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The Marley surname

The Marley name in Orange County Indexed: 48 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1772 to 1846 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1772–1825
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1788–1800
  • Wills 1789
  • Marriages 1791–1846
In the chronology
1786 to 1984 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1780s
Places in its deeds and wills
Deep Creek (11), Stony Creek (5), Haw River (2), Buck Quarter Creek (2), Boyds Creek (1), Saw Mill (1)
Married into
Holden 1, Merane 1, Meben 1, Stone 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hurdle 8, Bowers 5, Dennis 4, Haney 4, Jacobs 2, Chapman 2, Blanchard 2, White 2, Robbs 2, Jordon 2, Bullock 2, Ming 2
Spellings to try
Marlet, Marlen, Marler, Murley, Matley
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 48 records

15 deeds, 4 marriages, 24 court minutes, 4 tax list entries 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. Marley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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