[NOTE: The original book "Blacksheariana" by Perry L. Blackshear is now digitized and online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060747540;view=1up;seq=7 ]
Agnes (Agnietje) Stout was born to Benjamin Stout and Agnietje Truax. The Stouts (Staught) were English and descend from American progenitor Richard Stout c1620-1705WFT (son of John Stout and Elisabeth Bee of Nottinghamshire, England.)
Richard was sworn in on 3 Oct 1643 in the Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam Town Book as a soldier, mainly to fight Indians. He owned Plantation #16 on 20 Feb 1646 as one of the original 39 patentees. He was also one of the 12 original patentees of Monmouth, New Jersey in 1664-1665, and registered his cattle mark there in 1668. This mark passed to son Benjamin on 25 Aug 1710. Richard is reported to be the first English settler in East Jersey.
In 1644 he married widow Penelope Kent Von Princin and they had 10 known children. His son Benjamin, Agnes Blackshear's father, was most likely born after the move to Monmouth, c1669. The earlier children having been born in Gravesend. Richard Stout's will, probated 25 8-ber 1705 (Oct-ber?)names his children:
John, Richard, Mary, James, Alice, Peter, Sarah, Jonathan, Benjamin and David. (listed as 2nd to last may mean Benjamin is not the youngest as reported elsewhere)
All of the children married and/or stayed in New Jersey except Benjamin. Benjamin married Agnes Truax c1694, and she was listed in 1712 as a member of the Middletown Baptist Church. About 1715, they moved their family to Delaware. In 1721 his father Richard's original New Jersey cattlemark was assigned to a John Burrows since Benjamin "has moved away." Benjamin's will was probated on 10 June 1734 in Appoquinimink Hundred, Delaware.
When Agnes Stout Blackshear was a child in Appoquinimink, she lived about 23 miles from the Blackshear/Blackshaw farm in Little Creek Hundred, Delaware. Her father Benjamin, was a sheriff in Appoquinimink which later became New Castle. (Understanding Colonial Hundreds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware) Alexander Blackshear received a gift of deed from his father, Robert Blackshear/shaw, which he and Agnes sold in 1740 prior to moving to the Craven-Jones county area of North Carolina.
Agnes Stout Blackshear's Last Will and Testament was written on 6 July 1793, witnessed by John Gilbert Junior, and probated at the Jones Co Court's August Term, 1793. She is reported to have died on 6 Aug. The probate was attested by Lew Bryan, C.C. She named sons Elisha and Abraham, Elisha's daughter Agnes, daughters Elender (sic) Baley and Sarah Clifton, granddaughters Susana McKinsey and Sarah Blackshear, and references her late husband Alexander's will. Elisha Blackshear served as administrator for the estate. Absent among other grandchildren, is James' son David Blackshear, who moved to Georgia to claim Rev War Service Bounty Warrants. Enroute, he answered the 1790 census in Rutherford, but by the 1791 Georgia Tax Roll, he and his brothers are in Georgia.
I have a transcribed copy of Agnes' will which I made from an original copy in 1980. Email me if you wish a copy of the full transcription. The original is to the left. (My 5-Greats Grandmother)
Agnes (Agnietje) Stout was born to Benjamin Stout and Agnietje Truax. The Stouts (Staught) were English and descend from American progenitor Richard Stout c1620-1705WFT (son of John Stout and Elisabeth Bee of Nottinghamshire, England.)
Richard was sworn in on 3 Oct 1643 in the Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam Town Book as a soldier, mainly to fight Indians. He owned Plantation #16 on 20 Feb 1646 as one of the original 39 patentees. He was also one of the 12 original patentees of Monmouth, New Jersey in 1664-1665, and registered his cattle mark there in 1668. This mark passed to son Benjamin on 25 Aug 1710. Richard is reported to be the first English settler in East Jersey.
