> Barry, this is the book, it got two days to go and there is > only one bid on so far. Please look it over, > Thanks, John > > Title of item: The German-American Soldier in the Wars of the U.S.: > Seller: the-hessian > Starts: 01-Sep-04 22:26:39 EDT > Ends: 08-Sep-04 22:26:39 EDT > Price: Currently US $4.99 > > To bid on the item, go to: http://cgi3.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?RedirectEnter&partner=888801&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi%2Eebay%2Eca%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI%2Edll%3FViewItem%26item%3D6924324934%26category%3D378%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AB%3AEF%3AUS%3A1 > > > Item Description: > The German-American Soldier in the Wars of the U.S.: J.G. Rosengarten's History. Edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann, A Heritage Classic. Copy right 1996. A facsimile Reprint published 1996 by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland. Softcover, like new, 347 pages, size 8 1/4" x 5 5/16", weight 16 oz (452 grams), postage to U.S. will be $3.50. - The second edition of J.G. Rosengarten's 'The German Soldier in the Wars of the United States' was published in 1890, and it was considered a major source of information on the German-American contributions to U.S.military campaigns from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. Based on a series of journal articles, Rosengarten's book incorporated history, biography, and first hand accounts from the veterans. A surname index was included as well. Dr. Tolzmann has made many helpful additions in this new version, including a table of contents, an appendix about General Washington's German bodyguard, and new chapters covering the Spanish-Ameri! > can War, both World Wars, the space age, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Guld War. ISBN 0-7884-0416-4. = Seller will accept personal check, money order or PayPal.   > > Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM at http://www.ebay.ca > One more thing, I have a few more items listed which should be of interest to Hessian researchers. Since I am not reprinting any of my books anymore, this may be your last chance. Always check my listings under my sellername, which is the-hessian BTW., I do this not for me, but for you, the readers, because I still get queries everyday for this or that Hessian name, but I am in the process of turning over all my material to American and Canadian depositories. See List archives. Cheers, John Merz

Hello Joyce, although your Hessen-Hanau soldier Nikolaus Hamann settled after the American Revolution in Quebec Province, his friend and buddy Georg MAGER from the same hometown Dudenhofen, indentured himself in 1782 in Pennsylvania for three years. Back in 1993 I published a special edition of my German-language book "Er war ein Hesse" with a special chapter attached, composed by the Dudenhofen Town Historian Herr Manfred Resch, titled: "28 Dudenhoefer Soldaten in Kanada und U.S.A." It contained an alphabetical listing of all 28 soldiers originating from Dudenhofen and their history, this is what it says about Georg Mager: Johann Georg Mager, geb. am 3. April 1752. Vater: Johann Georg Mager (Waffenschlosser- gunsmith) Mutter: Anna Katharina Walter oo 29.11.1746 Pate: Johann Georg Resch, Seine Groesse war 5 Fuss 5 Zoll 3 Strich. Er kam 1776 als Rekrut zum Regiment. Seine Eltern waren schon verstorben. 1777 geriet er in Gefangenschaft, 1782 als Knecht selbst verkauft. Sein Bruder Wendel Mager oo 24.3.1778 Anna Margarete Seibert. Beide wanderten nach Ungarn aus. (btw. Hetrina VI does not have more, except iy lists his date of indenture as Nov.1782) Herr Manfred Resch is not on the Internet, he may be reached by regular mail Postfach 20032 63087 Rodgau Germany Hope this helps you - John Helmut Merz From: <caboose.2@juno.com> To: <QUEBEC-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 10:47 AM Subject: [Que-Hessians] Georg Mager Dudenhofen, Germany > Thanks Norm and John, > I did find something about Georg MAGER on the internet. > He and my fourth great grandfather Hessian, Nikloaus HAMANN were > from the same town, Dudenhofen (now Rodhau). > ........he got married without permission.....Historical Review of Berks > County. > ........indentured himself in November 1782 at Reading or > Lancaster.....Johannes Schwalm Historical Association. > > I gave my 'Hessian' books I had purchased from John Malz to my > granddaughter, the librarian, so will ask her for help also. > > Does anyone have a HETRINA Vol Vl that they could look up Georg MAGER in > it for me, please? > Thanks, > Joyce >

