Notes:

"Cousin of her sept-mother, Elizabeth Lawrence".

. 1698 Mar 10. Elisha Lawrence & wife Lucy of Middletown to Jeremiah Stillwell, late of Gravesend, LI, for the following lots in Middletown:
(1b) 120 a. of Horse Neck, E. Thomas Morfoot, w. at creek. n. unsurveyed, s. Neversinks.
(2) 3 a. meadow e., Thomas Morfoot, s.w. & n. unsurveyed, the whole 123 acres granted to Thomas Herbert by patent June 4, 1677, by him sold to Robt. Hamilton, by him to Wm. Lawrence, who conveyed it to present grantor.
(3) a lot on Hogpen Neck, bought of John Reid June 9, 1691. - - -

Birth:
ALT DOB 1665 Shrewsbury, Alt Name Lucy.

Died:
Alt Name: Lucy.

Lucia married Elisha LAWRENCE, Sr. 1st. on 12 Jan 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Elisha (son of Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 and Elizabeth SMITH) was born on 17 Feb 1666 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York; died on 15 Mar 1724 in Chestnut Grove, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ELIZAbeth LAWRENCE, .iii was born on 1 May 1692 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 20 Aug 1741.
2. William LAWRENCE, .5 was born on 1 May 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 14 Apr 1722.
3. Sarah LAWRENCE, .ii was born on 20 Jan 1695 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 17 Jan 1762 in Kingwood Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; was buried in Friends Cemetery, Franklin, Hunterdon Co., NY.
4. Hannah LAWRENCE, .ii was born on 10 Dec 1697 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in 1757 in Philadelphia, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
5. Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq., .2 was born on 5 Aug 1701 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 7 Mar 1791 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ.
6. Joseph LAWRENCE, .II was born on 7 Dec 1704 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 29 Aug 1803.
7. Rebecca LAWRENCE, .i was born on 7 Nov 1706 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 30 Dec 1793.
8. John LAWRENCE, Sr., Esq., .6; The Surveyor was born on 28 Jan 1709 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 19 Jun 1795 in Cream Ridge, New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ.

Notes:

. The History of the Stout Family
Ref: First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, By Nathan Stout, 1823.

. 1708 June 19. Laiton, Layton, William, of Middletown. Inventory of the personal estate of (£62.19.0); made by Elisha Lawrence & Richard Stout.

. 1712 July ye 21 - Then Richard Stout gave in his Brand Mark for his horses, viz, the Letters P S on the Near Buttock Entered per Me, Willm. Lawrence Junr, Town Clerk, [Middletown, NJ.] - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: "Squan Dick" for his settlement location.

Died:

Richard married Frances HEATH in 1670 in Squan, New Jersey. Frances was born in 1646 in Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam; died on 9 Jun 1705 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children of Richd. & Frances Stout are:
John, Richard III, James, Johnathan, David, Benjamin, Mary, Alice, Sarah.
daughter-in-law, Mary Stout & her son John.
Kinswoman, Mary Stout, daughter of Peter Stout. - - -

Birth:
Alt Surname: West; DOB Bet 1747 -1650

Notes:

Richard is the son of Elisabeth Bee of Burton Joyce Parish, Nottinghamshire, England & John Stout born 1580 -1620 Burton Joyce.

. The History of the Stout Family:
Richard Stout, the first of the name in America was born in Nottinghamshire, in Old England & his father's name was John. The said Richard, when quite young paid his addresses to a young woman that his father though below his rank, upon which account some unpleasant conversation happened between the another & the son, on account of which, the said Richard left his father's house; & in a few days engaged on board a ship of war, where he served about 7 years, after which time he got a discharge at New Amsterdam, now called New York, in America. . . . married widow Penelope Van Princes ... moved to Middletown 1648 ... only six families in the settlement.
Ref: First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, By Nathan Stout .

. The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came.
Rights of Land:
Richard Stout, of Middletown brings for his rights for himself, his wife, his 2 sons, Joh & Richard 120 Acres each, 480 Acres.
Item. for his sons & daughters that are to come of age since the year 1667, Viz: James, Peter, Mary, Alice & Sarah each 60 Acres - 300 A. Total 780 Acres.

. Original Settlers of Monmouth, New Jersey:
RICHARD STOUT, Patentee, is believed to have been a son of John Stout, of Nottinghamshire, or Northhampton, England. He is said to have come to America as a sailor, & to have been a man of parts, but of little formal education. He had, as has been told, married Penelope Van Princes & had participated in the vain attempt at an earlier settlement near Middletown. In 1657 he had a plantation of 17 morgens (about 34 acres) at Gravesend. He drew lot No. 6 at Middletown. His death took place about 1705, his wife surviving him for some years.

The children were: (1) John, who had lot 19 at Middletown. His wife's name was Elizabeth. There was at least one son, Richard, who married twice, both of his wives, Esther & Mary, being daughters of Peter & Rebecca (Brazier) Tilton. his children were Esther, who married a Woolley, John, Jonathan, Mary, Catherine, &, Rebecca. (2) Richard, who had a son Joseph. (3) Mary, who married, 12-26-1665, Captain James Bowne. (4) James. (5) Alice who married, Dec. 12, 1670, John Throckmorton. (6) Peter, who married Mary Bullen, & had, among others, Mary & Peter. (7) Sarah, who is supposed to have married one of the Pikes, of Woodbridge. (8) Jonathan, of Hopewell, who married, Anna, daughter of James Bolton, & had children - Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Benjamin, Zebulon, Jonathan, David, Samuel, & Anne. (9) Benjamin. (10) David, whose wife's name was Rebecca, & who is supposed to have been the father of James, of Amwell.

