Daily AncestorPrisc.
Prisc. or Pris. in old records is an abbreviation of the first name Priscilla.
Prisc. and Pris. are clerks' shortenings of Priscilla. Name lists give both forms, and they turn up in church registers, wills and census pages.
Indexes may keep the short form, so a search for Priscilla can miss a Prisc. entry. Check the sex column, or a husband's name, to confirm the reading.
As seen in a recordName column of a church membership list
Prisc. Haskins, 66, Widow
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