please contact her directly...nelda [email protected] Mary Hicks Nelda, I saw Mitchell Tone's query to John Metz dated January 22, 2000, along with John's response that he had found nothing in his records. After about a year of researching John Frederick Tone/Tohn, I have some additional information that I have not found on any other genealogical site that may aid in locating John in the German records or in books that have been written about the Hessians. To date, I have not accessed any of the books or records that I think might prove useful in pinning down where in Germany John was from and what specific German military group he served in. Although most genealogical records show John as probably coming from Hesse-Cassel, I have found a military record (U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 at Ancestry.com image 359) which gives John's place of birth as Saxony in the State of Germany. This document has to do with John's enlistment on April 7, 1813 into the ranks of the 11th US Inf. His estimated date of birth is most probably 1750-52; however some records show his possibly being born later. I found a reference to John in the History of Lebanon, N.H., 1761-1887, (Concord, NH: Runford Printing Company, 1908) by Charles Algernoon - a town next to Plainfield where he lived after the war until his death in 1830. This reference says John was a Hessian soldier and deserted after the Battle of Bennington. The German troops involved at Bennington were from Braunschwieg (Brunswick), under the overall command of of General Friedrich Adolph Riedesel - part of General John Burgoyne’s army - and specifically , a regiment of dismounted dragoons under the command of Lt. Col. Friedrich Baum, and a Battalion of grenadiers under the command of Lt. Col. Heinrick Breymann. It is not clear if John actually deserted at Bennington or if he may have been taken prisoner and either deserted or was hired by a sympathetic American and simply never tried to return to the German ranks or to Germany. When he enlisted into the Continental Line he did so in January 1781 at Voluntown, Connecticut and gave his residence as Voluntown. I have found an affidavit in the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant File for John Andrew Hensey, in support of Sarah Hensey's Widow's pension, which specifically names "John Frederick Tone". In this affidavit by John T. Gordon, he states that "John Andrew Hensey was a Hessian in Burgoyne's Army and was taken prisoner at the capture of said Army and that said J. A. Hensey came to live at my father [James Gordon] soon after his being made a prisoner and lived there about three years when he enlisted and went into the continental Army ... . that father had two Germans live with him, the other an associate of J. Hensey was named John Frederick Tone and was called John Tone. A second affidavit stated that Hensey was taken prisoner after the Battle of Bennington. At the time of the Revolution the Gordon family lived at Voluntown, Connecticut. These affidavits seem to imply that Tone and Hensey may have defected together and came together to Connecticut. They both in 1781 enlisted into Col. Samuel B. Webb's 9th Regiment of the Connecticut Line. If anybody out there has access to the books and records of the Hessian troops from Saxony or Brunswick, and specifically the regiments of Lt. Col. Baum and Breymann, I would greatly appreciate your help in checking these records for John Frederich Tone/Tohn/Thon. Probably in German, the name is Johann Frederich Tohn or some similar spelling of the surname Mary Hicks 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
I answered her with info on where to find out about Reidesel's army From: Nelda Percival <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 11:36 PM Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] John Frederick Tone/Tohn please contact her directly...nelda [email protected] Mary Hicks Nelda, I saw Mitchell Tone's query to John Metz dated January 22, 2000, along with John's response that he had found nothing in his records. After about a year of researching John Frederick Tone/Tohn, I have some additional information that I have not found on any other genealogical site that may aid in locating John in the German records or in books that have been written about the Hessians. To date, I have not accessed any of the books or records that I think might prove useful in pinning down where in Germany John was from and what specific German military group he served in. Although most genealogical records show John as probably coming from Hesse-Cassel, I have found a military record (U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 at Ancestry.com image 359) which gives John's place of birth as Saxony in the State of Germany. This document has to do with John's enlistment on April 7, 1813 into the ranks of the 11th US Inf. His estimated date of birth is most probably 1750-52; however some records show his possibly being born later. I found a reference to John in the History of Lebanon, N.H., 1761-1887, (Concord, NH: Runford Printing Company, 1908) by Charles Algernoon - a town next to Plainfield where he lived after the war until his death in 1830. This reference says John was a Hessian soldier and deserted after the Battle of Bennington. The German troops involved at Bennington were from Braunschwieg (Brunswick), under the overall command of of General Friedrich Adolph Riedesel - part of General John Burgoyne’s army - and specifically , a regiment of dismounted dragoons under the command of Lt. Col. Friedrich Baum, and a Battalion of grenadiers under the command of Lt. Col. Heinrick Breymann. It is not clear if John actually deserted at Bennington or if he may have been taken prisoner and either deserted or was hired by a sympathetic American and simply never tried to return to the German ranks or to Germany. When he enlisted into the Continental Line he did so in January 1781 at Voluntown, Connecticut and gave his residence as Voluntown. I have found an affidavit in the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant File for John Andrew Hensey, in support of Sarah Hensey's Widow's pension, which specifically names "John Frederick Tone". In this affidavit by John T. Gordon, he states that "John Andrew Hensey was a Hessian in Burgoyne's Army and was taken prisoner at the capture of said Army and that said J. A. Hensey came to live at my father [James Gordon] soon after his being made a prisoner and lived there about three years when he enlisted and went into the continental Army ... . that father had two Germans live with him, the other an associate of J. Hensey was named John Frederick Tone and was called John Tone. A second affidavit stated that Hensey was taken prisoner after the Battle of Bennington. At the time of the Revolution the Gordon family lived at Voluntown, Connecticut. These affidavits seem to imply that Tone and Hensey may have defected together and came together to Connecticut. They both in 1781 enlisted into Col. Samuel B. Webb's 9th Regiment of the Connecticut Line. If anybody out there has access to the books and records of the Hessian troops from Saxony or Brunswick, and specifically the regiments of Lt. Col. Baum and Breymann, I would greatly appreciate your help in checking these records for John Frederich Tone/Tohn/Thon. Probably in German, the name is Johann Frederich Tohn or some similar spelling of the surname Mary Hicks 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 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