Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618)

LINTON Chronicles

Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618) & Christine KAUCHEL (1557–1620)

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Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618) & Christine KAUCHEL (1557–1620)

Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618) & Christine KAUCHEL (1557–1620) were the 9^th great-grandparents of Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) and the 10^th great-grandparents of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987)

Benedikt KOCHER (1555–1618), our oldest ancestor in Kocher Branch of the Linton family tree. Benedikt was born in 1555 in Buerglen, Bern, Switzerland and died in 1618, age 63, a few miles away in Taufelen, Bern, Switzerland. Two years after Benedikt was born the 1557 the Geneva New Testament Bible was printed in Geneva, Switzerland. Benedikt grew up at the beginning of the Swiss Ancien Régime (1648–1798) and Bern was the center of the Reformed Church.

Buerglen is located south east of Altdorf at the entrance of the Schächental valley in the Swish Alps. The village is at the start of the road over the pass Klausenpass, which connects Uri and Glarus. It consists of the village center of Bürglen which is located above the left bank of the Schächen river, and scattered settlements which stretch from the valley floor up the mountains to an elevation of about 5,600 feet.

Benedikt married Christine KAUCHEL (1557–1620) on January 22, 1576, in Buerglen, Bern, Switzerland. Christine was born in 1557 in Buerglen, Bern, Switzerland and died in 1620 in Taufelen, Bern, Switzerland. Täuffelen today is a lakeside municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Benedikt & Christine had eight known Children:

Anna KOCHER (1577–?); Barbli KOCHER (1579–?); Johannes KOCHER (1580–1669); Hans KOCHER (1581–?); Benedikt KOCHER (1583–?); Peter KOCHER (1586–?); Katarina KOCHER (1591–?).

Direct Linage Line:

Benedikt KOCHER (1555-1618)

Son Johannes KOCHER (1580-1669)

Grandson Nikolaus KOCHER (1603-1669)

Great-grandson Johann Georg KOCHER (1630-1690)

2^nd great-grandson Johan Michaël KOCHER (1653-1725)

3^rd great-grandson Peter KOCHER (1700-1772) the German emigrant to Pennsylvania

4^th great-grandson John Peter KOCHER Sr., (1742-1819)

5^th great-grandson John Peter KOCHER Jr., (1767-1837)

6^th great-grandson Peter KOCHER (1787-1849)

7^th great-granddaughter Sarah KOCHER (1810-1870)

8^th great-grandson John Edward LINTON (1838-1901)