Emanuel Bucher

   Other names for Emanuel were Emanuel Becher, Emanuel Beecher, Emanuel Bicher and Imanuel Boger.

  General Notes:

We have represented the beginning of this tree exactly as it was reported in the 1929 cited below. Researchers should note that while Emanuel Bucher is reported in the book as the father of John Bucher (Beecher) born 1759, the book cites that no evidence exists, and we have been unable to locate any evidence that such a person existed in Lancaster County.

Also, the PA Dutch convention was to name first sons after grandfathers or great grandfathers, yet no descendent of John Bucher born 1759 is ever named Emanuel. See "18th Century PA German Naming Customs" at http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm

If you have proof about Emanuel, please email bucher@siteservers.net.

However, while we cannot locate the ancesor Emanuel, we do find in Lancaster County an Emanuel Becher (1776-1868) and some of his descendants adopt the Beecher surname. See http://www.SearchTrees.com/tree/4462.htm .
It's possible this is the son of an older Emanuel.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: on the ship Nancy from Rotterdam, last by Cowes, 31 Aug 1750, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Book: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, 1929. ² Background: In 1929 Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams published a book, "Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records," and included in it some family histories, in particular two on her own ancestors, John Beecher, and his wife's Albrecht family.

Family history was passed in the form of stories from Lydia Beecher (born 1805 to John Beecher and Mary Ann Albrecht) to her granddaughter Annie Laurie Wilson, along with recollections of direct descendent and Mrs. McAdam's cousin, Dr. Abraham C. W. Beecher (1844-1900), who is found at http://www.SearchTrees.com/tree/4487.htm . Some of the info presented may be family tales that are or are not true.

The book names Emanuel Beecher as the father of John Beecher (1759-1818) but offers no proof, so this conclusion was likely drawn from family memories alone. Later researchers have been unable to find any evidence that an older Emanuel Beecher, Becher, Bicher, or Bucher existed near Lancaster or Berks Counties in Pennsylvania. There was a younger Emanuel Becher who could be the son of an older Emanuel, and some of his descendants do use surname Beecher. For his details, see the section "Relatives To Research" under John Bucher/Beecher (1759-1819).

The above are the thoughts of researcher Jonathan Beacher. Following is the account of the family of Emanuel Beecher exactly as printed in Mrs. McAdam's book:

EMANUEL BEECHER HISTORY (Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio) Compiled by descendants: Dr. A. C. Beecher in Philadelphia, and A. L. Wilson and sister, Mrs. B. K. McAdams, in Kentucky

Emanuel Beecher was born and married in Germany. The names of his two wives are not known. They were buried in Lancaster County, Pa. Dates of birth, marriage, emigration and death are unknown.

(Rupp's list of 30,000 names of Immigrants, gives one, "Immanuel Bager, Aug. 81, 1750-Ship Nancy, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, landing at Philadelphia. This may be the German spelling of the name, as the two dots over the A makes an "E" sound, but we have no proof of this.)

Emanuel and first wife had one son, Henry, and two daughters. By his second wife two daughters (one of whom married a Mr. Loush), and four sons: Jacob Beecher who died at the age of 70, had two children; Peter Beecher, who died at the age of 92, in 1857, had four children: John Beecher (our ancestor)-Born Apr. 13, 1759; died Mch. 22, 1819; had 16 children; Benjamin Beecher died in 1841 at the age of 60; had four children.

John Beecher, son of Emanuel-Born Apr. 13, 1759; died March 22, 1819, and was buried at Eplers Church, near Reading, Burks County, Pa. [for remainder of this article see John Bucher/Beecher (1759-1819) where the article is printed in full.]

Emanuel married.

Emanuel next married.