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April 14th: Johann Georg, born April 4th, child of Hermann and Maria Catharina SEGENDORF; sponsors: Johann Henrich CONRAD, Johann Georg LAUNERT, Margreth SCHNEIDER.

April 14th: Anna Catharina, born April 7th, child of Johann and Maria Barbara LEICK; sponsors: Johann HOENER and his wife Anna Catharina.

April 29th: Anna Margretha, born April 14th, child of Veltin and Susanna WOLLEBEN; sponsors: Joseph REICHART and his wife and Anna Margretha CAPUTZGI.

April 28th: Johann Peter, born April 19th, child of Adam and Anna ECKHARD; sponsors, Johann Peter DOPF and Anna Catharina DIPPEL.

May 19th: Johann Jacob, born May 14th, child of Johannes and Maria Elisabeth STRAUP; sponsors: Jacob SCHUMACHER and his wife.

The following children, 18 in number, were baptized in Schoharie:

June 6th: Johann, born Febr. 8th, child of Johann and Anna Margretha LOEHN; sponsor: Johann CAST, Commissioner.

June 6th: Johann, born Febr. 5th, child of Johann and Anna Margretha KESTLER; sponsors: Johann MUELLER and Gertraut HETTMANN.

June 6th: Johann Georg, born March 17th, child of Jacob and Anna Catharina BOESHAAR; sponsors: Johann George STUMP and his w1fe.

June 6th: Johann Fridrich, born May 14th, child of Georg and Anna Elisabeth DACHSTETTER; sponsors: Fridrich SCHAESTER and his wife.

June 6th: Johann Adam, born May 17th, child of Theobald and Maria Cath,arina JUNG; sponsors: Johann Just LAUX, Johann Adam KOPP, Catharina FREY.

June 6th,: Gertraut, born Apr. 16th, child of Henrich and Christina SIXT; sponsors: Georg SEYBOLD, Gertraut CHRISTMANN and Gertraut HETTMANN.

June 6th: Anna Elisabeth, born April 19th, child of Joseph and ~nna Elisabeth SAVOY; sponsors: Johann Michel MEYSER and Anna Elisabeth SIXT.

June 6th: Ottila Helena, born May 9th, child of Johann and Sibyll-a Catharina LEER; sponsors: Johann Adam WALLRATH, Magdalena ECKHARD, and Ottilia CURRING.

June 6th: Conrad, born May 10th, child of Georg and Maria Catharina MATTHEUS; sponsors: Conrad WEISSER, Conrad SCHUETZ, and Anna Maria BELL.

June 7th: Johann Gottfrid, born April 26th, child of Johann Peter and Elisabetha Barbara KNIRSTBERG; sponsors: Johann Gottfrid FIDLER and his wife.

June 7th: Johann Wilhelm, born May 11th, child of Bertram and Maria Christina ENDTERS; sponsors: Jerg BAENDER, Johann Wilhelm SCHESET, and Elisabeth FIDLER.

June 7^th: Anna Margretha, born March 17^th, child of George and Anna Elisabeth HAUCK: sponsors: Johann KRAEMER and his wife.

June 7^th: Anna Catharina, born March 25^th, child Johann and Anna Catharina HESS: sponsor: Anna Catharina CONRAD.

June 7th: Maria Dorothea, born March 23d, child of Ludwig and Anna Barbara WANNER; sponsor: Maria Dorothea STEHL.

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June 9th: Johann born June 4th, child of Johann and Anna Maria SCHESTER; sponsors: Johann ZOELLER and his wife.

June, 9th: Anna Catharina, born May 25th, child of Niclaus and Anna Dorothea Margretha RUEHL; sponsors: Johann ZOELLER and his wife.

June 9th: Maria Elisabetha, born June 1st, child of Henrich and Anna Margretha OHRENDORF; sponsors: Martin BARDORF and Maria Elisabeth WALBORN.

June 10th: Maria Catharina, born June 9th, child of Johann Adam and Margreth BAUMANN; sponsors: Johann Henrich SPOHN and his wife.

Jan. 31st: Anna Margreth, born Nov. 13th, 1716, child of Johann and Anna Margretha KEYSER; sponsors: Henrich JUNG and his wife. This child was baptized by the low-German (Niderteutschen) Pastor of Albany, P. v. DRIESEN.

June 16th: Margreth, born May 16th, child of Wiensan and Elsgen BRUSCHI; sponsors: Peter TONESE and Margretha KURTZ.

June16th: Henrich, born May 22d, child of Benjamin and Gertraud REES; Sponsors: Andreas REES and Catharina REES.

July 7th: Johann Philipp, born June 26th, child of Adam and Anna Catharina HOF; sponsors: Philipp Wilhelm MOOR, Johann Balthas LUTT and Elisabeth HEMER.

July 7th: Agnes, born June 29th, child of Antoni and Margreth SCHNEIDER; sponsors: Agnes DIETRICH. Maria Catharina SEGENDORF, and Johann Christian DIETRICH.

July 7th: Andreas Christian, born June 18th, child of Pieter CHRISTIAN of Madagascar, and his wife Elisabeth; sponsors: Andreas ELLICH and his wife Sophia.

July 14th: Maria Barbara, born June 23d, child of Johann Reichart and Elisabeth Catharina BACKUS; sponsors: Johann Veltin SCHESTER and Maria Barbara MEYER.

July 28th: Johann William, born July 22d, child of Fridrich and Anna Maria SCHRAMM; sponsors: Johann Balthasar KUESTER and Catharina SCHRAMM.

Aug. 4th: Anna Christina, born July 26th, child of Christian and Anna Gerdraut MEYER; sponsors: Christina TONIUS, Anna Elisabeth JUNG, and Johann MENGES.

Aug. 11th: Johann Niclaus, torn July 21st, child of Johann Philipp and Catharina Elisabeth FELLER.; sponsor: Johann Niclaus RAU.

Aug. 18th: Anna Elisabeth, born Aug. 10th, child of Michael and Magdalena HOENIG; sponsors: Sohann STAHL and Elisabeth DUNTZBACH.

Sept. 15th: Johann Wilhelm, born Sept. 7th, child of Andreas and Anna Sophia ELLICH; sponsors: Johann Wilhelm LEHMANN and his wife.

Oct. 6th: Gottfrid Sebastian, biorn Oct. 4th, child of Jan and Anna Margreth WULTSEN: sponsors, Godfrid Sebastian WULTSEN, Benigma Sibylla KOCHERTHAL.

Oct. 13^th: Anna Maria, born Sept. 17^th, child of Carl and Anna Constantia NOECHER: sponsors: Joseph REICHART and his wife Anna Maria.

Oct. 13^th: Johann Henrich, born Oct. 4^th, child of Veltin and Anna Margretha BAENDER: Sponsors: Johann Henrich SCHAESTER and his wife Agnes.

