I am interested in finding information on Honnickle (Honnickel) Strausser. He fought against Washington troops and was captured on Christmas Eve when Washington crossed the Delaware. He elected to stay in the US and his descendants have been located in PA. I once saw mention of him in a set of PA books which spoke of the Rev. War. It was a large set of old books. I have lost the reference to this particular set of books and to said article. I would welcome any help. Nelson

I have a Peter Strausser b. December 5, 1794. Do not have his parents. My data is from his wife's family. He married a Mary "Molly" Adams. Her parents died in Ralpho Twp., Northumberland Co., PA. That area is still full of Hessian desecendants. I do now have anything further, as Adams is not a main line for me, it just connects with a lot of others in my data base who are primarily in Northumberland, Dauphin and Schuylkill Cos., PA. Incidently, that area is also known as the "Hessian Triangle". Maybe this will help you with a location. Sorry I do not have anything further. Peggy Lyte Tyrrell At 08:00 PM 3/31/05 -0500, Nelson wrote: >I am interested in finding information on Honnickle (Honnickel) >Strausser. He fought against Washington troops and was captured on >Christmas Eve when Washington crossed the Delaware. He elected to stay in >the US and his descendants have been located in PA. I once saw mention >of him in a set of PA books which spoke of the Rev. War. It was a large >set of old books. I have lost the reference to this particular set of >books and to said article. I would welcome any help. >Nelson > > >==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== >Mail List archives are your best bet to find information,You can search >the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message >to another. >To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS >To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L >To unsubscribe from the -D version of the >list:AMREV-HESSIANS-D-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. >you must unsub from the version you are subscribed to -D for that address >and -L for that one, don't get them mixed up...or you won't unsubscribe. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Nelson -- Kirk Strasser kirk@strauser.com identifies this gentleman as Johann Niklaus "Honnickel" Strasser, born 1746 in Berks Co. PA and died 1814 in Penn/Mahantango township, Snyder Co PA. It list his father as Johann Nicholas Strasser and mother as Maria Elisabetha -------- http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Genealogy/JohannNiklausStrasser Another account http://geocities.com/strasser1732/html/dat72.html#3 gives the father Johann Nicholas Strasser born circa 1713 in Germany, died 1790 in Albany Township, Berks Co. PA A third account http://www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/montgomery/s27.html gives the origin of the family and cites the father purchasing land in 1749, beeing taxed as early as 1754 and being naturalized on 11 Apr 1763. Finally, an examination of my records of the POWs taken at Trenton includes no one named Strasser/Strausser. It would appear to me that the Hessian POW story is a myth and the family was well established in Berks Co PA a quarter century before the American War of Independence. Bob Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson" <nip827@chartermi.net> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Honnickle Strausser >I am interested in finding information on Honnickle (Honnickel) Strausser. >He fought against Washington troops and was captured on Christmas Eve when >Washington crossed the Delaware. He elected to stay in the US and his >descendants have been located in PA. I once saw mention of him in a set >of PA books which spoke of the Rev. War. It was a large set of old books. >I have lost the reference to this particular set of books and to said >article. I would welcome any help. > Nelson > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Mail List archives are your best bet to find information,You can search > the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message > to another. > To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > To unsubscribe from the -D version of the > list:AMREV-HESSIANS-D-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. > you must unsub from the version you are subscribed to -D for that address > and -L for that one, don't get them mixed up...or you won't unsubscribe. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >