Ancestor: PENELOPE VAN PRINCIS
Relationship: 9x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 1622, Amsterdam, Netherlands or 1629, Stepney, London, England
Died: 1732, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Parents:
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Marriage:
Spouse: Richard Stout
Date: Before 1645
Location: New York

Children:
1. John Stout (1645-1724)
2. James Stout (1648-1715)
3. Mary Stout (1650-1675)
4. Alice Stout (1652-1703)
5. Sarah Stout (1656-1714)
6. JONATHAN STOUT (1665-1723)
7. David Stout (1667-1732)
8. Benjamin Stout (1669-1734)

NOTE: There are two distinctly different - and vastly contradictory - theories about Penelope Van Princis.

The first, most widely known and generally accepted, theory is this: Penelope Van Princis and her husband John Kent sailed from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to New Amsterdam, a Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan Island (present day New York.) As they approached their destination, the ship wrecked near Sandy Hook. The survivors decided to walk to New Amsterdam, but John Kent, who'd been ill during the voyage, stayed behind on shore with his wife Penelope to await help, which would be sent back once the survivors reached New Amsterdam. Natives found the young couple, killed John and scalped Penelope, leaving her for dead. Days later a kindly Native found her, took her to his village, and nursed her back to health. He then took her New Amsterdam where he claimed a reward for returning Penelope to her people. There, Penelope met and married Englishman Richard Stout, and lived (for a long, long time) happily ever after.

The second theory, is this: Penelope Prince was born in Stepney, near London, England in 1629, to Lawrence Prince, a tailor, and the widowed Mary Kilburn (maiden name unknown). Penelope was baptized at St Dunstan's on 20 Sept 1629; her father died in 1630. In 1644 there is a record of Penelope Prince who arrived in Colonial Maryland and migrated to Kent Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay, under indenture by Robert Vaughn. Vaughn had business interests connecting him to that part of London, as well as to the Chesapeake Bay.

Penelope Prince was an indentured servant at the home of William and Frances Cox on Kent Island from 1644 to 1646. She ran away during during a time of civil unrest, which was attested to by Robert Vaughn in 1656. Penelope Prince next appears in the historical records of Gravesend Colony, one of the original towns in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (present day Brooklyn, New York), where she met and married Englishman Richard Stout, and lived (for a long, long time) happily ever after.

It's not a far jump from Van Princis to Vaughn-Prince or from John Kent to Kent Island. On the other hand, Kent Island, Maryland is a very far jump to the Gravesend Colony in New York.

The legend of Penelope Van Princis developed over the centuries, and has been studied and dissected exhaustively over the past decade. By all accounts, she lived to over 100 years old. While I'm more inclined to believe the story of a runaway indentured servant from London over a shipwrecked, mutilated Dutchwoman, I've used the more accepted Van Princis surname here, as searching for her led me to this conclusion/confusion.

See also:
Penelope Stout - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Stout
Searching for Penelope Stout - http://searchingforpenelopestout.blogspot.com/
Plundering Time - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plundering_Time
New Amsterdam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam
Gravesend Colony - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend,_Brooklyn

Ancestor: JONATHAN STOUT
Relationship: 8x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1665, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Died: 1723, New Jersey

Parents:
Father: Richard Stout
Mother: Penelope Van Princis

Marriage:
Spouse: Anna Bollen
Date: 27 Aug 1685
Location: New Jersey

Children:
1. SARAH STOUT (1689-1749)
2. Joseph Stout (1691-1782)
3. Benjamin Stout (1691-1782)
4. Hanna Stout (1694-1779)
5. Zebulon Bollen STout (1699-1788)
6. Jonathan Stout (1701-1768)
7. David Stout (1706-1788)
8. Samuel Stout (1709-1781)

Ancestor: SARAH STOUT
Relationship: 7x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 10 Sep 1689
Died: 12 Jul 1761

Parents:
Father: Jonathan Stout
Mother: Anna Bollen

Marriage:
Spouse: Andrew Smith
Date: 1707
Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Children:
1. Andrew Smith (1709-1794)
2. Jonathan Smith (1711-1791)
3. George Smith (1713-1799)
4. Charles Smith (1714-1718)
5. Anna Smith (1717-1777)
6. Charles Smith (1718-1744)
7. MARY SMITH (1720-1757)
8. Joseph Smith (1722-1744)
9. John Smith (1724-1744)
10. Thomas Smith (1727-1744)
11. Timothy Smith (1730-1796)

Ancestor: MARY SMITH
Relationship: 6x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 19 Sep 1720, Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Died: 23 Mar 1757, Rowan County, North Carolina

Parents:
Father: Andrew Smith
Mother: Sarah Stout

Marriage:
Spouse: Jonathan Hunt
Date: 1738
Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Children:
1. Sarah Hunt (1738-1795)
2. Jonathan Hunt (1739-1775)
3. Andrew Hunt (1740-1803)
4. Charles Hunt (1742-1818)
5. John Hunt (1748-1829)
6. WILSON HUNT (1754-1833)
7. Levi Hunt (1757-1830)
8. Agnes Hunt (1757-1782)

