William Quin
Virginia · recorded as an immigrant / French refugee in the working compilation.
Entering the North American Historical Record
This chronology records the first known North American appearance of each person as presently documented. Recorded spellings are preserved. Later land, family, military and probate history belongs in the individual profile.
Reading rule: one recorded name is treated as one record identity unless documentation establishes that separate records concern the same person.
Atlantic Corridors
Early Carolina was reached through a network rather than a single passenger port. Documentary research should therefore test Virginia and the Chesapeake, Albemarle, Bath, Beaufort–New Bern, Charleston and the West Indies, and Cape Fear. A route is attached to an individual only when a record supports it.
Chesapeake → Virginia → AlbemarleAtlantic → Bath / PamlicoAtlantic → Beaufort → Neuse / New BernWest Indies → Charles Town → CarolinaAtlantic → Cape Fear
Chronology
Thomas Quin
Virginia · French refugee in the working research chronology.
Giller Quinn
Virginia · French refugee in the working research chronology.
Darby Quine
Virginia · French refugee. This is Darby's arrival entry. Research notes associate the arrival with the Michaux migration; that assertion remains subject to the underlying passenger/source record.
Darby Oge Quin
Virginia · family arrival entry.
Mary Quin
Virginia · family arrival entry.
Richard Quin
Rappahannock, Virginia · prisoner.
Alexander McQuin
Province of South Carolina · immigrant.
Daniel McQuin
Virginia · immigrant.
George Conn
Boston, Massachusetts Bay · immigrant.
Connor Quin
America · prisoner; destination requires recovery of the underlying transportation record.
Richard Quin
Annapolis, Maryland · prisoner. Transportation research places the episode within Jonathan Forward's convict-transportation system.
Open research lead ↓Edward Quinn
Annapolis, Maryland · bonded.
Peter Quinn
America · prisoner.
Knogher O'Quin
Province of New York · immigrant.
Anna McQuin
Province of New York · immigrant.
James Quin
America · prisoner.
Michael Quin
Philadelphia / Penn settlements · immigrant.
Cornelius Quinn
America · prisoner.
Neall Quinn
America · prisoner.
James Quin
Annapolis, Maryland · prisoner.
Hugh Quin
Philadelphia / Penn settlements · immigrant.
UNRESOLVED RESEARCH LEAD
Richard Quin and the Essex robbery case
An earlier QuinnGenealogy research note, now recovered in the project files, records a much more specific account than the public immigrant list: in 1721 Richard Quin, described there as a gentleman, reported that he had been robbed at knifepoint of a purse said to contain more than £2,000. The accused thief reportedly gave a different account in return for reprieve in another case and signed an affidavit alleging that he and Richard were partners in an undefined scheme. Richard was then convicted of reporting a false crime, imprisoned in Essex, and awaited transportation to America.
The same recovered note connects the transportation to London merchant Jonathan Forward and the Forward Frigate, Daniel Russell commander, bound for Maryland. The note includes a Treasury transcript describing Forward's contract and payment for transporting prisoners from Newgate and county gaols including Essex.
Status: recovered research note; underlying criminal proceeding still wanted. The account is preserved here as a lead, not as a final interpretation of motive or guilt.
Can you identify the original proceeding?
If you recognize this Essex case, the informant, the robbery allegation, or the court record behind it, QuinnGenealogy welcomes the citation or archive reference.
If you recognize this Essex case, the informant, the robbery allegation, or the court record behind it, QuinnGenealogy welcomes the citation or archive reference.
Parallel Historical Context: Dublin and Eastern North Carolina
QuinnGenealogy research has long noted a parallel worth preserving without converting it into a claimed relationship. Research notes place Quin and Martin names within the St. Michan's documentary environment in Dublin. A century later Laughlin Quin appears in Carteret County while Josiah Martin, the last royal governor, is headquartered at New Bern. The site presents those records and their geography together so the reader can examine the context and draw an independent conclusion.
Verification status: the St. Michan's tithe/baptism references and any claimed overlap are to be tied to the original or published register citations before being elevated from research context to documented association.
Editorial Status
DOCUMENTEDUnderlying historical record located.
COMPILEDPresently known through a compilation/index; original still to be examined.
UNRESOLVEDA specific question or lead preserved for further research.
Working Sources
Current QuinnGenealogy immigrant list; Darby Quin & Mary Ashworth research compilation; recovered Richard Quin transportation note; Book of Clues; original records as linked from individual profiles. Interpretive statements remain subordinate to the underlying records.