The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-03-20
An ACT to change the names Of the
persons therein mentioned.

SEC. /. BE ii eYaacted by The Senate and
House Of Representatives. an General Court
assembled, and by the authority Of The same,
That from and after the passing Of this act,
the several persons herein named shall be
known and called by the names they are res
pectively allowed to assume, VIZ THAT
William Hart Bowies, bookseller, may take
the name OF William Ralph Hart Bowies -
that John Dana, merchant, may take the
name of John bridge Dana /; that Deborah
Eunson may take the name OF Deborah Lin
coin !; that Peter Nathaniel Greene, printer,
may take the name oil Nathaniel Greene -
that Pelham Holmes, jun. merchant, may take
the name of James Lobdell Holmes that Jo-
seph Eckley Huntington, son OF the late Rev
erend Joshua Huntington, may take the name
OF Joshua huntington ; that Jason Jay Jerome,
broker, may take the lame OF John Jay Je-
rome that Sophia Lapham, widow, may take
the name OF Sophia Dunbar, aud that her son,
Charles Howard Lapham, minor, may take
the name of Charles Howard Dunbar that
Charles Spring, merchant, may take the name
OF Charles Augustus spring THAT Edward Ste
vens, gentleman, may take the name OF Ed
ward Lowe Stevens that John Thayer, mi.
nor, son OF the Reverend Nathaniel Ihayer, of
Lancaster, may take the name of John Eliot
1hayer !; that John Iruil, distiller, son Of John
Irull, late OF 1ewksbury, husbandnan, de-
ceased, may take the name Of John Wyman
TruIt; that Edward IRVING, son OF the late
Doctor Shirley Irving, deceased, may take the
name OF Edward Shirley IRVING thai Jonathan
Stearns, Grocer, son OF David Stearns, late OF
Weston, may take the name oil Jonathan Pack
| ard orearns-all OF Boston,in the county oil SUI
folk; that Elizabeth Cleaveland, "a minor, daugh-
| ter OF Parker Cleaveland, of n0wey, may take
the name Of Elizabeth Abigail CleaVeland -
that Hannah Hardy, OF bradford, ,single wo-
! man, daughter OF Reuben Hardy, .oi SAID Brad
| ford, deceased, may take the name Of Han
nah Coves Hardy that Joseph Hoyt, jun., of
Amesbury, chaise -niaker, may take the name
| Of Job Hoyt that Jacob Boardman PatteD, of
| AmesbuTy, gentleman, may take the name of
Charles Roardman Patten ; that Herbert Pea
| body, a minor, son OF Samuel Peabody, jun. Of
| Salem, may take the name OF Herbert Cheever
Peabody; that Ebenezer Sargent, of Amesbu-
| ry, chalse-maker, may take the name OF Noah
Sargent +; that Edmund Sargent, of Amesbury,
| potter, may take the name OF smith Sargent !;
| that Mary Ann Cleaveland Spaulding, OF By
I field, may take the name Of Mary-Ann Cleaye-
| land that Sarah-Ann Boardnian, a minor,
| daughter Of Otin Boardman, of Newburyport,
may take the name OF Sarah Greenleai Board
man that Clement Tricky, Of Salem, trader,
may take the name OF Clement 1racy-all Of
the county ofEssex that William Blanchard,
a minor, son Of Isaac Blanchard, OF Charles
town, may take the name OF Sampson Stod-
dard Blanchard that Napoleon Buonaparte
demenway, OF birmingham, may take the
name Of Charles Hemcnway ;sthat Billey On
thank, Of liolliston, may cake the name OF Will
Lam Newton Onthank that Amos Prescott,
iAbourer, OF Westiord, now resident m Pepper
ell, may take the name OF Amos Fletcher Pres
cott that Frederick Manson, jun. of Cam
bridge, printer, may take the name of Frcder-
lck hnrlburt Manson that Ira Sawyer, of
Marlborough, labourer, may take the name Of
Alfred Ira sawyer !; that Nathan Weston, Of
ChaFlestown, school-inaster, may take the
name OF Alexander Nathan Weston that A.
mos Cox, Of Weston, son of Joseph Cox, Of
Waliham, may take the name Of Daniel Wy
maa--all Of the county OF Middlesex that
elias Allen, Of Dorchester, may take the name
Of William Winthrop Allen !. that George Mi
not, the third, Of dorchester, may take the
lame Of George Nathaniel Minoit that Viii
lard Savage, OF Needhan, may take the name
"a Alonzo Temple that Alice Sumner, Of
Brookline, may take the name Of Alice EIiza-
beth Sumner-al Of the county Of. Norfolk :
that William Mendell, the second, Of Roches-