5. William Lacy Born, Buffalo, N. Y., July 27, 1846; married 1869. No children. 6. Helen Lacy He died January 2, Born, Buffalo, N. Y., August 3, 1851; died August 3, 1851. 10. Marguerite Valleau Marguerite, a daughter of Peter Theodorus Valleau and Elizabeth Anthony. No records of her birth, baptism, or death. Married first, James Wallace, the son of an officer in the English Army who was killed at the Battle of Yorktown, October 19, 1781. Four children, viz.: Child, born 1776, died May 15, 1783; James; twins, born 1780, who died May 7, 1783, and May 15, 1783. Married second, Abraham Van Voorhees, August 5, 1781.* They resided first in Bergen County, N. J., and removed, about 1812, to Fonda, N. Y., finally settling in the City of New York. He born November 2, 1756; died in 1826. Nine children, viz.: Abraham, Elizabeth, Annatie and Hannah Eliza, twins; Margaret Ann, Mary A., Eveline, Henrietta Valleau, and Theodore Valleau. Mrs. Van Voorhees outlived her husband, dying in New York City, nearly one hundred years of age. Second Child of Marguerite Valleau and James Wallace James Wallace, born, New York City, March 23, 1779. Baptised at Trinity Church, New York City, March 24, 1779; present: Mr. and Mrs. Chardavoyne, and Mr. Valleau. He married Phoebe Pers, April 29, 1805. He died May 28, 1863. She born August 15, 1785; died December 4, 1859. Eight children, viz.: Elizabeth Ann, Margaret, Henrietta Mary, Sarah Collister, Emeline, James Henry, William Pers, and Ellen Vreedenburgh. Children and Descendants of James Second Child of Marguerite Valleau and James Wallace I. Elizabeth Ann Wallace Born March 25, 1806; married., two children; died June 18, 1849. 2. Margaret Wallace Born November 4, 1807; married Stephen Johnson. She died 1895. Three children: Catharine Seguiné, married George Bayles, of Orange, N. J.; Cornelius Seguiné, died 1883; a son. 3. Henrietta Mary Wallace Born June 26, 1809; married; left children. 4. Sarah Collister Wallace Born March 30, 1811; died June 22, 1886; unmarried. 5. Emeline Wallace Born April 9, 1813; died July 2, 1883; unmarried. 6. James Henry Wallace Born March 30, 1815; married Susan Eliza Baker, of New York City, March 8, * Marriage recorded at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City. 1840. He died December 1, 1882. She born April 8, 1818; died September 27, 1847. Three children: Emeline, James Edward and Mary Ann. Emeline Wallace, born January 9, 1841; married Romeo W. St. Clair, M.D., May 30, 1871. She died November 19, 1890. He born August 16, 1842; died October 14, 1898. Two children: Sarah and Eleanor Wallace. SARAH ST. CLAIR, born August 11, 1872; died August 11, 1872. ELEANOR WALLACE ST. CLAIR, born February 8, 1874; married John D. Baylor, September 21, 1893. He born May 24, 1871. One child: Emeline Wallace, born June 21, 1894; died November 30, 1894. James Edward Wallace, born August 11, 1844; died July 25, 1858. 7. William Pers Wallace Born May 27, 1817; married; died. No children. 8. Ellen Vreedenburgh Wallace Born March 21, 1819; died December 12, 1886; unmarried. 3 and 4. Annatie and Hannah Eliza Van Voorhees, twins Born October 15, 1786. Annatie Van Voorhees baptised November 5, 1786; witnesses: John Voorhees, Annatie Voorhees, sister. [Recorded at Reformed Dutch Church, Schraalenburgh, N. J.] Hannah Eliza Van Voorhees, married first, Bell. 5. Margaret Ann Van Voorhees Born December 24, 1804; married David J. Dennis, February 24, 1833. She died. He born January 3, 1792. Three children: David V., born January 21, 1834, married Mary E. Merritt, June 6, 1855, died February 3, 1887; Julia R., born August. 11, 1835; Ann Eliza, born June 10, 1837, married William Gregory, May 19, 1856. * From "Van Voorhees Family in America," by Elias W. Van Voorhis. This record does not give Annatie and Theodore Valleau. No further records of these children. 9. Theodore Valleau Van Voorhees Died October 30, 1814; buried at St. John's Church, Trinity Parish, New York City. Marguerite Valleau Marguerite, a daughter of Peter and Magdalene Valleau, was baptised at the French Church Du St. Esprit, New York City, the record of which is as follows: "Baptême-A la Nouvelle York ce 1ome de Septembe 1718. Auiourdhuy mecredy aprest la priere du matin monsr Louis Rou a baptisé marguerite fille de Pierre et de Magdelaine Valleau née le 21e d'aoust dernier presentée au St Bateme par Jean Peletreau et marguerite Roberts parain et maraine. Baptism-At New York this 10th. day of September, The following index entry is recorded at the office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N. J.: John. "Lycense of Marriage the first day of January A. D. 1743 granted unto David Stout of the City of Burlington, Gent. of the one Davd Stout D Sec ry" At the Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack, N. J., is this record: "1744 David Stout , y. m. 1. Burlington with Margarita Valleau, y. d. 1. Hackensack [y. m. means young man, i. e., not a widower y. d. means young daughter, i. e., not a widow Marguerite Valleau and David Stout had two children, viz.: Herman and David Stout lived after his marriage in Burlington, N. J., and from there removed, with his wife and son Herman, to Lancaster, Pa., permanently settling in that city. Of their social and domestic life in Lancaster but little is known; their son John was born there, but died young and unmarried. David Stout was admitted to practice as an Attorney-at-Law, at Lancaster, Pa., in the year 1746.