall Wheeler; all of the county of Worcester. Arthur Phelps, of Hadley, may take the name of Arthur Davenport Phelps ; Benjamin Fowler Witt, of Greenwich, may take the name of Fowler Pome- roy Taylor ; Hiram Cowan, Sophronia Cowan, Hiram Munroe Cowan, and Harriet Maria Cowan, of Belchertown, may severally take the surname of French ; Benoni Coleman, 2d, of Southampton, may take the name of William Washington Coleman ; Consider McFarland, of Amherst, may take the name of Charles McFarland ; all of the county of Hampshire. Norris Hoar, Mary Hoar, Mary Woodworth Hoar, Laura Hoar, Edwin Norris Hoar, and Elizabeth Joanna Hoar, of Brimfield, may severally take the surname of Hale ; David Hoar, Pamelia Cook Hoar, Solomon Hoar, Lucina Hoar, Linus Hoar, Betsy Bond Hoar, Ruth Bliss Hoar, Alured Hoar, Lucia Hoar, Abigail Goodell Hoar, Susan Bond Hoar, Mehetabel Hoar, Mary Ann Brown Hoar, Ellen Edgell Hoar, Harriet Eunecia Hoar, George Carroll Hoar, Charles Alured Hoar, and Charlotte Ann Amanda Hoar, may severally take the surname of Homer ; and Betsey Hoar, may take the name of Elizabeth Homer, all of Brimfield ; Henry Stebbins, 2d, of Springfield, may take the name of Henry Willcox Stebbins; Charles H. Frost, of Springfield, may take the name of Charles H. Warren; Haskell C. Paine, of Springfield, may take the name of Haskell C. Goodman ; Phineas Lyman Tinker, of Granville, may take the name of Phineas Lyman Buell ; Martin Buell Tinker, of Granville, may take the name of Martin Buell; all of the county of Hampden. David Wait, senior, of Deerfield, may take the name of David Reed Wait ; William Thayer Chapin, of Buckland, a minor, may take the name of William Chapin Porter ; Sarah Field, of Northfield, may take the name of Sarah Callender Field ; Sylvester Bangs, may take the name of Sylvester Woodbury Bangs ; Charles Kellogg may take the name of Charles Carroll Kellogg ; Martha Adams Kentfield, a minor, may take the name of Martha Adams Horton, all of Montague ; Orramel Cooley, of Hawley, may take the name of Orramel Wellington Cooley ; all of the county of Franklin. Woodhouse Francis, of Pittsfield, may take the name of Charles Milton Francis ; Jerusha P. Parish, of Adams, may take the name of Jerusha Phillips, and her minor children, Catharine A. Parish, may take the name of Catharine Phillips ; Samuel C. Parish, may take the name of Samuel C. Phillips ; and John Parish, may take the name of John Phillips ; all of the county of Berkshire. Thomas White, of Braintree, may take the name of Thomas Alexander White ; Elizabeth White Tilden, a minor, of Weymouth, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth White
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Tilden ; all of the county of Norfolk. Edward Stowers Clapp, of Pawtucket, may take the name of Edward Stowers ; John Chace, of New Bedford, may take the name of John Anthony Chace ; all of the county of Bristol. Artimirisia Bryant, of Bridgewater, may take the name of Abigail Bryant; of the county of Plymouth. William Chipman, a minor, of Sandwich, may take the name of William Churchill Chipman ; Kimball Chipman, a minor, of Sandwich, may take the name of Isaac Kimball Chipman ; James Smalley, and his minor children, Joshua P. Smalley, Betsy C. Smalley, James H. Smalley, Mary T. Smalley, and Benjamin F. Smalley ; Samuel Smalley, jun., and Ruth S. Smalley, his minor child ; Samuel Smalley, and his minor children, Lot Smalley, Sally Smalley, and Peggy H. Smalley ; Nathaniel H. Smalley, and his minor children, Esther T. Smalley, Uriah Smalley, and Mary S. Smalley ; Taylor Smalley, and his minor children, Jonah G. Smalley, Benjamin T. Smalley, Alexander Smalley, and Abigail Smalley ; Abraham Smalley, jun., and his minor children, Norman S. K. Smalley, Jane C. Smalley, and Abraham Smalley, 3d ; John Smalley, and his minor children, Arnold Smalley, John Smalley, Rebeckah H. Smalley, and Pamela H. Smalley ; Abraham Smalley, Isaac Smalley, 2d, Heman Smalley, Nathan Smalley, Isaac Smalley, 3d, Thomas R. Smalley, Leonard Smalley, and Benjamin Smalley, all of Provincetown, may severally take the surname of Small ; all of Barnstable county. 