Notes:

. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was mentioned in the WILL of his grandfather, William Lawrence.1 written in 1701, but is omitted in the WILL of his father, Elisha Lawrence.5, written in 1722; hence he presumably died between those dates.

Verify: William married Rebecca Wright which seems is at odds with date of death for his death. - - -

Birth:
Alt: 1 May 1691 Verify.

Notes:

. Elisha, son of William, commenced business as a merchant in the latter part of the 1700, at Cheesequakes, on the south side of the Raritan, but his store having been pillaged by the crew of a French privateer, he removed to Upper Freehold then a wilderness.

. 1688 May 12. Patent to Elisha LAWRENCE of Middletown, for two hammocks of land at Shoal Harbour, Monmouth Co., 20 acres, S. Upland, W. William Camptone, N. the sage meadow, S. E. grantee.

. Elisha Lawrence was one of the earliest & most prominent settlers of Monmouth county. He married Lucy Stout & died at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, May 27, 1724. Reprinted 1916.

. 1764 Elisha Lawrence, Jur, West Jersey. Letter waiting in the Trenton post office.

. Richard Salter sold an additional 185 acres near Crosswicks to Elisha Lawrence for £50 on 19 Nov, 1717. Including housing buildings, edifices, structures, barnes, stables, orchards.

Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House Land Elisha Lawrence, Fourth Assembly 1708-9; Fifth Assembly 1709, Co. of Monmouth.
William & Elisha Lawrence, Seventh NJ Assembly 1716, County of Monmouth.
1721 - Elisha Lawrence was Representative to the Assembly.

* Summary: a long & fairly exciting tale of Middletown Proprietors' grievances, rebellion, swords fights, petition of complaint signed, Wm. Lawrence, & numerous others, delivered to the Governor; with a speedy retreat to a waiting ship, firing canons off as a farewell gesture.
"The following is a true copy of the record of this court, which made so much talk & excitement in New Jersey, & among the Proprietors in England, & which brought public matters to a conclusion so far as any further attempts to coerce & drive the people of Middletown township. March 25, 1701, Monmouth."

. They are here represented in a court record, as being guilty of rank rebellion for the mere purpose of enabling- a strange pirate named Moses Butterworth - to escape ... a certain pirate belonging to Kidd's crew - A drummer was sent into to the court as a diversion, the guards were overcome & the pirate drag out of the court to freedom. ... Governor Hamilton sends the petition to the William of Orange. Essentially, the Proprietors' lands were sold out under them by the Governor .
Ref: Early Dutch Settlers of Monmounth Co., NJ, By Geo. C Beekman, Freehold NJ.

. 1696 Jan 1 0 - At the publique Middletown meeting agreed the poor rate to £30. Persons chosed to make the sd. rate, Ben. Borden, Obediah Bowne, Elisha Lawrence & Will Lawrence Jr. Signed, Will Lawrence, Towne Clark.
. 1723 Jun 17 - Lawrence his brand mark for his horses is L on the near buttock. Entered by me, Elisha Lawrence, Towne Clerk.
Note: Elisha recorded many ear marks that day. -PJA

. 1722 April 14. WILL of Lawrence, Elisha, of Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., yeoman;
Wife Lucy.
Children: Elisha, John, Joseph, all three under age,
Elizabeth, wife of John Saltar,*
Sarah, wife of John Imlay,
Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar,
Rebeckah. Farm at the mouth of Buckhold Brook in Doctors Creek along James Coxes & Robert Burtnetts line. Personal Estate (bonds due by Capt. Richard Saltar & by John Saltar).
Executors the wife & son Elisha.
Witnesses Robert Imlay, Thomas Saltar, Alse Imlay.

. Codicil of March 15, 1723-4, makes another disposition of the land & calls daughter Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar.*
Witnesses Daniel Hendrick, Petter Imlay junior, Zebulon Cleayton, junior.
Proved May 27, 1724.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, Lib. A, p. 293.

. 1724 May 2. Inventory of the personal Estate ( £775.8.4, incl. plate £30, a Bible, other books & 40 gamoas £7, 3 negroes £150, 2 white servants £21.3.4); made by Richard Saltar & Zebulon Cleayton. Endorsed: to be left at Jam Vanlletes in Allenstown.

. 1713 March 31st, The peace of Utrecht:
Having put an end to hostilities between Great Britain & France, & terminated a merciless war upon the American continent. Some leaven of the political spirit, which had been engendered during the administration of Gov. Cornbury, still worked, at times, among the people, & in the Assembly. Graham Mott, & Elisha Lawrence, merchants from Bergen, who had been of Cornbury's party, having entered on the minutes of council, reasons for voting against aiding the expedition to Canada, were severally expelled the House of which they had become members, ...was actually a ploy to delay passing certain measures & was meant to irritate the Governor.
Ref: History of NY.

. 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House Monument:
"Here lieth the body of Elisha Lawrence who died April the 25th 1724, aged 58 years 2 months & 8 days."

Stone reads: By indulgence of the General's family, his companions in arms, erected this tribute of affection the 1st day of January, 1800 (Large horizontal stone.)
Ref: Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2, John Stillwell.

