The Stout family has a long, and somewhat famous history. Most of
the Stout's in America descend from Richard Stout and Penelope Kent 
Van Printzin/Princin. Penelope and her first husband, according to legend,
sailed for the New World, but their ship was wrecked near Sandy Hook.
The husband was killed by Indians, and Penelope was severely injured. But she survived and married Richard Stout about 1644. 

Richard Stout(1615-1705)  married Penelope Kent Van Princin (1622-1732)
 He served in the British Navy. At New Amsterdam, he left his ship and
 became a Netherlands subject. He owned a plantation on Long Island in
 1643, then was granted a patent for a large section of New Jersey,
 near Monmouth County. He and Penelope had 10 children:
   John 1645-1724              Peter 1654-1703 
   Richard 1646-1717          Sarah 1656-
   James 1648-                  Jonathan 1660-1722
   Mary  1650-                  David 1667-1732
   Alice 1652-                   Benjamin 1669-1734

This line will now follow Jonathan Stout and his son Benjamin
who moved on to WV. See the book: Stout and Allied Families, by Herald F.
Stout, 1986 for details on other lines.

Jonathan Stout 1660-1722 married Anna Throckmorton Bollen. They lived
in Hopewell, NJ and had 9 children:
   Joseph 1685-1766             Jonathan 1701-1768
   Sarah  1689-1767             Anna 1704- 
   Benjamin 1694-1779           David 1705-1788
   Hannah 1694-1779             Samuel 1709-1781

Benjamin Stout married Hannah Bonham. Children include:
   Jonathan 1715-1811            Ezekiel           
   Hezekiah 1723-1814            Hosea
   Benjamin 1736-1788            Mary
   Zebulon 1699-1788
   Nathaniel 1731-1799

Ezekiel Stout married Sarah Drake. Born at Hopewell, Huntington Co., NJ.
Ezekiel and his wife moved to Harrison County, (W.) VA after the
Revolution. Children:
   Mary                           Benjamin 1777-abt 1824 
   Hannah 1766-1846        Hezekiah 1777-1854
   Daniel                         Prudence
   Charity 1773-1862

Benjamin Stout married Sarah Wilkinson. Children:
   Elias Lowther 1799-1881
   Others...

Elias Lowther Stout married Martha Hathorne. He was a farmer, hatter,
and fur trader, born in Pruntytown, WV; moved to Pleasants County
around 1840. Children: