I'd like to know if I'm on the right track here, and where I might be able to look further. I'm trying to locate a Christopher Tiffaner / Tiffany on Hessian roles. - On 23 Mar 1784, Christopher Teffener married Rebecka Ellis in Bennington, VT. - On 21 Apr 1784, Christopher Teffeney and his wife Rebecka were warned to leave Bennington. - Cambridge, VT town records show two children were born to Christopher Tiffany and his wife Rebeccah in 15 Aug 1784 and in 20 Dec 1786, neither with a place of birth shown. - The Vermont Historical Gazetteer (1871) says "Christopher Tiffany, one of Burgoyne's Dutch soldiers" immigrated from Bennington to Cambridge between 1789 and 1800. - In the 1790 census, Christopher Tiffaner was living in Cambridge, VT with 5 white females. Other marriage, birth and death records show he lived there until his death in 21 Mar 1809. He signed his named with an X. - His grandson's journal lists Christopher Tiffany as "from Germany." So the obvious guess is that he was taken prisoner or deserted at Bennington. One of my relatives suggests that 'Tiffaner' might be 'Dieffenbach' or 'Tiffenbacher' or something along those lines. I've received Clifford Neal Smith's "British and German Deserters..." and can't find anyone of those names or close to them. I had a couple hours with HETRINA on microfilm and jotted down a few possibilities, along with the HETRINA abbreviations and codes. (sadly, imagining I would have more time later with the index, and not writing down what the codes meant) Here's the basics of what I jotted down, as far as the Christoph ____ s go: Book II: Christoph Degenhardt - GE BOS4 12 2-1781 Christoph Dettmar - GE BOS3 11 3-1781 Book III: Christoph Dedenbier - GE KNY5 11 12-1774 Christoph ______ - GE KNY5 11 2-1777 Christoph Degenhasdt - GE RAL4 Christoph Dieffenbach - GE WIS5 12 12-1779 Christoph Dieffenbach - GE WIS 5 12 12-1779 Christoph ______ - 12 8 - 1782 Christoph Drebing - KA ART 11 10-1781 Book IV: Christoph Toehne - KA ART 11 2-1777 If my search was comprehensive, I couldn't find any Christoph D___ or Christoph T___ of an appropriate age who left or was captured during the Saratoga campaign. Am I on the right track? What other sorts of names should I be looking for? It is entirely possible that Christopher Tiffaner was not a Hessian at all and the Gazetteer got it wrong. But the timing of the marriage seems pretty coincidental. Thanks, Adam Call Roberts