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may take the name of Mary Farr; Rhoda Fullerton, of Lowell, may take the name of Frances Fullerton ; Roger Vose, of Lowell, may take the name of Roger Vance ; Benjamin Rice Davison, of Lexington, may take the name of William Henry Davison ; Lucinda Frost of Natick, may take the name of Clara Howard ; all of the county of Middlesex.
George Lyman Chilson, of Leicester, may take the name of George Dexter Chilson ; Daniel Mowry, of Douglas, may take the name of David Mowry ; Foster Death of Rutland, and his wife, Hepsibeth Death, and their minor children, Charles and Henry, may each take the surname of Dana instead of Death; Elizabeth D. Shackford, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Elizabeth Davis ; and her minor children, John J. Sylvester and George L., may severally take the surname of Davis instead of Shackford ; Joseph Hoar may take the name of Joseph H. Heywood ; Samuel R. Hoar may take the name of Samuel R. Heywood ; Dorcas K. Hoar may take the name of Dorcas K. Heywood ; Dwight Hoar may take the name of Dwight H. Heywood ; Mary R. Hoar may take the name of Mary R. Heywood ; Ezra H. Hoar may take the name of Ezra H. Heywood ; Fidelia M. Hoar may take the name of Fidelia M. Heywood ; Lyman B. Hoar may take the name of Lyman B. Heywood; Alonzo P. Hoar may take the name of Alonzo P. Heywood ; all of Princeton. Isaac Merrill Wheeler, of Rutland, may take the name of Merrill Wheeler ; John Allyn Weston, of Worcester, may take the name of Allyn Weston ; Vina Newton, of Worcester, may take the name of Levinia Pierce Robbins ; Jared Curtis Delany, of South- bridge, a minor, may take the name of Jared Curtis Healy ; Henry Adin Stone, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Isaac Hubbard Stone; Levi Carruth, of Templeton, may take the name of Levi W. Carruth ; Paschal Peola Deming Weld, of Charlton, may take the name of Vernon Weld ; Joseph Knowlton Mann, of Petersham, a minor, may take the name of Joseph Mann Jackson ; William Everett Dalrymple, a minor, of North- borough, may take the name of William Everett Warren ; Franklin Bradford Metcalf, of Leicester, may take the name of Franklin Bradford King ; Mary Davis Goodspeed, of Hubbardston, a minor, may take the name of Mary Alma Goodspeed ; Abraham Vest, of Grafton, may take the name of John Negus Wilson ; Sally Vest, wife of the said Abraham Vest, and Walter Vest, and Mary Elizabeth Vest, their minor children, may take the surname of Wilson, instead of Vest; Willard Sherman, of North Brook- field, may take the name of Harrison Willard Sherman ; Ephraim Warren Fuller, of Worcester, may take the name of Warren Fuller ; Michael Herne, and John Herne, of Lancaster, may each take the surname of Kelley, instead of Herne ; all of the county of Worcester.
Reuben Pierce, of Northampton, may take the name of Henry Reuben Pierce ; Charles Judd Bridgman, of Northampton, a minor, may take the name of Charles Judson Bridgman ; all of the county of Hampshire.
Reuben Benjamin Crosier, of Heath, a minor, may take the name of Lemuel Sanford Churchill ; Eliza H. Ball, of Northfield, may take the name of Eliza HI. Wright; William D. Watton, of Gill, may take the name of William Burrows ; Martha Brown, of Whately, a minor, may take the name of Martha Cummings Brown ; Frederick Mason Richards Brown, a minor. of Whately, may take the name of Frederick Richards Brown; Warren Marsh, of Montague, may take the name of Warren Bryant Marsh ; Henry Dickinson, of Deerfield, may take the name of Henry Whipple Dickinson ;
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Katharine A. Crafts, of Whately, may take the name of Caroline A. Crafts ; Remembrance Smith, of Whately, may take the name of Justin Remem- brance Smith ; Preserved Smith Guellow, of Greenfield, may take the name of Albert Preserved Wright; Araunah Ide, of Shelburne, may take the name of John A. Ide ; Martin Severance, of Shelburne, may take the name of Martin Juan Severance ; all of the county of Franklin.
Charity Whittemore, of Becket, may take the name of Charity Whitte- more Johnson ; John Abbott, 2d, of Hinsdale, may take the name of John Hubbard Abbott; Thalia Maria Abbott, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Mary Maria Abbott ; Stephen McCrea, of Williamstown, a minor, may take the name of Stephen Southworth ; Julia Andrews, of New Marlborough, may take the name of Julia Bullard ; all of the county of Berkshire.
Harriet Jane Morey, of Bellingham, a minor, may take the name of Har- riet Jane Cook ; Julia Ann Potter, of Franklin, a minor, may take the name of Ann Olivia Potter Whiting ; Ellen Augusta Bragg, of Medfield, a minor, may take the name of Ellen Augusta Fales ; Hubert Gaumond, of Canton, may take the name of Hubert G. Woodbury ; Greenleaf Sanger, of Dover, may take the name of Simon Greenleaf Sanger ; all of the county of Nor- folk.
William Lemma, of North Bridgewater, may take the name of William Lemmar ; Sarah Elisabeth Ames, of Marshfield, a minor, may take the name of Sarah Dering Thomas Ames ; Françoise Berthier, of Rochester, a minor, may take the name of Frances Berthier Pitcher; Sherman Allen Sturtevant, of Plymouth, may take the name of Sherman Allen; John Quincy Adams Faunce, of Kingston, may take the name of Quincy Adams Faunce ; Nathaniel Faunce, jun., of Kingston, may take the name of Nathaniel Arthur Faunce ; Sarah Kinney, of Rochester, may take the name of Sarah Dunham ; all of the county of Plymouth.
Noah Erastus Fillebrown, of Easton, may take the name of Erastus Brown ; Eliza Adeline Fillebrown, of Easton, may take the name of Eliza Adeline Brown ; Margaret Myer, of New Bedford, a minor, may take the name of Margaret Myer Wood ; Martha A. Holmes, of Mansfield, a minor, may take the name of Martha A. Gordon ; Laban Mitchel Wheaton Wild, of Norton, a minor, may take the name of Laban Mitchel Wheaton ; all of the county of Bristol.
Charles Bray, of Yarmouth, a minor, may take the name of Charles Matthews Bray ; Joseph Baker, of Harwich, may take the name of Joseph Otis Baker ; Lydia Matthews Bassett, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Lydia Matthews Sherman ; Frederick U. Small, a minor, may take the name of James Henry Small ; Benjamin F. Small, a minor, may take the name of Joshua D. P. Small, both of Provincetown ; Bethiah Crowell Matthews, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Fanny Bethiah Matthews ; Eunice Hallett Matthews, of Yarmouth, a minor, may take the name of Rebekah Hallett Matthews ; all of the county of Barnstable. And the several persons before named, 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 own proper and legal names. [May 10, 1848.
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AN ACT to change the Name of Nathaniel Merril Leathers. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
From and after the passing of this act, Nathaniel Merril Leathers, of Danvers, in the county of Essex, may take the name of Nathaniel Merril Warren, and he shall thereafter be known and called by that name, and the. same shall thereafter be considered as his only legal and proper name. [ March 24, 1849.
AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Thomas Vaughan Baron may take the name of Thomas Barry ; Lydia Bradford Orcutt may take the name of Lydia Bradford ; George Colburn, a. minor, may take the name of George Colburn Cabot; John Cutts Smith may take the name of John Smith Cutts ; Charles Gillpatrick may take the name of Charles Gill ; Catharine Coolidge Gates may take the name of Catharine Gates Thaxter ; James Morss Williams may take the name of James Morss William Williams ; Virginia Albina Williams, a minor, may take the name of Virginia Albina Fullick ; Charles Rollins Torrey, a. minor, may take the name of Rollins Torrey ; Jeremiah Buxton Favor may take the name of Frank Favor ; Elijah Baldwin may take the name of Eli- jah Shirman Baldwin ; George Hastings may take the name of George Russel Hastings ; George Hoogs may take the name of George H. Fran- cis ; his minor son, George A. Hoogs, may take the name of George A. H. Francis ; Alfred White Chamberlain may take the name of Alfred White Sprague ; William McNaught may take the name of William Henry Thomas ; Naomi Porter Shaw, a minor, may take the name of Naomi Porter Mace ; Arabella N. Livingston may take the name of Imogene De Errence, and her minor son, Alfred Maitland Livingston, may take the name of Ivan Marion De Errence ; Michael Collins may take the name of Michael Henry Collins ; Thomas M. Center, George F. Center, and Emma L. Center, minors, may assume the surname of Dickinson ; William Gordon may take the name of William George Gordon ; Mary Rhoades Josselyn may take the name of Mary Rhoades Darling ; all of the county of Suffolk.
