Hunterdon County NJ Archives Wills.....Stout, Freegift Sr. June 9, 1763
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Source: Hunterdon County Wills File# 784j, Book B Pg 65-73, 420
Written: June 9, 1763
Recorded: 1769

Will Codicil & Accounts (Recorded)
Freegift Stout 
(supposed son of David & Rebecca)
Will Record # 784J 
Book B, Pages 65-73, Page 420
Written 1763/1766 & 1768
Proved 1769 
Settled 22 January 1772

(1763)
In the Name of God Amen
The Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and 
Sixty three I Freegift Stout of the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon 
and Province of West New Jersey Ye Being Very Sick and Weak in Body but of a 
Perfect mind and Disposing Memory Thanks be given unto God for the Same 
Calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is Appointed 
for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament 
That is to say principally and First of All I give and recommend my soul in 
the Hands of God That gave it And for my Body recommend to the Earth To be 
Buried in a Christian like and decent manner; And as Touching Luck Wor[l]dly 
Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give Devise 
and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and forme
Imprimis; That is to say first I will that all my Debts and Funeral Charges be 
paid and Discharged by my Executors hereinafter named I give unto Mary Stout 
my faithfull and well beloved wife Two of the rooms of my Dwelling House Where 
I now live which she shall think most Convenient for her Accommodation 
together with all my Household goods and Furniture thereunto belonging or in 
anywise unto and pertaining with two Milch Cows such as she in her discretion 
shall chuse out of my stock and also my Roan Mare on which she used to Ride
And I will that my son Isaac Stout procure and provide a Sufficient Quantity 
of Handy Firewood and pay unto her (s’d Mary Stout) or to her order the Sum of 
Ten Pounds Current Money yerly and every year During her Natural Life
And whereas in the Life time of my well Beloved son Jadiah Sto[u]t I did grant 
unto him by a Deed of Conveyance a Certain Tract of Land to him his heirs and 
Assigns forever Together with such other Goods and Chattels as I Desig’d for 
his portion in full out of my Estate which s’d Tract of Land Being Situate in 
the Township of Winzor and County of Middlesex and Province aforesaid; yet in 
remembrance of his (s’d Jodiah Stouts) Birthright, I give and Bequeath unto my 
Well Beloved Grand Daughter Rebeckah Stout the Eldest surviving Daughter of  
my son Jodiah Stout the Sum of Forty Shilling (several illegible words in fold 
of page) To be levied out of my Moveable Estate
I give and demise unto my son Freegift Stout That Plantation or farm being 
situate in the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon and Province Afs’d 
Being the Plantation I purchased of James Oliphant and is now in the Actual 
Possession of him ( the s’d Freegift Stout Jun’r) together with Seventy Six 
Acres of Land taken out of my Homestead or Plantation where I now Live; Being 
Buted(?) and Bounded Agreeable to a Survey taken or made by Samuel Corwine for 
the Purpose Afs’d Errors therein Excepted so that it contain the full Quantity 
of Seventy Six Acres Rec’d (illegible word) Recourse thereunto be had may more 
fully and at Large appear as also Eight Acres of Meddow Land Being a part of 
my Homestead or Plantation before Mentioned Being Situate and bounded as 
follows Being Adjoining to the Plantation or Land of Peter Vandyck on ye West 
thence Estward along the RiverNeshanack Thence northward along a small Run or 
Brook of water Adjoining to the rest of my Meddow Thence Westward adjoining 
the Afs’d Homestead To the Place of the Begining  a Survey having been Taken 
or made by Samuel Corwine for the Purposes Afs’d Recourse thereunto being had 
may more fully and at Large Appear all which I give and bequeath unto him (the 
Afs’d Freegift Stout Jun’r) with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging to 
Him his Heirs and assigns for ever.
I give and demise To my well Beloved Son James Stout, his heirs and assigns 
for ever all that Tract or Parcel of Land Being Situate in the Township of 
Amwell and [the] County and Province Afs’d Laying on Each Side of Ellisawkin 
Brook it being the Plantation or Tract of Land he now Lives on and is  in 
actual possession of; The which I Purchased of Valentine End[illegible]urse 
