Abram Bitcher
M, #6058, b. 1782, d. 1844
Birth* | 1782 | Abram Bitcher was born in 1782.1 |
Marriage* | 1803 | He married Mary "Polly" Coffinberry, daughter of George Lewis Coffinberry and Elizabeth Kline-Little, in 1803 "She married a Swiss by the name of Abram Bitcher. At this time the name Bitcher was pronounced Pitcher; but a generation or so later it was changed to Beecher, which descendants now bear." Besides Elizabeth, the author thinks "... that the names which follow are those of the children of Marry Coffinberry - Abram, George, Burke, Gilruth, Jane, Eliza, Sarah Lucinda". The author concludes "Mary Coffinberry Bitcher, daughter of George L Coffinberry, had a son living in Grand rapids, who owned a theatre. The only one of her children that I have been able to get any data on was Elizabeth (Keasey)."1 |
Death* | 1844 | Abram Bitcher died in 1844.1 |