Document F.1 · church marriage register · transcription: partial
Zion Lutheran Church, Oldwick (New Germantown), Hunterdon Co., NJ - marriage register, one page, 1787-1788; the February 1788 entry
- repository
- Zion Lutheran Church, Oldwick (formerly New Germantown), Tewksbury Twp, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey - marriage register
- collection
- Marriage register (one scanned page, marriages of 1787 and 1788)
- date
- 1788-02
What is transcribed: One register page: seven entries of 1787, then the heading "1788" and eleven entries of 1788, ending with the 27 October 1788 entry at the foot, which is catalogued separately as [F.1a].
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap[t]n Benjn Cooper | groom | Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 | marriage: 2[0 or 5] Febr 1788, Zion Lutheran Church, Oldwick, Hunterdon Co., NJ |
| Anna Brown | bride | Anna (Brown) Cooper | marriage: 2[0 or 5] Febr 1788, Zion Lutheran Church, Oldwick, Hunterdon Co., NJ |
What this document records
The cooper line verbatim
"[F]ebr: 2[0 or 5]th — Cap[t]n Benjn Cooper & Anna Brown—"
Day of month
The second digit of the day does not resolve. It does not match this clerk's 0 (an open c-shape, in "20th" twice on the page); its top resembles his 5 (in "5th"), but there is only one 5 on the page to compare it with. Recorded as 2[0 or 5].
Not on the page
No officiant, witness, residence, parentage or publication notation follows the Cooper line; the entry ends with a dash. Most other entries on the page end "publ[ished]", "by order & security" or similar.
Margins
Month names are cut at the left edge and several end notations at the right edge.
Transcription and notes
Transcription — entries of 1787 (left and right edges cut; NOT re-read on crops)
- "[Apr] 20th — William Johnson & widow Hanna [cut off]"
- "[Ju]ly 7th — Henry Owen & Harriot Barner — by order & secur[ity]"
- "[Au]gust 12th — Joseph Welsch & Elisabeth Schlagbauer"
- "[Sep]tr 22d — Paul Henry Reehly[?] & Fronica Johnson — publi[shed]"
- "Octr 26th — John King & Mary Lefferty — publ[ished]"
- "[No]vembr 27th — Johannes Klach[?] & Else Hoffman — publ[ished]"
Transcription — "1788"
- "[F]ebr: 2[0 or 5]th — Cap[t]n Benjn Cooper & Anna Brown—" (re-read on crops)
The remaining 1788 entries, NOT re-read on crops: - "Marc[h] 2d — John Moore & Peggy Porter — publish[ed]" - "[Apr]il 5th — Dan'l Hauer[?] & Mary Johnson — [cut off]" - "[Apr]il 20th — Robert Aaron & Maria Vandoren — free[?]" - "May 3[d] — Andreas Nohr & Rosina Anth[es/on?]" - "Juni 21st — George Vossler & Anna Winterstein" - "June 22d — John Brown & Lena Appelman — by security [cut off]" - "August 4th — Theunis Cole & Rebecca Schmidt [cut off]" - "[Sep/Oct]br 10th — David King & Catharine Gassner — publ[ished]" - "[Sep/Oct]br 12th — Augustus Ohaupt & Sally Thompson" - "[..]obr: 27th — were married at the House of Mr Aaro[n] …" — transcribed at [F.1a].