Matthias Klee (1756 - 1805)

Born 1756 in Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Matthias Klee served with Berks County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

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Mathias was born after 1755. In the census of 1800^[1] is shown in Bern Township, the father of two sons and two daughters born between 1785 and 1800.^[2]

Matthias, along with brothers "Christ" Christian Klee, "Hannes" Johann Klee, Jacob Klee, and Jeremiah Klee served together in the Revolutionary War are listed as serving under Captain Emerich. This was the 1777 Fourth Company for the Bern Township, Berks County, Militia.^[3][4][5][6]

Mathias is also listed in the service of Captain Soder's troops during the Revolutionary War.^{[7][8][9][10]} Captain Soder was requested to bring militia men to Philadelphia as requested by "Congress" to protect the city from attack by the British.^[11] During the period of time that Mathias and his brother Jeremiah carried out these orders, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. Therefore, Mathias and Jeremiah were protecting and defending the city of Philadelphia during the signing of the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776.^[12]

Children of Katherina (Grimm) and Matthias Klee:

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-K9Z : 10 June 2015), Mathr Kleck (Maths Kleeh), 1800. "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-K9Z : 10 June 2015), Mathr Kleck, 1800.
2. ↑ Shaw, Don C. A Genealogy and History of Some of the Descendants of Johan Nicholas Klee of Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania: Clays of Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestry. Chicago, IL, 1968. Pg 10.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=13
4. ↑ Berks County Revolutionary War Militia, 1777 Company, Bern Township, http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/revolutionary_war_militia_overview/4125/berks_co__revolutionary_war_militia/435864
5. ↑ Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIV, William H. Egle, ed., Harrisburg: E.K. Meyers, State Printer, 1888, page 265. https://archive.org/stream/pennsylvaniaser214harruoft#page/266/mode/2up
6. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol 6, "Accounts of Leutenants, Captain Emerick's Company", page 282.
7. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1965, Vol. 53, No. 1, page 35.
8. ↑ Source for National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1965, Vol. 53, No.1, pg 35 is the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, "John Soder account book, 1776-1777.", http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79005764
9. ↑ Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIV, William H. Egle, ed., Harrisburg: E.K. Meyers, State Printer, 1888, page 266. https://archive.org/stream/pennsylvaniaser214harruoft#page/266/mode/2up
10. ↑ John Soder account book, 1776-1777., Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, MSS5764, http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79005764 A copy of this book should now be available through the DAR archives.
11. ↑ Pension record papers for Eva Soder, wife of Captain John Soder, Pg 69, Pension Number: W. 3,469, NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
12. ↑ Declaration of Independence, 1776. 100 Milestone Documents. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=2#