John Stout (1713 - abt. 1790)

Born 1713 in Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Merrill) Stout — married 1734 in Hopewell, Mercer New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 7 Jun 1790 at about age 77 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

John Stout is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A110696.

John Stout performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Stout Name Study.

John Stout, son of James and Catherine Simpson Stout, born about 1713 and died June 7 1790. He married (1) Ruth Unknown who died the year they were married. ^[1] In 1734 he married (2) Rachel Merrill, daughter of William Jr and Sarah Parke Merrill, born June 15 1715 in Hunterdon County, NJ.

John Stout served in New Jersey during the American Revolution - Provincial Congress 1775. ^[2]

They were the parents of:

1. Abraham m. (1) Elizabeth Houghton (2) Alice Houghton (3) Anne Stout,
2. Amos died single of smallpox ,
3. Aaron died young
4. William died young
5. Nathan m. (1) Catherine Holmes Hageman (2) Esther Ketcham
6. Moses m. Abigail Hart, Levi died single
7. Catherine m. James Stout
8. Anne m. John Manners II
9. Rachel m. Isaac Prall. ^[3], ^[4] (Three of his sons: Nathan, Moses and Abraham were Revolutionary soldiers of whom Nathan and Moses were officers. ^[5]

Burial Stout-Manners Cemetery

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial Gravestone, Dane Coefer, creator, maintained by Treva Poe, Todd Sidbury, photographer
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 March 2020), "Record of John Stout", Ancestor # A110696.
3. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 350 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/350/mode/1up
4. ↑ The History of the Stout Family, Nathan Stout, 1823, page 19 http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/monmouth/history/family/stout01.txt
5. ↑ Pioneers of Old Hopewell, Ralph Ege, 1908, page 262 https://archive.org/stream/pioneersoldhope00egegoog#page/n271/mode/1up/search/solomon+

• 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.