LANCASTER COUNTY. 95 



Certificate for Daniel Firre and his family. 

 Translation. — We, the Pastor, Elders and Deacons 

 of the Reformed Walloon Church of Pelican, in the 

 JLower Palatinate, having been requested by the Hon- 

 orable Daniel Firre, his wife Anne Maria Leininger 

 and their children Andrew and John Firre, to grant 

 them a testimonial of their life and religion, do certify 

 and atfest that they have always made profession of the 

 pure Reformed religion, frequented our sacred assemblies, 

 and have partaken of the supper of the Lord with the 

 otlier members of the faith: in addition to which they 

 have always conducted themselves uprightly without 

 having given any cause for scandal, that has come to 

 our knov/ledge : being now on their departure to settle 

 elsewhere, we commend them to the protection of God, 

 and to the kindness of all our brethren in the Lord 

 Christ. In witness of Avhich we have signed this 

 present testimonial, with our signatures and usual 

 marks. Done at Pelican in our consistory, the 10th of 

 ]\Lav, 1708. 



MICHAEL MEESSAKOP, 

 J. ROMAN, Pastor and Inspector, 

 PETER SSCHARLET, 

 JAMES BAILLEAUX, Deacon, 

 JOHN BAPTIST LAPLACE, Deacon, 

 The Undernamed children, to wit: Andrew and John 

 Firre were baptii:ed, the first in the church of Stein- 

 weiler in the year 1701, on the 2Sth of September: his 

 sponsors were Andrew Leininger and his wife Margaret 

 Leininger : the other, to wit : John was baptized in the 

 church of Rhorbac, in the year 1703, on the 8th of 

 February: the sponsors were Abraham Ptillion and 

 Judith Miller, both of Steinweiler. 



Note.— It was customary among the Ileformed to procure a 

 church, certificate before leaving their Vaterhnd. 