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Nov. 17th: Anna Christina Elisabeth, born Nov. 8th, child of Johann Wilhelm and Elisabeth Catharina BRANDAU; sponsors: Ellsabetha KRANTZ, Anna Christina STREIT and Jan BERTSCH.

Dec. 12th: Anna Elisabeth, born Dec. 8th, child of Clemens and Gerdraut LEHMANN; sponsors: Niclaus SCHMID, Anna Margretba WOLST.

Dec. 15th: Eva Catharina, born Dec. 9th, child of Henrich and Anna Juliana REUTER; sponsors: Anna Catharina MAUL and Anna Eva and David MUELLER.

Dec. 22d: Johann Wilhelm, born Dec. 13th, child of Johann Henrich -and Anna Catharina KRANTZ; sponsors: Jerg Wilhelm KEHL, Peter OBERBACH and Elisabeth Catharina BRANDAU'.

Total number for 1717 --------------------------------------------------- 47

In the year 1718:

Jan. 11th: Gerdraut, born Jan. 6th, child of Johann and Anna Eva MENGES; sponsors: Peter GISTLER, Anna Gerdraut MEYER and Gerdraut KEHL.

Jan. 12th: Michael, born (date not given), child of Latzarus and Anna Margreth DORN; sponsors: Michel WERNER and his wife.

Jan. 20th: Anna Kunigund, born Jan. 11th, child of Johann Jacob and Maria Catharina ZERB; sponsor: Anna Kunigunda WINTER.

Febr. 2d: Margreth, born Jan. 12th, child of Arend VON SCHAACK and his wife Maria; sponsors: Peter BURCKHARD and Benigna Sibylla KOCHERTHAL.

Febr. 9th: Johannes, born Jan. 11th, child of Georg and Anna Maria THAETER; sponsors: Johann Michael WAEGELIN, and his wife.

March 2d: Maria, born Febr. 13th, child of Johann Conrad and Anna RITSCHER; sponsors: Henrich REUTER and Ursula MAUL.

March 8th: Johann Conrad, born March 4th, child of Peter and Amalia BURCKHARD; sponsors: Conrad HANTI (or MAEUTI), Mattheus SCHLEMMER and Gerdraut KEHL.

March 16th: Maria Elisabeth, born March 6th, child of Adam and Anna Maria SPOHN; sponsors: Niclaus SCHMID and Maria Elisabeth MUELLER.

March 30th: Sophia Magdalena, born March 22d, child of Christian and Anna Maria Judith CASELMANN; sponsors: Andreas ELLICH and his wife Sophia, and Magdalena SUTZ.

April 13th: Eva Alaria, born April 8th, child of Johann Mattheus and Anna Veronica JUNG; sponsors: Andreas ELLICH, Anna Maria DEMUTH, and Maria Christina OBERBACH.

April 27th: Johann Henrich, born March 15th, child of Ananias and Elisabetha DIHL; sponsors: Johann Lorentz HENRICH and his wife Regina.

April 27th: Johann Peter, born March 15th, child of Johann and Maria Barbara DOPF; sponsors: Peter DOPF and Christina UHL.

Inasmuch as some of our government officials have made inquiry concerning the growth and progress of the German colonists, and also concerning the number of children baptized, I have looked over these records and I am herewith giving the number of them by years:

1. 1708.......2

2. 1709.......10

3. 1710.......32

4. 1711.......68

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5. 1712.......51

6. 1713 ......28

7. 1714.......49

8. 1715.......45

9. 1716.......45

10. 1717.....47

11. 1718.....12
Total number -----------400

May 11th: Dietrich, born May 10th, child of Niclaus and Magdalena TROMBOUR; sponsors: Dietrich SUTZ and his wife.

June 2d: Susanna Catharina and Maria Catharina, twins, born May 8th, children of Johan Peter and Elisabeth SCHMID; sponsors: Susanna Cath-arina LUDWIG and Maria Catharina MOESIG.

Aug. 10th: Catharina (date of birth not given), child of Georg and Catharina SPRINGSTEIN; (names of sponsors not given).

Aug. 26th: Johann Balthasar, born Aug. 26th. child of Peter and Anna Margreth AIGNOR; sponsors: Johann Palthasar KUESTER and the wife of Veltin FALCKENBURG.

Oct. 5th: Elisabetha, born Sept. 28th, child of Johann Christian and Margretha MUELLER; sponsors: Bastian LESCHER and Elisabetha KUN.

Nov. 30th: Anna Margretha, born Nov. 20th, child of Fridrich and Anna Urschel MAUL; sponsors: Dietrich SUTZ and Anna Margretha EMERICH.

Dec. 14th: Johann Henrich, born Dec. 5th, child of Fridrich and Anna Maria SCHRAMM; sponsors: Peter EIGNER, Henrich VOESS and Christiana VOESS.

Total number for the year 1718

In the year 1719:

Febr. 1st: Maria Barbara, born Jan. 28th, child of Balthasar and Anna Maria ANSPACH; sponsors: Henrich SCHAESTER and Anna Maria PROPERT.

Febr. 1st: Anna Catharina, born Jan. 25th, child of Andreas and Catharina Appolonia SCHUERTZ; sponsors: Jerg SCHUERTZ and Anna Catharina, daughter of Peter PHILIPP.

Febr. 1st: Johann Henrich, born Jan. 26th, child of Niclaus and Eva SCHMID; sponsors: Jacob SCHAESTEH, Henrich SCHNEIDER and Susanna SCHNEIDER.

Febr. 1^st: Philipp, born, Jan 23d, child of Philip and Anna Margretha SCHMID: sponsors: Philip MOHR and Anna Maria, wife of Dietrich SCHNEIDER.

Febr. 1^st: Anna Maria, born Jan 29^th, child of Johann Christian and Anna Maria DIETRICH: sponsors: Abraham LANG and his wife and the wife of Fridrich RAU.

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Febr. 1st: Veronica, child of Jacob ESSWEIN; (date of birth and mothersname not given); sponsor: Anna Maria SCHNEIDER.

Pebr. 2d: Anna Margretha, born Nov. 3d, child of Georg and Anna Margretha SALTMANN; sponsors: Johann Fridrich ZIPPERLIN and Anna Margretha BACKUS.

Febr. 6th: Johannes, born Jan. 22d, child of Just Henrich and Agnes SCHAESTER; sponsors: Johann Reitz BACKUS and his wife.

Febr. 7th: Lorentz, born Febr. 6th, child of Niclaus and Anna Catharina OEMICH; sponsors: Lorentz THAETER and the wife of Johann LAMERT.

Febr. 20th: Elisabetha, horn Febr. 16th, child of Johann Fridrich and Barbara MERCKEL; sponsors: Johann KLEIN and his wife.

March 15th: Maria Elisabetha, born March 9th, child of Johannes and Maria Elisabetha STRAUP; sponsors: Fridrich STREIT, Elisabeth HERDEL and Catharina KUHLMAN.

