Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler Family in America
 

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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.


  Analyzing the baptismal record furnished by Rev. Gibbel again:
  Henry Mohler and wife 1739
  George Mohler and wife 1739
  Jacob Mohler and wife 1742
  Henry Mohler and wife 1751
  Jacob Mohler 1765
  Henry Mohler and wife 1784
  Henry Mohler and wife 1794
  John Mohler and wife 1794
  Another record:
  Henry Mohler 1739
  George Mohler 1739
  George Mohler's wife 1740
  Henry Mohler's wife 1740

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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