Johann Philip Klinger, son of Johannes and Agatha (Heist) Klinger, was born in Pfaffen-Beerfurth, Hesse-Darmstadt in the Odenwald on July 11, 1723.On October 22, 1744, Philip Klinger married Anna Elizabeth Heist, in the nearby village of Reichelsheim, Hesse, in the Odenwald.Philip and Anna emigrated to America on the ship Neptune with the intention of joining Philip's brother Alexander who had settled in a German community at Reading, PA. Alexander had come to America aboard the ship Albany,...