When Hugh McLaughlin was born in 1758, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Hugh McLaughlin, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Aspinwall, was 20. He married Jane Jean Wiley on 14 October 1792, in Bath, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1777. His occupation is listed as hunters and a gunsmith in Virginia, United States. He died on 3 July 1827, in Bath, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69.
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Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lochlainn ‘son of the Norseman’, from the personal name Lochlann ‘stranger, Norseman’, from a term denoting Scandinavia (possibly ‘land of lakes/fjords’). This was a ruling family in Ulster. See also Laughlin and compare the Scottish form McLachlan .
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