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The Parrish surname

The Parrish name in Orange County Indexed: 166 historical records and 8 people in the chronology.

In the records
1775 to 1903 most named in the 1870s
  • Wills 1775–1873
  • Deeds 1780–1874
  • Court minutes 1788–1804
  • Marriages 1793–1903
  • Records of enslaved people 1811–1856
In the chronology
1850 to 2023 8 people in 31 entries, most in the 1980s
Places in its deeds and wills
Flat River (21), Mountain Creek (8), Little River (8), Morgan Creek (5), Eno River (5), Durham (4), Hillsborough (3), Raleigh Road (3)
Married into
Carrington 2, Cozart 2, Lunsford 2, Parker 2, Thompson 2, Batchler 1, Blalock 1, Brasil 1, Briggs 1, Brockwell 1, Carr 1, Castleberry 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Mangum 17, Carrington 8, Lunsford 7, Blalock 5, Brown 4, Parker 4, Jones 4, Horner 4, Collier 3, Cozart 3, Evans 3, Moore 3
Spellings to try
Parish, Parris
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 8 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 166 records

102 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 46 marriages, 7 court minutes and 4 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. Parrish marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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