Benjamin Beecher ^{1 2}

   Other names for Benjamin were Benjamin Bicher and Benjamin Bucher.

  Christening Notes:

He is baptized as Benjamin Bicher.

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone: "Father and Mother" "Benj., d. Sep 7, 1878, 76y-11m-3d
Margaret F., wife of B., d. May 17, 1886, 81y-9m-11d"

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, 1797. ⁴

• Alt. Birth, 1803, , , Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ His age in the 1860 census is 57.

• Census, 1830, Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ Uncertain if this is this Benjamin or not. Needs research.
In 1830 in Salisbury Township the household of Benjamin Beecher is listed with:
Males (born)
10-14 (1816-1820) = 1 son
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 son
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 son
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 father (Benjamin)
Females (born)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 daughter
20-29 (1801-1810) = 2 daughters
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 mother

• Census, 1850, West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ Benjamin Beecher [handwriting looks like Bucher as the two e's could be a u], age 48, blacksmith, is living with wife Margaret, age 46; Cyrus, 24, laborer; William, 19, carpenter; Catherine, 14; John, 11; Margaret, 9; and Lydia, 7. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Pension, 1854. ⁸ 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."

• Residence, 1854, , Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸

• Census, 1860, Jefferson Township, Franklin County, Ohio, USA. ⁵ William Beecher, 28, carpenter, is found in the 1860 Census in Jefferson Township in Franklin County living with his wife, Julian, age 24; Margaret, 6; Mary J., 2; and Elizah, 1 month old on the 25 of July, 1860 when the census was recorded. Everyone was born in Ohio, except William who was born in Pennsylvania. The value of his real estate and possessions is blank, indicating he was probably renting. The post office listed is Blacklick.

Living next door is his father, Benjamin Beecher, 57, blacksmith, with his wife Margaret, 54; John J., 21, carpenter; Margaret S., 19; and Lydia A., 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. He has no value on his real estate or possessions.

• Census, 1870, Peru, Miami County, Indiana, USA. ⁹ William V. Beecher, 38, farmer, was living with wife Julia H., 34; Margaret J., 16; Mary J., 12; Elizabeth E., 11; George L., 7; Cyrus M., 5; William, 2; Benjamin, 68; and Margaret, 64. Benjamin, Margaret, and William V. were born in Pennsylvania. George, Cyrus, and young William in Indiana, and the others in Ohio. William's real estate was worth $3800, his personal estate $1240.

• Book: Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, 1929. Benjamin married; lived Chester Co., Pa. Born 1797; had 6 children.

Benjamin married Margaret Finney on 13 Oct 1825 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Margaret Finney was born on 6 Aug 1804 in , Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA, died on 17 May 1886 in Peru, Miami County, Indiana, USA and was buried in Mexico: Old Cemetery, Miami County, Indiana, USA.)