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The Clendenin surname

The Clendenin name in Orange County Indexed: 101 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1787 to 1850 most named in the 1800s
  • Marriages 1787–1848
  • Deeds 1790–1850
  • Court minutes 1791–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1813–1846
In the chronology
1818 2 people in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (17), Haw Creek (8), Fayetteville Road (5), Varnels Creek (4), Meadow Creek (4), Whitteds Creek (3), Great Road (2), Back Creek (2)
Married into
Thompson 2, Albright 1, Armstrong 1, Bradshaw 1, Breadlove 1, Webb 1, Freshwater 1, Woody 1, Dickson 1, Johnston 1, Freeland 1, Weeks 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 5, Strudwick 5, Bradshaw 5, Ray 4, Holmes 4, Turner 3, Foust 3, Patton 2, Lindley 2, Anderson 2, Allen 2, Albright 2
Spellings to try
Clendening, Clendennin, Clendenning, Clendining, Clendennen, Clendenen
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 books and archives 1 heading

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

In the historical records 101 records

46 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 17 marriages and 33 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Clendenin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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