Wife: Margaret Kloss / Klohs / Kloos as shown in bios collected on the family.
The family name is spelled differently on various records. It appears to be spelled Kloos, Klohs, or Kloss and has been anglicized on some family lines to Close as well.
Birth place is assumed to be Germany based on bio.
Burial location of Thomas Klohs is listed below.
"Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families", comp. by Morton L. Montgomery pub. 1909
Page 1499 states the following:
"Phillip Huyett, youngest son of Jacob Huyett(1732) married Magdalena Klohs, youngest daughter of John Klohs, son of THOMAS KLOHS, of Alsace Township, Feb 9. 1794, in presence of Jacob Klohs, in minister's house, (JOHN KLOHS WAS BURIED Sept. 23, 1795, BY THOMAS KLOHS, who born on Dec 6. 1723 had ten children)..."
Page 1145 and 1146 states at that time tombstones could be read back to 1762 and that the first Alsace Church was built in 1737 showing the age of some of the burials.
Page 386
"Strauss...Maria Barbara,born Nov. 16, 1735, m. June 2, 1754, John Kloss (now Klohs), born in Brechkebel, Hanau, Germany, Dec. 6, 1723, son of THOMAS and MARGARET KLOSS, with whom he came to America in 1738. They resided a little north of Reading..."
The family name is spelled differently on various records. It appears to be spelled Kloos, Klohs, or Kloss and has been anglicized on some family lines to Close as well.
Birth place is assumed to be Germany based on bio.
Burial location of Thomas Klohs is listed below.
"Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families", comp. by Morton L. Montgomery pub. 1909
Page 1499 states the following:
"Phillip Huyett, youngest son of Jacob Huyett(1732) married Magdalena Klohs, youngest daughter of John Klohs, son of THOMAS KLOHS, of Alsace Township, Feb 9. 1794, in presence of Jacob Klohs, in minister's house, (JOHN KLOHS WAS BURIED Sept. 23, 1795, BY THOMAS KLOHS, who born on Dec 6. 1723 had ten children)..."
Page 1145 and 1146 states at that time tombstones could be read back to 1762 and that the first Alsace Church was built in 1737 showing the age of some of the burials.
Page 386
"Strauss...Maria Barbara,born Nov. 16, 1735, m. June 2, 1754, John Kloss (now Klohs), born in Brechkebel, Hanau, Germany, Dec. 6, 1723, son of THOMAS and MARGARET KLOSS, with whom he came to America in 1738. They resided a little north of Reading..."
Wife: Margaret Kloss / Klohs / Kloos as shown in bios collected on the family.
The family name is spelled differently on various records. It appears to be spelled Kloos, Klohs, or Kloss and has been anglicized on some family lines to Close as well.
Birth place is assumed to be Germany based on bio.
Burial location of Thomas Klohs is listed below.
"Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families", comp. by Morton L. Montgomery pub. 1909
Page 1499 states the following:
"Phillip Huyett, youngest son of Jacob Huyett(1732) married Magdalena Klohs, youngest daughter of John Klohs, son of THOMAS KLOHS, of Alsace Township, Feb 9. 1794, in presence of Jacob Klohs, in minister's house, (JOHN KLOHS WAS BURIED Sept. 23, 1795, BY THOMAS KLOHS, who born on Dec 6. 1723 had ten children)..."
Page 1145 and 1146 states at that time tombstones could be read back to 1762 and that the first Alsace Church was built in 1737 showing the age of some of the burials.
Page 386
"Strauss...Maria Barbara,born Nov. 16, 1735, m. June 2, 1754, John Kloss (now Klohs), born in Brechkebel, Hanau, Germany, Dec. 6, 1723, son of THOMAS and MARGARET KLOSS, with whom he came to America in 1738. They resided a little north of Reading..."
The family name is spelled differently on various records. It appears to be spelled Kloos, Klohs, or Kloss and has been anglicized on some family lines to Close as well.
Birth place is assumed to be Germany based on bio.
Burial location of Thomas Klohs is listed below.
"Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families", comp. by Morton L. Montgomery pub. 1909
Page 1499 states the following:
"Phillip Huyett, youngest son of Jacob Huyett(1732) married Magdalena Klohs, youngest daughter of John Klohs, son of THOMAS KLOHS, of Alsace Township, Feb 9. 1794, in presence of Jacob Klohs, in minister's house, (JOHN KLOHS WAS BURIED Sept. 23, 1795, BY THOMAS KLOHS, who born on Dec 6. 1723 had ten children)..."
Page 1145 and 1146 states at that time tombstones could be read back to 1762 and that the first Alsace Church was built in 1737 showing the age of some of the burials.
Page 386
"Strauss...Maria Barbara,born Nov. 16, 1735, m. June 2, 1754, John Kloss (now Klohs), born in Brechkebel, Hanau, Germany, Dec. 6, 1723, son of THOMAS and MARGARET KLOSS, with whom he came to America in 1738. They resided a little north of Reading..."
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