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.

The love of freedom of speech brought Ludwig Mohler to America. The family throughout its history has always been engaged, through public speaking or private effort, in community and social uplift. The Mohlers were a sturdy race, deeply imbued with the advanced religious ideals of the Swiss. With their tireless energy was united a modesty that forbade them leaving records of their personal achievements and as they lived before the days of much printed matter, tradition and family recital largely preserved their triumphs until they passed into the oblivion of forgetfulness,--as homes melted into passing generations,--leaving but a written skeleton record of the male descendants until the fourth generation beyond the grandsire Ludwig. But the Mohlers in every generation in America have been part and parcel of the brains and brawn that have gone into the development of the locality in which their lots were cast. When the British held Philadelphia the capital was at Lancaster, and the Mohlers lived in the center of Revolutionary activities; and the following quotation also shows them in politics. Harris, "History of Lancaster Co., Pa.," gives: "John Mohler was a member of legislature in year 1801-2." "Samuel Mohler was a member of legislature in year 1827."

1001--Ludwig Mohler, through line of John of Va.

2001--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.

3001--John Mohler was probably the oldest son of Jacob. He was in Captain Smuller's Co., 3rd Battalion, Lancaster County, Pa., Active Militia, (Pa. archives, Series VI, Vol. 7, page 887, in 1779,--page 883, in 1778). His issue was four sons: Jacob, John, Daniel, and Henry Mohler, who left one daughter. Only the John line has been followed.

4001--John Mohler, Jr., of Weyer's Cave, Va., was also a member of Captain Ream's company, 3rd battalion, Lancaster county, active militia. He was born near Ephrata, Pa.,