. The 4th child of Wm. Lawrence, Elisha, born in 1666, began business as a merchant near the end of the century at Cheesquakes, (now Mongan's Railroad Station) on the south side of Rarity.

The 3 Elisha's all were owners of the family homestead, Chestnut Grove. When the first Elisha Lawrence died, in 1724, the meeting house was the only public burial ground within 25 miles, a great distance in those days.
Ref: Three Men Named Elisha.
Buried at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

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

Birth:
1. Newtown, Long Isl., NY. 2. Middleborough, LI, NY.

Died:
Aged 58y 2m 8d [21 Jun 1665.] Heart engraved on black Monument reads 1724.

Buried:
Slate monument.

Elisha married Lucia LUCY STOUT on 12 Jan 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Lucia (daughter of Richard STOUT, Jr. and Frances HEATH) was born in 1675 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 27 May 1724 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Notes:

Capt. Wm. Lawrence, sinour, landed in America on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter" age 12 years.

. William Lawrence lived in the North Riding of Yorkshire, left Plymouth, England in 1635, & landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Patentees of Flushing, Long Island in 1645.
Ref: Magna Carta Barons & their Descendants, Charles H. Browning, reprinted 1969.

Summary of locations he lived:
. First resided at Flushing at, age 12. - Patent & lived in Middleburg, also known as, Newtown, 1656, purchaser. Returned to Flushing & bought Tew's Neck later named Lawrence's Neck, (i.e. a penisula) where he lived the rest of his life.
. Proprietor of Lawrence's Neck (also called Flushing, Long Island, New York City) which stretches into the Sound between Flushing Bay & Whitstone, 900 Acres:
was first called Maspeth, New Netherland, until 1643 Indian attack. Flushing was first named Vlissingen for Zealand, Holland;
. 1651 renamed Middleburgh, New Netherland;
. 1664 Hastings when the English assumed New York;
. 1665 Apr 23 - Middletown NJ, Town Book - In a legal towne meeting 4 men present, Richard Gibbins, Richard Stout, William Lawrence & Jonathan Homes, on behalf of the towne reported they unanimously agreed Robt. Jones, about to build a mill, shall be made good by the whole towne;
Newton, Queensborugh, was the name the locals had used.

. Among those who came from Long Island before the expiration of the 3 year limit in the Patent was William Lawrence. He became a large landowner & during his life deeded tracts to his children.

. 1666 - Berkley & Cartaret assured to the settlers of New Jersey, that the province should be ruled by laws enacted by the representatives of the people who had the power of peace & war entrusted to them. No tax, subsidy, tillage, assessment or duty whatever is to be imposed, except by the authority & consent of the general assembly. Land was allotted according to the time of arrival & the number of indented servants & slaves; the settler paid a half penny per acre quit rent & was bound to maintain one able bodied male servant per 100 acres.
Richard Nicolls, the duke's governor, convened an assembly from the towns of Long Island, & Westchester to meet at Hempstead, March 1st, 1665, At this meeting, Nicolls promulgated the laws called the duke's laws, which continued in force, notwithstanding the peoples discontent, The large Assembly of deputies assembled at Hempstead in March 1665. ...The colonies chose their own magistrates & he instructed they in the law to go before the King. A judgement having been obtained against William Lawrence, of Flushing, the governor, on appeal, made it void.
Ref: History of the New Netherlands, Vol. 2.

. 1665 - Wm. C. Lawrence was a magistrate under the Dutch government in Flushing & again a magistrate & a military commissioner for the North Riding of Yorkshire, Long Island, NY.
. 1669 Jul 20, William Lawrence, Daniel Estall, George Mountand, Richard Gibbins were chose deputies for this present year according to the order made: to assist the constable & overseers.
. 1669 Monmouth County Quit Rent, William Lawrence Sr.
. 1670 May the 9th, In a legal towne meeting the major part being present, Ed. Smith was by the major vote chosen to be constable for the following year. Wm. Lawrence chosen overseer.

. 1669 April 30th, Fort James in York. To John Richbell of Mororonock, Wm. Lawrence of Flushing. A Warrant to John Archer to take up a stray horse. These are to empower you to make enquiry after & to take up if he can be found a certain stray horse running in ye woods or some other place near unto or about your Towne of Westchester. The said horse being of gray color & branded with an Anchor on ye near shoulder & that you cause him to be brought to the Towne, where he shall remain until it be made appear to whom it doh with right belong or be disposed of as ye Law shall direct and for so doing this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand, Signed, Francis Lovelace.
. Another to take up a stray Bull. These are to empower you to take up a certain stray bull now running at your Plantation about 3 years old the which you are to make & if you find it convenient, geld him & if the right owner appeare not to claime him within the time in the Law prescribed that you dispose not of him without my order. Given under my and at Fort James, NY, Fr. L.
Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of New York.