In 1644 he married widow Penelope Kent Von Princin and they had 10 known children. His son Benjamin, Agnes Blackshear's father, was most likely born after the move to Monmouth, c1669. The earlier children having been born in Gravesend. Richard Stout's will, probated 25 8-ber 1705 (Oct-ber?)names his children:
John, Richard, Mary, James, Alice, Peter, Sarah, Jonathan, Benjamin and David. (listed as 2nd to last may mean Benjamin is not the youngest as reported elsewhere)
All of the children married and/or stayed in New Jersey except Benjamin. Benjamin married Agnes Truax c1694, and she was listed in 1712 as a member of the Middletown Baptist Church. About 1715, they moved their family to Delaware. In 1721 his father Richard's original New Jersey cattlemark was assigned to a John Burrows since Benjamin "has moved away." Benjamin's will was probated on 10 June 1734 in Appoquinimink Hundred, Delaware.
When Agnes Stout Blackshear was a child in Appoquinimink, she lived about 23 miles from the Blackshear/Blackshaw farm in Little Creek Hundred, Delaware. Her father Benjamin, was a sheriff in Appoquinimink which later became New Castle. (Understanding Colonial Hundreds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware) Alexander Blackshear received a gift of deed from his father, Robert Blackshear/shaw, which he and Agnes sold in 1740 prior to moving to the Craven-Jones county area of North Carolina.
Agnes Stout Blackshear's Last Will and Testament was written on 6 July 1793, witnessed by John Gilbert Junior, and probated at the Jones Co Court's August Term, 1793. She is reported to have died on 6 Aug. The probate was attested by Lew Bryan, C.C. She named sons Elisha and Abraham, Elisha's daughter Agnes, daughters Elender (sic) Baley and Sarah Clifton, granddaughters Susana McKinsey and Sarah Blackshear, and references her late husband Alexander's will. Elisha Blackshear served as administrator for the estate. Absent among other grandchildren, is James' son David Blackshear, who moved to Georgia to claim Rev War Service Bounty Warrants. Enroute, he answered the 1790 census in Rutherford, but by the 1791 Georgia Tax Roll, he and his brothers are in Georgia.
I have a transcribed copy of Agnes' will which I made from an original copy in 1980. Email me if you wish a copy of the full transcription. The original is to the left. (My 5-Greats Grandmother)
[NOTE: The original book "Blacksheariana" by Perry L. Blackshear is now digitized and online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060747540;view=1up;seq=7 ]
Agnes (Agnietje) Stout was born to Benjamin Stout and Agnietje Truax. The Stouts (Staught) were English and descend from American progenitor Richard Stout c1620-1705WFT (son of John Stout and Elisabeth Bee of Nottinghamshire, England.)
Richard was sworn in on 3 Oct 1643 in the Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam Town Book as a soldier, mainly to fight Indians. He owned Plantation #16 on 20 Feb 1646 as one of the original 39 patentees. He was also one of the 12 original patentees of Monmouth, New Jersey in 1664-1665, and registered his cattle mark there in 1668. This mark passed to son Benjamin on 25 Aug 1710. Richard is reported to be the first English settler in East Jersey.
In 1644 he married widow Penelope Kent Von Princin and they had 10 known children. His son Benjamin, Agnes Blackshear's father, was most likely born after the move to Monmouth, c1669. The earlier children having been born in Gravesend. Richard Stout's will, probated 25 8-ber 1705 (Oct-ber?)names his children:
John, Richard, Mary, James, Alice, Peter, Sarah, Jonathan, Benjamin and David. (listed as 2nd to last may mean Benjamin is not the youngest as reported elsewhere)
All of the children married and/or stayed in New Jersey except Benjamin. Benjamin married Agnes Truax c1694, and she was listed in 1712 as a member of the Middletown Baptist Church. About 1715, they moved their family to Delaware. In 1721 his father Richard's original New Jersey cattlemark was assigned to a John Burrows since Benjamin "has moved away." Benjamin's will was probated on 10 June 1734 in Appoquinimink Hundred, Delaware.
When Agnes Stout Blackshear was a child in Appoquinimink, she lived about 23 miles from the Blackshear/Blackshaw farm in Little Creek Hundred, Delaware. Her father Benjamin, was a sheriff in Appoquinimink which later became New Castle. (Understanding Colonial Hundreds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware) Alexander Blackshear received a gift of deed from his father, Robert Blackshear/shaw, which he and Agnes sold in 1740 prior to moving to the Craven-Jones county area of North Carolina.
