History Sheet
Teague Quillin V
Compiled by Nancy Quillin Long
8 July 2017
(I’ve been gathering this information since 1990.)
My first and foremost source
has always been:
The Quillin (MacQuillin) Family : The MacQuillins in
Ireland by Claude MacQuillin
The Quillins in America Compiled by Milligan Wood Quillen
and Mary Kinser Brown
Published by the Quillin Clan
Gate City, Virginia 1961
Reprinted January 1987
Before digging into any other
resources, I broke down my lineage as best as I could according to the research
in this book because my own immediate family was also included. I have tried to stay true to their
information, often doubting the long string of Teagues. To be honest, their
research on the first Quillins in America was difficult to decipher.
A post by Prezzle Quillen on
a message board dated 30 March 2001 in response to a question about Teague
Quillen confirmed that I was not the only one confused by the number of Teagues
that I was documenting.
Prezzle's post reads:
The numbering of the Teague
Quillins is debated, but the Quillin Family book, chapter 3, page 47,
states, "...There were several
members of the Quillen family in Surry and Stokes counties of North Carolina :
John, James, Robert, Daniel, Teague IV and Walter Quillen. James finally settled in Georgia; Robert
settled in Patrick Co. Virginia; Charles in Texas; William went to Georgia and
later back to Virginia; John remained in Surry Co N.C.; Teague IV died and his
wife remarried, and his two young sons, James and Teague V sold out (6 Sept
1790) and moved to Russell Co VA (which is now Scott Co VA) where they bought
land.”
But, I know that I have
correctly traced myself back to Teague V.
I have followed several other
trusted researchers who do good research. They, too, are split when it comes to
numbering the different Teagues. The
good news is that no matter how I record my ancestors, we all go back to Daniel
Quillin, son of Teague Quillin, who came to America on a ship named The Thomas and landed in Virginia in
1635.
My lineage is as follows:
Teague Quillin V born 1772 NC
married Peggy Nation < Teague Quillin IV born 1750 NC married Polly Sanders
< Teague Quillin III born 1704 Delaware married Mary Catherine Herring <
Teague Quillin II born 1669 Maryland married Mary? < Daniel born 1638 VA
married Lydia? < Teague Quillin born 1615 Ireland married ? came to America
in 1635
Another possibility is as
follows: (which makes sense) Teague Quillin V born 1772 married Peggy Nation
< Teague Quillin IV born 1755 NC
married Polly Sanders < Teague III born 1715 Maryland married Mary Catherine
Herring < Thomas Quillen II born 1691 Maryland married Barbara Blackthorne
< Thomas Quillen I born 1669 Maryland married Sarah Morris < Daniel
Quillen born 1638 VA married Lydia < Teague Quillen born 1615 Ireland
married Mary?
Daniel and Lydia's children
are documented in baptismal records.
They are : Eliza, Daniel, Teague, Thomas, Judith, Elizabeth. SO...I'm not sure if our line would have gone
through Teague or Thomas...but either way, we are linked to Daniel Quillen son
of Teague the emigrant.
Now back to my Teague Quillin
V. There is quite a bit of documentation
about him which I believe is firm.
Teague Quillin V
There is quite a bit of
documentation about this Teague. He lived a varied life with 3 different
wives. He appears to have been very
independent and not afraid to move on with his life, purchasing land then
either selling it or deeding it to family members and eventually moving
on. I feel that he lived through good
times and bad times, but he was able to move on and start over.
He was born in 1772 in North
Carolina. Shortly after his marriage to Peggy Nation in North Carolina, they
moved to Virginia where Teague purchased 4 tracts of land. (See the map of
Scott County.) My ancestor, John W.
Quillin, Sr., was their first born child.
I'm not sure what happened to Teague and Peggy’s marriage, but Teague
married for a second time to Mary "Polly" Sanders in Floyd Co.
Kentucky in 1819. Peggy Nation died in
1850, so Teague must have walked away from this marriage and family. My John W. Quillin, Sr., inherited the land
in Virginia that belonged to Teague and Peggy.
In Kentucky, Teague V and
Mary Polly had 5 children. Mary died in 1826, and Teague remarried for a third
time to Jean (Jane) Collyer on 10 March 1828 in Floyd County, Kentucky. Teague had 3 more children with Jean.
Shortly before he died,
Teague V was living with his son Richard (the second son with Jean) which could
mean that he outlived his third wife, Jean.
I do not have a death date for her.
By Ronnie Quillin on his
website on Genealogy.com
When I was growing up my father told me a story about one of my
grandfathers. He never said which one, probably never knew himself, as this
story has been passed down from generation to generation. This particular
grandfather was sitting on the steps of his home; his wife supposedly came to
the door and threw a pan of dishwater in his face. He said, "When it rains
it pours," and he walked off and never returned. While I (Ronnie) was in
Letcher County, Kentucky in the summer of 1976, I talked with several of the
Quillen families in and around Whitesburg, Kentucky, and was told that Teague
Quillin left Moxen Gap, Virginia, for Perry County, Kentucky, and that his
brother "Jim Quillin" stayed on in Moxen Gap. I was told that
"Teague just up and walked away, never to return to Virginia." Thus,
supporting the story that my father had told me several years back.
This story fits the above
information that I have about Teague V, being married again before Peggy died.
In the County Recorder's Office
at Whitesburg, Kentucky, the land records state (Volume A, pg.6)that Teague
Quillen deeded ground to Richard and Solomon Quillen, his two sons, on June 5,
1844. In Volume B pg. 171, he deeds ground to Jane Quillen.
On January 9,
1848 the marriage records state that Teague Quillen married a Jane Gibson. I believe this would be Teague Quillen VI.
This is a family history book
that I will need to investigate.
Quillin history Published in 1946 by The Quillin Clan, Kingsport
Press
SOURCES
THE QUILLIN (MACQUILLIN)
FAMILY book
United States Federal
Censuses : 1790, 1820, 1830, 1850, 1860
Virginia Select Marriages,
1785-1940
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=patti%2Dlawson&id=I00275
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/q/u/i/Ronnie-Quillin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0753.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaschs2/june_presley.htm
http://reocities.com/heartland/cabin/3843/Relatedfamilies/quillin/d1.htm
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