Elizabeth Stout

Elizabeth Stout
BIRTH
unknown
DEATH
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Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
BURIAL
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Elizabeth, the wife of James Stout, has been universally identified as Elizabeth Truax (or De Trieux). However, her identification as a Truax is a Twentieth century genealogist's creation, and is not supported by any original documentary evidence. The earliest principal published sources for the Stout family are Samuel Smith's "History of Nova Caesaria or New Jersey" (1765), which contains the account of Penelope Stout's shipwreck and rescue; Morgan Edwards’ “History of the Stouts” contained in his "Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in New Jersey" (1792); Nathan Stout's manuscript history of the Stout Family (1823); and John E. Stillwell's "Stout of Monmouth County" contained in Volume 4 of "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants" (1916). These sources served as the foundation for Herald F. Stout's "Stout and Allied Families," the first edition of which was published in 1951. Herald Stout was the first person to identify Elizabeth as a Truax in his 1951 genealogy, with no supporting documentation. Stout had published an earlier genealogy in 1935 entitled "Stouts in Ohio," which identified James Stout's wife as simply Elizabeth. Thus, the creation of her identity as Elizabeth Truax appears to have occurred between 1935 and 1951.

The idea is rooted in an erroneous interpretation of a passage appearing in Morgan Edwards' "History of the Stouts":

“She [Penelope] bore him [Richard] seven sons and three daughters, viz. Jonathan (founder of Hopewell), John, Richard, James, Peter, David, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, and Alice: the daughters married into the families of Bounds, Pikes, Throgmortons, and Skeltons, and so lost the name of Stout: the sons married into the families of Bullen, Crawford, Ashton, Truax; these had many children; but I could not come at the names of the families into which the other brothers married.”

Regarding the sons of Richard and Penelope Stout, we know from marriage entries recorded in the First Town Book of Middletown (transcribed and published by John E. Stillwell in "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany") that Jonathan Stout married Anna Bullen in 1685. It is also known from the writings of Nathan Stout that his ancestor David Stout married Rebecca Ashton. Documentary and circumstantial evidence shows that Benjamin Stout married Agnes Truax. Herald F. Stout assumed (without proof) that the Crawford reference in Morgan Edwards’ passage referred to Elizabeth, the wife of John Stout. Actually, Elizabeth's maiden surname is omitted in the original 1671 marriage record for John Stout found in the First Town Book of Middletown. Therefore, this identification can also be viewed as questionable. Nevertheless, the Truax reference appearing in Morgan Edwards’ passage clearly refers to the wife of Benjamin Stout, and documentary evidence supports that Agnes was one of the daughters of Jacob Truax of Monmouth County, NJ and later New Castle County, DE.

James Stout and his wife Elizabeth were living in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ as late as 1714. Circumstantial evidence seems to suggest that Elizabeth was probably younger than her husband James Stout, but likely too old to have been one of the daughters of Jacob Truax and his wife Lysbeth Post. Elizabeth (Stout) Warford, the daughter of James Stout and Elizabeth, was allegedly born about 1691. Assuming that she was at least age 12 when she bore an illegitimate child by James Hid in 1705, then a birth year of 1693 or earlier is not unreasonable for her. We can also assume that her mother Elizabeth was at least between the ages of 15 and 21 when she married James Stout and bore daughter Elizabeth; therefore, she was probably born between 1670-1676 or earlier. The records of the Dutch Reformed Church show that Jacob Truax did not marry Lysbeth Post until 1674, and the baptisms of their four eldest children span from 1675 to 1683. Thus, if Jacob Truax had a daughter Elizabeth, it is likely that she was a younger child born after he had settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Jacob Truax was the only Truax in Monmouth County during the relevant period who would be a viable candidate for the father of James Stout's wife. The minutes of Welsh Tract Baptist Meeting in New Castle County, DE record the death of "Elizabeth Truax, Daniel Howland's wife" on 5 day, 11 mo., 1718 (January 5, 1718). It is assumed by genealogical researchers that she was one of the daughters of Jacob Truax. If so, then it is unlikely that she was identical with James Stout’s wife. Elizabeth (Truax) Howland died in New Castle County, Delaware in 1718, only four years after James Stout and his wife Elizabeth were last mentioned in land records as being residents of Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ. Some researchers have suggested that a widowed Elizabeth Stout might have remarried to Daniel Howland after 1714, and then moved to New Castle County, DE, where she died in 1718. This idea seems highly unlikely, since Elizabeth Howland and her husband Daniel would have probably migrated to Delaware about the same time as her father Jacob’s removal there, which occurred prior to 1709.

In recent years, some genealogical researchers have tried to compensate for a lack of proof and nagging chronological problems by suggesting that Elizabeth Stout's father might have been Abraham De Trieux (ca. 1632-after August 30, 1662), an elder brother of Jacob. Records show that he settled at Fort Orange (Schenectady), NY, a considerable distance from Monmouth County, NJ. There is no proof whatsoever that Abraham had a daughter Elizabeth. Furthermore, James Stout would have most likely married a woman of local residence in Monmouth County, not someone of such considerable geographical distance.

In summary, Elizabeth Stout, wife of James, was most likely not a Truax. Morgan Edwards' passage undoubtedly referred to the wife of Benjamin Stout's wife Agnes, but was misinterpreted by genealogist Herald F. Stout as referring to James Stout's wife. None of the principal sources before Herald Stout's publication in 1951 refer to Elizabeth, the wife of James Stout, as being a member of the Truax family. Nathan Stout in his 1823 family history stated that he did not know the family into which James Stout married. Likewise, John Edwin Stillwell, an expert genealogist and historian, identified her merely as Elizabeth. Even Herald F. Stout did not designate her as such until 1951, as his earlier 1935 publication does not supply a maiden name. There are simply no primary source documents to provide us with Elizabeth’s identity.

Author: Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC

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Birth: Nov. 5, 1675
Gravesend Kings County (Brooklyn) New York, USA Death: Nov. 5, 1718 Monmouth County New Jersey, USA

Her father was Abraham Du Trieux and her mother was Rosellaor Hester. (Andy Reed)

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Spouse:

 James Stout (1658 - 1715)*

Children:

 Elizabeth Stout Warford (1691 - 1765)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Sue Macduff:) Record added: Dec 21, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 45670239

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