Catharine

   Other names for Catharine were Cathariun ¹ and Catherine.²

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-X6K.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1790 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. ³ Henry Becher was recorded with this family:
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 2
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Henry Sr. and his sons John and Samuel are each indexed in the 1790 census as follows on images on FamilySearch.org: image 252 Henry Becher; on image 248 his son John Beher; on image 249 his son Samuel Beeher. Sons Frederick, William and Peter are not found so they were living with Henry Sr.
These 1790 census record pages don't identify the township, but we know it is Germany Township because on the same pages are the Klein/Kline/Little family that founded Littlestown as well as families related to the Beechers: Winterode/Winrode, Sell, etc.

2. 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." ⁴

3. Census in 1800 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. ⁵ Several related families appear on the same Census page in 1800 in Germany Township. (The Beechers were recorded as Beahers.)

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)

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)

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.

4. Census in 1820 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ⁶ 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 Johann Henrich Buecher, son of Johannes Buecher and Elisabeth Catharina Hommel. (Johann Henrich Buecher was born in Jun 1732 in Wahlbach, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia, DEU ^{7 8 9}, christened on 15 Jun 1732 in Burbach: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU ⁸ and died After Feb 1795 and Before 1799 in Littlestown, Adams, PA ⁹.)