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- 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. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4]
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1615 - 1705 (90 years)