Research Notes:
This Mohler ancestor is shown so that Ludwig Mohler and Henry Mohler, shown here as brothers, are linked in this database. Elizabeth Landis Carson summarized deeds involving Henry Mohler, Ludwig Mohler, and George Mohler, all of whom received warrants for land between 1735-1755 in Lancaster County. [1]
We seek evidence about the relationship between Ludwig Mohler and Henry Mohler. They emigrated to America about the same time, settled very near each other, and dna matches suggest that their descendants shared a common male ancestor. [2]
Two early researchers assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that Ludwig Mohler was the father of at least 3 sons, including Henry. [3] [4] A biosketch reports [which assumes Ludwig had 3 sons][5]:
Mohler: The progenitor of the Mohler family of Pennsylvania and Virginia, Ludwig Mohler, came to this country from Switzerland on the ship, "Thistle," August 29, 1/30, and located in Ephrata township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He had three sons, George, Jacob and Henry. In 1736 John Whit conveyed to Henry Mohler one hundred and forty acres of land in the above town. In 1764 Henry Mohler, and in 1767 Jacob Mohler, built houses in Lancaster, which are now standing and still owned by members of the family. The Mohler family of Virginia are direct descendants of the Pennsylvania family, several members having moved to Virginia many years ago.
[1] Elizabeth Landis Carson, "Is It Immigrant Henry or Ludwig Mohler?," Mennonite Family History 14 (1995), 122-123, at 122.
[2] Mohler Family Tree dna website, [URL].
[3] Charles Clyde Moler, Mohler-Moler genealogy, particularly from George Adam and Eve Moler (self-published, 1954), 11, [HathiTrust].
[4] Cora Garber Dunning, Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler Family (1921), 11, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[5] Thomas Condit Miller and Hu Maxwell, West Virginia and its people, Vol. 2, (New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1913), 270, [HathiTrust].