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The Parish surname

The Parish name in Orange County Indexed: 100 historical records and 6 people in the chronology.

In the records
1775 to 1910 most named in the 1810s
  • Wills 1775–1835
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1817
  • Marriages 1805–1910
  • Deeds 1860
In the chronology
1857 to 1913 6 people in 59 entries, most in the 1880s
Married into
Carrington 4, Mangum 2, Barbee 1, Brinkley 1, Cocke 1, Findley 1, Hester 1, Jones 1, Laws 1, Leathers 1, Lockhart 1, Lunsford 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Pilkinton 2, McFarlin 2, Smith 2, Carrington 2, Horner 2, Duke 2, Ellis 2, King 2, Moore 2
People with a page here
Calvin E. Parish, Harry L. Parish
Spellings to try
Parrish, Paris
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 6 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 100 records

1 deeds, 25 marriages, 67 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. Parish marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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