. LAWRENCE OF MONMOUNTH COUNTY, N.J.
. 1677 - William Lawrence, owning land at Middleborough, now Newtown, L.I., came to Monmouth Co., NJ about 1677; settled at Hop River, where he had a house, a fulling mill & orchard. He owned land at Middletown & Wakake. Was an overseer at Middletown in 1668 & 1670-71; & in 1669 & 1673 was a Deputy to the Legislature.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS:
. Shares of meadow in Hunt's cove, 16. 1 share of salt meadow at Head of the bay, 16, one Negro, John, 50, Negro Andrew, 40. Ten Negroes in all. One English boy called by the name of Bishop, for a year & some months service, 5. 32 oxen, 160. 46 cows. 17 Horses. The inventory is very lengthy, showing great wealth & high social station. Total, 4,032. Taken by Richard Cornell, John Browne, John Lawrence, Abm. Whearly. Elizabeth Lawrence & Wm. Lawrence, administrators, made oath to the same in presence of Governor & Council, November 18, 1680.

. 1675 Sept. 10. - Patent to Hans Alberts of Newark for land there, vizt: 1, a house lot of 6 acres, along the highway on the N. W. of Richard Lawrence & John Ward Turner; East. of Daniel DOD; N. of John Crane & Tho. Hundinton; 2, seven acres of upland in the Great Neck, bounded W. by Stephen Bonde by Rich. Lawrence; 3. 20 acres of upland beyond the Mill Brook on the Great River; 4. seven a. in the Mill Brook swamp, adjoining Stephen DAVIS; 5. three a. of meadows near Wheelers Creek, coming up to Tichenors Cave; 6. four acres of meadow near the Hay S. of Zachariah Burwell, 136 Acres.

. 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:
. 1676 - William Lawrence, in right of self & sister Hannah Lawrence, 240 acres.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY :
. 1676 -7 January 10. To John Vaughan of Middletown for:
A tract of 126 acres, bounded N. W. & S. W. by Richard Gibbons, S. E. by un-surveyed land, N. E. by Poirsy Run;
Nine acres of meadow, formerly Benjamin Deull's; bounded E. by James Grover; W. by Wm. Lawrence; S. by upland; N. by the beach. 165 Acres.
Ref: Calendar of New Jersey Patents.
. 1678 Jun 1 - Memorial concerning 1,000 acres at Chohazicke, intended for Wm. LAWRENCE, upon Richard Noble's assignment. (Undated. Previous entry, 1678 June 1.)

. 1681 July 5 - William Lawrence of Middletown, East Jersey, planter, by his attorney, Anthony Page of Monmouth River, W. J., planter, to Jasper Harman of Chohanzey, W. J., yeoman, for 500 acres, part of the 1,000 a. tract bought by said LAWRENCE of Richard Noble, April 15, 1676, to whom John Fenwick had granted it May 14, 1675.

. 1685-6 Jan. 5 - To William Lawrence of Middletown, for 420 a. on the South Hop River, bounded on all sides by South Hop & North Hop Rivers. ... The first fulling mill, owned by Wm. Lawrence, was on Long Bridge Road.
One of New Jersey's first fulling mills (perhaps the oldest) was run & owned by William Lawrence on Hop Brook. Fulling was a process of cleansing or thickening cloth by beating or washing. William Lawrence died in 1701 & willed the mill, house & properties to one of his sons, James who later moved to Crosswicks, on Long Bridge Road.
Ref: History of Colts Neck, CN Library 1965.

. Jacobus Suydam married a daughter of Capt. Cor. Rapelye, after engaging successfully in commerce in NYC, he retired from business & bought the Estate of William Lawrence of Newtown. Here he lived until his death in 1825.

. 1675 Oct 21, the Indians to follow the directions of the Assizes to remove from Mr. Pells. No powder nor lead to be sold in this town to the Indians. Mr. Cornell, Captain Wm. Lawrence from Flushing, M. Gildersleeve & Mr. Geo. Hewlett, Hempstead, same according to the order this day from 2 towns Tackpouha & the rest came not till this evening & brought some pretending to land with them the persons appeared just agreeing returned with them. Indians renewed their pretense to land North of Hampstead & particularly Cows Neck, Little Madnams New, Great Madnasa Next, makes offers but they not will to consent with Colts Neck so to remain as it is but neither Christian nor Indian to be permitted to settle there at present. One of the Indians claims Thee Necks to belong to hem & an old Squaw they asked 120 Lbs. again as before for the Three Necks & to keep Colts next themselves all that have pretenses must come together some other time & the Governor will agree with them.
Ref: Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1886.

. 1678 May 7 - Order referring to the Sessions the complaint of the constable of Flushing against Capt. William Lawrence, for fencing in the highway. p90.
Ref: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1866.

Death of William Lawrence:
. Whereas Captain William Lawrence, late of Cow's Neck in Flushing, one of the Justices of the Peace of the North Riding, died intestate, leaving a considerable Estate, & divers children, & Elizabeth his wife, & his eldest son, William by a former marriage, having made application for Letters of Administration, & having brought in an inventory, they were appointed March 25, 1680. Ref: Page 269.

The Duke's Laws of 1665 mandated that an inventory was to be taken within 48 hours after appropriate official inquiry of the death had begun [into a person dying instate.} William Lawrence's inventories portray a sober man of considerable wealth. His personal wearing apparel was sturdy, useful, & appropriate for a man who at once was a Quaker, merchant, trader, magistrate, planter, & slaveholder. The 2 of William Lawrence's inventories taken at his death in 1680 - one for his warehouse in Manhattan & the other for his shop & dwelling in Flushing.

