Forwarded to AMREV-HESSEIANS-L mail list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Pulasky" <wva2calif@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:16 PM > ====================================== > Source: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Brockmire/Broughmire/Brouchmyre,Brauckmeyer > > Searching for information on Heinrich/Henry Brockmire, > believed to be Heinrich Brauckmeyer, Hessian soldier. > Brauckmeyer was a part of the Hessian Regiment (von > Lossberg) which was stationed at the town of Rintein. > Henry was listed in Hessian records as being from > Ostendorf, Amt Schaumburg. (Hessian information was > obtained through the AMREV-HESSIANS Rootsweb mail > list). > > Henry married Christina Breidenstein of Lancaster Co, > PA. Most of their older children were baptized at > Muddy Creek Lutheran in Lancaster Co. Ten children in > all: Catherine(South), Margaret(Donin/Doren), > Christina (Trislor), Elizabeth (Gans,Moore), > Susannah(McIntire), Henry, Mary, John, Samuel, > Amelia/Emily(Hamilton). > > The family moved from Lancaster Co, PA to Washington > Co, MD sometime between the 1790 census and the 1800 > census; Henry then purchased land in Monongalia Co, > VA/WV in 1805; Henry died in Monongalia County in > March of 1811. > > Some spelling variations of this name, from various > documentations through the years were: > Henry/Heinrich Broughmire - Broughmyre - Brauchmyre - > Brauchmeyer - Brauckmyre - Brauckmeyer - Brockmeyer - > Brockmire - Brochmire Brouchmyer - Brouchmeyer - > Bragmeier - Bragmayer - Brauchmeier - Bronpmeyer - > Brombmeyer - Bruchmeyer - H. Browmore - Propmoyer > > Thank you for any assistance. Pat Pulasky > >

Courtesy of Rootsweb, this message came into my mail box, and I remembered that we discussed a name like this on our list just two years ago on 16 July 2002. I will copy this to Kathie Ludwig of the David Library of the American Revolution, who originally put the question. Good luck, John Merz, Author of the "GUIDE" see notice last week. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross McClain" <ProStaff5@webtv.net> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:38 PM > ====================================== > Source: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: TRENTON NJ > > King George lll Hessians Troops! Is their a list of these Hessians? The > trail of my BEST family goes cold in 1779 in Penna. >

Dear Listers, An article was published in the May 25th issue of the Chambersburg Public Opinion which had some info about a Hessians buried in the area known as Horse Valley. Some surnames listed are Forrester, Mackey, Gilbert and Guyer. The source for the article was a booklet "Conodoguinet Secrets" written by Harry E. Forman in 1954. Copies of this booklet are available for perusal at the Kittochtinny Historical Society(175 E. King St., Chambersburg; phone 264-1667) and the Coyle Free Library in Chambersburg. Copies of the newspaper article are available from the paper's archives on-line for $2.95 go to : http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=publicopiniononline&p_product=CPOB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=keyword (make sure you get the whole url....it ends with keyword) and search for Hessian. Contact me off the list for more details. Bill Hawk whsaxman(at)verizon.net

Hello Rose, and don't forget our biggest attraction - the Hessian descendants of the Marysburg settlers, coming to this event from all corners, with their family histories, their picture albums, and who knows what other surprises !! And the sun will shine :-) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose House Museum" <rosemuseum@pecounty.on.ca> To: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:54 PM Subject: Rose House Hessian Day. Agenda...beginning at 11am-4:30pm Music: Wolfgang is volunteering to play all day long for us. Exhibits: German bake sale Guided tours of rose House with guides in costume Genelo. display-M. Adams Research Centre will be participating Hessian display in Museum Art Exhibit Local Story Teller, Janet Kellough will be performing Luncheon- BBQ will be offered Silent Auction Table Waupoos winery is offering wine tours & tasting County Cider are inviting everyone to their site for tasting also Plaque unveiling: to include John of course; e have invite our Mayor of Prince Edward County; North Marysburgh Representative Councillor, Ron Everall; Marion Malinkowski Museum Board Chairperson. Our Local newspapers (2) are running articles for us next week, to advertise, plus drum up the local interest, we are looking for more exhibits for this event and are certain when the public is more aware they will be forthcoming! I will be in touch with more as it comes Thank you Susan Rose

