Hi - I'm trying to trace my ancestor, Heinrich Suesse, who was a Private in Von Riedesel's regiment, arriving 4/22/1781 according to the *Muster Rolls and Prisoner-of-war-lists in American Archival Collections Pertaining to the German Mercenary Tropps who served with the British Forces During the American Revolution,* by Clifford Neal Smith. He appears to have been at Ft. Brooklyn on 7/20/1781. Apparently, he had not yet been assigned a company as of April 22, 1781. I was wondering if anyone has information on what happened to these troops? It is my understanding that Heinrich Suesse (Siess or Suess) stayed in Canada in 1783. I was also wondering in anyone had a copy of Claus Reuter's book and could check for his name? Thank you for your help.
Hello ! Reuter has a reference for Heinrich SÜSS, born 1761 Magdeburg, 4th recruit, discharged in Canada June 25th 1783. But here, in Quebec, we have a little controversy about this soldier and another one named Heinrich SASSE, born 1736 Stade, Specht Regiment, Liebcompany, discharged in Canada July 22nd 1783. Why ? Because here's a soldier named Jean André (In French, Heinrich became Henri or André; Johann is Jean ) married in 1785 at Berthierville (Quebec), he had many children always under the name Sass. Szast, etc. I know SÜSS is no SASSE but the one married at Berthierville declared to be from Calvin, Duchy of Magdeburg ! And he died in 1810 at the age of around 53 so born circa 1757. For these 2 reasons (from Magdeburg and born circa 1757), he is closer of your Heinrich SÜSS than the other one (born in Stade in 1736). He had 9 children with his first wife and 2 with his 2nd wife. It should be interesting to know how you reach him in your family tree. At least 6 children married and I know that one of them went to Manitoba in the west of Canada. Maybe I can help you if you write to me at my personal email. Claude Cregheur Quebec, Canada -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dana Max" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 3:18 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Hessians in Von Riedesel's regiment > Hi - I'm trying to trace my ancestor, Heinrich Suesse, who was a Private > in > Von Riedesel's regiment, arriving 4/22/1781 according to the *Muster Rolls > and Prisoner-of-war-lists in American Archival Collections Pertaining to > the > German Mercenary Tropps who served with the British Forces During the > American Revolution,* by Clifford Neal Smith. He appears to have been at > Ft. Brooklyn on 7/20/1781. Apparently, he had not yet been assigned a > company as of April 22, 1781. I was wondering if anyone has information > on > what happened to these troops? > It is my understanding that Heinrich Suesse (Siess or Suess) stayed in > Canada in 1783. I was also wondering in anyone had a copy of Claus > Reuter's > book and could check for his name? > > Thank you for your help. > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >