Abbreviations Found Within the Topsfield, MA Vital Records

Abbreviations Found Within the Topsfield, Massachusetts Vital Records

a. — age.
abt. — about.
b. — born.
bef. —before.
bp. — baptized.
C. R. church record.
ch. — child.
Co. — county.
CT. R. — court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.
d. — daughter; day; died.
Dea. — deacon.
G. R. 1 — gravestone record, Pine Grove Cemetery.
G. R. 2. — gravestone record, South Side Cemetery.
h.—husband.
inf. — infant.
int. — intention of marriage.
Jr. —junior.
m. — male; married; month.
P. R. 1. — private record of deaths, 1790—1853, now in the possession of Mrs. George Warren Towne.
P. R. 2. — Henry Lake's account book, now in the possession of George Francis Dow.
S. — son.
sr. — senior.
unm. — unmarried.
w. — wife.
wid. — widow.
widr. — widower.
y. — year.

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