Conrad Maul, Sr

DAR Information:

• MOUL, CONRAD
• Ancestor #: A082275
• Birth: 1723 GERMANY
• Death: ANTE 2-24-1775 FINCASTLE CO VIRGINIA
• Residence: City: HEIDELBERG TWP - County: YORK CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
• Spouse: CADARINA ELEANORA BOTT
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Curator's note: see DAR notes. Inconsistencies cited do not concern his documented service. -- Jessica M. German, Curator

Life

Conradt Maul was born in the Bas-Rhin region of France, and came to America twice. He arrived first in 1731 with his parents aboard the "Pennsylvania". He later returned to Europe for reasons unknown, but re-entered Pennsylvania in 1748 aboard the ship "Hampshire", arriving September 7, 1748, in Philadelphia. He moved to York County, Pennsylvania, married Anna Catharina Bott around 1749, and raised his family there, before moving on. While in Pennsylvania he served in the Revolutionary War. The plaque photo that is attached to this profile describes his service.

Conradt died in Blue Grass, Madison County, Kentucky.

Children of Conradt Maul and Anna Catharina Bott:

1. Catharine Elisabeth Joseph, b. 1750
2. Johann Philipp Maul, b. 1752
3. Susanna Stover, b. 1756
4. Conradt Maul Jr., b. 1760
5. Dorothea Kipp, b. 1763
6. Johann Peter Maul, b. 1768
7. Jacob Maul, b. 1770
8. Elizabeth Maul, b. 1775

FindAGrave

Here is Conradt's memorial in Moulstown, Pennsylvania. It refers to his death and burial in Kentucky:

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11681026/conrad-maul

Note about parents

Conradt Maul is often described as the son of Christophel Moll, but there are some problems if that is indeed the case. Conradt definitely arrived in America in 1748, while his parents and the rest of his family arrived in 1731. However, it is certainly possible that Conradt returned to Europe as a young man, perhaps looking for a wife, and returned in 1748. That is the likely explanation.

Military service

• Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - from 1776 to 1777

References

• * Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2019, 21:21:56 UTC

Biography:

MOUL. The family of this name in York county was founded there by Conrad Maul, as the name was originally spelled, and as it appears on old deeds and gravestones. Some members of the family still spell the name that way, others have been spelling it with an “o” since 1848.

Bartholomew Maul came to York county with the earliest German emigrants in 1733 and took up a tract of land now covered by a part of the city of York. He was one of the founders of Christ Lutheran Church, at York, and was one of the early county commissioners. He died in 1755, bequeathing his property to his wife Elizabeth, his son George, and to his two stepchildren, daughters of his wife by a former marriage. Conrad Maul, his nephew, and the founder of the Moul family in York county, at the age of twenty-five sailed from the lower Palatinate of Germany, in the ship “Hampshire,” from Rotterdam, Sept. 7, 1748, Thomas Cheeseman, captain. The Record Book of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church at Hanover records the birth of Catherine, daughter of Conrad and Cadarina Maul, Feb. 16, 1750, and of a son Philip Maul, Sept. 8, 1752. Conrad Maul also had two sons, Peter and Conrad. A sheepskin deed now in the possession of Milton Moul, son of Philip Maul, of Moulstown, was given to Conrad Maul by Thomas and Richard Penn, proprietors of Pennsylvania, 1758, in the reign of King George II over Great Britain, and is recorded in Philadelphia, 1759, A, Volume 20, page 250.

Conrad Maul acquired considerable property in Heidelberg township. During the Revolution, he served in a militia company commanded by Capt. Andrew Foreman. This company was called into active service in 1776 and in the fall of 1777 before the British captured Philadelphia. In 1781 he was with his company when it was placed on duty to guard about twelve hundred British soldiers who were prisoners of war at a cantonment four miles southeast of York.

At the close of the Revolution, according to a family tradition, Conrad Maul, with two of his neighbors, made a trip to the Blue Grass region of Kentucky on horseback with the intention of purchasing lands and locating there. After an absence of several months the news came to the family that Conrad Maul and his associates had died. Philip Maul, his eldest son, and others went to the region where his father had gone and found the horses and the graves of his father and his comrades, but could not recover the money. After his return home the Orphans Court of York county, on Dec. 4, 1783, granted a deed of the Conrad Maul property of Philip Maul. This deed is in the possession of Milton Moul, son of Philip, the second, of Moulstown, Heidelberg township.

Cadarina Maul, wife of Conrad, was born in Germany in 1729, died in 1806, and was buried in Maulstown graveyard. Philip Maul, son of Conrad, was born in 1752, and died in 1841; his wife, Elizabeth, was born in 1753 and died in 1836. Both were buried in the Moulstown graveyard. They had three sons and one daughter: Conrad and Henry, who remained in Moulstown; John, who moved to Ohio; and Elizabeth, who remained in Moulstown and was buried there.

Conrad Maul, son of Philip, was born in 1777 and died in 1851. He was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Hoshour, who was born in 1783 and died in 1808. She left two sons, Solomon and John, and three daughters: Elizabeth, married to George Baker; Nancy, married to Henry Shireman; and Lydia, married to Solomon Danner. His second wife was Anna Mary Hare, who died in 1871, aged eighty years. The children of this wife were: Conrad, Charles, David, Josiah, Absalom, Jacob, Sarah, Lovina, and Maria (Polly), married to Abraham Thomson.

Henry Maul, son of Philip, had six sons: John, Jacob, George, Henry, Philip and Peter. His daughters were married to John Miller, Jacob Miller, Jacob Reynolds, John Shaffer and Daniel Bowersox.

John Maul, son of Philip and brother of Henry and Conrad, moved to Ohio. He had two sons, Manassas and Edward, and three daughters, Mrs. Leah Walker, Mrs. Lavina Hershey and Mrs. Rebecca Seafung.

Conrad Moul, son of Conrad, son of Philip, was married to Susan Bollinger, and moved to Hanover, in 1842. They had two sons: Joseph B., and Charles E., and two daughters, Sarah Jane and Carrie, the latter married to Jacob Fitz. Mrs. Fitz died in 1884, leaving three sons, Ervin, Marcy and Earle. Conrad died in 1893, at the age of eighty years, and was buried at Hanover.

Charles Moul, son of Conrad, son of Philip, was buried at York. He had three sons: Milton, Edwin T. and Alexander.

Josiah Moul died in 1901, at the age of seventy-nine, and was buried at Mt. Carmel, near Moulstown. He married Anna Harnish, and had six sons and two daughters: Jacob H., Martin, Clinton R., Josiah S., Edward H., Emory, Emma (married to Martin Bollinger) and Mary (married to George Hamme).

On all the deeds and records the name was spelled Maul until sometime after 1841, when it was changed to Moul by some branches of the family.

Bibliographic information:

• Title History of York County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2
• Author George Reeser Prowell
• Publisher J. H. Beers, 1907
• Original from Cornell University
• Digitized Apr 15, 2013
• Page 251
• History of York County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2

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