Johannes Klein

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	expect Wirthenbach or Essenheim, Ger.
Marriage			1) Eva Kampff 2) Anna Margaretha Unknown
Death	> 1744	PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 8           Generation 9          Generation 10
 
                                             +-- Johannes Klein
                                             |   (????- 1730)
                      +-- Johannes Klein ----+
                      |   (????->1744)       |
Johannes Peter Klein--+                      +-- Anna Ursula Unknown
(1741->1808)          |                             (????-????)
                      +--  Anna Margaretha Unknown 
                              (????-????)

Sources:

Children

( children with 1st wife Eva Kampff )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Johann Heinrich Klein	M	30 Mar 1721	Essenheim, Ger.	died 3 June 1723
Eva Klein	F	11 July 1728	Essenheim, Ger.
Anna Christina Klein	F	15 Oct 1730	Essenheim, Ger.
Johannes Klein	M	22 Mar 1732	Essenheim,Ger.

(children with 2nd wife Anna Margaretha Unknown )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Johann Adam Klein	M	29 Sept 1736	Essenheim, Ger.
Johannes Peter Klein	M	8 Jan 1741	Essenheim, Ger.	Catherine Unknown	Direct line

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Essenheim, Ger.	by 1721 - 1744
Northampton Co. PA	~1744 - ?d.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 by Israel Daniel Rupp,Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore 1965, p. 169-170 " Oct. 20, 1744. Foreigners imported in the ship "Phoenix", William Wilson, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes": Theobald Klein, Philip Wendel Klein, Johanes Klein, John Adam Klein.
2	Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 , p. 355 "Phoenix", 1744 from Rotterdam, last from Cowes Among those listed were the following Kleins: Thiebalt Klein, Philips Wendel Klein, Johannes Klein. Passengers included 110 men and 55 women; however no women's names were on the list. It was not indicated whether or not there were children on board or what the ages were of the males who were listed. Submitted by Kerry Kline.
3	'''Emmigrants from the Palatinate to the American Colonies in the 18th Century by Dr. Friedrich Krebs; publ. by Penna. german Society, Norristown, PA, 1953. pg.6: "In the Essenheim records, 1741-1749, the emigrants for a given year are listed together, mostly in family groups, and the total number of persons is given....Elsewhere the Essenheim records then give details about these families, such as name of husband and wife, time of marriage, names of children born or baptized in Essenheim.....Essenheim: in Kreis Mainz, Province of Rheinhessen, State of Hessen." p. 22: "KLEIN, Johannes. Married Anna Margaretha. Issue (born at Essenheim): (1) Johann Adam, B. 29.IX.1736; (2) Johannes, b. 8.I.1741. Left for America with wife and children, May 1744 (5 persons mentioned, but not named). Johannes Klein arrived on the ship Phoenix, 20 Oct. 1744 (S-H I, 355)." (Ed. S-H I refers to Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, vol. I (published by the Pennsylvania German Society, 1934).) Emigrants from the Palatinate... includes a map of the Electoral Palatinate of the Rhine in 1645. The Bingen to Meintz area of the Rhein is obvious, some topography indicated, but Essenheim itself not shown.
4	Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Vol. II, Part B. Rheinland-Pfalz (The Palatinate). By Charles M. Hall. p. 13. Essenheim Bermany, in Mainz-Bingen lies on a small tributary that flows into the Rhein river between Bingen and Mainz. Essenheim is south of the Rhein, and east of Bingen.

Conjecture

• The decision to list Johannes Klein who arrived on the ship "Phoenix" in 1744 as direct ancestor of our Lehigh County Kleins is based in part on the list of other Kleins who also arrived on the "Phoenix" (Thiebalt Klein, Philip Wendel Klein & John Adam Klein), and the evidence of their also settling in the immediate area. Philip Wendel Klein settled in Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh Co. His sons were John Adam , John Jacob, Lorentz and Peter.(For more information see Philip Wendel Klein).

Thiebalt Klein, and possibly Philip Wendel Klein's sons Peter and Joh. Jacob settled in neighboring Berks Co.: History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon by I. Daniel Rupp, Publ. G. Hills, 1844, Lancaster, PA.
p. 191 "In 1756 the following were...taxables of Heidelberg Twp.:..Jacob Klein."
p. 225, Long-swamp township, "The following named person resided here in 1756, and many of them nearly thirty years earlier: ...Peter Klein...Deobald Klein."

• Records of other Kleins in the area, no relationship established:

A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names... by Rupp, Appendix No.2,
Pg.434-35, Names of Early Settlers of Berks County, naturalized Jan. 9, 1729-1730: Johan Isaac Klein .
pg. 466: "The first settlers in Tulphocken were Lutherans & German Reformed"...Members of the Tulpehocken Church from 1743-1746: George Klein, Jacob Klein.

History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon by I. Daniel Rupp, Publ. G. Hills, 1844, Lancaster, PA.
p. 191 "In 1756 the following were...taxables of Heidelberg Twp.:...Jacob Klein..."
p. 225: Long-swamp township. The following named persons resided here in 1756, and many of them nearly thrity years earlier:...Bernhard Klein"

Historical & Biographical Annals of Berks Co. PA by Montgomery 1909, Vol. 1, p.8 "First Taxables - assessment believed to have been made in 1752, Berks Co. Alsace...George Kline; Amity, Single Men...Peter Kline;Colebrookdale...Michael Cline; Exeter...Nicholas Klime (sic); Greenwich...Daniel Kline; Longswamp...Bernhart Klein, Dewalt Klein, single Men...Peter Kline; Also: Barnard Begley, Jacob & Philip Fenstermacher, Samuel Fogel, Peter & Joast Mertz; Pine-Grove...Henry Kline.