Person:Conrad Mohn (1)

Will of Ludwig Mohn from PA GenWeb, Berks Co.

Mohn, Ludwig, Brecknock. Feb. 26, 1791 - Feb 2, 1796 To son Daniel all my land containing about 170 acres in Brecknock, with stock and farming utensils, subject to provisions for wife Ottilia. To eldest son John 200 pounds. To son Ludwig 50 pounds. To son Henry 50 pounds. To daughters Susanna and Elisabeth 50 pounds each. Son Peter has had his share, gets no more. Exrs: Eldest son John and son Ludwig. Wits. John Heyll and Balzer Fritz Translation.

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Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery. p 728 Johannes purchased the 49 acres from Dietrich Marshall in 1750. The land was situated along the Cacoosing creek, in the vicinity of Fritztown. In 1758 Johannes Mohn sold the tract of forty-nine acres to his son Ludwig. He was a farmer by occupation.

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From Kris Cannode Genealogy on Ancestry.com

After his father's death in 1764, the original tracts of land from Johannes were converted to Ludwig. Ludwig lived on this land until 1785 when he purchased 170 acres in Rock Hill, later changed to Mohn's Hill near Reading, PA. He became the progenitor of the largest part of the Mohn's living in Berks County. His son Daniel married and moved into the small house that Ludwig built and raised 10 children. During the Revolutionary War the Mohn's of Ester, PA contributed a large share of the substance to the Revolutionary War soldiers under General George Washington at Valley Forge when the federal government was withholding its support from Washington's army. The Mohn's deserve much credit for saving the Army of Independence from starvation. This was given freely and entirely without reimbursement.

1. ↑ Ancestry.com.

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