Mary Elizabeth Beecher

   Other names for Mary were Elizabeth Bücher ³ and Elizabeth Buecher.

   FamilySearch ID: 94RV-R9S.

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone:
Elizabeth
wife of J. J. Winrode
died April the 25th, 1844
Aged 78 years 4 months

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Fact: Her brother, Frederick, married her sister-in-law Catharine Winterode. Her brother Samuel married her sister-in-law Barbara Winterode.

2. Alt. Name: Original surname Bücher with umlaut above u pronounced as Beecher which became the surname used by descendants, about 1765,.

3. Census in 1790 in Germany Twp., York, PA. ⁴ The 1790 U.S. Census recorded Jacob Winterode with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over - 1
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 2
Number of Household Members - 4
--- There are several listings for Jacob and John Winterodes in the 1790 census. The listing above is on the same page as his wife's brother, Samuel Beecher and 3 pages before his wife's father, Henry Beher, and on this page are many families known to live in Germany Township.

4. Census in 1800 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. ⁵ The household of Jacob Winterode Jr. was recorded with:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 - 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 - 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 - 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 - 6
Number of Household Members Over 25 - 2
Number of Household Members - 8
Living next door is Capt. Jacob Winterode Sr.

5. Census in 1810 in Littlestown, Adams, PA. ⁶ The 1810 census recorded Jacob Winterode with this family:
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 - 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 - 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 - 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over - 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 - 3
Number of Household Members Over 25 - 2
Number of Household Members - 8.

6. Census in 1820 in Littlestown, Adams, PA. ⁷ The 1820 Census recorded Jacob Wintrode in Littlestown with this family:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 - 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 - 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 - 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over - 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 - 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 - 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over - 1
Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 14 - 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture - 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures - 1
Free White Persons - Under 16 - 7
Free White Persons - Over 25 - 2
Total Free White Persons - 11
Total Free Colored Persons - 1
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other - 12.

7. Census in 1830 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. ⁸ The 1830 census recorded Jacob Winrote Sr. with:
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59 - 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 - 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 - 1
Total Free White Persons - 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) - 4.

Mary married Jacob Winrode Jr., son of Johann Jacob Winteroth Sr. and Anna Maria Barbara Mayer. (Jacob Winrode Jr. was born on 23 Nov 1765 in , Frederick, MD ^{9 10 11 12}, christened on 25 Dec 1765 in Frederick: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, MD,^{9 10} died on 28 Jun 1833 in Littlestown, Adams, PA ^{1 3 11 12} and was buried in Littlestown: Christ Reformed Church, Adams, PA ^{1 12}.)