The little I know...is that My Gr Grandmother Hannah Adelia OUsterhout's father migrated from New york state to 7th connession Murray Township in Ontario...as did others like Powells etc some were Quakers...
Ron Butterworth aman@trytel.net
Oosterhout is a place name for Oosterhout, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (51, 38' 42"N, 4, 51' 35"E).
Original Oosterhout ( https://www.geni.com/surnames/oosterhout )
Misspellings also produced Osterhout ( https://www.geni.com/surnames/osterhout ), Oosterhoudt ( https://www.geni.com/surnames/Oosterhoudt ), Oosterhout ( https://www.geni.com/surnames/osterhoudt ), Ousterhout ( https://www.geni.com/surnames/ousterhout )