Daily AncestorPeg
Peg stood for Margaret in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Peg is a shorter form of Peggy and so stands for Margaret. A Vita Brevis guide from American Ancestors lists Peg and Peggy with Meg, Maggie and Madge among the nicknames of Margaret.
Do not take Peg 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 1829; her baptism reads Margaret
Item, I give to my daughter Peg Lockridge my feather bed and bedstead
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