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The Tinnen surname

The Tinnen name in Orange County Indexed: 323 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1753 to 1874 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1753–1850
  • Court minutes 1754–1818
  • Wills 1774–1861
  • Records of enslaved people 1787–1841
  • Marriages 1789–1874
In the chronology
1860 to 1992 3 people in 7 entries, most in the 1860s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (12), S Hico Creek (7), Back Creek (4), Mebane (3), Great Alamance Creek (2), Great Road (2), Mill Creek (2), Cumberland (2)
Married into
Wilson 3, Clark 2, Allen 1, Apple 1, Cheek 1, Douglass 1, Flack 1, Mallett 1, Murray 1, Pearson 1, Tate 1, Walker 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 13, Armstrong 12, Taylor 9, Allison 5, Lapsley 4, Anderson 4, Walker 4, Mebane 4, Ray 3, Elliott 3, Child 3, Foust 3
Spellings to try
Tinnin, Tinnens, Tinen, Tinney, Tinnenn, Tennen
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 3 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 323 records

53 deeds, 13 records of enslaved people, 16 marriages, 225 court minutes and 16 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. Tinnen marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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