1750 Melchior Kleinfeller, son of Hans Peter, emigrated from Flörsbach, Hesse, Germany to Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
1750 Melchior Kleinfelter took the oath of allegiance in Philadelphia on September 12. He arrived on the ship Priscilla. [6]
1754 Melchor Clinefetter was taxed in Maiden Creek Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [7]
Research Notes:
1798 Cathrine Klienfelter was listed on the US direct tax in York County, Pennsylvania with wood house (20 by 16 feet) on a 64 perches lot. [8] [9] [10]
1800 Catharine Clenefelter lived in Shrewsbury Twp, York County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 3 (under 10); and females: 2 (under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44). [11]
[1] Jane Adams Clarke, "Emigrants from Hesse, Germany, Who Left One After Another for Pennsylvania 1748-1766," Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean (2000), 151-, at 152, [GoogleBooks].
[2] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, citing Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, [AncestryRecord].
[3] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, citing Jane Adams Clarke, Emigrants from Hesse, Germany Who Left One after Another for Pennsylvania, 1748-1766, [AncestryRecord].
[4] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, citing Israel Daniel Rupp, [AncestryRecord].
[5] I. Daniel Rupp, A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Richard T and Mildred C Williams, 1752 List of Taxables, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 4, [FSCatalog].
[8] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, Shrewsbury, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, list 1, line 64, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, list A, line 63, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].