My Earliest Record

I debated on what to write about this week, which is why my post is a bit late. The theme "earliest" left me many options. The earliest immigration of an ancestor to the New World? Or maybe the earliest ancestor to move to my home state of Missouri? Luckily, my daughter Jennifer provided the answer a couple of days ago 

when she found this record.

This 1625 baptism entry from Saint-Ouen-des-Fossés (in Le Mans, France) is now the earliest record we have found so far.  I know, as we work our way back in time, it won't hold this position long. For now, though, this is it. 

I am very fortunate my daughter can translate this for me.

Some of the words are a bit hard to make out, but it says, 

"Thursday, 10 Nov. was baptised pierre pinot son of Paschal Pinot the father 

and Jeanne Marteau the mother 

the godfather Jean Belot the godmother françoize [?Vincende] 

[The signature of the priest is also unclear.]"

Now I have learned the names of my 10th great grandparents too!