Could that be him, the settler Leonard BAUGH ? Listed in Clifford Neal Smith's Monograph No.2 "Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany, who remained in America after the Revolution". John Merz (reading and digesting 205 e-mails in my in-box, will take a few days, but let me say - I am safely back home) ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen zach" <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:05 PM > Source: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [inmontgo] Touch of MOntgomery in BAUGH Bio > > Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, > Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p 343 -- John BAUGH, a leading > citizen of Parke County, owns and operates a well improved farm on Sec 9, > Wabash Twp. He is a man of strong character and principle, one who having > arrived at a conclusion is not easily driven from his position. He is an > example of one who has overcome very serious disadvantages in many respects. > As his father died when he was only a child of 5, he was never enabled to > attend school a day in his life and when 6 commenced working at whatever he > could find to do in order to help support himself. In view of these facts, > he is the more worthy of commendation for what he has accomplished. Mr. > Baugh was born just east of Circleville, Ohio March 11, 1824, to George and > Catherine BUTTS Baugh. HIs grandfather, Leonard Baugh, was born in Germany > and during the war for independence was in the Hessian Army which came to > America to fight on the British side. While stationed at Jamestown on the > James River he deserted the British forces and joined Gen. Washington's Army > being engaged in battle the day following. After the conflict was over he > settled in Pa, where he engaged in farming and in 1800 removed to Ohio where > he was one of the early pioneers. He was a miller by trade and passed the > remainder of his life int he Buckeye State. His wife was an English woman > who came with the English Army, which she deserted at the same time as her > husband. She had a family of 10 children, 3 sons and 7 daughtesr, the > former being Jacob, Michael & George. Both parents were members of the Free > Will Baptist Church. George Baugh, was born in PA July 4, 1790 and came to > Ohio with his parents. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Oct 16, 1825, > he landed at Mecca, Parke County, having been 20 days in making the trip > from Ohio. He entered 80 acres of land in Fl Twp where he resided until his > death Oct 25, 1855. He had cleared and improved a place of 160 acres and > when he was cut down by the hand of death he was found at the post of duty. > Politically he was a Whig, and religiously was a member of the Free Will > Baptist Church. His wife departed this life July 5, 1861, at the age of 68 > year 8 months 20 days. She was born in VA her father, Conrad Butts being a > native of Germany who came to America with the Hessian Army which he > deserted at the same time Mr. Baugh. After the war he settled in Va and in > 1829 came to Ft. Wayne, Indiana where he died 3 days later. T he journal was > made by means of wagons. HIs wife was an English woman who came with the > army as a cook. She had 4 sons and two daughters, the former being Isaac, > Lawrence, Jacob and John. John Baugh is one of 4 children, the others being > Michael, Martha wife of Jonathan COX and Elizabeth now Mrs. William STARKS. > He came to this state with his parents and when a mere child began earning > money making 12 and 1/2 cents a day, later receiving $8 a month. On > reaching his majority he engaged in busienss for himself, farming and > raising stock. In 1841 he purchased 40 acres of land in Florida Twp, for > $150 twenty acres of which he cleared then selling the place and purchasing > 120 acres of improved farm land. In 1861 he sold this farm and purchased > one of 160 acres on Sec 9 which is his residence at the present time, and > which he has largely improved and cleared. Mr. Baugh was a strong Whig, and > later became a Republican. He took a strong stand for the Union and was > turned out of the Free Will Baptist Church because of his strong sentiments > on the question. Since that time he has never joined a church organization. > He has been twice married, his marriage with first wife, Martha DRAPER being > celebrated July 4, 1861. The lady was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana and > is a daughter of Jesse and Lucinda FISHER Draper. Mr. and Mrs. Baugh have > six children: Gertrude, wife of FM Berry; Henry; Jesse of Mt. Vernon, Ill; > Fred; Lucinda and Gracie who die din childhood. The mother died Nov 1, 1874 > and some time after Mr. Baugh wedded Martha Branson who was born in Tenn and > is the daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Branson, who removed to this state in > 1842. He was a distiller int he former state but followed agricultural > pursuits in Indiana. >

