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Certificate of membership in a Protestant church, 12 May 1766 |
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Title: Certificate of membership in a Protestant church, 12 May 1766
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Date: May 12, 1766
Abstract: In colonial New Jersey, citizenship was
available to non-Catholics only. The naturalization process required
proof that the petitioner was receiving communion in a Protestant
church. This 1766 certification of Rev. Henry Mühlenberg, Minister of
St. Michaels Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, PA, shows that Adam Fix,
Adam Saul and Matthias Pleninger of Cumberland and Salem Counties, NJ,
were members of his church.
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Collection: New Jersey State Archives/ Petitions for Naturalization, 1749-1810
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Location: New Jersey State Archives, Division of Archives and Records Management
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