Keep trying. If the oral history of your family was that he was a Hessian he was probably from somewhere in what is now Germany. Good Luck! ________________________________ From: Adam Call Roberts <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] "Tiffnaner" Surname 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