Display Patriot - P-345951 - Christopher Stophel KLING
Christopher Stophel KLING
SAR Patriot #:
P-345951
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Birth: Apr 1741 Warwick Twp / Lancaster / PA Death: bef 09 Mar 1786 Leacock Twp / Lancaster / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
He served as a Private in the Fourth Company of Captain William Skiles, First Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Boyd.
1779, he paid a supply tax for Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Additional References:
Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Volume XVII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 508.
Christopher Stophel Kling was born in April 1741 in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Christened on 6 September 1741, in Cocalico Township.
He served as a Private in the Fourth Company, First Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, commanded by Captain William Skiles. He also paid supply tax in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1779
He married Anna Barbara Balmer in about 1764 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His probate records of March 1786 list the following children:
Christian was born about 1765 and married Magdalena.
Susannah
John was born on 2 January 1767 and married Anna Bear.
Abraham was born about 1769 and married Susanna Hall.
Henry was born in 1771 and married Rachel Rutter.
Jacob was born in 1773 and married Maria Beard.
Peter was born about 1776 and married Anna Maria Birkenauser.
Elizabeth was born about 1778 and married Michael Gerlitz.
Moses was born in about 1783.
The Patriot died before 11 January 1785 at Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as his son, Christian, was granted letters of administration for his father’s estate on that date. His burial site is unknown.
Sources:
“Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013” Ancestry.com
Lancaster Co., PA Orphans Court, 1784-1787, pp. 277, 279 FamilySearch.org
Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth series, Volume 7, pages 59 and 61
Pennsylvania Archives, Third series, Volume 17, page 508
Darrell R. Over, M.D. NSSAR # 199974 ARSSAR # 1831
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