being had unto the Deed of Conveyance its Situation will more at Large Appear
I further Will and Require that he (s’d James Stout) pay the Sum of Fifty 
Pounds As a Legacy to Be Applied to the Payment of and for that Land I Lately 
purchased of Jonathan Stout whereon I have settled my Well Beloved Son Obadiah 
Stout
I give and demise unto my Well Beloved Son Joshua Stout his Heirs and Assigns 
for ever That Tract or Parcell of Land Being Situate in the Township of 
Hopewell, and County and Province Afs’d it Being that Tract of Land which I 
purchased of Josiah Fareman of Hopewell Afs’d Together with all the 
Appurtenances Thereunto Bleonging Recourse being had to the Deed of Conveyance 
it Situation will more at Large appear of which he s’d Joshua Stout is now in 
possession of
I give and demise unto my well Beloved Son Obadiah Stout, his Heirs and 
Assigns for ever That Tract or Parcel of Land which I lately purchased of 
Jonathan Stout Being Situate in the Twonship of  Rocksbury Morris County, and 
Province Afs’d Laying in a Place known by the name of Schooleys Mountain which 
he (the s’d Obadiah Stout) is now in the possession of; part of which is still 
unpaid; and for the payment of the remainder I will that my Executors Pay the 
Same with Money Ariseing from the sale of my Moveable Estate and that a Deed 
of Conveyance be made according to agreement with s’d Jonathan Stout unto the 
before mention’d Obadiah Stout to him his Heirs and assigns sufficiently to be 
Executed in the Law.
I give and demise to my well beloved son Isaac Stout my Homestead Tract of 
Land or Plantation which I now Live on as it now lies Except that Eighty four 
Acres Laid out for my son Freegift Stout Jun’r herein before mention’d; and 
also Thirty Acres which I sold to Hannis Case recourse being had to a Draught 
or Map of the Survey its Situation will more at large appear Together with all 
the Appurtenances thereunto Belonging Except as Before Excepted as also the 
two rooms of the Dwelling House Herein Before Mentioned to the only Proper use 
and behoof of him the s’d Isaac Stout his heirs and assigns forever Together 
with Three Horses such as he Shall Chuse ot of my stock (except the roan mare 
before mention’d)
Son Obadiah Stout one Horse out of the Remaining Stock such as my Executor 
shall think proper
I give and demise unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Chaimberlain Wife of 
Richard Chaimberlain her Heirs and assigns; Twenty Acres of land to be Taken 
out of that Field now in possession of him the said Richard Chaimberlain in 
the most Contegious part thereof adjoining to his said Chamberlains own land 
and Land of Richard Hines and to that Land which I gave to my son James Stout 
herein before mention’d
The remainder of my Moveable Estate I give and bequeath unto my beloved three 
remaining Dauhters Namely Sarah Oliphant wife of Ephraim Oliphant of The 
Township of Kingwood and Rebeckah Taylor wife of Edward Taylor and Rachel 
Rounsavell wife of Richard Rounsavell Jun’r both of the Township of Amwell and 
all of the County of Hunterdon and province of West Jersey; to be equally 
divided Among them, unless it amount to more than the value oe equivalent of 
that twenty acres of Land given to my before mentioned daughter Mary 
Chaimberlain which it (illegible words in paper crease) to more than the value 
of the Last Mentioned Land to Each Ones Share, Such overplus Shall be Equally 
Dividedamong all my Daughters herein before mentioned; and if any of my 
Children herein before Mentioned Should Die without Ishu that then their Share 
of Inheritance Shal be Equally Divided among the Survivors Without Distinction 
to age or Sex
And I hereby Appoint and Constitute my well Beloved sons Freegift Stout Jun’r 
and James Stout To be Executors of my Last Will and Testament to se that it is 
Duly and Truly performed according to the True Intent and Meaning thereof and 
do utterly of Revoke and Disanul all and Every Other Former Testament Wills 
Legacies made by me in any wise before this Time Named Willed and bequeathed 
Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in 
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above 
written
Signed Sealed and Published and Declared by}
By the S’d Freegift Stout as his Last Will}
And Testament in the Presence of us S’d Subscribers}
Freegift Stout (Signature)
Jos’e Higgibns
John Stout
John Manners


