This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STOUT, SMITH, CHANCEY, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QKQBAIB/1965.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure if there is a connection, but I'm curious as to how common the name Hosea Stout is. I have one who was born in Kentucky, lived a bit in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri and was born in 1812 to Joseph and Anna Smith Stout. Have you come across that name often?