Agnes Stout Blackshear's Last Will and Testament was written on 6 July 1793, witnessed by John Gilbert Junior, and probated at the Jones Co Court's August Term, 1793. She is reported to have died on 6 Aug. The probate was attested by Lew Bryan, C.C. She named sons Elisha and Abraham, Elisha's daughter Agnes, daughters Elender (sic) Baley and Sarah Clifton, granddaughters Susana McKinsey and Sarah Blackshear, and references her late husband Alexander's will. Elisha Blackshear served as administrator for the estate. Absent among other grandchildren, is James' son David Blackshear, who moved to Georgia to claim Rev War Service Bounty Warrants. Enroute, he answered the 1790 census in Rutherford, but by the 1791 Georgia Tax Roll, he and his brothers are in Georgia.
I have a transcribed copy of Agnes' will which I made from an original copy in 1980. Email me if you wish a copy of the full transcription. The original is to the left. (My 5-Greats Grandmother)
Agnes (Agnietje) Stout was born to Benjamin Stout and Agnietje Truax. The Stouts (Staught) were English and descend from American progenitor Richard Stout c1620-1705WFT (son of John Stout and Elisabeth Bee of Nottinghamshire, England.)
Richard was sworn in on 3 Oct 1643 in the Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam Town Book as a soldier, mainly to fight Indians. He owned Plantation #16 on 20 Feb 1646 as one of the original 39 patentees. He was also one of the 12 original patentees of Monmouth, New Jersey in 1664-1665, and registered his cattle mark there in 1668. This mark passed to son Benjamin on 25 Aug 1710. Richard is reported to be the first English settler in East Jersey.
In 1644 he married widow Penelope Kent Von Princin and they had 10 known children. His son Benjamin, Agnes Blackshear's father, was most likely born after the move to Monmouth, c1669. The earlier children having been born in Gravesend. Richard Stout's will, probated 25 8-ber 1705 (Oct-ber?)names his children:
John, Richard, Mary, James, Alice, Peter, Sarah, Jonathan, Benjamin and David. (listed as 2nd to last may mean Benjamin is not the youngest as reported elsewhere)
All of the children married and/or stayed in New Jersey except Benjamin. Benjamin married Agnes Truax c1694, and she was listed in 1712 as a member of the Middletown Baptist Church. About 1715, they moved their family to Delaware. In 1721 his father Richard's original New Jersey cattlemark was assigned to a John Burrows since Benjamin "has moved away." Benjamin's will was probated on 10 June 1734 in Appoquinimink Hundred, Delaware.
When Agnes Stout Blackshear was a child in Appoquinimink, she lived about 23 miles from the Blackshear/Blackshaw farm in Little Creek Hundred, Delaware. Her father Benjamin, was a sheriff in Appoquinimink which later became New Castle. (Understanding Colonial Hundreds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hundreds_of_Delaware) Alexander Blackshear received a gift of deed from his father, Robert Blackshear/shaw, which he and Agnes sold in 1740 prior to moving to the Craven-Jones county area of North Carolina.
Agnes Stout Blackshear's Last Will and Testament was written on 6 July 1793, witnessed by John Gilbert Junior, and probated at the Jones Co Court's August Term, 1793. She is reported to have died on 6 Aug. The probate was attested by Lew Bryan, C.C. She named sons Elisha and Abraham, Elisha's daughter Agnes, daughters Elender (sic) Baley and Sarah Clifton, granddaughters Susana McKinsey and Sarah Blackshear, and references her late husband Alexander's will. Elisha Blackshear served as administrator for the estate. Absent among other grandchildren, is James' son David Blackshear, who moved to Georgia to claim Rev War Service Bounty Warrants. Enroute, he answered the 1790 census in Rutherford, but by the 1791 Georgia Tax Roll, he and his brothers are in Georgia.
I have a transcribed copy of Agnes' will which I made from an original copy in 1980. Email me if you wish a copy of the full transcription. The original is to the left. (My 5-Greats Grandmother)
Family Members
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- Blackshear Family Farm Cemetery Blackshear or Stout
- Jones County Blackshear or Stout
- North Carolina Blackshear or Stout
- USA Blackshear or Stout
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