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Orange County Indexed

The Franklin surname

The Franklin name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1816 to 1902 most named in the 1870s
  • Wills 1816
  • Court minutes 1818
  • Marriages 1832–1902
In the chronology
1922 to 1992 5 people in 6 entries, most in the 1960s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1706 to 1760
Married into
Wilkins 2, Allison 1, Berry 1, Collins 1, Roberts 1, Teasley 1, King 1, Weaver 1, Whitted 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hancock 2
People with a page here
Benjamin Franklin, Jesse Franklin
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 5 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 2 headings

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 12 records

10 marriages, 1 court minutes and 1 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. Franklin marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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