Hello Hessians, it is my pleasure to forward to you this posting which came over the Lunen-Links mail list, and announces the AULENBACH Family History. In my book "The Hessians of Nova Scotia". published 1994, on page 27 I brought a short biography of this son of a lawyer, who was born in 1755 in Goettingen, and was one of the German soldiers recruited by British recruiters to serve in British Regiments. In other words, he was not exactly classified as a Hessian soldier, but was a true 'German mercenary' serving for King George III. In later life he was a schoolmaster in Lunenburg, N.S. I congratulate the Aulenbach/Aulenback's for their fine work with this family history. Regards, John Helmut Merz, Administrator of AMREV-HESSIANS-L and QUEBEC-HESSIANS-L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duke Aulenback" <duke@nucleus.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:11 PM > ================================ > Source: LUNEN-LINKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Family History Now Available > > Family History - Aulenbachs of Lunenburg County > > The extensive geneology of the "Decendants of Johnann Philipp Aulenbach, One of the Hessians, The Aulenbachs of Lunenburg County 1689 to 2004" has been completed and is ready for release in book form. > > This geneology representa a comprehensive study of 12 generations of Aulenbachs and Aulenbacks descending from Johnann Philipp Aulenbach. The 420 plus pages of the book includes: 3096 individuals, 1043 marriages, over 150 obituaries, 44 wills, autobiographies, military records of the Revolutionary War, WW I, WW II, UN and NATO plus a full name index. This unique geneology also ontains 176 photographs all of which are indexed and referenced to the corresponding families. > > Cost of the laminated cover, 8 1/2 x 11 inch coil bound book is $40.00. For further information or to obtain a copy of the book, contact: Mrs Jean Veinotte, PO Box 51-645 Hwy 324 Blockhouse, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, 902 624-8668 or Duke@nucleus.com.

Forwarded from the Rootsweb Message Board GERBIG: Subject: Wilhelm GERBIG, Brunswick soldier of the American Revolution. Author: John Helmut Merz Date: 15 Jul 2004 11:37 PM GMT While checking through all 23 messages of this Board I did not find a mentioning of this Wilhelm (William) GERBIG, a soldier of the Brunswick Regiment von Rhetz, who served in Canada during the American Revolution 1776-1783 and was discharged in 1783 in Quebec. He was born appr. 1755/56 in Obersdorf, Silesia (now Polish territory) according to the military files, and still single in 1784 when he settled with a group of former German auxiliary soldiers in the Fifth Township, Bay of Quinte, Upper Canada, on the shores of Lake Ontario. They arrived on 4. Oct.1784 under the leadership of the Brunswick Lieutenant Baron von Reitzenstein. Wilhelm/William was still listed on the 1796 Roll of Inhabitants in Marysburgh Township, County of Prince Edward, Upper Canada. His name has been found with several variations - GIRBIG, GERBERG, GEOBERG, and once even with a first name of Christopher in connection with a landgrant. I have no further information about him. If there are any descendants out there, I would be happy to hear from them. John Helmut Merz, researching Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution,

