Hi All I am new to this list, and just wondered how many soldiers brought their families with them? Apolonia ? married Thomas Baker b abt 1697 in North Kingstown, R.I. They moved north to Duchess County, N.Y. and settled on the "Beekman Patent". Children were born 1716- 172? I realize that this is quite a bit earlier than the civil war, but my research on her name, comes from either Belgium or Bavaria, area of Europe. Does anyone know where I can go to try and find her family name? Thanks for any help, Bonnie (Baker) Weber

Hi Bonnie, I don't think the common Hessian soldier brought families with them from Germany. Might be some of the officers did, but there was support staff probably... might even have been camp followers.. (ladies of ill repute)... But families, I've read the conditions for the common soldier on board ship.. I would not have asked my family to go... Besides they were supossed to return... NOT STAY! This list isn't for research on families here before the Rev. War. as they were Americans...well not really until after we won independance... But I think you understand... Personally I would try the North Kingstown, R.I mailing lists.... County lists, area lists and country lists can be very helpful for looking for documentation... I'd also try the surname list for her husband...Baker.. Here we discuss the Hessian soldier only and some about his families here (USA) and back in Germany.. Hope that helps Nelda List Manager Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

I know of one concrete example of a soldier bringing his family with him. Ernst Juncker, who was the regimental drummer in the von Kynphausen Regiment brought his wife and 2 children with him and they evidently travelled with the regiment. This has been documented in papers discovered in Prince Edward Island which were published in the JHSA journal a number of years ago. Fred Vickerson -------Original Message------- From: Nelda Percival Date: 04/27/05 16:54:56 To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [HESSIAN] Families of Hessian Soldiers Hi Bonnie, I don't think the common Hessian soldier brought families with them from Germany. Might be some of the officers did, but there was support staff probably... might even have been camp followers.. (ladies of ill repute)... But families, I've read the conditions for the common soldier on board ship.. I would not have asked my family to go... Besides they were supossed to return... NOT STAY! This list isn't for research on families here before the Rev. War. as they were Americans...well not really until after we won independance... But I think you understand... Personally I would try the North Kingstown, R.I mailing lists.... County lists, area lists and country lists can be very helpful for looking for documentation... I'd also try the surname list for her husband...Baker.. Here we discuss the Hessian soldier only and some about his families here (USA) and back in Germany.. Hope that helps Nelda List Manager Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== Taglines are supposed to give you instructions on how a mail list works. Please read them, and remove them and part of the original message (keeping enough of message for a reminder) before sending out an answer. One last word - Messages should not exceed what you can type on two letter pages, if you want to say more, make it two messages - Part one and Part two. `````````````` To unsubscribe: send an email to AMREV-HESSIANS-L-request@rootsweb.com and write one single word unsubscribe in subject line and text field. No other words or explanations or it won't work. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx