Perhaps because they married German wives, the religion changed. Here in New Orleans where many mixed religion marriages occur, the religion of children is, always, determined by the mother. Julia In a message dated 7/18/2004 3:55:55 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: There do seem to be a couple of political & religious differences among our early American French's. The Joseph and Richard at Oldwick in Hunterdon christened their children at Zion Lutheran in the 1770's and 80's. My Sussex County Richard used the Lutheran church at Walpack in the 1790's and 1800-1809. Dick French

Perhaps the desire to participate in the Revolutionary War caused some men to leave the Quaker Society. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Lafford/Leffert FRENCH, b. 1753 Perhaps because they married German wives, the religion changed. Here in New Orleans where many mixed religion marriages occur, the religion of children is, always, determined by the mother. Julia In a message dated 7/18/2004 3:55:55 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: There do seem to be a couple of political & religious differences among our early American French's. The Joseph and Richard at Oldwick in Hunterdon christened their children at Zion Lutheran in the 1770's and 80's. My Sussex County Richard used the Lutheran church at Walpack in the 1790's and 1800-1809. Dick French