The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-09
An ACT 10 change the Names of the
persons therein mentioned

An ACT 10 change the Names of the
persons therein mentioned.
Be al enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. IN General Court assembled,
and By Tie authority Of the same, That the
several persons herein named, shall hereaf-
ter be known and called BY the names they
are hereby respectively allowed to assume,
viz.-fhat Grace Baker, single woman, may
take the name of Lucreua Baker; that Isaac
Brown, druggist, may take the name of John
Isaac Brown; that Ebmezer Dorr Child, son
of David w. Child, nay take the name of
Edward Vernon Chill that Charles Fessen-
den, may take the name of Charles Phillips
Fessenden that Charles Lee, merchant, may
take the name of Charles Henry Lee; that
Isaac Osgood, Counsellor at Law, may take
the name of Isaac Peabody Osgood that Will
liam Parker, son of Jonas Parker, of Pepper
ell, may take the name of William Gay Par
ker; that Lucy Parsons, daughter of the late
| Hon. Theophdus Parsons, may take the name
of Lucy Gfeenleaf Parsons; that George
| Roulstone, son of John Roulstone, 'riding-mas-
ter, may take the name of John Stephen Roul-
stone that George Shepherd, trader, may
| take the name of George Adams Shepherd !;
that Robert Gibbs Southack, may take the
| name of Robert Southack Gibbs that Ed
ward Williams, merchant, may take the name
| of Edward Alexander Williams that William
Winchester, son of Edmund Winchester, may
| take the name Of William Parsons Winches-
| ter all Of Boston, in the county of Suffolk !:
That Benjamin Deland CO., of Lynn, Cord
! wainer, may take the name of William Ben
jamin Dana; that Edward Stanley Dean, son
of Thomas Dean, of Salem, mariner, may take
| the name of Edward Dean that Jonathan
| Osborn the third, son of Richard Osborn, of
| Danvers, may take the name of Jonathan w,
Osborn; that Paine Sargent, Of Newbury,
chaise maker, may take the name of Paine
| Wingate Sargent; that Cornelius l.. Wyatt,
labourer, of Wenham, may take the name Of
| Cornelius Larcom PRESTON that Samuel Wy
att, labourer, Of san Wenham, nay take the
name OF Samuel Preston all of the county of
Essex That Elizabeth Hedley. of Roches-
ter, III the county of Plymouth, may take the
name OF Elizabeth Wing Hedley that Harriet
| Dlnsmore, daughter of Amos Parker, ofRead-
ing, may take the name of Harriet Brigden
Parker; that Elijah Bingham Wright, of Pep
perell, lH1usewright, may take the name OF
| William Otis, both of the county of Middle
sex; that James Carter, of Lancaster, son of
| James Carter, of Leominster, may take the
name OF James Gordon Carter; that Henry
Hills, Of Leominster, may take the name OF
| George Henry Hills, both of the county OF
| Worcester; that Nathan Fisher, of Dover,
trader. may take the name of Nathan Mason
Fisher; that James Thlyer, of Weymouth,
| cordwainer, may take the name of James Eli
| phas lhayer, both of the county of Norfolk
| That RebecCa Smith Rice, adopted daughter
OF Moses Smith, Physician, of Hawley, in the
county of Franklin, may take the name of Re-
| becca Ann Smith that Henry Sheldon, son
OF Charles Sheldon, late of Springfield, de.
| ceased, may take the name of Henry w.
Sheldon. And the several persons herein
named shall hereafter be called and known
by the names, which, by this Act, they are re-
| spectively allowed 10 assume us aforesaid ;
| and the same shall be considered as their only
proper and legal names.
.4pPrOred By The Gorsrnour,
Feb. 3, 1928.