* The extent of our knowledge of his legal career is comprised in two brief items in John Gibson's History of York County, Pa., which state that David Stout and George Ross,† among a number of attorneys from other counties, were present at the town of York, October 31, 1749, to assist at the opening of the First Court of Quarter Sessions of the County; and that they attended, in a professional capacity, the Second Court at York, January 30, 1750. David Stout died at Lancaster, Pa., March 5, 1764. The place of his burial is unknown. His widow, as seen from the settlement of his estate, remained in Lancaster for a few years after his death. Willt "Memorandum that on the fifth day of March in the "History of Lancaster County, Pa.," by J. I. Mombert, D.D., p. 430. † George Ross was a son of the Reverend George Ross, Rector of Immanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, Newcastle, Del., at which town he was born in 1730. He studied law with his brother, John Ross, an eminent attorney of Philadelphia, Pa., then went to Lancaster, Pa., to practice, married Ann Lawler of that city, and died there in July, 1779. He was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania. Recorded at Lancaster, Pa. His Estate in the Province of New York was never recovered. Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four. Signed by Bernard Hubley John March 1764 in presence of Casper Shaffner Will Atlee Bard Hubley John Browne The Administrators of David Stout's estate, Margaret Stout [his wife] and Isaac Whitelock, took out their letters March 22, 1764. The Inventory of the estate, appraised by William Henry and Michael Hubley, was made by the Administrators April 24, 1764, and sworn and affirmed to by them May 7, 1764. Their final account was rendered to the Register (Edward Shippen) April 12, 1770. The following properties were sold by order of the Orphans Court, viz.: A house and lot in Queen Street, Lancaster; a house and lot in Orange Street, Lancaster; an out lot near Lancaster; a lot in Bethel's Town; a lot in Manheim; a lot in Lebanon; a lot in Bethel's Town; a tract of land and improvements in Cumberland County. [David Stout, warrantee of Land in Cumberland County, Pa., 100 acres, March 14, 1755—Arch. Penna., 3 S., Vol. XXIV, p. 756.] Among the effects of David Stout may be mentioned a French Bible, and a Bond for £35 due him from John Valleau. This Bible afterwards came to his oldest granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Vaughan, but was unfortunately destroyed while in her possession. This was an irreparable loss, as it no doubt contained family records which it would be most desirable to have at the present time. Who John Valleau was is not known, but it is most likely he was a son of Theodorus Valleau, a brother of Mrs. Stout. Marguerite [or Margaret] Stout died in Philadelphia, Pa., in July, 1795, and was buried July 19, 1795, at Christ Church Cemetery. 1. Herman Stout Herman,* a son of Marguerite Valleau and David Stout, was born in Bergen County, N. J., in 1745. Baptised† April 7, 1745; witnesses: Johan Stout‡ and Magdalena Valou. *The first Harman (or Herman) Stout of whom we have knowledge, was an attendant at St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, N. J. This church, founded in 1685, erected, in 1731, a new building which was completed and ready for the congregation on December 10th of that year. It contained about twenty-five pews, and pew number fourteen, south side, was rented by Harman Stout, for £5.12.-See "Early History of Perth Amboy, N. J.," by William A. Whitehead. men.' † Baptism recorded at Reformed Dutch Church, Schraalenburgh, N. J., his name being entered as "Her It is not known who Johan Stout was, but from his standing sponsor for David Stout's first child, it is supposed that he was the child's paternal grandfather, as the other witness was the maternal grandmother. Nothing is known of the parentage or family of David Stout, but his living at Burlington, and other indications, show that he belonged to the family of that name in New Jersey, whose founders were Richard Stout and his wife Penelope, an account of whom is now given: Richard Stout was the son of John Stout, of Nottinghamshire, England, where he was born about the year 1610. Being thwarted, early in life, by his father in a love affair with a young girl beneath him in social rank, he enlisted on a British man-of-war, and served, in this capacity, his full time of seven years. He was honorably discharged at Manhattan Island, then under the government of the Dutch, and lived here for some years acquiring the language of the people, and accumulating a handsome property. It has been stated that Richard Stout came to New York in 1640. About the same year, a vessel from Holland, with passengers, was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey, near Sandy Hook, and nearly all on board were lost. Among the few rescued was a young Dutch woman, Penelope Van Princis, whose husband (name unknown), upon swimming ashore was killed by the Indians, while she was saved in a wounded and forsaken condition. Cared for by the natives she was entirely restored, and brought by them to the Island of Manhattan. Shortly after these events this young widow made the acquaintance of Richard Stout, who was then a resident of Gravesend, L. I. About 1643-1645, they were married, and, with others from Gravesend, soon moved to the very shores of Monmouth County, where the shipwreck had occurred a few years before. This settlement, owing to the unfriendliness of the Indians, was broken up, when the five or six Dutch families, with Richard Stout, returned to Manhattan, the latter to Gravesend, where he lived a few years with Lady Moody's colony, being one of the thirty-nine patentees. In 1665 Richard Stout was one of twelve men to whom the Monmouth County, N. J., patent was granted, and thus was among the original and permanent settlers of East Jersey. In the division of the town lots of Middletown, in 1667, Richard Stout and his son John were awarded lots. Richard Stout lived to be a very old man, and raised a large and influential family of children. His wife |