Johan Jacob Klein 1736 - Revision history

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 !  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
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-| '''Birth'''    ||23 Aug 1736  ||Germany   || || <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
+| '''Birth'''    ||23 Aug 1736  ||Germany   || || <sup class="reference">[P1]</sup>
 |-
 | '''Marriage''' |||| ||To Anna Eva Dusong<br>(b.6 Oct 1739, d. 1 May 1816)|| <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
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 Sources:
-<sup class="reference]>[]</sup>
+<sup class="reference]>[P1]</sup>
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 ! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 |-
-|Philip  Klein ||M||1 Jan 1760  ||Pennsylvania ||married 31 Mar. 1791 to Elizabeth Switzer, dau. of John & Anna Maria Switzer/Swisher,   ||d. 1842 || <sup class="reference"></sup>
+|Philip  Klein, "1st son"||M||1 Jan 1760  ||Pennsylvania ||married 31 Mar. 1791 to Elizabeth Switzer, dau. of John & Anna Maria Switzer/Swisher,   ||d. 1842 || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|Adam Klein   || M ||1761   || ||   ||d. 1846 || <sup class="reference"></sup>
+|Adam Klein "2nd son"  || M ||1761   || ||   ||d. 1846 || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 |-
-|Catharina Klein   ||F  ||   || ||John Hammak  || || <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
+|Catharina Klein  "1st daughter" ||F  ||   || ||John Hammak  || || <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
 |-
 |Maria Magdalena "Mary" Klein ||F||23 May  1767  ||Weisenburg T, Northampton Co. PA || Michael Shwizer  ||d. 1852 || <sup class="reference">[P3][1][2]</sup>
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 ! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
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-| b. Germany  ||b. 1736-1744   || ||  <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
+| b. Germany  ||b. 1736-1744   || ||  <sup class="reference">[P1]</sup>
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-|raised on farm 1 mile NE of Seipstown,<br> Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Co.(now Lehigh) Pennsylvania  ||by 1746 ||   ||   <sup class="reference">[P1]</sup>
+|raised on farm 1 mile NE of Seipstown,<br> Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Co.(now Lehigh) Pennsylvania  ||by 1746 to 1769 ||   ||   <sup class="reference">[P1][P2]</sup>
 |-
 |Friederick Co. VA  ||by 1763 ||   ||   <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
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 !'''P3'''
-|'''Records of Ziegel Church''', Weisenberg Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania. Baptism by Rev. Daniel Schumacher.
+|'''Records of Ziegel Church''', Weisenberg Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania. Baptism by Rev. Daniel Schumacher. Extracted 1990 by contributor Fran Bean, from records at Historical Society Library, Allentown Pennsylvania.
 * Maria Magdalena Klein born 23 May 1767, bapt. 31 May 1767. Parents: '''Johann Jacob Klein & Anna Eva Klein'''. Sponsors: ''Philip Wendell Klein & Maria Magdalena.''
-|[[Records of Ziegel Church|(See additional records)]]
+|[[Records of Ziegel Church|(See additional Klein records at Ziegel Church)]]
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 !'''P4'''

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 :'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup>[1]</sup>.
 On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers of the ship "Phoenix" aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup>[2]</sup> -  all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.
-:In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May
+:In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup>[1c]</sup>. Jacob and Eva's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter (fourth child) Maria Magdalena. Twenty-three years after their marriage, Maria Magdalena was born to Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, and baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup>[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were [[Philip Wendel Klein]] and his wife, Maria Magdalena.<br>
 .<sup>[1c]</sup>. Jacob and Eva's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter (fourth child) Maria Magdalena. Twenty-three years after their marriage, Maria Magdalena was born to Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, and baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup>[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were [[Philip Wendel Klein]] and his wife, Maria Magdalena.<br>
 '''In Frederick County'''
-:In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral
+:In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699. She died at age 87 years 10 ½  months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?
-of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699. She died at age 87 years 10 ½  months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?
+:Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup>[4]</sup> Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City, Virginia.<sup>[1a][1b]</sup><br>
 :Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's
 home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup>[4]</sup> Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City, Virginia.<sup>[1a][1b]</sup><br>
 '''Family'''
-:Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his
+:Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.
-brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.