Nathaniel Conant, 2d, of Danvers, may take the name of Nathaniel P. Conant ; Elizabeth E. Swan, a minor, of Newburyport, may take the name of Elizabeth Esther Page ; Ayer Spofford, of Bradford, may take the name. of Mary Ayer Spofford ; Abby Faltch, of Salisbury, may take the name of Abby Phenietta Dennitt ; Richard Wilson, of Newbury, may take the name of Richard Burritt Wilson ; Marcus Marcellus Danforth, of Bradford, may take the name of George Edwin Danforth ; Joseph Warren Smith of Brad- ford, may take the name of Austin F. Smith ; Gorham Parsons, 3d, of Gloucester, may take the name of Gorham M. Parsons ; John Ober, of Beverly, may take the name of John Thissell Ober : Matilda Wardwell, of Andover, minor, may take the name of Eliza Dodge Wardwell; Mary Elizabeth Boody, of Danvers, may take the name of Mary E. B. Gillion ; Emeline Eliza Hill, of Danvers, may take the name of Emily Eliza Hill ; James McBride, of Lawrence, may take the name of James Brooks ; John Albree Downie, of Salem, a minor, may take name of John Albree ; Harriet Nowell, of Salem, may take the name of Harriet Nowell Howard; James Mooney, of Lynn, may take the name of James Forrest ; Benjamin
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Franklin Newhall, jun., of Saugus, may take the name of Benjamin Newhall ; Lydia Eveline Wyman, of Danvers, may take the name of Lydia Eveline Peirce ; Henry Phillips, of Salem, may take the name of Edward B. Phillips ; Ruby Mellen Moore, of Salem, minor, may take the name of Abby Moore Kimball ; Edwin Moody Burbank, of Bradford, may take the name of George Byron Sanford ; Charles Dearborn Nowell, of Salem, may take the name of Charles Dearborn Howard ; Gideon Barstow Monarch, of Salem, may take the name of Gideon B. Moore ; his minor children, Charles James Monarch, may take the name of Charles James Moore ; Gideon B. Moore Monarch may take the name of Gideon B. Moore ; Frederick Moore Monarch may take the name of Frederick Moore; and John Moore Monarch may take the name of John Moore ; John Abbott Johnson, of Danvers, may take the name of Abbott Johnson ; Timothy Ross, of Ipswich, may take the name of Timothy Burnham Ross ; all of the county of Essex.
Charles Pratt Houghton, of Cambridge, minor, may take the name of Charles Houghton Pratt ; Charles McElroy, of Charlestown, may take the name of Charles Leroy ; Samuel William Wyman, of Medford, may take the name of Frank Peirce ; Ann Elizabeth Perley, of Lowell, minor, may take the name of Ann Elizabeth Wright ; Abraham Rand Thompson, of Charlestown, minor, may take the name of Abraham Warren Thompson ; William Parsons, of Charlestown, may take the name of William Alfred Parsons ; Frances Ann Huggins, of Dracut, minor, may take the name of Frances Ann Stearns ; Lucinda Frost, of Natick, minor, may take the name of Isadore Edwards ; Walter Hayes, of Tyngsborough, minor, may take the name of Walter Hayes Farwell ; William Brown Chase, of Marl- borough, may take the name of William Chase ; Frances Wright Faulkner Jones, of Acton, may take the name of Frances Jones ; Silas Proctor Pingrey, of Marlborough, may take the name of Proctor Pingrey ; William Higgins, of Charlestown, may take the name of William Franklin Higgins ; Jolin Beasley, of Cambridge, may take the name of Peter Manning ; Henry Ward Hitchcock, of Charlestown, a minor, may take the name of Henry Ward Johns ; all of the county of Middlesex.
