Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Stout was born about 1760, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Stout, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Herbert, was 32. He married Elizabeth Hires about 1800, in North Branch, Branchburg Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 20 February 1819, at the age of 60, and was buried in Good Luck Cemetery, Lanoka Harbor, Lacey Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States.
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- Abraham Stout, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abraham Stout in entry for Garret Stout and Jane Tilton, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
- Abraham Stout in entry for Garret Stout and Jane Tilton, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
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1760
Cemetery is adjacent to Potter Church which was founded Sept 30, 1770. The birthplace of Universalism in America
1775
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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