The family of Theobald and Rosina (Gaar) Crisler has been introduced. A recent question about their son John George Crisler is the subject of this note. His wife was Anna Magdalena indicating that both he and his wife were inclined to use their full names (but one cannot put any trust that this will always be the case). Their children are given in two places, the " Garr Genealogy " and the record of baptisms at the Hebron church. There are three differences.
The children with their birth dates were:
Julius, b. 12 Nov 1767,
Elizabeth, b. 30 Aug 1769,
Abraham, b. 25 Aug 1772, (Garr says 1771, probably correctly)
Benjamin, b. 24 May 1773, (not in Garr Genealogy),
Absalom, b. 24 Sep 1775,
Rosina, b. 3 Jan 1778,
Joel, b. 9 Jan 1780,
Juliana, b. 16 Nov 1781,
Susanna, b. 17 Nov 1783,
Jonas, b. 18 Sep 1785,
Lucy, b. 14 Sep 1787,
Nancy (not in the baptismal records),
Anna, b. 19 Jun 1790, and
Mary, b. 1 Dec 1792.
A tentative conclusion is that the Garr Genealogy is in error for omitting Benjamin. Probably, the Garr book is in error on Nancy also. The book notes two marriages for Nancy, so her existence can hardly be doubted, but she was probably assigned here as a default. In fact, there was a Nancy Crisler born to a David and Elizabeth Crisler on 1 Oct 1780, and this is most likely the Nancy that was assigned to John George and Anna Magdalena by the Garrs.
Zacharias Smith was a sponsor for Julius, Elizabeth, Abraham, Benjamin, and Absalom. This is partial confirmation that Anna Magdalena was a Smith. Zacharias moved to Pennsylvania and Kentucky after Absalom, so he does not appear for the later children. An Anna Smith was a sponsor for the first child, Julius. This may have been Anna Fishback Smith, the first wife of Julius. Catherine Marbes (or Marbles) was a sponsor for Abraham. She was Magdalena's sister who married John Marbes. However, she fell out of favor, probably because of her behavior. Catherine had a child (Sarah), whose father was not her husband (by her own admission).
This (Catherine's behavior) should be a lesson to us as we enter names into a pedigree chart.
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