March 15th: Peter, born March 8th, child of Hermann and Anna Margretha HUMEL; sponsors: Johannes SCHNEIDER and Eva SCHUH.

March 30th: Susanna Catharina, born Febr. 1st, child of Veit and Maria Catharina MOESSIG; sponsors: Henrich LUDWIG and his wife.

March 30th: Anna Elisabetha, born March 17, child of Conrad and Maria Apollonia WUEST; sponsors: Johann LERCK and Anna Elisabetha ZERB.

March 12th: Johannes, born March 5th, child of Niclaus and Magdalena TROMBOUR; sponsors: Johannes EMERICH and his wife Margretha.

March 19th: Maria Christina, born March 17th, child of Albrecht Dietrich and Elisabeth MARTERSTOCK; sponsors: Wilhelm BRANDAU and wife, and Christina BRUNCK.

April 26th: Fridrich, b,orn April 18th, child of Hieronymus ard Anna Catharina SCHAIB; sponsors: John Fridrich HAEGER, Fridrich SCHRAM, and Christina VOESS.

May 14th: Johannes, born May 7th, child of Johannes and Margreth EMERICH; sponsors: Wilhelm LEHMANN and his wife.

May 14th: Catharina, born May 10th, child of Christian and Anna Gerdraut MAYER; sponsors: Sibylla Catharina KEHL and Hieronymus WELLER.

JESUS THE FOUNDER AND PRESERVER OF HIS CHURCH
(JESU, ECCLESIA SUAE AUCTORE ET CONSERVATORE)

B. A LIST OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS, pages 81-86. (CATALOGUS NEO-COMMUNICANTIUM).

By whose admission to communion with us the membership of our church has been increased. May you, dear reader, unite with me in the sincere prayer that all these will be and remain true and living members of the Church.

From among our own young people the following partook of holy communion with us for the first time.

The following persons united with our church from other denominations:

EDITOR'S NOTE-For each date the names in the first column will appear in the first paragrahp, and those in the second column will be given in the second paragraph.

March 27, 1709, when holy communion was administered at New York: Anna Maria WEIGAND.

At the communion service in the colony on the Quasaic Kill, April, 1710: Maria FISHER.
At the communion service conducted by Daniel Falckner, in my absence, about the middle of June 1710: Johannes ENGEL, formerly a member of the Episcopal Church.
At the second communion service conducted by Daniel Falckner in the month of June 1710: Johannes Peter EIMER, Martin RAUSCHER, Johann Reitz BACKUS, Elisabetha Magdalena STEIS, Anna Catharina HOSTMANN. All of these were formerly members of the Episcopal Church.

At the communion service, conduced by myself in New York, July 19, 1710:
Johannes WINTER, Johann Heinrich NUESS, Johann Conrad FRIDERICH, Johann Bernhard ZIPPERLIN, Anna Margretha DOERNER, Anna Magdalena RUSCH, Anna Maria FUCK, Anna Gertruda. VOLLBART, Anna Elisabetha HEYPERT, Anna Magdalena SEXER, Maria Elisabetha WALBUER, Maria Margretha LAUX, Maria Barbara ECKHARD, Maria Catharina CORHOF, Maria Barbara SCHMID.
Anthon KRAEMER, Johann MOHR, Johann CONNRATH; wife of Jacob STERNBERGER, wife of Johann Henrich POELER, wife of Johann BERG, wife of Daniel GOETTEL, Anna Elisabetha ROSCHMAN, wife of Johann Georg MAUER, Anna Margreth RECKFEL. All of these were formerly members of the Episcopal Church.

At the communion service which I conducted at New York, Sept. 26, 1710:
Johann Michael RUED, Johann Peter RUED, Sebastian TREBER, Johanna Elisabetha PLANCK.

At the communion administered by me in the new colony of Germans.. April 30, 1711:
Johann Philipp BRAUN, Johann Georg ZEH, Johann Adam OEMICH, Andreas BARTHEL, Johann Philipp THAIS, Barthas LUTT, Susanna Gerdraut MICHEL, Maria Jacobina HUPFER, Barbara SCHUMACHER, Maria Catharina STUEBER.
The following from Episcopalian parentage:
Johann Georg WINTER, Maria Catharina WINTER, Margretha BRUCKER.
Sibylla WARNO, Maria Catharina OBER, formerly members of the Episcopal Church.

June 24th, 1711:
Johann Niclaus WOLLEBEN.
Anna Margretha ESCHENREITER, formerly Episcopalian.

At the communion service held March 23, 1712, in Queensberg.
Philip Balthasar BARTHEL, Bartel MULLER, Johann Georg ECKHART, Andreas PFEISTER, Johann Heinrich SCHASTER, Dietrich DEMUTH, Johann Georg RAU, Johann Jacob ZERB, Peter LANDMANN, Johann Georg LOSCHER, Maria Barbara PROPERT, Catharina FEG, Maria Gerdraut HAGENDORN, Anna Catharina. HAUPT, Margaretha Elisabetha SCHASTER, Anna Catharina WUST, Catharina Elisabetha BARDORST (ORF), Maria Elisabeth MANNICH, Anna Christina RAUSCH, Elisabetha LOSCH, Anna Margaretha SCHAESTER, Anna Albertina TAUS, Anna Christina GOCKEL, Anna Catharina HAS, Sophia Elisabeth Margaretha MERTZ.

June 16, 1712 in Newtown; Johann Daniel WORMS, Johann Peter TOBICH, Johann BALTHASAR KUSTER, Johann Lampert STERNBERGER, Maria Elisabeth WEERICH, Margaretha Lein, Anna Maria DEMUTH, Catharina STREIT, Anna Maria STREIT.
Ursula STREIT, Maria Magdalena WERNER, formerly of the Episcopal Religion.

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Easter, 1713, at New Town: Johann Georg SCHMID, Johann Georg WENNERICH, Johann Martin BURCKHARD, Andreas GUNTERMANN, Johann Michael SCHAUER, Anna Barbara LISTENUS, Christina ARNOLD.

October 25, 1713, at Queensberg: The wife of Martin ZERB, formerly of the Episcopal Church.
February 7, 1714, at Schoharie: Johann Ludwig CASTELMANN.

Easter, 1714, at New Town: Johann Georg KREYSTLER, Johann Fridrich DEMUTH, Anna Barbara RICHTER, Anna Margretha BACKUS, Maria Gerdraut HECKMANN. At Queensberg: Johann Georg BAUNERT, Johann Peter LAUX, Jurg Adam ZUFELD, Andreas WIDERWACHS, David SCHURTZ, Conrad LOSCHER, Johann Christian BERG, Susanna Margretha FORSTER, Elisabeth HASSMANN.

