Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-22
STATE LAWS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the gear of our Lord one thousand eight h'ndret
and t,centy eight.
AN ACT to change the names of seVe
eral Persons therein described.

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v eral Persons therein described.
it BE 1t enacted 6y the Senate and House
e of Representatives IN General Court as
n sembled, and by the authority OF the same,
is 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 Wat
son Patrick may take the name of George
Watson; that Henry Augustus Emery
Humphrey, minor son of George Hum
phrey, NAV 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, lr. may take
the name of Russell Sturgis; that Eliza
beth Palfrey may take the name of Eliza
beth Cazneau Palfrey; that George Dodd
may take the name of George William
/
name of Thomas McCray Gutter that
Prince Freeman, Junior, may take the
name of Henry Prince Freeman; that
Betsey OIivey Lane may take the name
of Elizabeth Olivey Lane; that Maxey
Hall may take the name of Francis Maxey
Hall; that Theophius Bradbury may take
the name of Theophilus Washington
Bradbury that Albert Smith may take
the name of Albert 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 Fuller
ton 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 F. Smith that William Balch,
Junior, 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, minor son of George Nichols,
/ may take the name of John Fl. Nichols;
that Jonathan Kimball, a minor son of
John Kimbali, of Andover, may take the
name of Charles KimbaIl; that John
Richardson, Junior, of Bradford, NAV
take the name of John Pierce Richardson
and that Timothy Abbot, of Andover, may
take the name of Serene Timothy Abbot;
all of the County of Essex; that William
Hickox, of Weymouth, may take the name
lof William Harrington that Catharine
Otis Farnsworth, of Weymouth, may take
the name of Catharne Jane Delap Otis |
Farnsworth; that James Barker, of Frank
lin, may take the name of James Adams
that Abbey Hayden Heath, of Brookline,
may take the name of Abbey Louisa Hay
den 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 Bachelor Peck; all of the County
of Norfolk that William Goddard Bah
cock, of Marlborough, may take the name
OF William Goddard Emerson; that Ru-
fus 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,
minor daughter Of said Rufus, may take
the name Of Lucy Gilbert Dexter that
Lyman Crouch, 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, minor son of said Joanna, may
take the name of John c. Spring that
Lavina Ferguson, an adopted daughter of
Benjamin Butman, of Worcester, may
take the name of Sally Lavina Butman
that Jedediah Easterbrook, Junior, of
Rutland, may take the name of Joel East
erbrook; that Azubal Partridge Gardner.
OF Bolton, may take the name of Ellen
Partridge Gardner and that George JUL
us Dodge, an adopted son of Asa Putnam.
OF Sutton, may take the name of George
julius Putnam all ofthe County of Wor-
cester; that Solomon S. Rice, of Cam
bridge, may take the name of Henry Sol
ONION Sibley Rice; that Lovett Walker.
OF Holllston, may take the name of Charles
Gibbs Walker; that Mark Newcomb, of
Charlestown, may take the name of Mark
Winchester; that Isaac Austin, of Charles
town, may take the name of Arthur Will
llams Austin that Suzan Fiske Manson.
OF birmingham, may take the name Of
Susan Fiske Manson; that Sarah Hazen
of Shirley, may take the name of Sarah
Hazen Parker that William Francis
Getting, of West Cambridge, a minor son
of William Getting, may take the name of
William Wallace Getting; and that Will
liam Hovey, of Cambridge, may take the
name of William Bowles Hovey; all of the
County of Middlesex: that James Sever II