Helen, You need to contact Gem Nelson at [email protected] He is the president of the Cressman Family Association and I am sure he can provide you with all the information you are seeking. Cynthia Helen Graves wrote: > Can anyone shed light on this baptism location? > > The source for the 1758 baptism of Johan Adam Croesman (Crissman/Cressman) is "Records of Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Trappe, PA" published in PA German Society Proceedings, Vol. 4, p. 226 under the heading of "Baptisms in New Jersey at Musquenickung and Raritan". > > In 1758, Trappe, PA, was in an area of Philadelphia County that became Montgomery Co. The minister of the the old Lutheran church at Trappe was the Rev. Muhlenberg. The parents of J. Adam Croesman were J. George (the Saddler) Croesman and Anna Margaretha Renn. They lived near Trappe. > > It would seem likely that their baby would be baptized by their minister at Trappe (that was their church). However, the additional notation that the baptism was under the heading "Baptisms in New Jersey at Musquenickung and Raritan" has me puzzled. > > I tried googling Musquenickung and got nothing. I found a Raritan in NJ, but I am not sure it is the right Raritan. > > In 1758, was there a place called Musquenickung in Old Hunterdon County? Was Raritan in Old Hunterdon County? And did the Rev. Muhlenberg of Trappe, PA, travel to these places to conduct baptisms for the babies born to his Trappe members? > > Helen Graves > -- who is researching J. George 'the Saddler' Croesman who lived near Trappe, PA, in 1758 and his wife Anna Margaretha Renn, who was probably from New Jersey. All I know about her is she was the daughter of a Leanardt Renn "of New Jersey". Have no idea where he lived in NJ but now suspect a place called Musquenickung or near Raritan due to this baptism entry. > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message