Ezekiel Stout (1720 - 1795)

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Died 9 Dec 1795 at about age 75 in Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Ezekiel Stout, son of Benjamin and Hannah Bonham Stout, born about 1740 in New Jersey and died September 12 1795 in Harrison County, Virginia.^[1] He married Sarah Drake, a descendant of Samuel Fuller who came to America on the Mayflower. They came to Harrison County, (West) Virginia in 1787 with their seven children and settled near what is now Mt. Clare. West Virginia. Sarah brought with her a slip of her rose bush and planted it by the cabin they built. About 1968 at the time of the writing of Russell Ray Stout's book family were still enjoying it.^[2]

They were the parents of:

1. Mary
2. Hannah m. William Powers
3. Prudence m. Abraham Van Horn
4. Sarah m. John Powers, Jr
5. Charity Stout m. Nathaniel Wilkinson,
6. Daniel m. Catherine Stout
7. Benjamin b April 14 1777, twin of Dr. Hezekiah, m. Sarah Wilkinson
8. Dr. Hezekiah b April 14 1777, twin of Benjamin, m. Mary Ann Stout, daughter of Benjamin and Martha Schenck Stout. ^[3]

Research Note

On this death record, Dr. Hezekiah Stout's given name was transcribed as Ezekiel with the actual record reading Hezekiah. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcdetail.aspx?Id=113953

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 Harrison Will book, v. 002 1788-1794 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-H1DV-1?i=54&cc=1909099
2. ↑ Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966, pages 12, file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%203%20p%2012%20and%20Penelope.pdf 34
3. ↑ Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966, pages 35-36 file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%209%20p.%2036-37.pdf

• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971: Harrison: Will book, v. 002 1788-1794, image 55. Database and images at FamilySearch.org, accessed 7 Jan 2021 [1]

Will of EZEKIEL STOUT, of Harrison County

Signed 12 September, 1795

Bequests to: beloved wife; children Daniel Stout, Benjamin Stout, daughters (unnamed)

Witnesses: James Curtis, Priscilla Lambert, John Wolf

• Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 4) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) Page 141

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 08 April 2011 through the import of HOWE(1).ged.