Peter Klein

Immigrant before 1800

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Peter Klein is not in my direct ancestry. He is related by marriage to Catharina Klein, and could be a nephew of Johan Jacob Klein or other Klein relative.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1741
Marriage
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6           Generation 7          Generation 8      Generation 9
 
                                                            +-- Philip Wendel Klein
                                                            |      {????-????)
                                          +-- Peter Klein --+
                                          |   (????-????)   |
                 +-- John Jacob Klein ----+                 +-- Maria Magdalena Unknown
                 |   (1781-1857)          |                       (????-????)
 Charles Klein --+                        +-- Margaret Stelter
 (1811-1898)     |                            (????-????)
                 +-- Susanna Gross
                     (1785-1872)

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Children

("Peter Klein had 4 sons"; daughters if any not named )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Lorentz Kline	M
Henry Kline	M
Jacob Kline	M
Jonathan Kline	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews & Austin Hungerford, 1884, Pg. 290: Peter Klein, a native of Germany, settled in Weisenberg... About 1800 he purchased a tract of land of Michael Mosser, which was warranted by John Deter Bouman. His son, Lorentz, moved upon this land, stayed a few years, and returned home. John Jacob Klein, a younger brother, married Susanna, a daughter of Peter Gross, of Whitehall township, and settled upon this farm about the year 1806... 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. John Adam Kline, in 1761, bought from Peter Krunt the property originally settled by him, and now known as the Bear farm, situated on Lyon Creek, about a mile above Lyon Valley. John Adam Kline had this property till 1773, when he sold it to Adam Bear, and moved to Salisbury township. Peter Kline was born in 1741. In 1763 he married Margaret Stettler. He had four sons, viz., Lorentz, Henry, Jacob, and Jonathan. Peter Kline bought from Philip Kleinert a farm situated in the southern part of the township, and containing two hundred and sixty acres. Peter Kline, being a miller by trade, soon erected a mill on his property. In 1803 he sold a part of his farm, including the mill, to his son Lorentz, and the remainder to Jones. Lorentz Kline was born Nov. 12, 1773. He was married to Magdalena Knauss, but had no children. He was for many years the owner and proprietor of Kline's mill. He died June 16, 1868. Jacob Kline went to Lowhill, and bought a mill property on Jordan Creek, about a mile below Weidasville. The mill is now known as Schlicher's. Jacob Kline had fourteen children, viz., Jacob, Maria, Jones, Charles, Joseph, Sarah, Catharine, Hetty, Samuel, David, Hannah, Susan, Solomon, and Mary. Of these Charles came to Weissenberg, and lived with his uncle, Lorentz Kline, whose property he received, and upon which he still lives. Jonathan Kline was born June 18, 1783. He married Anna Maria Weiler. He obtained his father's homestead, where he died Aug. 29, 1868. He left four children, - James, Anna, Eliza, and Mary.	(See full text)

Conjecture

• "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, Appendix No.2 pg. 466:
  "The first settlers in Tulphocken were Lutherans & German Reformed"...Members of the Tulpehocken Church from 1743-1746: George Klein, Jacob Klein.
  Relationships unestablished. Peter Klein's father was a George Klein.