Abel Stout (1734 - bef. 1797)

Born 1734 in Amwell, Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Williampe (Wyckoff) Stout — married 1767 in Amwell, Somerset, New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 18 Dec 1797 before age 63 in Culpeper, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stout Name Study.

Abel Stout, son of James II and Jemima Stout, was born 1734 and died before December 18 1797.^{[1] [2]}

Abel Stout served as a Private in the Revolutionary War in the Middlesex County, New Jersey militia^[3]which is cited in Bill Stout's Rootsweb Tree.^[4] In addition, the Find a Grave memorial has a copy of the information and names him as a soldier^[5]

Abel Stout served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Abel Stout is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A110657.

In Culpeper Co. VA, on November 3, 1769, Abel Stout and Ephraim Hart witnessed the will of Robert Slaughter Jr. (1702-1769) of Culpeper Co., a prosperous planter who, in his younger years, had been a church warden of their parish church. It is likely Abel and Ephraim were spreading their faith. The Stout family were strong Baptists, having founded the Hopewell Baptist Church in Hunterdon Co. NJ. When Roberts’ son Robert III moved to Kentucky, they immediately affiliated with the Baptists there.

In 1767 he married (1) Williampe Wyckoff b. December 16 1750 and died after 1782.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Abel and Williampe Wyckoff settled with the Wyckoff family in Loudon-Culpepper County, Virginia in 1783. Reuben Stout and his wife gave Jacob, Abel's son, a farm and Isaiah had a 1200 acre farm near Monticello.^[11]

Abel and Williampe Wyckoff Stout were the parents of:

• 1 Isaiah b. Jul 8 1768
• 2 Jacob b. Oct 23 1771
• 3 James b. Apr 7 1770
• 4 Mary "Polly" b. 1773
• 5 Lydia b. 1776 m. George Gray
• 6 Elijah b. 1777
• 7 Williampe b. 1782 ^[12]

After Williampe's death he married (2) Elizabeth Armstrong born 1753 and died February 28 1842.^[13][14]

Abel and Elizabeth Armstrong Stout were the parents of:

• 8 John b. 1785
• 9 Elizabeth b. 1787
• 10 Samuel H b. Feb 23 1791 m. Sarah
• 11 Jonathan b. 1795.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 365 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/365/mode/1up
2. ↑ Family Search Film 007644388. Image 364 Abel Stout https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PC-M7CS
3. ↑ National Daughters of American Revolution Volume 16, page 82 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm?action=full&p_id=A110657
4. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstout2&id=I9981&style=TEXT
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 74388119 Treva Poe, creator http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74388119
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 May 2021), "Record of Abel Stout", Ancestor # A110657.
7. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 351. http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/351/mode/1up
8. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstout2&id=I9981&style=TEXT
9. ↑ History of the Stout Family, Nathan Stout, 1823, page 21 http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/monmouth/history/family/stout01.txt
10. ↑ John Stilwell, 1916, page 351 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/351/mode/1up/search/abel
11. ↑ Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966?, bottom of page 5 file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%201%20p%204-5.pdf
12. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstout2&id=I9981&style=TEXT
13. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 365 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/365/mode/1up
14. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page:, Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstout2&id=I9981&style=TEXT
15. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue) Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstout2&id=I9981&style=TEXT