Returning to the family of Theobald Crisler and Rosina Garr, another of their children was Adam Crisler, who married Elizabeth Crigler, the daughter of Nicholas Crigler. The " Garr Genealogy " gives the family of Adam and Elizabeth as:
Ambrosius, b. 18 May 1769,
Margaret, b. 15 May 1771,
Eleanore, b. 18 Oct 1774,
Aaron, b. 23 Dec 1775,
Hannah, b. 10 Sep 1778,
Catherine, b. 19 Oct 1780,
Susanna, b. 3 Feb 1784,
Elizabeth, b. 7 Aug 1785, and
William, b. 28 Feb 1787.
Many of the children of Theobald and Rosina remained loyal members of the Hebron Lutheran Church, and Adam was one of them. The baptism of all nine of the above children are recorded in the baptismal register of the church, which is the source of the birth dates above.
Adam and Elizabeth showed less imagination in choosing sponsors for the children than Adam's siblings did. For each of the first three children the sponsors were Nicholas Crigler, Henry Crisler, Dorothy Broyles, and Mary Utz. The choice of Henry Crisler and Dorothy Broyles was from within Adam's own family, as they were his brother and sister.
Nicholas Crigler was an unusual choice as he was Elizabeth's father. Much more commonly, the sponsors are from the same generation as the parents. Elizabeth was born in 1750 (the first child), and was about 18 when she married Adam Crisler. The closest sibling to Elizabeth, Aaron, was born in 1756, so he was only 12 when Ambrosius was baptized. When the eldest child in a family is having his or her own children baptized, they often were cut off from having their brothers and sisters as sponsors because the siblings were not yet old enough. Under these circumstances, the choices for sponsors ranged more broadly. The choice of the fourth sponsor, whom we would expect to be related to Elizabeth, seems also to be from the previous generation.
Elizabeth's mother was Margaret Kaifer, and she had a sister, Mary, who married George Utz. Cousins of Elizabeth from within this family would have been very logical choices, but they were slightly younger than Elizabeth's own siblings. Again, the choice was outside the parent's (mother's) own generation, as several of her most logical choices were too young.
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