The fleet arrived at New Amsterdam in August, 1664, and that place and all the New Netherlands were surrendered by Governor Stuyvesant, to the English, on the 27th day of the same month. This English company of Puritans, living on Long Island and in New England, having obtained permission of Governor Stuyvesant to settle on the banks of the Raritan River, commenced their negotiations with the Indian sachems December 5, 1663; and concluded the first Indian purchase of land, which was made from Poppomora, chief of the Navesink Indians to John Bowne, James Hubbard, William Golding, Richard Stout, Samuel Spicer, and John Tilton, Jr, all of Gravesend, Long Island, by deed dated January 25, 1664 — the original record of which is at Albany, New York, and copies are also recorded at Perth Amboy and Trenton, New Jersey.
Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout and three others, with their families, five families in all, came and made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued.
Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made and others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, and a part of Ocean and Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665. It is known as the famous "MONMOUTH PATENT".
(William Bowne of Yorkshire, England & His Descendants by Miller K. Reading, M.D., 1903)
The death date is the date his will was probated*.
"But as his will, which is recorded in Trenton, is dated 9 June 1703, and was probated 23 October 1705. His will is recorded in Liber 1, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, New Jersey".
1703 June 9: Stout, Richard, senior, of Middletown; will of. Wife _____. Sons -- John, Richard, James, Jonathan, David, Benjamin; daughters -- Mary, Alse, Sarah; daughter-in-law Marcy Stoute and her son John, kinswoman Mary Stoute, daughter of Peter Stout. Real and personal property.
Executors -- sons John and Johnathan.
Witnesses -- Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, and Peter Vandevandeter.
Proved: October 23, 1705. Lib. 1, p. 120 and
Monmouth Wills: October 6, 1705: Inventory of the personal estate (64.8.0 pounds, mostly hogs, cattle, horses and sheep); made by Obadiah Bowne and James Hubbard.
(New Jersey Colonial Documents, p. 446)
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush, 27 Feb 2018
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit: Will of Richard Stout:
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)∼This burial site is the location that son David owned land and built a portion of this house:
"The Penelope Stout House, also known as the John S. Hendrickson House", Everett Road, Holmdel, NJ.
(Note there is a Holmes - Hendrickson House, Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. This house is part of Monmouth County Historical Association Museums and is open May - October.)
https://www.monmouthhistory.org/holmes-hendrickson-house
Address:
Holmdel Park
Property of the Monmouth County Park System
62 Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733
This uniquely well-preserved structure with wide flaring eaves is set in the Pleasant Valley section of Holmdel, NJ, abutting Holmdel Park & Longstreet Farm. Built in 1754, it is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed elements from both Dutch and English cultures. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased the land from his parents in 1752. His first cousin Garret Hendrickson then bought the property in 1756 with all of its improvements. Hendrickson operated a successful mixed-use farm where he grew crops, raised livestock including sheep for wool, and planted flax to produce linen.
Originally, the house stood just over a mile from its current location. In 1929, Bell Telephone Laboratories acquired the farm to establish a communications test site. Afterward, the house, never equipped with plumbing, electricity, or central heating, was used occasionally for storage. In 1959, Bell Labs began planning for the construction of a large new office building designed by legendary architect Eero Saarinen, now an important landmark in its own right. MCHA acquired the house and moved it to a small lot donated for the purpose. Visitors should ask their house docent for more details on the move itself! After several years of restoration, the Holmes-Hendrickson House was opened to the public in 1965. Today, the house stands in the same orientation to the sun as in its original location. Should Garret Hendrickson, who died in 1801, visit his home again, he would surely recognize it immediately.
Ran away from home and joined-- or impressed into --- the British Navy where he served for seven years. At New Amsterdam, New York left his ship and thru bearing arms became a Netherlands subject. 1643 Owned plantation #18 at Gravesend, Long Island, 1664 with eleven others, was granted a patent to a large section of New (East) Jersey in the vicinity of Monmouth by Gov. Nichols of New York. 1667 Held lot #6 and upland country at Middletown. 1669 Overseer and constable. Illiterate. 1675 Deeded 1,800 acres to his heirs. 1677Received additional 745 acres by patent.
From: "The Monmouth Connection", January 1995 - written by Jean Fiske. Newsletter
of the Monmouth County Historical & Genealogical Society.
June 1643, a woman named Lady Deborah Moody, with other English families, arrived at the fort of New Amsterdam to seek asylum under the Dutch. Later that year she and other English settlers founded a new colony: Gravesend, on Long Island, (New York).
By 1645 they were well organized and by December of that year, they were given a patent by Gov. Kieft. Richard Stout was among the 39 patentees and in February 1646, he received plantation lot #16 in Gravesend.
One of his crops was evidently tobacco, for we find he sold his tobacco crop in October 1649 for 210 guilders. Richard appeared again in Gravesend records in 1657 when we learn he was cultivating 17 of his 20 acres: also in 1661, when he bought a farm adjoining his, and in 1663 when he was a plaintiff in a lawsuit.
About this time, various settlers in Gravesend decided their area was becoming too crowed, so they sailed up the Raritian River and began negotiating with the Sachem Indian tribe for the purchase of land in what was becoming part of New Jersey. Richard Stout and others bought the Sachem's right to the land embraced in the future Monmouth Patent, and on April 8, 1664, the patent was confirmed by Governor Richard Nicholls. The other Patentees were: John Bowne, John Tilton, William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Gibbons, James Grover, Nathaniel Sylverster, William Reape, Walter Clark, Nicholas Davies and Obediah Holmes.
Stout then sold his Gravesend property and moved to New Jersey with his wife and at least two of his children, John and Richard. The other followed later. Because he had settled on the land prior to January 1665, Richard Stout was able to claim 780 acres for his family by 1675. Future settlement was restricted starting in July 1669 because Middletown was considered "wholly compleated (sic), being full according to their number."
From 1669 to 1671, Richard Stout served in an Assembly to govern the towns in Monmouth. He was frequently elected to fill other responsible positions in the town.
The following from the newspaper, "The Monmouth Inquirer", Thursday, 20 May 1886.
Article "First Families of Monmouth, Stout Family" by Edwin Salter.
October 13, 1643, Richard Aestin, Ambrose Love and Richard Stout made declaration that the crew of the Seven Stars and of the Privateer landed at the farm of Anthony Jansen of Sallee (New Utrecht) in the bay and took off 200 pumpkins and would have carried off a lot of hogs from Coney Island had they not learned they belonged to the Lady Moody.
In the Town Court, of Gravesend, October 8, 1663, "it is said Richard Stout declareth that Nathaniel Brittain had slandered him; that he had sold wine to the Indians. The said Nathaniel denieth it, but said that the Indians told his wife that they had bought wine of Stout." The Court, however, ordered Nathaniel to pay the costs of prosecution.
In a suit at Gravesend, 1651, the name of Penelope Prince is introduced as a witness. This was probably the Penelope who married Richard Stout, as the tradition of the Stout Manuscript says her name was Penelope Van Prince's, which the English clerk, of Gravesend, John Tilton, gave as Penelope Prince, (Note if this is the same Penelope than Richard Stout and Penelope were married
after 1651 or the date is wrong.)
In 1664, January 25th, Richard Stout, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., and others bought a tract of land of Papomora, Chief of Indians, the deed for which is recorded at Albany, also other tracts from other Indians, April 7th, 1665 and June 5th, 1665.
Tanner's Province of New Jersey, P 61, "In the early days after his removal to Middletown, Richard became one the purchasers of the Monmouth Tract of land embraced between the Raritan and Sandy Point."
Calendar of Wills, New Jersey, 1670-1730 1703, June 4. Richard Stout senior of Middlestown will of,
Stout Family of Delaware, by Streets, "Richard Stout is said to have left home because of parental interference in an affair of love with a young woman who was considered below him in the social scale. He enlisted on a man-of-war where he served seven years receiving his discharge at New Amsterdam where his vessel happened to be when his term of enlistment expired." Note: If Richard was born in 1604 and was in New Amsterdam in 1622 as records indicate, his alleged love affair must have taken place when he was eleven years old. His residence in New Amsterdam was taken up after seven years of enlistment on the man-of-war, according to the foregoing statement by Mr. Streets.
Somerset County, NJ Quarterly, Vol. 6, page 41: "Richard Stout of Nottingham, England, (son of John Stout), settled in Long Island about 1622, in which year he was one of 39 original patentees of Gravesend."
New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, page 360, "Richard Stout, member of first General Assembly (composed of Deputies and Patentees), convened at Portland Point, New Jersey, 1671. Indian Commissioner"
Society Colonial Wars, (1897-1898), page 554, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam, 1622.
Associate in Monmouth Patent, 1665, Member of Assembly of New Jersey, 1671."
