Johan Jacob Klein 1736

Immigrant from Germany 1744

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 Kleinalong 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 was born 23 August 1736 in Germany and died in Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 August 1816. 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. Jacob and Eva are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Stephens City. On 20 Oct 1744, the male passengers aged 16 and older took the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia Court House. 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.
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. Her baptismal sponsors were Philip Wendel Klein and his wife, Maria Magdalena.
Jacob's first son was named Philip, first daughter Catherine, and second daughter Maria Magdalena.
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. 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.
Family
Jacob had two brothers who also settled in Frederick County, Adam (died 1800) and Anthony (d. 1829), The Pennsylvania and Virginia sources are listed and numbered separately. Note that some sources are under copywrite restrictions.
The charts on this page utilize data from both PA and VA.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	23 Aug 1736	Germany
Marriage			To Anna Eva Dusong (b.6 Oct 1739, d. 1 May 1816)
Death	27 Aug 1816	Frederick Co., VA
Burial		Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery Stephens City, Fredericks Co., VA

Ancestry chart segment

     Generation 8           Generation 9
                        +-- Philip Wendel Klein   
                        |   (17??-????)                                                                                                     
+-- Johan Jacob Klein --+
|   (1736-1816)         |
+                       +-- Maria Magdalena Unknown
|                                (17??-????)
+-- Anna Eva Dusong  
    (1739-1815)                                  

Sources:

Children

Ten or more children with Anna Eva Dusong,
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.

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Maria Magdalena "Mary" Klein	F	23 May 1767	Weisenburg T, Northampton Co. PA	Michael Shwizer	d. 1852
Philip Klein	M	1 Jan 1760	Pennsylvania	married 31 Mar. 1791 to Elizabeth Switzer, dau. of John & Anna Maria Switzer/Swisher,	d. 1842
Adam Klein	M	1761			d. 1846
Catharina Klein	F			John Hammak
Abraham Klein	M
Mary Barbara Klein	F	1772		Jacob Taflingar	d. 1842
Daniel Klein	M
Unknown Klein	F			Unknown Snyder	1 daughter
Anthony Klein	M
Elizabeth Klein	F			Unknown Taylor	Elizabeth is single; expect widowed
Eva Klein	F			Frederick Mawk

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
b. Germany	b. 1736-1744
arr. Philadelpia	12 Oct.1744
raised on farm 1 mile NE of Seipstown, Weisenberg Twp., Northampton Co. VA	by 1746

Photo Gallery

Ziegel Church, Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh Co. PA

Sources regarding Pennsylvania

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	History of Lehigh County, PA by C. R. Roberts, 1914. At Bethlehem Public Library . Kline Familybiographies pp. 679-685 p. 679. Philip Wendel Klein, the ancestor of this family, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America on the ship Phoenix, arriving at Philadelphia on October 12, 1744. He settled in Weisenberg Township, on a farm about a mile northeast of Seipstown. As early as 1746 his name appears in this section, and on Dec. 5, 1753, he secured a warrant for land, which he sold to his son, John Jacob, on Nov. 10, 1761. Philip Wendel Klein was one of the organizers of the Lutheran congregation at Ziegel Church, where his name appears in 1750. His sons were: John Adam, John Jacob, Lorentz, and Peter. pg. 679. John Jacob Kline sold the land on April 1, 1769, to Marks Pontius and removed to Salisbury township	(See additional text)
2	History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews & Austin Hungerford, 1884. pg. 455: Philip Wendel Klein came from Germany prior to 1750. He settled in Weissenberg township, on a farm about a mile northeast from the present village of Seipstown, for which he obtained a warrant in 1753, and sold it to his son, John Jacob on Nov. 10, 1761. Philip Wendel Klein had a number of children, among whom were John Jacob, John Adam, and Peter. John Jacob Kline had his father's homestead which he sold April 1, 1769, to Marks Pontius, and moved to Salisbury township.	(See additional text)
3	Records of Ziegel Church, Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh Co. PA. Baptisms by Rev. Daniel Schumacher. Maria Magdalena Klein born 23 May 1767, bapt. 31 May 1767. Parents: Johann Jacob Klein & Anna Eva Klein. Sponsors: Philip Wendell Klein & Maria Magdalena.	(See additional records)
4	Ralph Beaver Strassburg and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania Pioneers, 3 vol. (Pennsylvania German Society: 1934; Rockport, Maine: Picton Press reprint, 1992, 202)I:354-356 [List 106C] Phoenix. (Source contributed here by James Funkhouser)

Sources regarding Virginia

These sources from contributor James Funkhouser

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V1	Find A Grave Memorial No. 11770917,at (http://www.findagrave.com/). Memorial created Sept. 2005 & maintained by Jonathan Coulter (contributor no. 46788180). Gravestone: Jacob Kline. Memorial: Birth: 23 Aug 1736 Germany; Death: 27 Aug 1816 Age 80 Frederick County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery". Family Members: "Spouse Eva Dusong Kline 1739-1850; Children Philip Kline 1760-1842, Adam Kline 1761-1846, Mary Magdalene Swisher 1766-1852, Mary Barbara Taflinger 1772-1842"
V2	Find A Grave, Memorial No. 28585250, at (http://www.findagrave.com/). Memorial maintained by James Claycomb, contributor no. 4686203. Gravestone: Eva Klein Memorial: Eva Dusong Klein born 6 Oct 1739, Germany. Death 3 May 1815 age 75, Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia. Spouse: Jacob Kline 1736-1816. Children: Philip Kline 1760-1842, Adam Kline 1761-1846, Mary Magdalena Kline Swisher 1766-1852, Mary Barbara Kline Taflinger 1772-1842.
V3	Lutheran cemetery, Stephens City, Virginia. birth and death dates from a transcription from Survey Report, Old Lutheran graveyard: 1936 Oct. 26. Research by made by Robert G. VanMeter. Library of Virginia. US GenWeb Tombstone Project (http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/cemeteries/oldlutheran.txt)
V4	History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley (Chicago: A. Warren and Co.,1890; Berryville, Va: Virginia Book Company reprint:1972):763.
V5	This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, and of Grace Church, Winchester (Winchester, Va.: Trustees of Grace Lutheran Church, 1954):348, from appendix B, "Diary of Christian Streit."
V6	William Edward Eisenberg, The Lutheran Church in Virginia, 1717-1962: Trustees of the Virginia Synod, Lutheran Church in America, 1967)457; and Rootsweb Mailing List, OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L, 26 aPRIL 2--6, "Lutheran Church Records" (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/old-frederick-co-va/2006-04/1146095958: accessed 28 March 2012).
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