From: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:06 PM > Source: ABRAHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Brunswick soldier Daniel ABRAHAM, settler in Marysburg, Bay of Quinte. > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > Surnames: ABRAHAM > Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VC.2ADIB/321 > Message Board Post: > > Daniel ABRAHAM, Brunswick soldier of the Regiment von > Barner, age 36 years, 11 months (as of middle of 1779), > born Schorborn, now 37627 Deensen, 12 km east of > Holzminden, State of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), > stationed in Quebec, Canada during the American Revolution > and discharged in 1783. He is listed as a single man > coming with the disbanded men from the German troops > who settled in Township No. 5, Bay of Quinte, on Oct 4, > 1784. under the leadership of Lieutenant Baron von > Reitzenstein. The Muster Roll (National Archives of Canada, > microfilm H-1655) shows 29 men, 7 women, and 9 children > landing at the Bay of Quinte, Upper Canada. > > This is to make known that on Saturday, 21. August 2004, > in commemoration of the 220th anniversary of the arrival > of these first settlers, a "Hessian Day" is being celebrated > with big tent, music, food, entertainment, and many > descendants of these hardy settlers will be attenting to > meet new and old 'cousins'. More information about this > event may be received from the Rose House Museum > e-mail rosemuseum@pecounty.on.ca or try to search > with http://www.google.com typing in Rose House Museum > There will be a map and location. > > If you are a descendant of any of those settlers, you are > invited to come. If you know others, please let them know. > > I'll be there as well, presenting a bronze 'Hessian Soldier > plaque to the Museum. > > John Helmut Merz, > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. > http://www3.sympatico.ca/hessian

Dear Hessians; Just to let you know that my book listings on eBay have run out 'unsold' and I will not put them back on for sale. As soon as my supply runs out they will not be reprinted and that will be the end of it. Titles in question: The Hessians of Upper Canada The Hessians of Nova Scotia The Hessians of Quebec. The only one which I will be keeping for sale, will be the GUIDE to find your Hessian Soldier of the American Revolution. Check the list archives for my posting of last week in respect to the terms for this one. Have a nice summer, cheers, John Merz

From: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:07 AM =============================== > Source: MUELLER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Johann MUELLER, Hessian Soldier of the American Revolution. > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MUELLER, MILLER, BERGER. > > Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TF2.2ACEB/1070 > > Message Board Post: > > In a book by R. M. Bruce, titled "The Loyalist Trail", I found > the following note: > > MILLER, John, Hessian, settled Township # 5, Upper Canada. > > In another book "The settlement of Prince Edward County" > by Mika Publishing (1984) page 227: > > MILLER, John, came with group of disbanded troops and Loyalists who settled in TS #5, Bay of Quinte, 4. Oct.1784 > (this is not the Reitzenstein group) > > In "The Old United Empire Loyalists List" published by the > Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, page 212: > > MILLER, John, Marysburgh and Sophiasburgh. Soldier > German troops, per Provision List 1786. Stamped Book, A.Mcl. > > All these entries concern one man who settled 1784 at > the Fifth Township in Marysburgh, Bay of Quinte on Lake > Ontario, Upper Canada, which is now the Province of > Ontario, Canada. > > Due to the great number of Hessian and Brunswick soldiers > who were serving in the German auxiliary troops, I was not > able to determine for sure who this Marysburgh settler > really was. Many were discharged in Quebec at the end > of the American revolution, and one of them even married > in Montreal at the Christ Church Anglican in July 1783. > His name was listed as John MILLER, and his wife was > Mary BERGER. > > In one book "Early Ontario Settlers - a Source book, also > published by the Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, > author Norman K. Crowder, 1993, many entries between > 1784 and 1786 refer to the Marysburgh settler as John Miller > and Conrad Miller, although it seems those both names > concern only one man. It could well be that his full name > was actually Johann Conrad MUELLER, and as was the > custom, the second name being the calling name, but many > military files just mention the first given name. This may > have been the case with John or Conrad. > In any event, I bring this up for your amusement, and to let you know that on Saturday the 21. August 2004, the descendants of those Hessian settlers will come together > at the Rose House Museum in Waupoos, Bay of Quinte, > Ontario, to celebrate 'Hessian Day". Big tent, music, food, > and entertainment. All descendants are invited to participate > in the activities and meet old and new cousins. > > See you there, > John Helmut Merz, > researching Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution. >

I agree with Bob Brooks, we will probably never know the actual body count. But for me. I wonder where they were buried? Ed

