Cornelius Klingaman/Clingaman [7474] ³⁶

  General Notes:

Information on David's father:
I will type word for word from the information I received from Jean Cook.
CORNELIUS KLINGMAN - Probably born between 1750 - 1760. He came from Germany
before 1776, as he served in the Revolutionary War. They first settled in
Massachusetts, then later went to Pennington Twp., PA. He had two brothers,
one remained in Germany and the other went to England. Cornelius had seven
sons: DAVID, JOHN, JACOB, PETER, MICHAEL, CHRISTIAN and GEORGE.
Julie

This is also from Bessie Cook-Rothrock:
KLINGAMAN HISTORY
The Klingaman name came down to us with Cornelius Klingamn, from Germany.
This name still exists in Germany and is spelled Klingamants. Pronunciation
is Kling-ah-man. Foreign names in the United States go through two changes,
either a translation, as Schwartz to Black, Weiss to White, or the spelling
becomes Anglicized as Schwartz becomes Swartz or Swarts, and Weiss becomes
Wise. Another change is apt to occur by spelling the German pronunciation in
English.
So we lost somewhere a final N from Mann because of the English spelling of
'man'. Later some Klingaman settled in a Yankee settlement and the Yankees
were unable to pronounce his name correctly, saying KlingERman, which in
time became the spelling there. (Yankees still say 'Idear for Idea).
A man who came from Bovania, Germany, said his name was spelled Klingamann
in Germany and that the Klingamanns came from Switzerland in 1650.
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CENSUS' I HAVE FOUND:
1. Cornelius Clingaman on the 1790 PA Census, Penn (Twp?), Northampton Co.

2. David Clingaman on the 1830 OH Census, Washington Twp., Stark Co.

3. David Clingman on the 1850 OH Census, Nimishillen Twp., Stark Co. I'm not
sure if this is the right David Clingaman. It lists:
David age 64 born in PA
Catharine age 54 born in PA
Daniel age 30 born in PA
Polly age 23 born in PA
Catharine age 14 born in OH.

I FOUND THIS FROM:
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Personal Information: CORNELIUS CLINAMAN
Birth Date: 175?
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Volume: 31
Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. Census. Pa. By U.S. Bureau of
the Census. Washington 1908 (426p):178
Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index.
[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com 1999-. Original data: Godfrey
Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT:
Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-.

I'm not sure if this would be "our" Cornelius.

Julie

Cornelius married.