Hi John, Glad your safely home... can't wait to hear about your trip and all the events! Nelda Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

For your information and our mail list archives: Losing, Kaspar, 1.Comp., Kassel Jaeger Corps, born 1751/52, in Meiningen, deserted Nov. 1779, Hetrina IV, also PA-Oaths 10 Nov.1782. (I have no further information) John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: <billsdotter@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:20 PM > Source: HENDERSHOT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Lost Losey > > Hi Wendy, > If you've only found 3 spellings for Losey, you probably need to keep looking! > > I don't think I have a "Jacabus Loyse" in my known line. Do you have dates for him, or locations? Further research and help from others has revealed my line as follows > : > Cora Losey m1: Isaac Jacobus; divorced. m2: Floyd Hendershot. > > Cora's parents: Nathan Losey and Louisa Koker. > > Nathan's parents: Christopher Losey and Sarah Savacool. > > Christopher's parents: John/Johann Losey and Hannah Hendershot. > > John/Johann's parents: John/Johann Caspar Losey and Anna Elizabeth Schuster. > > John Caspar Losey is believed to have been a Hessian deserter during the Revolutionary War. I have not been able to trace him prior to his arrival in America. > > I have a lot of dates and details, but not with me at the moment. Does this seem to tie in with your research at all? What do you have on Jacobus Loyse? > > Sue

HI, To send an email to a list you must be a member... I have forwared this message on to the list for you, but you need to subscribe...... Nelda List Manager ----Original Message Follows---- From: Larry and Alison Bogan <bogan@glinx.com> To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} J.N.A. Bogen' s record in the Hetrina Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:29:35 -0600 I am responding to an archive message by Al Ball and John Merz on Rootsweb of Tue, 24 May 2005 I had searched the Hetrina index volumes at Franklin and Marshall College for Bogen (Bogan) and found only one person with that name - there were three lines in the Hesse-Cassel Vol III. Lines 1350 BOGEN, NICOLAUS 0/0 (HESSEN-DARMSTADT) D FS ERB5 03 9/1778 8814/17 1351 BOGEN, NICOLAUS 0/0 (HESSEN-DARMSTADT) D FS ERB3 13 9/1778 8814/17 1352 BOGEN, NICOLAUS 1756/57 (HESSEN-DARMSTADT) D FS ERB5 16 6/1783 8815/15 According to the key in the Hetrina these mean that Nicolaus Bogen was inducted (03) and transferred (13) into the Prince-Successor Regiment (ERB=Erbprinz) of Hesse Cassel in Sept 1778 His birthday is unceratain being 1756 or 1757 - and place of origin was near Hesse-Darmstadt (D = Federal Republic of Germany) His rank was Assistant Medical Officer (FS = Feldscher) He was separated (16) in America on June 1783 Further research in the Fredrick, MD Historical Society Records indicate that Frederich Nicholas Andraes Bogen supports the description given by Al Ball. Nicolaus died in Carlisle Pennsylvania in 1819. His son John Henry was also a physician and he moved to Crawford County Ohio with his two eldest sons and their families in 1848. The Bogans of Crawford County are descendents of this family. In is interesting to note the son, Joseph L. Bogen was in Indiana somewhere from 1847 to 1853. I have yet to find out where. Regards Larry Bogan -- Larry and Alison Bogan bogan@glinx.com 6539 Brooklyn Street, RR2 www.bogan.ca Cambridge Station, NS 902-678-0446 Canada B0P 1G0

Hello List Information on this subject as it relates to early Philadelphia, PA may be found in the following publications: "The Lutherans in North America" by E. Clifford Nelson, and "German Language and Citizenship in Philadelphia's German Community" by Frederike Baer-Wallis, published in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. cxxviii, No. 1 January 2004. George Diehl

