berks co. klotz, martin-district twp.-nov. 5. 1776. admin. eva maria klotz, the widow trautman, philip jacob-rockland-march 20, 1793. admin. to maria, the widow and b-i-l, jacob kloz berks co.-births klotz heinrich 18 aug 1765 martin and eva isaac 11 aug 1774 abraham and elisabetha johann nickolaus bp 4 may 1742 ludwig and __ martin 4 jan 1766 jacob and sophia lehigh co. history krause family johannes krause was born in germany, jan. 9, 1712. emigrated to america. he settled in heidelburg twp.,. lehigh co. john philip, s/o johannes, was born jan. 3, 1753 and died jan. 9, 1798. he married a miss heckman. children; johannes who married and had a dau. kate, who married mr. handwerk; daniel and george, philip married and had; polly (maria) who died in 1911; salinda and caroline; john adam married and had, nathan, amos, levi, peter, william, fianna, sarah, and maria; frederick and several others. daniel, s/o john philip, he married maria rex and had daniel, gideon, polly, catharine and sallie. daniel, s/o daniel and maria (rex), he married mary klotz and had, lewis d., fietta, louisa, mary, owen and william. klotz, christian, s/o john and franconia (krouse) klotz, was born in 1789. he married elisabeth mc daniel, d/o robert mc. daniel and elizabeth (hicks) and among their children was robert. mr. klotz married in 1849 to sallie a. lentz, d/o col. john and mary (loeser) lentz, of carbon co.one child, lentz edmund, married emma e. laubach, d/o hon. joseph laubach, of bethlehem and they lived in mauch chunk. children; robert lehigh co-births klotz catharina 6 may 1797 johannes and elisabeth christian, 14 may 1789 johannes and veronica daniel, 14 may 1789 johannes and veronica maria catharine 11 oct 1779 hannes and fronica maria catharina 29 oct 1786 johannes and veronica maria m.17march ca 84 johannes and fronica susanna 1 may 1792 johannes and veronica (krauss) kloz john george 10 may 1777 johannes and fronica john, 14 april 1775 john and veronica carbon co. klotz, major robert, of mauch chunk. his great-grandfather, jacob klotz, came to america from wurtemberg, germany, in 1749, settled in lowhill twp. john klotz married fronica "krous" christian klotz, father, was born 1789, settled in mahoning, carbon co. in 1816 he married elizabeth, d/o robert mc. daniel whose wf was was elizabeth "kicks" mc daniel, robert, was born aug 24, 1756 in pencoast, maine. he married elisabeth hicks, she was born in 1766 and supposed to be a native of lizzard creek. they are buried at ben salem ch. children; rachel, nancy, lydia, elisabeth, robert, and james. rachel became the wife of charles haney, . mrs. henry arner is a dau. lewis haney, for many years a teacher and the 1st cononer of the county. nancy became the w/o samuel solt. lydia married joseph musselman and moved to ohio. oliver, a son remained with his grandfather and later moved to ohio. elisabeth became the w/o christian klotz (who came from lowhill twp), in 1816. they settled near hoppes mill, where she died in 1826 age 31. robert, s/o robert moved to the west. james, youngest son, settled in the twp. and died there. his son j. t. mc daniel kept the freyman hotel. Best Wishes, Geri