Magdalena Eschler was born in July 1681, in Oberwil im Simmental, Bern, Switzerland as the daughter of Johannes Eschler I and Benedikta Abbuehl. She married Jakob Aescher I on 10 December 1705, in Därstetten, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 31 July 1762, in Weissenburg, Oberwil im Simmental, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 81, and was buried in Därstetten, Bern, Switzerland.