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) left Canada in 1783 and ended up in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. His son, Henry Cease (Sies or Sees) was born in Pennsylvania in 1790. Can anyone offer help as to how to trace the Hessians who left Canada? Thank you.
Hi Dave; In case you don't have this, Heinrich is mentioned in Virginia Easley DeMarce's book "The Settlemtn of Former German Auxiliary Troops in Canada after the American Revolution": SUSS, Heunrich, Brunswick Troopsborn Magdeburg, age 22 years and 5 months, discharged in Canada in 1783 (Rimpau). fourtth recruit transport (WB) Nothing else from her on this soldier. Incidentally, while those soldiers are often described as "mercenaries" many of them were part of the standing armies of the many German princes in what is known as Germany today. It was the regiments who were "rented" to the British by those German Princes. You might want to contact Ms Dominique Ritchot at [email protected] who has done considerable work on the Brunswickers who were discharged in Canada, also called Hessians. Frank Watters (grgrgrandson of Johann Halbâr, Brunswickwr) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Max" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:27 PM Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Heinrich Suesse/Henrik Sies > 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) left Canada > in > 1783 and ended up in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. His son, Henry Cease > (Sies or Sees) was born in Pennsylvania in 1790. Can anyone offer help > as > to how to trace the Hessians who left Canada? > > Thank you. > 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 >