Persoonlijke gegevens Philip Klingensmith 

• Hij is geboren op 31 maart 1725 in Erkartswiller, Bas Rhein, Alsace, France.
• (Christening) op 31 maart 1725 in Evangelische Kirche, Erkartswiller, Alsace, France.
• Hij is overleden op 2 juli 1781 in Klingensmith Blockhouse, Westmoreland Co, PA, hij was toen 56 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Johann Daniel Klingensmith en Anna Christina Reitenauer

Gezin van Philip Klingensmith

Hij is getrouwd met Elizabeth Kepple.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 18 december 1754, hij was toen 29 jaar oud.

Notities over Philip Klingensmith

Killed by renegrade Seneca Indians in an attack on his blockhouse.

 

Residence

 

 

 

Gilpin Twp., Armstrong Co. and Jeannette.

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  Philip Klingensmith

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• Born 31 March 1725 - Erkartswiller, Bas Rhein, Alsace, France
• Deceased 2 July 1781 - Klingensmith Blockhouse, Westmoreland Co, PA , age at death: 56 years old

 Parents

• Johann Daniel Michael Klingensmith 1700-
• Anna Christina Reitenauer 1692-

 Spouses and children

• Married 18 December 1754 to Maria Anna Elizabeth Kepple
• Married 20 November 1758 to Christina Kepple Waltdhouser †1781 with
  •  Caspar Klingensmith
  •  Infant Klingensmith †1781
  •  John Jacob Klingensmith 1757-1839/
  •  John Hans Philip Klingensmith 1761-1833
  •  Peter Klingensmith 1776-

 Siblings

•  John Peter Klingensmith

 Notes

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NOTE: This is the story as handed down to me by my grandfather:
"The people had gathered in the Klingensmith blockhouse for the night, as was their custom. The next morning there were no signs of Indians about the place. Christina, wife of Philip Klingensmith, decided to go to the spring for water. She carried her young baby with her, and took along her two sons Caspar and Peter to carry the buckets. They had made their way to the spring, filled the buckets with water, and were coming back along the path when the Indians broke out of the surrounding trees. Christina started to run towards the house, but the two terrified boys stood rooted in their tracks. Christina looked back over her shoulder and called "Springen Peter."The Indians passed by the two motionless boys and converged upon Christina. Her cries had alarmed the blockhouse, but before the men could spring to their guns the savages had murdered the mother and babe. Christina put up her hands to shield the baby's head, and it was said her arms were slashed to ribbons by the deadly tomahawks. Philip Klingensmith had opened the door trying in vain to rescue his wife, and he too was slain. In Col. James Perry's report, he says that between twenty and thirty men, women, and children were destroyed, but Grandfather only told me about Philip, Christina, and the baby.
The Indians fled, taking the two small boys with them. That night they camped for the night on the banks of a river, and during the night Caspar made his escape, and eventually made his way back home. Peter was kept by the Indians, and treated very kindly by them. A scout, ranging out in Ohio some years later, reported seeing a young white boy wearing a big pink feathered headdress, riding on a pony alongside and Indian chief. The Scout said from the boy's features that he was sure it was Peter Klingensmith, whom the Indians always called "Spring Peter." According to the Hannastown record, he came back once to claim his inheritance, but his brothers refused him unless he left the Indians, but he went back to live with them and his family.
- William C. Klingensmith

Name: Johann Philip KLINGENSMITH
Sex: M
ALIA: "Blockhouse Philip" /KLINGENSMITH/
Name: John Philip KLINGENSMITH
Birth: BEF 31 MAR 1725 in Erkartswiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death: 2 JUL 1781 in Klingensmith Blockhouse, Westmoreland County, PA of Killed by Indians
Christening: 31 MAR 1725 Evangelische Kirche, Erkartswiller, Alsace, France
Note:
(1) Source: Michael J. Stewart ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)).

