Chap. 0081 An Act to change the names of the persons therein mentioned.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :

Augustus Newman Blake may take the name of Francis Gill-man Wheeler Blake ; Thomas F. Grimes may take the name of Thomas F. Graham ; Elizabeth G. Grimes may take the name of Elizabeth G. Graham ; Elisha Allen Upton may take the name of Eugene Allen Upton ; William F. H. Weld may take the name of William Howland Weld ; Elias Keyes may take the name of Edward L. Keyes ; Charles Suton Mead may take the name of Charles Suton Brigham ; Edward Colman Whee-lock Glover may take the name of Edward Colman Wheelock ; Reuben William Gerry may take the name of William Gerry ; Charles J. T. French may take the name of Charles Otis French ; David Child may take the name of David Weld Child ; Joseph Morse may take the name of Joseph Henry Morse ; John Dole may take the name of John Slate ; Edward Augustus Howard, a minor, may take the name of Abraham Howard ; Huldah Howes Crowell, a minor, may take the name of Caroline Francis Crowell ; Alexander W. Price may take the name of Alexander Pope ; Anne Price may take the name of Anne Pope ; Benjamin Price may take the name of Benjamin Pope ; Mary Price may take the name of Mary Pope ; Alexander Price, jr., may take the name of Alexander Pope, jr. ; Hubert Price may take the name of Hubert Pope ; Edward Courte-

nay Price may take the name of Edward Courtenay Pope ; Abel Barbadoes Howard may take the name of Alfred Gardner Howard ;-all of Boston, in the County of Suffolk.   Moses George, 4th, of Haverhill, may take the name of Moses D. George ; Moses Hoyt, jr., of Amesbury, may take the name of Moses B. Hoyt ; Nathaniel M. Grimes, of Haverhill, may take the name of Nathaniel M. Graham ; Charles G. Grimes, of Haverhill, may take the name of Charles G. Graham ; Mary F. Grimes, of Haverhill, may take the name of Mary F. Graham ; Rufus K. Grimes, of Salem, may take the name of Rufus K. Graham ; Sarah A. Grimes, of Salem, may take the name of Sarah A. Graham ; William Knowlton, of Salem, may take the name of William Cummings Knowlton ; Jonathan Ropes, a minor, of Salem, may take the name of John Felt Ropes ; Caroline Olivia Deland, a minor, of Salem, may take the name of Caroline Olivia Quarles ; Sarah Elizabeth Holmes, of Salem, may take the name of Sarah Elizabeth Bruce ; Sarah Herrick Holmes, of Salem, may take the name of Sarah Herrick Bruce ; Dean Babcock, of Manchester, may take the name of Dean Nelson Kimball; Debby Hooper Broughton, a minor, of Marblehead, may take the name of Mary Hooper Broughton ; George Prime Smith, of Ando-ver, may take the name of George Phillips Smith ; Achsah Diusmore, of Methuen, may take the name of Achsah Hemphill ; Isaac Standley Crampsey, of Beverly, may take the name of Isaac Standley; Israel Trask, jr., of Beverly, may take the name of Israel Wallis Trask ; George D. Chapman, of Beverly, may take the name of George Chapman ; Samuel Herrick, of Beverly, may take the name of Samuel Dinsrnore Herrick ; Joseph Chapman, of Ipswich, may take the name of Joseph Warren Chapman ; Joseph Knight Noyes, of Ipswich, a minor, may take the name of James William Noyes ; Isaac Crockett, of Newbu-ryport, may take the name of Daniel Wright ; Caroline Elizabeth Thurston, of Nevvburyport, a minor, may take the name of Caroline Elizabeth Perkins ;   Susan Louis Tarbox, of Lynn, may take the name of Susan Louis Peirce ; Sally Anne Tarbox, of Lynn, may take the name of Sarah Anne Peirce ; Samuel Tarbox, of Lynn, may take the name of Charles Elbridge Peirce ; Jonathan Kenrick, of Lynn, may take the name of Charles Gustavus Rodman ; Mary H. Kenrick, of Lynn, may take the name of Mary H. Rodman ; Rufus Newhall, 3d, of Lynn, may take the name of Rufus F. Newhall ; Elijah Thwing, jr. of Lynn, may take the name of Harrison Thwing ; Ira A. Poland, of Lynnfield, may take the name of Ira A. Meriam ; Benaiah Titcomb, of Newburyport, may take the name of Be-naiah B. Titcomb ; Caroline Racroft, of Salem, may take the name of Caroline Ann Howard ; William Brophy, of Gloucester, may take the name of William Benton ; Mary Brophy, of Gloucester, may take the name of Mary Benton ; Elijah Merrill, of Haverhill, may take the name of George Merrill ; Abner Libbey, of Danvers, may take the name of Fervin Abner Fen-wood ;-all of the county of Essex.   Thomas Osborn South-

