Birth: 1645 Gravesend Kings County New York, USA Death: Feb., 1723 Hunterdon County New Jersey, USA

John Stout was born in 1645 in Gravesend, Long Island, NY, the oldest son of Richard and Penelope Stout. He married Elizabeth Crawford on January 12, 1670 in Middleton, NJ. The were married by Justice of the Peace, John Bowne. John was a farmer. In 1675 he was chosen a magistrate of a Monthly Court of small cases. 1679-1680 he was chosen a deputy to represent Middletown in the local Assembly. On 4 July 1681, John was appointed an ensign in the military company of Middletown and in 1684-5, he was appointed constable of Middletown. When Middletown was settled in 1664-5, he drew a lot on Main Street and one in an outlying area. Will: 1724 Dec.14. Stout, John, of Middleton, Monmouth Co.; Wife and children, names not given. Real and personal estate. Executor~Hugh Hartshorne. Witnesses-Curneljuus Comton, Elisabeth Watson, Mary Estete (? ?), John Watson. Proved February 11, 1724-5. Lib. A, p 328 .

Burial: Unknown

-------------------- Jonathan was the Captain of the "Melitia". He organized the Baptist Church at Columbia Village. He lived in New Jersey and was a slaveholder. When he died in 1722, he left an estate of $2,500. (Monmouth, New Jersey Wills).

The children of Jonathan and Anna Stout: Joseph, Sarah, Benjamin, Zebulon, Jonathan, Anne, David, Samuel.

He died at age 60.,

Information from Roy Dodge.

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Jonathan sometimes referred to as "Capt".

The marriage of Jonathan Stout and Anna Bollen and the births of their first four children are recorded in the First Town Book of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey (p. 71):

August ye 27 1685

Jonathan Stout and annah bollen were lawfully marryed in middletowne

Jonathan Stouts childrens agees

Joseph Stout was born the 25 of October 1686

Sarah Stout was born September ye 10 1689

beniamen Stout was born desember ye 14 1691

hanna Stout was born march 29 1694

The deaths of Sarah (Stout) Smith (d. July 12, 1761) and her husband Andrew Smith (d. March 21, 1767 – appears in record as 1762, but based on the probate of his will, 1767 was intended), as well as Joseph Stout (d.. October 19, 1766), are recorded in the bible of their younger brother Samuel Stout (b. March 9, 1708/9). An abstract of this bible is published in “Bible Records, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1945” (pp. 95-97). Copies of the bible can be obtained from the Hopewell Museum, Hopewell, New Jersey.

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