Johan Nicholas Klein

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Johan Nicholas Klein is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Johan Jacob Klein Son of Johannes Peter Klein and Catherine Unknown

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	5 March 1772; bap. April 9, 1772	Lower Macungie Twp. Lehigh Co. PA
Baptism	9Apr 1772	Zion's Lutheran Church/(Lehigh Church)	sponsors: Johan Nicolaus Klein & Catherine B. Keiser.
1st Marriage		expect Lehigh Co PA	To Magdalena Unknown
2nd Marriage		expect Lehigh Co PA	To Maria Unknown
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

   Generation 7           Generation 8          Generation 9
 
                                                     +-- Johannes Klein
                                                     |   (????->1744)
                        +-- Johannes Peter Klein ----+
                        |   (1741-1808)              |
 Johan Nicholas Klein --+                            +--Anna Margaretha Unknown
 (1766-????)            |                                (????-????)
                        +-- Catherine Unknown
                            (????->1818)
  Sources: 

Children

(Children with Magdalena Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Catharina Klein	F	17 Jan 1802; bap.24 Aug	Longswamp T. Berks Co PA		sponsors: Johannes & Catharina Klein".

(Children with Maria Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
David Kleyn	M	June 23,1802; bap. July 18, 1802	Lower Macungie T. Lehigh Co PA		sponsors: Daniel Klock & Eva Feynbay(?)
Peter Kleyn	M	May 25, 1804; bap. July 15, 1804	Lower Macungie T. Lehigh Co PA		sponsors: Daniel Schankweiler & Catharina
Elisabeth Kleyn	F	May 13, 1806; bap.July 13, 1806	Lower Macungie T. Lehigh Co PA		sponsors: Johannes Wetzel & Elisabeth Muller, both single.
Salome Klein	F	May 6, 1808; bap. July 24, 1808	Lower Macungie T. Lehigh Co PA		sponsors: Jacob Truckenmiller & Maria.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lower Macungie T. Lehigh Co PA	1772 birth - at least 1808, birth of 4th child

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1800 United States Federal Census, Maccongie Twp, Northampton Co, PA, Page 3. The census is undated. Lists families of: Nicholas Klein: 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-45. The younger male and female do not fit for the children, all born after 1800) John Klein: 1 male and 1 female >45. This fits for Johannes Peter Klein and his wife. Jacob Klein: 4 males <10, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44. This fits the list of children for Johan Jacob Klein. There is an extra male 16-25, and the age for Elizabetha Vogele is off by a year. Henry Klein: 1 male 16-26, 2 females <10, 1 female 16-26. No known relation fits these data. These listing account for all the sons of Johannes Peter Klein except for the youngest, Johannes Klein, who should have been 26 in 1800. He could be one of the males living with his brothers.
2	Church Records of Longswamp Reformed Church 1748-1810, Folder #78, Longswamp Twp. collection, Berks Co. Genealogical Society Library, Kutztown, PA. , photocopy Feb. 1995 By E W Williams. "Catharina Klein, dau. of Joh. Nicolaus & Magdalena Klein, born 17 Jan. 1800, baptized 24 Aug., sponsors Johannes & Catharina Klein".	See Longswamp Reformed Church Records for Klein & other surnames.
3	Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church Johannes Klein & Catharina, parents; Johann Nicolaus Klein born March 5, 1772; bapt. April 9, 1772; sponsors Johan Nicolaus Klein & Catherine B. Keiser. Children of Nicolaus Kleyn/Klein & Maria: Peter Kleyn b. 25 May 1804; bapt. 15 July 15 1804; parents Nicolaus Kleyn & Maria; sponsors Daniel Schankweiler & Catharina Elisabeth Kleyn b. 13 May 13 1806; bapt. 13 July 13 1806; parents Nicolaus Kleyn & Maria; sponosors Johannes Wetzel & Elisabeth Muller, both single. Salome Klein b. 6 May 1808; bapt. 24 July 1808; parents Nicolaus Klein & Maria; sponsors Jacob Truckenmiller & Maria. David Kleyn b. 23 June 1802; bapt. 18 July 1802; parents Nicolaus Kleyn & Maria; sponsors Daniel Klock & Eva Feynbay(?)	See Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church
4	The History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon , PA by Alfred Mathews, p. 331-32 biography of Phillip Lauer. "Phillip Lauer settled upon a tract of forty-seven acres of land which he bought April 10 A.D. 1810, from Nicholas Klein. This was a part of a farm of one hundred eighty acres which was surveyed and warranted to Casper Blylor, on the 29th day of April, 1746. It lies one mile east of the village of Alburtis, and is now occupied by his grandson, Jonas Lauer. May 28, 1827, Phillip obtained a patent thereof from the commonwealth upon giving an indenture of mortgage thereon for the sum of $141.29.

Source notes

• Whether the Nicholas Klein of Longswamp Church in 1800 is the same person as Nicholas Klein/Kleyn of The Lehigh Church in 1802-1808 is unclear. His first wife, Magdalena may have died, as there is only the one record at Longswamp. Nicholas possibly remarried to Maria from the Lehigh congregation. Because the baptismal sponsors at Longswamp in 1800 are Johannes & Catherina Klein, it is probable that Nicholas (married to Magdalena) is their son. The relationship of Nicholas (married to Maria, with children born 1802-1808) is less certain. The Anna Maria & Jacob Truckenmiller who sponsor the birth of Salome Klein are tangentially related to Nicholas Klein the son of Johan Peter Klein. Anna Maria Truckenmiller was nee Vogele, a sister of Elizabetha Vogele who married Nicholas Klein's brother Johan Jacob Klein.
• We expect that Nicholas Klein, son of Johannes Peter Klein, was named for an uncle Nicholas Klein. There is a Nicholas Klein and Margaretha, whose four children were born between 1776 and 1781, as recorded in Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church. This older Nicholas is probably a brother of Johannes Peter Klein, but we have no record of him as such.
  * Johann Nicolaus Klein b. 5 March 1772; bapt 9 Apr 1772; parents Johannes Klein & Catharina; sponsors; Johan Nicolaus Klein & Catherine B. Keiser.

Conjecture

• Abstracts of Berks Co. PA wills, 1812: FAUST, HANNAH, Bern. May 1, 1812 - December 11, 1812. Divided farm implements and stock between sons Philip and Ludwig. To dau. Susanna household goods, etc. Sons Dewald and Daniel £20 each. Exr: Friend Daniel WERDMAN. Wits: Nicholas KLEIN and John KLEIN. Translation.
  See at: http://berks.pa-roots.com/wills/Abstracts1811-1815.html

Research Wishlist

Longswamp church records for a possible marraige record, Joh. Nicholas Klein & Magdalena Unknown; a death record of Magdalena Klein, or additional baptismal records for children of Nicholas & Magdalena. Needed to establish whether Magdalena was a first wife to Nicholas, son of Johannes & Catharina Klein, or if Nicholas, husband of Magdalena, is another person.