| a. | aged |
| adm. | administration |
| Ar. | armiger |
| b. | bachelor |
| bro. | brother |
| bur. | burial; buried |
| ch. | child; church |
| ch.yd | churchyard |
| comon. | commission |
| d. | daughter |
| exor. | executor |
| exx. | executrix |
| f. | father |
| form. | formerly |
| fd. | friend |
| g. | guinea |
| gent. | gentleman |
| gr. s. | grandson |
| gt. gr. s. | great grandson |
| mar. | marriage, married |
| mess. | messuage |
| occ. | occupation; occupied |
| O.W. | Original Will |
| p.a. | per annum |
| pd. | paid |
| poss. | possessed; possession |
| pr. | proved; pair |
| pts | parts beyond the seas |
| remr. | remainder, i.e., reversion |
| res. | residue |
| s. | son |
| scr. | scriptor, or scrivener |
| sd. | said |
| sp. | spinster |
| w. | wife |
| wid. | widow |
| widr. | widower |
| wit. | witness |