April 3, 1715, at Rheinbeek: Valtin SCHAESTER

Easter, 1715, at Queensberg: Johann Niclaus STEIGER, Johann Henrich MICHEL, Johann Adam SCHMID, Johann Mattheus LAUER, Johanna Maria BECK, Anna Elisabeth STUBER, Anna Elisabeth SCHMID, Maria Catharina SCHMID.

January 22, 1716, in Schoharie: Philipp MOOR. Jan. 24, 1716: The daughter of Gerhard SCHASTER. Ulrich BRUCKHARD, formerly of the Episcopal Church. February 16, 1716, at New Town: Anna Sibylla SCHASTER.

October 14, 1716, at Rheinbeck: Anna Catharina EBERT, Anna Maria DIPPEL. The father of the following is Reformed: Anna Margaretha KAPUTZGIN, Anna Dorothea KAPUTZGIN.

St. Stephan's Day, 1716 at Kingsberg: Anna Gerdraut WUST, and Kunigunda WINTER, whose father and mother are Episcopal. April 14, 1717, at Kingsberg: Fridrich RAU, Elisabetha MERTZ, Maria Catharina ROSCHMANN. April 29, 1717, at Rheinbeck: Amalia, wife of Georg SALTZMANN, whose parents were Dutch Reformed.

Easter 1717, at New Town: Niclaus SCHMIDT, Johannes GREYSLER, Catharina Susanna KUSTER, Christiana Clara MULLER.

Finis.

C. MARRIAGES, pages 137-154.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS THE HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM OF OUR SOULS. (JESU CAELESTI NOSTRARUM ANIMARUM SPONSO). A RECORD OF THE MARRIAGES PERFORMED DURING THE PASTORATE OF JOSHUA KOCHERTHAL

THE FIRST PASTOR OF THIS COLONY OF GERMAN LUTHERANS

In the year 1709:

1. July 19^th: in the colony of the Quasaic III: Johann Fischer, widower, and Maria HILL, daughter of the late Carolus HILL, of Stonetown in New England.

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2. Sept. 21st: Georg LOOCKSTAD, born in Mechlin, Mecklenburg, and Elisabetbn PLETTOL, widow of the late Jacob PLETTOL.

In the year 1710:

3. July 9th: Johann Philipp ZERB, of Kettenbach, commune of Minister, and Maria Catharina STEIBER, from the commune of Hachenburg.

4. July 19th: Johann GANSS, of floemershausen, commune -of Blanckenstein, near Giessen, and Gertrauda SCHMIDT, wid-ow of the late Niclaus SCHMID, from the commune of Hachenburg.

5. July 25th: Sohann KRANTZ, widower, from the commune of Isenburg, and Anna Catharina CHAARMANN, daughter of Heinrich SCHAARMANN, from the commune of Isenburg.

6. July 26th: Johann Michael WAEGELIN, of Bohnfeld in Creichgau, and Anna Maria HARTMANN, widow of the late Conrad HARTMANN.

7. July 27th: Johann Wilhelm SIMON, widower, of Neuwied, and Anna Maria MUELLER, widow of the late Johann Georg MUELLER, of Mastenbach in the commune of Neuburg.

8. July 27th: Johann HANOR, widower, of Birsen, commune of Ostenbach, and Catharina MUSTIRR, daughter of Johann Jacob MUSTIRR, of Steinfort in Erichgau.

9. July 27th: Johann Hermann SPEICHERMANN, widower, from the neighborhood of Otterberg, and Anna Catharina MERTZ, widow of the late Johann MERTZ.

10. Aug. 1: Peter SCHMID, widower of Soetzwich, commune of Isenberg, and Elisabetha Margretha COBLENTZER, daughter of the late Johann Peter COBLENTZER, from the neighborhood of Bingen.

11. Aug. 15th: Zacharias FLEGLER, widower, -of Wertheim in Franconia, and Anna Gertrauda HUEN, daughter of the late Dietrich HUEN, of Wallbruehl in the commune of Berg.

12. Aug. 22d: Johann Paul REITSCHAFT, of Dueren, district of Pfortzheim, commune of Durlach, and Anna Maria KRAUS, widow of the late Johann Jacob KRAUS, of Simmern in the Palatinate.

13. Aug. 24th: Johann Heinrich POELER, of Altzheirn on the lower Rhine, and Susanna CLOTTER, widow of the late Johann Paul CLOTTER. of Borckheim, near Weinheirn in the Palatinate.

14. Aug. 29th: Johann Georg BORNER, widower, a carpenter, of Grosstain commune of Astach in Wuerttemberg, and Maria Barbara DAUSWEBER, daughter of the school teacher Johann Melchoir DAUSWEBER.

15. Aug. 29th: Carl NAEHR, widower, a tanner, of Brickenfeld in Westerich, and Maria Apollonia MATTHES, daughter of the late Peter MATTHES, of Eckerswell, near Zweibruecken.

16. Aug. 31st: Johann Heinrich SCHMID, a carpenter, of Nieder-Malmenach, on the Rhine, principality of Hessia and Anna Catharina SCHLEICHER, daughter of Johann Georg SCHLEICHER, of Erbenheim, commune of Nassau.

17. Sept 5^th: Albrecht Dietrich MARTERSTOCK, widower, of Lamsheim, commune of Neustadt in the Palatinte and Elisabetha RUEBENICH, widow of the late Mattaeus RUEBENICH, of Sittern, near Birchenfeld, Westerich.

18. Sept 5^th: Just Henrich SCHAESTER, widower, of Hochspeur, earldom of Hartenburg, and Agnes BACKUS, widow of the late Sebastian BACKUS, of Roth near Bingen.

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19. Sept. 5th: Johann KEYSER, of Unter-Oetisheim, Wuerttemberg, and Gretha HOERNER, daughter of the late Ludwig Ernst HOERNER of Unter Oetisheim, Wuerttemberg.

20. Sept. 12th: Johann SCHULTHEIS, a tailor, of Gahgraebler near Kreuznach and Anna Barbara EAUTENBUSCH, widow of the late Johann RAUTENBUSCH, of Emmerich, in the Palatinate.

21. Sept. 27th: Ludwig SCHMID. widower, of Michelbach, near Giessen, Hessen-Darmstadt, and Elisabetha BECKER, widow of the late Johann Michael BECKER, of Kreuznach in the Palatinate.

22. Sept. 27: Abraham LOUCK, of the commune of Epstein, Darmstadt, and Anna Catharina BECKER, daughter of Johann Henrich BECKER, of Weerheim, commune of Dillenburg.

23. Sept. 27th: Christian HAUSS, widower, a carpenter, of Alten-Staeden, near Wetzler, duchy of Solm and Anna Catharina BECKER, widow of the late Johann BECKER, of Duernberg, near Dietz, commune Schaumburg.

24. Sept. 27th: Peter PFUHL, widower, a cabinetmaker, of Nieder-Rammstock, Darmstadt, and Anna Sophia BOHL, widow of the late Lastar BOHL, of Maller near Goblenz.

