The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-04-02
[No. 10.
AN ACT to change the names of several


persons therein described.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rem
reSentatiUeS i'e General Court assembled. and
6y the authority Of the same, That from and af-
ter 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 on
~ proper and legal names, viz That Joseph
Dowdlng Bass Eaton may take the ct 10
seph Bass Eaton that George Watson Patrick
may take the name of George Watson that
Henry Augustus Emery Humphrey, 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, ir. may take the
name of Russell Sturgis that Elizabeth Pal
frey 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, junior, may take the
name of Henry Prince Freeman that Betsey
Olivey Lane may take the name of Elizabeth
Ohvey Lane that Maxey Hall may take the
name of Francis Maxey Hall that Theophilus
Bradbury may take the name of Theophilus
Washington Bradbury; that Albert Smith NAV
take the name of Albert William Smith that
Thomas Ham may take the name of Thomas
Ham Granville; that Francis BCelow 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 Suffolk that Amos Smith,
junior, of Salem, may take the name of Amos
Smith that William Balch, Junior, of Brad
ford, may take the name of William Henry
Balch; that Sarah Tenny, of Bradford may
take the name of Sarah De Tenny that Han
| nah Ordway, of Bradford, may take the name
OF Hannah Dorothy Annis; that John Nichols,
of Salem, minor son of George Nichols, NAV
take the name of John H. Nichols that iona
| than Kmball, minor son of John Kimball, of
Andover, may take the name of Charles KIM
ball that John Richardson, junior, of Bradford,
may take the name of John Pierce Richardson
and that Timothy Abbot, of Andover, NAV take
the name of Serene Timothy Abbot, all of the
County of Essex that William Hickox, of
1 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 Bar.
ker, of Franklin, may take the name of James
Adams; that Abby Hayden Heath, of Brook
line, may take the name of Abby Louisa Hay
den Heath; that Almira Penniman, of Brook
line, may take the name of Almira Cornela
Penniman that Willis George Daniels. Of
/ Franklin, may take the name of George Willis
Daniels and that George Peck, of Braintree
| Indy tdhr the If GanrGe Botchallar Pecr
all Of the County of Norfolk that William
Goddard Babcock, of Marlborough. NAV 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 Dex.
ter; that Lucy Gilbert Dodge, minor daugh-
fnr Of Rttff, Cob 4
Gilbert Dexter; that Lyman Cranch, of Boi.
ton, may take the name of Charles Augustus
Lyman that Joanna Allen, of Uxbridre, NAV
take the name of Joanna Spring that John c.
Allen, minor son of said Joanna may take the
name of John 9. Spring that Lavinia Fergu.
son, an adopted daughter of Benjamin Butman
of Worcester, may take the name of Sally La
vinid Butman that Jedediah Easterbrook. ir
Of Rutland, may take the name of Joel Easter.
brook; tina: Azubal Partridge Gardner, of Boil.
ton, may take the name Of Ellen Partridge
Gardner and that George julius Dodge, an
; adopted son of Asa Putnam, Of Sutton NAV
take the name of George Julius Putnam, all Of
the County of Worcester that Solomon S
Rice, of Cambridge, may take the name Henry
Solomon Sibley Rice; that Lovett Walker Of
Holliston, may take the name Of Charles Gibbs
Walker that Mark Newcomb of Charlestown
may take the name of Mark Winchester that
Isaac Austin, of Charestown, may take the
name of Arthur Williams Austin that Suzau
Fiske Manson, of birmingham, may take the
name of Susan Fiske Manson that Sarah Ha.
zen, of Shirley, may take the name of Sarah
Hozen Parker; that William Francis Cottng
of West Cambridge, minor son of William
Cottirg, may take the name of William Wal
lace Getting; and that William Hovey, of Cam
bridge, may take the name of William Bowles
Hovoy, all Of the County of Mddesex that