Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-06-30
LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BY AUTHORITY.
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,.
IN THE YEAR OF CUR LORD ONE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR.
An Act to change the names OF

ElGhE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR
An Act to change the names Of
the persons therein mentioned.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives., an Genera! 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 called and
known by the names which by this act they
are respectively allowed to assume, viz: Will
liam Andrews, of Boston, merchant, may take
the name of William Stutson Andrews; that
Joseph Bradford, of Boston, merchant, may
take the name of Joseph Nash Bradford that
Joseph Haydn Won Hagen, minor, may take
the name Of Joseph Adams Ballard that Joa-
nette Catherine Elizabeth Won Hagen, mi
nor, may take the name Of Jeanette Gather
inc Elizabeth Ballard; that Robert Dyer, prin-
ter, may take the name of Robert Spencer by
er; that John Haskell, machinist, may take
the name Of John Augustus Haskell; that
Benjamin Holmes the third, minor, may take
the name of Benjamin Salter Holmes that
Chloe Lincoln, mantua maker, may take the
name of Martha Ann c. Lincoln that Nancy
Lovejoy, mantua maker, may take the name
OF Ann Frances Lovejoy; that William S. New
man, cordwainer, may take the name of Will
liam Homer Newman {; that David Murphy
Rupp, minor, may take the name of David
Coilson Mosely Rupp; that Matilda Sleeper,
may take the name of Matilda Ormond Mont
gomery; that John Smith, may take the name
Of John Henry Smith; that James Scott Thorn
dixie, may take the name of James Franklin
Ihorndike that Edward Tuckerman the Sec
ond, may take the. name of Francis Edward
Tucaerman; that Woods Lee Wheeler. ira.
der, may take the name of Woodhouse Lee
Wheeler; that Thomas Herrick Waterman,
may take the name of Thomas Waterman Her
rick; that Thomas Frederick Palmer, may
take the name of Thomas Frederick Temple
Palmer; that William James Palmer, may
take the name Of William Bowdoin Palmer,
all of Boston in the county of Suffolk. And
that John Clark Fills, minor, of Salem, may
take the name of John L. Clark; that Luther
Brtton, of Salem, cordwainer, may take the
name Of Luther Reed; that Aaron Field, of
Lynn, may take the name of Aaron Chauncey
Clark Field; that Equality Weston, of Lynn,
may take the name Of John Equality Weston +;
that Thomas Lambert, Jun. of Rowley. may
take the name Of Thomas Merrill Lambert ;
that Elizabeth Ann Tyler, of Newburypert,
may take the name Of Sarah Elizabeth Tyler
all of the county Of Essex that Amos Baker,
jun. Of Lincoln, may take the name of Amos
Prescott Baker that Luther Fish, of Sudbury,
may take the name of Luther Richardson; that
Mary G. Tarbox, Of Charlestown, may take
the name of Mary G. Thorndike that Alex.
ander White McQuillin, of East Sudbury, may
take the name Of Alexander Whitehall OF the
county Of Middlescx that William Marble
the second, of Charlton, may take the name
OF William Proctor Marble; that Otis McLane.
OF the town Of Worcester, husbandman, NAV
take the name Of Otis David Lane; that Hal
burton McLane, son of the said Otis McLane.
may take the name of Halliburton Lane that
Joseph Jennings McLane, son of the said Otis
McLane, may take the name Of Joseph Jen.
nlngs Lane; that Caleb Henry Mellen Prem
tiss, OF Leominster, may take the name of Ca.
ieh NJ. Prentiss; that Cornelius Rix, of Har,
ward, may take the name of Eleazer Rix.:
that Cephas- Whitcomb, of Bolton, may take
the name of James Bedingfeld Whitcomb--
all Of the county Of Worcester; that Warham
Crooks, of Springfield, in the county of Hamp.
den, may take the name6f James Warham
Crooks; that Luther Frink, of Greenwich,
may take the name of William Field; That Sam
uel Partridge, third, of Hatfield, may take the
name of Samuel Dwight Partridge-both of
the county of Hampshire that Joseph Atkins
aIlontenari, of Plymouth, mariner, may take
che name of Joseph Atkins. And the several
peraons herein named, shall hereafter be cal
'ed and known by the names which bv This
act, they are respectively allowed TO assume
as AFORESAID; and the same shall be consider
ed as their only proper and legal names.
approved by the Governor, June l2, 1924.