Bucher family-Lancaster County History Jacob Bucher, was a son of Dr. Benedict Bucher, who was born at Denver, Lancaster county, in Aug., 1759, and a grandson of Dr. Bens Bucher, a native of Switzerland, who settled at Denver in the early part of the 18th century. Dr. Benedict Bucher located at Cornwall. Children; John P., born in 1785 and settled in Lebanon county, Benedict, born April 1792, Christian, born 1796 of Lebanon Co., Henry, Susanna born 1802, died unmarried, Maria married Michael Snyder, Jacob. Jacob Bucher, born March 24, 1807, at Cornwall, was reared in Lebanon County. He died in 1847. He married Veronica Brubaker, who was born Jan 1812 and died Nov 1871. Children; Christian, bishop of the German Baptist Church and he had 7 children; Anna who married Henry Horst; Jacob; Susan who married William Gingrich of Lebanon; Veronica who married Jonas Royer of Lebanon, Elizabeth, who married John Kettering; George George Bucher, in 1866 married Anna Pfoutz, who died in 1881, and they had 7 children; Aston-Chester County George Aston, a JP of Caln township, on the western side of Dowington, and is said to have built what is known as the old Hunt manison, 1727-28. His wife, Elizabeth Hunter, d/o Peter, of Middletown. He died in 1738, leaving children; George, Peter, Mary who married Peter Few, Susanna, and probably Esther who married Roger Hunt. George Aston2, married Esther, d/o Owen Thomas of East Whiteland. He left one son, Owen Aston George Aston1, was styled a Quaker, but there is no evidence to that effect in the records of the society. His daughter Mary and son Peter became members. Babb-Chester County Thomas Babb, married Bathsheba Hussey, d/o John, near near New Castle, prior to 1700 and lived in Brandywine One Hundred. In 1713 his wife died leaving several children, and he married again 3-25-1720 to Elizabeth (Conway) Booth, a widow of Middletown. Thomas Babb Jr., married Sarah ____about 1729, and moved to VA. Peter son of Thomas settled in W. Caln about 1725, married 11-22-1728 to Mary Lewis, d/o of Evan and Ann. His sister Lydia married John Morgan of Caln, 10-17-1735. Peter Babb had several children, of whom Bathisheba married Jeremiah Piersol and Benjamin Trego; Elizabeth married a Bishop and a Samson married Ann Way, d/o John and Ann Way of Kenneth. Other children; John, Thomas, Content, Peter and Susanna. Samson Babb was disowned by Friends in 1767 for "keeping a fiddle and using a fiddle". Boyd-Chester County In the year 1732 came William Boyd and Thomas Boyd from the county of Armagh, in Ireland and with them two unmarried sisters, one of whom married a Mr. Dobbins and the other married a Mr. Curry. They also left one sister in Ireland, who with her husband emigrated to Phila. Thomas Boyd of the forks of Delware, but afterward moved to Phila.., where he died in 1782, leaving 4 sons and 1 daughter,- Major Alexander Boyd, the oldest son, James, Thomas, and Andrew, all officers of the Rev. army. Sometime after the war, James and Thomas settled in Kittanning. Of their families are known nothing. William Boyd settled near the Half-Way House, in Londongrove township, Chester County. He died in Oxford township, Chester County, April 17, 1767, aged 58, and his wife died 11 days after her husband. Both are buried at Fagg's Manor. William Boyd left 3 sons, James, John, and William, and 3 daughters, Jane, Mary, and Hannah William Boyd, youngest son of William, went into the marine service early in the Rev., soon made a Captian, and was taken prisoner and carried to England. He died the day after his delivery to Long Island. Jane his eldest daughter, married David Cochran, Mary, married George Boyd, brother to Matthew, Hannah married Matthew Boyd and they had (Jane, Rebecca, and John, of these, Jane never married, Rebecca married Rev. John Patterson, John unmarried) Mathew Boyd was killed by a fall from his horse, the widow married 2nd to Gen. William Montgomery. Best Wishes, Geri