William Pechin

1773 - 1849  (76 years)

• Name	William Pechin
  Birth	1773
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Aug 1849
  Burial	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Ardmore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23274	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Hackman, Peiffer, Lamm, Buchter, Klopp, Gross
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Christopher Pechin,   b. 16 Jan 1737, Etupes, Departement du Doubs, Franche-Comté, France d. 26 Oct 1779 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Christiana (Pechin) Brecht,   b. 12 Aug 1747, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Jan 1835 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1765
  Family ID	F7702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Christiana (Lippincott) Pechin,   b. 1797, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 May 1887, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA (Age 90 years) + 2. Henrietta (Middleton) Pechin,   b. 29 Sep 1805, Maryland, USA d. 31 Aug 1882 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F7706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  War of 1812 Soldier. Editor. He was a member of the House of Delegates for Baltimore City in 1811 and 1812. He was the commander of the 6th Regiment, Maryland Militia at the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814. He also operated a publishing house and first published the words of "The Star Spangled Banner," in Baltimore, on September 14, 1814. He was also a figure in 18th century American periodicals. From 1795 to 1796, Pechin and his partner Archibald Woodruff published the newspaper The Philadelphia Minerva. In 1798-1799, he published the Baltimore Intelligencer. From 1802 till his death, he published the Baltimore American and Commercial Daily Advertiser; it was in the American that "The Star Spangled Banner" first appeared.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14613088/william-pechin.