Dorothea Barbara BUCHER (1692-1784)

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Dorothea Barbara BUCHER (also known as DOROTHEA BARBARA Cope), daughter of Jainnis Nicholaus BUCHER (aft1670-1765) and Eva ( - ), was born on 30 Nov 1692 in Waldorf-Heidelberg, Prussian Saxony, Germany. She died on 6 Oct 1784 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery CO, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried in Oct 1784 in Leidy's Burial Ground, Souderton, Montgomery CO, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Yost COPE.

1762

RELEASE

DOROTHEE COPE & OTHERS

TO

JACOB

ISAAC

THIS INDENTURE, made the Fourth day of June, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Two

BETWEEN Dorothea Coope of Franconia Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Widow Relect of Yost Coope, late of said Township Yoeman Deceased, John Adam Coope of the same Township, his wife, John Coope of Franconiaaforesaid farmer and Jacob Coope of the same place Cooper (they the said John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope, John Coope and Jacob Coope being four of the sons of the said Yost Coope deceased) of the One Part and Jacob Isaac of upper Salford in the County of Philadelphia, Innholder of the other part,

WHEREAS by virtue of a Proprietary Warrant dated January the Eighth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Four and a survey made in purusuance thereof the said Yost Coope was entitled unto and possessed of a certain Tract of Land situate in upper Salford aforesaid being at a marked black oak in a line of David Young's land thence by the same and land of Christian Leman and cacant land, North West one hundred & eighty-eight perches to a post, Then by land of John Michael Ryher North Eastward one hundred and thirty-five perches to the place of beginning Containing one hundred and fifty acres of land, and the allowance of six acres Pr Cent. As in and by the said Warrant _______ survey remaining in the Surveyor General's Office atPhiladelphia relation being thereunto had appeareth.

AND WHEREAS the said Yost Coope did not, in his lifetime dispose of or give away the fee of the said described Tract of Land the same descended unto his six children, Nicholas Coope and Catherine hentz and the above named John Adam Coope, AbrahamCoope, John Coope, and Jacob Coope,

AND WHEREAS by a certain Deed Poll dated the twenty-third day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Six under the hands and Seals of the said Nicholas Coope and Michael Hentz and Catherine, his wife (she being the daughter of the said YostCoope deceased) for a full and valuable consideration in the same Deed Poll mentioned did remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said John Adam Coope all their Right title and Interest of, in, and to the Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattles and Effects of the said Yost Coope deceased of what nature, kind or quality soever it be within the Province of Pennsylvania, the Estate of said Yost Coope in the Province of Maryland excepted,

AND WHEREAS the said John Adam Coope did on or about the thirteenth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven (may be a bad copy) for the consideration of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds by the said Jacob Isaac to him the said John Adam Coope for the uses aforesaid well and truly paid, bargain and sell unto the said Jacob isaac to him the above described Tract of one hundred and fifty acres of Land and the said Jacob isaac hath ever since the sale so made to him as aforesaid been and is now in the quiet and peacable possion of the said Tract of one hundred and fifty Acres of Land,

NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that as well in consideration of the premises and the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope, John Coope, and Jacob Coope having had and received their just and full whare of the above mentioned purchasemoney as the further sum of five shilling a piece unto them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope at or immediately before the sealing and _________ delivery hereof by the saidJacob Isaac well and truly paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged they the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope have remised, released and forever quit claimed and by thepresents do and each of them doth remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said Jacob Isaac and his heirs and assigns,

ALL AND singular the parts, purports, shares and dividends and other Estate whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coopr and Christina his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope of, in, and to the said above described Tractof Land containing one hundred and fifty acres and of an in all the Rights members and appurtencances thereunto belonging,

AND the Reversions and Remainders thereof

AND the Estate Right Title Interest claim and demand whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope, of, in, and to the same

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said parts, purports, Shares and Diviends and all other Estate whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope, of in, and to the above described Tract of Land of one hundred and fifty acres of Land, ereditaments and premises hereby released of mentioned so to be with the appartenance unto the said Jacob Isaac, his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper use and Behoof of him the said JacobIsaac, his Heirs and Assigns forever

UNDER and subject to the pament of the residue of the purchase money due to the honourable Proprietaries for the said Tract and the Interest and Quitrent thereof So that neither they, the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope, and Jacob Coope or either of them their or their Heirs, Executors or Administrators or any of them or any other person or person whosoever by and with their or any of their means privity or procurements shall or mayat any time from hence forth __________ Clain, Challenge or Demand any Estate Right, Title, Part, Share, Dividend or other Estate whatsoever of, in and to the premises hereby released

BUT from all such claims and demands for the consideration aforesaid shall and will be excluded and forever debarred by those presents

IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereunto Date the Day and year first above written.

SEALES & DELIVERED in the

presence of us:

The Day of A.D. 1762 Before me, John Koplin, Esq., One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace personally appeared the above named Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christine, his wife, John Coope, and Jacob Coope and severally andrespectively Acknowledged the above written Indenture to be their Act and Deed and desired the same to be recorded as such. The said Christine Coope thereunto voluntarily consenting. She being of full age, secretly and apart thereon examined andthe contents of the above writing being first made know unto her,

WITNESS my Hand and Seal the Day and Year abovesaid.

[There were then six seals (most likely wax) shown]. I, James Wilson Cope, have typed this as my copy was typed with punctuation and capitol letters as they are typed in any legal document.]

Price's book, "A History of Christ Reformed Church at Indian Creek," says that a Johann Adam Buescher and wife witnessed th baptism of John Adam Cope along with the child's parents, Johann Jost Kob and wife. So maybe Dorothea's maiden name was Beuscher.

The actual record is written that Dorothea Barbara was Dorothea Barbara Beuschel who was christened on Novembere 30, 1692 at Kulshiem, Baden, Germany. Source: Parish Register KA1/2lsheim Church Records.

Yost COPE was born in 1700 in Wittenberg, Prussia. He migrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States on 2 Oct 1727. He and Dorothea Barbara BUCHER had the following children: