Mølbach’s wife dies in 1784.That same year he learns that his brother-in-law Andreas has perished on a voyage to the Far East, and then his mother-in-law also dies.
Nor can his own health be very good, because in October the Advocate Carl Fors is temporarily appointed while Mølbach is ill.
And after Mølbach dies in November Jacob Fabricius, a former customs officer from Svelvik, is appointed the new Royal Lighthouse Supervisor.