Sarah (Stout) Powers (1765 - 1846)

Born 9 Nov 1765 in Hopewell, Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Powers — married 23 Apr 1789 in Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1846 at age 80 in Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia, United States

Biography

According to the profile as of 3 Mar 2024, this Sarah Stout married John Powers. There are records for a marriage of Sarah Stout to John Power on 23 April 1789 in Harrison County, West Virginia. They were married by Isaac Edwards. The record specified that her father's name was Ezekiel [Stout].^[1]

Sarah Stout (9 Nov 1765 Hopewell, Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey - 4 Sep 1846 Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia) (documentation needed) was a daughter of Ezekiel Stout (1720/1740 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey - 9 Dec 1795 Mount Clare, Harrison, (west) Virginia) and Sarah Drake (26 Apr 1786 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey -1800 Harrison, West Virginia). (documentation needed)

It seems that some record a middle name of Hannah. but so far this does not seem to be confirmed by records. There may have been some confusion because Sarah's sister Hannah married William Powers, a brother of John Powers.

Earlier (Mistaken) Bio Version

The Earlier Bio Version apparently had the wrong Sarah Stout, necessitating a change of parents to be linked. The fifth son [Nathan] married in the twentieth year of his age to Esther Ketcham, daughter of Jonathan Ketcham, in Middletown, by whom he had eleven children, six sons and five daughters, viz: John, Levi, Zepheniah, William, Robert (and one still born, not named), Mary, Sarah, Rachel, Catherine and Rhoda. ^[2]

In the New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Levi Stout 1774. ^[3]

Levi Stout married Polly Bishop on 16 Apr 1800 in Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA. ^[4]

In the New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Levi Stout died 6 Mar 1845. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-CZ55 : Thu Oct 05 10:26:54 UTC 2023), Entry for John Power and Sarah Stout, 23 April 1789.
2. ↑ The History of the Stout Family by Nathan Stout. Monmouth Co, NJ : Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Karen Stephens.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. : "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. FHL Film Number: 542526
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. : Original data: Marriage Records. New Jersey Marriages. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. Film Number: 000818212
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. : "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720–1971." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. FHL Film Number: 542526