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Sebastian Cline Jr. (1739 - 1788)

Sebastian "Bostian" Cline Jr.
Born in Alsace, Francemap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1760 in Lincoln County, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 49 in Georgia, United States of Americamap
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Biography

Sebastian "Bostian" Klein Jr. was born about 1739 in Alsace Lorraine, Germany, the son of Johann Sebastian Klein and wife Susan Christine Elizabeth Beiber. His surname evolved from the German spelling to Cline. His nickname was Bastian, commonly seen as “Boston” in North Carolina records. Researcher Lorena Eaker states he “was born before 1743 probably in Alsace or on the way to America."[1]

Siblings of Sebastian Cline
Christopher Cline
Christina (Klein) Propst
Daniel Cline
Elizabeth (Cline) Propst
John Cline
Othellia Cline
Mary (Cline) Bost
Anna Margaret Cline
Michael S. Cline Sr
Utility (Cline) Hefner
Jacob Cline Sr.

Spouse: Margaret Ramsour

Sebastian Cline Jr. married Margaret Ramsaur, the daughter of Johann Dietrich Rahmsauer and Kaderina Heil, about 1760 based on the date of birth of their first child Samuel. Bostian Jr. received 200 acres on Clarks Creek, Tyron County (soon to be Lincoln County), North Carolina, from Margaret's father Derrick Ramsour in September 1770. On the same date Derrick Ramsour deeded 200 acres to Jacob Carpenter, the husband of his daughter Catherine Ramsour, indicating Derrick was Margaret's father. Bostian Jr. and wife Margaret sell their 200 acres to Jacob Carpenter on June 6. 1771.[2]
Researcher Lorena Eaker states that Margaret Ramsour Cline was born 1740-1744 and died on 5 January 1789 in Lincoln County. This is consistent with her absence on the 1790 North Carolina census.[3]

Children of Sebastian Cline and wife Margaret Ramsour:

  1. Samuel Cline
  2. Margaret Katharina (Cline) Sigmon
  3. Catherine (Cline) Summerour
  4. William Cline Sr.
  5. David Cline

Mistress: Hannah Fry Burns
Sebastian deserted his family, running off to Georgia with Hannah (Fry) Burns, who left her husband and children. Sebastian and Hannah had at least two children:

  1. Jacob b. 1777 and
  2. Elizabeth b. 1785-6

Notes

Boston (Sebastian) is a unique name in the Cline families. Finding a Boston Jr. in the records closely associated with the elder Sebastian (Boston) Cline almost certainly assures that Boston Jr is the son of Sebastian (Boston) Cline. Boston Jr. witnessed a deed by his father in 1764 indicating he is of legal age. This implies that Boston Cline Jr. was born by 1743. [Witnesses had to be of the age of discretion—at least age fourteen. Witnesses who proved deeds typically had reached the age of majority—age twenty one.]
Boston Cline Jr. was assigned to road projects in 1767, 1769, and 1771 in Rowan County. He appears in the 1768 Rowan County tax list along with his father Boston and brothers Christopher and John Cline. He became a constable in 1772.
Boston Cline Jr. claimed land on Lyles Creek in September 1766, which was granted on 28 April 1768. Boston and his wife Margaret sold the 350-acre tract to John Leufever [Lefevre] on 6 April 1769. These three transactions were recorded in Mecklenburg County during the 1763-1778 period when land transactions could not be done through the Granville Land Office because it closed after Lord Granville's death. Residents went to Mecklenburg County to register their real estate transactions even though the Rowan County land was part of Granville’s defunct district. Boston Jr's sale utilizes a "lease and release," which was a common type of conveyance to avoid quit rents. [The following comments are a misunderstanding of “lease and release”:] Jacob Cline signed the lease portion of this, while Boston and Margaret signed the release portion. The only Jacob Cline of legal age known in North Carolina in 1769 is the Jacob Cline in Mecklenburg County. This Jacob Cline is the probable brother of Sebastian (Boston) Cline and, therefore, Jacob is Boston Cline Jr's uncle. Presumably, Boston Jr. needed a Mecklenburg County resident to be a party to the transaction.
A petition was filed against Bostian Cline Jr. at October 1774 county court sessions, stating he abandoned his wife and family and removed to Georgia with Hannah Fry Burns, wife of Conrad Burns. Nicholas Fry disinherited his daughter. One record is found in Richmond County, Georgia in 1777, wherein Boston Jr. signed a petition to the Continental Congress seeking removal of a General Mcintosh as an incompetent officer. Nothing further of Boston Jr.'s life and death in Georgia has yet been found. It is assumed he died in Georgia prior to 1790, since he does not appear in surviving 1790 Georgia tax lists.
Lincoln County court records in 1787 and 1788 document Hannah Fry Burns' return to Lincoln County with a son Jacob Cline Burns born 1777. Researcher Eaker states Boston Jr and Hannah Fry Burns also had a daughter Elizabeth, born 1785-1786. Elizabeth's subsequent fate is unknown.[4]
Hannah Burns is found in Lincoln County court records in 1795 with an abuse complaint against her brother's wife for abusing her son Jacob Burns and in 1799 contesting being disowned in her father's 1784 will.[5]