. MONMOUTH PATENT: 1665 Apr 5 The fleet arrived at New Amsterdam in August, 1664, & that place & all the New Netherlands were surrendered by Governor Stuyvesant, to the English, on the 27th day of the same month. This English company of Puritans, living on Long Island & in New England, having obtained permission of Governor Stuyvesant to settle on the banks of the Raritan River, commenced their negotiations with the Indian sachems December 5, 1663; & concluded the first Indian purchase of land, which was made from Poppomora, chief of the Navesink Indians to John Bowne, James Hubbard, William Golding, Richard Stout, Samuel Spicer & John Tilton, Jr, all of Gravesend, Long Island, by deed dated January 25, 1664 - the original record of which is at Albany, New York, & copies are also recorded at Perth Amboy & Trenton, New Jersey.
Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout & 3 others, with their families, 5 families in all, came & made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued.
Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made & others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, & a part of Ocean & Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665.
Ref: Monmount Patent.

. 1684-5, Mar. 30. John Crawford, of Middletown, sold to Richard Hartshorne, 100 acres of land, on the South side of said town, adjoining the home lots of Richard Stout, Richard Gibbons & John Smith.

. The WILL of Richard Stout
KNOW ALL MEN, by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of sound mind & disposing memory, do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament which is as followeth:
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give & devise un to my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard & that part of rooms of the house she now lives in, with the cellar, & all the land I now possess. I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare & colt.
My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David & Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice & Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout & her son John one shilling each of them.
I give & bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within 6 days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, & to this, my last will & testament, I make my son John & my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereon to put my hand & seal, June the 9th day in the year 1703.
His, Richard XMARK Stout. Signed, sealed & published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General & Etc. 23 October 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Ref: Liber I, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, N. J.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Will proved 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.

Richard married Penelope VAN PRINCIS in 1644 in New Amsterdam, New York. Penelope was born in 1622 in Amsterdam, Holland; died in 1712 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Penelope is the daughter of Baron Van Printzen, born 1598 in Amsterdam, Noord, Holland & died 1650 in Holland.

The History of the Stout Family:
They had together 7 sons & 3 daughters, viz...: John, Richard, Jonathan, Peter, James, Benjamin, David. The daughters were - Deliverance, Sarah, Penelope.
Ref: First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, By Nathan Stout, 1823.
Penelope's tenth & last child, David, was born in 1669. That would have made Penelope a mother at age 47.

. The History of the Stout Family:
About the same time a ship from Amsterdam, in Holland, on her way to the said New Amsterdam, was driven on the shore that is now called [Sandy Hook near] Middletown, in Monmouth County, in the State of new Jersey, which ship was loaded with passengers, who with much difficulty got on shore. But the Indians not long after fell upon them & butchered & killed the whole crew, as they thought, but soon after the Indians were gone, a certain Penelope Van Princes, whose husband the Indians had killed, found herself possessed of strength enough to creep to a hollow tree, where she remained some days. An Indian happening to come that way, whose dog coming to the tree, occasioned him to examine the inside of the tree, where he found the said Penelope in a forlorn, distressed condition. She was bruised very severely about the head, her left shoulder so hacked that she could never use that arm like the other, & her bowels protruded from a cut across her abdomen; she kept them in with her hand. She had been in this fearful condition 7 days when the Indian found her. In his compassion he took her out of the tree & carried her to his wigwam where he treated her kindly & healed her wounds, & in a short time conveyed her in his canoe to New Amsterdam, where he sold her to the Dutch, who then owned that city, now called New York.
The man & woman from whom the whole race of Stouts descended, got into the city of New Amsterdam, where they became acquainted with each other & were married.
Ref: First Settling in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, By Nathan Stout, 1823.

Case of the Milk Cow:
. 1648 Sep 12 - "Ambrose London, plaintive against: Ye wife of Thos Aplegate, defendant in an action of slander for saying his wife did milke her Cowe". "The defendant saith that shee said noe otherwise but as Penellopey Prince told her to Ambrose, his wife did milke her Cowe".

"Rodger Scotte being deposed, saith he being in ye house of Thos Aplegate, he did heare Pennellopy Prince saye to ye wife of Ambrose London, [she] did milke ye Cowe of Thos Aplegate".

"Thos Greedye being deposed saith ye Pennellope Prince being at his house, he did heare her saye to him & Aplegates' Daughter must come as witnesses again: Ambrose his wife milking Aplegates Cowes". Pennellope Prince being questioned acknowledged her faulte in so speaking & being sorry, her words she spake gave satisfaction on both sides."
Ref: Gravesend Town Book, Vol 1, 1648 Sep 12.

The children of Richard Sout & Penelope Van Princis Stout are:
John Stout, 1645 Gravesend L.I. New Netherlands, m. Elizabeth Crawford, d. 1724 NJ
Richard Stout, 1646 - 1717, m Frances Heath, Mary Seymour
James Stout, 1648 - m Elizabeth Truax
Mary Stout, 1650 - 1675, m Judge James Bowne 1665
Alice Stout, 1652 - m John Throckmorton 1670
Peter Stout, 1654 - 1703, m Mary Bollen, then Mary Bowne
Sarah Stout, 1656 - m John Pike
Johnathan Stout, 1660 - 1723, m Anne Bollen 1685
All the above were born in Gravesend Long Island .

David Stout, 1667 -b in Middletown NJ, m Rebecca Ashton 1688
Benjamin Stout, 1669-1734, m Mary Leonard, then Agnes Truax. - - -

Birth:
Van Princes may be the name of her first husband. Verify.

Died:
resided