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From: "James L. Stokes" <>
Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: Mennonite marriages
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:58:17 -0500
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Hi Cathi,
No I don't know the policy of Trinity New Holland, its up to the
individual minister. Both the minister at Trinty Lancaster and the Rev.
Strine were Lutheran so there is no dominational rule on this.
Yes, I'm surpised that the Methodist church left people in without being
baptized but I can't think of the last time soemone asked me if I was
baptized so maybe it never came up.
What was the Civil War soldiers name, maybe I have him in my database of
Veterans from Martic Twp.

Jim


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Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: Mennonite marriages


> In a message dated 2/1/2003 3:16:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> > No, he wouldn't necessarily have had to have been baptized before
> > marriage, it really depends on the person who married him. If I'm
> > remembering correctly the regular (I can't remember his name) Lutheran
> > minister at Trinity Lutheran wouldn't marry couples who were not members
of
> > his congregation or willing to become members (ie baptized).
>
> That is interesting to know that he wouldn't necessarily have had to have
> been baptized to marry in the Lutheran Church. The church in which my gg
> grandparents were married in 1837 was the New Holland Trinity Evangelical
> Lutheran. Do you know if they were connected in any way with the Trinity
> Lutheran Church in Lancaster or if they had the same "policy"?
>
> He was buried in the Bethesda Methodist Church in Martic township. In an
> affidavit in his son's civil war pension file he said that his son was
never
> baptized. I also have a record of another son, my g grandfather, being
> baptized 10 days before his wedding in 1868, so it seems that the
anabaptist
> roots remained. I am surprised that the Methodist Church accepted them as
> members without the baptisms.
>
> Cathi
>
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