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Author: Cindy_Beane
Surnames: MacCubbin, Carroll
Classification: biography
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I have no connection to any of these people. I just found this and thought it might help
someone. This is from Vol. 14, No. 2 (1993) of "The Second Boat." It is in a
column entitled "Thorn in the Genealogist's Crown - Aliases and
Name-Changes":
"MacCubbin to Carroll. In 1783, an Act of the Assembly in Maryland changed the names
of Nicholas MacCubbin and his brother James MacCubbin to Carroll to comply with the will
of their Uncle Charles 'the Barrister' Carroll. In this case, Charles Carroll had
no children and left bequests to the children of his sister, Mary Clare (Carroll)
MacCubbin, provided they change their name."
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