Abbreviations[1]
| Arm. (Armiger) | Stands for | Bearing Arms. |
| A.T. | „ | Armée Territoriale. |
| b. | „ | born. |
| bur. | „ | buried. |
| C.L.H | „ | Knight of the Legion of Honour. |
| Col. | „ | Colonel. |
| cont. | „ | contemporary. |
| C.T. | „ | Chief of Tirconnell. |
| Cust. Pac. (custos pacis) | „ | Custodian of the Peace. |
| d. | „ | died. |
| dau. | „ | daughter. |
| D.C. | „ | District of Columbia. |
| d.s.p. | „ | died without offspring. |
| G.C.L.H. | „ | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. |
| La. | „ | Louisiana. |
| L.H. | „ | Legion of Honour. |
| Lieut.-Col. | „ | Lieutenant-Colonel. |
| m. | „ | married. |
| Mass. | „ | Massachusetts. |
| Milés | „ | A Soldier. |
| Mo. | „ | Missouri. |
| N.C. | „ | North Carolina. |
| ob. | „ | he died. |
| ob. v.p. | „ | he died in his father's lifetime. |
| O.L.H. | „ | Officer of the Legion of Honour. |
| P. | „ | page. |
| Pa. | „ | Pennsylvania. |
| plenae aetatis | „ | of man’s age. |
| P.P. | „ | pages. |
| s.p. (sine prole) | „ | without offspring. |
| s.p.m. | „ | without male offspring. |
| temp. | „ | in the time of. |
| unm. | „ | unmarried. |
| U.S.A. | „ | United States, America. |
| Va. | „ | Virginia. |
| v.p. | „ | in his father’s lifetime. |
| Vit. | „ | living. |
| W.I. | „ | West Indies. |
Notes
[1] Abbreviations: It is only the less obvious Abbreviations employed in this Work, and which might not be intelligible to the general reader, that are here given.