Forwarded to AMREV-HESSIANS list, courtesy of Rootsweb PML Service: From: <waugerman@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: PML Search Result matching hessians OR hessian > ==================================== > Source: HOLLER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: METZGER Family > > Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mcj.2ACIB/105.94.132.1 > > The Metzgers that tie into the Hollers descend from a man named Marcus Metzger. He was a "Hessian", and came to the colonies to fight in the Revolution on the British side, but came over to the other side. He, and another Hessian, Frederick Hill, lived near one another here in Bedford County - I descend from both of them. Marcus is said to have defected in Loudon Cty VA, while Frederick Hill is documented as defecting across the river from Canada in NY. Both families are a bit intertwined,... > > Marcus was born 1750 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany - perhaps Anspach-Byreuth, and was married in PA to a Sophia Magdalena ?. Marcus died in 1815, and she died in Jan 1824. They are buried at the Trinity Church on Dry Ridge, Juniata Twp, Bedford County PA..... just next to what is known (& was) the Metzger Tavern. Its a private home now, of course. > I never have found out more about where Marcus came from. > > Aimee

HI John, Sorry to see you retire, God be with you, in your future . myrna On Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at 04:56 PM, Butch Willard wrote: > John, > My sincerest thanks for assisting me in finding my Hessian ancestor - > Phillip Hinkle (Hinckel). If not for your research I would still be > lost. Thanks, thanks, thanks > > Butch Willard > ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dyevalou@aol.com> > To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] John take Care > > >> Dear John, >> (but this isn't a real *Dear John* letter in the usual sense. Along >> with >> everyone on this line, I wish to express my admiration and gratitude >> to you for >> your years of devotion to your subject and the help you have given. >> I, too, have not really contributed much to the line but have been a >> silent >> reader. >> By the way, RavenJan, the quotation from General MacArthur was, to >> put it >> precisely, *Old soldiers never die - they just FADE away.* John, >> don't fade away >> entirely. We like having you around. >> Lynne Miller >> >> >> ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== >> Taglines are supposed to give you instructions on how this >> AMREV-HESSIANS mail list works. Please read them faithfully, and then >> erase such taglines before sending out an answer to a message. This >> message >> was written by John Helmut Merz, the founder of this list. >> One last word - Messages should not exceed what you can type >> on two letter pages, if you want to say more, >> make it two messages - Part one and Part two. > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > The Source HETRINA has been discussed more often than anything > else, you find the explanations by checking our key word archive > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > You can find it by typing in "26 feb 1999" and look for HETRINA. Or > check the Threaded Archives for February 1999 - Hetrina publication. >

Sorry John Ashbury, Seems I got mixed-up for a moment, it was Barry Wetherington who had brought up the subject of the Bodyguards, and not you. Yours was the date of when Hessian prisoners could buy their freedom for 80 Spanish Dollars. I hope you did get your answers. Cheers, John Merz To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:21 AM > From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> > To: "John Ashbury" <wasps65@earthlink.net>; > John Ashbury - > > while sorting my material in order to transfer it to the SAR, > I came across a reprint of a book by J.G.Rosengarten' History, > titled The German-American Soldier in the Wars of the U.S., > edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann publ. 1996 by Heritage Books. > It contains a whole chapter on the Washington's Bodyguard's, > and 'Major von Heer's Independent Troop of Horse". > > Since this one is now surplus to me, I have put it on eBay for sale, > under my seller name the-hessian > > Hoping that this will help to clear up the confusion surrounding this > mysterious 'Washington's Bodyguard", > Yours truly > John Merz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Ashbury" <wasps65@earthlink.net> > > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:41 AM > > Subject: Re: PML Search: Hessians- buying their 'Freedom'. > > > > > Could you please cite a source for your date of 1782? > > > Thanks, > > > John > Please check the archives first, your answer may be there. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > This list was started by Johannes Helmut Merz, Hessian researcher. >