Ed Maul wrote (in part) -- <<clip>>I will stay with my count of over a 1,000 dead (counting both sides). The original diary translated by the late retired Major Joseph Tustin. USAAF Historian for Europe and an excellent translator of German script. No Tustin didn't mistake 1,000 for 1 dozen. I wish Joseph Tustin were alive to alleviate errors in other sources. Tustin's translation (p. 13) reads: "I think that the losses were nearly equal on both sides. When I rode over the battlefield the next day, I counted about one thousand dead[footnote 33]. General Howe's army made its camp upon the battlefield. . . ." Tustin's footnote reads. "33. I have been unable to verify Ewald's surprising estimate of the number of dead. Howe's deputy adjutant general states that the British-Hessian losses were "several officers and 180 killed and wounded," but Captain von der Malsberg says the loss was "about 286 dead and wounded." The next day the American losses were reported "from conjecture, betweem 400 and 500"; however, three weeks later Wasahington believed the British losses to be about 300 and the America "little more than half" that number. [concludes with footnote citations]" Boatner wrote "Although the Americans initially put their losses between 400 and 500, the final estimate was about 150. (Freeman 230 n) Fortescue gives Howe's losses as 313: 214 British and 99 Hessians killed and wounded." Ward wrote: "The loss of the Americans is variously reported. Bancroft says fewer than a hundred killed and wounded. Irving says three to four hundred, including prisoners taken. Whitton, citing an English account, says very definitely 313. Hufeland, citing regimental returns, says 175. On the other side, as officially reported, there were 28 killed, including 5 officers, and 126 wounded, also including 5 officers. Among the Hessians there were about 77 casualties." The numbers I previously posted as totals are listed in Beatson by rank and status. The officers killed or wounded are named. The casualties applicable to White Plains are listed as: "In the action of the 28th of October, in passing the Brunks river, and in previous skirmishes, from the 19th of October inclusive." Beatson's listing for the Chasseurs [Jägers] was 4 rank & file killed; 1 subaltern, 9 rank & file wounded; 2 rank and file missing. The subaltern is identified as "Lieutenant de Rau." Tustin's translation of Ewald's journal has re: the 23rd of October: "I got off with a loss of six dead and eleven wounded, including Lieutenant Rau, who was shot in the foot, and two taken prisoner." This typifies the difficulty of attempting to reconcile casualty lists. Bob Brooks

REPEAT - in the last few days I received numerous enquiries if I would have data for a certain name, which in most cases I confirmed. But sure as hell, the next e-mails demand to know what I have, and that's when I run into a problem. Why not just spend the few bucks I am asking to help me pay my horrendous expenses, not even talking about the 19 years I spend to collect such material. Last week a subscriber e-mailed me a copy of a German letter from the Marburg archives, and asked me to translate it, which I did (free of charge) and he found out that it will cost him 45 Euros (US$60) just to get them working on his name, and they won't even guarantee they find something. After I did his translation, and gave him some recommandations, I never heard from him again. I can tell you one thing, I hate to think of money, and hate to ask for, but nobody except myself will pay my bills. and I will be soooo happy when the Librarian of the SAR shows up at my door and picks up this wondereful reference material of mine, and then I will sit on my balcony and enjoy the view and the peace, and my memory of the many happy descendants of Hessians, who in the past have been so good to me, and who did truly appreciate my help. Thank you all my friends, I will always remember you and our true friendship. Right now I am looking forward to meeting many of you at the Rose House Museum on 21. August 2004, which will be my last real Hessian engagment. After that - I will just chase my own family tree and the tree of my wife Emmi. All the best John .................................................. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> > To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: SAR Library Louisville, Kentucky. > > Hello dear Amrev-Hessian subscribers; > > To satisfy the request of a number of our subscribers, I have ordered > a reprint of my "GUIDE to find your Hessian Soldier of the AmRev" > improved and with additional names (about 3500), cost will be $20.00 > including the postage to USA or Canada. > > Mail check to > John H. Merz, 703-350 Concession St., Hamilton, Ontario, L9A 1B6, > Canada. > > If you are after a specific name, I will add a Personal Data File free. > If a PDF is ordered separate, it will cost you 15.00, or you will have > to wait til my stuff is at the SAR Library, where you can check it out yourself. > But for now it would be safe to ask me first if I have any information > for that name, just to make sure.

