I know that the Sensebachs (w/numerous & imaginative spelling variations) are Palatine, not Dutch, but they lived within the Dutch sphere and perhaps given names followed Dutch traditions. A 2nd generation son of Johann Philip Sensebach appears as Christophel, Christopher, and Christian in records. Are these names equivalents? Is Christian a Dutchified or Anglicized version of Christophel/ Christopher? Is Stoffel a related name, perhaps a nickname for Christophel? The man's daughter, Catharina, married Johann Jost Frantz and had a son they named Christian. Apparently a namesake? Thank you.

I have another background question for this list concerning the way the children of unmarried mothers were generally named in the early 19th century. Would they have been given the surname of their mother, the surname of the supposed father (even if not acknowledged in the baptism record), or the name of a step-father once the child gets one? ----------------------- This is why I ask: * David was born 18 Jan1808 and baptized at the German Reformed Church, Town of Montgomery, Orange County. His mother was given as Catherine French [Catharina Frantz], but he was labeled "illegitimate" and no father was named. David was sponsored by his grandparents, Gost France & Catherine Synsepaugh [Johann Jost Frantz and Catharina Sensebach]. * David's mother, Catharina Frantz [as Catherine Frans], seems to have married Rev. John Pulvereck at the RDC/Shawangunk on .23 Jun 1810 (unless this is a different woman). * In Johann Jost Frantz's will,  November 1811, he left money to his grandson, David Crawford (I am assuming that the baptized "illegitimate" infant David is this David). * Perhaps Catharina remarried to a man named Crawford, between her June 1810 marriage to Pulvereck and the writing of the will in November 1811, who became the child's step-father. Thank you for your time, Julia -------------------------