Register

The Register Family of Duplin in North Carolina represented here by Lord Charles, Barony of Stainsby and Seneschal of Register. The ancestors of the name Register date back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Register family lived in the region of Rochester in Kent. Register is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.