Descendants of Johann Klopp

Fourth Generation

Family of Johannes Peter KLOPP I (3) & Anna Magdalene LUTZ

4. Maria KLOPP.

Maria married Daniel FUNCK.

5. Susanna KLOPP. Born on 1 Jan 1716 in Schoharic, Germany.1
All the below received from Dave Rigney1

I have court records: deeds Church Records ect:
pertaining to Susanna Klopp. (made date line no dates overlap)
Johann Adam Shuts b. @@ 1689 Germany (parents unknown)
Johann Adam Shuts and wife Anna Catharina.......came here
1709 in ansburg or Wormdorf came (there one in the same NY)
Johann Adam Shuts and wife Anna Catharina had one living
child Susanna (marr: Christopher Stumpf in Tulpehocken region Pa)
Anna Catharina Shutz died @@ 1730-31 in Berks (Lancaster)Pa. Johann Adam married 2- Susanna (Klopp?) @@ 1731.
Johann Adam Shuts bought 175 ac. in Tulpehocken region Lancaster (Berks now Dated Sept. 1740)
Johann Adam Shutz and Susanna had 2 living children:
Johann Adam b. 1734 (Schutz in T.T.R.Ch.rec.& Christ Luth.)
Johann Peter b. @@ 1738 (Guardian after Johan Adam died was
Jacob Seibert her 2nd husband he was Peter's quardian have record)
Johann Adam Shuts died 12-1740 have document where she is
Susanna Shuts relick of dec. and she and Peter Klopp are
administrators of his will along with Christian Lauer.
Susanna (Klopp?) Shutz married 2nd Johann Jacob Seibert
6-7-1741 Stover records they had children (have Trinity
Tulpehocken Reform church Records Berks.
Johann Jacob Seibert died 1761 have his will
Susanna married 3 Jacob Epprecht. @@1761/2(can't find record
but do have this court record: Prothonotary of Berks Co.:
August Term 1764:
"Dower" Jacob Epprecht vs. John Adam Shits & Peter Shits.
May Term Feb 16 1764 Accounts approved of Jacob Epprecht and wife Susanna late Susanna Seibert, widow and adm. of Jacob Seibert, yeoman, dec. balance was over 560 lbs.
1768 Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Indenture Deed
Jacob Epprecht and wife Susanna dau of Decd. Johann Peter Klop: sell her 1/7 share to her brother in law. this
deed has 2 dates on it with there names on it one 1766.
and in 1769 she's listed but doesn't give his name ( he could be there) this is where her parents died.
Then Susnanna Disappears and I found this:
1-16-1764 a marriage for Jacob Epprecht Widower married Catharine Herdly widow of Henry.
Cocalico Ref. Church Ephrata Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
Also have other information on the name of Jacob Epprecht
being a Taveran Keeper. Doesn't list a wife could be someone else.

Also Susanna Klop was bpt. 1-16-1716 Schohlarie NY
west camp church Book. here parents were Johann Peter
Klopp and Anna Magdalena Lutz (widow of Christoph.)
her sponsor was Susanna Schutzin (single)
Johan Adam Schutz and Johann Peter Klop were in the same
camp.

Received information in email and post about the sponcer in the baptistisim of Susanna Glopp -Klopp :
Johann Adam Schuts b. @@ 1688 Germany. Parents unknown
1710 Johann Adam Schuts and first wife Anna Catharina
1716 Johann Adam Schutz and wife Anna Catharina and dau Susanna (only living child)
were at Nuansburg camp along with Johann Peter Klopp and wife Anna Magdalina and
their children.
740 Johann Adam Schutz died:
Susanna Shuts relick of Johann Adam Shuts dec'd and Johann Peter Klopp and Christian Lauer Administrator (orphans court in Philidalphia)
6-7 1741 Susanna Schutz married Jacob Seibert (Church Record)
they had 9 children) (church records)
Trinity Tulpehocken Church Records:
4-30-1749 Birth Anna Susanna (bpt) parents P. Kloss and wife
Sponsors: Mrs. Seubert and brother of Hoster
6-Jan 1755 Lancaster Co., Will Johan Peter Klopp
(1755 court records Jacob Seibert was guardian of Peter Schits )
from Tulpehocken Virgina Notes by Joseph H. Kellogg
Jacob Seifert and wife Susanna, late relict and widow of Adam Schuts dec'd.
Eldest son Johann Adam objects to the division of the 175 ac. Court appoints Adam Diefenbach, Christian Lauer, Jacob Esterberger and George Rith as an apprisal committee.
on May 12 1757 returned valuation of 480 pounds son Adam Took it and paid brother Peter
1/4 part, 1/4 part to Christopher Stump for his children. Susanna never received her share

1762 ? Susanna (Klopp) Schutz Seibert married Jacob Epprecht (can't find record)

Tulpehocken Virginia Notes:
Feb. 16 1764 Accounts approved of Jacob Eppracht and wife Susanna late Susanna Seibert, widow and adm. of Jacob Seibert late of Tulpehocken, yeoman, dec. Balance was over 560 lbs.