Joseph Badger, of Leominster, may take the name of Joseph Badger Brown ; Samuel F. Hill, of Sturbridge, may take the name of Samuel Fairbanks ; his wife Mary Ann Hill, may take the name of Mary Ann Fairbanks ; and their minor children, viz. : Elizabeth, Loring H., and John A., may severally take the surname of Fairbanks ; Victoria Keith, of Shrewsbury, minor, may take the name of Jane Maria Allen ; Sarah Ann Hair, of Hubbardston, minor, may take the name of Sarah Ann Lucy Hunting ; John Laughna, of Hubbardston, minor, may take the name of Charles Lawrence Laughna ; Nancy Hunstable Hosmer, of Worcester, may take the name of Anna Hunstable Hosmer; Marion Eneri Allen, of Shrewsbury, minor, may take the name of Marion Irene Hemenway Allen ; George F. Hoar, of Worcester, may take the name of George F. Baker ; Ziba Bass Cary Dunham, of Leominster, may take the name of Howard Cary Dunham ; Edward N. Divoll, of North Brookfield, may take the name of Edward Newell ; Solomon B. J. Howe, of New Braintree, may take the name of Bolivar J. Howe; Lydia Lucebia Bartlett, of Berlin, minor, may take the name of Selucia Ann Bartlett; Milton Morse, of
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Worcester, may take the name of Milton M. Morse ; all of the county of Worcester.
Wealthy Healy, of Worthington, may take the name of Wealthy Deborah Howard ; Mary Ann Moody Ferry, of Belchertown, minor, may take the name of Mary Ann Ferry ; Henry White, of South Hadley, may take the name of Henry Kirk White ; Polly Garside, of South Hadley, may take the name of Mary Alvord ; Merrick Orson Graves, of Williamsburg, minor, may take the name of Orson Merrick Graves ; Ella Warner Smith, of Enfield, minor, may take the name of Ella Frances Gross ; Emily Evelina Bement, of Easthampton, minor, may take the name of Emily Bement Smith ; Harriet Clark Hawks, of Easthampton, minor, may take the name of Eliza Hawks Smith ; Ellen M. H. Paine, of Greenwich, minor, may take the name of Ellen M. H. Johnson ; all of the county of Hampshire.
Chander Brown, of Ashfield, minor, may take the name of Chander Eugene Smith; Ellen Streeter, of Montague, a minor, may take the name of Ellen Elvira Horton ; Ellen Eliza Leonard, of Conway, minor, may take the name of Ellen Leonard Childs ; Anna Eloisa Field, of Northfield, minor, may take the name of Anna Eloisa Mary Field ; all of the county of Franklin.
George Sidebottom, of Adams, may take the name of George Notting- ham ; and his wife, Sarah Sidebottom, may take the name of Sarah Not- tingham ; George William Sidebottom, of Adams, may take the name of George William Nottingham ; and his wife, Sarah Walbridge, and his minor son, may severally take the surname of Nottingham; John Race, of Great Barrington, may take the name of John Franklin Race ; all of the county of Berkshire.
Daniel Houghton Goodspeed, of West Springfield, may take the name of Daniel Houghton ; Julia Ann Harger, of West Springfield, may take the name of Julia Ann Moore ; all of the county of Hampden.
Phillip Pear, of Roxbury, may take the name of Phillip Montague Pier ; Eliza Charles Davis Parker, of Dedham, may take the name of Eliza Davis Parker ; Israel Putnam Richardson, of Medway, minor, may take the name of Putnam Richardson Clark ; John Bullough, jun., of Needham, may take the name of John Ballou ; and his wife Sarah, and their minor children, John Warren, Sarah Eliza, William Henry, and Joseph Willard Bullough, may severally take the surname of Ballou ; all of the county of Norfolk.
Eliot Benjamin Sheffield, of Rochester, minor, may take the name of Stafford Benjamin Brownell ; Daniel Howard, 2d, of North Bridgewater, may take the name of Daniel S. Howard ; Joshua Crooker, 3d, of North Bridgewater, may take the name of Allen Jay Crooker ; Martha Proctor Ball, of Hingham, minor, may take the name of Martha Ball Corthell ; Charles Seaver Burt, of West Bridgewater, may take the name of Charles Seaver ; and his wife, Celinda Taylor Burt, may take the name of Celinda Taylor Seaver ; and their minor son, Charles, may take the surname of Seaver; Charles Henry Lovett, of Hingham, minor, may take the name of Charles Augustine Lovett ; all of the county of Plymouth.
Alfred Heyer, of New Bedford, minor, may take the name of Alfred H. Perry ; Almira Frances Reed, of New Bedford, may take the name of Almira Frances White ; Arthur Donley, of Berkley, may take the name of George Burt ; Peter Stewart, his wife, Anna C., and their children,
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Caroline Amelia, Catharine Gibbs, and Henry Ridgway, of Attleborough, may severally take the surname of Bishop ; all of the county of Bristol.
