Christopher Braucher ⁵¹⁵

  General Notes:

Per James T. Wall

Name Suffix: 5ggf
REFN: F=MICHAELB
PER BROUGHERS OF JENNINGS COUNTY, INDIANA ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS, BY CLARA
MAE BROUGHER HAINES (MRS. GURDON HAINES), R. R. 4, BOX 424, NORTH VERNON,
INDIANA 47265, 1990, PAGES 6-11. IT IS STATED THAT CHRISTOPHER BRAUCHER, SON OF
MICHAEL BRAUCHER AND ANNA MARIA _____, WAS BORN DEC. 15, 1729, AND PROBABLY
ARRIVED IN PHILADELPHIA ON THE SHIP MILLY IN 1741. CHRISTOPHER WAS LISTED IN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS AND SOME PERSONS HAVE JOINED THE DAR AND SAR, BASED
ON HIS SERVICE AND THEIR DESCENT FROM HIM. HE AND HIS WIFE, ANNA MARGARETHE/
MARGARET SCHISSLER, HAD 13 CHILDREN: JOHAN JACOB BRAUCHER; JOHN BRAUCHER; PETER
BRAUCHER; CONRAD BRAUCHER; ANNA MARIA BRAUCHER, WHO MARRIED MICHAEL ALBRECHT;
ANNA BARBARA, WHO MARRIED GEORGE KESSLER; CATHERINE BRAUCHER, WHO MARRIED _____
DITZIUS, AND LEFT HEIR JACOB DITZIUS; ANNA MAGDALENA, WHO MARRIED JACOB
ZIMMERMAN; CHRISTENA BRAUCHER; AND FREDERICK BRAUCHER. IT IS STATED THAT THE
WILL OF CHRISTOPHER (STOFFEL) BRAUCHER OF ALBANY TWP., BERKS CO., PA WAS SIGNED
JUNE 12, 1792 AND PROBATED 25 MAY 1793. IT WAS WRITTEN IN GERMAN.***
PER INFO PROVIDED BY HARRIET MILLER SEIBEL, 1339 N. SWOPE, COLORADO SPRINGS,
COLORADO 80909, (719) 632-7305 ON 27 DEC 1994. SHE STATES THAT CHRISTOPHER
BRAUCHER (BROUGHER) WAS A PRIVATE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FROM BERKS
COUNTY.***
PER ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN LYMAN BEECHER AND H. MARIA ALLING
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS ALSO: ANCESTORS OF NELLIE VERNON BROUGHER (1873-1945),
COMPILED BY PATRICIA ROBERTS RONEY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 1983, DAR LIBRARY
21 FEB 1995, CHRISTOPHER BRAUCHER WAS PROMINENT IN ALBANY TOWNSHIP AFFAIRS
[BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA], AND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, HE SERVED IN
CAPTAIN RITTER'S THIRD BATTALION [DAR PATRIOT INDEX, 1966, PAGE 82].

THE LDS FAMILY REGISTRY CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING: #641133 CHRISTOPHER BROUGHER
/ BRAUCHER BORN GERMANY 15 DEC 1729, DIED ALBANY TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA 19 APRIL 1793; HIS SPOUSE WAS ANNA MARGARET SCHISSLER. SUBMITTER
WAS LYLA MERLE LOE REEVES (MRS. FRANK I.) 606 49A AVE. DR. E., BRADENTON,
FLORIDA 33507.***

Per Cheryl L Buckler

from RootsWeb:
Note: PA militia records show him as from Berks Co. DAR Index Vol. I pg. 82. Compiled and Edited by John and Vernabelle Hollowell,
Fort Benton, MT.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alternate Spell: Christopher (Brousher)(Broucher) Braucher. ²⁰⁴

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot.

• Died Alternate: Albany Twp, Berks Co,Pennsylvania, Apr 19, 1793. ²⁰⁴

Christopher married Anna Margarette Schissler, daughter of Conrad Schissler and Unknown. (Anna Margarette Schissler was born on Feb 22, 1732 in Germany? ²⁰⁴ and died on Dec 14, 1797 in Berks Co, Pennsylvania ²⁰⁴.)