25. Oct. 10th: Johann MINCKLER, widower, of Parthenheim, commune Alzey, in the Palatinate, and Anna Elisabetha ESSWEIN, widow of the late Thloma,s ESSWEIN, of Haert, commune Germersheim.

26. Oct. 16th: Engelbertus WOLLBACH, widower, of the commune Neustadt, Marck-Brandenburg, and Anna Barbara DIPPEL, daughter of the late Philipp DIPPEL, of Flammborn, commune Alzey, Palatinate.

27. Oct. 25th: Joh,ann Adam SOELLNER, widower, a miller, of Eppingen, Palatinate and Anna Maria BAUMANN, widow of the late Henrich BAUMANN, of Upstatt, near Brustel, commune Speyer.

28. Nov. 1st: Mattheus BRINCK, widower, a blacksmith, of Andel, earldom of Veldenz and Anna WORMSER, widow of the late Sebastian WORMSER, of Bubach, commune Lichtenberg, county of Zweibruecken.

29. Nov. 20th: Johann CRUMP, a gardner, of Bristol, England, and Maria Agnes LAUR, daughter of the late Arnold LAUR, of Gebler, near Kreuznach in the Palatinate.

30. Dec. 10th: Henrich SCHARRMANN, widower, of Fishblorn, near Hanau, earldom Isenburg, and Anna Catharina HELMER, widow of the late Antonius HELMER, from the vicinity of Giess;en, Darmstadt.

31. Nov. 29th: John Dietrich WANNENMACHER, of Leheim, Darmstadt and Anna Kunigunda Kornmann, of Leheim, Darmstadt.

In the year 1711:

32. Jan. 9th: Joseph REICHART, widower, of Kirchberg, commune Marbach, duchy of Wuerttemberg, and Anna Maria TREBER, widow of the late Johann TREBER, a wheelwright, formerly of Woellstein, commune Kreuznach.

33. Jan. 23d: Antoni KRAEMER, widower, of Altzheim on the lower Rhine, and Gertrauda ELSAESSER, widow of the late Paul Elsaesser, of Fishborn, earldom Isenburg.

34. Freb. 13^th: Johann Melchoir DAUSWEBER, widower, a school teacher, of Burschel, commune Marbach, Wuerttenberg, and Magdalena SCHAUER, widow of the late Michael SCHAUER, or Mastenbach, in Erichgau.

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35. Febr. 20th: Johann Henrich SPOHN, stepson of the furrier Philip MUELLER and Maria Catharina WOLLEBEN, daughter of the late Wallrath WOLLEBEN, formerly a citizen of Bacharach on the Rhine.

36. Febr. 27th: Johann Bernhard ZIPPERLIN, widower, blacksmith, of Unter-Oetiswein, Wuerttemberg, and Anna Maria REICHARD, daughter of the late Hans REICHARD of Kirchberg, commune Marbach, duchy of Wuerttemberg.

38. March 6th: Adam BAUMANN, widower, a butcher, of Bacharach on the Rhine, and Anna Margretha KUGEL, widow of the late Johann ICUGEL, Unter-Oetisheim, commune Maulbronn, duchy of Wuertterberg.

39. May 11th: Herman SCHUENEMANN, of Hamburg, a captain of the North German people, and Elisabetha MUELLER, daughter of the late Georg MUELLER, of Hamburg.

40. March 12th: Zacharias FLEGLER, of Wertheim in Franconia, and Anna Elisabetha SCHULTZ, widow of the late Georg SCHULTZ, of Darmstadt.

41. June 26th: Georg Ludwig LEICH, widower, of Bernsfeld, Darmstadt, and Maria !Vlartha EMMERICH, widow of the late Johann Peter EMMERICH, of Neustadt on the Hard.

42. June 26th: Thomas EHMANN, widower of Schornbach, Wuerttemberg, and Elisabetha LAUCK, widow of the late Jacob LAUCK, of Nurstatt, Darmstadt.

43. July 10th: Johannes FRANCK, widower of Altzheim on the 1ower Rhine, and Magdalena STREIT, widow of the late Ludwig STREIT, of Westhofen, commune Alzey, in the Palatinate.

44. July 24th: Johann EBERHARD, widower, of St. Johann, near Kreuz-nach, margraviate Baden, and Sibylla GIESSER, daughter of the late Johann GIESSER, of Ober-Moschel-Landsberg, commune Zweibruecken. t-

45. Aug. 29th: J,ohann HESS, a blacksmith, of Bleichenbach, in the earldom Hanau, and Anna Catharina CUIRRING, daughter of Ludolst CURRING, of Hellstein, earldom Isenburg.

46. Sept. 5th: Christoph BELLROSS, of Schwerin, duchy of Mecklenburg, and Maria Ottila BALL, daughter of the late Johann BALL, of Magenheim, commune Alzey, in the Palatinate.

47. Sept. 10th: Henrich HEIDORN, widower, of Gelhausen, near Hanau, and Elisabetha HUMBEL, widow of the late Jerg HUMBEL, formerly a citizen of Mossbach in the Palatinate.

48. Sept.11th: Gabriel HOSTMANN, widower, of Woellstein near Kreuznach, and Anna Catharina BATZ, widow of the late Fridrich BATZ, of Auerbach in Hessia-Darmstadt.

49. Sept. 12th: Johann Peter GLOPP, a tailor, of Horn, commune Simmern, in the Palatinate, and Anna Magdalena LUTZ, widow of the late Johann Christoph LUTZ, of Klingen-Minster in the Palatinate.

50. Dec. 4^th: Johann BEER, widower, of Dicksen, commune Oppenheim Palatinate, and Magdalena HAUG, widow of the late Lucas HAUG, formerly a citizen of Litchtenberg, commune Zweibruecken.

51. Dec. 18^th: Johann Michael EMERICH, of Delkenheim, commune Epstein Darmstadt, and Elisabetha KRANTZ, widow of the late Conrad KRANTZ of the commune Zigenheim in Hessia.

(Page 43)52. Dec. 31st: Christian HABER, of Salzberg, commune Homburg, Hessen-Cassel, and Anna Gertraud WERNER, daughter of Michael Werner, of Rheinfels on the Rhine.

In the year 1712:

53. Jan. 3d: Johann Adam widower, of Eppingen,commune Brockheim, Palatinate, and Elisabetha BURCKHARD, widow of the late Johann BURCKHARD, formerly a citizen of Ober-Mopstatt in the Wettenau, earldom Isenburg.

54. Jan. 3d: Philip PETRI, widower, sexton of Sinn, commune Nassau-Dillenburg, and Anna Elisabetha MUELLER, daughter of the late Johann MUELLER, of Mattern-Muebl, commune Nassau-Dillenburg.

55. Dec. 2d: Johann Adam STARRING, son of Johann Niclaus STARRING, of Wensheim, commune Alzey, in the Palatinate, and Anna Maria LIFENIUS, widow of the late Bernhard LIFENIUS.

