Elizabeth Beecher ^{1 2}

   Other names for Elizabeth were Elisabetha Bucher,² Elizabeth Bucher ³ and Elizabeth Buecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-NMS.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Baptism on 29 May 1794 in Littlestown: Christ Reformed Church, Adams, PA. Baptism by Rev. John Christoph Gobrecht: Elizabeth b. 17 Apr 1794, parents Samuel and Barbara Buecher, sponsors parents ⁵

2. Census in 1800 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. ⁶ Several related families appear on the same Census page in 1800 in Germany Township. (The Beechers were recorded as Beahers.)

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)

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)
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.

Elizabeth married Frederick Sowers on 7 Dec 1824. (Frederick Sowers was born on 18 Apr 1799 in , Frederick, MD,⁷ died on 12 Apr 1840 in Clear Spring, Washington, MD ⁷ and was buried in Clear Spring: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran, Washington, MD.)