Joseph Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Burial Notes:

His tombstone reads: Heir ruet Joseph Bucher, ist geboren den 6ten September 1755 Starb September 1804 sin alter ist 49 und 3 wachen.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service, 1778, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰ Joseph Bucher and John Bucher are on the muster rolls on the 9th Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia, under Colonel John Huber, in 1778.

• Military Service, 1780, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹¹ Joseph Bucher and John Bucher are on the muster rolls for the 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, under Colonel George Feather, in 1780.

• Military Service, 1781, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹² Joseph Bucher and John Bucher were in 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion during the Revolutionary War in 1781.

• Military Service, 1782, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹³ Joseph Bucher and John Bucher are on the muster rolls of 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, under Colonel George Feather, in 1782.

• Military Service, 1784, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁴ Joseph Bucher and John Bucher are on the muster roll for the Sixth Company, Sixth Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, Captain Hunter, in 1784.

• Census, 1790, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁵ Joseph Bucher appears on the same census page as the Bombergers, which is expected since his father, Hans Martin Bucher, inherited land from Han's father-in-law Christian Bomberger. The adjoining family entry is the Huber family, which marries Elizabeth, Hans Martin's daughter.

The Joseph Bucher household lists 4 white males over 16 years of age, 1 white male under 16, and 6 white females.

Comparing this to the known list of descendents, the one white male under sixteen is probably Joseph's son Jonas. But we find only father Joseph would be one of the four older males. Since his father was dead, either three of Joseph's brothers were living with him, or Joseph had more sons born before 1774 than appear in our list. But this would mean he sired those sons before he was twenty. Since we don't find brothers Christian, John, or Martin listed as household heads in the census, we might assume they are living in Joseph's household.

The six females would be Joseph's wife, plus daughters Anna, Elizabeth, Mary, and possibly Catherine born in 1790. The two others must be either wives of Joseph's brothers, or Joseph had more daughters than we are listing.

• Tax List, 1798, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁶ On the 1798 Federal Tax List for Warwick Township, Lancaster County:
Joseph and John Bucher are listed as owners of a 300-acre property valued at 9,570 [not sure if pounds or dollars, but this is among the very wealthiest listed in the township] with a 1-story stone & log structure 43 feet by 25 feet. They also own an additonal 100 acres occupied by tenant George Gingrich, valued at 1,110 with a 1-story log structure 24 feet by 18 feet; and 90 acres occupied by tenant Daniel Miller, valued at 1,080, with a 1-story log structure 27 feet by 24 feet.

• Book: Biographical History of the Eby Family, 1889. ⁵
Elizabeth Eby was married to Joseph Bucher. They resided one and one-half miles north of Lititz, Lancaster County, where they possessed a far of 400 acres. They both lie buried in Bomberger's Burial Ground, which is near said farm. After their decrease the large farm was purchased by their son Jonas, who disposed two parts of it to his two brothers-in-law, Joseph Brubacher and Daniel Brubacher. The part of the farm retained by Jonas Bucher is now owned by son Joseph, who has rented it to his son Jacob.

Joseph married Elizabeth Eby, daughter of Bishop Christian Eby and Catherine Bricker, about 1780. (Elizabeth Eby was born on 17 Aug 1832 in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁷ died on 19 Aug 1832 in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁵ and was buried in Warwick Township: Bomberger's Burial Ground, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁷.)