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Orange County Indexed

The Clancy surname

The Clancy name in Orange County Indexed: 230 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1781 to 1872 most named in the 1820s
  • Marriages 1781–1837
  • Court minutes 1805–1818
  • Deeds 1811–1872
  • Records of enslaved people 1813–1842
  • Wills 1813–1870
In the chronology
1788 to 1845 2 people in 19 entries, most in the 1820s
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (17), Wake Street (5), Tryon Street (4), Cane Creek (4), Haw River (4), Queen Street (4), Eno River (4), New Hope Creek (3)
Married into
Adams 1, Alsbrook 1, Clark 1, Palmer 1, Huntington 1, Thompson 1, Evans 1, Young 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Child 30, Thompson 14, Webb 13, Palmer 11, Turrentine 9, Whithed 9, Murphey 8, Young 7, Smith 7, Huntington 6, Taylor 6, Moore 6
Spellings to try
Clency, Chancy, Clincy
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 2 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 230 records

69 deeds, 29 records of enslaved people, 8 marriages, 111 court minutes and 13 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Clancy marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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