(1766)
Codicil:
I, Freegift Stout of the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon and 
Province of  west new Jersey this Eighteenth Day of may in the year of our 
Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Sixty six do make and publish this my 
Codicil to my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say 
Whereas in and by my last Will & Inventory I [have] given and demised to my 
well beloved son Obadiah Stout his heirs and assigns forever that tract or 
parcel of land I purchased of Jonathan Stout being situate in the Township of 
Roxbury in Morris County and Province as st’d hereby order and declare this to 
be my will that instead of land above mentioned the sum of one hundred and 
fifty pounds current money to be paid unto the said Obadiah Stout by my 
Executors to be levied out of my moveable Estate and paid in manner following 
that is to say the sum of fifty pounds to be paid at or within one year after 
my decease and fifty pounds the next ensuing year and fifty pounds more at or 
within one year after 
And further my will is that my son Isaac Stout shall pay unto my before 
mentioned soon Obadiah Stout the sum of fifty pounds current money for a 
legacy at or within one year after the before mentioned legacy and every part 
thereof shall become due
And further I will and bequeath to my Beloved granddaughter Ann Stout daughter 
of my son Jediah Stout the sum of forty shillings to be levied out of my 
Moveable Estate and paid by my Executors when she shall arrive at the age of 
eighteen years
And further I do will and require that my (illegible words) Tract or Parcel of 
Land in (illegible words) my four daughters vis Mary the wife of Richard 
Chaimberlain and Srarh the wife of Ephraim (illegible0good and Rebecka the 
wife of Edward Taylor and Rachel the wife of Richard Rounsavell Jun’r
And further more fully and better effecting the same
I do hereby authorize and Impower my said Executor granting and [conveying] 
full power and absolute authority to grant Bargain Sell Release Sign Seal 
Execute & Confirm all such requisite and lawfull conveyances as shall be 
necessary for conveying and confirming the this last described land and lastly 
it is my will and desire that this present Codicil be annexed to and made part 
of my last will and testament and to be as(illegible) to all intents and 
purposes
Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this day of the year 
first above written
Freegift Stout (signature)
Signed Sealed Published by the said Freegift Stout a Codicil to be En
(illegible)ed to his Will in the presents of
Jos’ Higgins
Jn’o Stout
John Manners

(1768)
Whereas my daughter Sarah the Wife of Ephraim Oliphant as mentioned in my Last 
will and Testament Having departed this life I will and Ordain that the Legacy 
to her bequeathed in and by my Last Will & Testament hereunto ennexed be 
equally Divided and Paid to her Surviving Children and to each of them 
respectively when they shall come of age with Lawfull Interest. Allowing my 
Executors a Reasonable time to Dispose of my Land and effects as in my Said 
Will directed before they shall be Liable to be Charged with said Interest
And I will that this  be deemed part of my  Will anything in my said Will to 
the Contrary notwithstanding in Testamony
Whereof I have this Tenth Day of July Anno Dom one Thousand Seven hundred and 
Sixty Eight Signed Sealed and Published this my Codicil for the purposes above 
mentioned
Freegift Stout
Witness present}
Peter X Vandyke (Mark)
Peter Vandyke Jun’r
Benjamin Stout

Sworn at Amwell this 2’d Day of Aug’t A.D. 1769 ~ before Wm Kirkpatrick, 
Surrogate
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