Hello, This is John Merz's post. John is the noted retired Hessian Army reseacher, author, historian. From Jane Curci http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.kunkel/211 Hessian Soldier Henrich KUNKEL from Floersbach. Author: <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=author&r=an&a=&ee=IZ4vFAeFps9kk0L5lWDwOCRf-bQcZ1mk&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%2Fmessage%2Fan%2Fsurnames.kunkel%2F211">John Helmut Merz</A> <IMG SRC="http://boards.ancestry.com/p" WIDTH="3" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" DATASIZE="43"> Date: 19 Aug 2003 8:23 PM GMT Surnames: KUNCKEL, KUNKEL, GUNCKEL. Classification: Query <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=postmessage&r=an&p=surnames.kunkel&m=211&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%2Fmessage%2Fan%2Fsurnames.kunkel%2F211&oncancel=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%2Fmessage%2Fan%2Fsurnames.kunkel%2F211">Post Reply</A> | <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?f=markmessage&r=an&p=surnames.kunkel&m=211&v=0&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%3Fhtx%3Dboard%26r%3Dan%26p%3Dsurnames.kunkel">Mark Unread</A> <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=requestobjection&r=an&p=surnames.kunkel&m=211&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%2Fmessage%2Fan%2Fsurnames.kunkel%2F211">Report Abuse</A> <IMG SRC="http://a1356.g.akamai.net/f/1356/2384/4h/boards.ancestry.com/mbfiles/files/images/print.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="16" BORDER="0" DATASIZE="120"> <A HREF="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=printmessage&r=an&p=surnames.kunkel&m=211&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%3Fhtx%3Dmessage%26r! %3Dan%26p%3Dsurnames.kunkel">Print Message</A> Here is the military data of this soldier - Source: Hetrina VI p.283 (Staatsarchiv Marburg/Hessen) Kunckel/Gunckel, Henrich, age 19 (1750/51), born in Floersbach D-6481 (now 63689 Floersbachtal) 7 km SE of Bieber, Musketier (Private), 3. Company, Hessen- Hanau Regiment Erbprinz (Crown prince), on Muster already in Jan.1770, on active duty in Feb.1776. Taken POW at Saratoga, N.Y. in Oct. 1777, and kept a prisoner until he indentured himself in Nov.1782, meaning he sold himself for a period of 3 years to escape the harsh conditions in the prison camp. Additional Note: There were several other soldiers with the last name Kunkel/Kunckel, a Michael from Floersbach, same unit as above, a Friedrich with the Hanau Jaegers, discharged in Canada in 1783, and one Johannes with the Waldeck Regiment, who deserted in the USA in 1778. Please check the mail list archives of the AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com for details. John H. Merz, researching Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution.

From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: "John Ashbury" <wasps65@earthlink.net>; <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 10:41 AM John Ashbury - while sorting my material in order to transfer it to the SAR, I came across a reprint of a book by J.G.Rosengarten' History, titled The German-American Soldier in the Wars of the U.S., edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann publ. 1996 by Heritage Books. It contains a whole chapter on the Washington's Bodyguard's, and 'Major von Heer's Independent Troop of Horse". Since this one is now surplus to me, I have put it on eBay for sale, under my seller name the-hessian Hoping that this will help to clear up the confusion surrounding this mysterious 'Washington's Bodyguard", Yours truly John Merz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Ashbury" <wasps65@earthlink.net> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:41 AM > Subject: Re: PML Search: Hessians- buying their 'Freedom'. > > > Could you please cite a source for your date of 1782? > > Thanks, > > John

Hello list, Below is an e-mail sent to another researcher of Johan Daniel Hausner............... I didn't receive a reply, I am now hoping she is still on the list. My questions would be about the names of the 5 male and 5 female children for the first Hausner couple. Also the information on the place and date of marriage in New York, for Dan and Anna Susanna ............ Thanks again for your time and patience, Rowyn p.s. I have been having the best time presenting Hessian pins and pendants to Hamm and Hausner descendants :>) _________________________________________________ I am hoping this is still a working e-mail address ................... I was given your e-mail address by Mr. John Merz the researcher of Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution, in an up-date he sent me on Johann Daniel Haus(s)ner and wife Anna Susanna (nee: Roumans) Haus(s)ner. John lists you and I under "Descendants of record" ............... In the up-date John writes .... there were 5 boys and 5 girls in the original family and the marriage of Dan and Anna took place in New York. Would you be willing to share information ? I am in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada..... Here in the records of the "Dutch Church" I can find baptisms for two sons, 3 Jan 1790 Charles Godfrey Hausner and Oct 1790 James William Hausner My husband descends from Susan Barbara Hausner who married Neil MacLean in Halifax on Mar 3/ 1813. S. Barbara was born about 1789, where ? I believe Susan Barbara to be a daughter of Dan and Anna Susanna but, I have not been able to find her baptism here in Halifax ?? Susan Barbara died 23 May 1876, and is buried in the St. Luke's churchyard in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Thank-you for your time, and please reply ....... Rowyn MacLean rowyn@sprint.ca

Dear John, We hope you will be following our messages on this List and making a contribution when you can for a long, long time - slow down - but never give up! I thank you again so much for your help in identifying Brunswicker Carl Simon Wrede (aka Charles Frada/Fraday/Frady), my ancestor, who settled in North Carolina. With your help, I was also able to identify Brunswicker Heinrich Wrede (aka Caspar Henry Friday/Fraade/Freadea/Fredea/Freda) who settled in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The Freda family had been looking for Henry's origin for more than twenty years. Both of these were on the muster rolls at the Albemarle Barracks on September 14, 1779. Henry has been identified as an officer's servant. You have made history come alive with your extraordinary perception and hard work! Good job!! Louise ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today!

Hey thanks for the correction.....but you know what I ment....geez and I am old enough to remember McAuthur saying it!!!! :) ========Original Message======== Subj: Re: [HESSIAN] John take Care Date: 9/1/04 7:57:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: butchwillard@adelphia.net Reply-to: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) John, My sincerest thanks for assisting me in finding my Hessian ancestor - Phillip Hinkle (Hinckel). If not for your research I would still be lost. Thanks, thanks, thanks Butch Willard ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dyevalou@aol.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] John take Care >Dear John, >(but this isn't a real *Dear John* letter in the usual sense. Along with >everyone on this line, I wish to express my admiration and gratitude to >you for >your years of devotion to your subject and the help you have given. >I, too, have not really contributed much to the line but have been a >silent >reader. >By the way, RavenJan, the quotation from General MacArthur was, to put it >precisely, *Old soldiers never die - they just FADE away.* John, don't >fade away >entirely. We like having you around. >Lynne Miller > > >==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== >Taglines are supposed to give you instructions on how this AMREV-HESSIANS >mail list works. Please read them faithfully, and then erase such taglines >before sending out an answer to a message. This message >was written by John Helmut Merz, the founder of this list. >One last word - Messages should not exceed what you can type >on two letter pages, if you want to say more, >make it two messages - Part one and Part two. > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== The Source HETRINA has been discussed more often than anything else, you find the explanations by checking our key word archive http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians You can find it by typing in "26 feb 1999" and look for HETRINA. Or check the Threaded Archives for February 1999 - Hetrina publication.

John, My sincerest thanks for assisting me in finding my Hessian ancestor - Phillip Hinkle (Hinckel). If not for your research I would still be lost. Thanks, thanks, thanks Butch Willard ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dyevalou@aol.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] John take Care > Dear John, > (but this isn't a real *Dear John* letter in the usual sense. Along with > everyone on this line, I wish to express my admiration and gratitude to > you for > your years of devotion to your subject and the help you have given. > I, too, have not really contributed much to the line but have been a > silent > reader. > By the way, RavenJan, the quotation from General MacArthur was, to put it > precisely, *Old soldiers never die - they just FADE away.* John, don't > fade away > entirely. We like having you around. > Lynne Miller > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Taglines are supposed to give you instructions on how this AMREV-HESSIANS > mail list works. Please read them faithfully, and then erase such taglines > before sending out an answer to a message. This message > was written by John Helmut Merz, the founder of this list. > One last word - Messages should not exceed what you can type > on two letter pages, if you want to say more, > make it two messages - Part one and Part two. >

Dear John, (but this isn't a real *Dear John* letter in the usual sense. Along with everyone on this line, I wish to express my admiration and gratitude to you for your years of devotion to your subject and the help you have given. I, too, have not really contributed much to the line but have been a silent reader. By the way, RavenJan, the quotation from General MacArthur was, to put it precisely, *Old soldiers never die - they just FADE away.* John, don't fade away entirely. We like having you around. Lynne Miller

