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AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein described. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That from and after the passing of this act, the several persons herein named, shall be known and called by the names they are hereby respectively allowed to assume, viz. : that Henry Adams, merchant, may take the name of Henry Fosdick Adams ; that Dan Aldrich, may take the name of Lyman Dan Aldrich ; that Thomas Bates, house carpenter, may take the name of Thomas Lathrop Bates ; that John Blake, may take the name of John Harrison Blake ; that Nancy Pierce Blanchard, may take the name of Ann Isabel Blanchard ; that William H. Blanchard, may take the name of Henry Conyngham de Boies ; that James Carney, may take the name of James George Carney ; that Alvar Carter, may take the name of James Wilder
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Carter ; that Charles Coolidge, may take the name of Charles Leonard Coolidge ; that Mary Crooker, may take the name of Mary Young; and that her son, Charles Turner Crooker, may take the name of Charles Turner Young ; that Hatch Little, may take the name of Henry Hatch Little ; that Henry Jones, may take the name of Henry Augustus Jones ; that John Godfrey Schwab, may take the name of John Godfrey Stanville ; that Enoch Silsby, jun., may take the name of George Enoch Silsby ; that George Thomas, may take the name of George Priest Thomas ; that Hugh Welsh, may take the name of Henry Welsh ; that George West, may take the name of George Frederick West ; that Albert Judd, may take the name of Albert Judd Wright ; that Gardiner Chandler may take the name of his father, Gardiner Leonard Chandler ; that Rufus Stillman Dodge, may take the name of Stillman Dodge, all of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk ; that George Archer, 3d, may take the name of George Beckford Archer ; that Edward Brooks, may take the name of Edward Howes Brooks ; that Caroline Augusta Abbot, may take the name of Caroline Abbot Putnam ; that David Putnam Abbot, may take the name of David Abbot Putnam ; that Sarah Putnam Abbot, may take the name of Sarah Abbot Putnam ; that Enoch Morris, may take the name of William Mickle- field ; that John Prince, 4th, merchant, may take the name of John G. Prince ; that Samuel Knap, may take the name of Samuel Hooper Knap ; that Andrew Morgan, jun., may take the name of Andrew Winslow Mor- gan, all of Salem; that Harriet Church Dodge, of Hamilton, may take the name of Phebe Ann Blanchard Faulkner; that Caroline Northend, of Newbury, may take the name of Caroline Soffrodini ; that Henry Perkins, of Newburyport, may take the name of Henry Coit Perkins ; that William Henry Jennis, of Rowley, may take the name of William Henry Kendal ; that Ezra Worthen Gale, of Amesbury, may take the name of Ezra Wor- then, all of the county of Essex ; that Baxter B. Alcock, of Woburn, may take the name of Baxter B. Otis ; that Alver Alcock, of Malden, may take the name of Alver Otis ; that Mellen Chamberlain, of Hopkinton, may take the name of Henry Mellen Chamberlain ; that Ben Dix, of Groton, may take the name of Benjamin Perkins Dix; that Calvin Dodge, of Groton, may take the name of Ira Thayer; that Phebe Rice Monson, of Framing- ham, may take the name of Susan Fiske Monson ; that William Mellen, of Sherburne, may take the name of William Henry Mellen, all of the county of Middlesex ; that Eunice Britton, of Western, may take the name of Eunice Allen ; that Mary B. Cole, of Millbury, may take the name of Mary Ann Burnap ; that James McQuin, of Leicester, may take the name of James Jackson ; that Josiah Whitcomb, jun., of Leominster, may take the name of Alanson Josiah Whitcomb, all of the county of Worcester ; that Vestus Haley, of Russell, may take the name of Vestus Parks ; that Charles Oliver Cyrus Chapin, of Springfield, may take the name of Charles Chapin ; that Pierpont Edwards Bottom, of Monson, may take the name of Pierpont Edwards Bates Botham, all of the county of Hampden ; that Sylvanus White, of Chesterfield, in the county of Hampshire, may take the name of William Foot White; that Jane Strong, of Greenfield, in the county of Franklin, may take the name of Mary Jane Strong ; that Homer O'Brien, of Great Barrington, may take the name of John Homer O'Brien ; that Sarah Elizabeth Seymour, may take the name of Lucretia Elizabeth New- ton ; that Edward Newton Seymour, may take the name of Edward Sey-
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mour Newton, both of Pittsfield ; that Egbert French, of Great Barrington, may take the name of Henry Kirke Williams, all of the county of Berk- shire ; that Sarah Chase, of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk, may take the name of Sarah Ann Chase ; that Abby Green Norton, may take the name of Abby Adlington ; that Edmund Green Norton, may take the name of Edmund Green Adlington ; that Timothy Green Norton, may take the name of Timothy Green Adlington ; that Henry Osborn Norton, may take the name of Henry Osborn Adlington, all of Edgartown, in the county of Dukes' County ; and the several persons herein named shall hereafter be called and known by the names which, by this act, they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall be considered as their only proper and legal names. [March 10, 1827.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein described. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That from and after the passing of this act, the several persons named herein shall be known and called by the names they are hereby respectively allowed to assume, viz. : that John Picket Pierce, of Newburyport, may take the name of John Bounds Pierce ; that Betsey Kerer Currier, of Row- ley, may take the name of Eliza Matilda Currier ; that Winthrop Thing, of Boxford, may take the name of Winthrop Varnum ; that George Pike, of Rowley, may take the name of George Washington Pike ; that Austin Kil- ham, of Beverly, may take the name of Austin Daniel Kilham ; that Peter Lander, 3d, of Salem, may take the name of William P. Lander ; that David Hopkinson, of Bradford, may take the name of David Warren Hopkinson, all of the county of Essex ; that Susan Harrington may take the name of Susan Forbush ; that Mary Hall may take the name of Mary Doggett ; that Mary Ann Converse may take the name of Mary Ann Syl- veira ; that James Harrison Flinn may take the name of James Flinn Harrison ; that Charles Hatstat may take the name of Charles Wade : that George Wright may take the name of George Tyler Wright; that Elisha Leighton Fogaty, may take the name of Elisha Perkins Leighton, all of Boston, in the county of Suffolk; that Joshua Walter Hosley, of Pep- perell, may take the name of Samuel Walter Hosley ; that Thomas Emerson, 3d, of South Reading, may take the name of Thomas Rayner Emerson, all of the county of Middlesex ; that Charles Heald, of Millbury may take the name of Charles Hale ; that Caleb Nanscawen, of Oxford, may take the name of Caleb Howe ; that Samuel Reed Puffer, of Westminster, may take the name of Samuel Puffer ; that Joseph Hildreth, jun., of Bolton, may take the name of Joseph Sullivan Hildreth, all of the county of Worces- ter ; that Ivory Colomey, of Dorchester, may take the name of Ivory Boylston ; that Edwards Park, of Stoughton, may take the name of Edwards Amasa Park, all of the county of Norfolk ; that James M. Tappan, of Hanover, in the county of Plymouth, may take the name of Morss Tappan ; that William Foote White, of Chesterfield, in the county of Hampshire, may take the name of Sylvanus White; and that Joseph Sylvanus White, of the same Chesterfield, may take the name of William Foote White ; and the several persons herein named shall hereafter be called and known by the name which, by this act, they are respectively allowed to assume. [June 16, 1827.
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AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein described. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That from and after the passing of this act, the several persons herein named shall be called and known by the names they are hereby respectively allowed to assume, and the same shall be deemed their only proper and legal names, viz. : That Joseph Dowding Bass Eaton may take the name of Joseph Bass Eaton ; that George Watson Patrick may take the name of George Watson ; that Henry Augustus Emery Humphrey, a minor son of George Humphrey, may take the name of Henry Smith Humphrey ; that Samuel Smith may take the name of Samuel James Hall Smith; that William C. Johnson may take the name of William Johnson Cochrane ; that Nathaniel Russell Sturgis, jun., may take the name of Russell Sturgis ; that Elizabeth Palfrey may take the name of Elizabeth Cazneau Palfrey ; that George Dodd may take the name of George William Dodd ; that McCray Cutter may take the name of Thomas McCray Cutter ; that Prince Freeman, jun., may take the name of Henry Prince Freeman ; that Betsey Olivey Lane may take the name of Elizabeth Olivey Lane ; that Maxey Hall may take the name of Francis Maxey Hall ; that Theophilus Bradbury may take the name of Theophilus Washington Bradbury ; that Albent Smith may take the name of Albent William Smith ; that Thomas Ham may take the name of Thomas Ham Grenville ; that Francis Bigelow may take the name of Francis Rufus Bigelow ; and that Edwin Fullerton may take the name of James John Fullerton, all of the city of Boston, in the county of Suf- folk ; that Amos Smith, jun., of Salem, may take the name of Amos F. Smith ; that William Balch, jun., of Bradford, may take the name of William Henry Balch ; that Sarah Tenny, of Bradford, may take the name of Sarah De Tenny ; that Hannah Ordway, of Bradford, may take the name of Hannah Dorothy Annis ; that John Nichols, of Salem, a minor son of George Nichols, may take the name of John H. Nichols ; that Jonathan Kimball, a minor son of John Kimball, of Andover, may take the name of Charles Kimball ; that John Richardson, jun., of Bradford, may take the name of John Pierce Richardson ; and that Timothy Abbot, of Andover, may take the name of Sereno Timothy Abbot, all of the county of Essex ; that William Hickox, of Weymouth, may take the name of William Harrington ; that Catharine Otis Farnsworth, of Weymouth, may take the name of Catharine Jane Delap Otis Farnsworth; that James Barker, of Franklin, may take the name of James Adams ; that Abby Hayden Heath, of Brookline, may take the name of Abby Louisa Hayden Heath; that Almira Penniman, of Brookline, may take the name of Almira Cornelia Penniman ; that Willis George Daniels, of Franklin, may take the name of George Willis Daniels ; and that George Peck, of Braintree, may take the name of George Batcheller Peck, all of the county of Norfolk ; that William Goddard Babcock, of Northborough, may take the name of William Goddard Emerson ; that Rufus Dodge, of Leicester, may take the name of Rufus Dexter ; that Sarah Dodge, wife of said Rufus, may take the name of Sarah Dexter; that Lucy Gilbert Dodge, a minor daughter of said Rufus, may take the name of Lucy Gilbert Dexter ; that Lyman Cranch, of Bolton, may take the name of Charles Augustus Lyman ; that Joanna Allen, of Uxbridge, may take the name of Joanna Spring ; that John C. Allen, a minor son of said Joanna, may take the name of John C. Spring ; that Lavinia Ferguson, an adopted daughter of Benjamin Butman, of
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Worcester, may take the name of Sally Lavinia Butman ; that Jedediah Easterbrook, jun., of Rutland, may take the name of Joel Easterbrook ; that Azubah Partridge Gardner, of Bolton, may take the name of Ellen Partridge Gardner ; and that George Julius Dodge, an adopted son of Asa Putnam, of Sutton, may take the name of George Julius Putnam, all of the county of Worcester; that Solomon S. Rice, of Cambridge, may take the name of Henry Solomon Sibley Rice ; that Lovett Walker, of Hollis- ton, may take the name of Charles Gibbs Walker ; that Mark Newcomb, of Charlestown, may take the name of Mark Winchester ; that Isaac Austin, of Charlestown, may take the name of Arthur Williams Austin ; that Suzan Fiske Manson, of Framingham, may take the name of Susan Fiske Manson ; that Sarah Hazen, of Shirley, may take the name of Sarah Hazen Parker ; that William Francis Cotting, of West Cambridge, a minor son of William Cotting, may take the name of William Wallace Cotting ; and that William Hovey, of Cambridge, may take the name of William Bowles Hovey, all of the county of Middlesex ; that James Sever, jun., of Kingston, may take the name of James Nicholas Sever ; and that Zoroaster Edson, of West Bridgewater, may take the name of Henry Edson, both of the county of Plymouth ; that Job Cash Orchard, of Northampton, may take the name of Josiah Curtis Orchard ; that Olcott Taylor, of Norwich, may take the name of Charles Bizzell Taylor ; that Amasa Wade, of North- ampton, may take the name of Amasa Dwight Wade ; that Patrick Slate, of Northampton, may take the name of George Austin Slate; and that Royal Packard, of Cummington, may take the name of Royal Louis Pack- ard, all of the county of Hampshire; that George Appleton Gold, a minor son of Thomas A. Gold, of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire, may take the name of Nathan Appleton Gold ; that Joseph Smallidge, jun., of Shutesbury, in the county of Franklin, may take the name of Joseph Lucian Smallidge ; and that Gilbert Richmond Lawless, of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol, may take the name of Gilbert Richmond. [March 11, 1828.
AN ACT to change the Names of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That from and after the passing of this act, Sarah Ballough, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, may take the name of Sarah Goodwin, that Thomas Ballough may take the name of Franklin Goodwin, that Sarah Ann Ballough may take the name of Sarah Elizabeth Goodwin, that Abigail Lamb Ballough may take the name of Charlotte Augusta Goodwin, that Samuel Ballough may take the name of Samuel Goodwin, and that George Ballough may take the name of George P. Goodwin, all minor children of said Sarah Ballough first named ; and the said persons, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid. [ March 11, 1828.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein described. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That from and after the passing of this act, the several persons herein named shall be called and known by the names they are hereby respectively allowed to assume, and the same shall be deemed their only proper and
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legal names, viz. : That Nathaniel Johnson Robbins Sumner, of Rutland, in the county of Worcester, may take the name of Robbins Sumner ; that Jacob E. H. Richardson may take the name of Charles Elnathan Hammond Richardson ; that Ai Andrews may take the name of Alfred Ai Andrews ; that Thomas H. Bennett may take the name of Henry Joseph Pickering ; all of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk ; that Josiah Worcester, of Cambridge, may take the name of Frederick Augustus Worcester ; that Charles Parkhurst, of Framingham, may take the name of Charles Thurston Parkhurst ; that Martha Roulstone, of Charlestown, may take the name of Martha Teel, all of the county of Middlesex ; that Lydia Osgood of Salem, may take the name of Sarah Southwick Osgood; that Lydia Stocker, of Salem, may take the name of Mary Stocker; that Edward A. Lummus, of Lynn, physician, may take the name of Edward L. Coffin; that Joseph Dagget, of Newburyport, may take the name of Joseph Brainerd ; that Ednah Dagget, wife of said Joseph, may take the name of Ednah Brainerd ; that Nathan Haskell Dagget, a minor son of said Joseph Dagget, may take the name of Edward Haskell Brainerd ; and that Samuel Dagget, Joseph Dagget, Charles Henry Dagget, Amos Hale Dagget, other minor sons of said Joseph Dagget, may severally take the surname of Brainerd ; that William Bodwell, jun., of Andover, may take the name of Hiram Bodwell ; that Caroline Swett, of Newburyport, may take the name of Caroline Rebecca Swett, all of the county of Essex; that Justis F. Hawes, of Worcester, may take the name of Milton J. Adams ; that Asa Whitcomb, 2d, of Bolton, may take the name of Edwin A. Whitcomb ; that Prudence Barker Howe, of Bolton, may take the name of Ellen B. Howe ; all of the county of Worcester; that Tryphena Trumbull, of South Hadley, may take the name of Mary Trumbull; that Ezekiel Cheever Whitman, of Goshen, may take the name of Ezekiel Cheever; both of the county of Hampshire ; that Brownell Little, of Westport, a minor son of Nichols Little, may take the name of John Brown Little ; that Warden Babcock, of Troy, may take the name of John Warden Adams; and that the minor children of said Warden Babcock, viz. : Hiram Martin Babcock, John Quincy Babcock, and Mary Babcock, may take the surname of Adams, instead of Babcock, all of the county of Bristol ; and that Samuel Hudson Billings, of Roxbury, may take the name of Charles Henry Billings ; that Moses Tappan, of Hanover, in the county of Plymouth, may take the name of James Moss Tappan ; that George Barney, of Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket, may take the name of George H. Barney. [June 12, 1828.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That the several persons herein named shall hereafter be known and called by the names they are hereby respectively allowed to assume, viz. :
