Display Patriot - P-261332 - Michael KLEINFELTER/KLINEFELTER

Michael KLEINFELTER/KLINEFELTER

SAR Patriot #: P-261332

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A066056

Birth: 10 Jun 1736 Floersbach / / Germany
Death: 17 Jul 1807 Shrewsbury Twp / York / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private - CAPT Aquilla Wiley/Wile, 5th Batt., York Co. PA Militia


Additional References:

PA Arch, 6th Ser, Vol 2, pg 526 - Michael Clifelter


Spouse: (1) Apollonia XX; (2) Maria Elizabeth XX;
Children: Adam; Elizabeth Christina; Henry; Susannah; Joseph; Eva; Christina Jean;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2014-08-20 LA 59903 William Dean Finical (192045) Elizabeth   
2015-08-11 TX 65601 James Lee Trombla (195946) Elizabeth   
2021-09-03 SC 95577 Mark Allen Mann Jr. (Ret) (199448) Elizabeth   
Burial:
New Hope United Church of Christ (aka Fissels) Cemetery (C-0372266)
Location:
Glen Rock / York / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
319652
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
11005078
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • vertical stone
  • Photo displayed courtesy of Capt David G Smith, USN Ret, NHSSAR
  • Image 2 provided with permission from Michael Warns, Find-a-Grave member # 48531035


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

To reach cemetery from the intersection with Hwy 616 in Glen Rock, drive southwest on Hwy 216, for 2.3 miles, turn left onto Fissels Church Road and continue for about 1.5 mile. Cemetery will be on the north (or left) side of the road



Author: David Gerald Smith
 His godfather was Hans Michael Kunkel. According to The Kamp Papers II, page 543, John Michael came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1754 at the age of 18. Pennsylvania German Pioneers states that "The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, Imported in the Ship Barclay, Capt John Brown, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, did this day take the usual Oath and Declarations to the Government." Listed thereunder was Johanes (X) Kleinfeld, the (X) indicating his inability to write his name. The entry indicated that 250 "foreigners" entered at the courthouse at Philadelphia on Saturday September 14, 1754, from Alsace & Lorrain.  Contrary to this, the research of Lloyd Faller has determined that Johannes Michael arrived with his parents on the ship Duke of Bedford, at Philadelphia on September 14, 1751.
  He lived his entire life in Hopewell and Shrewsbury Townships of York County, PA. He was the father of 18 children. He died intestate and there was a suit concerning his estate, providing the records for the family history. The Orphans Court Administrative Petition of August 9, 1809, states that he died about two years ago (1807) leaving a widow Elizabeth and 17 children, whose names were listed (Docket #399). The same docket shows that he owned 219 acres in Shrewsbury Township and 170 acres in Hopewell Township. Prowell's History of York County, Pennsylvania indicates that an assessment was made in 1783 to cover the expenses of the Revolution. Michael's property consisted of one oil mill, one distillery and 380 acres of land. He was assessed 400 pounds sterling.
 The 1790 census shows "Michal "KLEENFELLER" living in Shrewsbury Township of York County. With the family is one son over the age of 16 and six sons under the age of 16.  Orphans Court Docket papers of November 1832 list the children that were both deceased and alive. That same year, papers filed in the estate of Daniel Klinefelter list his brothers and sisters.

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Additional Information:
  • DAR cites
    • THIS MAN HAD A DAUGHTER ELIZABETH WHO MARR JOHANN HEINRICH KUNKLE & A DAUGHTER CHRISTINA
    • THERE IS NO DAUGHTER NAMED ELIZABETH CHRISTINA - Jul 2015


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