Hello Janice, it is indeed very interesting what you were able to find on the Web, and I closely examined all the data you presented. According to what I read, there is still no proof of this William Nicholas Brisky having come before the AmRev from France, the very first mentioning of him is his marriage to Susan Elizabeth Merck in May 1789. This still leaves it wide open if he was a Hessian soldier or not. As I said in my original posting, we need something with his signature on it. Cheers, John From: <Farns10th@aol.com> AMREV-HESSIANS-L Archives From: "John Merz" <hessian@cgocable.net> Subject: [REV-HESSIANS] Re: Regiment von Rall - Briske - Briskey - Broeske - Broescke. Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:39:43 -0400 As previously noted on this mail list, there were indeed two POW's listed on the Trenton Prisoner list, one by the name of BROESCKE, Henrich of the Rall Regt. 5.Comp., and one BROESKE (c missing), George, Rall Regt., 1. Comp., both were taken to Lancaster, PA. There are no Briske or Briskey names listed anywhere. In closing, we still have no clue as to the true identity of the Hessian soldier who settled under the name of Briske or Briskey, Your best bet is to find a document which he signed with his original German name, a Will or signing over a deed, etc. > Mr. Merz, > I was given your name by Sandel DeMastus. We are both related to a > Nicholas Briskey that mysteriously appeared in South Carolina after > the Revolutionary War. No trace of how he got to America has been located. > Brisky, William Nicholas Birth : 1765 France http://www.negia.net/~billh/HTML/dat9.html Best regards, Janice Farnsworth