Johann Sebastian Cline

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A065969

He immigrated on the ship "Robert and Alice" and landed in Philadephia, PA in 1737. He settled in a section now known as Reading, PA, and he married Susan Christina Elizabeth Bieber in 1740. He and Susan were the parents of eleven children: Daniel, Christopher, William, Elizabeth, Utily, Christina, Mary, John, Michael, Jacob, and Katherine.

Some time before 1768 he moved to NC and entered a large tract of land granted to him by the Earl of Granville.

The Kleins were a large family and have numerous descendants spread through many areas.

Memorial written by P. L. Price.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 22 2019, 23:22:55 UTC

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Notes:

1- Took part in the Revolutionary War.

2- Came to Philadelphia on 3 September 1739 on board the ship "Robert and Alice". Naturalized in North Carolina on 16 July 1755.

Sources:

1- The Wike Family: Descendants of Jacob M. Weik of North Carolina, p. 296 (FHL 929.273, W64w, 2002).

2- WorldConnect Project: Six, Wierschke Families & More #20 @ RootsWeb.com.

3- Ancestors and Descendants of Sebastian Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany, and North Carolina [Fifth Generation] (USGenWeb.com, Catawba County, NC). [Note: This is a well-documented family history].

4- Will of "Bostian Cline" of Lincoln County, North Carolina; written on 27 December 1791; probated in 1792.

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Johann (John) Sebastian “Bostian (Boston)” Klein/Cline -
Tanner by profession
my 6th great-uncle

Born: Postorff, Alsace, Palantine, Germany (now France) • 1712.
Baptism: 17 Jun 1716 • Hirschland, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Hirschland Church).
He was one of three sons of Moritz Klein/Cline to emigrate to America.

Arrival: 3 Sep 1739 • Philadelphia aboard the ship "Robert & Alice."

Owned land in Lancaster County, PA.

Naturalized Citizen: 16 Jul 1755 • Rowan County, North Carolina
Migrated: 1762 to North Carolina via the "Great Wagon Road."

Married: Susan Elizabeth Beaver

Children (11): Daniel, Christopher, William, Elizabeth, Utily, Christina, Mary, John, Michael, Jacob, and Katherine.

Appointed Constable • 7 Feb 1772

Death 27 Dec 1791 • Lincoln County, North Carolina USA
(Alternate: Mar 1792; Present Day Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA)

Burial: Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery • Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA (The grave was not marked until 2004 when the Cline Reunion Association purchased a marker. The placement of the stone was arbitrary)

He and his descendants were a major influence in the industrial, commercial, civic and religious development of the Catawba Valley of Western North Carolina.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 13 2021, 0:04:36 UTC

Birth: June 17 1712 - Postorf, Alsace, France
Death: Mar 1792 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Parents: Moriz Schmidt Klein, Anna Catherina Klein

Wife: Susan Elizabeth Christina Elizabeth Cline

Children: Christopher Stoffle Cline, Elizabeth Betsy Propst, Mary Bost, Othelia Utilly Hefner, Jacob Cline, Sr, Sebastian Bostian Cline, Jr., Anna Anna Margaret Margaret Cline, Daniel Cline, John Cline, William Klein, Christina Yoder, Michael S. Cline, Sr

Siblings: Hans Michael Klein, Valentine Cline, Maria Barbara Klein, Johann Bernard Klein, Jacob Klein, Johannes Klein, Johann Theobald Klein, Andreas Klein, Anna Magdalena Lintz, Johannas Jacob Kline, Anna Anna Christina Christina Klein, Adam Klein, Anna Margaretha Klein