Stephen
Terhune
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of William S Terhune Sr.
and Marya (Van Nuys) Terhune
Brother of
John Terhune, William Terhune Jr., Martha (Terhune) Raines, Garret Terhune, Isaac Terhune, Margaret Terhune, James Terhune and Ruloff Terhune
Husband of
Marya (Montfort) Terhune
— married
1802 in Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Terhune and Stephen de Montfort Terhune
Died
at age 49
in Henry county Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2013
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Biography
Born in New Jersey, then as a child was brought to Mercer County, Kentucky. Mercer County's beautiful hills were soon dotted with farms and before the area was a quarter of a century old, families were looking to move to a quieter location. They relocated to Kentucky, and formed a second colony in the Low Dutch Tract in Shelby & Henry Counties were the related families of the Bantas, Vorjes and the Montforts resided. Here he met his wife, Polly.
Sources
- Space: Low_Dutch_Settlements_in_Kentucky
- Van Nice Family History 1661-1979, or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys. A Record of the Family of Isaac Van Nuys (or Vannice) of Harrodsburg, Kentucky son of Issac Van Nuys of Millstone, New Jersey by Carrie Allen. pgs 18,19.
- History of Johnson County, Indiana by Elba L. Branigin B.F. Bowen and Company. 1913. page 832
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Kip Bennett
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup W5, FTDNA kit #147580
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~1.56%
Wayne Urton :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kathryn (Worden) Holicky :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KHolicky
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Living DNA, GEDmatch LD0118230 [compare]
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