Anna Maria Catharine Haman ⁴

   Other names for Anna were Maria Catharina Bicher, Maria Catharina Bicker, Maria Catarina Bucher, Anna Maria Catarina Hamann, Catherine Hamman, Maria Catarina Hamman and Catharina Heckendorn.

  General Notes:

When Catherine married her first husband Johannes Heckendorn on Aug 21, 1770, her name was spelled as Hammann, not Haman, in the marriage records of Rev. John Casper Stoever.

  Death Notes:

The notes in the burial record at Salem Lutheran Church:
Anna Maria Catherine Heckendorn (nee Haman). Born Sept 25, 1747. Parents Balzar Haman & wf. Margt. Bapt. & conf. Married John Heckendorn who died in 1778. Apr. 11 1779 she married the second time to Jacob Bicher. She had 3 children. She was sick a very long time.

  Burial Notes:

The burial records of the Salem Lutheran Church record the following: Bicher, Mrs. Anna Maria Catherine Heckedorn (nee Haman). Buried December 10, 1830, died December 8, 1830. Age 83 years, 2 months, 13 days. Born Sept. 25, 1747. Parents Balsar Haman and wife Margt. Batpized and confirmed. Married Joh. Heckedorn who died in 1778. April 11, 1779 she was married the second time to Jacob Bicher. She had 3 children. She was sick a very long time.

She was buried near her husband and daughter. The old Salem Lutheran Church yard cemetery was just behind the Salem Lutheran Church on the corner of 8th and Willow Streets and set apart for burial purposes in 1765.

Unfortunately, when the cemetery land was needed by the church for new chapel and parking lot, the old cemetery graves were reinterred to Mount Lebanon Cemetery and no tombstones were erected at the new location. The church notes for the graves show some of the tombstone inscriptions were unreadable. Luckily, the tombstone inscription was described years earlier in Egle's History of Lebanon County published in 1883. The tombstones read according to Egle:

Jacob Bicker b. Dec 1, 1758 d. Feb 23, 1842
Johan Jacob Bicker b. Dec 18, 1782 d. 1812
Maria Catharina Bicker Sep 25, 1747 Dec 8, 1830

In addition the church records show this tombstone existed:
Maria Magdalena Bicher Jan 27, 1780 Aug 8, 1812

Note that Egle listed the names as Bicker whereas the church records record them as Bicher, which is consistent with the church christening records.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alternate Names. ⁸ Her maiden name appears as Haman in some records, and her father's name is Hamman on land warrants, but when Catherine married her first husband Johannes Heckendorn on Aug 21, 1770, her name was spelled as Hammann, not Haman, in the marriage records of Rev. John Casper Stoever. In her death record at Salem Lutheran Church, her maiden name is spelled Haman.

• Census, 1830, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁹ Jacob Beicher is listed in Lebanon Borough on page 35 in the 1830 Census. Living in the household are:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 2 great grandsons ?
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 grandson (William or Jacob?)
70-79 (1751-1760) = 1 Jacob
Females (born)
40-49 (1781-1790) = 1 ?? (Mary Michael?)
80-89 (1741-1750) = 1 wife Catherine

This appears to be the household of Jacob Bucher born 1758. His age would be 72 in 1830, and his wife Catherine 83, explaining the two elderly household heads perfectly.

Since his son, John Jacob (born 1782 who would be 48 in 1830) had died of an accident with a sickle, the 15-19 year old male could be either grandson Jacob (born 1812) or William (born 1811). Likely the older William age 19 was already off living on his own, as was Lydia age 21, and this is Jacob.

The female 40-49 could be Mary Bicher (nee Michael), wife of John Jacob (born 1782), since her husband died in 1812.

Anna married Johannes Heckendorn, son of Daniel Heckendorn and Maria Catharina Dennen, on 21 Aug 1770 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Johannes Heckendorn was born on 12 Nov 1744 in York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA and died in Apr 1778 in , , Pennsylvania, USA.)

Anna next married Jacob Bucher, son of Engel Bucher and Elizabeth, on 11 Apr 1779 in Stouchsburg: Christ Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.^{2 3} (Jacob Bucher was born on 1 Dec 1758 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{5 6} died on 23 Feb 1842 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁶ and was buried on 26 Feb 1842 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁶.)