Bucher immigrations in date order. In “Notes” AKA indicates “also known as” name where sources have variations in name spelling. The source code is explained at bottom and indicates which books the list is printed in. Many ships link to online passenger lists, so you can see everyone who traveled with them. This is important as we often find our ancestors lived and later intermarried with indicating where the Bucher immigrant came from or settled.
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| Immigrant |
Date |
Ship | From/To | Source Codes | Bucher Immigration Notes |
| Peter Bucher | 11/23/1724 | To PA | LS38 | The book documents his emigration in Switzerland but doesn’t tell how he traveled to PA. |
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| ? Bucher | 1725 | To Carolina | LS17 | The book documents his emigration in Switzerland but doesn’t tell where he traveled. |
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| Nicalus Bucher | 8/16/1727 | Friendship of Bristol |
Rotterdam to PA | TT54, PG17, NF11 | AKA Nicholaus. Believed to be the Nicholas Bucher who settled in Manheim Township, York County. |
| Martin Bucher | 9/5/1730 | Alexander and Ann | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | TT64, PG36 | |
| Hans Ulrich Bucher | 9/21/1732 | Pink Plaisance | Rotterdam to PA | PG82, TT78, NF53 | Age 45; AKA Ulrigg Boucher; AKA Hans Albrecht Bucher in TT78. Born 29 Oct 1686 in Michelbach, Kraichgau, Wurttemburg, Germany, passed through York, Pennsylvania to settle in Frederick County, Virginia. Son Johan Michael immigrated in 1742 (below). He is well documented in The Bucher/Booker Family 1686-1990 by Charles Lee Booker which you may read online. More. |
| Dietrich Bucher | 9/30/1732 | Dragon |
Rotterdam by Plymouth to PA | TT83, NF70, PG97 |
sick; AKA Dietrich Boocher in PG and NF. Believed to be the Dietrich Bucher who died 15 May 1769 in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County. |
| Mattheus Buchler | 9/18/1733 | Pennsylvania Merchant |
Rotterdam by Plymouth to PA | TT94, PG126 | AKA Büchler in PG126. May be a real Buchler not Bucher, as this can be a surname of German origin, not Swiss like most Buchers. |
| Andreas Buckler | 9/18/1733 | Pennsylvania Merchant |
Rotterdam by Plymouth to PA | TT94, PG126 | Son of Mattheus Büchler on same ship |
| Hans Georg Bucher | 1734 | To PA | TT476 | ||
| Jacob Bucher | 5/29/1735 | Mercury | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | PG147, NF115, TT99, LS33 |
Age 39 sick. Shoemaker from Bachss (Buchss?), Switzerland; part of Rev. John Henry Goetschy’s Colony who settled in Goshenhoppen, Montgomery County. LS33 identifies Barbara Albrecht on the same ship as his wife. Also documented in The Goetschy Family by Heidgerd, Ruth, 1968, Huguenot Historical Society. We cannot find Jacob in the Goshenhoppen area records and believe he is the Jacob Bucher living on Bucher Hill in Durham Township, Bucks County. |
| Hendryk Bucher | 5/29/1735 | Mercury | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | PG148, NF117, TT99 | Age 8, AKA Henrich Bucher in LS33. Son of Jacob. We believe he is the Henry Bucher who settles in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County. |
| Jacob Bucher | 5/29/1735 | Mercury | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | PG148, NF115, TT99 | Age 10. Son of Jacob. Also believed to live in Bucks County. |
| Hans Bucher | 8/25/1735 | Billander Oliver | Rotterdam to SC to PA | PG153, NF119, TT100, LS21 | Age 54, wife Christina 35. Doctor from Schwarzenburg, Bern, Switzerland who lived with his sons (below) in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. More. |
| Hans Bucher Jr. | 8/25/1735 | Billander Oliver | Rotterdam to SC to PA | PG153, NF119, TT100, LS21 | Age 20. Son of Hans (above). |
| Benjamin Bucher | 8/12/1735 | Billander Oliver | Rotterdam to SC to PA | TT100, LS21 | Age 13. Son of Hans (above). |
| Christian Bucher | 8/12/1735 | Billander Oliver | Rotterdam to SC to PA | TT100, LS21 | Age 10. Son of Hans (above). |
| Heinrich Buser | 1736 | PI18 | |||
| Johann Martin Becher | 10/8/1737 | Charming Nancy |