That John D. Pierce, minor son of Joseph H. Pierce, may take the name of John Pierce ; that William Brown may take the name of Augustus William Browne ; that Oliver Bliss may take the name of Oliver Henry Bliss ; that John Randall, minor son of Elizabeth Randall, may take the name of Otis Gray Randall; that Bant Hawkes may take the name of George Washington Hawkes ; that Barnabas Reed may take the name of George Crosby Reed ; that Charles Ayer may take the name of Charles
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Washington Ayers ; that John Leighton Fogaty may take the name of John Perkins Leighton ; that John Roberts, book-binder, may take the name of John Gray Roberts ; that George Gray, minor son of Sally Gray, may take the name of John Gray ; that Mary Davis, wife of William Davis, may take the name of Mary Jane Davis ; that Ann T. Jones may take the name of Anna T. Jones ; that Caroline Maria Sumner may take the name of Caroline Sumner Harris ; that Abba Harris Sumner may take the name of Abby Sumner Harris ; that Susan Eastman, formerly the wife of Samuel Eastman, may take the name of Susan Elizabeth Osborne; that Charles Edward Eastman, minor son of the above named Susan, may take the name of Charles Edward Osborne ; and that Daniel Carney, jun., may take the name of Daniel Williams Carney ; all of the city of Boston ; that Moses Endicott, of Salem, may take the name of Charles M. Endicott ; that William Goodhue, jun., of Salem, may take the name of William Penniman Goodhue ; that Penn T. Richardson, of Salem, may take the name of Penn Townsend ; that Samuel Ober, 3d, of Beverly, may take the name of Samuel Stuart Ober; that Henry Clement Chubuck, of Boxford, may take the name of Henry Clement Sullivan ; that Tristam Coffin Otis, of Newburyport, may take the name of James Frederick Otis ; that Theo- dore Norwood minor son of Eliza Rowe, of Gloucester, may take the name of Gorham Norwood ; that Sarah K. Jewett, of Ipswich, may take the name of Sarah Kimball; that George Schaffer, minor son of Eliza Dexter, of Gloucester, may take the name of George Vila ; that John Vila Schaffer, minor son of the above named Eliza, may take the name of John Vila ; that Elizabeth Robbins Schaffer, minor daughter of the before named Eliza, may take the name of Elizabeth Robbins Vila ; all of the county of Essex ; that Tilly Whitcomb Eames, minor son of Judith Eames, of Reading, may take the name of Henry Ames ; that Luther Sherman, jun., of East Sudbury, may take the name of Luther Wheeler Sherman ; that Sarah Tarbell, of Lincoln, may take the name of Sarah Harding Tarbell ; that Abigail Fox Hoar, of Lincoln, may take the name of Abigail Fox; that Sally Johnson, of Reading, may take the name of Sarah Ann Johnson ; that Angela Eaton Gould, of Reading, may take the name of Mersylna Jane Johnson ; all of the county of Middlesex; that Cornelius Fellows Davis, of Roxbury, may take the name of Charles Davis; that Minot Hickox, of Weymouth, may take the name of Minot Harrington ; that Anjenette Tinkham, daughter of Reuben Tinkham, jun., of Wrentham, may take the name of Anjenette Blake ; that Hiram Cary, of Medway, may take the name of William H. Cary ; all of the county of Norfolk; that James Maccubbin Lingan Ward, minor son of Andrew H. Ward, of Shrews- bury, may take the name of William Ward ; that Samuel Cephas Williams, of Shrewsbury, may take the name of Samuel Putnam Williams ; that Abijah Moore, of Lancaster, may take the name of Francis Merritt; that David Holder, of Bolton, may take the name of David Green Holder; that James Taylor, minor son of John Taylor, of Leominster, may take the name of John James Taylor ; that Dexter Whitney, of Westborough, may take the name of Dexter Osborne Whitney ; that Hannah Smith, infant daughter of the late William Smith, of Mendon, may take the name of Maria Emeline Barber Stone ; that Sarah Larkin, of Bolton, may take the name of Sarah Ann Haynes ; that Sarah Boutelle, daughter of Sarah Boutelle, of Leom- inster, may take the name of Sarah Newton Boutelle ; all of the county"
