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- Surname change, Hoar to Davison:
Schenectady NY Cabinet 1824-1826 Grayscale - 0451.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/Schenectady%20NY%20Cabinet/Schenectady%20NY%20Cabinet%201824-1826%20Grayscale/Schenectady%20NY%20Cabinet%201824-1826%20Grayscale%20-%200451.pdf
http://books.google.com/books?id=1z84AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=%22john+hoar%22+%22john+davison%22&source=bl&ots=uwOzSsC1M1&sig=c3LT-ClIFhsmwWbI-9ATy-y45eI&hl=en&ei=ilinTd2UJ4a3twfUuciFAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22john%20hoar%22%20%22john%20davison%22&f=false
That John Hoar, of Covington, in o nson the countv 0f Genesee, may at all times hereafter take to himself the sir name of Davison, and that he shall, in all cases whatsoever, be called and known by the name of John Davison.
http://www.newyorkancestry.com/Research%20Tips/Name%20Changes%20in%20NY%20Courts.htm
In part...
Compiler Austin states that "?in 1847, a procedure was established for any adult to make application to a county judge? for an order authorizing assumption of a new name?. If granted, the order had to be published in a newspaper in the county and both filed and recorded in the county clerk's office..." In my research, I found an example of such in the Utica Sentinel and Gazette, a newspaper of Oneida County, New York, Vol. 1, No. 32, Tuesday, January 17, 1826. A paragraph reported the transactions of the New York State House of Assembly on the previous Wednesday, Jan. 11th. Included in such was this petition: "The bill of John Hoar to change his name was read the third time." In Mr. Austin's article, one John Hoar of Covington, Genesee County, wished to change his name to John Davison.
Finally, Mr. Austin notes that "additional un-indexed changes of name may lie buried in the session laws; only a page-by-page reading would detect them, a task not undertaken by [him]." For those who research in New York City, take heart. Mr. Austin reports that "... significant for research... in the New York metropolitan area is a. publication ... by Dr. Kenneth Scott (1984) in which ... more than 900 individuals who sought a change of name" is given. (See Mr. Austin's article for more details.)
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