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Note: By 1729, Hans Gerog and Anna Marie Klauser travelled by riverboat to Rotterdam, Holland and secured passage to America on the Ship Allen. This ship embarked on July 7, 1729 and arrived in Philadelphia about the 15th of September in 1729. They were listed on the ship's manifest as Hans Jorick Klauser adn Anna Marie Klauser.
On February 12, 1733, Hans Georg or George Clowser had a 100 acre tract of land surveyed and on January 8, 1734 received a warrant for that 100 acre tract.
(A warrant was a legal document that entitled the bearer to have a parcel of land surveyed, and as long as that person continued to pay quit rents on the property for a period of time, the warrant holder would eventually become it's owner.)
With this warrant, # 22 for Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), Hans Georg Klauser secured a 100 acre tract in Upper Salford Township.
Was a farmer and stockraiser. At the time of his death in Jan 1745, he had 2 horses, 9 head of cattle, and 8 sheep. His total estat amounted to 96 English Pounds Sterling.
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