North Carolina — and no farther, for now.
This phase of QuinnGenealogy.org follows the North Carolina paternal line from Laughlin Quin through the documented Carteret, Duplin, Jones and Lenoir County generations.
Earlier European and Virginia research remains preserved elsewhere but is not used here to extend the North Carolina pedigree beyond what the surviving record can support. Later living generations are intentionally withheld from the public presentation.
Privacy rule: names, addresses, DNA kit numbers, contact information and identifying details of living people are not required to establish the historical line and are therefore omitted here. Source files that contain such information remain private until a redacted public copy is prepared.
The line as the evidence presently supports it.
Laughlin / Loflin Quin
Documented FactThe surviving Carteret County record places Laughlin in North Carolina by 1747 and follows him through land, court, will and tax-relief records. His 1772 plea states that he had reached sixty years of age, providing the basis for the estimated birth year c.1712 rather than a documented date of birth.
Primary anchor: 1772 Carteret County tax-relief plea; 1766 will; 1774 probate. The will identifies his wife as Mary Quinn, formerly Mary Canaday, and explicitly names William, Margret and Thomas.
Caleb Quin / Quinn
Documented FactCorroborated ConclusionCaleb is documented in Duplin County records, Revolutionary-era militia testimony and North Carolina land records. A 1784 state grant records 150 acres on the east side of the North East River, with later grants in 1799 and 1809.
Relationship to Laughlin: treated as a supported family reconstruction, not as a relationship proved by Laughlin's will. The will itself does not name Caleb.
Jesse Quinn
Corroborated ConclusionJesse's place in the direct line is supported by Duplin County land, estate research and the family Bible tradition. In 1820, Caleb Quinn conveyed land to Jesse Quinn. The surviving research record nevertheless acknowledges that no located document explicitly states in a simple parent-child declaration that Jesse was Caleb's son.
Evidence standard: this transition remains a corroborated conclusion rather than a documented fact. The distinction is preserved deliberately.
Watson Franklin “Frank” Quinn
Documented FactThe Jesse Quinn Family Bible identifies Watson Franklin Quinn within Jesse's family, and the cemetery research records him as the son of Jesse Quinn and Susan Jernigan. His North Carolina record later includes Civil War service, residence on Beautancus Road, and local civic roles.
Family Bible anchor: the Bible transcription identifies Watson Franklin Quinn and records his marriage to Julia Ann Garner on 21 December 1865.
Franklin “Pugh” Quinn
Documented FactThe family Bible records Franklin P. Quinn as a son of W. F. Quinn and J. A. Quinn, born 10 June 1873. Later family research follows him through Wolfscrape, Jones County and Pink Hill, where he worked within the extended family agricultural network.
Primary family source: Jesse Quinn Family Bible transcription.
Joseph Samuel Quinn
Family RecordFamily research identifies Joseph Samuel Quinn, also remembered as Joe and as Josiah, as a son of Franklin Pugh Quinn and Minnie Victoria Davis. He was born at Pink Hill on 23 July 1912 and died in August 1957.
Public boundary: the public historical line stops here. Subsequent generations remain part of the private family record unless a later decision is made to publish them.
Sources used for this North Carolina reconstruction.
What is not being claimed here.
This page does not claim a documented birthplace for Laughlin, does not treat every proposed child of Laughlin and Mary as proven by the 1766 will, and does not use DNA alone to convert an unresolved relationship into a documentary fact.
The purpose of this phase is narrower: preserve the North Carolina line, show exactly where the record is strong, and leave visible the points where the evidence is still incomplete.