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Baptism: Catharina Margaretha, daughter of Thomas Wasman, Schwiegershausen, 12 March 1699

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Transcription (original language)

Den 12 Mart: Thomas Wasman einer [sic] Tochter getaufft; die Gevattern David Rusteberg, Anna Margareta Bierwirth, Michel Schenken Frau, [Anna Catharina …]. Das Kind [Anna] Catharina Margaretha, [margin, blotted:] 17?48.

Translation (English)

On 12 March 1699 Thomas Wasman had a daughter baptized; sponsors David Rusteberg, Anna Margareta Bierwirth, Michel Schenk's wife and one more; the child [Anna] Catharina Margaretha. Margin year blotted.

Notes

New. PROBABLY the Catharina Margaretha Wasman who stands sponsor in 1715–1724 ("Thom. Wasm[ann] Tochter Cathr. Margarethe," 24 November 1715); POSSIBLY the Cathrin Margreth Warmann who married Caspar Claproth on 16 January 1725. Grade: STATED (the baptism and father); PROBABLE (the forenames).