John Conrad Bucher and Mary Magdalena Hoch

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Husband John Conrad Bucher ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1730 - Neukirch, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1780 3
         Buried:  - German Reformed Church, Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA

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         Father: John Jacob Bucher, LL.D. (1699-1788) 2
         Mother: Dorothea Burgauer (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 26 Feb 1760 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3

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• Biographical Sketch: from William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Mary Magdalena Hoch ²

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           Born: 2 Feb 1742 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Mar 1819 - Alexandria, Huntingdon Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Alexandria, Huntingdon Co, PA

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         Father: George Hoch (      -      ) 3
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Hon. John Jacob Bucher ³

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           Born: 1 Jan 1764 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1827 4
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Susanna Margaret Horter (1774-1838) 5
           Marr: 27 Mar 1792 4

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2 M John George Bucher ³

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           Born: 4 Oct 1766 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1843 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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3 F Anna Dorothea Bucher ³

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           Born: 1 Jul 1769 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Sep 1770 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Eleanora Dorothea Bucher ³

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           Born: 23 Apr 1772 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Oct 1772 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Maria Elizabeth Bucher ³

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           Born: 8 Apr 1773 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1781 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M John Conrad Bucher ^{3 6 7 8}

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           Born: 18 Jun 1775 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Oct 1852 - Alexandria, Huntingdon Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Alexandria, Huntingdon Co, PA

         Spouse: Hannah Mytinger (1780-1863) 6 7 9
           Marr: 10 Dec 1799 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Conrad Bucher

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Educated for the ministry of the German Reformed Church at the Universities of Marburg and St. Gall. Arrived in the Province of Pennsylvania, November 1, 1755. The French and Indian war being in progress he entered the Provincial army, and was commissioned ensign April 1, 1758, and stationed at Fort Louther, Carlisle. Served in Forbes' great expedition against Fort Duquesne in the summer and autumn of 1758. April 19, 1760, he was promoted to a lieutenancy, and July 12, 1764, commissioned as adjutant, and promoted to a captaincy on the 31st of the same month. His several commissions on parchment were long in the custody of his descendants in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He served in Bouquet's expeditions against the Indians in 1763 and 1764; they fought the battle of Bushy Run, August 5, 1763, the greatest battle on record between the whites and Indians (Penna Arch. sec. series, vol. 2). As remuneration to the officers for their services, the Proprietaries appropriated twenty-four thousand acres of land to be distributed among them according to rank, of which Captain Bucher drew six hundred and sixteen acres in Buffalo valley, Union County, and five hundred and forty acres on the north side of Bald Eagle, including the mouth of Marsh creek, in Centre County. This was known as the Officers' survey. Peace with the French and Indians having been secured, he resigned his commission in 1765, and thenceforward devoted his time and labors to the ministry, serving with zeal and self-abnegation the churches at Falling Spring (Chambersburg), Shippensburg, Carlisle, Hummelstown, etc., etc., until the year 1768, when he accepted the call to the German Reformed Church at Lebanon, then Lancaster County, whither he removed his family in 1769. Here he remained, officiating statedly and serving the several congregations in, then, Lancaster and Cumberland counties until his death, actually dying "in harness," and was buried in the graveyard of the church of which he was pastor. An ancient-looking sandstone, inscription in German, in which language he usually preached, marked the spot. He took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania June 10, 1778.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 262.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 122.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 124.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 125.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 348.

6 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 422.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 874.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1380.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1379.