Marie -- > I've read that at times, German officials delayed reporting Hessian > desertions in order to continue receiving payment from the British. How > likely is this to happen? How long could this have been delayed? In the case of the your ancestor who was in the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops, I have examined some of the muster-rolls/ paybooks submitted to the British for payment. The troops were mustered then passed in revue before a British officer on a semi-anual basis. The reporting periods were 25 June to 24 Dec then 25 Dec to 24 June. If a man was not present, then the payroll contained a written report explaining his absence; i.e., on picket duty, in the hospital, deserted, died, etc.. The pass en revue sometimes wasn't held for several months afyer the end of the reporting period. For example, the 24 Dec 1782 pass en revue was conducted on 13 March 1783 (changes between 25 Dec 1782 and 13 Marc 1783 are noted); however, the 24 June 1783 pass en revue was conducted 25 June 1783 at Harlem. Städtler lists your man as: "Rührschneck, Johann, Gemeiner, A I. Juni 1783" Translated this says he was a Private in A I (which was the Leibkompanie of the Ansbach Regiment {sometimes called "1st Battalion, Ansbach-Bayreuth Regiment} commanded first by Obrist [Colonel] Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb who returned to Europe and was superseded on 05 May 1778 by Obrist August Valentin von Voit von Salzburg). The phrase "Juni 1783" indicates that the last record of the man was June 1783 following the 25 June 1783 pass en revue. It is my educated guess that he was listed in the musterroll for 25 Dec 1782 to 24 June 1783 covering von Voit's company but that Städtler could find no diembarkation return for him in the Sep 1783 returns in Germany. My experience is that men marked "Juni 1783" either deserted after or never existed, being "phantoms" resultant from the open-loop data base used by Städtler. In your case, your Rührschneck remained in America. I only have copies of the payrolls for thr A-B Jägers so can only guess at Rührschneck's service. "A I" surrendered with Cornwallis at Yorktown in Oct 1781 and became POWs at Winchester VA before moving to Frederick MD. "Juni 1783' suggests he was repatriated, returned to New York, drew some pay and decided he was going to stay in America. <clip> If a Hessian POW signed an oath of allegiance and paid his $80 for freedom > at the end of the war, would the German Army records still reflect him as > being a "deserter"? <clip> The A-B's would list him as a deserter. There was no $80 fee after the peace treaty was signed. Bob Brooks

Interestingly enough, my ancestor Mattheus Konrad Will of the Bayreuth grenadiers is simply listed as having "enlisted with the Americans" in Erich Staedtler's dissertation and the Clifford Neal Smith translations. Mattheus is listed as Matthias Wild in the published list of potential deserters in the Bayreuth newspaper of (1803 maybe?). I assume that he took the "buyout" from prison camp at Frederick, MD in 1782 but haven't been able to find out much more after that. He ended up in Rockingham County, VA near New Market, VA. I sort of think that he must have joined a Virginia militia regiment, but can't find any record of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Sulentic<mailto:rnsulentic@earthlink.net> To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [HESSIAN] Conscript vs. Kidnap ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== 6000 Hessian soldiers remained in North America after the end of the war in 1783. The majority settled in the Eastern United States and Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message to another. To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS<http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS> To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>

Greetings Hessian members: I am writing again to ask your advice. I am researching a John Lutsey. The story goes he got an Elizabeth Gilbert from NY pregnant and married her in 1777. The son was born also 1777 in Orange county NY. He supposedly deserted and joined the Continental Army. He received a bounty in 1783 and moved to Luzerne Co PA in ca. 1785, becoming one of the first settlers in that part of Luzerne Co. I was informed a Luetze, Lutzig spelling does not appear in the common lists of Hessians. I sent for his pension/bounty records and haven't arrived yet. I was also thinking of looking at early tax lists for Orange Co. NY for that period. Any other ideas on locating his Hessian unit, hometown in Germany, year of arrival. Thank you. Edward Quinter

