Susanna Kern ^{1 4}

   Other names for Susanna were Catherine Kern, Susan Catherine Kern ^{6 7} and Susanna Catharina Kern.⁸

   FamilySearch ID: 93C5-2DK.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She appeared as a sponsor at a baptism on 2 Feb 1777 at , Lancaster, PA. The records of Rev. Waldschmidt show that Susanna Kern, daughter of Christofel, was a sponsor for the baptism of Susanna Catharina of Johannes Lotz and wife Barbara. ^{1 7}

2. Census in 1800 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁵ The 1800 census records Henry Beeker (the census taker's handwriting isn't certain) living in Brecknock Township with a household consisting of:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 1 son John
10-15 (1785-1790) = 1 son Elias
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 father Henry
Females (born)
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 wife Susanna
Listed nearby are surnames that marry into our Buecher families: Frey/Fry, Kern/Kearn, Good. Listed next to Henry are Peter Fanckhauser Sr. and Jr., Joseph Bechtel, John Lesher and George Wright.

3. Court: Orphan's Court on 27 Mar 1804 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁹ On the petition of Peter Frey who intermarried with Margaret Kern one of the daughters of Christopher Kern late of Brecknock Township deceased setting forth, that the said Christopher Kern died intestate about 2 months since leaving a widow, named Margaret, and three daughters to wit, Margaret married to petitioner, Dorothy married to George Stoever, Catherine married to John Formwald and two grandchildren sons of Susanna who was married to Henry Bichard but is now deceased, that the said Christopher Kern was seized and possessed and at the time of his death of about 180 acres of warranted land situate in Brecknock township adjoining lands of Christopher Stoppoach, George Stephens & others, that the Petitioner is desirous that his right in said Estate should be ascertained __ and praying the Court to award an Inquest to view the said premises and ascertain whether the same can be divided among the widow and all the children of the said deceased without prejudice and spoiling of the whole, and if they find the same cannot be so divided, that they then will truly inquire and ascertain whether the said premises will conveniently accommodate more than one of the children of the said deceased without prejudice to the spoiling of the whole, and if they find the same will conveniently accommodate more than one of the children of the deceased, that they then will truly divide the said premises accordingly by metes and bounds, and will truly appraise each purpart, but if they find that the said premises will not conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children without prejudice to the spoiling of the whole, that they then will trule value and appraise the whole premises and make report of their proceedings to the next Orphan's Court.
It is ordered by the Court that the Sheriff of this County do forthwith summon an Inquest to view the said premises and ascertain whether the same can be divided among the widow and all the children of the late deceased without prejudice and the spoiling of the whole, and if they find the same cannot be divided that they then will truly inquire and ascertain whether the said premises will conveniently accommodate more than one of the children of the said deceased without prejudice to a spoiling of the whole, and if they find the same will conveniently accommodate more than one of the children of the said deceased that they will then truly divide the same premises accordingly by metes and bounds and will truly appraise each purport, but if the find that the said premises will not conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children without prejudice to the spoiling of the whole, that they then will truly value and appraise the whole premises and make report of their processing to the next Orphan's Court to be held on the fourth Monday in July next.

4. Court: Orphan's Court on 27 Mar 1804 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ John Beecher a minor son of Henry Beecher and grand son of Christopher Kern late of Brecknock township deceased by his late wife Susanna Beecher, a daughter of the said Christopher Kern deceased being above the age of fourteen years, comes into court and chooses his father Henry Beecher of the same township, Guardian over his Estate during his minority -- The Court approve of and appoint the said Henry Beecher his Guardian accordingly.
The Court appoint Henry Beecher of Brecknock township Guardian over the estate of Elias Beecher a minor son of the said Henry Beecher, and grand son of Christopher Kern late of the same township deceased by his late wife Susanna Beecher, a daughter of the said Christopher Kern deceased during his minority -- he being under the age of fourteen years.

--------------- Research notes-----------------
Obviously the court recorder's record is confusing in that the order of the record sounds like Susanna Beecher was Christopher Kern's wife, not his daughter. But it gives us valuable information. Susanna was "deceased" by early 1804 meaning after birthing sons John and Henry Bicher (aka Beecher) Susanna died, likely while giving birth to Elias or a 3rd stillborn child. Following her young death, the record suggests that her children lived with her father Christopher Kern until his death, at which time the court appointed the children's father Henry Bicher (aka Beecher) as the guardian. Sadly, we know from Henry Buecher's bible that he died five years later in 1809, when son John was 18 and son Elias 12.
This explains why we only find two surviving children for Henry Buecher/Bicher, John and Elias.

Susanna married Henry Bicher, son of Johann Engel Buecher and Elizabeth Catharina, on 21 Apr 1783 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA.^{1 2 3} (Henry Bicher was born about 1762 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA ⁵ and died on 23 Dec 1809 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Rev. John Waldscmidt's marriage record states "Heinrich, of the decd. Engelhard Bucher, and Catharina, daughter of Christofel Kern, Apr. 21, 1783."