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Klock Connections This Klock Family Tree was compiled by David W. Klock of Marcellus, Michigan. Some of the information is unsubstantiated and therefore may not be Reliable. If you find errors, please let me know so I can correct them. [email protected] Descendants of Johanguergh Klock Part 1 Generation No. 1 2 1 1. JOHANGUERGH KLOCK (HENDRICK ) was born 1714 in Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, and died 1789 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County New York. He married MARIA CATHARINE WALRATH 1737, daughter of HEINRICH WALRATH and ANNA MATHEUS. She was born 1714 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, and died Bef. 1807 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County New York. Notes for JOHANGUERGH KLOCK: Old George was born in 1714 and died in 1789 or 1790 Also known Johan Guergh ( Old George ) Notes from the SOK Genealogy: George Klock Sr, lived near the banks of Crum Creek on the flats of the Mohawk on the north side of the river and but a short distance away from the upper Canajoharie Castle of the Mohawk, which was then located where the present Indian Castle now is. The activities of this man would fill a volumn of interesting reading. Little has been said of him but what was defamatory. Probably no man in the Mohawk valley achieved greater notoriety that he in his quarrel with his arch enemy Sir William Johnson, when the vituperations of the latter was heaped upon him when that gentleman sought to wrest the land from him and acquire it for himself. George Klock has left no written pages to tell his side of the story but in the "Sir William Johnson Papers", and Colonial Documents, one can find the reason and result of this battle for land between the two. On one side was arrayed the mighty Sir William Johnson, then at the height of his fame and power, backed by the throne of England with the multi­ramifications of intrigue and deceit among those who sat high in power at the time, aided and abetted by certain ones among his red­skinned consorts. His castigation of George Klock was merciless­­­as merciless in its intensity as was the venom of his son Sir John, when that ruthless miscreant rent the fair valley of the Mohawk asunder with his deeds of violence and bloodshed. Pitted against this array of might and power was this impassive man of the Mohawk country, "Old George Klock", Mohawk valley Dutchman and farmer, whom Sir William said "ought to be hung". But against the tremendous odds that confronted him, this stout hearted Dutchman, George Klock, never faltered, but faced Sir William and his bastard brood of half breeds, and in the end retained then land which he had fought for long after Sir William had passed away, and Mollie Brant, his copper hued paramour had left the valley never to return. Of the moral character of the two men, Sir William Johnson the educated and highly gifted man of affairs, and George Klock the lowly Dutch farmer, little need be said. All we know of the character of George Klock, has come from the pen of Sir William himself, an the writers who have come along since have enlarged upon that to such an extent that the name of George Klock is synonymous with nearly all the villainy with which mankind is possessed. Sir William has said that he made the Indians drunk to obtain their signatures to certain deeds of land. But it must be remembered that these same Indians petitioned the Crown to let him have the land, that King Hendrick their chief protested vigorously against the use of rum amongst his people, and implored the officials not to let it come into the valley. George Klock lived as a neighbor to the warlike Mohawks, and lived in peace, even as Hendrick his father had before him, and their friendly relations with the Klock family seems not to have grown less over the quarrel between Sir William and a member of that family. History has recorded enough of the moral character of Sir William Johnson to dim a life that otherwise might have been filled with a greatness that would have otherwise might have been filled with a greatness that would have been a shining example to those who came after. Certain writers have sought to gloss over his mis­doing, but the fact remains that he was just about the most licentious and polygamous mortal that ever invested the Mohawk valley. Such was the man who defamed the name of George Klock. Sir William Johnson, whom Lossing the historian says was the father of a hundred children, chiefly by native mothers, whom he brought into this world by his adulterous intercourse with the comely wives of Indian braves, and virgin maidens alike. So again we say, such was the man who