William Blecher ¹

   Other names for William were William Becker and William Blecher.²

  General Notes:

His brother is probably Yost Beecher found in this same church, who appears as a sponsor with his wife Magdalene for the baptism of William's son Jost William in 1750.

William could be related to the Beecher/Bicher families at nearby Muddy Creek Church in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County who descend from an Engel Bücher who died there in 1778. See http://www.SearchTrees.com/tree/425.htm

If you are related please email jonathan@seachtrees.com for more info on his family origins.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Name:,. Examination of the handwritten records at the Millbach Reformed Congregation is needed to know if this William's surname is really Beecher or Becker. He is recorded as Beecher in the "Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881" database provided to subscribers at Ancestry.com. Other researchers report he is a Becker.

Millbach Reformed Congregation is today known as St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Newmanstown, PA. The original church record book is held by the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society in Lancaster, PA, which has the records for the Reformed Church in America. http://www.erhs.info/webex/exhibit2/e20230a.htm is a link to their collection pertaining to Millbach Reformed aka St. Paul's.

William married Dorothy.