Jack, I certainly won't give up! Thanks for the words of encouragement! Doris, that's an interesting take... I'll keep that in mind and do some hunting. - Adam On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jack Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > 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 >