Daily AncestorDotha
Dotha stood for Dorothy in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Dotha is a short form of Dorothy that a Vita Brevis guide from American Ancestors lists among the forms you meet in American research.
Do not take Dotha and Dorothy for two different people too quickly. Compare ages, places and the names of relatives to confirm that both names belong to one woman.
As seen in a recordWill of her father, proved 1813; her baptism reads Dorothy
Item, I give to my daughter Dotha Northrup my feather bed and bedstead
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Daily Ancestor. "Dotha." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/dotha. Last checked 2026-10-15.