NameAdam Laughlin
Birth1698, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Deathbef 6 Nov 1758, Lancaster Co, PA [1003]
Children
Birthabt 1725, Lancaster Co, PA
DeathFayette Co, PA
Notes for Adam Laughlin
Laughlin History 1807-1907 prepared for the Centennial Reunion held at Lore City, Ohio Thursday, August 22, 1907: by John W. Laughlin, Barnesville OH.:

Four brothers: William, James, Adam and Robert Laughlin emigrated from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania between 1725-1729, during the second wave of the Scotch-Irish Great Migration. They settled in Lancaster County PA, where Adam left a will prior to his death in 1758. Adam Laughlin, by his first wife Katherine, had 4 children: Janet, Katherine, John and Matthew. By his second wife Margaret, he
had 7 children: Agnes, Isabell, Hugh, Mary, James, Robert and Sarah. After Margaret died abt 1770, Hugh with his brothers Robert and James and half brother John moved to Fayette County PA.

John, Hugh, James, and Robert are found in the 1790 Fayette Co, PA census. John Laughlin left a will dated June 11, 1800, in which he names brothers Hugh, James and Robert; also John son of Hugh, John
and Adam sons of Matthew, Adam son of James and Adam son of Robert.

Adam’s will abstract:
LAUGHLIN, ADAM Twp. omitted.
September 20, 178[5?]8 November 6, 1758
Wife: Margaret Laughlin.
Children: Agness, Isabelle, Hugh, Mary, James, Robert, Sarah, Janet, Katharine, John and Matthew.
Ex.: Margaret Laughlin and Thomas Grubb.
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