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 said names shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names, to all intents and purposes. [ April 25, 1838.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Joshua Leach may take the name of John Colburn Leach ; Abijah Adams Hill, a minor, may take the name of Adams Sherman Hill ; Sarah Blynn may take the name of Sarah Sherman ; James Henry Brewer may take the name of James Henry Beal ; Eliza Beal Brewer may take the name of Eliza Beal ; Adela Julia Ann Stitz, a minor, may take the name of Adela Julia Ann Bogardus ; Sarah Vose may take the name of Sarah Baxter Vose ; Nathan Kingsley may take the name of Nathan Phinney Kingsley ; Amelia Giraud Laponte may take the name of Amelia Giraud ; George Samuel Eldridge may take the name of George Miller; Edward Darley Jones Boit may take the name of Edward Darley Boit; Patrick Monks may take the name of Jolin P. Monks ; James Barnard may take the name of James Munson Barnard ; Harrison Latham may take the name of Harrison Whit- man Latham ; John Collins may take the name of John H. Collins ; Dolly Richardson may take the name of Eliza Richardson ; Matilda Dockum may take the name of Matilda Mason ; Louisa Dockum may take the name of Louisa Mason ; Tabitha Read Nolen may take the name of Elizabeth Read Nolen ; Mary Elizabeth Varney Mickell may take the name of Mary Eliza- beth Varney Granville ; Lovet Stimson, jun., may take the name of Alex- ander Lovet Stimson ; Henry Murphy, of Chelsea, may take the name of Henry James Adams ; Samuel Nathan Moore, a minor, of Boston, may take the name of Orrin Samuel Nathan Moore ; Elizabeth Minot may take the name of Elizabeth Augusta Minot ; Hannah Tirrell may take the name
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of Hannah Snell Tirrell ; William Wheeler, of Boston, may take the name of William Zenas Wheeler ; all of the county of Suffolk. Daniel Fortesque Currier, of Georgetown, may take the name of Edward Fortesque Currier ; Emerson Gould, of Topsfield, may take the name of Emerson Prescott Gould ; Alexander Hamilton Jordan, his wife Mary Ann Jordan, and their infant child Mary Ann Jordan, may severally take the surname of Ham- ilton ; Alfred Davis, of Lynn, may take the name of Henry Alfred Davis ; Moses Bachelor, of Lynn, may take the name of William Frederick Bachelor ; Blaney Ingalls, of said Lynn, may take the name of Augustus B. Ingalls ; Andrew Jackson Morrill, a minor, of Salisbury, may take the name of Albert Morrill ; Eliza Ellen Hazeltine, of Lynn, a minor, may take the name of Eliza Ellen Hilton ; Elizabeth Ann Mardin, a minor, of Danvers, may take the name of Elizabeth Jane Bomer ; Eliza White, of Newburyport, may take the name of Elizabeth White ; Deborah Ramsdell, of Lynn, may take the name of Deborah Burnell Ramsdell ; Margaret Rogers, a minor, of Ipswich, may take the name of Margaret Brown Rogers ; Sarah Sargent may take the name of Sarah Louisa Sargent ; Dolly Sargent may take the name of Dolly Greeley Sargent ; Caroline Sargent may take the name of Caroline Pilsbury Sargent, severally of Amesbury ; Albert Williams Bridge, of Andover, a minor, may take the name of John Albert Bridge ; George William Entwistle, of Lynn, may take the name of George William Fuller ; Warner Choate Burroughs, and his wife Nancy Burroughs, and their daughter Charlotte Augusta, may severally take the surname of Choate, all of Beverly ; Bradstreet Emerson Davis, of