I'm not sure what she wants done with this but thought it should be in the archives... Respond to her off list... Nelda L. Percival http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ Blogs:http://why-AIM.com - http://aircastles-lets-talk.blogspot.com http://hey-you-info.blogspot.com - http://AIM-2.blogspot.com Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:20 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: Hessian soldiers who fought for the American Forces To: [email protected] I am looking into getting offical govt sources. Henry (Hieronymus Wille) and his brother were originally German Hessian soldiers captured by American Forces and treated better by the Americans as Prisoners of War than by the English, and as such petitioned and were allowed to fight with the American Army. On December 20, 1776, 900 Hessians were captured by Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, including Henry Will's regisment. One year's service (February 1778 to January 1779. He was discharged from the Army at Middlebrook, Virginia in January 1779. My 4th Great Grandfather Henry Will enlisted in Capt. Callohill Minnis' Co., 1st Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Richard Parker as Sargent in Feb 1778 for one year. War Record in National Archives and Record Service, Washington, D. C. >From Muster Roll: May, 1778 under Capt. Alexander Cummins Co. 1st Virginia Regiment, Commanded by Col. Richard Parker. June 1778 served at Brunswick - Capt. Callohill Minnis' Co. 1st Virginia Regiment of Foot, Commanded by Col. Richard Parker July, August 1778 served at White Plains with above company. Sept. 1778 served at West Point with above company Oct, Nov, Dec 1778 & Jan 1779 served at Middlebrook under Lieut. Col. Burgess Ball's Co. of 1st Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Richard Parker Cordially, Cathe McConiga [email protected]

I've done a lot of work on Henry Will or Henry Wills. Much of the information listed below seems to have been sort of incorrectly researched by two of my great aunts (Esther and Annie Laurie Bowen) back around 1912. The two Wills captured at Trenton don't seem to be related at all. The Henry Wills recorded in the Virginia regiment came from Charles City, Virginia and never moved to the Shenandoah Valley where our "Henry" Will alledgedly received bounty land. It appears that the real guy was named Matthias Will who received 28 acres of land near New Market, VA. Matthias Will (or Matteus Konrad Will) served in the Bayreuth grenadier regiment captured at Yorktown in 1781. The Bayreuth records show him as having enlisted with the Americans rather than having deserted. My best guess is that he joined a Virginia militia regiment in 1782 when the Germans in prison at Frederick, MD were given the opportunity to enlist in American regiments and be relased from prison. Unfortunately I lost most of my reseearch records on this due to a computer crash, but I can help if one wants to contact me privately.Curt Larsengreat grandson of Mary Ellen Will and gg grandson ofJames St. Clair Will > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:39:56 -0600 > Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Hessian soldiers who fought for the American Forces > > > I'm not sure what she wants done with this but thought it should be in the archives... > Respond to her off list... > > > Nelda L. Percival > http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > > > > > Blogs:http://why-AIM.com - http://aircastles-lets-talk.blogspot.com > > > http://hey-you-info.blogspot.com > - > http://AIM-2.blogspot.com > > > > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:20 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Hessian soldiers who fought for the American Forces > To: [email protected] > > > I am looking into getting offical govt sources. > > Henry (Hieronymus Wille) and his brother were originally German Hessian soldiers captured by American Forces and treated better by the Americans as Prisoners of War than by the English, and as such petitioned and were allowed to fight with the American Army. > On December 20, 1776, 900 Hessians were captured by Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, including Henry Will's regisment. One year's service (February 1778 to January 1779. He was discharged from the Army at Middlebrook, Virginia in January 1779. > My 4th Great Grandfather Henry Will enlisted in Capt. Callohill Minnis' Co., 1st Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Richard Parker as Sargent in Feb 1778 for one year. War Record in National Archives and Record Service, Washington, D. C. > >From Muster Roll: > May, 1778 under Capt. Alexander Cummins Co. 1st Virginia Regiment, Commanded by Col. Richard Parker. > June 1778 served at Brunswick - Capt. Callohill Minnis' Co. 1st Virginia Regiment of Foot, Commanded by Col. Richard Parker > July, August 1778 served at White Plains with above company. > Sept. 1778 served at West Point with above company > Oct, Nov, Dec 1778 & Jan 1779 served at Middlebrook under Lieut. Col. Burgess Ball's Co. of 1st Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Richard Parker > > Cordially, > > Cathe McConiga > [email protected]com > 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

This type of service is what I am trying to find for my Hessian. I know he doesn't follow the Majority who were captured and marched to VA and later released from York PA after the war. So know there is some more convoluted path for him and his family. So ideas as Cathe shares sometimes gives us HOPE that perhaps we will find, or someone will see the name Wilhelm William Swart Schwartz in their reading and lead me to where he was in NY 1778-1780. I feel he, after capture, fought with the colonies and will likely find him among their lists. SO thanks Cathe for sharing that this did happen and where. Connie I'm not sure what she wants done with this but thought it should be in the archives... Respond to her off list... Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:20 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: Hessian soldiers who fought for the American Forces I am looking into getting offical govt sources. Henry (Hieronymus Wille) and his brother were originally German Hessian soldiers captured by American Forces and treated better by the Americans as Prisoners of War than by the English, and as such petitioned and were allowed to fight with the American Army. On December 20, 1776, 900 Hessians were captured by Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, including Henry Will's regisment. One year's service (February 1778 to January 1779. He was discharged from the Army at Middlebrook, Virginia in January 1779. Cordially, Cathe McConiga [email protected]