Item #92 for 1863 tells us that on May 15, 1863, Abraham Wilhelm Ecker was baptized. He was born May 30, 1858 in [sic] Trois N.Y. His parents were Frederick Ecker, schleifer, (grinder) and Barbara Ecker (Bohnenberger). Godparents were Johann Martin Jungling and his wife Barbara, and Abraham Wilhelm Ecker.

On the same day, May 15, 1863, Johann Martin Ecker, born Oct 18, 1861, here is designated to have the same parents and godparents as #92. I cannot translate the designation yet, nor the word written at the right across both names.

This is an interesting and important record. Two Ecker brothers are baptized on the same day, 5 and 2 years after their births. Of course, the Civil War was going on, and their father, Friedrich Ecker and uncle, Abraham Wilhelm Ecker had both served beginning May 28, 1861. Frederick was wounded for the second time (and more seriously) on Aug 27, 1862. He was discharged Jan 8, 1863. His brother Abraham mustered in at the same time, and was mustered out Aug 5, 1864. Thus, Abraham Wilhelm would have been born 3 years before his father went to war, but Johann Martin was born 4 months after! The older son was born in upstate-New York, and the younger in Newark. Friedrich would have been home for this baptism. Williams Civil War records appear to indicate that he was still on duty and on the Muster Roll May and June of 1863. I do not know if "leaves" were possible or if his physical presence would have been needed to serve as a Godfather to a nephew obviously named for him.

This is a second piece of evidence that the New Eckers had some sort of history or connection to the area around Albany. Frederick (or at least Barbara) was there after 1857 (death of Juliana Rosina) and by 1858 for an undetermined period, and before 1860 when Caroline was born in Newark. In 1858, Uncle Abraham William would have been 18 and might have accompanied his brother Frederick. Frederick moves from being a goldsmith to being a more heavy duty sounding "grinder" in this period. Perhaps William became a file cutter at the same time.

A confirmation record (Item 7) for Abraham Wilhelm is shown below. It confirms the date and location of birth. Confirmation May 21, 1871.