Jacob Mohler (abt. 1720)

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Jacob was probably born about 1720 in Switzerland. In the Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler Family in America,^[1] Cora Garber Dunning says:

"Jacob Mohler, the eldest son of Ludwig, married (1742, baptismal record,) and had issue, two sons, John, and Martin who visited Virginia when young. The mother of these sons died, and by a second marriage there was a son Jacob, b Oct 24, 1751; d May 26, 1833, buried in Lancaster County, Pa."^[1]

No record of Jacob's birth or death has been found, but there is a naturalization record for "Ludwick Mohler, Henry Mohler, Jacob Mohler admitted to full citizenship Apr. 1, 1761."^[2] Dunning further says:

"In searching the Pennsylvania archives at the library at the Capitol building, Lincoln, Nebr., for the muster roll of the organized forces of Lancaster County, Pa., during the period of the Revolutionary War, I find the Mohler men entered the service in 1778, in Captain Smuller's Company^[3]. in the 3rd Battalion, comprising men between the ages of 18 and 53 years. In the Captain's report, on page 887, of Sixth Series, Vol. V. is recorded :

"Lieutenant John Mohler

Jacob Mohler, 1st Class

Henry Mohler, 3rd Class

John Mohler, 3rd Class

Martin Mohler, 6th Class

John Mohler, 7th Class"

Pages 225, 256, 277, 279, 314, 317, 611, 886, 883, and 887, repeat the names with little variation, except that Andrew Reams (Riehm) became captain of the company and some other slight variation in organization, due to a period of years, took place."^[1]

Dunning goes on to say:

"This analysis of the various members of the Mohler family found on the records of Lancaster County, Pa., and always in the same locality, proves conclusively that the sons of Ludwig Mohler who were with him when he settled there were: Jacob. Henry and George. The record eliminates the son George between 1751-59. It shows further, that all of Henry's sons and all of Jacob's sons and his grandson John, Jr., served in the Revolution in the 3rd Battalion, Lancaster Co. Active Militia."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Book: Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler Family in America, compiled by Cora Garber Dunning, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1921, pp. 17-19. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofludwi00dunn/page/16/mode/2up
2. ↑ Vol. 2, Page 356, Penn. Archives, relative to naturalization of foreigners of Dunker faith
3. ↑ Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXIII. P. 443, Militia in service in 1779