Patty, Thanks so much for taking your time to give us the valuable information on the Stout family. I appreciate also your clarifying the Anna Bollen name. Jonathan and Anna Bollen Stout were the parents of my ancestor Sarah Stout who married Andrew Smith. Their son Andrew was the father of Jemima Smith who married Benjamin Merrill. Benjamin helped found the Jersey Settlement in North Carolina and is famous in NC history for his part in the Battle of Alamance and subsequent execution by the British Governor Tryon. Their descendants eventually spread throughout the entire southeast. Brenda