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The Mallett surname

The Mallett name in Orange County Indexed: 64 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1766 to 1889 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1766–1874
  • Marriages 1785–1883
  • Court minutes 1789–1811
  • Wills 1889
In the chronology
1788 to 1889 9 people in 17 entries, most in the 1850s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1744 to 1819
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (8), Eno River (6), Chapel Hill (5), King Street (3), Wake Street (3), Margaret Lane (2), Mallett Street (2), McGowans Creek (2)
Married into
Cheek 1, Craig 1, Tinnen 1, Miles 1, Morton 1, Walker 1, Royster 1, Steel 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Estes 6, Watters 5, Watson 3, Mumford 3, Nash 3, Horner 2, Tullock 2, Walker 2, Walters 2, Moore 2, Eccles 2, Williams 2
People with a page here
C. B. (Charles Beatty) Mallett, Charles Peter Mallett, Peter Mallett, William P. Mallett
Spellings to try
Mallet, Marlett, Malett, Mallette, Mellett
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 9 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 64 records

36 deeds, 8 marriages, 19 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. Mallett marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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