Society Colonial Wars, (1899-1902), page 774, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam 1622,
Assembly of New Jersey 1671"
The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey
The first deed from the Indians was dated 25th of 1st month, 1664. This was for lands at Nevesink, from the Sachem Popomora and agreed to by his brother, Mishacoing, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton Jr., Richard Stout, William Goulding and Samual Spicer. The articles given to the Indians in exchange for the land were 118 fathoms seaswamp (wampum), 68 fathoms of which were to be white and 50 black seaswamp, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp(?), 1 shirt, 12 lbs. tobacco and 1 anker wine; all of which were acknowledged as having been received; and in addition 82 fathoms of seaswamp was to be paid twelve months hence. The official record of this deed is in the office of Secretary of State at Albany, N.Y., in Liber 3, pp1. A copy of it is also recorded in Proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, as is also a map of the land embraced in the purchase, and also in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton.
The second purchase was dated April 7, 1665, and was from Indians named Taplawappammund, Mattamahickanick, Yawpochammund, Kackenham, Mattanoh, Norchon and Qurrmeck and the deed was to John Tilton Sr., Samual Spicer, Willim Goulding, Richard Gibbons, James Grover and Richard Stout.
The third purchase was dated June 5, 1665, and from Indians named Manavendo, Emmerdesolsee, Poppomermeen and Macca and the deed was to James Grover, John Bowne, Richard Stout, John Tilton, Richard Gibbons, William Goulding, Samual Spicer and "the rest of the Company."
Two other deeds followed and were similarly recorded, and on April 8th the Governor signed the noted Monmouth Patent.
One of the conditions of the Monmouth Patent was "that the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, shall within the space of three years, beginning from the day of the date hereof, manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one hundred families at the least. end
1675: "Here begins the Rights of Land due according to the Concessions." Richard Stout, of Midleton, wife, sons John, Richard, James, Peter, daughters Mary, Alice, Sarah. Mary Stout is the wife of James Bound; Alice Stout, wife of John Trogmorton, all 1800 acres source: East Jersey Deeds, etc. Liber No 3,
Reversed Side, pp1
1677 June 4:" Patent to Richard Stout senior of Midleton for 285 acres there in 6 parcels" described as before. source Liber No. 1, pp168.
1682 April 10: Deed." Richard Hartshorne, as attorney for Thomas Snowsell, to John Crawfurd, for 40 acres bought from Richard Stout and wife Penelope", Feb., 26, 1679-80. Property discription, a homelot, bounded N. by a road, W. by John Smith, E. by Richard Gibbons, S. by land then not laid out. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber B, pp150
1685 Dec 24: Richard Stoute senior witness to will of Edward Smith of Middletown. source: East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber A ,pp 77
1688 June 25: Patent to John Wilson junior 156 acres in Monmouth Co., bounded W. Richard Stoutt senior. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber C pp 117
4 Jan 1687-8: Deed." Richard Stoutt senior of Midletoun to his son Jonathan Stoutt, for part of the patent for land at Waramaness, Midletoun (June 4, 1677), S. John Bowne, E. the Hope R.., W. a barren hill, N. the division line; also 5 acres of meadow in Conesconk, to be taken from the E. side of grantors 30 acres lot."
source Liber D, pp68
30 Aug 1690: Deed. Richard Stout senior to his son Benjamin Stout "for the Joynture of my loving wife Penelope: for a lot at Romauis or Hop River, Monmouth Co., S.W. said river, N.W., David Stout, N.E. John Wilson, S.E. Peter Stout; also 6 2/3 acres of meadow at Conesconk, adjoining Peter Stout. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber D, pp385
12 Sep 1648":Ambrose London plaintive agt:ye wife of Tho: Aplegate defent in an action of slander for saying his wife did milke her Cowe"
"The defent saith yt shee said noe otherwise but as Penellopey Prince tould her yt Ambrose his wife did milke her Cowe"
"Rodger Scotte being deposed saith yt being in ye house of Tho: Aplegate hee did heare Pennellopy Prince saye yt ye wife of Ambrose London did milke ye Cowe of Tho: Aplegate"
"Tho: Greedye being deposed saith yt Pennellope Prince being att his house hee did heare her saye yt shee and Aplegates Daughter must com as witnesses agat: Ambrose his wife milking Aplegates Coew"
"Pennellope Prince being questationed adknowled her faulte in soe speaking and being sorrie her words she spake gave sattisfaction on both sides." source: Gravesend Town Book, vol. 1, Sept 12, 1648.
Penelope is buried on farm land along the Hopp Brook in NJ, which was conveyed to Richards son David. The house on this property stands in the east end of Pleasant Valley on the NE side of the road from Everett to Hominy, across the road from the Bell Laboratories Experimental Station. The owner of the property in 1932 was John Clausen. There is a picture of the house in the book "Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses". I do not have the author of this book.
Notes for PENELOPE KENT VAN PRINCESS:
Penelope Stout - First Lady of Monmouth
One of the best known chapters of [Monmouth's] early history is the story of Penelope Stout, believed to be the first white woman to set foot on [Monmouth] county soil.
During the first half of the 17th century - the exact date is unknown - a ship from Holland was wrecked on Sandy Hook. Among those aboard was Penelope Van Princis, whose husband had become ill on the long sea voyage. The passengers
and crew reached shore safely, but hearing of an Indian attack they set out on foot for New York (New Amsterdam), leaving the sick man and his wife behind.
Smith's History of New Jersey, published in 1765, relates that a party of Indians found the couple and immediately killed the man. They then mangled the woman, and left her for dead. After hiding for several days in a hollow tree, Penelope was found by a friendly Indian who nursed her back to health. A rescue party found her and brought her to New Amsterdam - now New York - and a short time later she married an Englishman, Richard Stout.
Penelope and Richard later returned to New Jersey and had 10 children. The nameless Indian who saved Penelope Stout's life was a frequent visitor and friend. According to the tale, he later alerted the community to a potential confrontation with another band of marauding natives, probably from New York. Most accounts agree that Penelope lived to be 110 and had some 502 descendants at the time of her death, in either 1712 or 1732. Many of her descendants still live in the county.
Penelope's story is told at the Spy House Museum Complex in Port Monmouth, New Jersey.
Richard Stout, a son of John and Elizabeth (Bee or Gee) Stout, was born in Nottinghamshire, England about 1715. He joined the British Navy and was discharged at New Amsterdam, now New York, about 1640.
Richard was one of thirty nine people who founded a settlement at Graves End, Long Island, in 1644. That year, he married Penelope (Kent) Van Princin.
Penelope Kent was probably born about 1622 in England. Her father is believed to have been a Puritan Baptist Separatist who was banished from his church and who fled to Holland with his family. Penelope married a man named Van Princin in Amsterdam.
In 1640, Penelope and her husband took ship with a group of emigrants to America. The ship was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Many of the passengers traveled overland to New Amsterdam, but Penelope husband was ill and could not travel, so they remained near the wreck site.
The little encampment was attacked by Indians, who killed Penelope's husband and left her for dead with a fractured skull, a hacked shoulder and a gash in her body that allowed her intestines to protrude. Penelope survived alone for several days until two Indian men came by. The older of the two carried her to his village and sewed up her wounds with a fish bone needle and vegetable fibers. Penelope recovered and lived with the Indians, doing squaw's work and sharing their life.
In 1644, a group of white men came to the Indian village and offered to buy the white woman that they had heard of. Penelope's captor asked if she wished to go with the whites and was permitted to do so.
In 1664, an Indian came to warn Penelope of a planned Indian attack on the settlement of Grave's end. The Indians did attack and the forewarned settlers were able to defend themselves and put the Indians to flight. Richard Stout walked into the open and demanded a parley.
After a conference, the whites and Indians agreed to a truce and a two day ceremonial to celebrate the treaty. The white agreed to buy the lands they had settled on and were never attacked again. The date of purchase from the Indians was January 25, 1664.
In 1668, Richard and his family joined with others in forming the first Baptist Church of New Jersey.
Richard's will was approved in October 1705 and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey. Penelope died in 1732.
Unknown newspaper "The Story of Penelope Stout" copy found at Monmouth County Historical Association Library, 70 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Dr. Thomas Hale Streets questions the time sequence in a study he made of the Stout family in 1915.
He said that all dates in recorded accounts were about 20 years too early, thus making the date of the shipwreck about 1640 rather than 1620 and making the date of the marriage to Richard Stout about 1644 rather than 1624.
For example, there was no New Amsterdam in 1620.
His most telling rebuttal hinged on the known birth date of Penelope's 10th and last child, David, born in 1669. That would have made Mrs. Stout a mother at age 67 and Richard a father at 85.
Penelope Van Princis Stout died in 1712, either at age 110 if you believe traditional accounts, or at age 90 if Dr. Streets is correct.
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Page: 446
Name: Richard Stout, senior
Date: 09 Jun 1703
Location: Middletown
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout and three others, with their families, five families in all, came and made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued.
Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made and others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, and a part of Ocean and Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665. It is known as the famous "MONMOUTH PATENT".
