The fourth child of Adam Crisler and Elizabeth Crigler (who was Aaron) was sponsored by Benjamin Gaar, who was the cousin of the mother, Elizabeth Crigler Crisler. Elizabeth's mother was Margaret Kaifer, and Benjamin Gaar's mother was Elizabeth Kaifer. The second sponsor for Aaron was Elizabeth Crisler, and this could have been one of several different people. The first thought is that she was Adam's sister, Elizabeth, but she had married Michael Wilhoit before this time. She was probably Henry Crisler's wife, Elizabeth (nee Weaver).
The fifth child of Adam and Elizabeth Crisler, Hanna, was sponsored by Aaron Crigler, Elizabeth Crisler, and Dorothy Crigler. Aaron was the mother's brother.
For Catherine and Susanna, two children born to Adam and Elizabeth during the period after Rev. Franck left, and before Rev. Carpenter assumed his duties, there were no sponsors. During this bleak period in the church's history, things were not always done as systematically as in other periods.
For Elizabeth and William, the last two children of Adam and Elizabeth, sponsors are given and they are basically repeats of the previous sponsors. One new name in the sponsors is Margaret Gaar. One would be suspicious that she was the wife of the only other Gaar to appear as a sponsor. And in fact, she was the wife of Benjamin Gaar. She was also the sister of Elizabeth Crigler, the mother. She was nine years younger than Elizabeth. When Elizabeth had her first child, she (Elizabeth) was only eighteen years old. At this time, Margaret Crigler was only nine. So it was several years before Margaret was old enough to be a sponsor for Elizabeth's children.
Some of the other children of Theobald Crisler and Rosina Gaar appear in the Hebron Church records. The number of children within this family that appear there is remarkable. In many families, only a few of the children appear, but the majority of Theobald and Rosina's children appear there. This means that the church records are a major source of information about the early Crisler family. This is reflected in the Garr Genealogy, where much of the information there comes from the church records.
In note 591, I discussed Christian and Henry Tivall. Christian seems to have married Mary Barbara Gaar, a fifth surviving child of Andreas Gaar. In doing some work with the Culpeper Classes recently, I noticed that two of the men in the classes were Henry Duvall and James Duvall. Very likely, the name Duvall is to be equated to Tivall. The two Henrys might even be the same man. The original spelling of Duvall or Tivall is not clear but these two names pass the soundex test for equality.
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