Michael Angelo Nuzze, of Provincetown, may take the name of William Gale ; Elizabeth Taylor, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Elizabeth Joice Taylor ; Vinson Cahoon, jun., of Harwich, may take the name of Vinson Franklin Cahoon ; Polly Hallett Berry, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Mary Hallett Berry ; Reuben Cahoon, of Harwich, may take the name of Reuben Calhoon ; Flora Augustine Childs, of Barnstable, may take the name of Adulsa Nickerson Childs ; Isaiah Nickerson Handy, of Barnstable, may take the name of Robert Childs Handy ; Lewis Thacher Crowell, of Barnstable, minor, may take the name of Timothy Baker Crow- ell ; Jesse Hall, of Dennis, minor, may take the name of Jesse Sumner Hall ; all of the county of Barnstable.
And the several persons before mentioned, from and after the passage 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. [ May 2, 1849.
AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Richard Howes may take the name of Richard Arthur Howes ; Caroline Elizabeth Pierce, a minor, may take the name of Ella Pierce ; Henry Den- nie may take the name of Charles Henry Dennie; Joshua Chandler may take the name of Joshua Herbert Chandler ; Charles Henry Brown may take the name of Ariel Brown ; William Churchill may take the name of William B. Churchill ; Almira Georgiana Murphy and William Henry Harrison Murphy, minors, may take the names of Almira Georgiana Vose, and William Henry Harrison Vose ; Peter Jest may take the name of Fred- erick Adolphus Miller ; Daniel and Joseph Trickey may severally take the names of Daniel Warren and Joseph Warren; Edward Perry Twitchell may take the name of Edward Twitchell Perry ; Priscilla Ward Blake may take the name of Ella Blake ; Caroline D. Jackson may take the name of Caroline D. Waldron ; Samuel Smith Tuckerman may take the name of Samuel Tuckerman ; Rodney H. Paresh may take the name of Rodney H. Powers ; the hereafter named family may take the following names : Lewis Clark may take the name of Louis Bieral, Mary A. Clark may take the name of Ada Maria Bieral, Ada Carmelita Clark may take the name of Ada Carmelita Bieral ; George Francis Oliver Train may take the name of George Francis Train; Charles Noakes may take the name of Charles Noakes Leavitt ; Henry J. Holt may take the name of Henry W. Hol- brook ; John Milton Hervey Palton Partridge, of Boston, may take the name of Hervey Milton Palmantridge ; Emily Baxter, of Boston, may take the name of Emily Robinson Baxter ; all of the county of Suffolk.
Fanny Blake Furber, of Lynn, may take the name of Fanny Blake Rich, and her minor son may take the name of Samuel Edwin Rich ; George Noyes, of Newburyport, may take the name of George Washington Noyes ; Antonio Knight, of Rowley, may take the name of Antonio E. Knight; Edward Skinner, of Lynn, may take the name of Edward Augustus Skinner ; John Spiller, of Georgetown, may take the name of John Preston ; Mary Danforth, of Salem, may take the name of Mary
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Russell ; Edward Hammond, jun., of Haverhill, may take the name of Edward Hanover Hammond ; John Ober, jun., of Beverly, may take the name of John Richard Ober; Anna Maria Verrey, of Danvers, may take the name of Anna Maria Wallis ; Ichabod Randall Hoyt, jun., of Salem, may take the name of George Randall Hoyt ; Noble Pye, of Lynn, a minor, may take the name of Charles Noble Robinson ; Michael Connors, of Glou- cester, may take the name of Michael Poland ; Bridget Farrell, of Salem, may take the name of Helen Farrell ; David Perkins, jun., of Topsfield, may take the name of David Granville Perkins ; Christopher Columbus Hawkes, of Lynn, may take the name of Charles Maurice Maudant ; Almaretta Turner, of Danvers, may take name of Charlotte Elizabeth Turner ; Henry Francis Kimball, of Bradford, may take the name of Frank Henry Kim- ball ; John Albert Emerton, of Lynn, a minor, may take the name of John Albert Makepeace ; all of the county of Essex.
