Daily AncestorMeg
Meg stood for Margaret in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Meg is a short form of Margaret, and Charlotte Yonge lists it with Maggie, Madge and Peggy among the forms of the name.
Do not take Meg and Margaret 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 1805; her baptism reads Margaret
Item, I give to my daughter Meg Fothergill my feather bed and bedstead
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