From "Abstracts of Wills and Administrations of Montgomery County, PA".

  GEORGE MOCK,  UPPER HANOVER [Township]
  May 24, 1811----May 18, 1812, Book 3, pg 382:

 To wife, Esther, 100 pounds yearly, and household goods, and
dwelling during widowhood.
 To son John, all lands in Douglass, containing 150 A. subject to the payment of 300 pounds.
 To son George Mock, all lands in Upper Hanover, containing 150 A.
subject to the payment of 1600 pounds.
 Remainder of estate shall be equally divided among 6 daughters --
Catherine, wife of Henry Hoffman -- Margaret, wife of Conrad Geizer[Geiger]
Elizabeth, wife of Philip Christman - Esther, wife of Jacob Fisher --
Margaret, wife of Adam Eberhard  -- and Veronica.
 Executors - Sons John and George.
 Witnesses - Adam Hittle and George Bechtel.

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From the "Pennsylvania Dutchman" newspaper columns held in a scrapbook at the
LDS Library in Salt Lake City, and dated 1949:

"JOHN MACK (March 31, 1779 - January 2, 1852, son of George and Esther MACK) married
Catherine HUBER (February 24, 1785 - August 22, 1836) on August 31, 1806.
Their tombstones in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Cemetery in New Hanover Township
bear the information "reared four sons and six daughters", but only five daughters are
accounted for in any records found of the family.  These include: George MACK, Jacob
MACK, John MACK, Isaac MACK (none of whom apparently died in Montgomery County since there are neither will nor Orphans Court mentions of them), Anna MACK (died Nov.2, 1891) married to Michael KOONS (died Nov. 1870), Sophia MACK married to Reuben S.
HAUCK (but separated from him as early as 1862), Elizabeth MACK (died Jan.2, 1897) married to Francis WAGNER and the mother of eight children (several of whom had very
large families of their own), Polly MACK married to Philip D. Rudy of Upper Salford, and
Catharine MACK, single.
         Catharine HUBER was sister to Elizabeth (HUBER) KNETZ and Jacob H. HUBER, all
grandchildren of immigrant John Michael HUBER, Sr. (1715 - 1777)."
 

The  "Pennsylvania German Church Records Vol.III"by the Pennsylvania German Society, reprinted 1983, reveal some added information about the above families:

Esther (MACK) Fischer was confirmed at Great Swamp Reformed Church of Lower Milford in Lehigh County, PA, by Rev. John Faber Jr. in 1808 when she was 24.
Jacob Fischer and wife Esther baptised their daughter Anna, born 13 Jan. 1827, at
the Goshenhoppen Reformed Church; Witnesses were Conrad Geiger and wife Maria
(Esther's sister).

Fronica MACK married Jacob KOCH at Falkner Swamp - New Hanover Lutheran Church
in Montgomery Co. PA on March 14, 1813. It is quite possible this is George and Esther's
daughter Veronica.

The 1850 Census for Montgomery Co. PA gives us the following:

In Frederick Township we find John MACK Sr., age 67, living only with Catherine age 22,
in between the listing of the Henry HAUCK and REUBEN HAUCK families - so this is clearly the John MACK married to Catherine HUBER (until she died in 1836). Next listing,
same page, is John MACK Jr. age 31 and his wife Mary, 26, with Sarah Ann age 1, and
a Henry Weber, age 10, also in the family.

In Upper Hanover Township of 1850 we find John's brother George MACK (George and
Esther's other son), age 60, with wife Magdalene age 60.  Next door is Abraham MACK
age 28, presumably George's son, with wife Maria Anna age 25 and little son George
(5 months old) - Rebecca HUBER is also listed as part of Abraham's household.
All the above appear on page 212 of the census.
 
On page 222, same township, is Henry MACK age 29, wife Elizabeth age 29, and Louise 4.
Also on this page is John MACK age 32, wife Maria age 26, and George MACK age 22,
all in the same household.  It would appear likely that these are also sons of George MACK Jr. (George and Esther's son).

The "Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery Co. PA" lists  "Marriages by Rev.
Daniel Weiser 1833 - 1863", including:
 Abraham MACK married Mary Ann MASTELLER on 24 Sept. 1848.
 Henry MACK married Elisa KOCH on 9 Oct. 1845.
 John MACK married Maria SIESHOLTZ on 19 Nov. 1848.
 Maria MACK married Reuben MASTELLER on 21 Nov. 1847.

These marriages clearly belong to the families in the above 1850 Census.

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One final note about the above families comes from another Pennsylvania German Society
article on "Mills On the Macoby and Swamp Creeks":

"In Douglass township the natural drainage is good, and perpetual springs rise in many places, forming the headwaters of three streams, among them Swamp creek, and along its banks are old mills still doing business.  John Penn, brother of William Penn, conveyed to Samuel McCall in 1735 a tract on which is the well known Himmelwright mill........McCall sold the property to John MOCK, progenitor of the MOCK families, who are among the foremost among the Mennonites of Pennsylvania.  As early as 1758 there was a mill in operation on this site.  The MOCK families conducted the mill for several generations, when it was sold to Ezra Schultz, a well known Schwenkfelder."

This information creates more mystery than it solves, for this is the only indication that the Montgomery County MOCK/MACKs were Mennonite.  Surely a thorough study of early
land records is called for, in order to better understand the above families, their relationships, and their contributions to the development of early Pennsylvania.  It is very likely that George MOCK married to Esther is related to the "Goshenhoppen MACKs" (see article in Feb.1993 MOCK FAMILY HISTORIAN on page 11), but more data is needed to make a definite connection.
 
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