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The Purefoy surname

The Purefoy name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1843 to 1903 most named in the 1880s
  • Deeds 1843–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1845
  • Marriages 1878–1903
  • Wills 1880–1881
In the chronology
1854 to 1880 1 person in 4 entries, most in the 1860s
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (2), Morgan Creek (1), Mountain Branch (1), Cubb Creek (1), Hillsborough Street (1), New Street (1)
Married into
Walker 2, Alston 1, Baldin 1, Booth 1, Brewer 1, Edwards 1, Hackney 1, Harris 1, Hogan 1, Mason 1, Williams 1, Weaver 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Carr 4, Watson 4, Siler 4, Hogan 4, Markham 2
Spellings to try
Purifoy
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 29 records

12 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 13 marriages 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. Purefoy marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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