A marriage contract was signed on January 28, 1779. It states the marriage will take place on the same day. The groom is Moyse Salomon, son of Salomon Cerf, a Jew merchant in Phalsbourg, and Rosette Levy. The bride is Theipiet Heymann Merin [the last name is spelled differently on the last page and in other documents]. The bride's father was inadvertently omitted from the first page of the contract but put in on the last page. The first page of the contract states the bride is the daughter of the late Breinel Cerf.
The groom is listed on my genealogical tree as Moise Salomon Cerf and the bride as Pierrette Taib Heymann Levy (the name was taken from the 1808 Name Declaration). They are the grandparents of the Cerf immigrants, Aaron Cerf and cousins Moise and Ernest Cerf.
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Moyse Salomon's signature at the end of the contract is written in German script and is the same as the first part of the signature of Moyse Salomon Cerf in the 1808 Name Declaration, proving that they are the same person.
The father of the bride signs Heyman Mehring in German script, even though his name is written Heymann Merin on the last page of the contract (see the circled part that begins after the "+" sign).
I do not have a translation of the marriage contract, but I am told that it consists exclusively of agreements about money. If anyone does translate this document, please email me at dawncerf [at] gmail.com.
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