Ancestor: WILSON HUNT
Relationship: 5x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 16 Jan 1754, Rowan County, North Carolina
Died: 28 Jan 1833, Fayette County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Jonathan Hunt
Mother: Mary Smith

Marriage (1):
Spouse: (Unknown) Bryan
Date: Unknown
Location: Rowan County, North Carolina

Children:
1. Samuel Hunt (1782-1856)

Marriage (2):
Spouse: Agnes Burnett
Date: Unknown
Location: Unknown

Children:
2. Enoch Hunt (b. 1785)
3. Joseph Hunt

Marriage (3):
Spouse: Margaret Shotwell
Date: 24 Nov 1793
Location: Fayette County, Kentucky

Children:
4. CLARISSA HUNT (1794-1870)
5. Phoebe Hunt (b. 1796)
6. Jasper Hunt (1798-1840)
7. John Hunt (1800-1824)
8. Daniel Hunt (1802-1850)
9. Nancy Washington Hunt (1804-1829)
10. Mary Jane "Polly" Hunt (1806-1905)
11. Sarah Hunt (1808-1836)
12. Wilson Shotwell Hunt (1810-1890)

Ancestor: CLARISSA HUNT
Relationship: 4x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 25 Nov 1794, Fayette County, Kentucky
Died: 9 Apr 1870, Grant County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Wilson Hunt
Mother: Margaret Shotwell

Marriage:
Spouse: Samuel Russell Lawrence
Date: 23 Dec 1812
Location: Fayette County, Kentucky

Children:
1. Nancy Lawrence (1813-1848)
2. John W. Lawrence (b. 1816)
3. ROSANA "ROSE ANN" LAWRENCE (b. 1817)
4. Wilson Hunt Lawrence (1817-1900)
5. Margaret Lawrence (b. 1829)
6. Martha Lawrence (b. 1832)
7. Phoebe Lawrence (b. 1836)
8. Francis M. Lawrence (b. 1839)
9. Benjamin Franklin Lawrence (1840-1923)

Ancestor: ROSANA "ROSE ANN" LAWRENCE
Relationship: 3x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: About 1817, Owen County, Kentucky
Died: Unknown

Parents:
Father: Samuel Russell Lawrence
Mother: Clarissa Hunt

Marriage:
Spouse: John J. Johnson
Date: 18 Dec 1845
Location: Grant County, Kentucky

Children:
3. Samuel Johnson (1846-1911)
4. Margaret Johnson (1847-1907)
5. Mary Elizabeth Johnson (1848-1915)
6. CLARISSA JANE JOHNSON (1850-1937)
7. Emily Johnson (b. 1851)
8. Wilson Johnson (b. 1853)
9. Martha Johnson (b. 1856)
10. Jacob "Jake" Johnson (1858-1931)
11. Sarah F. Johnson (b. 1860)

Ancestor: CLARISSA JANE JOHNSON
Relationship: 2x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 24 Aug 1850, Grant County, Kentucky
Died: 15 Feb 1937, Great Crossing, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: John J. Johnson
Mother: Rosana "Rose Ann" Lawrence

Marriage:
Spouse: Callisthenes Henry Towles
Date: 17 Aug 1870
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. John Thomas Towles (1871-1925)
2. Emily "Emma" Florence Towles (1873-1935)
3. ATHALENA "LENA" TOWLES (1874-1963)
4. Laura Towles (1876-1938)
5. James Towles (b. 1878)
6. Groda Bee Towles (1887-1941)
7. Stella Lee Towles (1888-1918)

Ancestor: ATHALENA "LENA" TOWLES
Relationship: Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 24 Jul 1874, Kentucky
Died: 4 Feb 1963, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Calisthenes Henry Towles
Mother: Clarissa Jane Johnson

Marriage:
Spouse: Arthur Kemper
Date: 24 Dec 1890
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. Roy Baxter Kemper (1892-1973)
2. Bertha Kemper (1894-1983)
3. Lonnie Celestis Kemper (1897-1998)
4. Lela Mae Kemper (1899-1988)
5. FLORENCE CECIL KEMPER (1902-1987)
6. Katherine "Katie" Lea Kemper (1906-2002)

Ancestor: FLORENCE CECIL KEMPER
Relationship: Grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 20 Mar 1902, Scott County, Kentucky
Died: 3 Mar 1987, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Arthur Kemper
Mother: Athalena "Lena" Towles

Marriage (1):
Spouse: Louis Brown Foster
Date: 6 May 1921
Location: Warren County, Tennessee

Children:
1.
2.
3.

Marriage (2):
Spouse: William Lloyd Blythe
Date: About 1937
Location: Kentucky