Benefitting from Flushing's abundance & quasi-independence from the colonial government centered at New Amsterdam/New York, William Lawrence flourished in the New World. The value of his land, chattels, & effects at £4432:01:10 ½ was substantial for 1680.
The personal clothing of William Lawrence listed in the inventory include one worsted & 1 haire camlet cloak, a broadcloth (textile made of carded wool in plain weave that is fulled after weaving) suit, a drugg et (a lighter woolen) suit, an old norwester, & a castor (beaver fur hat). Lawrence was likely among the richest men in the colony. His material wealth is comparable to that of Cornelis Steenwyck, one of New Netherland's principal merchants who also served as magistrate, burgomaster, & alderman.

The Business of Agribusiness Lawrence was among the largest landowners in Flushing. The main dwelling house, along with orchards & meadows, were located at Tew's Neck, an extensive swath of land jutting into the Long Island Sound (today College Point, Queens). Other Flushing property included land at Whitestone & lots in the center of town where his retail shop probably stood. In addition to property in lower Manhattan, Lawrence owned acres in Newtown to the west, meadows across the Long Island Sound in Westchester & land at various places further east near Smithtown. Lawrence's expansive property include numerous shares of Salt Meadow, a grassy marsh prone to flooding by salt water. In colonial America salt meadow was an important resource for sustaining animal herds, especially cattle. Adriean van der Donck notes in A Description of New Netherland (1656) that cattle were suffering from disease due to the consumption of "sweet hay." The issue was not resolved until animals started consuming hay grown on salt wetlands. At his death, Lawrence had 173 Cattle & 72 swine & were probably shipped to provide provisions to West Indies plantations or at the Manhattan market. Barrels of pork & beef, along with hooks, sickles, scythes & pitchforks for wheat harvesting, are listed in his Manhattan warehouse.
Ref: William Lawrence's Manhattan warehouse inventory currently resides in the manuscripts collection: "Inventories, New York State, 1680-1844", MS 450.2 at the NY Historical Society Museum & Library, & a copy at Bowne House Historical Society, NY.

. 1680 Mar 10 - Whereas William Lawrence, late of Flushing, deceased, had left a considerable estate & 7 young children, that is to say Mary, Thomas, Joseph, Richard, Samuel, Sarah & James, whose proportion & share of their said father's estate according to law amounts to each of them £277 12s 4p which is & remains in the hands & possession of Elizabeth the widow & administratrix of the said Wm. & mother to the said children who desiring in Council to be admitted their guardian, these are to certify that he said Elizabeth Lawrence is by advice of the Council admitted & allowed of to be guardian for the said 7 children & to have possession & enjoy their said portions giving sufficient security to satisfy & pay the same to them & such of them when they shall attain the age of 21 y or be married.
Ref: Booke of Orders & Warrents, Secretary of State, Albany, NY, p39.

. 1680 Nov 18 - Inventory of Estate of William Lawrence, Flushing. The neck of land called Cows Neck, with housing, orchards & meadows, 1,250. Two 50 acre lots at Whitestone, 60. 50 acre lot, No. 13, 20.
The 50 acre lot in Newtons Neck 15. 104 acre lots lying at the Town, with all housing, orchards, etc., 60. 640 acres lying adjoining to Sunk meadows, eastward, & also running west to the Fresh Pond, & north to the Sound, & south to the path that goes to John Goldin's house, 150. 1/2 share of salt meadow at Townsend, & 2 shares of fresh meadow, one at Grays, & the other in the middle meadow, 10, 1 share of salt meadow at Terrys Point, 30, 6 shares of meadow at Westchester. 3 shares of meadow in the New Found Passage, 3.3 shares of meadow in Hunt's cove, 16. 1 share of salt meadow at Head of the bay, 16, one negro, John, 50, negro Andrew, 40. 10 negroes in all. One English boy called by the name of Bishop, for a year & some months service, 5. 32 oxen, 160. 46 cows.17 Horses.
The inventory is very lengthy, showing great wealth & high social station. sword, plate & personals, Merchant's list of 3 & half pages of shop goods, mostly cloth, nothing haberdashery, pewter & tools.
Total £4,432. Taken by Richard Cornell, John Bowne, John Lawrence. He made Elizabeth [nee Smith] Lawrence & Wm. Lawrence, administrators, made oath to the same in presence of Governor & Council, November 18, 1680. Page 405.
Ref: Surrogate's Office, city of NY, Liber 22, p24.

. At first this Flushing region was in the possession of William Lawrence, a gentleman of note in Colonial days, descended from that sturdy " William Lawrence, of Flushing,'' who, in 1666, was fined by Governor Nichols for daring to criticize some of his measures under the Duke's Laws. After the Revolution a part of this property came into the market, and was bought by Eliphalet Stratton for $1,250. In 1836. Here was to be conducted a regular collegiate institution under the name of St. Paul's College at College Point, for the preparation of young men for the ministry of the Episcopalian church.
Ref: Leslie's history of the greater New York V.2. - - -

Died:
Long Island. Died intestate, leaving a considerable Estate.

