Adopted and Birth Families Come Together

 For those of you who were adopted, did you ever wonder if your birth and adopted families connect at some point? It probably happens more often than you realize.

Here's my adopted/birth connection.

[1] Hugh Mahurin was born in Ulster or Scotland about 1665 and settled in Taunton, Massachusetts by 1692/3. He was probably a collier at the iron works there. Hugh married Mary, probably surnamed Campbell. Ebenezer Campbell was a neighbor and the given names Ebenezer and Othniel were common to both families. Hugh died in Taunton in 1718.

.[2] Ebenezer Mahurin, eldest son of Hugh and Mary, was born about 1691. He married at Marshfield, Massachusetts on 12 December 1718 to Bathsheba Joyce.[1693-aft. 1755], daughter of Walter Joyce and Elizabeth Low. Ebenezer and Bathsheba settled in Morristown, New Jersey in 1738 and were active members of the Presbyterian Church. About 1742 they moved to Pequannock Twp., Morris Co., NJ. Ebenezer died there in 1755.

Then comes the split!

[3a] Stephen Mahurin was born 9 November 1720 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts. The name of his wife is unknown. Stephen was one of the Mahurins who chose to move south. He died after 1763 in either Kentucky, Virginia or North Carolina.

Stephen's son Silas was born in Morris Co., NJ in 1744. He married a woman named Sarah.[1752-1815] Silas may have moved to Virginia with brothers Ebenezer and Samuel, He was a chain carrier for John Pipes in Surrey Co., North Carolina.in 1779. Silas appeared on tax lists for Fayette [1789], Shelby [1792-1805] and Grayson Co. [1811] Kentucky.Silas died in Grayson Co. on 11 April 1822. [He may have accompanied his son Samuel to Illinois.

Mary, daughter of Silas and Sarah, was born 1777-79, probably in North Carolina. She married John Dillon [c1775 - bef. 1820]. Their son Samuel married Caty Hunt. Granddaughter Elizabeth married Hiram Boyles, mentioned in earlier posts. From there eventually to the Hogue and George families.

[3b] Seth Mahurin [1729-1815] married Mary Hazen [1735-1794] in Morris Co., NJ about 1793. Seth signed the Articles of Association in May 1776 pledging support to the Provisional and Continental Congresses. He also supplied goods to the Continental Army in 1780. Seth opted to change the family name from Mahurin to Hurin/Huron. In 1787 the Hurins moved to New Marlborough, Ulster Co., New York. In 1795 several of the Hurins packed up and traveled the Ohio River to modern-day Cincinnati and then acquired land in Warren Co., Ohio. Seth died in Warren Co. in 1815.

Set and Mary's son Othniel married Bethia St. John and their daughter Rebecca married Joseph Faucett. The Faucetts settled in Hendricks Co., IN. This line would marry into the Prall family.

There you have it. Common ancestors to both families.