Johannes married Anna Maria Margaretha Apollonia Heller on 19 Sep 1771 in Ilbesheim, Pfalz. Anna (daughter of Johannes Heller and Elisabetha) was born on 12 Oct 1738 in Ilbesheim, Pfalz; died on 2 Aug 1776 in Pirmasens, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Jakob Distler was born on 20 Jan 1773 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.
2. Ludwig Karl Gottfried Distler was born on 12 Feb 1776 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.

Johannes married Katharina Luisa Maas on 20 Sep 1776. Katharina (daughter of Johannes Maas and Anna Gross) was born on 21 Feb 1753 in Windsberg, Pfalz; died on 9 Dec 1811 in Pirmasens, Pfalz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Katharina Dorothea Elizabetha Distler was born on 12 Sep 1777 in Pirmasens, Pfalz; died on 25 May 1778 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.
2. Georg Friedrich Peter Distler was born on 18 May 1779 in Hinterweidenthal, Pfalz; was christened on 20 May 1779 in Pirmasens, Pfalz; died on 22 Mar 1819 in Hinterweidenthal, Pfalz, Bayern.
3. Johannes Jakob Theophilus Distler was born on 19 May 1782 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.
4. Christian Nikolaus Distler was born on 16 Aug 1784 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.
5. Susanna Elizabetha Distler was born on 8 Dec 1785 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.
6. Anna Margaretha Distler was born on 7 Nov 1787 in Pirmasens, Pfalz.