wick, of Marlborough, may lake the name of Ai Roe ; Samuel Robinson Oliver, of Cambridge, may take the name of Andrew Oliver ; John Colburn, of Charlestown, may take the name of John Coburn ; Nathan Harding Praro, of Westford, may take the name of Nathan Harding ; Paulina Grover, of West Cambridge, may take the name of Paulina Carrol ; Amasa Hayes, of Natick, may take the name of George Blake ; Rufus Fisk, of Cambridge, may take the name of Eugene Rufus Fisk ; Francis Blacker, of South Reading, may take the name of Francis Williams ; Louisa Luther Rice, of Marlborough, may take the name of Louisa Malvina Rice ;-all of the county of Middlesex. Levi Flagg Thing, of Worcester, may take the name of Levi Flagg ; Jonathan Lovejoy, of Harvard, may take the name of Jonathan Wyman Lovejoy ; Andros Peirce, of Sutton, may take the name of John Andrew Peirce ; Joseph Wilder, of Lancaster, may take the name of Joseph Masket Wilder ; Amos Waite, of Hubbardston, may take the name of Warren Cutler Waite ; Henry Goodspeed, a minor, of Hubbardston, may take the name of Thomas Henry Goodspeed ; Cyrus Cowl, jr., of Worcester, may take the name of Cyrus Cole ; Josiah Sawyer, 2d, of Berlin, may take the name of Josiah Ellsworth Sawyer ; George Elliot Cutting, a minor, of Boylston, may take the name of George Elliot Favvcett ; Lois C. Rice, of Northborough, may take the name of Louisa C. Rice ; Winthrop Bailey Sawyer, of Berlin, may take the name of Winthrop Bailey ; Thomas Edward Valentine, of Northborough, may take the name of Thomas Weston Valentine ; Stephen Crouch, of Harvard, may take the name of Stephen Gardner ; Harvey Hitchcock, of Sturbridge, may take the name of Harrison Hudson ; Sally Eager, of Northborough, may take the name of Sarah J. Eager; Eber Cutter, of Warren, may take the name of Ebenezer Cutler ; Franklin Cutter, Adaline Cutter, and Hiram Briggs Cutter, minors, of Warren, may severally take the surname of Cutler ; Abel Wilder, 2d.,of Leominster, may take the name of Abel Carter Wilder ; Margaret Stoddard Taft, of Uxbridge, may take the name of Margaret Louisa Taft ; Nancy Pollard, of Lancaster, may take the name of Anna Gertrude Pollard ;-all of the county of Worcester. Benjamin Taylor, of Chesterfield, may take the name of Elisha Benjamin Taylor ; Fanny Smith, a minor, of Middlefield, may take the name of Miranda Smith ; Ansel Abell, of Northampton, may take the name of Ansel George Abell ; Josiah A. Orcutt, of Goshen, may take the name of Josiah Or-cutt Armes ;-all of the county of Hampshire. Hezekiah Fisk, of Ludlow, may take the name of William H. Fisk ;-of the county of Hampden. Frederick Parker, of Buckland, may take the name of Franklin Frederick Parker; Peter Cheney, jr., of Orange, may take the name of Edward P. Cheney ; Ruby Crosby, of Hawley, may take the name of Charlotte Ruby Crosby ; Cephas Gunn, of Montague, may take the name of Cephas Sherwood ; Diadema Mack Gunn, of Montague, may take the name of Diadema Maria Sherwood ; Noadiah Gunn, of

Montague, may take the name of Charles Julius Sherwood ; John Bartlet, of Shutesbury, may take the name of John Henry Bartlet ; Edwin Eaton, of Shutesbury, may take the name of Edwin Mason Eaton ; Daniel Wood, jr., of Shutesbury, may take die name of Daniel Edwin Wood ; Reuel Spear, of Shutesbury, may take the name of James Reuel Spear ;-all of the county of Franklin. Harriet Pierce Shepard, a minor, of Dorchester, may take the name of Sarah Pope Shepard ; Henry Reed, of Canton, may take the name of Henry Matthews ; Joseph Foster Taft, a minor, of Dedham, may take the name of Josiah Foster Flagg ;-all of the county of Norfolk. Erial Allen Cobb, of Middleborough, may take the name of Allen Cobb; Charles Peirce, of Middleborough, may take the name of Charles Frederick Pierce ; Joseph Cushman, 2d, of Kingston, may take the name of Joseph Tilson Cushman ; Jonathan Wilson Cobb, of Middleborough, may take the name of Wilson Cobb ; Francis Dana Bumpus, of Wareham, may take the name of Francis Dana ; Eliza Bumpus, of Wareham, may take the name of Eliza Dana ; Seth S. Loring, of Duxbury, may take the name of Seth L. Sprague ;-all of the county of Plymouth. Joseph Martin, of Truro, may take the name of Joseph Lee ; Charles Breen, of Barnstable, may take the name of Charles Green ; David Cook, 2d, of Provincetown, may take the name of Winthrop David Cook ;-all of the county of Barnstable. And the several persons before mentioned, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which by this act they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and said names shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names, to all intents and purposes. [Approved by the Governor, March 23, 1840.]