> -----Original Message----- > From: Marie Rasnick Fetzer [mailto:mariefetzer@tds.net] > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 8:01 PM > To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HESSIAN] Conscript vs. Kidnap > > I have a few questions that I hope someone will be able to > help me with. > > I've read that at times, German officials delayed reporting > Hessian desertions in order to continue receiving payment > from the British. How likely is this to happen? How long > could this have been delayed? > It really depends. Some captured troops were still listed as prisoners of war after they deserted out of the prisoner of war camps. I believe that Brunswick officers were still trying to find some deserters from the convention army as late as 1783. > Conscript vs. Kidnap: There are many accounts of young > German men being forced or tricked into the Army during the > time period of our Hessians, however there is also evidence > that they were conscripted, or drafted into service upon > reaching a certain age. Generally, did this depend on which > state the lad came from? Were certain German princes more apt > than others to have done this? > This depended upon the state in question. The Hesse-Kassel Army was based upon a system that did conscript men, as well as recruiting 'volunteers'. Recruiting practices amounting to kidnapping certainly existed during the period, but it depends on who, where, and when. > If a Hessian POW signed an oath of allegiance and paid his > $80 for freedom at the end of the war, would the German Army > records still reflect him as being a "deserter"? Mostly, yes. I read that > upon doing this, the prisoners received a certificate from > the Minister of War enabling them to stay in America. Hesse-Kassel certainly didn't do anything like that. But at least in Pennsylvania, there are recorded oaths of allegiance, and one can find some German deserters showing up on militia muster rolls by the end of the war. Hope that helps some, Robert Sulentic

I have a few questions that I hope someone will be able to help me with. I've read that at times, German officials delayed reporting Hessian desertions in order to continue receiving payment from the British. How likely is this to happen? How long could this have been delayed? Conscript vs. Kidnap: There are many accounts of young German men being forced or tricked into the Army during the time period of our Hessians, however there is also evidence that they were conscripted, or drafted into service upon reaching a certain age. Generally, did this depend on which state the lad came from? Were certain German princes more apt than others to have done this? If a Hessian POW signed an oath of allegiance and paid his $80 for freedom at the end of the war, would the German Army records still reflect him as being a "deserter"? I read that upon doing this, the prisoners received a certificate from the Minister of War enabling them to stay in America. Where would one search for evidence of this certificate, in the national military archives, or locally in the county where this would have taken place? I'm searching for a good researcher in the Frederick, Md. area. If anyone has any experience with a particular one, please email me privately. Thanks, Marie Rasnick Fetzer descendant of Johann Ruehrschneck of the Ansbach-Bayreuth Troops

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I will take a shot at it: The answer to your request in the attachment formatted as a Microsoft-Word-10 file. Use the address indicated below for a reply/response answer indicating the referenc number. Yours sincerely gs TA PK SECRET PUBLIC RECORDS PRUSSIAN CULTURE POSSESSION archives route 12-14 Tel: +49 (30) 83901-00 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) fax: +49 (30) 83901-180 email: gsta.pk@gsta.spk <mailto:gsta.pk@gsta.spk> berlin.de Web: gsta.spk berlin.de < < E-4494-0ë.DOC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nelda Percival [mailto:nelda_percival@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:34 PM > To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HESSIAN] off topic Interputer/German/English and > still does not make since > > Hi, > Would one of you please tell me in English what this means.. > There is an English translation but I don't understand it.. > It is for a friend > Thank you > Nelda > > Im Anhang erhalten Sie die Antwort auf Ihre Anfrage als > Microsoft-Word-10 Datei. > > > Für eine Rückantwort unter Angabe des Geschäftszeichens bitte > die unten > > angegebene Adresse verwenden. > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > GStA PK > > > ----------- > GEHEIMES STAATSARCHIV PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ > > Archivstraße 12-14 Tel: +49 (30) 83901-00 > D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) Fax: +49 (30) 83901-180 > > email: gsta.pk@gsta.spk-berlin.de > web: gsta.spk-berlin.de > > > <<E-4494-05e.DOC>> > > > On Thursday, June 23, 2005, you wrote > > This is the ENGLISH TRANSLATION: > > In the appendix you receive the answer on your request as > Microsoft-Word-10 file. Use the address indicated down for an > answer under indication of the reference number please. Yours > sincerely gs TA PK ---------- SECRET PUBLIC RECORDS PRUSSIAN > CULTURE POSSESSION archives route 12-14 Tel: +49 (30) > 83901-00 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) fax: +49 (30) 83901-180 email: > gsta.pk@gsta.spk <mailto:gsta.pk@gsta.spk> berlin.de Web: > gsta.spk berlin.de < < E-4494-0ë.DOC > > > > > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Please stick to our published subject - Hessian Soldiers of > the American Revolution, not WWII or the Civil War. No other > Immigrants. > You can search the archives for a specific message or browse > them, going from one message to another. > To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for > your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family > and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sou rceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Thank you Robert!!! Nelda Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

