Johann Henrich Buecher
(1732-1795/1799)
Catharine
(Bef 1752-Aft 1820)
Johann Jacob Winteroth Sr.
(1735-1797)
Anna Maria Barbara Mayer
(1740-1818)
Samuel Beecher
(1767-1821)
Barbara Winterode
(1771-1851)
Elizabeth Beecher
(1794-1832)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Frederick Sowers

Elizabeth Beecher 1 2

  • Born: 17 Apr 1794, Germany Twp., Adams, PA 2 3 4 5
  • Christened: 29 May 1794, Littlestown: Christ Reformed Church, Adams, PA 2 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Frederick Sowers on 7 Dec 1824
  • Died: 23 Sep 1832, Clear Spring, Washington, MD at age 38 4
  • Buried: Clear Spring: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran, Washington, MD 4

   Other names for Elizabeth were Elisabetha Bucher,2 Elizabeth Bucher 3 and Elizabeth Buecher.5

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-NMS.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Baptism on 29 May 1794 in Littlestown: Christ Reformed Church, Adams, PA. Baptism by Rev. John Christoph Gobrecht: Elizabeth b. 17 Apr 1794, parents Samuel and Barbara Buecher, sponsors parents 5

2. Census in 1800 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. 6 Several related families appear on the same Census page in 1800 in Germany Township. (The Beechers were recorded as Beahers.)

Samuel Beaher is listed with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 1 son (Henry)
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 father (Samuel)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 3 daughters (Mary, Elizabeth, Salome)
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 wife (Barbara)

William Beaher has this household:
Males (born)
16-25 (1775-1784) = 1 (his brother Peter)
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 William
Females (born)
45 & over (<=1755) = 1 (his mother Catherine)
On the same census page are several allied family surnames that marry the Buecher/Beecher families:

Barbara Wintrode married Samuel Buecher, and Catherine Wintrode married his brother Frederick Beher. On this page we find their father, "Jacob Winterode Capt." and the households of a younger Jacob Winterode, Adam Winterode, and Barbara Winterode.


Elizabeth married Frederick Sowers on 7 Dec 1824. (Frederick Sowers was born on 18 Apr 1799 in , Frederick, MD,7 died on 12 Apr 1840 in Clear Spring, Washington, MD 7 and was buried in Clear Spring: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran, Washington, MD.)


Sources


1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of November 17, 2005), Batch #: C506711, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: Q974.842 LI V2Y, Printout Call #: 1002430, Dates: 1745 - 1871.

2 Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania.

3 Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century (Family Line Publications, Westminister, MD 21157. No year.), Page 81.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93737638.

5 William J. Hinke, Church Record of The Conewago Or Christ Church Congregation Near Littlestown Adams County Pennsylvania 1747-1871 (Online https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2130818&from=fhd in FamilySearch.org Books), Page 29.

6 1800 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Germany Township, Series: M32 Roll: 35 Page: 515.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93736472.



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