History of Western Maryland by John Thomas Scharf, A.M. printed 1882 Vol 1 Necrology of Frederick Co since 1749: "List of deaths of leading individuals" June 2, 1789 Baron Knyphausen, the Hessian general, who served in America during the greater part of the Revolutionary War Someone know of this fellow? He was there in Md with my Conrad Luther's brother Christian Luther. Also some German names in these marriage records.......... Early marriages - official list of marriages for 3 years after the passage of the marriage law in 1777 [I believe this list is from the state of MD & not Frederick Co]: 1778 May 12 Thomas Farroll to Hannah Dalton 1778 July 9 George Gander to Rosanna Dillon 1778 July 23 Thomas Simmons to Mary Adams 1778 Sept 16 Joseph Will Jr to Margaret Row 1779 Feb 1 Michael Ryne to Eleanor Smith 1779 Feb 15 James Polson to Rachel Durbin 1779 Sept 11 John W Bourmaster to Mary Eva Dowlan 1779 Nov 16 Christian Luther to Allie Sewell 1779 Dec 3 John Yantsey to Catherine Iseminger 1779 Dec 17 Zachariah Barlow to Eleanor Hickman 1780 Mar 8 Elias Cooperider to Susannah Iseminger 1780 Aug 1 William Dryden to Philopoena Kissinger Jean Sharbaugh

Jean -- > June 2, 1789 Baron Knyphausen, the Hessian general, who > served in America during the greater part of the Revolutionary War > Someone know of this fellow? He was there in Md with my Conrad Luther's > brother Christian Luther. Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen (1716-1800) commanded the second division of Hessen-Cassel troops which arrived in New York in Nov 1776. The Regiment von Knyphausen was part of the first division of Hessen-Cassel troops. Although the titular Chef de Regiment, to the best of my knowledge, the Baron never served with the Regiment. After General Sir William Howe and Hessen-Cassel Lieut General von Heister had both returned to Europe from America, von Knyphausen was the second senior officer in North America, second only to Sir Henry Clinton. Was Baron von Knyphausen ever in Maryland? Probably, but just barely. In 1777 Howe's Army disembarked near Head of the Elk (now Elton, MD) and marched via Brandywine to Philadelphia. There was a bit of shooting at Brandywine and von Knyphausen commanded the division when went via Chadd's Ford. The Regiment von Knyphausen was one of the three Regiments having a major portion of its troops captured at Trenton on 26 Dec 1776. I can not recall that the Regiment von Knyphausen ever served in Maryland. Most of the time they were POWs. Those taken 26 Dec 1776 at Trenton were exchanged in July or August 1778. The two transports laden with members of the regiment were captured in Sept 1779 and most of these ended up in the New Philadelphia Jail and later Lancaster. Baron Wilhelm von Knyphausen died at Cassel on 07 Dec 1800 at age 84 yrs 1 mo 3 days so I can't support the 1789 date given Bob Brooks