Research Notes:
1750 Melchior Kleinfeller, son of Hans Peter, emigrated from Flörsbach, Hesse, Germany to Pennsylvania. [1]
1754 Melchor Clinefetter was taxed in Maiden Creek Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [2]
1798 Cathrine Klienfelter was listed on the US direct tax in York County, Pennsylvania with wood house (20 by 16 feet) on a 64 perches lot. [3] [4] [5]
1800 Catharine Clenefelter lived in Shrewsbury Twp, York County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 3 (under 10); and females: 2 (under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44). [6]
[1] Jane Adams Clarke, "Emigrants from Hesse, Germany, Who Left One After Another for Pennsylvania 1748-1766," Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean (2000), 151-, at 152, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Richard T and Mildred C Williams, 1752 List of Taxables, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 4, [FSCatalog].
[3] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, Shrewsbury, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, list 1, line 64, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, list A, line 63, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].