(William Bowne of Yorkshire, England & His Descendants by Miller K. Reading, M.D., 1903)
The death date is the date his will was probated*.
"But as his will, which is recorded in Trenton, is dated 9 June 1703, and was probated 23 October 1705. His will is recorded in Liber 1, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, New Jersey".
1703 June 9: Stout, Richard, senior, of Middletown; will of. Wife _____. Sons -- John, Richard, James, Jonathan, David, Benjamin; daughters -- Mary, Alse, Sarah; daughter-in-law Marcy Stoute and her son John, kinswoman Mary Stoute, daughter of Peter Stout. Real and personal property.
Executors -- sons John and Johnathan.
Witnesses -- Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, and Peter Vandevandeter.
Proved: October 23, 1705. Lib. 1, p. 120 and
Monmouth Wills: October 6, 1705: Inventory of the personal estate (64.8.0 pounds, mostly hogs, cattle, horses and sheep); made by Obadiah Bowne and James Hubbard.
(New Jersey Colonial Documents, p. 446)
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush, 27 Feb 2018
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit: Will of Richard Stout:
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)∼This burial site is the location that son David owned land and built a portion of this house:
"The Penelope Stout House, also known as the John S. Hendrickson House", Everett Road, Holmdel, NJ.
(Note there is a Holmes - Hendrickson House, Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. This house is part of Monmouth County Historical Association Museums and is open May - October.)
https://www.monmouthhistory.org/holmes-hendrickson-house
Address:
Holmdel Park
Property of the Monmouth County Park System
62 Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733
This uniquely well-preserved structure with wide flaring eaves is set in the Pleasant Valley section of Holmdel, NJ, abutting Holmdel Park & Longstreet Farm. Built in 1754, it is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed elements from both Dutch and English cultures. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased the land from his parents in 1752. His first cousin Garret Hendrickson then bought the property in 1756 with all of its improvements. Hendrickson operated a successful mixed-use farm where he grew crops, raised livestock including sheep for wool, and planted flax to produce linen.
Originally, the house stood just over a mile from its current location. In 1929, Bell Telephone Laboratories acquired the farm to establish a communications test site. Afterward, the house, never equipped with plumbing, electricity, or central heating, was used occasionally for storage. In 1959, Bell Labs began planning for the construction of a large new office building designed by legendary architect Eero Saarinen, now an important landmark in its own right. MCHA acquired the house and moved it to a small lot donated for the purpose. Visitors should ask their house docent for more details on the move itself! After several years of restoration, the Holmes-Hendrickson House was opened to the public in 1965. Today, the house stands in the same orientation to the sun as in its original location. Should Garret Hendrickson, who died in 1801, visit his home again, he would surely recognize it immediately.
Ran away from home and joined-- or impressed into --- the British Navy where he served for seven years. At New Amsterdam, New York left his ship and thru bearing arms became a Netherlands subject. 1643 Owned plantation #18 at Gravesend, Long Island, 1664 with eleven others, was granted a patent to a large section of New (East) Jersey in the vicinity of Monmouth by Gov. Nichols of New York. 1667 Held lot #6 and upland country at Middletown. 1669 Overseer and constable. Illiterate. 1675 Deeded 1,800 acres to his heirs. 1677Received additional 745 acres by patent.
From: "The Monmouth Connection", January 1995 - written by Jean Fiske. Newsletter
of the Monmouth County Historical & Genealogical Society.
June 1643, a woman named Lady Deborah Moody, with other English families, arrived at the fort of New Amsterdam to seek asylum under the Dutch. Later that year she and other English settlers founded a new colony: Gravesend, on Long Island, (New York).
By 1645 they were well organized and by December of that year, they were given a patent by Gov. Kieft. Richard Stout was among the 39 patentees and in February 1646, he received plantation lot #16 in Gravesend.
One of his crops was evidently tobacco, for we find he sold his tobacco crop in October 1649 for 210 guilders. Richard appeared again in Gravesend records in 1657 when we learn he was cultivating 17 of his 20 acres: also in 1661, when he bought a farm adjoining his, and in 1663 when he was a plaintiff in a lawsuit.
About this time, various settlers in Gravesend decided their area was becoming too crowed, so they sailed up the Raritian River and began negotiating with the Sachem Indian tribe for the purchase of land in what was becoming part of New Jersey. Richard Stout and others bought the Sachem's right to the land embraced in the future Monmouth Patent, and on April 8, 1664, the patent was confirmed by Governor Richard Nicholls. The other Patentees were: John Bowne, John Tilton, William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Gibbons, James Grover, Nathaniel Sylverster, William Reape, Walter Clark, Nicholas Davies and Obediah Holmes.
Stout then sold his Gravesend property and moved to New Jersey with his wife and at least two of his children, John and Richard. The other followed later. Because he had settled on the land prior to January 1665, Richard Stout was able to claim 780 acres for his family by 1675. Future settlement was restricted starting in July 1669 because Middletown was considered "wholly compleated (sic), being full according to their number."
From 1669 to 1671, Richard Stout served in an Assembly to govern the towns in Monmouth. He was frequently elected to fill other responsible positions in the town.
The following from the newspaper, "The Monmouth Inquirer", Thursday, 20 May 1886.
Article "First Families of Monmouth, Stout Family" by Edwin Salter.
October 13, 1643, Richard Aestin, Ambrose Love and Richard Stout made declaration that the crew of the Seven Stars and of the Privateer landed at the farm of Anthony Jansen of Sallee (New Utrecht) in the bay and took off 200 pumpkins and would have carried off a lot of hogs from Coney Island had they not learned they belonged to the Lady Moody.
In the Town Court, of Gravesend, October 8, 1663, "it is said Richard Stout declareth that Nathaniel Brittain had slandered him; that he had sold wine to the Indians. The said Nathaniel denieth it, but said that the Indians told his wife that they had bought wine of Stout." The Court, however, ordered Nathaniel to pay the costs of prosecution.
In a suit at Gravesend, 1651, the name of Penelope Prince is introduced as a witness. This was probably the Penelope who married Richard Stout, as the tradition of the Stout Manuscript says her name was Penelope Van Prince's, which the English clerk, of Gravesend, John Tilton, gave as Penelope Prince, (Note if this is the same Penelope than Richard Stout and Penelope were married
after 1651 or the date is wrong.)
In 1664, January 25th, Richard Stout, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., and others bought a tract of land of Papomora, Chief of Indians, the deed for which is recorded at Albany, also other tracts from other Indians, April 7th, 1665 and June 5th, 1665.
Tanner's Province of New Jersey, P 61, "In the early days after his removal to Middletown, Richard became one the purchasers of the Monmouth Tract of land embraced between the Raritan and Sandy Point."
Calendar of Wills, New Jersey, 1670-1730 1703, June 4. Richard Stout senior of Middlestown will of,
Stout Family of Delaware, by Streets, "Richard Stout is said to have left home because of parental interference in an affair of love with a young woman who was considered below him in the social scale. He enlisted on a man-of-war where he served seven years receiving his discharge at New Amsterdam where his vessel happened to be when his term of enlistment expired." Note: If Richard was born in 1604 and was in New Amsterdam in 1622 as records indicate, his alleged love affair must have taken place when he was eleven years old. His residence in New Amsterdam was taken up after seven years of enlistment on the man-of-war, according to the foregoing statement by Mr. Streets.
Somerset County, NJ Quarterly, Vol. 6, page 41: "Richard Stout of Nottingham, England, (son of John Stout), settled in Long Island about 1622, in which year he was one of 39 original patentees of Gravesend."
New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, page 360, "Richard Stout, member of first General Assembly (composed of Deputies and Patentees), convened at Portland Point, New Jersey, 1671. Indian Commissioner"
Society Colonial Wars, (1897-1898), page 554, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam, 1622.
Associate in Monmouth Patent, 1665, Member of Assembly of New Jersey, 1671."
Society Colonial Wars, (1899-1902), page 774, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam 1622,
Assembly of New Jersey 1671"
The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey
The first deed from the Indians was dated 25th of 1st month, 1664. This was for lands at Nevesink, from the Sachem Popomora and agreed to by his brother, Mishacoing, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton Jr., Richard Stout, William Goulding and Samual Spicer. The articles given to the Indians in exchange for the land were 118 fathoms seaswamp (wampum), 68 fathoms of which were to be white and 50 black seaswamp, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp(?), 1 shirt, 12 lbs. tobacco and 1 anker wine; all of which were acknowledged as having been received; and in addition 82 fathoms of seaswamp was to be paid twelve months hence. The official record of this deed is in the office of Secretary of State at Albany, N.Y., in Liber 3, pp1. A copy of it is also recorded in Proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, as is also a map of the land embraced in the purchase, and also in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton.
The second purchase was dated April 7, 1665, and was from Indians named Taplawappammund, Mattamahickanick, Yawpochammund, Kackenham, Mattanoh, Norchon and Qurrmeck and the deed was to John Tilton Sr., Samual Spicer, Willim Goulding, Richard Gibbons, James Grover and Richard Stout.