William married Elizabeth SMITH on 4 Mar 1664 in Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York. Elizabeth (daughter of Colonel Richard SMITH, Patentee and Sarah FOLGER) was born in 1643 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York; died in Jul 1712 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; was buried in First Presbyterian Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1845 May 9. Ballinafad. A meeting was held for the purpose of appointing 3 trustees for the cemetery. A deed was drawn up between Nathaniel Roszell & his Wife Hannah, "in the Township of Erin, in the county of Waterloo, in the Wellington district, in the prince of Canada". The trustees were Obadiah Roy, Archibald Patterson & Jos Hilt. Witnesses present were Donald McMain & Arthur Thompson. The same of 5 shillings was paid for the land.
Ref: Flesherton Advance newspaper. - - -

Died:
Will dated 8 Mar 1712.

Notes:

Married:
"Whereas I have received information and satisfaction that there is an intent of Marriage between William Lawrence of Flushing and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith of Mishaquak'd, upon Long Island upon their request I give them license, so to do and do herby require you to proclaim the said William Lawrence and Elizabeth Smith man and wife and so record them and to proceed therein according to your formed customs on the like occassions. Given under my hand at Hempstead this 4th day of March 1664. Richd. Nicholls.

Note: Lawrence father and son married two Smith sisters:
Older sister Elizabeth Smith in1664 married William Senior, who was his second wife,
{or in other words, sister Eliz. is now the mother-in-law.
In 1680 William Jr. married Deborah, the youngest daughter of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown on Long Island, NY. {i.e. Deborah now became her older sister's daughter-in-law. - - -

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:

Died intestate in England.
Wife & children Landed at Plymouth Mass on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter".

Mouthmouth Co. From its Settlement to the Surrender of the Gov of NJ, to the Crown in 1702, by Hon Joel Parker, NJ Historical Society paper, extracted from a long article:
. 1609 Sep 3, Natives who lived in what is now Monmouth col, discovered a ship bearing toward the shore, He Half Moon, commanded by Hendrick Hudson, of Dutch East India Co, anchored in Raritan Bay, near Sand Hook.
. 1664 Apr 2 -James Duke of York, brother to Charles II of England gave Governor Col. Nicolls powers to grant land. The Monmouth patent granted Elizabethown settlers lands in Middletown, Shrewsbury & Portland Point (after called the Highlands). Each town had a law making body, & a board of Land proprietors, this was a pure democracy.
. 1667 Dec 12, General Assembly Officer shoes by Middletown Inhabitants & established by oath: Middletown: constable Rid Gibbons, Overseers J. Holmes, William Lawrence, Deputies Shem Arnold.
. 1668 May a law had been passed by the Elizabethtown Assembly levying a £5 tax on each town. Middletown & Shrewsbury refused to pay this rate because the Nicolls patent excepted them from taxes for 7 years. James Ashton, Jonathan Holmes, Richard Gibbens, Richard Stout, William Lawrence & Edmund Tartt were ordered to give answers the Governors men in the town's behalf.
. 1674 Jul 31 - King Charles give new grants & instructions to Sir Geo. Carteret. & Line was drawn between the two patents. Carteret disowned the Nicolls patent & order if the inhabitants did not take out new patents the Governor & Council should dislodge them.
Ref: Monmouth Inquirer newspaper, Freehold, NJ, publ. 1872 Dec 12.

Members of the NJ Provincial Assembly from Monmouth Co.
. 1707 Assembly -William Lawrence
. 1708-09-10 Elisha Lawrence
. 1716 Wm & Elisha Lawrence
. 1721 Wm. Lawrence
. 1743 to 49, 1751, 1752 - Robert Lawrence
. 1761-1772 Richard Lawrence.
. 1746-7, & 1754-58. Robert Lawrence was Speaker of the Assembly.
. 1789 - 1795, Elisha Lawrence, Vice President of NJ Legislative Council
Ref: Monmouth Democrat newspaper, Freehold, NJ, pub. 1873 Dec 4.

The Lawrence Estate in England
the supposed heirs of the Lawrence Estate in England are combining throughout the US to bring the question which has so long agitated the family, to a final test in the Court of Chancery in England. also a great many traditions among different members of the family as to the manner in which the heirship became vested in the Lawrence family.

Some claim the estate originated in the sequestration of the estates of Sir Richard Townley, by chapels the Second, in consequence of the part his father took against King Charles the first, & who was killed at the battle of Marston Moor.
Others that the estate originated in the adherence of Sir Richard Townly to Cromwell, he being a member of Cromwell's council which condemned King Charles to death, of which William Lawrence, (who is claimed by nearly all the Lawrence in America as ancestor) is said to have been President: & that upon the accession of King Charles the First to he throne, they were obliged to fly the kingdom, leaving behind them their estates, which were confiscated during their life times & reverted to their descendants after their death; & as their descendants have never taken any legal steps to recover them, they have remained in the court of Chancery ever since.
…advertisement of a meeting June 10, 1868 in Dayton, Ohio for all claimants of this person of immense fortune are earnestly invited to attend: signed W Lawrence Winchell, chain. Executive Committee, Box 210 Dayton, O,
Ref: Monmouth Democrat newspaper, Freehold, NJ.