Aug. Term Prothonotary of Berks County Court::
"Dower" Jacob Eppracht vs. John Adam Shits & Peter Shits

Susanna's parents died in Cocalico Lancaster Co., Pa. after Susanna's mothers death she died after Peter.
Have indenture Oct1766 States Susanna dau of Peter Klop dec'd and husband Jacob Epprecht sells her 1/7 share to her bro-in-law. Then a later date in indenture
1769 states all his children with their spouses but says only Susanna and not her husband
maybe the just forgot to put his name on it.

ca 1731 when Susanna was 14, she first married Johann Adam SCHUTS1.1 Born ca 1688 in Germany. Johann Adam died ca 1740; he was 52.
1710 Johann Adam Schuts and first wife Anna Catharina
1716 Johann Adam Schutz and wife Anna Catharina and dau Susanna (only living child)
were at Nuansburg camp along with Johann Peter Klopp and wife Anna Magdalina and
their children.

12-1740 Johann Adam Schutz died:
Susanna Shuts relick of Johann Adam Shuts dec'd and Johann Peter Klopp and Christian Lauer Administrator (orphans court in Philidalphia)1

They had the following children:

13i.

Johann Adam (ca1734-)

14ii.

Johann Peter (ca1738-)

In 1741 when Susanna was 24, she second married Jacob SEIBERT. Jacob died ca 1761.
Trinity Tulpehocken Church Records:
1761 Johann Jacob Seibert Died. Berks Co., Pa. will

Jan 1755 Lancaster Co., Will Johan Peter Klopp
(1755 court records Jacob Seibert was guardian of Peter Schits )
from Tulpehocken Virgina Notes by Joseph H. Kellogg
Jacob Seifert and wife Susanna, late relict and widow of Adam Schuts dec'd.
Eldest son Johann Adam objects to the division of the 175 ac. Court appoints Adam Diefenbach, Christian Lauer, Jacob Esterberger and George Rith as an apprisal committee.
on May 12 1757 returned valuation of 480 pounds son Adam Took it and paid brother Peter
1/4 part, 1/4 part to Christopher Stump for his children. Susanna never received her share

ca 1761 when Susanna was 44, she third married Jacob EPPRECHT.
Tulpehocken Virginia Notes:
Feb. 16 1764 Accounts approved of Jacob Eppracht and wife Susanna late Susanna Seibert, widow and adm. of Jacob Seibert late of Tulpehocken, yeoman, dec. Balance was over 560 lbs.

Aug. Term Prothonotary of Berks County Court::
"Dower" Jacob Eppracht vs. John Adam Shits & Peter Shits

Susanna's parents died in Cocalico Lancaster Co., Pa. after Susanna's mothers death she died after Peter.
Have indenture Oct. 1766 States Susanna dau of Peter Klop dec'd and husband Jacob Epprecht sells her 1/7 share to her bro-in-law. Then a later date in indenture
1769 states all his children with their spouses but says only Susanna and not her husband
maybe the just forgot to put his name on it.1

6. Johannes Peter KLOPP II. Born on 22 Nov 1719 in Bingen, Am/Rhein, Germany. Johannes Peter died in PA on 22 May 1794; he was 74.
Some sources say he was born in Schoharie Valley, New York

From:Anniversary History Of Lehigh County, Vol. II, Copyright 1914
1. Peter Klopp (Klop), son of Peter born Nov. 22, 1719, died May 22, 1794, and is buried at Hain's Church, where the inscription on his headstone is still legible. His wife, Werrina Becker was born Jan. 24, 1718 and died Nov. 13, 1792.

Johannes Peter married Maria Werina BECKER, daughter of Johannes BECKER (1683-1745) & Anna WESSA (1686-1755). Born on 24 Jan 1718 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, Germany. Maria Werina died in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA, on 13 Nov 1790; she was 72.
She is called Werrena C. Becker in some records3

One daughter by first husband and four by second husband before she married Peter Klopp she brought five daughters from other spouces to this marriage.
Information from: The descendants of John Jackson Woodward (1812-1875) and Hannah Mattson Woodward (1816-1894)
Authors Ostrom, Laurence E. (Laurence Edward), 1964- (Main Author).1

They had the following children:

15i.

Johannes Adam Peter III (1751-1835)

16ii.

Susanna

17iii.

Anna Margaret

18iv.

Elizabeth (1768-1830)

7. Elizabeth KLOPP. Born ca 1722. Elizabeth died ca 1789; she was 67.

On 18 Nov 1745 when Elizabeth was 23, she married Nicholas ZERFAS.

8. Mary Catherine KLOPP. Born ca 1724.

ca 1747 when Mary Catherine was 23, she married Michel MILLER.

9. Margaret KLOPP. Born ca 1726.

ca 1750 when Margaret was 24, she married Jacob SENSEMANN, son of Der Alt John SENSEMANN (-1766) & Agnes (-1776).
Both children are listed in the Ephrata Cloister records as was Jacob's father. He was refered to as Old John of the Sharon house. In some tax records he was Hans Sensemann.4

They had the following children:

19i.

Johannes “John” (1754-)

20ii.

Susan

10. Susanna KLOPP. Born ca 1725.

11. Eva KLOPP. Born ca 1727. Eva died on 18 Jun 1773; she was 46.

ca 1750 when Eva was 23, she married Jacob HERSHBERGER.

12. Mary KLOPP. Born ca 1728.

Mary married Michial BOWER.

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