The third purchase was dated June 5, 1665, and from Indians named Manavendo, Emmerdesolsee, Poppomermeen and Macca and the deed was to James Grover, John Bowne, Richard Stout, John Tilton, Richard Gibbons, William Goulding, Samual Spicer and "the rest of the Company."
Two other deeds followed and were similarly recorded, and on April 8th the Governor signed the noted Monmouth Patent.
One of the conditions of the Monmouth Patent was "that the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, shall within the space of three years, beginning from the day of the date hereof, manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one hundred families at the least. end
1675: "Here begins the Rights of Land due according to the Concessions." Richard Stout, of Midleton, wife, sons John, Richard, James, Peter, daughters Mary, Alice, Sarah. Mary Stout is the wife of James Bound; Alice Stout, wife of John Trogmorton, all 1800 acres source: East Jersey Deeds, etc. Liber No 3,
Reversed Side, pp1
1677 June 4:" Patent to Richard Stout senior of Midleton for 285 acres there in 6 parcels" described as before. source Liber No. 1, pp168.
1682 April 10: Deed." Richard Hartshorne, as attorney for Thomas Snowsell, to John Crawfurd, for 40 acres bought from Richard Stout and wife Penelope", Feb., 26, 1679-80. Property discription, a homelot, bounded N. by a road, W. by John Smith, E. by Richard Gibbons, S. by land then not laid out. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber B, pp150
1685 Dec 24: Richard Stoute senior witness to will of Edward Smith of Middletown. source: East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber A ,pp 77
1688 June 25: Patent to John Wilson junior 156 acres in Monmouth Co., bounded W. Richard Stoutt senior. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber C pp 117
4 Jan 1687-8: Deed." Richard Stoutt senior of Midletoun to his son Jonathan Stoutt, for part of the patent for land at Waramaness, Midletoun (June 4, 1677), S. John Bowne, E. the Hope R.., W. a barren hill, N. the division line; also 5 acres of meadow in Conesconk, to be taken from the E. side of grantors 30 acres lot."
source Liber D, pp68
30 Aug 1690: Deed. Richard Stout senior to his son Benjamin Stout "for the Joynture of my loving wife Penelope: for a lot at Romauis or Hop River, Monmouth Co., S.W. said river, N.W., David Stout, N.E. John Wilson, S.E. Peter Stout; also 6 2/3 acres of meadow at Conesconk, adjoining Peter Stout. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber D, pp385
12 Sep 1648":Ambrose London plaintive agt:ye wife of Tho: Aplegate defent in an action of slander for saying his wife did milke her Cowe"
"The defent saith yt shee said noe otherwise but as Penellopey Prince tould her yt Ambrose his wife did milke her Cowe"
"Rodger Scotte being deposed saith yt being in ye house of Tho: Aplegate hee did heare Pennellopy Prince saye yt ye wife of Ambrose London did milke ye Cowe of Tho: Aplegate"
"Tho: Greedye being deposed saith yt Pennellope Prince being att his house hee did heare her saye yt shee and Aplegates Daughter must com as witnesses agat: Ambrose his wife milking Aplegates Coew"
"Pennellope Prince being questationed adknowled her faulte in soe speaking and being sorrie her words she spake gave sattisfaction on both sides." source: Gravesend Town Book, vol. 1, Sept 12, 1648.
Penelope is buried on farm land along the Hopp Brook in NJ, which was conveyed to Richards son David. The house on this property stands in the east end of Pleasant Valley on the NE side of the road from Everett to Hominy, across the road from the Bell Laboratories Experimental Station. The owner of the property in 1932 was John Clausen. There is a picture of the house in the book "Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses". I do not have the author of this book.
Notes for PENELOPE KENT VAN PRINCESS:
Penelope Stout - First Lady of Monmouth
One of the best known chapters of [Monmouth's] early history is the story of Penelope Stout, believed to be the first white woman to set foot on [Monmouth] county soil.
During the first half of the 17th century - the exact date is unknown - a ship from Holland was wrecked on Sandy Hook. Among those aboard was Penelope Van Princis, whose husband had become ill on the long sea voyage. The passengers
and crew reached shore safely, but hearing of an Indian attack they set out on foot for New York (New Amsterdam), leaving the sick man and his wife behind.
Smith's History of New Jersey, published in 1765, relates that a party of Indians found the couple and immediately killed the man. They then mangled the woman, and left her for dead. After hiding for several days in a hollow tree, Penelope was found by a friendly Indian who nursed her back to health. A rescue party found her and brought her to New Amsterdam - now New York - and a short time later she married an Englishman, Richard Stout.
Penelope and Richard later returned to New Jersey and had 10 children. The nameless Indian who saved Penelope Stout's life was a frequent visitor and friend. According to the tale, he later alerted the community to a potential confrontation with another band of marauding natives, probably from New York. Most accounts agree that Penelope lived to be 110 and had some 502 descendants at the time of her death, in either 1712 or 1732. Many of her descendants still live in the county.
Penelope's story is told at the Spy House Museum Complex in Port Monmouth, New Jersey.
Richard Stout, a son of John and Elizabeth (Bee or Gee) Stout, was born in Nottinghamshire, England about 1715. He joined the British Navy and was discharged at New Amsterdam, now New York, about 1640.
Richard was one of thirty nine people who founded a settlement at Graves End, Long Island, in 1644. That year, he married Penelope (Kent) Van Princin.
Penelope Kent was probably born about 1622 in England. Her father is believed to have been a Puritan Baptist Separatist who was banished from his church and who fled to Holland with his family. Penelope married a man named Van Princin in Amsterdam.
In 1640, Penelope and her husband took ship with a group of emigrants to America. The ship was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Many of the passengers traveled overland to New Amsterdam, but Penelope husband was ill and could not travel, so they remained near the wreck site.
The little encampment was attacked by Indians, who killed Penelope's husband and left her for dead with a fractured skull, a hacked shoulder and a gash in her body that allowed her intestines to protrude. Penelope survived alone for several days until two Indian men came by. The older of the two carried her to his village and sewed up her wounds with a fish bone needle and vegetable fibers. Penelope recovered and lived with the Indians, doing squaw's work and sharing their life.
In 1644, a group of white men came to the Indian village and offered to buy the white woman that they had heard of. Penelope's captor asked if she wished to go with the whites and was permitted to do so.
In 1664, an Indian came to warn Penelope of a planned Indian attack on the settlement of Grave's end. The Indians did attack and the forewarned settlers were able to defend themselves and put the Indians to flight. Richard Stout walked into the open and demanded a parley.
After a conference, the whites and Indians agreed to a truce and a two day ceremonial to celebrate the treaty. The white agreed to buy the lands they had settled on and were never attacked again. The date of purchase from the Indians was January 25, 1664.
In 1668, Richard and his family joined with others in forming the first Baptist Church of New Jersey.
Richard's will was approved in October 1705 and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey. Penelope died in 1732.
Unknown newspaper "The Story of Penelope Stout" copy found at Monmouth County Historical Association Library, 70 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Dr. Thomas Hale Streets questions the time sequence in a study he made of the Stout family in 1915.
He said that all dates in recorded accounts were about 20 years too early, thus making the date of the shipwreck about 1640 rather than 1620 and making the date of the marriage to Richard Stout about 1644 rather than 1624.
For example, there was no New Amsterdam in 1620.
His most telling rebuttal hinged on the known birth date of Penelope's 10th and last child, David, born in 1669. That would have made Mrs. Stout a mother at age 67 and Richard a father at 85.
Penelope Van Princis Stout died in 1712, either at age 110 if you believe traditional accounts, or at age 90 if Dr. Streets is correct.
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Page: 446
Name: Richard Stout, senior
Date: 09 Jun 1703
Location: Middletown
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
The fleet arrived at New Amsterdam in August, 1664, and that place and all the New Netherlands were surrendered by Governor Stuyvesant, to the English, on the 27th day of the same month. This English company of Puritans, living on Long Island and in New England, having obtained permission of Governor Stuyvesant to settle on the banks of the Raritan River, commenced their negotiations with the Indian sachems December 5, 1663; and concluded the first Indian purchase of land, which was made from Poppomora, chief of the Navesink Indians to John Bowne, James Hubbard, William Golding, Richard Stout, Samuel Spicer, and John Tilton, Jr, all of Gravesend, Long Island, by deed dated January 25, 1664 — the original record of which is at Albany, New York, and copies are also recorded at Perth Amboy and Trenton, New Jersey.
Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout and three others, with their families, five families in all, came and made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued.
Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made and others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, and a part of Ocean and Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665. It is known as the famous "MONMOUTH PATENT".
(William Bowne of Yorkshire, England & His Descendants by Miller K. Reading, M.D., 1903)
The death date is the date his will was probated*.