(2) Christine Adams, Message No. 212 posted to the Klingensmith Family Genealogy Forum on Genealogy.com on August 17, 2000:

The baptism of John Philip Klingensmith, 31 March 1725, son of Daniel Klingensmith erbbestander (hereditary tenant) of Moderfeld, and Christina Reitenauer is found in:
"Evangelische Kirche Erkartsweiler, (Kr. Zabern) 1711-1830. LDS Film #1143958."

[Note by compiler: According to the Fuzzy Gazeteer , the present-day spelling of Erkartsweiler is Erkartswiller.]

(3) Christine Adams, Message No. 214 posted to the Klingensmith Family Genealogy Forum on Genealogy.com on August 17, 2000:

Papers from Klingensmith, John Philip's Family Bible of Westmoreland County. Bible owned by Don Rupert, translated by Pastor Paul Miller Ruff. Reported in the WPGS Quarterly, Spring, 1996, Vol. 22, No. 4.

This is the text of the Bible record as recorded:

In the year 1760, on the 15th of July, John Philip Klingenschmidt was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. His father was Philip Klingenschmidt and his mother Christina. He was brought to holy baptism. The sponsors were Peter Klingenschmidt and Elisabeth his wife.

[Note by compiler: This baptismal record establishes a link between Peter KLINGENSMITH and Philip KLINGENSMITH.]

(4) Christine Adams, Message No. 213 posted to the Klingensmith Family Genealogy Forum on Genealogy.com on August 17, 2000:

From the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community Affairs, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Bureau of Land Records, P.O. Box 155, Harrisburg, PA 17120:
Warrant #118, dated May 21, 1751, to Philip Clingersmith for 100 acres situate on Indian Creek near the Blue Mountains in Lehigh Township, Bucks, now Northampton County. Surveyed on November 21, 1761 for 65 acres 40 perches. Patented on September 10, 1784 to Simon Triesbach. (signed Edward D. Price, Director, Bureau of Land Records). . . .

Record is found that on March 25, 1756, Berks County, Colebrookdale, Philip Klingensmith, Ensign was listed in "The Pennsylvania Gazette" as having received Commission from his Honour the Governor, under Militia Law. [Cited by Michael J. Stewart, M.D.: The Pennsylvania Gazette, (transcripts available online at Accessible Archives), "Electronic."] (Hard copy on file.) . . .

John Jacob Klingensmith, son of Blockhouse Philip K. applied for military pension March 31, 1839 from Marion Co., IN. He stated that he was born in Northampton Co., PA in 1757; and that he entered the military from Westmoreland Co., PA.

(5) Boucher, John N., History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906, p. 630:

Jonathan Sarver . . . married Susanna Klingensmith, daughter of John Philip and Barbara (Broadsword) Klingensmith. She was born and raised on a farm on the present site of the Fort Pitt glass works, near Jeannette, her father being the owner of the land. The Klingensmiths settled in that section at a very early date, before the war of the revolution. Their names were among those who signed a petition to Governor Penn in 1774. On the farm of her grandfather stood a blockhouse known as "Fort Philip Klingensmith," which served as a place of refuge for the surrounding settlers during the numerous hostile attacks of the Indians. During one of these attacks, her grandfather, P[h]ilip Klingensmith, and his wife were killed, and her paternal uncle, Peter, who was then a child of five years, was taken captive by the Indians. He was treated with kindness, grew up, married an Indian woman, and reared a family. He had a faint recollection of his early home, and in after life paid a visit to his brothers and sisters, but soon returned to his Indian wife and family.

Event: Record Change [09 June 2007]

 

 

 

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Claus Nicolaus Reitenauer   Susanna Windstein               Johann Daniel Michael Klingensmith 1700-  ;     Anna Christina Reitenauer 1692-                     Philip Klingensmith 1725-1781     Source: http://gw.geneanet.org/dmarangermenk?                lang=en&pz=living&nz=menk&ocz=0&p=philip&n=klingensmith

 

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