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Rebecca STOUT

Rebecca STOUT[1]

Female 1730 - 1794  (64 years)

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  • Name Rebecca STOUT 
    Born 1726-1730  Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID D2320E53D500418EAC1A0F9A9DD4DF6D351A 
    Died 13-15 Jun 1794  Humphreyville, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hepzibah Church Cemetery, Humphreyville, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13681  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father David STOUT,   b. 1695, Clover Hill, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ann (Anne) MERRILL,   b. 1707, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1801  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 1726  Hunterdon County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Family ID F7139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John MITCHELL,   d. 1794, Humphreyville, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rev. Isaac EATON,   b. 1725-1726, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2-4 Jul 1772, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 1742-1748 
    Children 
     1. Daniel EATON,   b. Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Urla EATON,   b. 1748-1749, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Dr. Joseph EATON,   b. 1750, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1775-1776  (Age 26 years)
     4. Pamelia EATON,   b. 4 Nov 1755, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1794, Fallowfield Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     5. Amy EATON,   b. 1758, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Isaac EATON,   b. 1760, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Dr. David EATON,   b. 21 Oct 1762, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1813, London Tract, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F7032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: Conflicting information: Birth place, Amwell Twp, Hunterdon New Jersey. AFN:W4VK-1D DEATH: Conflict: Place Amwell Twp,Hunterdon,New Jersey. AFN:W4VK-1D Biography: From "Stout and Allied Families". Lived in Hopewell,Hunderdon,NJ, 1748. Husband, Isaac Eaton was a minister and practised physic at Hopewell: founded ministerial seminary and buried at pulpit of Hopewell Baptist Church. Will proved 20 Aug 1772: Lib. 15, p.467, New Jersey Will. Names issue: "David a minor". Colonel Joseph Stout Chapter of D.A.R. has an etching of the church: "The first Old School Baptist Church, Organized in America April 23, 1715. A brochure of "The Hopewell Museum" states:: "Jonathon Stout (8th child of Ancestor, Richard Stout) was the first settler in the immediate vicinity of Hopewell Borough. He moved here in 1708 after the purchase of a large tract of land described as one-sixteenth part of West Jersey. He had first visited the area to hunt with friendly Indians. Descendants still live in the community and take an active interest in the Museum. Also in the same brochure it says: "Hopewell early established schools. In 1756 Isaac Eaton opened an outstanding Academy in the lovely old Holcome house on West Broad Street. The New Jersey Legislature would not give him a charter to expand his school inot a college so he moved to lRhode Island where he received more encouragement. His school eventually became Brown Universit y." Rebecca Stout lived with her daughter Pamelia (Eaton) Humphrey in Humphreyville, PA in later years when she was widowed. She joined the Hepzibah Baptist Church there. She was buried in the Hepzibah cemetery, plot to the right of the church toward the front.

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.