She married Benjamin Stout when she was about 18 years old. Benjamin was born December 14, 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Jonathan Stout (Richard) and Anne Bullen (Bollen). His sister, Ann Stout, married Hannah’s half-brother Nehemiah Bonham.
After many years of meeting in homes and having problems securing a place to meet, it was decided to build a meeting house. Twenty members were baptized from 1715 to 1728 and by 1747 there were 65 members. A meeting was called on June 19, 1747, held at the home of Henry Oxley in Hopewell (then known as Columbia) at which time David Stout, Benjamin Stout, and Henry Oxley were chosen managers to build a meeting house. (from the History of Hopewell Baptist Church)
They had six sons and three daughters who were all born in Hopewell:
Jonathan Stout (about 1715, married Hannah Jewell),
Ezekiel Stout (about 1721, married Miss Drake),
Mary Stout Heabron (about 1723, married William Heabron),
Hezekiah Stout (about 1723, married Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Sorter),
Hosea Stout (about 1727),
Hannah Stout Oliphant (about 1727, married David Oliphant),
Nathaniel Stout (about 1731, married Charity Furman),
Sarah Stout Bray (about 1733, married Andrew Bray) and
Benjamin Stout (married Rebecca Dolhagen and Martha Shenk).
Hannah died when she was 74 on January 21, 1770 and Benjamin died February 8, 1772. They both died in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.
Hopewell is currently in Mercer (formerly Hunterdon) County, New Jersey. Mercer County was formed in 1838 from portions of other counties including Hunterdon. Early settlers found that their deeds were worthless and they were forced to repurchase their land or relocate. On April 23, 1715 the settlers who stayed organized Hopewell Baptist Church.
New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.
Baptist churches were found in early colonial settlements and grew out of the English Separatist movement and the doctrine of John Smyth who rejected infant baptism.