"But as his will, which is recorded in Trenton, is dated 9 June 1703, and was probated 23 October 1705. His will is recorded in Liber 1, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, New Jersey".
1703 June 9: Stout, Richard, senior, of Middletown; will of. Wife _____. Sons -- John, Richard, James, Jonathan, David, Benjamin; daughters -- Mary, Alse, Sarah; daughter-in-law Marcy Stoute and her son John, kinswoman Mary Stoute, daughter of Peter Stout. Real and personal property.
Executors -- sons John and Johnathan.
Witnesses -- Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, and Peter Vandevandeter.
Proved: October 23, 1705. Lib. 1, p. 120 and
Monmouth Wills: October 6, 1705: Inventory of the personal estate (64.8.0 pounds, mostly hogs, cattle, horses and sheep); made by Obadiah Bowne and James Hubbard.
(New Jersey Colonial Documents, p. 446)
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush, 27 Feb 2018
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit: Will of Richard Stout:
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)∼This burial site is the location that son David owned land and built a portion of this house:
"The Penelope Stout House, also known as the John S. Hendrickson House", Everett Road, Holmdel, NJ.
(Note there is a Holmes - Hendrickson House, Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. This house is part of Monmouth County Historical Association Museums and is open May - October.)
https://www.monmouthhistory.org/holmes-hendrickson-house
Address:
Holmdel Park
Property of the Monmouth County Park System
62 Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733
This uniquely well-preserved structure with wide flaring eaves is set in the Pleasant Valley section of Holmdel, NJ, abutting Holmdel Park & Longstreet Farm. Built in 1754, it is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed elements from both Dutch and English cultures. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased the land from his parents in 1752. His first cousin Garret Hendrickson then bought the property in 1756 with all of its improvements. Hendrickson operated a successful mixed-use farm where he grew crops, raised livestock including sheep for wool, and planted flax to produce linen.
Originally, the house stood just over a mile from its current location. In 1929, Bell Telephone Laboratories acquired the farm to establish a communications test site. Afterward, the house, never equipped with plumbing, electricity, or central heating, was used occasionally for storage. In 1959, Bell Labs began planning for the construction of a large new office building designed by legendary architect Eero Saarinen, now an important landmark in its own right. MCHA acquired the house and moved it to a small lot donated for the purpose. Visitors should ask their house docent for more details on the move itself! After several years of restoration, the Holmes-Hendrickson House was opened to the public in 1965. Today, the house stands in the same orientation to the sun as in its original location. Should Garret Hendrickson, who died in 1801, visit his home again, he would surely recognize it immediately.
Ran away from home and joined-- or impressed into --- the British Navy where he served for seven years. At New Amsterdam, New York left his ship and thru bearing arms became a Netherlands subject. 1643 Owned plantation #18 at Gravesend, Long Island, 1664 with eleven others, was granted a patent to a large section of New (East) Jersey in the vicinity of Monmouth by Gov. Nichols of New York. 1667 Held lot #6 and upland country at Middletown. 1669 Overseer and constable. Illiterate. 1675 Deeded 1,800 acres to his heirs. 1677Received additional 745 acres by patent.
From: "The Monmouth Connection", January 1995 - written by Jean Fiske. Newsletter
of the Monmouth County Historical & Genealogical Society.
June 1643, a woman named Lady Deborah Moody, with other English families, arrived at the fort of New Amsterdam to seek asylum under the Dutch. Later that year she and other English settlers founded a new colony: Gravesend, on Long Island, (New York).
By 1645 they were well organized and by December of that year, they were given a patent by Gov. Kieft. Richard Stout was among the 39 patentees and in February 1646, he received plantation lot #16 in Gravesend.
One of his crops was evidently tobacco, for we find he sold his tobacco crop in October 1649 for 210 guilders. Richard appeared again in Gravesend records in 1657 when we learn he was cultivating 17 of his 20 acres: also in 1661, when he bought a farm adjoining his, and in 1663 when he was a plaintiff in a lawsuit.
About this time, various settlers in Gravesend decided their area was becoming too crowed, so they sailed up the Raritian River and began negotiating with the Sachem Indian tribe for the purchase of land in what was becoming part of New Jersey. Richard Stout and others bought the Sachem's right to the land embraced in the future Monmouth Patent, and on April 8, 1664, the patent was confirmed by Governor Richard Nicholls. The other Patentees were: John Bowne, John Tilton, William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Gibbons, James Grover, Nathaniel Sylverster, William Reape, Walter Clark, Nicholas Davies and Obediah Holmes.
Stout then sold his Gravesend property and moved to New Jersey with his wife and at least two of his children, John and Richard. The other followed later. Because he had settled on the land prior to January 1665, Richard Stout was able to claim 780 acres for his family by 1675. Future settlement was restricted starting in July 1669 because Middletown was considered "wholly compleated (sic), being full according to their number."
From 1669 to 1671, Richard Stout served in an Assembly to govern the towns in Monmouth. He was frequently elected to fill other responsible positions in the town.
The following from the newspaper, "The Monmouth Inquirer", Thursday, 20 May 1886.
Article "First Families of Monmouth, Stout Family" by Edwin Salter.
October 13, 1643, Richard Aestin, Ambrose Love and Richard Stout made declaration that the crew of the Seven Stars and of the Privateer landed at the farm of Anthony Jansen of Sallee (New Utrecht) in the bay and took off 200 pumpkins and would have carried off a lot of hogs from Coney Island had they not learned they belonged to the Lady Moody.
In the Town Court, of Gravesend, October 8, 1663, "it is said Richard Stout declareth that Nathaniel Brittain had slandered him; that he had sold wine to the Indians. The said Nathaniel denieth it, but said that the Indians told his wife that they had bought wine of Stout." The Court, however, ordered Nathaniel to pay the costs of prosecution.
In a suit at Gravesend, 1651, the name of Penelope Prince is introduced as a witness. This was probably the Penelope who married Richard Stout, as the tradition of the Stout Manuscript says her name was Penelope Van Prince's, which the English clerk, of Gravesend, John Tilton, gave as Penelope Prince, (Note if this is the same Penelope than Richard Stout and Penelope were married
after 1651 or the date is wrong.)
In 1664, January 25th, Richard Stout, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., and others bought a tract of land of Papomora, Chief of Indians, the deed for which is recorded at Albany, also other tracts from other Indians, April 7th, 1665 and June 5th, 1665.
Tanner's Province of New Jersey, P 61, "In the early days after his removal to Middletown, Richard became one the purchasers of the Monmouth Tract of land embraced between the Raritan and Sandy Point."
Calendar of Wills, New Jersey, 1670-1730 1703, June 4. Richard Stout senior of Middlestown will of,
Stout Family of Delaware, by Streets, "Richard Stout is said to have left home because of parental interference in an affair of love with a young woman who was considered below him in the social scale. He enlisted on a man-of-war where he served seven years receiving his discharge at New Amsterdam where his vessel happened to be when his term of enlistment expired." Note: If Richard was born in 1604 and was in New Amsterdam in 1622 as records indicate, his alleged love affair must have taken place when he was eleven years old. His residence in New Amsterdam was taken up after seven years of enlistment on the man-of-war, according to the foregoing statement by Mr. Streets.
Somerset County, NJ Quarterly, Vol. 6, page 41: "Richard Stout of Nottingham, England, (son of John Stout), settled in Long Island about 1622, in which year he was one of 39 original patentees of Gravesend."
New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, page 360, "Richard Stout, member of first General Assembly (composed of Deputies and Patentees), convened at Portland Point, New Jersey, 1671. Indian Commissioner"
Society Colonial Wars, (1897-1898), page 554, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam, 1622.
Associate in Monmouth Patent, 1665, Member of Assembly of New Jersey, 1671."
Society Colonial Wars, (1899-1902), page 774, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam 1622,
Assembly of New Jersey 1671"
The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey
The first deed from the Indians was dated 25th of 1st month, 1664. This was for lands at Nevesink, from the Sachem Popomora and agreed to by his brother, Mishacoing, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton Jr., Richard Stout, William Goulding and Samual Spicer. The articles given to the Indians in exchange for the land were 118 fathoms seaswamp (wampum), 68 fathoms of which were to be white and 50 black seaswamp, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp(?), 1 shirt, 12 lbs. tobacco and 1 anker wine; all of which were acknowledged as having been received; and in addition 82 fathoms of seaswamp was to be paid twelve months hence. The official record of this deed is in the office of Secretary of State at Albany, N.Y., in Liber 3, pp1. A copy of it is also recorded in Proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, as is also a map of the land embraced in the purchase, and also in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton.
The second purchase was dated April 7, 1665, and was from Indians named Taplawappammund, Mattamahickanick, Yawpochammund, Kackenham, Mattanoh, Norchon and Qurrmeck and the deed was to John Tilton Sr., Samual Spicer, Willim Goulding, Richard Gibbons, James Grover and Richard Stout.