Note: The claims of a fortune, was in fact a lawyers' scam to earn fees! Elisha Lawrence's family, of Ontario, were among the lost hopefuls.- PJ Ahlberg. 2018. - - -

Birth:
ALT 2 Feb 1588.

Died:
St. Albans's Burial Register is consecutively by month, BUT without the year: Index reads 1624

Thomas married Joane ANTROBUS on 23 Oct 1609 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England. Joane (daughter of Sir Walter ANTROBUS and Lady Joane ARNOLDE) was born on 25 Jun 1592 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 29 Jan 1661 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Joan Autrobus Lawrence was granted administration of the goods of Thomas Lawrence of St. Albans in 1627.
Children were John, Thomas, William, Jane, & Marye. About Joan Antrobus Lawrence married John Tuttle, & they & 3 Lawrence & 3 Tuttle children emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts on the Planter in 1635.

> Landed in America on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter".

It was also noted that there were seven other ships in Boston Harbor that day. Found at the Public Rolls Office, London. England was:

. The Planter, 2nd Aprilis, 1635.
These under written names are to be transported to New England embaqued in the Planter under Master Nicholas 's Trarvis bound thither the p'ties have brought Certificate from the Minster of St Albans in Hertfordshire, & Altestacon from the Justices of Peace according to the Lords Order.
First Names; Surnames, Ages:
John Winthrop, Jr., Governor,
Jo: Tuttell A Mercer, 39
Joan Tuttell, 42, [ie. Widow Joane Anterobus Lawrence Tuttle]
John Lawrence, 17
William Lawrence, 12
Marie Lawrence, 9
Abigall Tuttell, 6
Symon Tuttell, 4
Sam Tuttell, 2 [Sarah Tuttle?]
Jo.Tuttell, 1
Joan Autrobuss, 65, [i.e. Widowed Joan Arnolde Antrobus, mother of John]
Marie Wrust, 24
Tho. Greene, 15
Nathan Huford, servant to Jo. Tuttell, 16
Ref: Carol Shields, Genealogy.com - 4 Apr 2008 & Winthrop Society Publications, 2006: Massachusetts Bay Colony.

NOTE: Joan's ocean voyage occurred before the death of John Tutil which took place at Carrickfergus 30 Dec 1656, at the age of 60, of which event she wrote back to her children.
Three letters from her are on file among the Essex County records dated 3 Oct 1656, 6 Apr 1657 & 20 Mar 1657-8 in which she shows herself to have been a deeply religious but sadly disillusioned woman as to her colonial holdings & their care by her attorneys, relatives & friends.
Ref: Jonnie Kay, 2008.

Jane Lawrence did come on the ship Planter married to George Henry Giddings & listed as his passenger.
Ref: Neil Redlien, Apr 5 2008. Genealogy.com - - -

Birth:
Alt: Joanne Anterbus, Jane Antrobus

Died:
- Verify DOD.

Notes:

Richard Smith was referred to by his sons-in-laws as, Father Smith. Smith was also called 'The Quaker'.

Richard, Junior was similarly employed & an Assemblyman.

The third Richard Smith, Esq. was also an Provincial Assemblyman, but resigned based on the Quaker prohibition to bearing arms.

. 1656 Oct 17 - It is ordered by the General Court that Richard Smith, for his unreverend carriage towards the Magistrates contrary to the order, was adjudged to be banished out of the Towne & he is to have a weeke's liberty to prepare himself to departe & if at any time he be found after this limit weeke within the Towne or the bounds thereof he shall forfeit 20 shillings" Whether he paid the fine or resolved the issue in some other way, he was back sometime later engaged in a controversy with Henry Pierson.
A time honored tradition exists that the said Richard Smith made a pact with the Indians to the effect that he should have all of the land that he could ride around in a day on his trained bull. Starting at sunrise & dashing through swamps & over hill & dale, by sunset he had returned to his setting out place. Hence the appellation of Bull Smith. A valley near the Smithtown & Huntington line, adjacent to Fort Salonga became known as "Bread & Cheese Hollow" where it is said Richard stopped to eat his lunch in his mad ride for the possession of the desired land.

. 1665 SMITHTOWN, LONG ISLAND
Smith applied for & obtained the following patent from Governor Nicolls:
A confirmation of a tract of land called Nesequauke granted unto Richard Smith of Long Island.
Richard Nicholls, Esq., Governor under his Royal highness James Duke of Yorke &c of all his Territories in America, To all to whom these presents shall come sendeth greeting. Whereas there is a certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying & being in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island, commonly called or known by the name of Nesequauke Land, Bounded Eastward with the Lyne lately run by the Inhabitants of Seatalcott as the bounds of their town, bearing Southward to a certaine fresh Pond called Raconkamuck, from whence Southwestward to the Head of Nesequauke River, & on the west side of the said River so far as is at this present in ye possession of Richard Smith as his proper right & not any ways claimed or in controversy between any other persons; which said parcel or tract of land (amongst others) was heretofore given & granted by the Sachems or Indyan proprietors to Lyon? Gardiner of Gardiner's Island, deceased, & his heirs, whose interest & Estate therein hath been sold & conveyed unto Richard Smith & his Heirs, by virtue of which bee claims his propriety; & whereas the commissioners authorized by a General Court held at Hertford in his Colony of Connecticut did heretofore - That is to say in ye month of June 1664 - make an agreement with the said Richard Smith, That upon the conditions therein expressed he, the said Richard Smith should place 20 familyes upon the said land; know ye that by virtue of the commission & authority given unto me by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, I do ratify & confirm the said agreement, & do likewise hereby give, confirm & grant unto the said Richard Smith, his heirs & assigns the said parcel or tract of land called or known by the name of Nesequauke Lands, bounded as aforesaid, together with all the lands, woods, meadows, Pastures, Marshes, waters, Lakes, fishings. Hunting, & flowing, & all other profits, commodities & Emoluments to the said parcel or tract of Land & Premisses belonging, with their & every of their appurtenances & of every part & parcel thereof. To have & to hold the said Parcel or Tract of Land, with all & singular the appurtenances, unto the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & Assigns, to the proper use & behalf of the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & assigns for ever, upon the conditions & Terms hereafter express. That is to say:

