Catharine Epler
(-Abt 1840)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr.

Catharine Epler 1

  • Marriage (1): Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr.
  • Died: Abt 1840 2

   Other names for Catharine were Catharina Braun 3 and Catherine Brown.2

   FamilySearch ID: LDHM-B1C.

  General Notes:

Catherine is likely a descendant of this Braun family line, because it is associated with other allied surnames and locations related to the Beechers:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cramer/braun1.htm

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Fact: 1 4 On son Jacob F. Jr's. PA death certificate, the informant Jr.s' wife stated Jacob's mother was Catherine Epler. Jacob's father, John Beecher, was buried at Epler's Church.
Unfortunately, most of the original records for Epler's Church (specifically Epler's United Church of Christ in Bern Township, Pennsylvania) are gone. They were in an old safe that was stolen in the 1960s.
The thieves, who were looking for money, expected to find valuables but instead found only the church records. They broke the safe open and abandoned it next to a river; it is assumed the records were dumped into the Atlantic Ocean or otherwise destroyed by the elements.
Consequently, the church today has none of the original records for the graveyard or the church itself.
Jacob's first wife is mentioned as Catharine Braun in the 1929 book "Kentucky Pioneers and Court Records" but no proof is presented. It seems Epler is the correct surname since they have a son son Paris Epler Beecher!.

2. Baptism: on 10 Mar 1829, in Compass: St. John's Episcopal Church, Chester, PA. 5 5 Text from the church record book:
J. B. Clemson baptized Jacob Franklin son of Jacob & Catharine Beecher at Parents house March 10th. Born September 13th, 1823. Sponsors Parents & Grandmother Beecher.
Rev. J. B. Clemson baptized Pariz Epler son of Jacob & Catharine Beecher March 10th. Born December 6th 1825. Sponsors the same.
Rev. John B. Clemson baptized Kezia Allworth March 10th. Born April 11th, 1828, daughter of Jacob & Catharine Beecher. Sponsors the same.

3. Census in 1830 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. 6 In 1830 in Salisbury Township is listed the household of Jacob Beacher with:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 2 sons (Paris, William)
5-9 (1821-1825) = 2 sons (John, Jacob Jr.)
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 father (Jacob)
Females (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Kezia)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 wife (Catherine)
50-59 (1771-1780) = 1 mother (Mary Ann Albrecht Beecher).


Catharine married Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr., son of John Beecher Sr. and Mary Ann Albrecht. (Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr. was born on 9 Jan 1796 in East Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA 7 8 9 10, christened on 19 Apr 1796 in , Lancaster, PA,7 9 died on 25 May 1882 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 10 11 12 and was buried on 29 May 1882 in Philadelphia: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA 10 11 12.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 3494, J. F. Beecher, father Jacob Beecher, mother Catherine Epler.

2 McAdams, Mrs. Harry Kennett: compiler and publisher. Sections of Beecher Genealogy compiled with aid of direct descendent Dr. A.C. Beecher in Philadelphia, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries. Copied by American War Mothers. (Keystone Printery, Lexington, KY. 1929.), Page 320.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Lebanon > Jonestown > Lutheran > Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church printed page 312 online image 368, typewritten transcription. Jacob Büger and Catharina Braun.

4 McAdams, Mrs. Harry Kennett: compiler and publisher. Sections of Beecher Genealogy compiled with aid of direct descendent Dr. A.C. Beecher in Philadelphia, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries. Copied by American War Mothers. (Keystone Printery, Lexington, KY. 1929.), Page 313.

5 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 565. Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Compass, Chester, PA. Baptism of Jacob Franklin, Pariz Epler and Kezia Allworth Beecher.

6 1830 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGT-F71 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Salisbury Township, Series: M19 Roll: 153 Page: 251.

7 "Personal Register of Reverend Traugott F. Illing" (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1027932).

8 Records of Nancy Eitnier, a descendant.

9 Wright, F. Edward., Church records of the 18th century, Lancaster County, Pa. (Westminster, MD Family Line Publications 1994), Vol. 5, page 143.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127601069.

11 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JK3Q-RYX Jacob Beecher, 1882.

12 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 29 May 1882, page 4. Obituary of Jacob Beicher.


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