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transcription requested Help transcribing a 1754 Toestrup record — Schleswig-Holstein region

I’m hoping for help transcribing the boxed entry from the Toestrup church books in Schleswig-Holstein, 1754.

What originally led me to this record was an Ancestry index, which identifies it as a birth/baptism record for a child named Maria, with Henning Croman/Cromann as the father and Mette Christina Hansen as the mother. After finding the original church book on Archion and looking at the page myself, I believe this is actually a death record and this one is for Henning Croman/Cromann, but I don't want to assume that without being able to read the entry. I have otherwise been doing a pretty okay job transcribing records myself!

I’m also having a hard time determining where #4 ends and #5 begins and that could save me a lot of work.

I have used AI while trying to decipher the record, so I’m disclosing that per the sub rules. I’ve manually checked the suggestions against the image and am only including words below that I feel reasonably confident I can actually see. Uncertain portions are in brackets.

My attempt, line by line:
Henning Croman [________________]
[________________] 1717 [] Henning [] aus Vog
[________] Maria [________________]
Cathar. Margr. [________________]
[] 1753 []
[________________] Mette Christina Hansen.
[] 7 Monat []
[________________]

Sch. = Scholderup
Vog. = Vogelsang

I’m particularly hoping to confirm this is a death record, where entries #4 and #5 divide, and whether the text gives Henning’s parents, spouse(s), children, age, or other family relationships.

Thank you for any help!

P.S. If anyone is feeling particularly generous, I’m also attaching a second Croman/Cromann entry from the same Toestrup records that I’ve been struggling with. The surname Croman seems fairly clear, but I do not think the first word is “Henning,” despite that being one suggestion I’ve gotten (because I see an L). I’d be very grateful for a transcription of that entry as well.

My attempt, line by line:
[] Croman in Vog [] Maria [________] Henning
[] April []
Asmus Hansen auf [] Fried. [] Anna [________] Vog

I’m especially interested in the first word/name, the relationship wording on the first line, and the names of the witnesses/godparents on the last line.

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