I have not actually proven the information I collected about the Moulder/Mohler family. My records show that the emigrant John Mohler/Moulder was born May 27 1733 in Basel, Switzerland, and died May 27 1810 in Union County, Maynardsville, TN His parents are believed to be Heinrich/Henry Mohler (1708->1748) and Catharina XX. John Moulder is said to have migrated from PA to NC before the American Revolution (about 1770) and was a cobbler and saddler. (The name MOHLER is a fairly common Swiss Anabaptist name even now. I went to school with a lot of Mohlers. The information I found on line suggested that MOHLER somehow became MOULDER over the years.) The putative wife found for John Mohler/Moulder is Emigrant Susannah Swingle (1737-1833). She was born in Switzerland or Prussia, died at Maynardsville, Grainger County, TN. (I presume Grainger and Union County are perhaps the same place, just having undergone some boundary changes.) The marriage date I have for these folks is c1763 in PA. Children I have for John & Susannah are: Henry Moulder (1765->1850). Susa (1767-1839) Mary (1769- ) Elizabeth (1770 - ) Catherine (1772 - >1838) John (1773-1801) Jacob (1775-1846) Valentine "Felty" (1776-1833) There is an tradition within the family that Susannah Swingle and her sister were unwilling immigrants, that the young Swiss girls were visiting the docks, were lured aboard a ship, then locked in. When they arrived in Philadelphia, the girls were sold for their passage money. They wound up being purchased and "properly reared" by the senior Moulder family. Louis Moulder/Mohler later married the sister (whose name I don't yet have), and John Moulder/Mohler married Susannah. (Incidentally, the Swingle name sounds a lot like Zwingli, an important name among German and Swiss Anabaptists (Mennonites and Dunkards). Children credited to Henry/Heinrich Mohler and wife Catharina XX are: Lewis (1730- ) John (1733-1810) Anna Maria (1734 - ) Valentine (1735-<1804) Johan Jacob (1736 - ) Margaret (1743- ) Anna Catharina (1747- ) There is also another line of information that puts Henry/Heinrich as son of Robert Moulder/Moler b 1650 and wife Jane XX. If this family was Swiss German, this last batch of stuff just doesn't sound plausible to me. Robert is not a German name, nor is Jane. So if these are truly the parents of these fine folks, then the MOHLER stuff is unlikely. Happy hunting. Jan **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)