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- THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943,
by Alexander C Flick, p 23-4:
"JOHN BEBOUT [6705-2392] is assumed to be a son of John Bebout [6677-2391] Mettie Beekman [6685-2391] although he is never definitely stated as such. He was probably born in Brooklyn [Kings Co, LI, NY] around the year 1697 and moved with his parents to Staten Island in 1705. No trace has been found of him in the records until his marriage to MARY MILLER [6706-2392] about 1720. Littell ^ on page 20 states, 'The father of the Bebout family came from Holland and married Mary Miller, sister of Rev. Benjamin Miller [8546], (1715-1781) of Scotch Plains [NJ]. They had two sons, John [6707-2464] and Peter [6708-2393-2437].' It is possible that he confused this John with his supposed father of the same name who came here from Holland. ^^ The Rev. Benjamin Miller, brother of Mary, was a Baptist minister, who served the church at Scotch Plains from Feb. 13, 1743, to Nov. 14, 1781. John and Mary Miller who witnessed a baptism on Staten Island on June 17, 1722, may have been Mary Miller's parents (SI:27). This John Bebout was very likely the one mentioned on Jan. 9, 1733, in a deed of 100 acres of land which 'Christen Bebout [6843]' of Piscataway township received from her father (Deed in the office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N.J.). Just when John Bebout moved from Staten Island to Middlesex Co., N.J., has not been determined, but it must have been prior to 1733. He was still living there between 1741 and 1747, because on May 30, 1742, 'John Bebout yoeman' sold to Amasiah Bonham, his brother-in-law, of Huntington Co., a parcel of land of 70 acres, bought jointly of Peter Sutton's executors on Jan. 6, 1741 (Deeds F 2, p 116. Peter Bebout was one of four witnesses. Bonham's wife was Mary). Again on May 20, 1747, he sold to John Hight 'wheelwright' for 35 [English Pounds], part of a piece of land designated as lot No. 9, which had been given in 1731 by John Mollissen [6700-2390] to his children and which John Bebout had bought (Deeds F 3, p. 24, 'John Bebout cordwainer' received a quit-claim deed for it, Jan. 9, 1833/4). In 1733 he is called a cordwainer. Nothing further has been heard of him after 1747. According to Littell, John Bebout and Mary Miller had two sons: Peter [6708-2393-2437], who was born after 1721, and John [6707-2464], who was born Aug. 25, 1729. This gap of eight years was filled no doubt by other children whose names have been lost, and there may still have been other children born after 1729. ^^^ Perhaps it will be of some assistance to remember that in 1675 a county court was established by the act of the New Jersey legislature at Piscataway. This action was followed in 1682 by setting off Middlesex County. Then in 1688 the settlers of Middlesex County on the 'uppermost part of the Raritan River' were set apart as Somerset County. finally in 1728/9 'the upper parts of Hunterdon' were organized into Morris County."
FOOTNOTES:
^ THE BEBOUT FAMILY IN FLANDERS AND NORTH AMERICA, 1943, by Alexander C Flick, p 41: [not "20" as stated above]
^^ "There is a tradition among his descendants that Jan was an independent Settler, not a child of Jan Pietersz Bebout [6677-2391]. This might be correct. John Bebout did not mention a son John in his will, and in a deed dated Aug. 30, 1705, John Bebout mentions 'my owne two sons Petrus and Jacobus [6704-2448]' (REC. 47:162), but again does not mention a son John. John is not mentioned in the Staten Island census of 1706. If John was not a son of John [6677-2391], he was undoubtedly closely connected with the family, and might have been a son of Jan bibau, b. 1647, a cousin of John Bebout (REC. 56:109)."
^^^ "The Margaret Bebout who married Philip Cooper in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N.J., on Oct. 26, 1754, might have been one of the children."
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