"An Act to change the Name of the Persons therein mentioned. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ... Lucinda Porter Bean may take the name of Lucinda Porter Whitman; also her minor children, Stephen Bean, may take the name of Stephen Whitman; Helen Maria Bean, may take the name of Helen Maria Whitman; Rufus Henry Bean, may take the name of Rufus Henry Whitman; Hannah Emily Bean, may take the name of Hannah Emily Whitman; Louisa Almira Bean, may take the name of Louisa Almira Whitman; and Ephraim Whitman Bean, may take the name of Ephraim Parks Whitman; ... all of the city of Boston. ... Elias Bean, of Palmer, may take the name of Elias Bean Whitman; all of the county of Hampden. ... [March 25, 1845."