The third purchase was dated June 5, 1665, and from Indians named Manavendo, Emmerdesolsee, Poppomermeen and Macca and the deed was to James Grover, John Bowne, Richard Stout, John Tilton, Richard Gibbons, William Goulding, Samual Spicer and "the rest of the Company."
Two other deeds followed and were similarly recorded, and on April 8th the Governor signed the noted Monmouth Patent.
One of the conditions of the Monmouth Patent was "that the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, shall within the space of three years, beginning from the day of the date hereof, manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one hundred families at the least. end
1675: "Here begins the Rights of Land due according to the Concessions." Richard Stout, of Midleton, wife, sons John, Richard, James, Peter, daughters Mary, Alice, Sarah. Mary Stout is the wife of James Bound; Alice Stout, wife of John Trogmorton, all 1800 acres source: East Jersey Deeds, etc. Liber No 3,
Reversed Side, pp1
1677 June 4:" Patent to Richard Stout senior of Midleton for 285 acres there in 6 parcels" described as before. source Liber No. 1, pp168.
1682 April 10: Deed." Richard Hartshorne, as attorney for Thomas Snowsell, to John Crawfurd, for 40 acres bought from Richard Stout and wife Penelope", Feb., 26, 1679-80. Property discription, a homelot, bounded N. by a road, W. by John Smith, E. by Richard Gibbons, S. by land then not laid out. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber B, pp150
1685 Dec 24: Richard Stoute senior witness to will of Edward Smith of Middletown. source: East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber A ,pp 77
1688 June 25: Patent to John Wilson junior 156 acres in Monmouth Co., bounded W. Richard Stoutt senior. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber C pp 117
4 Jan 1687-8: Deed." Richard Stoutt senior of Midletoun to his son Jonathan Stoutt, for part of the patent for land at Waramaness, Midletoun (June 4, 1677), S. John Bowne, E. the Hope R.., W. a barren hill, N. the division line; also 5 acres of meadow in Conesconk, to be taken from the E. side of grantors 30 acres lot."
source Liber D, pp68
30 Aug 1690: Deed. Richard Stout senior to his son Benjamin Stout "for the Joynture of my loving wife Penelope: for a lot at Romauis or Hop River, Monmouth Co., S.W. said river, N.W., David Stout, N.E. John Wilson, S.E. Peter Stout; also 6 2/3 acres of meadow at Conesconk, adjoining Peter Stout. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber D, pp385
12 Sep 1648":Ambrose London plaintive agt:ye wife of Tho: Aplegate defent in an action of slander for saying his wife did milke her Cowe"
"The defent saith yt shee said noe otherwise but as Penellopey Prince tould her yt Ambrose his wife did milke her Cowe"
"Rodger Scotte being deposed saith yt being in ye house of Tho: Aplegate hee did heare Pennellopy Prince saye yt ye wife of Ambrose London did milke ye Cowe of Tho: Aplegate"
"Tho: Greedye being deposed saith yt Pennellope Prince being att his house hee did heare her saye yt shee and Aplegates Daughter must com as witnesses agat: Ambrose his wife milking Aplegates Coew"
"Pennellope Prince being questationed adknowled her faulte in soe speaking and being sorrie her words she spake gave sattisfaction on both sides." source: Gravesend Town Book, vol. 1, Sept 12, 1648.
Penelope is buried on farm land along the Hopp Brook in NJ, which was conveyed to Richards son David. The house on this property stands in the east end of Pleasant Valley on the NE side of the road from Everett to Hominy, across the road from the Bell Laboratories Experimental Station. The owner of the property in 1932 was John Clausen. There is a picture of the house in the book "Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses". I do not have the author of this book.
Notes for PENELOPE KENT VAN PRINCESS:
Penelope Stout - First Lady of Monmouth
One of the best known chapters of [Monmouth's] early history is the story of Penelope Stout, believed to be the first white woman to set foot on [Monmouth] county soil.
During the first half of the 17th century - the exact date is unknown - a ship from Holland was wrecked on Sandy Hook. Among those aboard was Penelope Van Princis, whose husband had become ill on the long sea voyage. The passengers
and crew reached shore safely, but hearing of an Indian attack they set out on foot for New York (New Amsterdam), leaving the sick man and his wife behind.
Smith's History of New Jersey, published in 1765, relates that a party of Indians found the couple and immediately killed the man. They then mangled the woman, and left her for dead. After hiding for several days in a hollow tree, Penelope was found by a friendly Indian who nursed her back to health. A rescue party found her and brought her to New Amsterdam - now New York - and a short time later she married an Englishman, Richard Stout.
Penelope and Richard later returned to New Jersey and had 10 children. The nameless Indian who saved Penelope Stout's life was a frequent visitor and friend. According to the tale, he later alerted the community to a potential confrontation with another band of marauding natives, probably from New York. Most accounts agree that Penelope lived to be 110 and had some 502 descendants at the time of her death, in either 1712 or 1732. Many of her descendants still live in the county.
Penelope's story is told at the Spy House Museum Complex in Port Monmouth, New Jersey.
Richard Stout, a son of John and Elizabeth (Bee or Gee) Stout, was born in Nottinghamshire, England about 1715. He joined the British Navy and was discharged at New Amsterdam, now New York, about 1640.
Richard was one of thirty nine people who founded a settlement at Graves End, Long Island, in 1644. That year, he married Penelope (Kent) Van Princin.
Penelope Kent was probably born about 1622 in England. Her father is believed to have been a Puritan Baptist Separatist who was banished from his church and who fled to Holland with his family. Penelope married a man named Van Princin in Amsterdam.
In 1640, Penelope and her husband took ship with a group of emigrants to America. The ship was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Many of the passengers traveled overland to New Amsterdam, but Penelope husband was ill and could not travel, so they remained near the wreck site.
The little encampment was attacked by Indians, who killed Penelope's husband and left her for dead with a fractured skull, a hacked shoulder and a gash in her body that allowed her intestines to protrude. Penelope survived alone for several days until two Indian men came by. The older of the two carried her to his village and sewed up her wounds with a fish bone needle and vegetable fibers. Penelope recovered and lived with the Indians, doing squaw's work and sharing their life.
In 1644, a group of white men came to the Indian village and offered to buy the white woman that they had heard of. Penelope's captor asked if she wished to go with the whites and was permitted to do so.
In 1664, an Indian came to warn Penelope of a planned Indian attack on the settlement of Grave's end. The Indians did attack and the forewarned settlers were able to defend themselves and put the Indians to flight. Richard Stout walked into the open and demanded a parley.
After a conference, the whites and Indians agreed to a truce and a two day ceremonial to celebrate the treaty. The white agreed to buy the lands they had settled on and were never attacked again. The date of purchase from the Indians was January 25, 1664.
In 1668, Richard and his family joined with others in forming the first Baptist Church of New Jersey.
Richard's will was approved in October 1705 and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey. Penelope died in 1732.
Unknown newspaper "The Story of Penelope Stout" copy found at Monmouth County Historical Association Library, 70 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Dr. Thomas Hale Streets questions the time sequence in a study he made of the Stout family in 1915.
He said that all dates in recorded accounts were about 20 years too early, thus making the date of the shipwreck about 1640 rather than 1620 and making the date of the marriage to Richard Stout about 1644 rather than 1624.
For example, there was no New Amsterdam in 1620.
His most telling rebuttal hinged on the known birth date of Penelope's 10th and last child, David, born in 1669. That would have made Mrs. Stout a mother at age 67 and Richard a father at 85.
Penelope Van Princis Stout died in 1712, either at age 110 if you believe traditional accounts, or at age 90 if Dr. Streets is correct.
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Page: 446
Name: Richard Stout, senior
Date: 09 Jun 1703
Location: Middletown
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Having purchased the land, John Bowne, Richard Stout and three others, with their families, five families in all, came and made their settlement in the spring or summer of 1664 - nearly a year before the patent was issued.
Having already complied with the first conditions of Governor Nicolls' proclamation, the company made application to the Governor for a grant to cover the purchase already made and others which they intended to make. This grant embraced all of the present county of Monmouth, and a part of Ocean and Middlesex Counties. It is dated April 8, 1665. It is known as the famous "MONMOUTH PATENT".
(William Bowne of Yorkshire, England & His Descendants by Miller K. Reading, M.D., 1903)
The death date is the date his will was probated*.
"But as his will, which is recorded in Trenton, is dated 9 June 1703, and was probated 23 October 1705. His will is recorded in Liber 1, p 120, of Wills at Trenton, New Jersey".
1703 June 9: Stout, Richard, senior, of Middletown; will of. Wife _____. Sons -- John, Richard, James, Jonathan, David, Benjamin; daughters -- Mary, Alse, Sarah; daughter-in-law Marcy Stoute and her son John, kinswoman Mary Stoute, daughter of Peter Stout. Real and personal property.
Executors -- sons John and Johnathan.
Witnesses -- Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, and Peter Vandevandeter.