Dear John, How I hate to write. Remember that from the song about a good bye letter to a soldier in the field during WW11? That one was from a lady saying she had another love. Well, this one is from a lady who must say good bye to a soldier who fought to find the ancestors roots for many who will always be grateful. Sometimes I think John is a reborn Hessian Soldier. He has born his musket of genealogy and dedication to the remembrance of the Hessian soldier smartly on his shoulder for a long time. We all know the famous statement of General Mc Authur "Old Soldiers never die they just pass away". They pass away to enjoy happy times of a long and rewarding life. Such it is for John. It is not easy to pass on a torch, it is a great sacrifice to give up that which you have loved and nourished. John we all have seen your love and dedication over the past years. Enjoy your free time to just have fun what ever you see as fun in your life. We will look forward to your comments and sharing of your knowledge from time to time. Enjoy John

AMEN!! THANK YOU JOHN from a silent reader of all the postings. Descendant of Georg Nikolaus Spaht. ----- Original Message ----- From: <WMCURCI@aol.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:55 AM Subject: [HESSIAN]AMREV-HESSIANS mail~Post John Merz' Retirement > Dear John and Listers: > > Good Morning. > > It is a great pleasure and honor to follow John Merz as the AMREV-HESSIANS > mail list administrator and to bid "Auf Wiedersehen" to John Merz on his > retirement. > > John, you will be remembered by all of us as a respected historian and author > who well deserves our gratitude for all you have accomplished. Your > innovation, leadership, and friendship will continue to serve as an inspiration to us > all. > > We thank you, John for your dedication, perseverance, integrity, and hard > work. We thank you, Emmi, for sharing John with us all these years. > > AMREV-HESSIANS Listers, will you please bear with me as we continue to move > along with John's blessings. > > Warm regards to you all, > > Jane Curci > wmcurci@aol.com > Naples FL > > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Mail List archives are your best bet to find information, try > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.746 / Virus Database: 498 - Release Date: 08/31/2004

--=======64B61438======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4F9E1CD4; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John your knowledge of the Hessians has helped us all and we thank you. Just this past Friday I received the Will of my Hessian Georg Strohlein (George Strayline) written in 1817 and he evidently did pretty good after coming back to America and Philadelphia, he had five children and I only knew of my ancestor so more research is in progress. So thanks for all your help through the list over the years. Mason mhem@bellsouth.net --=======64B61438=======--

John, Do not want to say good bye.! Just hope you will chime in online when you feel like it. It's too bad we can not tape all the information you have in your memory What a giant book that would make. So just thanks again for everything Know Emmie will be relieved you are slowing down Mary Anne

Dear John and Listers: Good Morning. It is a great pleasure and honor to follow John Merz as the AMREV-HESSIANS mail list administrator and to bid "Auf Wiedersehen" to John Merz on his retirement. John, you will be remembered by all of us as a respected historian and author who well deserves our gratitude for all you have accomplished. Your innovation, leadership, and friendship will continue to serve as an inspiration to us all. We thank you, John for your dedication, perseverance, integrity, and hard work. We thank you, Emmi, for sharing John with us all these years. AMREV-HESSIANS Listers, will you please bear with me as we continue to move along with John's blessings. Warm regards to you all, Jane Curci wmcurci@aol.com Naples FL