+:In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br>
-:In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and
+:Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup>[1b][16]</sup>, but there are no records of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup>[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup>[18]</sup>
-contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br>
+<br><br>Ed. Note: Apart from the Pennsylvania sources and data, this page including introductory notes were provided by contributor James Funkhouser.  The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately for clarity.  ''Note that some sources are under copyright restrictions''.
-:Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup>[16]</sup>, but there are no records
+Sources exist which have different/contradictory data as to Jacob's birth date and the year and means of his arrival, we consider them less likely or less reliable than the sources as charted below.  The contradictory sources are presented separately [[The Question of Origins|'''HERE''']], so viewers may make their own  informed interpretations.
 of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup>[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup>[18]</sup>
-<br><br>Ed. Note: Apart from the Pennsylvania sources and data, this page including introductory notes provided by contributor James Funkhouser.  The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately for clarity.  ''Note that some sources are under copyright restrictions''.<br> While contradictory sources exist as to Jacob's birth date, the year and means of his arrival, we consider them less likely or less reliable than the sources charted below.  The contradictory sources are presented separately [[The Question of Origins|'''HERE''']], so viewers may make their own  informed interpretations.
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 | '''Birth'''    ||23 Aug 1736  ||Germany   || || <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
 |-
-| '''Marriage''' |||| ||To Anna Eva Dusong<br>(b.6 Oct 1739, d. 1 May 1816)|| <sup class="reference"></sup>
+| '''Marriage''' |||| ||To Anna Eva Dusong<br>(b.6 Oct 1739, d. 1 May 1816)|| <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
 |-
-| '''Death'''    || 27 Aug 1816    || Frederick Co., VA   || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
+| '''Death'''    || 27 Aug 1816    || Frederick Co., VA   || || <sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
 |-
-| '''Burial''' || ||Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery<br>Stephens City, Fredericks Co., VA   ||||<sup class="reference">[]</sup>
+| '''Burial''' || ||Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery<br>Stephens City, Fredericks Co., VA   ||||<sup class="reference">[1]</sup>
 |}
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-| arr. Philadelpia  ||12 Oct.1744  ||   ||  <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
+| arr. Philadelphia  ||12 Oct.1744  ||   ||  <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
 |-
-|raised on farm 1 mile NE of Seipstown,<br> Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Co. VA  ||by 1746 ||   ||   <sup class="reference">[]</sup>
+|raised on farm 1 mile NE of Seipstown,<br> Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Co.(now Lehigh) Pennsylvania  ||by 1746 ||   ||   <sup class="reference">[P1]</sup>
 |}
 = Sources regarding Pennsylvania=
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 !'''1b'''
-|''' J.E. Norris, ed.''', ''History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley'' (Chicago: A. Warren and Co.,1890; Berryville, Va: Virginia Book Company reprint:1972):763.
+|''' J.E. Norris, ed.''', ''History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley'' (Chicago: A. Warren and Co.,1890; Berryville, Va: Virginia Book Company reprint:1972):763.<br>  This source places Jacob's arrival in Frederick Co., Virginia in 1763.Please see also [[The Question of Origins]]
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-|''' "Old Graveyard"''', Stephens City, Va.: Find A Grafe. Alternatives could be Klick, Klink/Kling.
+|''' "Old Graveyard"''', Stephens City, Va.: Find A Grave. Alternatives could be Klick, Klink/Kling.
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-|'''Norris, 763, says 1763; Cartmell, 485, says 1764.
+|''''' T. K. Cartmell, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia 1738-1908''''', (Eddy Press Corpl, 1909) pp 485-486.
 |-
 !'''17'''
-|'''Frederick County, Va., Deeds 16: 220-221, Lawrence Snapp to Jacob Kline, Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick Co., Winchester, Va.  Norris, 763, says Jacob arrived in 1763 and bought 400 acres, nine acres of it cleared, for $400, but there is no record of this purchase and no mention of it in the distribution of his estate.