Sources

  1. Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800 (Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications, 1994), p. 71.
  2. Derick S. Hartshorn III, compiler, database, NCGenWeb, Hans Georg Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and Monroe County, Ohio (http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/Cline/index.htm), and Descendants of Sebastian Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and North Carolina (http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/family/Cline.TXT). Mr. Hartshorn's database is compiled primarily from two sources: 1) Ciscero Cline, “Klein Family History, Biography, and Records about The Ancestors and Descendants of Sebastian and other Kleins (Clines) Pioneers who were born about the years 1700 to 1750 with many notes and records about Allied Families Began April the 10th by Ciscero Cline A Great-Grandson and Tabulated by John McDowell Ballard in 1936” (manuscript donated to the Catawba County Public Library, Newton, North Carolina); and 2) George B. Cline Jr., The Cline Families of North Carolina 1750-1860 And Their European Ancestry, 1580-1750 (Los Altos, California, Feb 2003).
  3. Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800 (Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications, 1994), pp. 71, 106.
  4. Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800 (Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications, 1994), pp. 71, 106.
  5. Derick S. Hartshorn III, compiler, database, NCGenWeb, Hans Georg Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and Monroe County, Ohio (http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/Cline/index.htm), and Descendants of Sebastian Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and North Carolina (http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/family/Cline.TXT).




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It is not accurate to link Hannah (Fry) Burns to Sebastian Cline as his wife, and I suggest deleting her in the spouse data field. They never married. Their relationship is explained in his biography along with a link to her.
Cline-3935 and Cline-205 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate profiles
I disagree with linking Sebastian Cline Jr. as husband of Hannah (Fry) Burns. Resources indicate they were never married. The profile sufficiently explains the liaison; it is unnecessary to link them as spouses.
Project protected to prevent the linking of mistress as wife
posted by Paula J
As long as she is linked through the bio that is fine.
posted by [Living Daly]
Shall I remove her as wife?
posted by Paula J
I agree Kathy. You left "[" off [Fry-236|Hannah (Fry) Burns]]
posted by [Living Daly]
It does not seem appropriate to list Hannah (Fry) Burns as a wife. The only extant evidence is that Sebastian Cline and Hannah left Lincoln County together and that she eventually returned to Lincoln County, still named "Hannah Burns."
Cline-3935 and Klein-2129 appear to represent the same person because: both have same dob, same wife, same children. One uses Cline and another uses Klein as last name. both sons of Johan Sebastian Klein and Susan Christine Elizabeth Beiber.
posted by William Hull Jr.
Everything under notes is cut and pasted from the source. I will need to rewrite this.
posted by Paula J
Eric,

I do not see where Hannah married Sebastian. She was married to Burns and it looks like she never married Sebastian. Will you check the source, please for me?

I am not sure I am reading it correctly.

Thanks,

Paula

posted by Paula J

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