Sarah Stout

Family/Spouse: Ephraim Oliphant. Ephraim (son of Duncan Oliphant and Mary) was born in 1717 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York; died in 1794 in Loudoun County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rachel Oliphant was born on 13 Sep 1745 in New Jersey; died in Apr 1814 in Tennessee; was buried in Cherokee Community Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Clover Hill, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Notes:

Abstract of the will of Freegift Stout:

1763, June 9. Stout, Freegift, of Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Mary, household goods, etc., and son, Isaac, to pay to her £lO yearly. In the lifetime of my son, Jodiah, I gave him a deed for his portion, which land is in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co., and I give to my granddaughter, Rebecca Stout, the eldest surviving daughter of said Jodiah, the sum of £40 shillings. Son, Freegift Stout, farm in Amwell Twsp., which I bought of James Oliphant; also 76 acres out of my homestead where I live, and also 8 acres of meadow. Son, James, land in Amwell, which he now has, and which I bought of Valentine End. Son, Joshua, tract of land in Hopewell Twsp., which I purchased of Joslah Furman. Son, Obadiah, the tract which I lately bought of Jonathan Stout, being in Rocks- bury Twsp., Morris Co., at a place called Schooleys Mountain. Son, Isaac, the plantation where I live, except the 84 acres laid off to my son Freegift, and 30 acres which I sold to Hannis Case. Names daughter, Mary Chamberlain, wife of Richard Chamberlain. Moveable estate to Sarah Oliphant, wife of Ephraim Oliphant, of Kingwood Twsp.; Rebecca Taylor, wife of Edward Taylor, and Rachel Rounsavell, wife of Richard Rounsavell, Jr., both of Amwell Twsp. (Mary Chamberlain having 20 acres of land). Executors — sons, Freegift and James. Witnesses — Joseph Higgins, John Stout, John Manners.

1766, May 18. Codicil. By my last will I gave to my son, Obadiah, a tract of land which I bought of Jonathan Stout, in Rocksburg Twsp., Morris Co., but, instead of the land I give him £150. Granddaughter, Ann Stout, daughter of my son, Jodiah Stout, 40 shillings, when she is 18. The said land in Rocksbury to be sold, and the money given to my four daughters — Mary, wife of Richard Chamberlain; Sarah, wife of Ephraim Oliphant; Rebecca, wife of Edward Taylor, and Rachel, wife of Richard Rounsavell, Jr. Witnesses — Joseph Higgins, John Stout, John Manners.

1768, July 10. Codicil. My daughter, Sarah, wife of Ephraim Oliphant, is deceased, so her legacy is to be divided between her surviving children, when they come of age. Witnesses — Peter Vandyck, Peter Vandyck, Jr., Benjamin Stout. Proved Aug. 2, 1769.

1769, Aug. 2. Inventory, £208.19.8, made by Peter Vandicke and Joseph Moore.

1772, Jan. 23. Account by Executors.

Lib. 14, p. 64; Lib. 14, p. 68; Lib. 14, p. 420.

Freegift married Mary Higgins. Mary (daughter of Jadiah Higgins and Mary Newbold) was born on 24 Jan 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1669

Notes:

According to John E. Stillwell, writing in 1916, at that time the old David Stout house in Amwell was still standing, including a Stout burying ground.

David married Rebecca Ashton in 1688. Rebecca (daughter of James Ashton and Deliverance Throckmorton) died after 20 Apr 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 23 Apr 1715 and 6 May 1715, Somerset County, New Jersey

Notes:

Also spelled Jediah, Jedidiah. He moved with his parents from Eastham, Massachusetts to Piscataway, New Jersey in 1669, when he was about twelve. Sometime between 1700 and 1713 he moved to Kingston, near Princeton.

1683, ensign of the Piscataway train band; 1692, constable of Piscataway; 1695-97, member of the New Jersey assembly. He was a cordwainer.

Jadiah married Mary Newbold on 12 May 1684 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Michael Newbold and Ann) was born on 23 May 1661 in Eckington, York, England; died after 23 Apr 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his family came to the New World in about 1664, settling in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Direct ancestor of, among others, Gen. James Longstreet and Zebulon Pike, after whom Pike's Peak is named.

Richard married Penelope between 1643 and 1644. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the first female European settler of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and also the subject of a number of variant-yet-similar tales of the circumstances of her first arrival in the New World. The version currently on Wikipedia (accessed 8 Nov 2020) can stand as typical:

"In 1643 Penelope and her husband took a ship from the Netherlands to New Amsterdam. With their ship foundering, she and her husband, John Kent, and several others made land at Sandy Hook. Her husband was not able to travel due to illness and she remained with him. After the couple were abandoned on shore by the other passengers looking for safety and shelter, she and her husband were attacked by natives and her husband was killed. She was gravely injured and left for dead. She took shelter in a hollow tree until she made herself known to the Navesink tribe of Leni Lenapi. They bound up her wounds, and when she was well enough to travel she was released to the Dutch at New Amsterdam (now New York City). There in 1644 at the age of 22, she married Richard Stout (1615 - 1705), son of John Stout (1584 - 1620) and Elizabeth Bee (1591 - 1685) of Nottinghamshire, England. They had a large family (7 sons and 4 daughters) mostly born at Gravesend in the current area of Coney Island, Brooklyn. They moved to Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey around 1665. This was where the Leni Lenapi who had earlier helped her were from, and they were still living there when the Stouts arrived. It is said that Penelope had 502 direct descendants when she died at the age of 110."

The Wikipedia article presents all of this as plain fact, and of course some of it is certainly not. There is no actual evidence of Richard Stout's origins, much less that he was a son of John Stout and Elizabeth Bee. Nor is her death date known with any certainty; the claim that she died at 110 years old must be regarded with skepticism.

But certainly the tale of her rescue by the Leni Lenapi has been told and retold by her descendants innumerable times, and it is hardly impossible that it contains elements of truth. Writing in 1916, John Stillwell (citation details below) here presents a good summary of various versions and when they first appear. (On page 298 he cites and quotes Therese (Walling) Seabrook, great-great grandmother of TK.) This web page by Jim McFarlane and its attached blog do an even more thorough job of covering the many versions.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 19 May 1705

Notes:

He may have been a son of James Ashton of Providence, but this is unproved.

"He was apparently a divine, for he is spoken of in old documents as the Rev. James Ashton, yet it is likely that he was not ordained. Be that as it may, he was the first who ministered to the spiritual wants of the infant settlements in Monmouth County, which were of the Baptist persuasion. He was held in great esteem and filled numerous responsible positions." [Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants, Volume 5, citation details below]

James married Deliverance Throckmorton on 25 May 1669 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Deliverance (daughter of John Throckmorton and Rebecca Farrand) was born about 1645; died after 19 May 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Administration of her husband's estate was granted to her on 19 May 1705.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Notes:

He was a tailor. He first appears in the New World at Plymouth in 1632; removed to Eastham in 1645, where he was one of the town founders; later removed to Piscataway in 1670. He held many public offices during his 25 years at Eastham.

Richard married Mary in Oct 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mary died after 2 Dec 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1701

Notes:

She was the widow of John Yates of Eastham.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Eckington, Yorkshire, England
• Alternate death: ben Jan 1693 and Feb 1693, Burlington County, New Jersey

Michael married Ann. Ann died after 19 May 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]