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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
Johann Philip Klahr was born on 6 April 1736, in Grossbundenbach, Germany, the son of Johan Jacob & Margaretha Catharina (Baumgarten) Klahr. Philip Klahr and his father Johan Jacob arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship Richard & Mary from Rotterdam by way of Portsmouth on 26 September 1752. By 1759 they had settled in Tulpehocken Township (now Upper Tulpehocken Township), Berks County, Pennsylvania.
During the Revolutionary War, Philip served as a Private in Captain Henry Shepler’s Company, Berks County, Pennsylvania Militia.
His father Johan Jacob obtained a warrant for 69 acres in what is now Upper Tulpehocken Township and had it surveyed on 26 June 1759. The father died in 1765 and Philip had the land patented on 22 November 1785.
He married Maria Margaretha Lang / Long (1747- 1825), the daughter of Johann Nickel & Maria Lang in the mid-1760s. Philip was the father of fifteen children who were all born in what is now Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Isabella Rebecca.
Katharina.
John Jacob.
Elizabeth.
Anna Maria.
Margareta Lavina.
Josiah.
Maria Barbara.
Maria Magdalena.
Jonathan.
Fianna/Susanna.
Daniel.
Asa/Eva.
Solomon.
Hanna.
Philip had a 184-acre farm in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania where he raised his large family. He died at his plantation on 28 April 1809. Philip and Maira Margaretha Klahr are both buried at Zion’s Blue Mountain Church Cemetery (near Strausstown), Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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