Abel Stout

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA (SOLDIER). DAR Ancestor # A110657

Son of James Stout and Jemima Howell Reeder

He married Elizabeth Armstrong.
He married Williampy Wyckoff in Amwell, New Jersey in 1767.
Children of Abel Stout and Williampy Wycoff: Isaiah, James Abel, Jacob, Mary, Lydia, Elijah, Williampe

Abel Stout was a private in the New Jersey Militia, Middlesex County in the Revolutionary War and was believed to be a Baptist Chaplain in the war.
He is listed on Page 654 of the DAR Patriot Index, numbers 117156 and 117015.

Biography

Abel Stout, son of James II and Jemima Stout, was born 1734 and died August 24 1797 in White Oak Springs, Augusta, Virginia.[1]

Abel Stout served as a Private in the Revolutionary War in the Middlesex County, New Jersey militia[2]which is cited in Bill Stout's Rootsweb Tree.[3] In addition, the Find a Grave memorial has a copy of the information and names him as a soldier[4]

Abel Stout served as a Soldier for Virginia State. He was born 1740 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. [5]

In Culpeper Co. VA, on November 3, 1769, Able Stout and Ephraim Hart witnessed the will of Robert Slaughter Jr. (1702-1769) of Culpeper Co., a prosperous planter who, in his younger years, had been a church warden of their parish church.
It is likely Abel and Ephraim were spreading their faith.
The Stout family were strong Baptists, having founded the Hopewell Baptist Church in Hunterdon Co. NJ. When Roberts’ son Robert III moved to Kentucky, they immediately affiliated with the Baptists there.

In 1767 he married (1) Williampe Wyckoff b. December 16 1750 and died after 1782.[6][7][8][9]

Abel and Williampe Wyckoff settled with the Wyckoff family in Loudon-Culpepper County, Virginia in 1783. Reuben Stout and his wife gave Jacob, Abel's son, a farm and Isaiah had a 1200 acre farm near Monticello.[10]

Abel and Williampe Wyckoff Stout were the parents of:

1 Isaiah b. Jul 8 1768
2 Jacob b. Oct 23 1771
3 James b. Apr 7 1770
4 Mary "Polly" b. 1773
5 Lydia b. 1776 m. George Gray
6 Elijah b. 1777
7 Williampe b. 1782 [11]

After Williampe's death he married (2) Elizabeth Armstrong born 1753 and died February 28 1842.[12][13]

Abel and Elizabeth Armstrong Stout were the parents of:

8 John b. 1785
9 Elizabeth b. 1787
10 Samuel H b. Feb 23 1791 m. Sarah
11 Jonathan b. 1795.[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 365 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/365/mode/1up
2. ↑ National Daughters of American Revolution Volume 16, page 82 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm...
3. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 74388119 Treva Poe, creator http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74388119
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 May 2021), "Record of Abel Stout", Ancestor # A110657.
6. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 351. http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/351/mode/1up
7. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
8. ↑ History of the Stout Family, Nathan Stout, 1823, page 21 http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/monmouth/history/family/stout01.txt
9. ↑ John Stilwell, 1916, page 351 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/351/mode/1up/...
10. ↑ Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966?, page 5 file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%201%20p%204-5.pdf
11. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
12. ↑ Historical and genealogical miscellany, John E Stilwell, 1916, page 365 http://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal04stil#page/365/mode/1up
13. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue), Owner: Bill, Home Page:, Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
14. ↑ 12+ Generations of Descendants from John Stout, & More!, Entries: 80049, Updated: 2010-04-06 22:53:23 UTC (Tue) Owner: Bill, Home Page: Stouts in America http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

per https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stout-1720

Son of James Stout and Jemima Howell Reeder

He married Elizabeth Armstrong. He married Williampy Wyckoff in Amwell, New Jersey in 1767.
Children of Abel Stout and Williampy Wycoff: Isaiah, James Abel, Jacob, Mary, Lydia, Elijah, Williampe

Abel Stout was a private in the New Jersey Militia, Middlesex County in the Revolutionary War and was believed to be a Baptist Chaplain in the war. He is listed on Page 654 of the DAR Patriot Index, numbers 117156 and 117015.

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This record from the DAR with new number: #A110657 Service: VIRGINIA
Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1740 AMWELL TWP HUNTERDON CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 8-24-1797 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: HONTS, A LIST OF CLASSES IN CULPEPER, VA FOR JAN 1781, GRC 1983, VOL 213, P 11
Service Description: 1) CULPEPER CLASSES NO 27* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2022, 7:19:06 UTC