List of Persons whose Names have been Changed
From List of Persons whose Names have been Changed in Massachusetts 1780-1892
in Dukes County, 1850-1892
collated and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1885.
Reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1972.
| Date | Original Name | Adopted Name | Town of Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 1850 | Rebecca West | William Valentine Worth | Chilmark |
| 23 May 1851 | Edwin Coffin | Edwin Russell Coffin | Edgartown |
| 1856 | William Ross Merrills | William Ross Pease | Edgartown |
| 1856 | William Buckley Norton | William Robert Norton | Tisbury |
| 19 Jan 1863 | Tristram Ripley * | Tristram R. Holley | Edgartown |
| 16 Jan 1865 | Nettie Packard * | Nettie Louisa Packard | Edgartown |
| 16 Jan 1865 | Harry H. Furguson | Harry Adams Norton | Edgartown |
| 19 July 1869 | Andrew R. Luce * | Charles L. Wicks | Tisbury |
| 6 Jan 1870 | Mary E. Skidmore * | Fanny A. Lewis | Tisbury |
| 5 Sep 1870 | Martha A. M. Bell * | Annie J. Thomas | Tisbury |
| 17 Oct 1870 | Sarah Edith Hatch * | Ava J. S. Athearn | Tisbury |
| 5 June 1871 | Frederick A. Quinnell * | Frederick O. Luce | Edgartown |
| 15 Jan 1872 | Agusta Lewis | Agusta Heft | Tisbury |
| 2 Dec 1872 | Willie F. Simpson | Willie F. Saunders | Tisbury |
| 2 Dec 1872 | Eliza Ann Simpson | Eliza Ann Spencer | Tisbury |
| 3 Mar 1873 | Hannah Rose Crosby | Aleta Thomas Robinson | Tisbury |
| 2 June 1873 | Essie G. Thaxter | Essie G. Wilbur | Edgartown |
| 1 Dec 1873 | Elizabeth Elnora White | Elizabeth Elnora Cleveland | Tisbury |
| 7 June 1875 | Josephine Anderson | Josephine Sylva | Edgartown |
| 9 July 1875 | Samuel Smith Daggett Esau | Samuel Smith Daggett | Edgartown |
| 4 Sep 1876 | Alonzo Manual * | Alonzo Mason Ripley | Edgartown |
| 16 Apr 1883 | Sophia M. Swain | Emma Walker Mayhew | Tisbury |
| 3 Sep 1883 | Presberry Luce | Presbury Sherwood Luce | Tisbury |
| 15 Oct 1883 | Beatrice Fuller | Daisy May Wesley | Cottage City |
| 15 Oct 1883 | Lizzie C. Harrison | Lizzie H. Rice | Cottage City |
| 2 June 1884 | George C. Wheeler * | George Cromwell Greene | Cottage City |
| 15 Oct 1884 | Beatrice Fuller * | Daisy Mary Wesley | Cottage City |
| 1 Nov 1884 | Ruth E. Defose * | Ruth E. Chadwick | Cottage City |
| 20 Apr 1885 | Warren A. Defose * | Warren Andrew Chadwick | Cottage City |
| 7 Dec 1885 | Grace L. Newcomb * | Grace L. Chase | Tisbury |
| 19 Oct 1891 | Frank L. Stuart | Frank Leonard Norton | Edgartown |
| 10 Feb 1892 | Chester Campbell * | Walter Loyd Mayhew | Chilmark |
| 5 Apr 1892 | Dorothy Clark * | Eliza May Stratton | Cottage City |
*Changed by Reason of Adoption.