Brief Life History of William Graham
In spite of many online trees that have blended and conflated numerous Quinn records from Duplin, NC, William Graham Quinn and his sister Nancy Quinn Mullins were the children of James Quinn and his first wife Elizabeth Rigby. After his wife's death, James married the sister of Elizabeth, named Mary Rigby. All of this is clearly found in estate records of James Quinn. After James died, Mary remarried to a Bray, as proven by the same estate records.
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Sources (7)
- William Graham Quinn, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm G Quinn in entry for Sylvania J Quinn, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- William Graham Quinn, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Conor, Declan, Dermot, Fionnuala, Aidan, Aileen, Brigid, Donovan, Eamon, Jarlath.
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinn, earlier spelled Ó Cuinn, ‘descendant of Conn’, a personal name meaning ‘wisdom’ or ‘chief’ (see O'Quinn ). This is the name of several families in Ulster and counties Clare, Longford, and Mayo.
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinne ‘descendant of Coinne’, a personal name which may be a variant of Coinneach (see also McKenzie ). This is an Ulster surname, a sept deriving from Eoghan, son of Niall Naoighiallach, from whom Tyrone is named. In most cases the Anglicized forms cannot be distinguished from sense 1 above, although final -e may have been intended as syllabic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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