Dear friends of the AMREV-HESSIANS list: I subscribed to gain some history about the 'Waldeck Line Road' and the 'Hessian Line Road' which are located near Bear River East, N.S., the birth place of my wife. To say that John grew on me from there is an understatement. Consequently, I decided to conjure up a personal visit with John at his home in Hamilton. Hmmm! How should one go about that? Aha! I'll purchase his Hessian's of Nova Scotia book and a Hessian plaque (to donate to the Annapolis Valley Historical Society) and pick the items up at his home, that's what!! Save the postage costs? Right!! When three of us left John's home that day, after a two hour visit filled with lots of laughs and great Hessian stories, all we could do was shake our head in wonderment at the contribution to Hessian history John has made. His vast and organized library is mind boggling. A few weeks back I purchased eleven Hessian pins to be given as gifts to strangers of Hessian descent that I might come across in my travels across the province of N.S. I have been carrying two of them around with me ever since they arrived in the mail. John's spell on me continues to this last day before his retirement. This afternoon my wife and I drove to the home of a lady in Blockhouse, N.S., to purchase a copy of an Aulenbach genealogy book. We had never met the lady before. A half hour after making our acquaintance she remarked out of a blue moon that she was a direct descendant of Hessian soldier Johann Philipp Aulenbach. After briefing her on my acquaintance with John and his Hessian book she brought out a book titled "Acadia and the Acadians" published 1890. She knows of only two other copies in existence. Chapter XXVIII is titled "One of the Hessians" which contains the autobiography of her ancestor John Philip Aulenbach. The second paragraph is as follows; "Then I proceeded with the Hessian troops, bought by King George III, to England. There I was chosen Trumpeter of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons and sailed with them to America, where we arrived after a long voyage, October eighteenth, 1776, near New York Lighthouse. During the eight years that followed I served as Trumpet Major in the campaigns in the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia or Eastern Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Georgia, and through the whole of South Carolina. I received my discharge in 1783 at New York, and went to the newly-founded town, Shelburne, in Nova Scotia." Yes, I gave her a pin although John's Hessian book states her ancestor can be classified as a German Military Man, but not a Hessian. At 80+ she still chops her own kindling wood so it would be much more difficult to have her return the pin than it would be for the gold medal of a discredited Olympic athlete. And yes John, I know I did not mail you a copy of the picture I took of you that first day we met at your home. May I deliver it personally to your home? To save the postage. Right?? Good luck and may God bless you and your wife, Les Sinclair P.S. Happy retirement. The clock just struck midnight.

God Bless you John and keep well. Thanks for your constant help and concern. Paul Plante (Nicolaus Weitzel) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:34 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Please Welcome our new List Administrator! > Hello folks: > > Please welcome our new AMREV-HESSIANS mail list administrator > Mrs, Jane Curci WMCURCI@aol.com who has graciously offered > to continue with running this list and look after. > I do hope that you support her as you did me, or even better. > > This coming month will bring much change in my routines, my > research material for the Canadian Hessians will go to the > Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre, > Ameliasburg, Ontario > http://www.quinte-kin.com > where it will be available for research by all Hessian descendants, > > and my Hessian files of those who settled in the United Staes will > be picked up soon after by the Librarian of the SAR for their > genealogical Library in Louisville, Kentucky. I know my material will > be in good hands in both places, and will be available to all Hessian > soldier family researchers. > > Rest assured that I will keep an eye out for the list, but since my own > research material is gone, I won't be of much research help anymore. > > I would like to take this opportunity to thank all subscribers for the > help they have given me over the years, it was always fun and > entertaining, and I loved it, but I am catching myself making too many > mistakes, and forgetting what I did half an hour ago, and it's the same > with my good wife Emmi, so therefore we quit while we are ahead. > > Thanks again, and good luck Jane, > Good by and Auf Wiedersehen. > > John Helmut Merz, > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > (see my books on eBay seller name the-hessian) > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Mail List archives are your best bet to find information, try > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L >

Hello folks: Please welcome our new AMREV-HESSIANS mail list administrator Mrs, Jane Curci WMCURCI@aol.com who has graciously offered to continue with running this list and look after. I do hope that you support her as you did me, or even better. This coming month will bring much change in my routines, my research material for the Canadian Hessians will go to the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre, Ameliasburg, Ontario http://www.quinte-kin.com where it will be available for research by all Hessian descendants, and my Hessian files of those who settled in the United Staes will be picked up soon after by the Librarian of the SAR for their genealogical Library in Louisville, Kentucky. I know my material will be in good hands in both places, and will be available to all Hessian soldier family researchers. Rest assured that I will keep an eye out for the list, but since my own research material is gone, I won't be of much research help anymore. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all subscribers for the help they have given me over the years, it was always fun and entertaining, and I loved it, but I am catching myself making too many mistakes, and forgetting what I did half an hour ago, and it's the same with my good wife Emmi, so therefore we quit while we are ahead. Thanks again, and good luck Jane, Good by and Auf Wiedersehen. John Helmut Merz, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (see my books on eBay seller name the-hessian)