George, I was interested in your remarks on English vs. German here. I know this is vague, but I have an ancestor name William Tice who was in the Rev. War in upper Vt. Record of service is in Barnet, Vt. I don't know where to turn to prove anything at all about him. Any ideas? THanks, Amelia ________________________________ From: George McCallum <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Were Hessian soldiers commonly refered to as "Georges"? Nelda, on 15 Dec 2011 at 17:45, you sent the following: > Ellen, > First The Germanic soldiers were from standing armies .. so > they had their own officers and equipment to include weapons > and uniforms. I have never heard of them having buttons that > had King George's engraved head on them, nor that they were > ever referred to as Georges. <snip /> > Have you looked into the idea that your ancestor actually > might have been English? As further support for your idea that the soldier in question might have been English, it was only 30 years earlier that the citizens of Newcastle- upon-Tyne broke with the rest of their fellow Northumberlanders and declared allegiance to the Hanoverian kings (George II, et al.) in opposition to Bonnie Prince Charlie during the time of the Uprising. For this, they were subsequently referred to as "Geordies". George McCallum 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