Daily AncestorPeddy
Peddy is an old nickname for Experience, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Peddy, also written Peddie, is a short form of Experience, a virtue name. Peddy appears as a pet form of Experience on the Connecticut State Library's list of 18th and 19th century nicknames.
A gravestone or a family Bible may say Peddy while a will or a deed says Experience. Search indexes under both forms so you do not miss her.
As seen in a recordWill of her father, proved 1828; her baptism reads Experience
Item, I give to my daughter Peddy Kimbrough my feather bed and bedstead
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Daily Ancestor. "Peddy." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/nicknames/peddy. Last checked 2026-10-15.