namechanges
~ NAME CHANGES 1780 - 1892 ~

MARLBOROUGH - SOUTHBOROUGH - NORTHBOROUGH - HUDSON

Source: Massachusetts State Government. List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1892. Boston: 1893

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Marlborough

That from and after the passing of this act, Billy Hager, of Marlborough, in the county of Middlesex, son of William Hager, of said Marlborough, shall be allowed to take the name of William Hager

That Ira Sawyer, of Marlborough, laborer, may take the name of Alfred Ira Sawyer

That Louisa Luther Rice, of Marlborough, may take the name of Louisa Malvina Rice

That Samuel Chipman, jun., of Marlborough, may take the name of Samuel Adams Chipman

That Alcimus Fairbanks, of Marlborough, may take the name of George Fairbanks

That Joseph S. Trowbridge, of Marlborough, may take the name of Joseph S. Bradley

That Alexander E. Pope, of Marlborough, may take the name of Franklin Mancer Pope

That Nahum Allen Dalrymple, of Marlborough, may take the name of Nahum Allen Gay

That John Boyd, jun., of Marlborough, may take the name of John Merrick Boyd

That Thomas Colley, of Marlborough, may take the name of Thomas Corey

That Jonathan Brigham Cunningham, Sarah Cunningham, Lydia Ann Cunningham, and Sarah Cunningham, jun., all of Marlborough, may severally take the surname of Brigham

That Charles Courtsworth Babcock, of Marlborough, may take the name of Charles Dana Elliot

That Lueretia Barnes, of Marlborough, may take the name of Lucretia Felton

That Earl H. Southwick, of Marlborough, may take the name of George Houghton

That William Toombs and Ruth F. Toombs, his wife, of Marlborough, may take the names of William Edward Wood and Ruth Fry Wood; also, their three minor children, Louisa Elizabeth Toombs, Martha Toombs, and Mary Toombs, may take the surname of Wood instead of Toombs

That Abraham Rice, of Marlborough, may take the name of Abraham Winfield Rice

That Sarah Bruce, of Marlborough, may take the name of Sarah Elizabeth Bruce

That William Brown Chase, of Marlborough, may take the name of William Chase

That Silas Proctor Pingrey, of Marlborough, may take the name of Proctor Pingrey

That Ledry Cooledge Wright, a minor, of Marlborough, may take the name of Charles Wright

That Luther Rice, of Marlborough, may take the name of Luther Melville Rice

Original Name.: Michael Gorman
Name Decreed.: Charles Francis
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Abraham Paul
Name Decreed.: Abraham Paul Belmore
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Mary Frances Brigham
Name Decreed.: Mary Frances Barnard
Residence.: Marlborough

Original Name.: Jennie Elliot Coolidge
Name Decreed.: Jennie Elliot Cotting
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Emma Jane Parker
Name Decreed.: Emma Mebltable Morse
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Louisa Ann Howe
Name Decreed.: Annie Louisa Howe
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Francis Evans
Name Decreed.: Frank Bean
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Arthur Bemis
Name Decreed.: Arthur Greenwood
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Annette E. Wallace
Name Decreed.: Nettie Jennie Gibson
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Mary Ann Flavin
Name Decreed.: Mary Ann Flynn
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Albert Heldenrich
Name Decreed.: Herbert Reed Brigham
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Freddie Heidenrich
Name Decreed.: Feddie Ellsworth Wilkins
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Ella Jane Hemphill
Name Decreed.: Ella Hemphill Perry
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Anna White Warren
Name Decreed.: Anna White Draper
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Thomas Wallace
Name Decreed.: Thomas Dunn
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: George Dana Winch
Name Decreed.: George Dana Mansfield
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Abraham Paul Belmore
Name Decreed.: Abraham Paul
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Peter Christmas
Name Decreed.: Peter Noel
Residence.: Marlborough

Original Name.: Flora Ann Temple
Name Decreed.: Florence Engente Temple
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Georgie Mabel Streeter
Name Decreed.: Georgie Mabel Jacobs
Residence.: Marlborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Ella Prudence Brown
Name Decreed.: Ella Cora Baker
Residence.: Marlborough

Original Name.: Arthur H. Russell
Name Decreed.: Arthur Walker
Residence.: Marlborough

Original Name.: Joanna McCarron
Name Decreed.: Josephine Agnes Barnes
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Samuel Mitchell
Name Decreed.: Samuel O'Kelly
Residence.: Marlborough

Original Name.: Nellie F. Brigham
Name Decreed.: Nellie Fay Brigham Belknap
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Mindora Fisher Daggett
Name Decreed.: Maud Fanny Dyar
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Mabel Conley
Name Decreed.: Mabel May Skiff
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Thomas Joseph Jones
Name Decreed.: Thomas Joseph Ryan
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Charles Roscoe Basaford
Name Decreed.: Charles Roscoe Craig
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Sarah Elizabeth Ellis
Name Decreed.: Sarah Lillan Ellis
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Albert Henry Putnam
Name Decreed.: Henry Albert Putnam
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Joseph Donovan
Name Decreed.: Joseph Burke
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: George Cierendon Cotting
Name Decreed.: Philip Cierendon Cotting
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Andrew McGlenn Walsh
Name Decreed.: Francis Wilbur Carey
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Mary Bertha McDonald
Name Decreed.: Mary Bertha Barke
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Irene A. Mahoney
Name Decreed.: Irene Ann Looby
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: James Edward Tubbs
Name Decreed.: James Edward Wilson
Residence.: Marlborough.

Original Name.: Caroline Connors
Name Decreed.: Carrie Johnston Millik
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Austin Mann
Name Decreed.: Elmer Allen Bursley
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Walter Ray
Name Decreed.: Fordyce Raymond Moores
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Laura Noble
Name Decreed.: Laura Alton Howe
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Lottie Alberta Trecartin
Name Decreed.: Lottie Louisa Doyle
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Abbie Louisa Wheeler
Name Decreed.: Abbie Louisa Walker
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Original Name.: Sarah Jane McGovern
Name Decreed.: Sarah Jane Reynolds
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption
 
Original Name.: Ellen Collins
Name Decreed.: Ellen Shea
Residence.: Marlborough.
Adoption

Northborough

That Flavel Fay of Northborough, trader, may take the name of John Flavel Fay

That Salome Fay, of Northborough, may take the name of Mary Salome Fay

That Roger Phelps, of Northborough, may take the name of Henry Rogers Phelps

That Alothina Bartlett Howe, a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of Ellen Frances Gertrude Howe

That Lois C. Rice, of Northborough, may take the name of Louisa C. Rice

That Sally Eager, of Northborough, may take the name of Sarah J. Eager

That Lois Brigham Nourse, a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of Louisa Brigham Nourse

That Asa Goodnow Howe, of Northborough, may take the name of John Calhoun Howe

That Samuel Wood, of Northborough, may take the name of Samuel Lees Wood

That Charles Dwight Eager, of Northborough, may take the name of Charles Henry Eager

That William Everett Dalrymple, a minor, of Northborough, may take the name of William Everett Warren

Original Name.: Brida Sawyer
Name Decreed.: Lelia Bertha Wood
Residence.: Northborough
Adoption

Original Name.: Harry C. Townsend
Name Decreed.: Harry Carleton Fay
Residence.: Northborough.
Adoption

Southborough

That Francis Fay, Jun. of Southborough, shall be allowed to take the name of Francis Ball Fay

That Emery Brigham, of Southborough, in the county of Worcester, shall be allowed to take the name of Emery Cushing Brigham

That Larkin Newton, of said Southborough, shall be allowed to take the name of Henry Martial Pinkney

That Marcellus Emerson, minor, adopted by Warren Fay, of Southborough, may take the name of Marcellus Emerson Fay

Original Name.: George Washington Onthank
Name Decreed.: George Wasbington Rice
Residence.: Southborough.
Adoption

Hudson

Original Name.: Sophia Annis Curtis
Name Decreed.: Frankis Spaulding Curtis
Residence.: Hudson.

Original Name.: Richard Burke
Name Decreed.: Richard Irving Maynard
Residence.: Hudson
Adoption

Original Name.: Abbie Maria Newhall
Name Decreed.: Abbie Maria Holyoke
Residence.: Hudson
Adoption

Original Name.: Agness Gertrude Bruce
Name Decreed.: Agness Gertrude Phelps
Residence.: Hudson
Adoption

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