Hi, Would one of you please tell me in English what this means.. There is an English translation but I don't understand it.. It is for a friend Thank you Nelda Im Anhang erhalten Sie die Antwort auf Ihre Anfrage als Microsoft-Word-10 Datei. Für eine Rückantwort unter Angabe des Geschäftszeichens bitte die unten angegebene Adresse verwenden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen GStA PK ----------- GEHEIMES STAATSARCHIV PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ Archivstraße 12-14 Tel: +49 (30) 83901-00 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) Fax: +49 (30) 83901-180 email: gsta.pk@gsta.spk-berlin.de web: gsta.spk-berlin.de <<E-4494-05e.DOC>> On Thursday, June 23, 2005, you wrote This is the ENGLISH TRANSLATION: In the appendix you receive the answer on your request as Microsoft-Word-10 file. Use the address indicated down for an answer under indication of the reference number please. Yours sincerely gs TA PK ---------- SECRET PUBLIC RECORDS PRUSSIAN CULTURE POSSESSION archives route 12-14 Tel: +49 (30) 83901-00 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem) fax: +49 (30) 83901-180 email: gsta.pk@gsta.spk <mailto:gsta.pk@gsta.spk> berlin.de Web: gsta.spk berlin.de < < E-4494-0ë.DOC > > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

Yes, Nelda, Jane's e-mail about the scholarship is really great news. And she gives credit to John's sharing--rightly so. Wouldn't it be wonderful if others were as willing to share? I recently received an e-mail which (effectively) told me to take a hike, although the lister previously indicated having sources available to share. And so it goes. Thankfully, most of the Listers are cut from a different stock!! Jeri

Thanks for sharing, Jane. And what a good idea the essay was/is. Jeri ----- Original Message ----- From: <WMCURCI@aol.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:22 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Arnold Haupt, Hessian Soldier > Dear John, Nelda, and Listers, > > I am delighted to share this wonderful email I received from a cousin. > > Jane in Naples FL > wmcurci@aol.com > >> > > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe click on AMREV-HESSIANS-L-request@rootsweb.com > and write one single word unsubscribe in subject line and text field. > No other words or explanations or it won't work. > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message to another. > To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Dear John, Nelda, and Listers, I am delighted to share this wonderful email I received from a cousin. An interest in Clapper Genealogy brought us together. This researcher's ancestor and my ancestor were sisters. I shared my Clapper information and the connection to the Arnold Haupt family with her and she has shared it with others. Arnold Haupt's descendant, Elizabeth Russell married Oliver Clapper. I thought the message is so important for you all to read because your family member may wish to pursue writing an essay about your Hessian soldier that could win a college scholarship also. And all this came about because of our wonderful friend/researcher, John Helmut Merz's sharing! Thank you, John! Here's the letter. Warmest regards to all, Jane in Naples FL wmcurci@aol.com Subj: Clapper Genealogy The Ebbitt Family is having their annual reunion in Braddock, PA, this year. If you remember, my G-grandfather, Richard Clair, married Martha Clapper and Martha's 2 daughters, Virginia and Mae, married Ebbitt brothers. Some of the children of Virginia were interested in the Clapper genealogy. I have printed the emails you sent me about the Clappers/Haupt and will send to the one son who contacts me every year and the one I have sent pictures previously. His mother was Virginia and his sister, Nunny. I'm not sure if he has email, but will send your address in case he wants to contact you about the Clappers. I thought at the reunion the family would be interested in the story of "Broad Top's Hessian Soldier." If they are smart, they would tell their children of their history so they could use it for special projects in school. My daughter did and won a full scholarship to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania on her essay. Sue

