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The McVay surname

The McVay name in Orange County Indexed: 8 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1779 to 1846 most named in the 1770s
  • Tax lists 1779–1780
  • Court minutes 1800
  • Marriages 1839–1846
In the chronology
1752 to 1765 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1750s
Married into
Robinson 1, Moon 1 · the marriages
Spellings to try
McVey, McCay, McRay, Mckay
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 8 records

2 marriages, 1 court minutes and 5 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. McVay marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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