Daily AncestorKitty
Kitty stood for Catherine in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Kitty is a pet form of Catherine. Charlotte Yonge wrote that Kitty had been almost universal for the name during the 1700s.
Do not take Kitty and Catherine 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 1821; her baptism reads Catherine
Item, I give to my daughter Kitty Bostwick my feather bed and bedstead
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Daily Ancestor. "Kitty." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/kitty. Last checked 2026-10-15.