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Orange County Indexed

Willett marriages

5 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

Matthew Durham and Matilda M Willett

Marriage bond, 29 September 1847

Bond dated
29 September 1847
In the books
Orange Marriage Book D-F, page 409, at the Register of Deeds

William Willett and Polly Dodd

Marriage bond, 12 August 1848

Bond dated
12 August 1848
In the books
Orange Marriage Book W-Z, page 527, at the Register of Deeds

Joseph J Willett and Elizabeth Ann Watson

Marriage bond, 4 September 1854

Bond dated
4 September 1854
In the books
Orange Marriage Book W-Z, page 526, at the Register of Deeds
In the newspaper
Hillsborough Recorder, 6 September 1854, page 3: married by J. J. Freeland, Esq.; this place (Hillsborough) (our reading of the notice)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60011, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, We–Z” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 456 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

John J Crabtree and Elizabeth Willett

Marriage bond, 7 July 1866

Bond dated
7 July 1866
Married
8 July 1866
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, pages 1046-1047, at the Register of Deeds
Also in the Recorder
18 July 1866 (an item Mark Chilton notes for this couple; it may concern a later marriage of one of them)
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60004, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Con–Gw” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 109 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

James T Ray and Malinda F Willett

Marriage license, 22 September 1878

License dated
22 September 1878
In the books
Orange Marriage Book 3, page 501, at the Register of Deeds
In all the records
Every Willett record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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