In the year 1713:

56. Febr. 10th: Adam SPOHN, son of the late Werner SPOHN, sexton at Manweiler, commune Kaiserslautern, and Anna Maria SCHMID, daughter of Henrich SCHMID, a citizen of Newtown.

57. Febr. 24th: Joerg Martin DILLENBACH, widower, and Anna Elisabetha CASTELMANN, daughter of Johann Dietrich CASTELMANN.

58. April 7th: Johann FUEHRER, widower, a citizen of Newtown, and Anna Maria RICHTER, widow of the late Andreas RICHTER, of Newtown.

59. Nov. 3d: Clemens LEHMAN, step-son of Johann Henrich SCHMID, a citizen of Newtown, and Anna Gertraud WOLF, daughter of the late Bertram WOLF, formerly a citizen of Gershofen, commune Doerdorst, earldom of Runckel.

In the year 1714:

60. Jan. 31st: Peter CHRISTIAN, of Madagascar, servant of Master John von Loon, and Anna Barbara ASMER, widow of the late Philipp ASMER, formerly a citizen of Langen on the mountain-road (Berg-strasse); the marriage ceremony was performed after the consent of his Master had been obtained and written attestation thereon given, and after previous proclamation of the banns thrice repeated.

63. Sept. 28th: Duerck WENN, commonly called RICHART, residing on Catskill Bay, and Anna ONDERLING, of New York.

64. Sept. 28^th: Johann Mattheus JUNG, son of the late Jerg Hans JUNG, of Gernheim, commune Stromberg, Palatinate, and Anna Veronica MANCKEN, daughter of Master Jacob Mancken, of Urbach, commune Neuwied.

65. Oct. 26^th: Jerg DEMUTH, son of the late Alexander DEMUTH, formerly a citizen of Runckle on the Lahn, and Margretha DOPF, daughter of Peter DOPF, of Metter, commune Zweibruecken.

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66, Oct. 28th: Georg SCHAESTER, son of the late Jacob SCHAESTER, formerly a citizen of Oferdingen, commune Tuebingen, duchy of Wuerttemberg, and Anna Maria MATTHES, daughter of the late Peter MATTHES, of Eckersweilen, commune Lichtenberg, district of Zweibrueeken.

68. Jan. 11th: at Rhinebeck: Carl NAEHER, widower, of Brickenfeld, commune Trarbach, Palatinate, and Anna Constantia REICHART, daughter of Joseph REICHART, of the commune Marbach, duchy of Wuerttemberg.

69. April 26th: Jerg THAETER, son of the late Johann THAETER, formerly a citizen of Lehnberg, commune Giglinger, duchy of Wuerttemberg, and Anna Maria MEYER, daughter of the late Johann Fridrich MEYER, formerly a citizen of Rohrbach, near Sintzen, baronate Vennig.

70. May 9th: Andreas ELLICH, widower, of Neckar-Burcken, commune Mossbach, in the Palatinate, and Anna Sophia HORNUNG, widow of the late Gerhard HORNUNG, citizen of Newtown.

72. Sept. 19th: Andreas Frantz CONTERMANN, son of Johann Fridrich CONTERMANN, of Entzberg, commune Maulbronn, duchy of Wuerttemberg, and Sibylla SCHARRMANN, daughter of Johann Henrich SCHARRMANN, of Fischborn, commune Tsenburg.

73. Oct. 25th: Christian MUELLER, son of the late Johann Georg MUELLER, formerly a citizen of Elgard, commune Neuwied, and Maria Margretha SCRISTER, daughter of Philipp SCHISTER, formerly a citizen of the commune Isenburg.

74. Oct. 27th: Robert WIHLER, son of Edwart WIHLER of Kinderhook, and Catharina HEYL, daughter of the late Johann Wilhelm HEYL, formerly of Williamsdorf, duchy of Nassau-Siegen.

75. Nov. 1st: Johann Peter SUTZ, son of Johann Dietrich SUTZ, formerly a citizen of Bellheim, commune Geimensheimp Palatinate, and Anna Margretha BURCKHARD, daughter of the late Johann BURCKHARD, formerly a citizen of Ober-Magstatt, earldom of Isenberg.

76. Nov. 1st: Leonard FEEG, of Schoharie, son of the late Johann FEEG, formerly. a citizen of Oberstein, duchy of Nassau-Siegen, and Anna Catharina SCHUTZ, daughter of the late Conrad SCHUTZ, formerly a citizen of Langen-Sellweek, earldom of Isenburg.

77. Nov. 2d: Anthonious SCHNEIDER, son of Dietrich SCHNEIDER, formerly a citizen of the commune Hachenburg, and Margretha DIETRICH,- daughter of Christian DIETRICH, formerly a citizen of the earldom Neuwied.

In the Year 1716:

78. Jan 24^th: in Schoharie: Johann Jacob BECKER, son of the late Johann BECKER, formerly a citizen of Darmbach, earldom of Runckel, and Maria Elisabetha LAUX, daughter of Johann Just Laux, formerly a citizen of Weiber, earldom of Runckel.

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79. May 29th: Johann PLANCK, widower, of Dausenach, commune Nassau, and Anna BRUNCK, widow of the late Mattheus BRUNCH, of Newtown.

80 June 20th: Peter SCHMID, widower, residing at Hunterstown, but hailing from Boerstein, earldom Isenburg, and Elisabetha BARTHEL, daughter of Henrich BARTHEL, of Hunterstown, formerly of the commune Epstein, duchy of Darmstadt.

81. June 25th: Philipp Henrich CUNTZ, son of Mattheus CUNTZ, of Queensberg, formerly of Bischmusen near Saarbruecken, and Maria Elisabetha MAEMIG, daughter of Ferdinand MAEMIG of Ansberg, formerly of W,ollbergshofwen, near Cologne, commune Neuburg.

82. June 26th: Adam HERTEL, widower, of Georgetown, formerly of Liferspach, near Heppenheim, on the mountain-road (Bergstrasse), and Gertraud WAID, widow of the late Johann WAID, formerly of Wallwig, duchy of Nassau-Dillenburg.

83. Aug. 31st: Johann Henrich CONRAD, widower, of Ashausen, duchy of Nassau-Siegen, and Anna Gertraud SEEGENDORF, daughter of Adam SEEGENDORF, of Hermansdorf, commune Neuwied.

84. Sept. 18th: Johann Philipp FELLER, son of Niclaus FELLER, of Guntersblum., earldom Leinig-Hartenburg, and Catharina Elisabetha RAUH, daughter of Niclaus RAUH, of Oppenheim, in the Palatinate.

