Hi and welcome to Amrev-Hessians, I'm sorry that I can't help with your search, and I may be wrong, but I think that it is unlikely that four or five brothers all came over with the German auxiliary forces, and I've never heard of any coming from France. The French provided help for the Americans during the Revolution, not the British. Again, I may be wrong, but good luck anyway! Bill Smith Daniel Engelcke (later Angle), Regiment von Specht, Ehrenkrook Company ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Haas Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:06 pm Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Christoph Nicolaus To: [email protected] > Sorry I can't help with your Hessian. How did youget access > to the HETRINA volumes? I am looking for four or five French > Alsatian brothers who came over as Hessians and stayed. The > modern surname is Corya or Coryea; before it could have been > Cruea, Cruey, Coryell. In German, closest would have been Kruer > but I am sure our family name was originally French. Thanks > for any help you can render!
Keep in mind that the Regiment Deux Ponts [in German, Regiment Zwei Brücken] served with Rochambeau's army and was at Yorktown with the American army. As for HETRINA (covering the Hesse Cassel, Waldeck and Hesse-Hanau troops), there were 24 different letter codes (J & Q excepted) coving the men's places of origin including "F" for France. Two examples I have immediately at hand from the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops are:. D E S E R T E D , From the Corps of Yagers of his Most Serene Highnerss the Prince of Anspach, the following undermentioned Four Men the 25th Octo. 1782, Viz ... [#4] PAPTISTA COURBEAU, Five Feet 4½ inches high, Middle sized, black Hair, Black-small-Pox-Faced, born of French Parents, speaks bad German, had on when he went away a Green Coat and Waist Coat, black Velvet Breeches, and Accoutrements as the Former [a brass Hanger with a Yellow Leather Belt, a Rifle-Piece and a black or brown Leather Knapsack], Aged 23 Years. The Commanding Officer of the aforesaid Corps Captain de Wurmb, desires, that if any of the before mentioned deserters should come to any Person or Person's sight to apprehend and deliver him or them to the nearest Post in possession by his Majesty's Troops or to the Corps at present garrisoned at Hallifax: The Commanding Officer Captain de Wurmb Offers not only to pay all reasonable expences, but will Reward the Person or Persons, apprehending any one of them, handsomely. VON WURMB, Captain. [Halifax] Nova Scotia Gazette & Weekly Chronicle, issue of 29 October 1782, p. 3, col. 3. And a baptismal record from the Ansbach regimental church book: 1782-At two o'clock in the afternoon of 3 October, there was legally born [at Halifax] and thereafter baptized: Ernst Friederich-The father is Georg Chateau of Meisenheim in Saarbrücken, a Corporal in the Jäger Regiment-the mother is Anna Maria, nee Buettner, of Anspach. Sponsor: Captain Ernst Friederich Willhelm von Wurmb, of that regiment, who died of a wound during action at Penobscot. Although Meisenheim is in Germany, "Chateau" certainly is not a German surname. Bob Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Margaret Haas" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Christoph Nicolaus > Hi and welcome to Amrev-Hessians, > > I'm sorry that I can't help with your search, and I may be wrong, but I > think that it is unlikely that four or five brothers all came over with > the German auxiliary forces, and I've never heard of any coming from > France. The French provided help for the Americans during the Revolution, > not the British. Again, I may be wrong, but good luck anyway! > > Bill Smith > Daniel Engelcke (later Angle), Regiment von Specht, Ehrenkrook Company > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Margaret Haas > Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:06 pm > Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Christoph Nicolaus > To: [email protected] > >> Sorry I can't help with your Hessian. How did youget access >> to the HETRINA volumes? I am looking for four or five French >> Alsatian brothers who came over as Hessians and stayed. The >> modern surname is Corya or Coryea; before it could have been >> Cruea, Cruey, Coryell. In German, closest would have been Kruer >> but I am sure our family name was originally French. Thanks >> for any help you can render! > 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