Hi Jane, What wonderful news! Thank you for sharing with us... See there is more to doing genealogy then just digging up old bones... A scholarship is a wonderful reward! and John's sharing made it possible! Nelda Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ Dear John, Nelda, and Listers, I am delighted to share this wonderful email I received from a cousin. (Snipped for space) And all this came about because of our wonderful friend/researcher, John Helmut Merz's sharing! Thank you, John! Here's the letter. Warmest regards to all, Jane in Naples FL wmcurci@aol.com Subj: Clapper Genealogy The Ebbitt Family is having their annual reunion in Braddock, PA, this year. If you remember, my G-grandfather, Richard Clair, married Martha Clapper and Martha's 2 daughters, Virginia and Mae, married Ebbitt brothers. Some of the children of Virginia were interested in the Clapper genealogy. I have printed the emails you sent me about the Clappers/Haupt and will send to the one son who contacts me every year and the one I have sent pictures previously. His mother was Virginia and his sister, Nunny. I'm not sure if he has email, but will send your address in case he wants to contact you about the Clappers. I thought at the reunion the family would be interested in the story of "Broad Top's Hessian Soldier." If they are smart, they would tell their children of their history so they could use it for special projects in school. My daughter did and won a full scholarship to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania on her essay. Sue

A NOTE FROM JOHN: ----Original Message Follows---- From: "John Merz" <hessianmerz@hotmail.com> To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Hello from Germany Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:57:19 -0600 Hello Hessians, just a short greeting from Bad Haryburg in Lower Saxony where I am some days off from the excitement. Everything goes fine. On the 30. is the big day. Will report to you when I am back. Cheers John Helmut Merz

