The original German word would probably have been Tieffenbach which translates to deep stream. Linda Stingel-May Ussery Printing Cell 214 957 9219 On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:13 AM, "Susan King" <[email protected]> wrote: > Adam, > > I don't see anything close to that surname in John Merz's "Guide," however, > I do happen to know that there was a clan of DEFFINBAUGHs in the southern > Bedford Co., PA/ Allegany Co., MD area. I don't know if these folks > descended from a Hessian, but several Hessians, including mine, did > eventually settle there. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Susan > > 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
Thanks for everyone's help! It seems as though 'Christopher Tiffaner' is either * under a name more dissimilar than the ones I've been searching for. * deserted or captured a long way from the Saratoga campaign and went to Vermont near the end of the war * a servant with the Hessian army, and not on the rolls or * possibly a different German immigrant. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > The original German word would probably have been Tieffenbach which > translates to deep stream. > > > Linda Stingel-May > Ussery Printing > Cell 214 957 9219 > > On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:13 AM, "Susan King" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Adam, > > > > I don't see anything close to that surname in John Merz's "Guide," > however, > > I do happen to know that there was a clan of DEFFINBAUGHs in the southern > > Bedford Co., PA/ Allegany Co., MD area. I don't know if these folks > > descended from a Hessian, but several Hessians, including mine, did > > eventually settle there. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Susan > > > > 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 > > 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 >
Adam: You may be right, but don't give up yet. There were other Germans who ended up in southern Vermont at the end of the war that did not come down with Burgoyne. The archives will detail the search for George Hadstadt, as well as my ancestor Johann Kaspar Schoenewolf. Both were listed as deserting from Hesse-Kassel troops. We know that Hessians likely ended up in western Massachusetts from a captured troop ship. There was a prison camp built at Rutland, Massachusetts where Hessians were let out to work with local farmers and craftsmen. The diary of Dr. Wasmus, which is discussed at length in the archives mentions some of these, but not by name. Hessians were also moved to Massachusetts from Rhode Island. Unfortunately, the names of most of these are unknown, and there are extremely few records from the Rutland, Mass. camp. Schoenewolf was reported as deserting on June 15, 1781, but we think that is more likely the date when his desertion was reported by officers who marched south from Massachusetts to join up with the main Hessian armies for shipment back to Europe. He married in Leominster, Mass and settled in Rockingham, Vermont. So keep searching. You never know when the next piece of the puzzle will fall into place, or where it will come from. Jack Wolfe On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Adam Call Roberts wrote: > Thanks for everyone's help! > > It seems as though 'Christopher Tiffaner' is either > * under a name more dissimilar than the ones I've been searching for. > * deserted or captured a long way from the Saratoga campaign and went to > Vermont near the end of the war > * a servant with the Hessian army, and not on the rolls > or * possibly a different German immigrant. > > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The original German word would probably have been Tieffenbach which >> translates to deep stream. >> >> >> Linda Stingel-May >> Ussery Printing >> Cell 214 957 9219 >> >> On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:13 AM, "Susan King" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Adam, >>> >>> I don't see anything close to that surname in John Merz's "Guide," >> however, >>> I do happen to know that there was a clan of DEFFINBAUGHs in the southern >>> Bedford Co., PA/ Allegany Co., MD area. I don't know if these folks >>> descended from a Hessian, but several Hessians, including mine, did >>> eventually settle there. >>> >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> >>> Susan >>> >>> 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 >> >> 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 >> > 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