Boxford, may take the name of Willard Hubbard Davis ; an adopted child of Andrew Howarth, bearing the surname of Johnson, of Salisbury, may take the name of Helen Elizabeth Howarth ; Adna Bailey, of Danvers, may take the name of Edward Forrest Bailey ; Abijah Mason, of Andover, may take the name of Horace Mason ; William Herrick, 5th, of Beverly, may take the name of William Lovett Herrick ; Barnard Lunaway, of Gloucester, may take the name of Barnard Stanwood ; Edith Swinerton Goodale, of Danvers, may take the name of Caroline Augusta Goodale ; Charles Adamas Lowell, of Georgetown, may take the name of Charles Mason ; Charles Osgood Frink, of Newbury, may take the name of Charles Osgood Morrill ; Isaac Crampesy, of Beverly, may take the name of Isaac Standley Crampesy ; William Jennings, of Georgetown, may take the name of William Adams Munroe; Elizabeth Huntoon, of Georgetown, may take the name of Elizabeth Sleeper ; Polly Latime Burdett, of Lynn, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Burdett ; William Adams, of Georgetown, may take the name of George Washington Adams ; William Putnam, of Danvers, may take the name of William Newton Putnam ; Sarah Emerson Folansbee, of Newburyport, may take the name of Sarah Folansbee Emerson ; Mercy Dodge Foster, of Rowley, may take the name of Eliza Caldwell Foster; all of the county of Essex. Timothy Carter, jun., of Wilmington, may take the name of Timothy Jaques Carter; William McConihe, of Lowell, may take the name of William Conihe ; Charles Edward Sisson, of Charlestown, a minor, may take the name of Walter Jefferds Sisson; Mary Fletcher, of Westford, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Fletcher ; William Leland, of Sherburne, may take the name of William Wallace Leland ; Samuel Parker Shattuck, of Pepperell, may take the name of Samuel Pepperell Shattuck ; all of the county of Middlesex. Abigail H. Edwards, and Parnal M. Edwards, minor
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children of Philip Edwards, deceased, may severally take the surname of Crosby, severally of the town of Holden ; Dolly A. Greene, of Lancaster, may take the name of Elizabeth Foster Greene ; Isaac Pierce Damon, of Holden, may take the name of Isaac Damon ; Paul Wheelock, of Charlton, may take the name of John Adams Wheelock; William W. Collier, of Rutland, may take the name of Warren Collier; William Henry Scott Greenleaf, of Worcester, may take the name of William Greenleaf ; Charles R. Houghton, of Princeton, may take the name of Charles H. Allen ; Jesse D. Partridge, of Princeton, may take the name of Edward Merrick ; Jona- than Allen, of Princeton, may take the name of Jonathan Moses Allen ; Albee C. Guillow, of Worcester, may take the name of Albee C. Wright ; Aaron Hogaboom, of Brookfield, his wife Susanna, and their son Charles Henry Hogaboom, may severally take the surname of Parker; Hector Jackson, of Southbridge, may take the name of Vernon Heman Jackson ; Altamont Rice, of Northborough, may take the name of Dennis Rice ; Eliza Knight, of Dudley, may take the name of Eliza Alzada Upham ; Patience Bancroft Brown, of Templeton, may take the name of Maria Jane Bancroft Brown ; Alothina Bartlett Howe, a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of Ellen Frances Gertrude Howe; Benjamin House, of Fitchburg, may take the name of Benjamin Julius House ; James McFar- land Barnes, of Rutland, and his wife Mary Ann D. C. Barnes, may take the surname of Haynes ; Ira Barton, of Worcester, may take the name of Ira Moore Barton ; Horace Tarbell, of Leominster, may take the name of Horace Wilson Tarbell ; Frances Asenath Swan, of Westminster, a minor, may take the name of Frances Swan Ames ; Elbridge G. Smith, of Douglas, may take the name of Elbridge G. Wallace ; all of the county of