Search This CEFHA WebSite 45 Results for [Merz] Limit search to: Whole Document Title Location Sort by: Rank Date Location Title Reverse Sort Search In: All Documents All Documents (Soundex) Results for Merz 1 to 15 of 45 results. Run time: 0.018 seconds | Search time: 0.001 seconds Page:1 2 3 Next 15 1 Index (A-M) to SF-4: FHL Microfilm 1981704, Gunther Schoen submission & Genealogy, AL 11401 -- rank: 1000 Location: /de/astaka/sf/sf4/al-11401a.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:27 MDT Length: 20995 2 Conversations with Elder #8: A Conversation with Helena Weigel Merz (born 1922) -- rank: 755 Location: /lfs/cwe/cs-con08.html Date: 2003-07-22 20:13:50 MDT Length: 24572 3 (Surnames from Mersabach, Carl T.H. ) "San Francisco Call" Newspaper Vital Records for 1869-1899 -- rank: 694 Location: /usa/ca/sf/sfcall/6999/6999-473.html Date: 2005-05-03 06:41:14 MDT Length: 30534 4 St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Denver, Maxfield Twnshp, Bremer Co., IA - Baptisms Extraction Index 1861-1900 -- rank: 498 Location: /usa/ia/spdm/spdm-bap.html Date: 2003-09-20 11:50:54 MDT Length: 36620 5 Bavaria / Bayern Germany Research List Archive -- BAYRL-991 -- rank: 498 Location: /de/bay/bayrl/bayrl991.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:27 MDT Length: 33714 6 1872 Foreign-Born Voters of California - Mehitens, Daniel ) -- rank: 411 Location: /usa/ca/fbvca/fbv-109.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:34 MDT Length: 30579 7 Finding Aid Index (A-Z) to Privatarchive 355 D: Basel, Switzerland Family Names and Genealogy Numbers -- rank: 354 Location: /ch/gi/pa/pa355di.html Date: 2003-10-09 22:38:40 MDT Length: 17300 8 Leipzig "Melderegister" Frauen M-O: Female Rsedients (City Population Register 1890-1949), 3,706 Microfilm Reels -- rank: 280 Location: /de/melde/frauen/frau-mo.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:32 MDT Length: 27824 9 (Surnames from Spence, William A. ) "San Francisco Call" Newspaper Vital Records for 1869-1899 -- rank: 177 Location: /usa/ca/sf/sfcall/6999/6999-652.html Date: 2005-05-03 07:40:44 MDT Length: 30539 10 (Surnames from Faulkner, son of William B. ) "San Francisco Call" Newspaper Vital Records for 1869-1899 -- rank: 177 Location: /usa/ca/sf/sfcall/6999/6999-205.html Date: 2005-05-03 02:05:14 MDT Length: 30570 11 ZVA - Zichydorf Village Association (Banat) - Active Reseachers List -- rank: 177 Location: /zva/zactive.html Date: 2004-05-30 19:58:14 MDT Length: 28810 12 ZVA - Zichydorf Village Association (Banat) - ZVA News: Volume 6 No. 1 -- rank: 177 Location: /zva/znews/znews6-1.html Date: 2003-10-29 17:47:20 MST Length: 14603 13 Findng Aid to the book "Die Evalgelische Kirche Pommerns in Republik und Dictatur" -- rank: 177 Location: /de/pom/gi/ev/ekprd.html Date: 2003-08-18 16:40:56 MDT Length: 21226 14 INDEX - "Conversations with the Elders" - Family Histories of Stalin's Labor Camp Survivors -- rank: 177 Location: /lfs/cwe/indexcwe.html Date: 2003-07-22 18:31:52 MDT Length: 6114 15 Surname Finding Aid for FANA (FAmilienkundliche NAchrichten) Volume (Band) 10 issues #3, #4 and #5 -- rank: 177 Location: /de/gi/fana/fana10-3-5.html Date: 2003-07-14 21:00:10 MDT Length: 23568 Page:1 2 3 Next 15 Powered by Swish-e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2003 by CEFHA http://cefha.org/cgi-bin/swish.cgi 3 Results for Spade Results for JOHN SPADE 1 to 3 of 3 results. Run time: 0.017 seconds | Search time: 0.001 seconds 1 Finding Aid (Surnames M - Z) for "Sammelwerk donnauschwäbisher Kolonisten" -- rank: 1000 Location: /deru/sdk/sdk-mz.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:41 MDT Length: 23797 2 Finding Aid S-3 to "Die Kartei Quassowski" -- rank: 1000 Location: /de/gi/kq/kq-s3.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:31 MDT Length: 22017 3 Finding Aid (Surnames M - Z) for "Sammelwerk donnauschwäbisher Kolonisten" -- rank: 1000 Location: /de/donausch/sdk/sdk-mz.html Date: 2003-07-07 09:36:28 MDT Length: 23814 Powered by Swish-e FYI, Barry Wetherington ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jgm61656@aol.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Thank You for your Support! > Hello John, > Best wishes on your trip to Germany. I have often read your information > on > the internet but have not subscribed to the site, mainly because not much > has > shown up on what I have been told is our first John Spade, who came to > America > during the Revolutionary War. It has been researched by many family > members > and to no avail. > Some day, I, too would like to visit Germany but since I don't speak the > language and am not at all familiar with the country, I doubt it will ever > happen > for me. > I look forward to reading about your trip when you return home. > Jean Spade Meurer > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Please stick to our published subject - Hessian Soldiers of the > American Revolution, not WWII or the Civil War. No other Immigrants. > You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going > from one message to another. > To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > ==============================