Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
A Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificate of William Brison Kintzer, attributed to the Reverend Henry Young, Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Dated 1828
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Description
watercolor and ink on paper
dated 1824
height 12 in. by width 7 ½ in.
depicting Salomon and Hannah Kinster facing each other with him presenting flowers to her above a flowerpot on a candlestand to celebrate the baptism of Mr. William Brison Kintzer a son of Mr. Salomon Kinster and his wife Hannah born a Henderson, was born the 22nd day of September A.D. 1824 in Derry Township, Mifflin County, State of Pennsylvania and Baptized by the Rev.d Jonathan Ruthroff the 5th of October 1828 sponsors were the parents.
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Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut.
David Wheatcroft, Westboro, Massachusetts;
Olde Hope Antiques, Winter Antiques Show, 2012.
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 214-5, fig. 377-8.
Hannah Henderson and Salomon Kintser (1793-1870) had a Baptismal Record made for their first child, William Brison Kintzer, born on September 22, 1824, in Derry Township, Mifflin County. Although he was baptized by Reverend Jonathan Ruthroff on October 5, 1828, his taufschein (birth and baptismal record) was created by the minister and fraktur artist, Reverend Henry Young (1772-1861), who active in Centre and Lycoming Counties from 1825 to 1847. Similar to his father, William first pursued farming in Pennsylvania, but moved west, marrying Elizabeth Livingston (1829-1914) in 1853 at the age of 29, and serving as a Private, Company K, 1st Ohio Infantry, during the Civil War. William died at the age of 78 on December 31, 1902, and is buried with his wife in Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois.
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