Peter Trexler. second son of Peter, was born Feb.11, 1721. He received his father 's land and added to it until he owned 400 acres near Breinigsville. He was elected one of the first three county commissioners of Northampton County, On October 1, 1752, and in the French and Indian War was captain of a company of soldiers which garrisoned the frontier forts. In 1755, he was one of the trustees of the Wm. Parsons School at Easton, established for the purpose of teaching the English language to the Germans. He was a Colonial justice of the peace from 1753 to 1776, and on June 3. 1777 was appointed a justice of the peace under the New United States Government. On November 8, 1777, he was appointed one of the commissioners to collect clothing for the soldiers. He died Aug. 25, 1798, and is buried in the Trexler private cemetery on the John R. Gonser firm, near Breinigsville. He married Catharine Wink, daughter of Casper and Gerytnide (Kemp) Wink, who was born Aug. 7, 1728, and died Aug. 14, They had seven children.