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The McCadams surname

The McCadams name in Orange County Indexed: 33 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1796 to 1892 most named in the 1860s
  • Court minutes 1796–1817
  • Marriages 1816–1892
  • Wills 1827–1846
  • Deeds 1869–1872
In the chronology
1851 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (1), Haw Creek (1)
Married into
Bradford 1, Burch 1, Christopher 1, Gray 1, Hall 1, Hancock 1, Mitchell 1, Shaw 1, McCrorey 1, Pettigrew 1, Swan 1, Whittaker 1 · the marriages
Spellings to try
McAdams, McCaddams, McCaddam, McAdam, M'Caddams, McCadam, McCadddams
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 1 person

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 33 records

3 deeds, 18 marriages, 9 court minutes and 3 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. McCadams marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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