Proved: October 23, 1705. Lib. 1, p. 120 and
Monmouth Wills: October 6, 1705: Inventory of the personal estate (64.8.0 pounds, mostly hogs, cattle, horses and sheep); made by Obadiah Bowne and James Hubbard.
(New Jersey Colonial Documents, p. 446)
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush, 27 Feb 2018
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit: Will of Richard Stout:
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)∼This burial site is the location that son David owned land and built a portion of this house:
"The Penelope Stout House, also known as the John S. Hendrickson House", Everett Road, Holmdel, NJ.
(Note there is a Holmes - Hendrickson House, Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. This house is part of Monmouth County Historical Association Museums and is open May - October.)
https://www.monmouthhistory.org/holmes-hendrickson-house
Address:
Holmdel Park
Property of the Monmouth County Park System
62 Longstreet Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733
This uniquely well-preserved structure with wide flaring eaves is set in the Pleasant Valley section of Holmdel, NJ, abutting Holmdel Park & Longstreet Farm. Built in 1754, it is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed elements from both Dutch and English cultures. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased the land from his parents in 1752. His first cousin Garret Hendrickson then bought the property in 1756 with all of its improvements. Hendrickson operated a successful mixed-use farm where he grew crops, raised livestock including sheep for wool, and planted flax to produce linen.
Originally, the house stood just over a mile from its current location. In 1929, Bell Telephone Laboratories acquired the farm to establish a communications test site. Afterward, the house, never equipped with plumbing, electricity, or central heating, was used occasionally for storage. In 1959, Bell Labs began planning for the construction of a large new office building designed by legendary architect Eero Saarinen, now an important landmark in its own right. MCHA acquired the house and moved it to a small lot donated for the purpose. Visitors should ask their house docent for more details on the move itself! After several years of restoration, the Holmes-Hendrickson House was opened to the public in 1965. Today, the house stands in the same orientation to the sun as in its original location. Should Garret Hendrickson, who died in 1801, visit his home again, he would surely recognize it immediately.
Ran away from home and joined-- or impressed into --- the British Navy where he served for seven years. At New Amsterdam, New York left his ship and thru bearing arms became a Netherlands subject. 1643 Owned plantation #18 at Gravesend, Long Island, 1664 with eleven others, was granted a patent to a large section of New (East) Jersey in the vicinity of Monmouth by Gov. Nichols of New York. 1667 Held lot #6 and upland country at Middletown. 1669 Overseer and constable. Illiterate. 1675 Deeded 1,800 acres to his heirs. 1677Received additional 745 acres by patent.
From: "The Monmouth Connection", January 1995 - written by Jean Fiske. Newsletter
of the Monmouth County Historical & Genealogical Society.
June 1643, a woman named Lady Deborah Moody, with other English families, arrived at the fort of New Amsterdam to seek asylum under the Dutch. Later that year she and other English settlers founded a new colony: Gravesend, on Long Island, (New York).
By 1645 they were well organized and by December of that year, they were given a patent by Gov. Kieft. Richard Stout was among the 39 patentees and in February 1646, he received plantation lot #16 in Gravesend.
One of his crops was evidently tobacco, for we find he sold his tobacco crop in October 1649 for 210 guilders. Richard appeared again in Gravesend records in 1657 when we learn he was cultivating 17 of his 20 acres: also in 1661, when he bought a farm adjoining his, and in 1663 when he was a plaintiff in a lawsuit.
About this time, various settlers in Gravesend decided their area was becoming too crowed, so they sailed up the Raritian River and began negotiating with the Sachem Indian tribe for the purchase of land in what was becoming part of New Jersey. Richard Stout and others bought the Sachem's right to the land embraced in the future Monmouth Patent, and on April 8, 1664, the patent was confirmed by Governor Richard Nicholls. The other Patentees were: John Bowne, John Tilton, William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Gibbons, James Grover, Nathaniel Sylverster, William Reape, Walter Clark, Nicholas Davies and Obediah Holmes.
Stout then sold his Gravesend property and moved to New Jersey with his wife and at least two of his children, John and Richard. The other followed later. Because he had settled on the land prior to January 1665, Richard Stout was able to claim 780 acres for his family by 1675. Future settlement was restricted starting in July 1669 because Middletown was considered "wholly compleated (sic), being full according to their number."
From 1669 to 1671, Richard Stout served in an Assembly to govern the towns in Monmouth. He was frequently elected to fill other responsible positions in the town.
The following from the newspaper, "The Monmouth Inquirer", Thursday, 20 May 1886.
Article "First Families of Monmouth, Stout Family" by Edwin Salter.
October 13, 1643, Richard Aestin, Ambrose Love and Richard Stout made declaration that the crew of the Seven Stars and of the Privateer landed at the farm of Anthony Jansen of Sallee (New Utrecht) in the bay and took off 200 pumpkins and would have carried off a lot of hogs from Coney Island had they not learned they belonged to the Lady Moody.
In the Town Court, of Gravesend, October 8, 1663, "it is said Richard Stout declareth that Nathaniel Brittain had slandered him; that he had sold wine to the Indians. The said Nathaniel denieth it, but said that the Indians told his wife that they had bought wine of Stout." The Court, however, ordered Nathaniel to pay the costs of prosecution.
In a suit at Gravesend, 1651, the name of Penelope Prince is introduced as a witness. This was probably the Penelope who married Richard Stout, as the tradition of the Stout Manuscript says her name was Penelope Van Prince's, which the English clerk, of Gravesend, John Tilton, gave as Penelope Prince, (Note if this is the same Penelope than Richard Stout and Penelope were married
after 1651 or the date is wrong.)
In 1664, January 25th, Richard Stout, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., and others bought a tract of land of Papomora, Chief of Indians, the deed for which is recorded at Albany, also other tracts from other Indians, April 7th, 1665 and June 5th, 1665.
Tanner's Province of New Jersey, P 61, "In the early days after his removal to Middletown, Richard became one the purchasers of the Monmouth Tract of land embraced between the Raritan and Sandy Point."
Calendar of Wills, New Jersey, 1670-1730 1703, June 4. Richard Stout senior of Middlestown will of,
Stout Family of Delaware, by Streets, "Richard Stout is said to have left home because of parental interference in an affair of love with a young woman who was considered below him in the social scale. He enlisted on a man-of-war where he served seven years receiving his discharge at New Amsterdam where his vessel happened to be when his term of enlistment expired." Note: If Richard was born in 1604 and was in New Amsterdam in 1622 as records indicate, his alleged love affair must have taken place when he was eleven years old. His residence in New Amsterdam was taken up after seven years of enlistment on the man-of-war, according to the foregoing statement by Mr. Streets.
Somerset County, NJ Quarterly, Vol. 6, page 41: "Richard Stout of Nottingham, England, (son of John Stout), settled in Long Island about 1622, in which year he was one of 39 original patentees of Gravesend."
New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, page 360, "Richard Stout, member of first General Assembly (composed of Deputies and Patentees), convened at Portland Point, New Jersey, 1671. Indian Commissioner"
Society Colonial Wars, (1897-1898), page 554, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam, 1622.
Associate in Monmouth Patent, 1665, Member of Assembly of New Jersey, 1671."
Society Colonial Wars, (1899-1902), page 774, "Stout, Richard New Amsterdam 1622,
Assembly of New Jersey 1671"
The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey
The first deed from the Indians was dated 25th of 1st month, 1664. This was for lands at Nevesink, from the Sachem Popomora and agreed to by his brother, Mishacoing, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton Jr., Richard Stout, William Goulding and Samual Spicer. The articles given to the Indians in exchange for the land were 118 fathoms seaswamp (wampum), 68 fathoms of which were to be white and 50 black seaswamp, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp(?), 1 shirt, 12 lbs. tobacco and 1 anker wine; all of which were acknowledged as having been received; and in addition 82 fathoms of seaswamp was to be paid twelve months hence. The official record of this deed is in the office of Secretary of State at Albany, N.Y., in Liber 3, pp1. A copy of it is also recorded in Proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, as is also a map of the land embraced in the purchase, and also in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton.
The second purchase was dated April 7, 1665, and was from Indians named Taplawappammund, Mattamahickanick, Yawpochammund, Kackenham, Mattanoh, Norchon and Qurrmeck and the deed was to John Tilton Sr., Samual Spicer, Willim Goulding, Richard Gibbons, James Grover and Richard Stout.
The third purchase was dated June 5, 1665, and from Indians named Manavendo, Emmerdesolsee, Poppomermeen and Macca and the deed was to James Grover, John Bowne, Richard Stout, John Tilton, Richard Gibbons, William Goulding, Samual Spicer and "the rest of the Company."
Two other deeds followed and were similarly recorded, and on April 8th the Governor signed the noted Monmouth Patent.
