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Hampden. Jane Steele Mansfield, of Conway, may take the name of Lucy Jane Steele ; Martha Moody, a minor, of Northfield, may take the name 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 Helen 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 Hall, 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 H. Howes, a minor, of Dennis, may take the name of Edward Howes ; 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 H. 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. McHard 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 may 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 ; John Rogers may take the name of John 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 McGowan may take the name of William Roger McGowan ; Tryphena Van Buskirk may take the name of Frances Elizabeth Coffin ; Ephraim Baker Mclaughlin may take the name of Ephraim Baker Mason ; Mary Thomas Mclaughlin may take the name of Mary Thomas Mason ; Henry Wainwright McLaughlin may take the name of Henry Wainwright Mason; Mary Elizabeth Mclaughlin may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Mason ; Joseph Hastings McLaughlin may take the name of Joseph Hastings Mason ; Ephraim Baker Mclaughlin, jun., may take the name of Ephraim Baker Mason, jun. ; William Hague Mclaughlin 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 ; John Moffett Robinson may take the name of John Holton Moffett ; Benjamin Field may take the name of Ben- jamin Franklin Field ; Charles Brown may take the name of Charles H. Brown ; Jonathan Houghton may take the name of John Coolidge Hough- ton ; Ossian Doolittle may take the name of Ossian Doolittle Ashley ; 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 ; Jolin 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 Willcomb ; 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 Enoch Pilsbury Chase ; Elizabeth Ann Long, of Andover, may take the name of Elizabeth Ann McNamara ; Joseph Page, of Bradford, may take the name of Rufus Holmes Page ; Charity Dennis, of Gloucester, may take the name of Mary Frances 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 severaily 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 ; Mercy 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; Rebecca Clark may take the name of Rebecca Lydia Clark ; severally of Concord ; all of the county of Middlesex. Semanthia Adams, of Northborough, may take the name of Abba Maria Adams ; Dolly Wheelock Oakes, of Southbridge, may take the name of Catharine Wheelock Oakes ; Silas Pierce, of Sutton, may take the name of Silas Austin Pierce; 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 Hacket, of Douglas, may take the name of Hannah Aldrich ; Lewis McIntyre, 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 Robbins, 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 Wheeler ; George Edward Knowles Bancroft, 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 Worcester. Lyman Dwight Marshall, of Enfield, may take the name of Lyman Dwight Walker ; Harvey Holland, of Northampton, may take the name of James Harvey 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. Nancy Tarbox may take the name of Nancy 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 Montague, 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 Dorchester, may take the name of Eliza Thayer Clapp ; Charles Bates, of Dorchester, may take the name of Charles Bates Pierce ; 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 ; Frances Ann Bull may take the name of Frances Ann Webster; George Henry Bull may take the name of George Henry Webster; Charlotte Louisa Bull may take the name of Charlotte Louisa 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 Rebecca Pierce 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, 2d, 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 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 and proper and legal names. [ March 24, 1843.
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 ; Rebecca 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 Scammons 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 Hazen 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 Augustus Holbrook ; Eunice 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 ; Hadassah Chase Bragdon, of Newbury, may take the name of Ellen Chase Bragdon; Lucy 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 Emes 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; Lucretia 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 Cecil 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 Dracut, 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 Hewes, 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 ; Rebecca Grimes Henderson, her daughter, may take the name of Rebecca 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 McIntire, 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 Worces- ter. 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 James 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 ; Sophronia Ruth Wedge, his wife, may take the name of Sophronia Ruth Bradford ; Sarah Adeline Wedge, their daughter, may take the name of Sarah Adeline 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 Frances Bradford, all of Brimfield ; John 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 John 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. Mutchmore, 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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