This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xVB.2ACE/893.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Wish I could do more than wish you "good luck" but there were originally 5 Mahaffey brothers and one married sister who floated down the Ohio River around 1800-1803 and settled in Adams Co. Ohio. The brothers were John, Andrew, Wm, Joseph and Stephen and the sister, Jane, was married to Samuel Black. John, Andrew, Wm and Jane Mahaffey Black, remained in the Adams/Brown Co and Joseph and Stephen moved on. The remaining brothers all named their (many) children after their own siblings and there is considerable confusion as to whos-who. The Adams Co courthouse fire destroyed many records. but if you can get your ancestor back one more generation you should connect to one of those three brothers.