That in regard there hath arisen some dispute & controversy between the Inhabitants of the Towne of Huntington & Captaine Robert Ceely of the same place concerning that Parcel of land lying to ye westward of Nesequauke River, which for the consideration virtue of the aforementioned Agreement was to enjoy. But now is molested & hindered in the quiet Possession thereof. The said Rich'd Smith shall be obliged to settle only 10 familyes on the lands before mentioned within the space of three years after the date hereof. But if it shall hereafter happen that the said Richard Smith shall clear his Title & be lawfully posses of the premises as aforesaid, that then he, the said Richard Smith shall settle the full number of 20 familyes within 5 years after such Clearing of his Title, & being lawfully Possess as aforesaid, & shall fulfill whatsoever in the said Agreement is required. & for an encouragement to the said Richard Smith in his setting the families aforementioned the Plantations upon the said Nesequauke Lands shall, from the first settlement until the expiration of the Terme or Termes of years, be free from all Rates or Taxes, & shall have no dependence upon any other place ; but in all respects have like & equal privileges with any Town within this government, Provided aways That the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & Assigns shall render & pay such other acknowledgements & duties as are or shall be Constituted & Ordained by his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke & his Heirs, or such Governor or Governors as shall from time to time be appointed & Sett over them. Given under my hand & sealed at Fort James in New Yorke, this 3d day of March in 18th year of the rein our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France? & Ireland, Defender of the faith &c., & in the year of our Lord God, 1665. Richard Nicolls.

Still the Indians were not entirely satisfied & Smith had to give a dozen coats, a blanket, a gun, some powder & shot & various other commodities before he satisfied, in 1665, the last of the Indian claimants to his extensive possessions. It will be seen that the Nicolls patent conferred upon the territory the dignity & privileges of a town, & soon after its receipt the patentee, "Air. Richard Smith of Nesequauke" as he is described, identified his own. name with his Estate as "Smithfield," at least we find it so mentioned on March 8, 1666. The patent also shows he had a dispute on hand with the people of Huntington as to his boundary lines, & soon afterward he had similar trouble with Brookhaven & a long course of litigation followed, lasting until 1775. Into the details of that long controversy over boundaries there is no occasion to enter here ; the interEst in the matter is purely antiquarian, & is of no practical or even historical importance. Smith fought every phase of the dispute with dogged pertinacity & on the whole was successful in his claims. A curious feature of his defensive operations was his defense against a claim set up for some of his l&s by John Safifin, administrator of the Estate of Captain Thomas Willett, to whom the Jonas Wood syndicate had disposed of an interEst in their purchase of 1650. The claim was duly entered, but the claimants were silenced in some way by Smith, for it seems not to have been pushed. Several other claims were brought against this property under the same 1650 deed, but he seems to have settled them out of court. The last settlements of which there is record were dated on March 3, 1684, by the sons of Daniel Whitehead & Timothy Wood.

But long before that date Smith had still further fortified his position by obtaining a fresh patent from Governor Andros, in which the township honors were renewed, the boundaries again defined & the name of Smithtown, for the first time, given to the territory.Smith applied for & obtained a patent from Governor Nicolls.

Still the Indians were not entirely satisfied & Smith had to give a dozen coats, a blanket, a gun, some powder & shot & various other commodities before he satisfied, in 1665, the last of the Indian claimants to his extensive possessions. It will be seen that the Nicolls patent conferred upon the territory, dignity & privileges of a town, & soon after its receipt the patentee,
"Sir Richard Smith of Nesequauke" as he is described, identified his own name with his Estate as "Smithfield," at least we find it so mentioned on March 8, 1666. The patent also shows he had a dispute on hand with the people of Huntington as to his boundary lines, & soon afterward he had similar trouble with Brookhaven & a long course of litigation followed, lasting until 1775. Into the details of that long controversy over boundaries there is no occasion to enter here; the interEst in the matter is purely antiquarian, & is of no practical or even historical importance. Smith fought every phase of the dispute with dogged pertinacity & on the whole was successful in his claims. A curious feature of his defensive operations was his defense against a claim set up for some of his lands by John Safifin, administrator of the Estate of Captain Thomas Willett, to whom the Jonas Wood syndicate had disposed of an interest in their purchase of 1650. The claim was duly entered, but the claimants were silenced in some way by Smith, for it seems not to have been pushed. Several other claims were brought against this property under the same 1650 deed, but he seems to have settled them out of court. The last settlements of which there is record were dated on March 3, 1684, by the sons of Daniel Whitehead & Timothy Wood.