+|'''Frederick County, Va., Deeds 16: 220-221''', Lawrence Snapp to Jacob Kline, Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Frederick Co., Winchester, Va.  Norris, 763, says Jacob arrived in 1763 and bought 400 acres, nine acres of it cleared, for $400, but there is no record of this purchase and no mention of it in the distribution of his estate.
 |-
 !'''18'''
-|'''Frederick County, Va., Deed 21:453 (1786) 28:194 (1804 Jacob Biocksler [Bixler] to Jacob Kline.  Library of Virginia, Northern Neck Grants S, 1780-1788, p. 259-260 and Northern Neck Surveys No. 1, 1786-1789, pp. 88-89. 334 acres on Great Cacapehon adjoinint Frederick Conrod's, assigned by Conrod to Jacob Clyne, 26 July 1878, and patented to Clyne on 27 July 1787.
+|'''Frederick County, Va., Deed 21:453 (1786) 28:194''' (1804 Jacob Bicksler [Bixler] to Jacob Kline.  Library of Virginia, Northern Neck Grants S, 1780-1788, p. 259-260 and Northern Neck Surveys No. 1, 1786-1789, pp. 88-89. 334 acres on Great Cacapon adjoining Frederick Conrod's, assigned by Conrod to Jacob Clyne, 26 July 1878, and patented to Clyne on 27 July 1787. <br>Note: The Great Cacapon, ("medicine water") River is, since the 1863 founding of West Virginia, in that state's Morgan County.  Today lies adjacent to Virginia's Frederick County of which it was once a part.
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 '''In Frederick County'''
 :In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral
-of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699. She died at age 87 years 10<math>\frac1/2</math> months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?
+of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699. She died at age 87 years 10 ½  months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?
 :Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's
 home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup>[4]</sup> Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City, Virginia.<sup>[1a][1b]</sup><br>
 '''Family'''
 :Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his
-brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup class="reference"<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.
+brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.
 :In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and
-contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference"<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br>
+contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br>
 :Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup>[16]</sup>, but there are no records
 of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup>[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup>[18]</sup>
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 =Children=
-Ten or more children with Anna Eva Dusong,<br>Birth order unknown, beyond
+Ten or more children with Anna Eva Dusong,<br>Birth order unknown, beyond as given in the introduction.
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 ''Johan Jacob Klein'' is not a direct ancestor, and no relationship has been established. He apparently immigrated with his father [[Philip Wendel Klein]]along with  [[Johannes Klein]], whom we believe to be our ancestor, on the ship "Phoenix" in 1744, and all settled in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, PA.
 |}
+:'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup>[1]</sup>.
-'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup>[1]</sup>.  In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup>[1c]</sup>.Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City.<sup>[1a][1b]</sup>
+On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers of the ship "Phoenix" aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup>[2]</sup> -  all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.
-On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers of the ship "Phoenix" aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup>[2]</sup> -  all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.<br><br>Twenty-three years later, Maria Magdalena, the fourth child of Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, was baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup>[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were [[Philip Wendel Klein]] and his wife, Maria Magdalena. <br> Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.<br><br>In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699.  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?<br><br>Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup>[4]</sup> <br><br>
+:In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May
-'''Family'''<br>Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup class="reference"<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.<br><br>Also in Frederick County was Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699, over whose burial the Rev. Christian Streit presided on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City].  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months<sup class="reference"<sup>[8]</sup>.  Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the mother of these Klines? <br>In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup class="reference"<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference"<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br><br>'''In Frederick County'''<br>Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup class="reference"<sup>[16]</sup>, but there are no records of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup class="reference"<sup>[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup>[18]</sup>
+.<sup>[1c]</sup>. Jacob and Eva's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter (fourth child) Maria Magdalena. Twenty-three years after their marriage, Maria Magdalena was born to Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, and baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup>[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were [[Philip Wendel Klein]] and his wife, Maria Magdalena.<br>
-<br><br>The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately.  ''Note that some sources are under copywrite restrictions''.<br> While contradictory sources exist with alternatives for Jacob's birth, year and means of arrival, we consider them less likely than the sources charted below.  The contradictory sources are presented separately [[The Question of Origins|HERE]], so viewers may make their own  informed interpretations.
+'''In Frederick County'''
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-Ten or more children with Anna Eva Dusong,<br>Birth order unknown;the first six listed are perhaps older than the last 4.  Excepting Maria Magdalena, children's sources contributed here by James Funkhouser.
+Ten or more children with Anna Eva Dusong,<br>Birth order unknown, beyond
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-'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup class="reference">[1]</sup>.  In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup class="reference">[1c]</sup>.Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City.<sup class="reference">[V1a][V1b]</sup>
+'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup>[1]</sup>.  In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup>[1c]</sup>.Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City.<sup>[1a][1b]</sup>
-On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup class="reference">[2]</sup>. Among them were Thiebald Klein, Philip Wendel Klein, Johannes Klein - all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.<br><br>Twenty-three years later, Maria Magdalena, the fourth child of Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, was baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup class="reference">[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were Philip Wendel Klein and his wife, Maria Magdalena. <br> Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.<br><br>In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699.  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup class="reference">[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?<br><br>Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup class="reference">[4]</sup> <br><br>
+On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers of the ship "Phoenix" aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup>[2]</sup> -  all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.<br><br>Twenty-three years later, Maria Magdalena, the fourth child of Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, was baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup>[P3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were [[Philip Wendel Klein]] and his wife, Maria Magdalena. <br> Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.<br><br>In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699.  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup>[3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?<br><br>Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup>[4]</sup> <br><br>
-'''Family'''<br>Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference">[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup class="reference">[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup class="reference">[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.<br><br>Also in Frederick County was Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699, over whose burial the Rev. Christian Streit presided on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City].  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months<sup class="reference">[8]</sup>.  Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the mother of these Klines? <br>In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup class="reference">[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference">[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br><br>'''In Frederick County'''<br>Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup class="reference">[16]</sup>, but there are no records of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup class="reference">[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup class="reference">[18]</sup>
+'''Family'''<br>Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference"<sup>[5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate<sup class="reference"<sup>[6]</sup>.<br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s<sup>[7]</sup>. I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony They likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.<br><br>Also in Frederick County was Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699, over whose burial the Rev. Christian Streit presided on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City].  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months<sup class="reference"<sup>[8]</sup>.  Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the mother of these Klines? <br>In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup class="reference"<sup>[9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference"<sup>[10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?<br><br>'''In Frederick County'''<br>Published sources place Jacob's arrival in Frederick County in the early 1760s<sup class="reference"<sup>[16]</sup>, but there are no records of the brothers in the county until the 1770s.  Jacob and Eva settled on West Run, south of Stephen's City and northeast of Middletown.  The 1815 property tax list records Jacob Kline, Sr. on the headwaters of West Run, Pine Hills, ten miles south of Winchester.  The first record of Jacob in the deeds of Frederick County is on 8/0 September 1773 when he paid Lawrence Snapp £240 for for 300 acres on "Henry Chrisman's Spring Run, a drain of Crooked Run"; the beginning point was the survey on West Run.  There is a reference in the deed to a corner of a division between Klein and Shipe, possibly suggesting that Jacob was already resident there<sup class="reference"<sup>[17]</sup>.   Over the next forty years Jacob acquired over 1500 acres of land in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, establishing a foundation for his children who purchased or inherited land from their father.<sup>[18]</sup>
 <br><br>The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately.  ''Note that some sources are under copywrite restrictions''.<br> While contradictory sources exist with alternatives for Jacob's birth, year and means of arrival, we consider them less likely than the sources charted below.  The contradictory sources are presented separately [[The Question of Origins|HERE]], so viewers may make their own  informed interpretations.

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 ==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
-''Johan Jacob Klein'' is not a direct ancestor, and no relationship has been established. He apparently immigrated with his father [[Philip Wendel Klein]]along with  [[Johannes Klein]], whom we believe to be our ancestor, on the ship "Phoenix" in 1744, and all settled in Lehigh County, PA.
+''Johan Jacob Klein'' is not a direct ancestor, and no relationship has been established. He apparently immigrated with his father [[Philip Wendel Klein]]along with  [[Johannes Klein]], whom we believe to be our ancestor, on the ship "Phoenix" in 1744, and all settled in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, PA.
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-'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup class="reference">[V1]</sup>.  In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup class="reference">[V1c]</sup>.Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City<sup class="reference">[V1a][V1b]</sup>.
