Anna Maria Beecher ^{2 3 4}

   Other names for Anna were Anna Mariah Beecher ⁷ and Anna Maria Bücher.^{5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: L6LY-74B.

  Christening Notes:

Her baptism appears in the personal register of Rev. Traugott F. Illing. Illing's record pertains either to the Bangor Episcopal Church in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, or Forest or Allegeheny Lutherans churches in Berks County near the Lancaster County line, all of which Illing served at this time.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1820 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1820 U.S. Census in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, listed Benjamin Becard with:
Males (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 son (?)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 son (John)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father (Benjamin)
Females (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 daughter (Anna Maria)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 2 daughters (Elizabeth, Margaret)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 wife (Elizabeth)
His census neighbor is Christian Yoder who is mentioned in Benjamin's 1822 deed as being a neighbor.

2. Census in 1830 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. The 1830 U.S. Census in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, listed Benjamin Beecher [indexed incorrectly as Bucher] with:
Males (born)
10-14 (1816-1820) = 1 (grandson E. Moore Beecher)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 son (?)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 son (John)
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 father (Benjamin - wrong age category checked)
Females (born)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 daughter (Anna Maria)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 2 (Ben's daughter & daughter-in-law Keziah)
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 wife (Elizabeth)
His census neighbors are William Irvin and Mary Yoder who are mentioned in his 1838 deed as being neighbors.
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3. Newspaper: Lancaster Examiner, 8 Nov 1832, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. Married by Rev. Baker: On 2d ult...
...on same day Davies W. Hambright, to Miss Anna Maria Beecher, both of Earl.

4. Census in 1850 in Blue Ball, Lancaster, PA. ⁹ The 1850 census recorded Davies Hambright, no age listed, Evangilst preacher, living with wife Ann M., 38; William W., laborer, 18; Charlotte, 13; Sarah E., 11; Daniel C., 8; Samuel H., 4; and Davies W., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1860 in Oxford, Warren, NJ. ⁷ Davis Hambright, 50, M. Clergyman, was living with Ann Mariah, 68; and Dinah, 17. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Oxford Furnace.

6. Cause of Death: dropsy / consumption, 10 Jun 1870, Bethlehem, Northampton, PA. ⁴

7. Obituary: The Evangelical Messenger: obituary of Anna Maria Hambright on 7 Jul 1870 in New Berlin, Union, PA. ¹ Complete obituary can be ordered at Allen County Public Library https://www.genealogycenter.info/preface_evanmessenger.php#copies but a summary follows:
Hambright, Anna Maria, age 58
Spouse: Hambright, David [sic]
Place of Death or Last Known Residence / Notes:
PA: Monroe Co.: Snydersville area (died Jun 10, 1870 age 58y, 2m, 23d); embraced religion about 32 yrs ago in Lancaster, PA; husband traveling preacher in East PA Conference 21 years; husband, 3 children remain; 4 chrildren dead; she died of dropsy / consumption.

Anna married Reverend Davis W. Hambright, son of Henry Hambright Jr. and Sarah Davies, on 2 Oct 1832 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA.^{1 2} (Reverend Davis W. Hambright was born on 3 Jan 1810 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA,^{7 10} died on 20 May 1884 in Springtown, Bucks, PA ^{1 10 11} and was buried on 22 May 1884 in Springtown: Salem Evangelical Cemetery, Bucks, PA ^{1 10 12}.)