Family Migrations XIV

This post continues with New England connections: Mahurin, Joyce, Low and Stoddard

Mahurin/Hurin/Huron: The "family legend" is that a teacher or professor suggested that Mahurin didn't sound "American-enough," so part of the family dropped the 'Ma,' while at least one family member didn't want the name of an Indian tribe and left the name as was. The story is unverified. The Mahurin family was from Scotland or Northern Ireland. Hugh Mahurin may have been indentured to one the iron works near Taunton, Massachusetts about 1691. Ebenezer, Hugh's son, moved to Marshfield and Raynham before relocating in 1731 to the part of Hunterdon Co., New Jersey that became Morris Co. in 1738/9. It was son Seth who was credited with changing Mahurin to Hurin. In 1787, the Hurins moved to New Marlborough, Ulster Co., New York. Seth moved the family from Jersey to present-day Warren Co., Ohio in 1795. Othniel Hurin joined his father on the move to Ohio. Rebecca, Othniel's daughter, married Joseph Faucett. The Faucetts, Hurins and other families moved to Indiana during the 1820s. Scotland/Ulster, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana

Joyce: Walter Joyce hailed from County Galway, Ireland. He settled in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His daughter, Bathsheba, married Ebenezer Mahurin and moved to Morris Co., New Jersey. Ireland, Massachusetts, New Jersey

Low: John Low settled at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts after leaving his native England. Daughter Elizabeth married Walter Joyce and removed to Marshfield. England, Massachusetts

Stoddard: The Stoddard may have been of Norman or Scots-Irish origin. John Stoddard was an English Puritan and settled in the Plymouth Colony about 1638. He resided at Hingham. Elizabeth Stoddard married John Low. England, Massachusetts