One of the conditions of the Monmouth Patent was "that the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, shall within the space of three years, beginning from the day of the date hereof, manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one hundred families at the least. end
1675: "Here begins the Rights of Land due according to the Concessions." Richard Stout, of Midleton, wife, sons John, Richard, James, Peter, daughters Mary, Alice, Sarah. Mary Stout is the wife of James Bound; Alice Stout, wife of John Trogmorton, all 1800 acres source: East Jersey Deeds, etc. Liber No 3,
Reversed Side, pp1
1677 June 4:" Patent to Richard Stout senior of Midleton for 285 acres there in 6 parcels" described as before. source Liber No. 1, pp168.
1682 April 10: Deed." Richard Hartshorne, as attorney for Thomas Snowsell, to John Crawfurd, for 40 acres bought from Richard Stout and wife Penelope", Feb., 26, 1679-80. Property discription, a homelot, bounded N. by a road, W. by John Smith, E. by Richard Gibbons, S. by land then not laid out. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber B, pp150
1685 Dec 24: Richard Stoute senior witness to will of Edward Smith of Middletown. source: East Jersey Deeds, Etc. Liber A ,pp 77
1688 June 25: Patent to John Wilson junior 156 acres in Monmouth Co., bounded W. Richard Stoutt senior. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber C pp 117
4 Jan 1687-8: Deed." Richard Stoutt senior of Midletoun to his son Jonathan Stoutt, for part of the patent for land at Waramaness, Midletoun (June 4, 1677), S. John Bowne, E. the Hope R.., W. a barren hill, N. the division line; also 5 acres of meadow in Conesconk, to be taken from the E. side of grantors 30 acres lot."
source Liber D, pp68
30 Aug 1690: Deed. Richard Stout senior to his son Benjamin Stout "for the Joynture of my loving wife Penelope: for a lot at Romauis or Hop River, Monmouth Co., S.W. said river, N.W., David Stout, N.E. John Wilson, S.E. Peter Stout; also 6 2/3 acres of meadow at Conesconk, adjoining Peter Stout. source: New Jersey Colonial Documents, East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber D, pp385
12 Sep 1648":Ambrose London plaintive agt:ye wife of Tho: Aplegate defent in an action of slander for saying his wife did milke her Cowe"
"The defent saith yt shee said noe otherwise but as Penellopey Prince tould her yt Ambrose his wife did milke her Cowe"
"Rodger Scotte being deposed saith yt being in ye house of Tho: Aplegate hee did heare Pennellopy Prince saye yt ye wife of Ambrose London did milke ye Cowe of Tho: Aplegate"
"Tho: Greedye being deposed saith yt Pennellope Prince being att his house hee did heare her saye yt shee and Aplegates Daughter must com as witnesses agat: Ambrose his wife milking Aplegates Coew"
"Pennellope Prince being questationed adknowled her faulte in soe speaking and being sorrie her words she spake gave sattisfaction on both sides." source: Gravesend Town Book, vol. 1, Sept 12, 1648.
Penelope is buried on farm land along the Hopp Brook in NJ, which was conveyed to Richards son David. The house on this property stands in the east end of Pleasant Valley on the NE side of the road from Everett to Hominy, across the road from the Bell Laboratories Experimental Station. The owner of the property in 1932 was John Clausen. There is a picture of the house in the book "Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses". I do not have the author of this book.
Notes for PENELOPE KENT VAN PRINCESS:
Penelope Stout - First Lady of Monmouth
One of the best known chapters of [Monmouth's] early history is the story of Penelope Stout, believed to be the first white woman to set foot on [Monmouth] county soil.
During the first half of the 17th century - the exact date is unknown - a ship from Holland was wrecked on Sandy Hook. Among those aboard was Penelope Van Princis, whose husband had become ill on the long sea voyage. The passengers
and crew reached shore safely, but hearing of an Indian attack they set out on foot for New York (New Amsterdam), leaving the sick man and his wife behind.
Smith's History of New Jersey, published in 1765, relates that a party of Indians found the couple and immediately killed the man. They then mangled the woman, and left her for dead. After hiding for several days in a hollow tree, Penelope was found by a friendly Indian who nursed her back to health. A rescue party found her and brought her to New Amsterdam - now New York - and a short time later she married an Englishman, Richard Stout.
Penelope and Richard later returned to New Jersey and had 10 children. The nameless Indian who saved Penelope Stout's life was a frequent visitor and friend. According to the tale, he later alerted the community to a potential confrontation with another band of marauding natives, probably from New York. Most accounts agree that Penelope lived to be 110 and had some 502 descendants at the time of her death, in either 1712 or 1732. Many of her descendants still live in the county.
Penelope's story is told at the Spy House Museum Complex in Port Monmouth, New Jersey.
Richard Stout, a son of John and Elizabeth (Bee or Gee) Stout, was born in Nottinghamshire, England about 1715. He joined the British Navy and was discharged at New Amsterdam, now New York, about 1640.
Richard was one of thirty nine people who founded a settlement at Graves End, Long Island, in 1644. That year, he married Penelope (Kent) Van Princin.
Penelope Kent was probably born about 1622 in England. Her father is believed to have been a Puritan Baptist Separatist who was banished from his church and who fled to Holland with his family. Penelope married a man named Van Princin in Amsterdam.
In 1640, Penelope and her husband took ship with a group of emigrants to America. The ship was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Many of the passengers traveled overland to New Amsterdam, but Penelope husband was ill and could not travel, so they remained near the wreck site.
The little encampment was attacked by Indians, who killed Penelope's husband and left her for dead with a fractured skull, a hacked shoulder and a gash in her body that allowed her intestines to protrude. Penelope survived alone for several days until two Indian men came by. The older of the two carried her to his village and sewed up her wounds with a fish bone needle and vegetable fibers. Penelope recovered and lived with the Indians, doing squaw's work and sharing their life.
In 1644, a group of white men came to the Indian village and offered to buy the white woman that they had heard of. Penelope's captor asked if she wished to go with the whites and was permitted to do so.
In 1664, an Indian came to warn Penelope of a planned Indian attack on the settlement of Grave's end. The Indians did attack and the forewarned settlers were able to defend themselves and put the Indians to flight. Richard Stout walked into the open and demanded a parley.
After a conference, the whites and Indians agreed to a truce and a two day ceremonial to celebrate the treaty. The white agreed to buy the lands they had settled on and were never attacked again. The date of purchase from the Indians was January 25, 1664.
In 1668, Richard and his family joined with others in forming the first Baptist Church of New Jersey.
Richard's will was approved in October 1705 and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey. Penelope died in 1732.
Unknown newspaper "The Story of Penelope Stout" copy found at Monmouth County Historical Association Library, 70 Court Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Dr. Thomas Hale Streets questions the time sequence in a study he made of the Stout family in 1915.
He said that all dates in recorded accounts were about 20 years too early, thus making the date of the shipwreck about 1640 rather than 1620 and making the date of the marriage to Richard Stout about 1644 rather than 1624.
For example, there was no New Amsterdam in 1620.
His most telling rebuttal hinged on the known birth date of Penelope's 10th and last child, David, born in 1669. That would have made Mrs. Stout a mother at age 67 and Richard a father at 85.
Penelope Van Princis Stout died in 1712, either at age 110 if you believe traditional accounts, or at age 90 if Dr. Streets is correct.
Know All Men by these presents that I, Richard Stout of Middletown in the county of Monmouth, in East Jersey, being of Sound Mind and disposing memory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament Which is as followeth.
I will that all my just debts be paid; I give and devise unto my loving wife, during her natural life, all my orchard and that part or rooms of the house she now lives in with the cellar and all the land I now possess. I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, all my horse kind, excepting one mare and colt. My son Benjamin is to have for keeping my cattle last year.
I give unto my sons, John, Richard, James, Johnathan, David and Benjamin, one shilling each of them.
I give unto my daughters, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each of them one shilling.
I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Stout and her son John one shilling each of them.
I give and bequeath unto my kinswoman Mary Stout, the daughter of formerly Peter Stout, one cow, to be paid within six days after my wife's death.
All the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, and to this, my last will and testament, I make my son John and my son Johnathan my executors to.
For this my will performed, in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, June the ninth day, in the year one thousand seven hundred and three. His X Mark - Richard Stout.
Signed, sealed and published in the presence of us: Richard Hartshorne, John Weekham, Peter Vandervere.
Proved before Lord Cornbury, Governor, Captain General, & Etc., 23 Oct 1705 at Perth Amboy.
Recorded in Lib I, p. 120 of Wills at Trenton, N.J.
Source: Stout and Allied Families. By Herald F. Stout, Captain, United States Navy. The Eagle Press, Dover, OH., 1951. Vol. 1, p. xxii. Internet Archive.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
24 Feb 2020 - Suggested edit:
A Richard Stout is mentioned in this narrative about a Primitive Baptist church. This is the website for the Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL = http://www.pblib.org/NewJersey.html
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Page: 446
Name: Richard Stout, senior
Date: 09 Jun 1703
Location: Middletown
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