85. Nov. 13th: Rev. Johann Fridrich HAEGER, High-German Pastor in Kingsberg, and Anna Catharina ROHRBACH.

86. Jan. 3d: Johann Michel BRACK, of Kllein-Odenbach, conunune Meistenheim, district of Zweibreucken, and Anna Maria SCHLEY, daughter of Johann Michel SCHLEY, formerly a citizen of Hettenbach, Rhenish Earldom.

87. Febr. 12th: Fridrich SCHRAMM, son of Henrich SCHRAMM, formerly a citizen of Woellensdorf, duchy of Siegen, and Anna Maria KUESTER, daughter of Johann Wilhelm KUESTER, formerly a citizen of Langen-Goens-Hestein, duchy of Darmstadt.

88. June 4th, in Schoharie: Conrad BECKER, son of the late Sebastian BECKER, formerly a citizen of ALTZHEIM on the lowert Rhine, commune Altzhelm, in the Palatinate, and Sabina MATTEUS, daughter of the late Henrich MATTEUS, formerly a citizen of Duerhelm, commune Altzheim, Palatinate.

89. July 2d: Johann Wilhelm HAUBUCH, widower, of Nieder-Biber, commune Neuwied, and Anna Catharina, LUTT, widow of the Johann Peter LUTT, formerly a citizen of Wald-Lebersheim near Bingen, earldom Schromburg.

90. July 29th: Jan von NORDSTRANDT, widower, residing with Jacob HOCHDIHL, near Rhinebeck and Belicka CAUJUN, widow of the late Frafisa CAUJUN and residing with Henrich CHISEM.

91. Nov. 5th: Johann Peter BURCKHARD, son of the late Johann BURCKHARD, formerly a citizen of Ober-Mockstatt, in the earldom of Isenburg, and Anna Amalia KLEIN, daughter -of Hieronymous KLEIN, formerlv a citizen of Flommersfeld, in the earldom of Sehinsch-Hachenburg, near Neuwied.

In the year 1718:

92 Febr. 6^th: Georg SALZMANN, widower, of Stollberg, in the Upper Lausitz, electroate of Saxony, and Anna Margretha KAPUTZGI, daughter of the late Johann Jacob KAPUTZGI, formerly a citizen os Erbelheim on the Rhine, duchy of Darmstadt.

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93. Dec. 5th: Johann Georg SCHNEIDER, son of Johann Wilhelm SCHNEIDER, of Nieder-Elsten, commune Hachenburg, and Anna Catharina THONIUS, daughter of the late Stephan THONIUS, of Wolferlingen, commune Hachenburg, and the step-daughter of Jerg OBERBACH.

In the year 1719:

94. Febr. 24tb: Peter LANDMANN, son of Peter LANDMANN, of Stockheim, commune Litting-Isenburg, and Johann Elisabetha PLANCK, daughter of Johann PLANCK, formerly a citizen of Dausenau, commune of Nassau.

J. CHRISTIAN KRAHMER
JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Record of all High Germans of this colony who died since my arrival and during my residence at Newtown, on the west side of the Hudson. I either was present at the death of these persons and officiated at their funerals, or I was notified of their decease.

In the year 1713:

1. The child of Adam HERTEL.
2. Adam SOELLER.
3. Dec. 6th: Sibylla Charlotta KOCHERTHAL.
4. The child of Arnold FALCK.

In the year 1714:

1. Aug. 22d: Child of Hieronymus WELLER.
2. Aug. 25th: Child of Clemens LEHMAN.

In the year 1715:

1. Jan. 21st: Mattheus BRUNCK, drowned.
2. March 9th: Child of Johann Reitz BACKUS.
3. March 17th: Johann Quirinius JUNG.
4. March: 20th: Wife of Andreas ELLICH.
5. March 30th: Child of Jacob MANCK.
6. April 9th: Gerhard HORNUNG.
7. Nov. 10th: Child of Johann PLANCK.
8. Nov. 15th: Wife of Johann PLANCK.
9. Dec. 8th: Child of Johann PLANCK.
10. Dec. 23d: Niclaus JUNG, drowned.

In the year 1716:

1. Febr. 26th: Daughter of Johann FUEHRER.
2. March 21st: Wife of Adam HERTEL.
3. Oct. 27th: Wife of Johann PLANCK.
4. (Not given): Child of Dorothea SCHAESTER.

1. Sept. 1st: Child of Bernhard LUCKHARD.
2. Sept. 16th: Johann Fridrich CONTERMANN.

In the year 1718:

1. March 23d: Elisabetha BURCKHARD, widow, age, 56 years.
2. Aug. 26th: Johann Balthasar Aigner, child of Peter AIGNER, age 1 day.

E. JESUS WILL REPAY. (Jesu Retrlbuente).

A list of articles-which were obtained from time to time for the furtherance of our work and for the maintenance of church parsonage and schools, either voluntarily contributed and bequeathed by pious, Godfearing souls from pure and unselfish motives, or provided for and secured in some other way. Pages 221-222.

In the year 1708:

At my, Pastor Kocherthals' humble petition to their royal majesties, Queen Anne and Prince George, a bell, weighing 113 lbs., was donated for use in connection with our church services.

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The following articles were procured by me and paid for from the proper funds:

A pewter chalice and paten for the administration of Holy Communion, for five shillings sterling, or according to current value, 7 and 1/2 shilling.

In the year 1710:

This Church Record for which 6 1/2 shilling were paid to H. Bredfort.

For a small bell, weighing 42 lbs., 52 shilling sterling, current value 3 pounds 18 shillings, were paid.

For a second pewter set of chalice and paten for the administration of Holy Communion here in New York, 7 1/2 shilling were spent and for pewter basin, 3 shilling, total 10 1/2 shilling.

For a round iron (rund Eisen) for preparing bread for Holy Communion, 2 1/2 shilling were paid.

Maria Margretha, wife of Just Henrich Schaster, bequeathed upon our deathbed a white linen cloth for use upon the altar or table at the divine services.

In the year 1715:

Elisabetha, wife of Albrecht Dietrich Marterstock. also donated a white linen homespun cloth for use at the church services.

Anna Margretha, wife of Adam Bertold, donated a white cloth for use at church services; this was done in the month of December 1715.

In the year 1716:

Anna Karia Reichart donated a pewter basin for the administration of Holy Baptism.

In July, 1716, Anna Juliana, wife of Henrich Reuter, donated a printed chalice cloth for use at church services.

THE W. C. BERCKENMEYER ENTRIES in the KOCHERTHAL RECORDS

F. These entries are found on pages 77-80 and are as follows:

In the year 1725 during the Advent season there were baptized by me, W. C. Berckenmeyer, Lutheran Pastor at New York:

Nov. 25th: Maria, child of Friderich (Reformed) and Maria (Lutheran) SCHRAM; sponsor: Hieronymus KLEIN.

Nov. 25th: Anna Margareta, child of Friderich and Eva Dieterich; sponsors: Hans Wilhelm Dietrich, the grand-father, and his wife Anna Margareta.