But long before that date Smith had still further fortified his position by obtaining a fresh patent from Governor Andros, in which the township honors were renewed, the boundaries again defined & the name of Smithtown, for the first time, given to the territory.

. 1693 March ye 5th, WILL of Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye province of New York, in ye name of God Amen, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.
Jonathan Smith our eldest son, we give & bequeath our house farm & orchard, joining to his home lot;
to our son Richard we give & bequeath our Negro Harry & an Equal share of Land in division with ye rest of children; to our son Job we give & bequeath our Negro Robin ye term of 12 years & an equal share of l& in division with ye rest of our children, & at the end of ye 12 years the said Robin shall be free;
son Adam we give an equal share of land;
son Samuel Smith we give & bequeath ye orchard southward of the house & half of ye pasture;
son Daniel we give & bequeath ye other half of the pasture southward of his house.

To our daughter Elizabeth Townley, we give & confirm that land & meadow at a place called Sunk Meadow,
To our Daughter Lawrence we give & bequeath an equal part & share of land,
Note: That is, Deborah Lawrence; Elizabeth remarried in 1684 to Townley.- PJA 2010.
Executors are beloved sons Jonathan & Richard Smith.
Sealed, Jonathan & Richard Smith & Sarah Smith.
Each Signed & Sealed, Richard Smith, Sarah Smith.
Wit: John Roe, Jonathan Lewis, Thos. Helme, 2 MAY 1693, Brookhaven, Suffok Co., NY. - - -

Birth:
ALT Loc Little Waldingford, Suffolk, England.

Died:

Richard married Sarah FOLGER in 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Sarah was born in 1619 in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England; died on 20 Jan 1708 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tradition has it that Sarah was the daughter of John Folger, who was the first of that name in New England & one of the settlers of Martha's vineyard.

Some sources show Sarah Smith as the daughter of John Folger & Meribah Gibbs of Nantucket. An article in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 121:19 (Jan. 1990) argues that there is no real evidence of that, & proposes that she may instead have been Sarah Hammond, daughter of William & Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown, Mass.

. An address read before the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, April 1926 by Mrs. Charles Hilton Brown:
"WILL of Sarah, the widow of Richard, made her WILL 20 Jan. 1707/8, bequeathing to her "son Richard all of the houses, orchards, lands that my husband left me in possession of" & "a necke called James Nieck to be equally divided amongst my six sons."
Ref: Smiths of Smithtown.

. 1702 Nov 24, Sarah Smith, in a petition on file in the office of the Secretary of State in Albany, praying to have a decree of the Court of Equity in relation to her husband's estate, states that she now has "50 children & grandchildren to provide for."

* 1708 Jan 20 WILL of Sarah Smith
In the name of God Amen I Sarah Smith relict of Richard Smith, Sen, deceased of Smithtown in ye County of Suffolk & in ye Province of New Yorke, Doe make my last will & Testament in manner following: First I commit my soul into ye hands of God which gave it, & my body to a decent burial at ye discretion of my Executor hereafter named, in comfortable hopes of a happy & glorious resurrection thro, the power & merits of my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. & as for my outward estate, after debts & my funeral charges are paid, I give & bequeath as followeth:

Imp. I give & bequeath to my son Richard Smith, his eldest son Richard all the houses, orchards, & all my lands that my husband left me in ye possession of & that I am at this present in possession of, he yielding & paying me £10 a year & yearly as long as I shall live & at my death to have ye above mentioned premises & his heirs forever, with all the privileges & accommodations thereunto belonging.
I also give my daughter Elizabeth one trunk with all my linens & wearing clothes.
I give to my son Richard's 2 daughters my silk dress? & scarfe. I give a Necke called James Neck to be equally divided amongst my 6 sons Jonathan, Richard, Job, Adam, Samuel, & Daniel.
I give my son Richard's eldest sonne my blunderbuss. I give my son Richard's wife my cloake. I give all ye household stuff not here bequeathed to be equally divided among my 6 sons above mentioned.
I give Mr. George Philips a Cow, & all ye rest of my stock to be equally divided amonst my 6 sons above mentioned, it must be understood that what I have given my son Richard is to oblige him to quit & null all debts ye he pretends is owing to him by my husband or my self, so it may prevent future difference among my children, & also all ye rest of my children to null & void all debts from husband or myself, & to accept of what I have given them in full satisfaction.
I desire also what I gave Mary Petreche she may have it & to be maintained equally amongst my children.
I hereby null & revoke all former wills & instruments whatsoever & Constitute & appoint my well beloved son Richard Smith to be my executor & to take care & see that this is my last will & testament I have hereunto affixed my hand & seale this 20 January 1708.
The real estate mentioned in the will was probably the land deeded to Richard Smith JR., by both Richard & Sarah Smith, SR, on 31 Aug 1688 & on the same day deed back by Richard Smith JR., to his mother, Sarah Smith. - - -

Birth:
ALT NAME Sarah Hammond.

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