Little Red Church--Baptisms

Jon  Bon,  Baptized 21 July 1742
Parents, Isack Bon and Marie Eva Friderich
Sponsors, Jean Conrad Friderich and Anna Barbe Frederich, wife of Nicolas Vichener
Signed, Father Prosper, Cure

Anne Marguerite Bopf, Baptized 21 July 1747
Parents, Jacob Bopf and Marie Magdelaine Antoine
Sponsors, George Drozler and Anne Marguerote Schof, wife of Sr. Ambroise Heidel
Signed, Father Prosper

Marie Anne Bopf, Baptized 31 July 1747
Parents, Daniel Bopf and Anne Marie Weyrichen
Sponsors, Nicolas Mayr and Marie Anne Schantz
Signed, Father Prosper, Daniel Bopf and Nicolas Mayr

Anne Bossier, Born 11 Oct 1754, Baptized 13 Oct 1754
Parents, Pierre Bossier and Magdelaine Rommel
Sponsors, Jean Adam Rommel and Anne Schenio
Signed, Father Prosper, Pierre Bossier dit Lebrun

Marie Francoise Bossier, Baptized 17 June 1753
Parents, Jean Pierre Bossier and Magdelaine Rommel
Sponsors, Francoise Bossier

Little Red Church Baptisms 1739-1755 by A.Forsyth & C. Ramond

Becnel, Marguerite Elizabeth   Baptized 10 Aug 1751
Parents, Thomas Becnel and Catherine Brou
Sponsors, Ivan Dervain and Marguerite Dervain
Signed, Father Prosper


Becnelle, Thomas   Baptized 9 Mar 1749
Parents, Thomas Becnelle and Catherine Brou
Sponsors, Pierre Antoine Brou and Francoise Heidel
Signed, Father Prosper, Brou


Becnel, Pierre Antoine  Baptized 14 Mar 1745
Parents, Thomas Becnel and Catherine Brou
Sponsors, Antoine Boucheron and Anne Eloise Adam
Signed, Father Pierre


Belsum, Andre   Baptized 12 Jan 1755
Parents, Andre Belsum and Marie Anne Edelmaire
Sponsors, Andre Edelmaire and Marguerite Sechschneider
Signed, Father Prosper, Cure

1724 Census continued

10.  Andreas Schantz of Hochausen, Franconia, miller, Catholic, age 25, his wife and child and a stepdaughter, aged 15. A good man, well lodged. A cow and calf, a hog and 2 pigs.
       1726--Andreas married Maria Magdalena Gaffel, daughter of Leonhard Gaffel and Catherine Wolf.
       1731--Two children, four negroes, four cows.

11.  Johann George Betz (Petz) of Weibstadt,Spire, butcher and prevost, age 32, his wife and child and an orphan girl, aged 9. Three arpents cleared, three years on place, a cow, a calf, two pigs. 
       1727--1 July, Betz, his wife and two children are in the hospital in New Orleans.
       1727--24 Aug, Betz is deceased. His widow, a sister of Ambros Heidel, married Caspar Diehl of Alsace.
       1729--This family was murdered by Natchez Indians in Massacre.

12.  Johann (Jean) Adam Matern of Rosenheim, Alsace, weaver, Catholic, age 26, his wife and child, two sisters-in-law, age 18 and 20. One and one half years on place, two and one half arpents cleared. A good worker, deserves some negroes. Three pigs.
       1731--Three children, three negroes, seven cows.

       **Jean Adam is one of my 3rd great-grandfathers.

13.  Casper(Gaspard) Dubs(Toups) of Zurich, Switzerland, butcher and prevost, Protestant, age 40, his  wife and two boys, 10 and 12 years old and three others.Two years on place, one and one half arpents cleared. Three pigs.
       1728--Casper Dubs  married Maria Barbara Kittler, from Wurtemberg.
       1731--Six arpents cleared.

       **Casper Dubs is the progenitor of all Toups families and is one of my 5th great-grandfathers.

14.  Ambros Heidel (Haydel) of Neukirchen, Mayence, baker, Catholic, age 22, his wife, his brother, age 18, and his brother-in-law, aged 13, crippled. One and one half years on place, one pig, a good worker.
        1731--Ambros, wife and two children, one engage, three negroes, two cows.