Mary A. Pierce, of Lowell, may take the name of Mary Ames Beard, and her minor daughter may take the name of Abigail Ames Beard ; Lucius Emmett Clary Paige, of Cambridge, may take the name of Lucius Robinson Paige ; Ledry Cooledge Wright, a minor, of Marlborough, may take the name of Charles Wright ; Jerome Buonaparte Morse, of Natick, may take the name of Joseph Spencer Bigelow ; Rebekah F. Cooper, of Framingham, may take the name of Rebekah Brown Fuller; Jonathan Otis Howard, of Tyngsborough, may take the name of Otis Jonathan Howard ; Charlotte Elizabeth Hunt, a minor, of Natick, may take the name of Abby Charlotte Hunt ; all of the county of Middlesex,
Melvina Bristol, of Fitchburg, may take the name of Flora Melvina Cutter ; Joel Hartwell, of Fitchburg, may take the name of Joel Wil- loughby Hartwell ; Ephraim Chamberlain, of Southborough, may take the name of Ephraim Hale Chamberlain ; Louisa M. Allen, of Mendon, may take the name of Louise Maria Aldrich; Wyman Goodell, a minor, of Athol, may take the name of Jonathan Wyman Goodell ; Frederick Emery Blakeley, of Barre, may take the name of Frederick Emery Hastings ; Leonard Brigham, of Worcester, may take the name of Edward Leonard Brigham ; the hereafter named family, all of Worcester, may take the following names : Luther Gunn may take the name of Edward Luther Holman ; Mary Sophia Gunn may take the name of Mary Sophia Holman ; Edwin Howe Gunn may take the name of Edwin Howe Holman ; Agnes Louisa Gunn may take the name of Agnes Louisa Holman ; Almira Wood Gunn may take the name of Almira Wood Holman ; Jonathan Pierce Holt, of Northbridge, may take the name of John Peirce Holt; Carlo Waite, of Hubbardston, may take the name of Charles Munroe Waite ; Abigail K. Partridge, of Worcester, may take the name of Abigail G. Knowlton ; Frederick Gates, a minor, of Holden, may take the name of. Frederick Gates Chaffin ; Leona Malvina Whitney, a minor, of Upton, may take the name of Leonah Melvenah Lesure ; Rebecca Palmer, of Paxton, may take the name of Rebecca Farnsworth Palmer ; Hannah Howe Hastings Hay- ward, of Mendon, may take the name of Anna Howe Hastings Hayward ; Edmund Rice Greenwood, jun., of Hubbardston, may take the name of Edmund Greenwood ; Benjamin Thales Cooley, of Worcester, may take the name of Benjamin Franklin Cooley ; all of the county of Worcester.
Galusha Ford Bates, of Williamsburg, may take the name of Galusha Ford Miller ; William Field, of Northampton, may take the name of
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William Edward Field ; Philip Ridgway Vining, of Williamsburg, may take the name of Seignior Jokenne Hillman ; the hereafter named family, all of Granby, may take the following names : Benjamin Witt may take the name of Benjamin De Witt; Polly Witt may take the name of Mary De Witt; Benjamin Hollis Witt may take the name of Benjamin Hollis De Witt ; Mary Ann Witt may take the name of Mary Ann De Witt; Sarah Jane Witt may take the name of Sarah Jane De Witt; Louisa Sanford Witt may take the name of Louisa Sanford De Witt; Henry Witt, of Granby, may take the name of Henry De Witt; William Pomeroy Clapp, of Williamsburg, may take the name of William Clapp Pomeroy ; all of the county of Hampshire.
William Jonas Brown Colburn, a minor, of Amherst, may take the name of William Brown Colburn ; the hereafter named family, all of Chicopee, may take the following names : Milton Hoar to take the name of Milton Woodville ; Fanny Worthington Hoar to take the name of Fanny Worth- ington Woodville ; Robert Worthington Hoar may take the name of Robert Worthington Woodville ; Maria Hoar to take the name of Maria Lorene Woodville ; Emily Hoar to take the name of Emily Amelia Woodville ; Mary Frances Hoar to take the name of Mary Frances Woodville ; Susan Phelps Hoar to take the name of Susan Phelps Woodville ; Roderick Milton Hoar to take the name of Roderick Milton Woodville ; Lucy Morely Hoar to take the name of Lucy Morely Woodville ; Nelson Stratton, of Spring- field, may take the name of Nelson Pitkin Stratton ; all of the county of Hampden.
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