Rotterdam by Plymouth to PA | NF142, TT111, PG191 |
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| Peter Bucher | 9/5/1738 | Winter Galley | Rotterdam to PA | TT115, PG201, NF147 | |
| Hans Conrad Bucher |
1738 |
Carolina | LS32 | ||
| Heinrich Becher | 1738 | Carolina | LS95, LS114, LS116 | AKA Hans Heinrich Buecher | |
| Jacob Bucher | 2/7/1739 | Jamaica Galley |
Rotterdam to PA | TT132, PG255, NF181 | |
| Bartel Bucher | 9/3/1739 | Loyal Judith |
Rotterdam by Deal to PA | TT137, PG272 | AKA Bardell, Bardoll, Bartholmye with surname Bougher. Became Bartholomew in America and settled in today’s Franklin County, Pennsylvania. |
| Peter Bucher | 9/3/1739 | Loyal Judith |
Rotterdam by Deal to PA | TT137, PG269 | AKA Petter Bougher. Settled in today’s Fayette County. Brother is Bartholomew above. |
| Johann Michael Bucher | 9/21/1742 | Francis & Elizabeth | Rotterdam to PA | TT156, PG327, NF232 | Born 17 Aug 1715 in Klein Gartach, Germany and settled in Frederick County, Virginia. Son of Hans Ulrich Bucher who immigrated ten years earlier. |
| Hans Bucher | 8/30/1743 | Francis & Elizabeth | Rotterdam to PA | TT158, PG332 | Age 32; AKA Hans Boucher |
| Hansz Bucher | 1743 | To PA | LS95 | Wife Anna Lang | |
| Johan Baltes Bucher | 9/27/1746 | Ann Galley | Rotterdam by Orkneys to PA | TT175, PG360 | AKA Bücher |
| Hans Ulrich Bucher | 9/16/1748 | Patience |
Rotterdam to PA | TT188, PG386, NF270 | AKA Hans Boucher |
| Heinerich Bucher | 9/16/1748 | Patience |
Rotterdam to PA | PG386 | |
| Johannes Buchter | 9/2/1749 | Albany | Rotterdam to PA | TT194 | |
| Conrad Bucher | 8/18/1750 | St. Andrew |
Rotterdam by Portsmouth to PA | TT231, NF314 | AKA Conrad Buchar. Conrad and Casper Bucher, brothers, appear together in the register of Falckner Swamp Church in Montgomery County. Casper moves around 1792 to Lower Paxtang Township in Dauphin, County. |
| Caspar Bucher | 8/18/1750 | St. Andrew |
Rotterdam by Portsmouth to PA | TT231, NF314 | AKA Caspar Buchar, brother of Conrad above. |
| Immanuel Boger | 8/31/1750 | Nancy | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | PG443 | Some researchers claim he settled as Emanuel Bucher (AKA Emanuel Bicher and Emanuel Beecher) in Lancaster County, with descendents in Berks, Chester, Philadelphia, and York Counties as well as OH, VA, KY, CA. We are studying him intensively now to validate him. |
| Johan Engel Bucher | 9/23/1751 | Neptune | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | TT260, NF341, PG467 | Two ship’s lists exist; he is on 9/23 not 9/24. Believed to be the Engle Bucher who filed a will when he died in 1778 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. Probably the next immigrant Henrich is a relative. More. |
| Johan Henrich Bucher | 9/23/1751 | Neptune | Rotterdam by Cowes to PA | TT260, NF341, PG467 | Two ship’s lists exist; he is on 9/23 not 9/24 |
| Johan Martin Buchner | 9/29/1753 | Rowand | Rotterdam to PA | TT317, NF413, PG570 |
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| Johan Henrich Buchner | 9/29/1753 | Rowand | Rotterdam to PA | TT317, NF413, PG570 |
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| Johannes Buchner | 9/29/1753 | Rowand | Rotterdam to PA | TT317, NF413, PG570 |
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| Peter Bicher | 9/30/1754 | Edinburgh |
PG615, NF335, TT331 |
AKA Bigcher | |
| Johannes Becker | 9/30/1754 | Edinburgh |
PG615, NF435, TT331 |
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| Casper Becker | 9/30/1754 | Edinburgh |
PG615, NF435, TT331 |
Source Codes for Bucher Immigrations:
Two letters correspond to a book below and the number is the page within it.
Example: TT316 above is page 316 within Thirty Thousand Names of Swiss Immigrants.
| Code | Book | Author |
| LS | Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies |
Faust, Albert B. |
| NF | Name of Foreigners Who Took The Oath of Allegiance | Egle, Henry |
| TT | Thirty Thousand Names of Swiss Immigrants | Rupp, Daniel |
| PG | Pennsylvania German Pioneers | Strassburger, Ralph Beaver |
| PI | Pal-Index: A Surname Index of Eighteenth-Century Immigrants |
Hall, Charles M. |