Sarah (Stout) Smith (1689 - 1767)

Born 10 Sep 1689 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Smith Jr. — married 1708 in Hopewell Twp, Burlington Co., New Jersey Colony

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1767 at age 77 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey

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Biography

Sarah Stout, daughter of Jonathan and Anne Bollen Stout, was born September 10 1689^[1][2]

She married Andrew Smith Jr September 4 1709. ^[1][2]

He was born December 8 1689, son of Andrew Smith Sr, and died March 1767. His will was proved April 24 1767, which does not name his wife. ^{[2] [3]}

At that time named in his will are their only living children, who appear to be Andrew III, Jonathan, George, Ann Titus, Timothy and their deceased son Charles' children.^[4]

They were the parents of: ^[1][2][3]

1. Andrew III b Sep 4 1709, d Mar 20 1794, m Anne Mershon, daughter of Henry and Ann Houghton LeMarchand Mershon, b 1706, d Jan 12 1785
2. Jonathan Sr b Apr 30 1711, d Mar 20 1791, m Anna Elizabeth Hixon, b 1710, d 1744
3. George W b Feb 20 1713, d 1799
4. Charles b Nov 30 1714, d Aug 12 1718
5. Anne b Jan 28 1716, d Aug 20 1777, m John Titus, Jr about 1740^{[5] [6]}
6. Charles b Dec 30 1718, d Aug 8 1744, m daughter of Thomas Hunt
7. Mary b Sep 14 1720, d Mar 23 1757, m Col Jonathan Hunt
8. Joseph b July 24 1722, d Aug 19 1744
9. John b July 14 1724, d Sep 11 1744
10. Thomas b Nov 7 1727, d Sep 3 1744
11. Timothy b Nov 20 1730, d Feb 19 1796, m Jane Lott.

She died April 24 1767 Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. ^[3] Sarah's death on Find a Grave is listed as Jul 12 1761, which is mentioned as being in the Smith family bible ^[3]

Sarah is buried in Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey ^[7]

Research Note

Noted the deaths in the August and September of 1744 in Charles, Joseph, John and Thomas Smith, their sons is noted on Charles' findagrave memorial flowers.^[8] There was a yellow fever outbreak in New Jersey that year.^[9]

Charlotte Williams work is a family tree and is well documented with sources. The most interesting one is the birth and death date records which come from the ancient Pitt-Smith Bible published 1608. It is on the first page of Andrew and Sarah Stout Smith's family, Generation 2. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stout, Nathan. History of the Stout Family. Monmouth Co., N. J. Nathan Stout:1823., Page 13.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Historical and genealogical miscellany, John Stilwell, 1916, page 333
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} "Descendants of Andrew Smith", Charlotte Williams
4. ↑ Honeyman, A. Van Doren. Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc. Newark, N. J. New Jersey Historical Society 1901
5. ↑ [https://archive.org/stream/pioneersoldhope00egegoog#page/n83/mode/1up Ege, Ralph. Pioneers of old Hopewell'. Hopewell, N. J. Race & Savidge:1908. Page 72.
6. ↑ Pioneers of Old Hopewell", Ralph Ege, 1908, page 67
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 14 August 2019), memorial page for Sarah Stout Smith (10 Sep 1689–12 Jul 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #16879306, citing Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Sally Bailey (contributor 46573381) Gravestone picture, but not legible
8. ↑ son Charles Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 14 July 2019, memorial page for Charles Smith (30 Dec 1718–8 Aug 1744), Find A Grave: Memorial #5074462, citing Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Doris Palmer (contributor 19427258) .
9. ↑ Colonial Epidemics . Epidemics in Colonial North America, 1519-1787. Part 2: Malaria, Dysentery, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, and Respiratory Diseases https://www.mytrees.com/yao/Colonial-Epidemics.html

• A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and other parts of the World Vol. 1; Benedict, David; 1813, page 571