Nov. 28th: Johann Bastian, 6 weeks old, child of Andreas and Anna Barbara WIEDERWACHS; sponsors: Johann Bastian LOSCHER, the father-in-law (socer) and Anna Sibilla MULLER, the step-mother (noverca).

Nov. 28th: Maria Margaret, born Nov. 27, child of Johannes BERNARD, commonly called SPIELMANN, and his wife Anna Eulalia; sponsors: Johann Smith SAALBACH, commonly called HANNEMANN, and his wife Maria Margareta.

Nov. 28th: Johann Jacob, 2 months old, child of Jurgen Henrich SCHERP, (Reformed), and his wife Anna Barbara; sponsors: Jacob SCHERP, the grand-father, and Anna Maria SCHERP, the grand-mother.

Nov. 28^th: Maria Barbara, 8 days old, child of Jacob and Catharina ZERBER: sponsors: Johannes LEITZ and his wife Maria Barbara.

Nov. 28^th: Robert, 3 weeks old, child William LOINER, an Englishman, and his wife Abigail: sponsor: James KERNICK.

Nov. 28^th: Catharina, 7 weeks old, child of Friderich and Catharina RAU; sponsors: Michael RAU and Elsie SCHNEIDER

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Nov. 28th: Johann Hermann, 4 weeks old, child of Johann Jacob and Christina BEST; sponsors: Hermann BECKER, the father-in-law, (socer), and Catharina BECKER.

Nov. 28th: Johann Wilhelm, 7 weeks old, child of Georg Kilmer (Reformed), and his wife Eva Margareta, Lutheran; sponsor: Johann Wilhelm KUNZ.

Nov. 28th: Johannes, 8 days old, son of Johann and Elisabeth RUSMANN; sponsors: Johann Jost PROPPERand his wife Anna Elisabeth.

Total number baptized in 1725: 11.

In the year 1726:

Jan. 23d: Johannes Peter, born Jan. 18th, child of Peter and Catharina HAM, both Reformed: sponsors: Johann Peter PHILIP and his wife Catharina.

Jan. 23d: Johannes Peter, born Dec. 31, 1725, child of Justus Adam and Christina SCHMID, both Reformed; sponsors: Peter PHILIP and his wife Magdalena.

24th: Johannes and Anna Elisabeth, twins, about 6 weeks old, children of Johann Peter BURCKHARD and his wife Amalia, Reformed; sponsors: Johann Hermann REUTER and his wife Anna Juliana for the boy, and Johann Jacob MAUL for the girl.

March 9th: Gertrudt , born Febr. 23d, child of Johann Matthias and Anna Veronica JUNG, both Reformed; sponsors: Elisabetha KLEIN, Wilhelm SCHMID, Gertrud FALCKENBURG.

March 9th: Henrich, born March 5, child of Balthasar and Christina KIEVER; sponsors: Henrich FEES and his wife Christina.

(The remaining entries on page 78, 6 in number, are scarcely discernible; and inasmuch as they have been made with a different kind of ink and in a different hand-writing and, apparently, are not a part of the W, C. Berckenmeyer entries, I did not attempt to translte them. J. C. K.)

In the year 1726, on October 12th, I, W. C. Berckenrneyer, baptized the following at Newtown:

1. Margareta, born July 21, child of Daniel and Catharina WORMS; sponsors: Hans Willem DIETERICH and his wife Margrete.

2. Anna Maria, born June 15th, child of Friderich and Anna Catharina STREID; sponsors: Paul SMIDand Anna Margareta MAUL.

Anna Maria, one and one half month old, child of Valentin and Catharina. FUHRER; sponsors: Friderich and Anna Maria SCHRAMM.

In the year 1727, on June 14th I again (presumably at the same place) baptized:

1. Johannes, born June 8th, child of David and Margrete MULLER; sponsors: Johannes and Anna Sibilla EBBERT.

2. Margaret, born April 29^th, child of Jurg Jan and Margrete DECKER: sponsors: Willem VAN ORDE and his wife Temperans.

In the year 1728, on Jan 24^th, I conducted services at Kiskatom and baptized the following:

1. Catharina, born Dec. 12^th child of Balthasar and Christina KIEVER: sponsors: Catharina EMMERICH (the mother of the child acting in her place), and Hermannus BEHR.

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2. Maria, two months old, child of Peter and Mattie BURGARD; sponsors Friderich MAUL and Maria KLEIN.

3. Liesabeth, born Oct. 7th, child of Nicklas and Liesabeth BRANDAU; sponsors: Hannes BRANDAU and Liesabeth REUTER.

4. Maria, three months old, child of Friderich and Eva DIETERICH; sponsors: Jurge Willem KOHL and Maria Margreta GRAAD.

5. Catharina, born Nov. 19th, child of Christian and Margareta DIETERICH sponsors: Catharina SCHUT and Hans Jurge ELIG.

May 2, 1728, I baptized the following in the church:

Lisabeth, born some time in February, child of Anna Margareta SCHEFF, who participated in the confessional and communion service; she was employed by Ernst WYNSCOP and his son Johannes is presumably the father of the child; sponsors: Georg Wilhelm KOHL and his wife Gertrud.

2. Anna Maria, born April 4th, child of Clement and Gertrud LEMAN; sponsors: Andreas EICHLER and Anna Maria SCHEF.

3. Wilhelmus, born April 23d, child of Wilhelm and Maria Elisabeth SCHMID; sponsors: Johann Wilhelm BRANSAN and Anna Maria OBERBACH.

September 21, 1728, I baptized:

1. Margaretje, born Febr. 5th, child of Nicklas and Anna Elisabeth SCHMID of Kiskatom; sponsors: Willem LEMAN and his wife Maria Eva.

2. Henrich, born Febr. 18th, child of Valentin and Catharina FUHRER; spon,sors: Henrich SCHRAM and his wife Margareta.

In the year 1729, on April 26th, I baptized:

1. Johann Adam, born March 20th, child of Johann and Anna Margareta WOLF; sponsors: Adam SPOON and his wife Anna Maria.

2. Jannetje, born March 18th, child of Hendrick and Gebje KORB (Kort?); sponsors Hannes EMMERICH and Jannetje WENNE.

3. Catharina, born March 12th.. child of Michael and Anna Maria RAUW; sponsors: Wilhelm WAMBACH and his wife Catharina.

4. Gabriel, born April 3d, child of Gerrit ancL Gertrud DECKER; sponsors Gabriel GRAAT and his sister Greetje GRAAT.

5. Anna Catharina, born March 29th, child of Friderich and Eva DIETERICH; sponsors: Gabriel GRAAT and Maria Cathrina DIETERICH.

March 11th, 1729, I baptized at Kiskatom:

Johannes, born Jan. 10th, child of Jan Matthias and Anna Verornica JUNG; sponsors: Johannes SCHEFFER and Maria Elizbeth SCHMIDT.

THE END

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