Stout and Allied Families, vol. 1, 1951 edition, lists in the index Hart, John, page 68n - indicating a footnote on page 68. This footnote reads "112. Child of John Hart, the Signer." Footnote #112 is found on page 70 next to Nathaniel Hart, b. 1747, husband of Elizabeth Stout, m. May 2, 1770. Elizabeth is the daughter of John Stout and Mabel Sexton; John Stout is the son of Zebulon Stout and Charity Burrowes; Zebulon Stout is the son of Johnathan Stout and Anna Bollen; Johnathan Stout is the son of Richard and Penelope. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ginger Sisco <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: Hart > > I have an Abigail Hart who married Moses Stout in 1799. She is the daughter of John Hart and Deborah Scudder. Moses is the son of John Stout and Rachel Merrill. > Ginger > Frances L VanScoy <[email protected]> wrote: Russel R. Stout and Olive M. Stout's 1964 book Richard Stout Descendants > in West Virginia says on pages 5-6, > > "Jonathan [son of Richard and Penelope Stout] and Anna lived on a farm at > Hopewell, south of Amwell township. Together with Nathan Drake, John Hart, > and the Bowne Family, Jonathan helped establish the Baptist Church of > Hopewell. For forty-one years the meetings were held at the home of > Jonathan or at that of one of his children, before a meetinghouse was > built in the early 1700's. John Hart, Signer of the Declaration of > Independence, donated the land for the church and was later buried in the > graveyard adjoining." > > (The chronology of this account troubles me a bit.) > > I have not found any family connection between Penelope Stout and John > Hart. I have found one marriage between a Stout descendant and a Hart > descendant, shown below using my ahnentafel numbers. > > 560 Johnathan Stout 572 Samuel Hart > 280 Samuel Stout 286 James Hart > 140 Johnathan Stout 142 Samuel Opdycke m. 143 Jane Hart > 70 Samuel Stout married 71 Letitia Updyke > > However the elder Samuel Hart was possibly born in 1690 in Ulster, > Ireland, and probably not related to John Hart, Signer. > > Frances Van Scoy [email protected] > > > > ==== STOUT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send an e-mail to [email protected] > with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' as the only text in the message > > If you get the digest version send an e-mail to [email protected] > with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' as the only text in the message. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals. > > > ==== STOUT Mailing List ==== > Need help? Visit the list FAQ: > > http://www.rangeweb.net/~hmscook/roots/stout.html >