. They were credited to "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (7th Ed.)," by Frederick Lewis Weis. > adm. - admitted----administrator (of a will) > ae., aet. - aged---age > aft. - after > als. - alias > ante - before; by > app. or appt. - apparently----appointed, appointment > b. - born > bap., bapt. - baptized > bef. - before > betw. - between > bur. - buried > ca. - about (circa) > Cal. - Calendar > cf. - compare > cit. - the work cited (citato) > Co. or co. - county > coh. - co-heir > Coll. - College > cr. - created (as a peer) > d. - died > d.c.c - writ of diem clausit extremum ("he has closed his last day") > d.s.p. - died without issue (sine prole) > d.s.p. legit (not d.s.p.l.) died without legitimate issue > d.s.p.m. - died with male issue > d.v.p. - died during father's lifetime (vita patris) > d.y. - died young > dau. - daughter > dea. - deacon > disp. - dispensation > div. - divorced > dtd. - dated > ff. - following > fl. - flourished or living (only approximate date known) > frm - freeman, a voter in a colony. The date following is the date he > was admitted. > gen(s) - generation(s) > gent. - gentleman > gr. - granted > GS - gravestone > h. - heir (or heiress) > H.C. - Harvard College > husb. - husband > i. - issue > I.P.M.; Inq.p.m. - An inquest held to determine the deceased's land > holding. (Inquisition post mortem, usually dated by "regnal year", > which is expressed, as an example: 3 Hen. 4: 3 Hen IV - Third year of > the reign of Henry IV) (many old dates are given in this manner, > particularly those of the Inq.p.m.) > ibid. - the same > J.P. - Justice of the Peace > j.u. - jure uxoris, right of wife > k. - killed > K.B. - Knight of the Bath > K.G. - Knight of the Garter > K.T. - Knight of the Thistle (Scotland) > knt., kt. - knight > lic. - license > liv. - living > loc. cit. - place cited > m. - married > m. (1); m. (2); m. (3) - married first; married second; third, etc. > M.I. monumental inscription > M.P. - Member of Parliament > matric. - matriculated (entered and recorded at college or university) > ment. - mentioned > Mich. - Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael (many old dates are given > as of a Saint's feast day, or days preceding or following it.) > ms. - manuscript > N., N.N. - name not known > n.i. - no issue > N.S. or n.s. - new series > nr. - near > ob. - died----obit > occ. - occurs > op. cit. - the work cited above (opere citato) > p.; pp. - page; pages > P.C. - Privy Council > PCC - Prerogative Court of Canterbury > perh. - perhaps > pres. - presumed > pro. - probated or proved (will) > prob. - probably > psh. - parish > pub. - published > purch. - purchased > q.v. - quod vide, which see > ref(s) - reference(s) > regnal year - the date most often used in medieval documents referring > to the number of the year of the reign of the monarch at the time the > document was dated. > Rot. - Roll; Rolls (rotalus). A term used for many types of early > records. > s. - son > s.p. - without issue (see d.s.p.) > sett. - settled > sh. - shortly > suc. - succeeded > succ. - successively > summ. - summoned > suo juris - in his (or her) right > surv. - survived > ult. - ultimo (last) > unkn. - unknown > vol. - volume > wid. - widow > y. - young > yr. - younger > yr(s). - year(s) > yst. - youngest