I will stay with my count of over a 1,000 dead (counting both sides). The original diary translated by the late retired Major Joseph Tustin. USAAF Historian for Europe and an excellent translator of German script. No Tustin didn't mistake 1,000 for 1 dozen. I wish Joseph Tustin were alive to alleviate errors in other sources. Ed, 9 miles from White Plains http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Schilling.html

Dear John, Thanks for clearing up the discrepancy on the Hessian causalities (deaths, that is) at the Battle of White Plains. That was making me nuts. I couldn't see how they could be off by so much. Lynne Miller in Denver Is your EBay book in English?

Observation from John Merz (mind you who has not studied any battles, casulties, etc.) but who sometimes has problems with translations by experts :-) Captain Ewald's report of over 1000 dead -- According to more reliable reports as quoted by Bob Brooks, it is obvious that Captain Ewald who was a pretty keen observer of the events of the American Revolution, could not have counted oever a 1000 (thousand) dead, but I suspect that he actually wrote "over a dozen dead", and the dozen in the translation turned into 'thousand', a simple mistake, I am sure, by the translator. If there are any doubts about this quote or any other translations, Bruce Burgoyne always says, if in doubt check the original source. This is my recommendation too. Cheers, John Merz (I have two important books on eBay, last day today, nobody is bidding !!) My seller name the-hessian It seems that nobody wants to put their money where their mouth is, that's not the American Way. From: "RC Brooks" <rcbrooks@pivot.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:25 AM > Source: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Important Research Re Hessian Burials in Sand Pit (Euler, Roth, Grein, Schaef, Juppert) > > Ed Maul wrote -- > > <<clip>>My ancestor fought in Pelham. In the "Battle of White Plains" , Monday, October 28, 1776 there were over 1,000 dead as reported in the diary of Captain Johann Ewald, who counted the bodies after the battle.<clip> > > According to Robert Beatson, _Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 to 1783_ (London, 1804), vol. 6, pp. 58-62, casuaties were reported for the period, (1) 17 Sep to 18 Oct 1776, including the action at Pelham Manor on the latter date; (2) from 19 Oct to 28 Oct 1776, including "passing the Brunks River," and (3) from 29 Oct to 16 Nov 1776 including the storming of Fort Wahington. In (1) there was no listing for casualties for the Hessians and the British casualties were quite light -- 13 killed, 46 wounded and 4 missing. In (2) [which includes "The Battle of White Plains"] The Biritsh losses were 63 kiled (+ 5 horse killed), 146 wounded (+ 4 horses), and 37 missing. The Hessian losses were 12 killed (+ 1 horse), 63 wounded, and 23 missing. * of the missing were captured on Staten Island on 15 Oct 1776. In (3) the number are sbstantial as ths incled Fort Wahington. The British had 20 killed, 102 wounded, and 6 missing. The Hessians had 58 killed and 272! > wounded of which Regt. "Wuttginaw" [i.e., Landgraf Regiment] had 16 killed and 64 wounded, Regiment v. Knyphausen had 7 killed & 66 wounded, and Genadier Battalion Köhler had 6 killed and 35 wounded. > > Bob Brooks > >

Bob Brooks, guess somebody is wrong. Ed

Ed Maul wrote -- <<clip>>My ancestor fought in Pelham. In the "Battle of White Plains" , Monday, October 28, 1776 there were over 1,000 dead as reported in the diary of Captain Johann Ewald, who counted the bodies after the battle.<clip> According to Robert Beatson, _Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 to 1783_ (London, 1804), vol. 6, pp. 58-62, casuaties were reported for the period, (1) 17 Sep to 18 Oct 1776, including the action at Pelham Manor on the latter date; (2) from 19 Oct to 28 Oct 1776, including "passing the Brunks River," and (3) from 29 Oct to 16 Nov 1776 including the storming of Fort Wahington. In (1) there was no listing for casualties for the Hessians and the British casualties were quite light -- 13 killed, 46 wounded and 4 missing. In (2) [which includes "The Battle of White Plains"] The Biritsh losses were 63 kiled (+ 5 horse killed), 146 wounded (+ 4 horses), and 37 missing. The Hessian losses were 12 killed (+ 1 horse), 63 wounded, and 23 missing. * of the missing were captured on Staten Island on 15 Oct 1776. In (3) the number are sbstantial as ths incled Fort Wahington. The British had 20 killed, 102 wounded, and 6 missing. The Hessians had 58 killed and 272! wounded of which Regt. "Wuttginaw" [i.e., Landgraf Regiment] had 16 killed and 64 wounded, Regiment v. Knyphausen had 7 killed & 66 wounded, and Genadier Battalion Köhler had 6 killed and 35 wounded. Bob Brooks

