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The Maris surname

The Maris name in Orange County Indexed: 51 historical records.

In the records
1770 to 1870 most named in the 1820s
  • Deeds 1770–1855
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1811
  • Wills 1784–1864
  • Marriages 1804–1870
  • Records of enslaved people 1822–1824
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (3), Varnels Creek (2), Cane Creek (2), Eno River (2), Nunns Creek (1), Forresters Creek (1), Paoli (1)
Married into
Forrest 1, Jones 1, Pickard 1, Nicholson 1, Riddle 1, McDade 1, Sykes 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Lindley 5, Morrison 4, Thompson 3, Coble 2, Evans 2, Hall 2, Linley 2, Newlin 2, Wood 2, Anderson 2
Spellings to try
Marris, Marks, Marit, Moris, Mairis, Maras, Marriss
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 historical records 51 records

16 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 7 marriages, 19 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 5 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. Maris marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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