Caroline L. Stout was born c 1821 at Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of
Wiliam Stout and
Eleanor Lane. Caroline L. Stout married
Garret Garretson Brokaw, son of
Samuel Swan Brokaw and
Maria Garretson, on 10. Aug. 1848 at Piscataway Twp., Middlesex County, New Jersey; by Rev. B. K. Rodgers. Caroline L. Stout left a will in Dec. 1897 at Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey.
to sister Maria Louisa Stout, $1.000. 00, to nephew Dr. Claudlus Fisner, $500.00, or if deceased, to hls wife and child. To her sister Ellen Hazard, $200.00 and to each of nieces " namely, Ellen Weart, wife of Algernon Weart; Rebecca S. Fisher; Kate Burke, wife of Benjarnm Burke. $50.00. to niece Olivia Hazard. and to the church" commonly called tile Presbyterian Church of Bound Brook, by whatever name it may be legally designated, "- sum of $100.00. And $100.00 to be used toward carmg for the burial plot in the cemetery of the churcn, " belonging to my late husband aud adjoining plot of my said sister Maria Louisa Stout."