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from 1779-95, the letter of J. M. Mohler to his nephew, J. C.
Mohler, recites:
"Our grandfather or your great grandfather was Jacob Mohler,
born in Lancaster Co., Pa., A. D. 1771, June 30."
This and J. C.'s tree checks with the tree of J. L. Mohler,
used as a basis for checking up Henry's lineage. The date
eliminates this boy from the long service, as Jacob was, at
the time of enlistment a man grown. But Ludwig--Jacob's
son Jacob, born in 1751, Oct. 26, was 28 years old at that
time, so it could be no other than he.
Now who was "Jacob, Jr. (between 18-21)" of the rolls
of 1791-95? Again: Ludwig-Jacob-Jacob's son John was born
May 6, 1779, and his son George, July 12, 1788, the son Jacob
(C. M. Mohler's tree), younger than George, was not of the
service of 1791. The only Jacob who could fill the description
was the Jacob of the letter quoted, son of Henry.
Thus all the sons of Henry and all the sons of Jacob and
Jacob's grandson John, served the government during the
troublous times of the Revolution, though by nature and by
religious belief (Dunkard) they were all strictly men of peace.
This analysis accounts for every Mohler on the roles of Lancaster
County, Pa., from 1779 to 1795.
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Analyzing the baptismal record furnished by Rev. Gibbel again:
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Henry Mohler and wife |
1739
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George Mohler and wife |
1739
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Jacob Mohler and wife |
1742
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Henry Mohler and wife |
1751
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Jacob Mohler |
1765
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Henry Mohler and wife |
1784
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Henry Mohler and wife |
1794
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John Mohler and wife |
1794
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Another record:
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Henry Mohler |
1739
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George Mohler |
1739
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George Mohler's wife |
1740
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Henry Mohler's wife |
1740
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Ludwig's son Henry, born 1728, was too young to have
been married 1739 (copies of Baptismal record vary and this
record may have been replaced or reproduced from memory),
but he could have been married according to the record 1751,
as he was then 23 years old, and his son Henry was born
Oct. 12, 1754. It is likely that Henry was baptized in 1739
and that the good old Elder who made the record simply
wrote "and wife" after the name from force of habit. (Yet
history shows that boys were married then at fourteen and
girls at twelve.) Jacob Mohler, batized 1765, was very likely
the Jacob born in 1751.
Henry Mohler, son of Henry, born Oct. 21, 1754, could
have been the Henry Mohler the record shows married in
1784, as his son Henry was born Jan. 14, 1786.
As Ludwig--Henry's son John Mohler had three sons
and nine daughters, the son John, being born Oct. 17, 1786,--the
son Henry could have been the one married in 1794.
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