Register of Births & Christenings per John Giessendanner VDM

scan of original, not sure this is the handwriting of Rev. John Giessendanner

(transcription of the original by Joop Giesendanner) © Joop Giesendanner, the Netherlands

565}1759 Baptized ---- In Orangeburgh Church On WhitSunday June 3d Daniel, Son of John Nicholas & Verena Shuler; born April 25th 1759. Surets Daniel Shuler, John & Margaret Myer 566} On Munday June 4th Administred private Baptis'm in my House to Frederick, Son of Peter & Magdalene Murer; born April 5th 1759. Present: John and Ulrick Otto 567) On Monday June 4th In Orangeb. Church Thomas, Son of Henry & Anne Young; born April 13th 1759. Surets Gavin Pou, John Lewis Wolf; & Elizabeth Tilly 568} Eôdem Die et Locô (The same day and place) Rachel, Daughter of John Crummy deceas'd, and Elizabeth, his late wife; born March 2d 1757 Surets Henry & Magdalene Crummy, & Margaret, wife of Joseph Griffith 569} On Sunday June 10th ---- In Amelia Chappel Mary, Daughter of William & Frances Flood; born March 23th 1759. Surets James Flood, Catharine Flood, & Mary Hammelton 570} Eôdem Die et Locô (The same day and place) Mary Elizabeth, Daughter of Alexander & Anne Boy; born April 28th 1759. Surets John Foust, Anna Margaret Dentzler, & Anna Smith. 571} On Sunday July 1st In Orangeb. Church Catharina, Daughter of Joseph & Margaret Cooper; born May 17th 1759. Surets William Pou, Margaret, wife of Gavin Pou, & Barbara, wife of John Jennings.

• I was updating my Faust/Foust reference collection, noted the 10 Jun 1759 baptism at Amelia Chapel where John Foust was sponsor for a daughter of the improbably-named "Alexander and Ann Boy."  That's not an English surname, doesn't work in German either.  I took a quick look at some reference sources. Alexander Andrew Bower arrived in 1752 on the ship Upton, got a 50-acre grant (therefore was single) on Crim's Creek in the Dutch Fork north of Saxegotha.  Gasper Faust's first 1745 grant was quite near there.  Bower's presumed-son Andrew got a 150-acre grant in the region in 1772, and he was spelled both Bower and Bauer.  The latter name makes more sense for a German immigrant! I expect this ID supports your hypothesis that it wasn't the Rev. John who wrote down those English-language baptismal records.  I doubt if he'd have had any trouble spelling Bauer. Amelia Chapel was very far off the beaten path for a Crim's Creek couple to go for a christening.  The church right on Crim's Creek was temporarily without a pastor, since fake-minister John Gassert had gone back to Europe for a different con-game.  But the church in Saxegotha had an active minister, and was much, much closer (for both the Bowers and for John Foust).
  Harriet Imrey dd 20 Dec 2002

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