Worces- ter. Lewis Ingraham, of South Hadley, may take the name of Lewis Burnett Ingraham ; Ezekiel Brown, of Greenwich, may take the name of Harrison Richard Brown; William Smith, 3d, of Hadley, may take the name of William Austin Smith ; Phineas Franklin Everett, of Worthing- ton, may take the name of Franklin Everett ; Jonas Petingell, of Belcher- town, may take the name of Jonas Melville ; Zebina Montague, of Amherst, may take the name of Zebina Clinton Montague ; Russell Searl, of South- ampton, may take the name of Josiah Russell Searl ; all of the county of Hampshire. Hawley Russell, a minor, of Russell, may take the name of Hawley Stimson ; Augustus Russell, a minor, of Russell, may take the name of Augustus Lyman Dimmock ; John Smith, of Granville, may take the name of John Phelps ; Eli Hoar, Hannah H. Hoar, and their minor children, George Milton Hoar, Jane Frances Hoar, and Ames Hunn Hoar, all of Springfield, may severally take the surname of Hobart; John Carle Cranska, Abigail Cranska, and their children, Mary Ann Cranska, John Clark Cranska, Samuel Fiske Cranska, and Abigail Cranska, all of Brim- field, may severally take the surname of Draper; Hannah Parker, of Brim- field, a minor, may take the name of Hannah Holmes ; Lucy Ann Belden, of Montgomery, may take the name of Lucy Ann Baker; all of the county of Hampden. Charlotte Clark, of Whately, may take the name of Charlotte Maynard Clark ; Franklin Severance, of Shelburne, may take the name of John Franklin Severance ; George Gould, of Heath, may take the name of George Adams ; Polly Priscilla Belden, of Sunderland, may take the name of Polly Baker ; Lucy Ann Belden, of Sunderland, may take the name of Lucy Ann Baker ; Philander Root Death, of Deerfield, may take the name
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of Philander Root Dickenson ; Josiah Puffer, of Sunderland, may take the name of Josiah Osgood Puffer ; Parisatis Scott, of Whately, may take the name of Maria Scott; all of the county of Franklin. William Jarvis Babbitt, a minor, of Savoy, may take the name of William Snellem Bab- bitt ; Luther Patch, of North Adams, may take the name of Luther Corydon Homer ; all of the county of Berkshire. Irene Rhodes, a minor, of Wal- pole, may take the name of Irene Rhodes Harding ; Patrick Glynn, jun., of Roxbury, may take the name of Henry Glynn; Amaziah Atkins Cooke, of Quincy, may take the name of Henry Atkins Cooke; all of the county of Norfolk. Albert A. Cornell, of New Bedford, may take the name of Albert A. Brownell ; Sarah B. Chase, a minor, of Somerset, may take the name of Sarah B. Slade; Susannah Chase, of Somerset, may take the name of Susan Chase ; Otis Little, of New Bedford, may take the name of Otis Laforest Little ; all of the county of Bristol. Elisha Freeman, 3d, of Middleborough, may take the name of Elisha Eddy Freeman ; Thomas Rogers, 3d, of Marshfield, may take the name of Thomas William Rogers ; Albegence Lee, of Bridgewater, may take the name of Albert Lee ; all of the county of Plymouth. Joshua H. Crowell, of Dennis, a minor, may take the name of Nathan Crowell; Orpha Gage, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Olive Gage ; Leander Crowell Furnell, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Leander Crowell ; Patty Crowell, a minor, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Martha Crowell ; John Thomas Bourne, of Falmouth, a minor, may take the name of John Barachiah Bourne ; Mary Alexander Baker, a minor, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Abby Kelley Baker ; all of the county of Barnstable. 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 said names shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names, to all intents and purposes. [April 9, 1839.
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