Doris, Thanks for the tip. However, I've searched through most of the amrev-hessian archives and the rootsweb archives and don't find the man to whom you refer. Will keep digging. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Look-Up Help > > Mary,if you go to the Hessen rootsweb list and look in their > archives,there is a gent.doing research > with the Thon ect.spelling ,with that name. He is located in > Germany and he looked for some > of his relatives over here,if not in the US + Canada..forgot. > Good luck,Doris. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Hicks <[email protected]> > To: amrev-hessians <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Dec 17, 2011 2:50 pm > Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Look-Up Help > > > > (1) Brunswick troops in North America, 1776-1783 : index of all soldiers > who > emained in North America by Claus Reuter > (2) Brunswick Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution, by Clifford > Neal > mith > (3) Emigrants from Saxony by Clifford Neal Smith > > If any of you on the mailing list have ready access to any of these books, > I > ould greatly appreciate your help in looking up my 4th great grandfather. > > Name: John Friedrich Tone/Tohn - He signed his surname as Tone and Tohn, > but > he German records may show some variation in the surname such as Thon, > Thoene, > tc. My best guess would be Johann Friedrich Tohn. > > Born: Records suggest about 1750-52, but possibly a little later, in > Saxony, > ermany > > Served: Evidence suggests he served in Gen. Riedesel's Regiment under > either > ol. Friedrich Baum's in the dismounted regiment of dragoons, or under Lt. > Col. > einrich Breyman in the battalion of grenadiers. > > Deserted: Deserted after Battle of Bennington or taken prisoner and then > eserted. > > Lived in: Voluntown, CT with family of James Gordon (along with another > essian John Andrew Hensey/Andreas Hensee-who served under Lt. Col. Baum) > from > hortly after Battle of Bennington until enlistment in Connecticut Line. > An > ffidavit refers to John F. Tone as an "associate" of John Andrew Hensey > which > uggests they may have possibly either deserted together or were hired > together > y James Gordon. > > Served: Enlistment in Connecticut Line, Col. Samuel B. Webb's 3rd > Regiment, in > anuary 1781. Served until October 1783 when discharged by Gen. Knox at > West > oint. > > Also > Served: 9 months during War of 1812; discharged for health reasons > > Lived in: East Plainfield, Sullivan, NH from prior to 1790 until > death in > 830. > > I will greatly appreciate any help you can give me in finding additional > nformation that traces John's German roots. After working off and on for > about > year, I am just now ready to try to delve into the German side of his > life. > > Mary > > LEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~ > OUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > ttp://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > DMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he 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