Birth and Baptismal Certificate

Inscription: [records the birth (26 July 1787) and baptism of Anna Catharina Koenig]

[in medallion above]: Lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen und wehret ihn nicht. Marc 10:v.14 (Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not Mark 10:v.14) (in center) Anna Catharina Konigin ist anno 1787 d[en] 26t July von Christlichen Eltern auf diese welt gebohren ihr vatter der ehr achtbare Philip Konig die mutter Engel welche haben ihre Tochter in der Heiligen Tauffe den namen Anna Catharina beilegen lassen Adam Moses [?] und seine Ehefrau Anna Catharina Taufzeugin Pickeland Township/Chester County (Anna Catharina Konig was born of Christian parents on the 26th of July in the year 1787. Her father [is] the honorable and estimable Philip Konig, her mother [born] Engel. They have had their daughter given the names Anna Catharina in holy baptism. Adam Moses and his spouse Anna Catharina [are] [her] godparents. Pickeland Township, Chester County.)
[below]: Soly [sic!] Deo Gloria/ Gott allein die Ehre (To God alone be the glory) (in circle to left) Den[n] wie viel[e] euer getaufft sind die haben Christo [Christum] angezogen Q[?]:E: das gesetz ist durch Mosen gegeben die gnade und wahrheit ist durch Jesum worden [?] (For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ, [Gal. III:27] that is, For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ [John I:17].

Mrs. A. K. Hostetter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until 1926; Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, New York, 1926–1933

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