Johann Heinrich Klemmer (1688 - abt. 1791)

Born 13 Jun 1688 in Friedelsheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Catherina (Daughnier) Klemmer — married 16 Sep 1710 in Alsheim, Reformed Church, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Descendants

Died about 1791 at about age 102 in Salisbury, Frederick, Maryland, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Johan Heinrich Klemmer was born June 13, 1688 in Friedelsheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and is the son of Hans Klemmer and Anna Pfaffman.^[1] He was baptized 13 June 1688 at Friedelsheim Reformed Church in Friedelsheim, Germany. Johann grew up in Germany along with two siblings, Anna Margaretha Klemmer and Hanns Martin Klemmer.

Johann married Anna Catherina Daughnier (widow of Michael Davernier) on September 16, 1710^[2] and they made their home in Germany. Together they raised four children; Henrich Daughnier Klemmer, Johannes Andreas 'Hans' Klemmer,^[3] Johann Ludwig Klemmer^[4][5][6] and Joseph Klemmer. He came to America with his family September 5, 1730 on the ship "Alexander and Anne."^[7][8] Johann died about 1780 and is buried in Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery, LIttlestown, Pennsylvania.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR16-C3P : 10 February 2018), Johann Henrich Klemmer, 13 Jun 1688; citing ; FHL microfilm 247,601.
2. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J419-K2D : 11 February 2018), Johann Henrich Klemm [Klemmer] and Catharina [Daughnier], 16 Sep 1710; citing Reformierte, Alsheim, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 488,534.
3. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NDJR-T81 : 28 November 2014), Johann Henrich Klemmers in entry for Johann Andreas Klemmers, 30 Aug 1711; citing ; FHL microfilm 488,534.
4. ↑ "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JHJH-P97 : 26 December 2014), Johann Henrich Klemmer in entry for Johann Ludwig Klemmer and Anna Elisabetha Boeckel, 24 Jan 1742; citing Evangelisch, Meckenheim, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 193,046.
5. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRN-SCX5 : 24 February 2019), Johann Henrich Klemmers in entry for Klemmers, 24 Jan 1742; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Deutschland, Klingenmünster, Marienthal, Marnheim, Mechtersheim, Meckenheim u Rockenhausen, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
6. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK5-S6GX : 25 February 2019), Johann Henrich Klemmer in entry for Johann Ludwig Klemmer, 24 Jan 1742; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Meckenheim, Meckenheim, Neustadt an der Haardt, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland, Meckenheim, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
7. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Johann Heinrich Klemmer; Name: Johann Heinrich Klemmer; Year: 1730; Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Source Publication Code: 4259; Primary Immigrant: Klemmer, Johann Heinrich; Annotation: Mostly concerns Appenhofen. First published in German; no. 4182. Krebs, Friedrich, Eighteenth Century Emigrants to America from Palatinate Parishes, translated by Anthony A. Roth. In Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, vol. 26:1 (1969), pp. 33-36
8. ↑ Trail of Our Ancestors
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #162815088 Johann Henrich Klemmer (1688–unknown), Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA

See also:

• Johann Henrich Klemmer FamilySearch