Re: Peter Stephens' youngest son, Henry
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Peter Stephens' youngest son, Henry
Dick Stephens 8/25/02
Peter and Maria Christina Stephan's (Stephens)youngest son, Henry, was born 8 Apr. 1734 and baptized by Rev. Johann Casper Stoever, 16 May 1735, as "JOHANN HEINRICH STEPHAN"
It was not unusual for German parents to give the prefix "Hans" or "Johann" to their sons- often all the sons in the same family would have such a prefix. They usually called them by the second name and generally the prefix was never used except for very formal occasions. If they wanted to actually called their son "John", they named him "JOHANNES".
While Henry Stephens was baptized as "Johann Heinrich" there in no record in which he is ever called "John Henry" As as adult he appears in all records simply as "Henry Stephens."
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Re: Peter Stephens' youngest son, Henry
Dick Stephens 8/27/02
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Re: Peter Stephens' youngest son, Henry