Hi Jean: Again, I'm not surprised that one child out of 5 was baptized in a different denomination. This happened often depending on location or circumstance. Bescause of intermarriage it was not uncommon for the husband and wife to be one or the other, and their could easily have been both as well. As I said before, most Lutherans and Reformeds shared a church, the minister being known to both sides. And the churches were quite similar. A simplistic comparison might be that the Lutherans were viewed as more rigid, with more importance placed on formality and ritual, more centralized authority. The Reformeds were more liberal, less centralized with congregations more independent, less ritualistic, more plain as the Mennonites. There was still a problem of having enough ministers in the backcountry to take care of all the baptisms, marriages, burials,confirmations etc. Many minsters had a circuit of (maybe 4) separate churches to serve. In 1787 the Reformed Church still depended on the "Holland fathers" to supply pastors. It wasn't until a few years later that the Reformed Coetus broke away from the European authority and started placing their own men in specific churches. They were afraid of losing too many parishioners to other denominations, if they didn't have enough minsters to take care of the flock. Communication was still slow to Europe, and decisions often took a long time compared to today. Hope this helped some. Edward Quinter