Daily AncestorMitty
Mitty stood for Mehitable or Submit in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Mitty was a short form of Mehitable and of Submit, a virtue name, according to lists of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
Do not take Mitty and Mehitable for two different people too quickly. Compare ages, places and the names of relatives to confirm that both names belong to one woman. Because Mitty served for more than one name, see which full name the same woman carries in other records.
As seen in a recordTown marriage register, 1811; her baptism gives her name as Mehitable
Lemuel Hulett and Mitty Ambler, both of this town, married 14 Jan. 1811
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