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of Worcester ; that Charles Dwight, of Belchertown, may take the name of Charles Hobart Dwight; that Hezekiah Watrous Davis, of Amherst, may take the name of Hezekiah Davis; that Willard Nelson Taylor, of Granby, may take the name of Willard Taylor ; that Flavel Griswold, of South Hadley, may take the name of John Flavel Griswold ; all of the county of Hampshire; that Jonathan Walker, of West Springfield, may take the name of Jonathan Freeland ; that Nathan David Hall, minor son of Margaret Hall, of Granville, may take the name of Gordon Nathan David Hall ; all of the county of Hampden; that Madison Bowker, of Savoy, may take the name of James Madison Bowker ; that Curtis Mattoon, minor son of Charles Mattoon, of Lenox, may take the name of Charles Nash Mattoon ; that Caroline Martin, daughter of Joel Martin, may take the name of Caroline Martin Brown; all of the county of Berkshire ; that Archippus C. Hart, of New Bedford, may take the name of Charles Hart ; that Sion Seabury, of Westport, may take the name of Franklin P. Seabury ; that Lucy Leonard Richmond, of Taunton, may take the name of Lucy Leonard Eaton ; that Thankful Pierce Richmond, daughter of the above named Lucy, may take the name of Maria Thankful Pierce Eaton ; all of the county of Bristol; that Morse Courtis Watson Hastings, of Sandwich, may take the name of Watson Hastings ; that Samuel Davis, minor son of Wendell Davis, of Sandwich, may take the name of Samuel H. Davis ; that John Thornton Kirkland Davis, minor son of the above named Wendell, may take the name of Wendell Thornton Davis ; all of the county of Barnstable ; that George Coffin, of Nantucket, may take the name of George Washington Coffin. [March 4, 1829.
AN ACT to change the Names of the several Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
That Benjamin Crosby Horne, of Gloucester, may take the name of Benjamin Crosby Orne; that Platts Phillips, of Danvers, may take the name of Alonzo Platts Phillips ; that Judith Dodge, of Danvers, may take the name of Julia Therese Dodge; all of the county of Essex; that Clarrisa Maria Butterfield, a minor, of Lowell, may take the name of Maria Tyler ; that Charlotte Susannah Dodge, a minor, of Newton, may take the name of Charlotte Augusta Crehore, all of the county of Middlesex ; that Sterns Witt, of Oxford, may take the name of Sterns De Witt; that Alex- ' ander C. Witt, of Oxford, may take the name of Alexander De Witt ; that Hollis Witt, of Leicester, may take the name of Hollis De Witt ; that Mary Walker Green, of Oakham, may take the name of Mary Walker Felton; that Francis Merritt, of Lancaster, may take the name of Francis Merritt Moore ; that George Ferguson, a minor, of Worcester, may take the name of George Ferguson Butman ; that Joseph Morse, jun., of Leominster, may take the name of Joseph George Morse; that Samuel Brooks, 4th, of Ashburnham, may take the name of Ira Brooks, all of the county of Worcester ; that Harriot Andrews, of Ware, may take the name of Harriot Francis Andrews ; that James Waterman, of Ware, may take the name of James Henry Waterman, all of the county of Hampshire ; that Archibald C. Witt, of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk, may take the name of Archibald De Witt ; that Lydia Damon, a minor, of Scituate, in the county of Plymouth, may take the name of Lydia Thomas Jones Damon.
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And the several persons herein named shall hereafter be called and known by the names which, by this act, they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid ; and the same shall be considered as their only proper and legal names. [June 12, 1829.
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