+'''Johan JACOB Klein''' was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816.<sup class="reference">[V1]</sup>.  In Pennsylvania he married ''Anna EVA Dusong'', who was born on 6 October 1739, possible in Germany, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 1 May 1816.<sup class="reference">[V1c]</sup>.Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City.<sup class="reference">[V1a][V1b]</sup>
-On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup class="reference">[V2]</sup>. Among them were Thiebald Klein, Philip Wendel Klein, Johannes Klein - all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.<br>Twenty-three years later, Maria Magdalena, the fourth child of Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, was baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup class="reference">[3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were Philip Wendel Klein and his wife, Maria Magdalena. <br>Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.<br>In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699.  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup class="reference">[V3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?<br>  Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup class="reference">[V4]</sup> <br>Introductory biography by James Funkhouser<br>
+On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House<sup class="reference">[V2]</sup>. Among them were Thiebald Klein, Philip Wendel Klein, Johannes Klein - all three signed their name in German script - and John Adam Klein whose name was written in English script and signed with a mark.  It is Jacob's association with Philip Wendell Klein that makes this 1744 voyage on the ''Phoenix'' the most likely one to have transported Johan Jacob Klein to America.  If so, he was eight years old and not required to sign the oath.<br><br>Twenty-three years later, Maria Magdalena, the fourth child of Johan Jacob and Anna Eva Klein, was baptized at Ziegel Church in Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania.<sup class="reference">[3]</sup>  Her baptismal sponsors were Philip Wendel Klein and his wife, Maria Magdalena. <br> Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.<br><br>In Frederick County, Virginia, on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City] Rev. Christian Streit conducted the funeral of Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699.  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup class="reference">[V3]</sup> Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the wife of Philip Wendel and the mother of these Klines?<br><br>Jacob was affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Four miles southeast of Stephens City, then called Newtown, near Jacob's home, was Pine Hills Church, or St. Joseph's Pine Church.  In 1784 that congregation sent Jacob as a lay representative of the Pennsylvania Ministerium at Lancaster.  The Pine Hills congregation constructed a church building in 1800, but disbanded around 1812, its members probably absorbed by the Lutheran congregation in Newtown.<sup class="reference">[V4]</sup> <br><br>
-'''Family'''<br>Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference">[V5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony kline, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference">[V6]</sup><br> I have vound no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born int he 1730s.<sup class="reference">[V7]</sup> I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony, who likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.<br>Also in Frederick County was Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699, over whose burial the Rev. Christian Streit presided on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City].  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup class="reference">[V8]</sup>Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the mother of these Klines? <br>In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup class="reference">[V9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference">[V10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?
+'''Family'''<br>Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829).  Adam named his brother Jacob, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference">[V5]</sup>  Anthony named his nephew, Anthony Kline, as co-executor of his estate.<sup class="reference">[V6]</sup><br> I have found no birth dates for Adam or Anthony, but both had children born in the 1760s, so they likely were born in the 1730s.<sup class="reference">[V7]</sup> I have not found any Kleins in Pennsylvania German Pioneers who could be Adam or Anthony, who likely were under sixteen when they immigrated or they were born in America.<br><br>Also in Frederick County was Maria Magdalena Klein, born in early 1699, over whose burial the Rev. Christian Streit presided on 10 March 1787 at Newtown [Stephens City].  She died at age 87 years 10 1/2 months.<sup class="reference">[V8]</sup>Maria Magdalena was thirty-seven years older than Jacob.  Could she have been the mother of these Klines? <br>In the "Old Graveyard" on Mulberry Street in Stephens City there is an eroded, broken stone for "Katherine Kli..." and contains only five or six letters.  It is likely that the name is Katharine Kline. She died in 1814 at age 77.<sup class="reference">[V9]</sup>  A birth year of 1737 makes her of an age to be a sister of Jacob.  There is no record of a Kline to whom she was married.  Could Katharine be an unmarried sister of Jacob, Adam, and Anthony or a sister-in-law?<sup class="reference">[V10]</sup>  Could she be the wife of Anthony?
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-The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately.  ''Note that some sources are under copywrite restrictions''.<br> While a couple contradictory sources exist with alternative data, the charts on this page utilize data from both PA and VA. The PA, VA, and Contra Sources are grouped separately so viewers may make informed interpretations.
+The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately.  ''Note that some sources are under copywrite restrictions''.<br> While contradictory sources exist with alternatives for Jacob's birth and year of arrival, we consider them less likely than the sources charted below.  The contradictory sources are presented separately [[The Question of Origins|HERE]], so viewers may make their own  informed interpretations.
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