Samuel W. Beecher Sr. ^{1 2}

   Other names for Samuel were Samuel Bicher and Samuel Bucher.

  Christening Notes:

Baptism appears in the Personal Register of Reverend Traugott F. Illing. The translation as provided by author F. Edward Wright in his Church Records of the 18th Century volume: "Samuel, of John Bucher and wife Mary, b. 17 Dec 1785; bapt. 17 May 1786. Sponsor: John Geigel."

  Burial Notes:

Section 1549.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, 17 Nov 1785, , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ²

• Census, 1830, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ The household of Samuel Beeker [indexed as Beeker but could be Becker?] was listed with:

Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 son
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 son
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 son
40-49 (1781-1790) = 1 father Samuel
Females (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 daughter
10-14 (1816-1820) = 2 daughters
40-49 (1781-1790) = 1 wife

• Moved, 1843, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. This was mentioned in son William C.'s obituary printed in 1895.

• Census, 1850, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ Samuel Beecher, age 62, laborer, has real estate valued at $1,500 in the 1850 Census for Manheim Township, Lancaster County. Living with him is Ellen, 60; Balinda, 28; Samuel Peifer, 8; and William Peifer, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
On the previous page is William C. Beecher and Henry Albright, 33, and his wife Matilda, assumed to be a relation to Samuel's mother, Mary Albright.

• Pension, 1854. ⁷ Following in a copy of a letter from U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, received by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, 309 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY. [Ms. McAdams is a descendent.]

"I advise you that form the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim, S.39982, it appears that John Beecher, or Becher, enlisted in Lebanon, in what was later Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, April, 1788, served as a Private in Captain Meng's Company, Colonel Benjamin Flowers Artillery Artificers Regiment and was discharged April 3, 1779.

"He was allowed a Pension on his application executed November 28, 1818, while a resident of Berne Township, Berks County, Pa., aged over fifty-six years. He died March 22, 1819.

"Soldier's wife, Mary Ann Beecher, died November 11, 1837. Her maiden name and date of marriage not stated.

"In 1854, Jacob Nyswender and Henry Carpenter stated in Columbus, Ohio, that the following were the children and only heirs of said John and Mary Ann Beecher:

"John Beecher, of Berks County, Pa.

"William Beecher and Barbara Nyswender, both of Franklin County, Ohio.

"Margaret Mulliner, of Philadelphia, Pa.

"Benjamin Beecher, Jacob Beecher, and Catherine Paxon, all of Chester Co., Pa.

"Samuel Beecher, of Lancaster Co., Pa.

"Lydia Cook, of Clark Co., Va.

"There is no record in this bureau of land having been granted by the United States, on account of the service of the above named Revolutionary War Soldier, John Beecher, or Becher.

"Respectfully,
Winfield Scott, Commissioner, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section."

• Census, 1860, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ Samuel Beecher, age 74, farmer, is living in the 1860 Census in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, with his real estate valued at $2000 and possessions at $500. With him is wife Eleanor, 72. Also in the home is Balinda Catherine Peifer, widow, 36 with her sons, Samuel Peifer, 18 and William Peifer, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office listed is Oregon.

Also living nearby are the households of William C. Beecher and Mary Beecher, who are likely Samuel's children.

• Census, 1870, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ Samuel Beecher, age 84, farmer, is living in the 1870 Census in Manheim Township, Lancaster County with his wife Ellen, 82, and daughter Belinda Peifer, 48. His real estate is valued at $5,000 and his possessions worth $400. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Landis Valley.

• Book: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, 1929. ⁷ Samuel married; lived at Lancaster, Pa.; had 7 or 8 children; died, aged 85 years.

Samuel married Ellenor. (Ellenor was born on 28 May 1788 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,^{1 2 3} died on 29 Jan 1874 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ² and was buried on 31 Jan 1874 in Lancaster: City Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ².)