Catharine

   Other names for Catharine were Cathariun ¹ and Catherine.²

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-X6K.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She appeared as a sponsor at a baptism on 2 Apr 1791 at Littlestown: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA. Catharine was a sponsor for the baptism of her daughter's daughter. From the church record book: "Cathr. Reck of Christian and Sophia; b. Jan 11 1791; bapt. Apr 2 1791; spon: Cathr. Bücherin, grandmother of the child." ³

2. Census in 1820 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ⁴ In 1820 the William Beacher household had:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 2 sons
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father William
Females (born)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 wife

On the next census page 111 are two more Beachers:

Samuel Beacher's household had:
Males (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 sons
16-25 (1795-1804) = 2 [too young to be Samuel Sr.]
Females (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 daughter
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 daughter
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 wife (Barbara Winterode)

Catherine Beacher's household had:
Females (born)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 2 daughters
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 Catherine.

Catharine married Henry Beecher Sr., son of Johannes Buecher and Elisabeth Catharina Hommel. (Henry Beecher Sr. was born in Jun 1732 in Wahlbach, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany ^{5 6}, christened on 15 Jun 1732 in Burbach: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU ^{5 6} and died after Feb 1795 in Littlestown, Adams, PA.)