Lucreatia Stout

Brief Life History of Lucreatia

When Lucreatia Stout was born on 10 December 1785, in Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, her father, Reuben Stout, was 34 and her mother, Mary Van Dyke, was 24. She married Elisha Stark on 14 December 1802, in Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 December 1837, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Elisha Stark
1777–1836
Lucreatia Stout
1785–1837
Marriage: 14 December 1802
Reuben Stark
1804–
James Stark
1808–1880
Christopher Columbus Stark
1808–1909
Simpson Stark
1810–1870
Peter Stark
1812–1865
Abraham Van Dyke Stark
1814–1890
Jonathan Stark
1817–1888
Mary Stark
1819–1837
Stephen S Stark
1821–1899
Sarah Stark
1823–1851
Marion Stark
1825–1841
Rebecca Stark
1825–1849
Marion Stark
1827–1841

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Lucreatia Stout - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lucretia Stout
  • Nancy Stout, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Nancy Stout, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1792 · Becomes the 15th State

On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

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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