Forwarded to the AMREV-HESSIANS list: > Source: GERBER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Peter GERBER, Hessian soldier of the AmRev. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: GERBER > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SVY.2ACEB/297 > > Message Board Post: > > I just received in my mail box a posting originating from > this Message Board and the corresponding GERBER > mail list, questioning the existence of a Hessian soldier > named GERBER. > > This is what I have in my military files (Hetrina I): > Peter GERBER, born 1751/52 in Eichelsachsen near > Schotten/Hessen, Grenadier of the Hessen-Kassel 4. Comp. > of the Battalion von Minigerode, who deserted from his > unit in March 1780. At that time the Grenadier Brigade > was employed in the Charleston and Savannah area. > Many deserters of the Hessian troops did report to the > local revolutionary authorities and received passed to > move to Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey. > If you check the PABERKS-L@rootsweb.com mail list > archives, you will find additional information. > > From Peter himself nothing was heard of since. > Respectfully, > John Helmut Merz, > researching Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution. >

Hello Richard, you seem to be reading the postings on this here mailing list, and perhaps noticed that my 'GUIDE' is available again to help you find your Hessian Soldier of the American Revolution. . But since you are asking for sources on the Internet - there is one - the almighty http://www.google.com it will give you everything from the Moon to Aspirin, and of course, will give you Hessians by the thousands, and even gives you John Helmut Merz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hyatt" <rlhyatt2001@yahoo.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:43 AM Subject: [HESSIAN] Bise/Beise/Biese/Tobias(descendent of Jim Bise of VA) > <As far as BIESE / BISSIE / BISE is concerned, there > are many > possibilities, > and it would take me many hours to dig through, which > I cannot afford > to spare for free. <SNIP> > But the foregoing should encourage you to keep > searching, and perhaps > John Merz, > http://www3.sympatico.ca/hessian> > > Is there someplace on the internet where one can find > information on these regiments, i.e name listing and > such? > Thanks > Richard > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > This is the #10 Tagline ! 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. > 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. >

Hello dear Blake, and hello list members; Yesterday was a real tough day for me. I worked my typing fingers to the bone, and that all to let you know of coming events and alerting the many hundreds of Hessian descendants to come and visit us at the Rose House Museum. It was very gratifying for me to see that I was not the only one working hard, dear Blake, this was indeed a real important contribution of yours, and I am happy about, in fact, so happy that I am writing this posting despite my sore fingertips from yesterday. And btw. what you see on this mailing list from me, is only the tip of the iceberg, because I have been working the Rootsweb Message Boards mostly, those with Hessian connections to the Marysburgh, Bay of Quinte area. And the responses are great - just been told that descendants of Jacob Dehnert/Dainard are coming from British Columbia to our event. Makes me so happy that we are thinking of our Hessian ancestors. Yours truly John Helmut Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bell, Blake A" <bbell@stblaw.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 7:34 AM > Dear John and List Members: > > My name is Blake Bell. I am Deputy Town Historian of the Town of Pelham, New York where German and British troops fought against American Soldiers led by Col. John Glover in the Battle of Pelham (a/k/a the Battle of Pell's Point) on October 18, 1776. I have been researching information regarding my G-G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather, Jakob Holzapfel who served as a Private, 4. Comp., Hesse-Kassel Regt. Erbprinz, on Muster Roll 0/1775 (HETRINA III, #8113-14). I am grateful for the assistance Messrs. Merz, Brooks and others have provided to me via this list. <SNIP>