Re: Searching for Elizabeth Bee (1590)
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In reply to:
Searching for Elizabeth Bee (1590)
10/16/99
I found these two references to Richard Stout and his wife - whether the
second or not is true, not sure, but it's a cool story -
(These sources are books that have been transcribed or scanned into the
Genealogy Library through Family Tree Maker.)
-SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE PILGRIMS
Lineages of members of The National Society of the Sons and Daughters of
the Pilgrims
. The said John Stout (1706-1761) was the son of Col. Joseph
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Stout, born October 25, 1686; died October 22, 1766, and his wife
Ruth Greenland, daughter of Dr. Henry Greenland; married 1704
(circa).
8. The said Col. Joseph Stout (1686-1766) was the son of Jona-
than Stout, born 1658, died 1722, and his wife Anna Bollen, daughter
of James Bollen; married August 22, 1685.
9. The said Jonathan Stout (1658-1722) was the son of Richard
Stout, born 1602, died 1705, and his wife Penelope Van Princes,
born 1622/3, died 1732/3; married 1644.
The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Smith Sr and Elizabeth McCleave
Smith
The following is a verbatim copy of Catherine Stout's ancestry written by
her grandson, General Keifer: (Family History, page 247, Vol. 11, Slavery
and Four Years of War.)
"Richard Stout, who seems to have been the first of his name in America,
was the son of John Stout, of Nottinghamshire, England. When a young man he
came to New Amsterdam (now New York City), where he met Penelope Van
Princess, a young woman from Holland. She, with her first husband, had been
on a ship from Amsterdam, Holland, bound for New Amsterdam. The ship was
wrecked in the lower bay and driven on the New Jersey coast below Staten
Island. The passengers and crew escaped to the shore, but were attacked by
the Indians and all left for dead; Penelope alone was alive, but severely
wounded. She had strength enough to get to a hollow tree, where she is said
to have lived unaided for seven days, during which time she was obliged to
keep her bowels in place with her hand on account of a cut across her
abdomen. At the end of this time a merciful but avaricious Indian
discovered and took pity on her. He took her to his wigwam, cared for her,
and thence took her to New Amsterdam by canoe and sold her to the Dutch.
This woman Richard Stout married about the year 1650. The couple settled in
New Jersey, and raised a family of seven sons and three daughters. The
third son, Jonathan, married a Bullen, settled at Hopewell, New Jersey, and
had six sons and three daughters. The fifth son, Samuel, married Catherine
Simpson, by whom he had one son, Samuel, born in 1732. This Samuel served
in the New Jersey Legislature, and was a Justice of the Peace. He married
Ann Van Dyke, and had seven sons and three daughters. His daughter,
Catherine, great-great-granddaughter of Richard and Penelope (born November
25, 1758), married December 23, 1776, Peter Smith, whose history we have
traced."