defamed the name of this much­maligned man of the Mohawk, George Klock. Little in history is recorded of him, but he probably was the most prominent man in that vicinity when the Revolutionary war broke. That he allied himself with the cause need not be questioned, and that he gave freely to it cannot be doubted. He was a large landholder, and his holdings comprised many thousand of acres. In 1754, he and William Nellis Jr. obtained some 16,000 acres, which was known as the "Klock and Nellis Patent". This was to provide homes for the growing pioneer families, who were not afraid to hew a home out of the forest even amid the scenes of Indian warfare that was then being carried on between the colonies of England and France all about them. The above was written by Sherman O. Klock. From reading his genealogy and his unpublished work, "Reminiscences" of Sherman O. Klock, I find Sherman was very passionate about his genealogy, his research and what he claims was "bad rap" history has given Old George Klock. Sir William Johnson, no doubt, did a lot of good things. "Old George" left no writing to tell his side of the story and all we have is the writings of Sir William for history to "judge" this man. Old George should not be judged totally by the writings of Sir William Johnson, as there two men were bitter enemies. Both these men were prominent men in the valley, large landholders, and both had the same goal, to accrue as much land as possible. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle of this controversy, as both were relentless in their attempt to acquire land. George Klock may not have had the education of that of Sir William, but he was not a lowly Dutch farmer. He was a wealthy Dutch farmer with his own addenda, to become the richest man in the valley regardless of whose toes he had to steped on to accomplish this goal. More About JOHANGUERGH KLOCK: Burial: Old Klock Cemetery, St. Johnsville, New York Notes for MARIA CATHARINE WALRATH: Maria Walrath is the 10th daughter of Heinrich Conrad Walrath and Anna Christina Matheus. Family Tree of Ronald ORourke The full name of Maria was Maria Margareta Catherine Walrath. Children of JOHANGUERGH KLOCK and MARIA WALRATH are: i. PETER 3 KLOCK, b. Bet. 1735 ­ 1736, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co. , New York; d. Bef. 1827. Notes for PETER KLOCK: Province of New York ­ Marriage Licenses Names of persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, previous to 1784. Jan, 13, 1764 ; Peter Klock and Hannah Baldwin. Not sure if same Peter Klock but he is the only Peter I have on my tree that the date of license fits. 2. ii. JACOB GEORGE KLOCK, b. March 09, 1737/38, St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co. New York; d. September 10, 1814, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York. 3. iii. GEORGE G. KLOCK, b. November 12, 1742, Stone Arabia, New York; d. July 26, 1834, Stone Arabia, New York. 4. iv. ELIZABETH CATHARINE KLOCK, b. Bet. 1744 ­ 1748, Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York; d. Bef. 1845. v. MARGARET KLOCK, b. 1745, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co. , New York; d. March 05, 1825; m. JOHANNES LAWYER BELLINGER, 1766. 5. vi. CATHARINE KLOCK, b. 1747, Stone Arabia, New York; d. July 26, 1834. 6. vii. ANNA G. KLOCK, b. February 15, 1752, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co. , New York; d. October 17, 1804. 7. viii. MAGDALENA ( LANA ) KLOCK, b. April 10, 1755; d. June 01, 1834. Generation No. 2 3 2 1 2. JACOB GEORGE KLOCK (JOHANGUERGH , HENDRICK ) was born March 09, 1737/38 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co. New York, and died September 10, 1814 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York. He married (1) HANNAH ( ANNA ) NELLIS April 07, 1763 in Stone Arabia Reformed Church, Albany Co. New York, daughter of CHRISTIAN NELLIS and BARVALIS KLOCK. She was born July 28, 1745 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co. , New York, and died January 18, 1780. He married (2) MARITJA BEEKMAN September 30, 1784 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York. She was born January 16, 1758 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, and died May 03, 1836 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co. New York. Notes for JACOB GEORGE KLOCK: Jacob G. Klock practiced law in Kingston, New York and was a member of the Assembly for Temporary Government of the So. District of New York during the Revolution. He also was a member of the first State Senate.­­­The Family Tree of Ronald ORourke has Jacob died 10 Sept. 1814 in St. Johnsville, New York. Notes from the Sherman O.

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