Daily AncestorTim.
Tim. is an old abbreviation of the first name Timothy, found in deeds, wills, church registers and census pages.
Tim. is a clerk's shortening of the given name Timothy. 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.
In Bible references Tim. means the epistles to Timothy, which show up in church records and gravestone verses without naming anyone. In a name column or a deed, Tim. is the given name Timothy.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1860 census
Tim. Sullivan, 39, Laborer, Ireland
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