Daily AncestorSol.
Sol. is an old abbreviation of the first name Solomon, found in deeds, wills, church registers and census pages.
Sol. is a clerk's shortening of the given name Solomon. Busy writers cut common first names down to a few letters, often raising the last letters above the line, and the habit runs through deeds, wills, tax lists and census pages.
Solomon is a Bible name, and Sol. is also used in references to the Bible, so check whether a person or a verse is meant. In a name column or a deed it is the given name.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1850 census
Sol. Mott, 66, Miller, Vt.
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