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Descendants of George Klees, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. George¹ Klees, Sr. was born Abt. 1753 in Eckenheim, north of Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany, and died Abt. 1820. He married Elizabeth Rhodes October 30, 1787 in Zion (Spies) Church, Alsace Twp., Berks Co., PA. She was born Abt. 1768, and died January 18, 1850.

Notes for George Klees, Sr.:
George Klees was a Hessian soldier who fought for England during the Revolutionary War. He was captured at Saratoga. At the end of the war he indentured himself in order to remain in this country. He eventually located his family in Hunter's Run, Lycoming Co., Pa.

In 1790 George Klees and his fellow Hessian, Daniel Heil, cut a road through the wilderness and pioneered the European settlement of Quakake Valley in northwestern Carbon Co., PA.

A deed for some land belonging to him was recorded in Easton, PA. the 15th of January, 1810 (Northkampton Deeds E-3-336). This deed was in the possession of his grandson, Isaac Klees of Washington, Iowa. Isaac was the son of George's son George. It is a deed for 200 acres and 37 & 1/2 perchesof land in the Quakeake Valley in what was then Northhampton County. George Kless (the spelling of the name in the record) was mentioned as "of Luzerne Township, Northampton County". He paid 105 pounds and 5 shillings for this land to Joseph Hiester of Reading (this was one of Pennsylvania's early governers). Luzerne Township was probably part of Schuylkill, Carbon or Monroe Counties, since these were later formed from land which in 1810 belonged to Northampton County (Schuylkill & Monroe only in part, Carbon entirely).

George Klees married Elizabeth Rhodes of Philadelphia. She died at the home of her son Henry in 1844 in Lycoming County.

More About George Klees and Elizabeth Rhodes:
Marriage: October 30, 1787, Zion (Spies) Church, Alsace Twp., Berks Co., PA

Children of George Klees and Elizabeth Rhodes are:

+	2	i.	Henry² Klees, born January 05, 1789; died August 14, 1867.
	3	ii.	Rosanna Klees, born March 18, 1791; died June 01, 1879. She married William Stimets; born October 17, 1809; died May 08, 1889.
+	4	iii.	Mary Anna Klees, born May 14, 1792; died Abt. 1873 in Hoppestown, Plunkett's Creek Twp., Lycoming Co. PA.
+	5	iv.	Eva Elizabeth Klees, born August 17, 1794; died November 09, 1863 in Plunkett's Creek Twp., Lycoming Co., PA.
+	6	v.	George Klees, Jr., born September 08, 1796; died February 08, 1873.
+	7	vi.	John Klees, born June 24, 1798; died Abt. 1844.
	8	vii.	Susanna Klees, born July 01, 1800; died Abt. 1870. She married John Stametz; died Unknown in before 1860.
+	9	viii.	Catharine Klees, born March 30, 1802; died December 28, 1877.
	10	ix.	William Klees, born July 02, 1804; died Abt. 1836.
+	11	x.	Jacob Klees, born May 10, 1806; died June 24, 1875 in Webster Cemetery, Huntersville, Lycoming Co., PA.
+	12	xi.	Isaac Klees, born October 03, 1808 in Lausanne Twp., Northampton Co., PA; died April 16, 1875 in Girardville, Schuylkill Co., PA.
	13	xii.	Phoebe Klees, born September 25, 1810; died February 13, 1890. She married Thomas Brown; born May 30, 1810; died September 14, 1879.
	14	xiii.	Debra Klees, born December 15, 1812; died Abt. 1820.
	15	xiv.	Abner Klees, born September 16, 1814; died Abt. 1829.

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