I think Polly is a very English pet name for Mary Jan Miller <jgrellim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Almost everyone in my genealogy class--including the instructor, since I began with this group 10 years ago-- has maintained Polly is a nick name or pet name for Mary. While I never could see the connection between "M" and "P", I accepted the more experienced explanation. Then I had a Joel Bacon marry a "Polly" Wheaton or Whitten in CT 1790 and found I had one, too! Jan jgrellim@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "quillpen1" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje >I honestly never heard the name Polly used for Mary.....only for > Elizabeth.....Molly either for that matter. Mary was always Mame or Mamie. > > I think it depended on the country of origin of the family. When I was > growing up I knew several Jewish women named Molly and it wasn't a pet > name > for Mary. Mamie was an Irish pet name. Then there was Dolly for > Dolores.....Polly, Molly and Dolly. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Dirckje > > >> My Great-Great-Grandmother was Mary (DeForest) Hoyt. Everyone knew her as >> Polly Hoyt. >> George Hoyt >> >> >> ************************************** >> Get a sneak peek of >> the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/