Rachel (Merrill) Stout (1715 - 1795)

Born 1715 in Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Stout — married 1734 in Hopewell, Mercer New Jersey

Descendants

Died 3 May 1795 at about age 80 in Wertsville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Rachel Merrill was born in 1715, the daughter of William Merrill and Anne Parke in Hunterdon, New Jersey. She married John Stout, son of James Stout and Catherine Simpson in 1734, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey. They had ten children: seven sons and three daughters. She died on 3 May 1795, Wertsville, Hunterdon, New Jersey.

From The History of the Stout Family by Nathan Stout, p. 19

I now introduce John, eldest son of the said James, the son of David. John married Rachel, daughter of William Merrill, in the year 1734, by whom he had ten children, seven sons and three daughters, viz: Abraham, Amos, Aaron who died when two years old, William, Nathan, Moses, Levi, Catherine, Anne and Rachel.

Burial Stout-Manners Cemetary

Notes

Note N353The date of her death (1745) does not work with the birth of her two youngest children.

My aunt Cora's DAR application had this date crossed out and the following info was added: "3 May 1795 Wertsville, Hunterdon Co., NJ."

Sources

• The History of the Stout Family,First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.By Nathan Stout, 1823 Second printing by H.G. McCarter, "Herald" Office, Hopewell, N.J., 1878 with additions by Mrs. Sarah Weart, Third printing in 1906 by Joab B. Stout, with additions and corrections. Fourth printing in 1929 by George A. Chandler, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Page 19-21 http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/monmouth/history/family/stout01.txt

• John Scofield Prall, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #4285, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. "Electronic," Date of Import: May 2, 1999.