Baptism of
Alexandre Joseph Pierre Jean Helene Bretton Deschapelles
In the year 1798 on the twenty-sixth day of the month of April, I, the undersigned, pastor of the church, baptized Alexandre Joseph Pierre Jean Helene, born on the thirteenth of November 1797 in Wilmington (state of Delaware), legitimate son of Monsieur Alexandre Francois Bretton Deschapelles and Madame Louise Marie Adelaide Bauduy.
Godfather was Mr. Joseph de Sagui Destourer, the paternal uncle of the infant by his marriage, represented by proxy Mr. Pierre Bauduy, the maternal uncle of this infant.
Godmother: Madame Helene Cruon, widow Bauduy maternal representative for the same infant.
Witnesses: Pierre Provenchere, Claude Bernard Desassenay, both of whom have signed with us and as well as the father and mother of the infant.
Signed:
A. Bretton Deschapelles Peter Provenchere
Louise Bauduy Bretton Deschapelles
P. Bauduy
Helene Cruon V. Bauduy
Bernard Sassenay
Pierre Provenchere
Bauduy Hamon
J. Keating
Fortunée Bretton Deschapelles
Bretton Deschapelles Keating