Hi Bill- my John Bush was my ggggg grandfather (7 generations ago) and we know several things about him. He was in the Winchester VA area (Frederick County, VA) in 1786. He married a Mary Phillips who was originally from Pennsylvania. She had 2 brothers (at least) named Conrad and Joseph. He and Mary had 10 children, the first 3 born in the Winchester VA area. Solomon was the 3rd child and second son. He is my line. Mary and John, Mary's 2 brothers and their families and the 3 children left on the Wilderness Road for Kentucky ending up in Shelby Co KY (one county east of Jefferson County and Louisville) in about 1790 or so. The Greenville Treaty with the Shawnee and their allies that opens up southern Indiana and Ohio (the Indian territories) is concluded at 1795. Sometime about 1805 or so they pack and leave KY and go across the river and settle in Southern Indiana, Washington County, where all of a my dad's family comes from. They were some of the first settlers/pioneers to that area. He dies in Washington County in 1820 and is buried in the Bush cemetery at Dutch Creek. I suspect he was born about 1750 or so. Family rumor always stated that John Bush was a Hessian soldier. No one has been able to prove that. Bob Bush of Grand Rapids Michigan, a descendant of one of Solomon's younger brothers, Joseph has done all of the major research and sleuthing and found John and Mary in Winchester in 1786. He has hit a brick wall there. He believes that a name was changed. Teresa Bonetti, a descendant of another son says there is a letter (I haven't seen it) from the youngest daughter Elizabeth that states that John was a Hessian from the Ansbach Bayreuth regiment. I have not been able to confirm the authenticity of that letter. It is interesting though because Hessians captured at Yorktown were first sent to barracks near Winchester. If one looks at the Ansbach-Bayreuth listing there is a Leonhard Busch in the 1st Ansbach that is a regular soldier and whom deserted in 1781 I believe. John Merz has stated that this is our man. I am not convinced yet. If he deserted than he probably wasn't captured at Yorktown. So I don't know. Bob Bush thinks that he may have been from Pennsylvania earlier and that is why I am so interested in what you know. Of course Bob's theory that a name was changed could be Leonhard, but I think what Bob means is a last name, making it awfully difficult to track, if not impossible. Bob Bush's site has everything after John and Mary, nothing before, except we know Mary's parents names and where she is from. All of the people that I have come into contact with, descendants of different siblings (one of the 10) all have the same family rumor that John was a Hessian. No one has been able to prove it. I sure would be interested in what you know. John B. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Pooler [mailto:maderarocks@kuhncom.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:52 PM To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HESSIAN] Hessian Prisoners  Hi John ! Sorry to say I didn't find the name of John Busch/Bush in the list of 182 men. But strange to say, but I'm also interested in a John Bush from the general area of Reading, PA -actually from nearby Chester County. I saw a hint somewhere that inferred he had been a Hessian soldier. Hessian prisoners were also kept at Reading during the Revolutionary War. I have some information on two men by that name that I haven't had time to follow up. If you think this is a possibility, send me an e-mail and let's share what we have. Bill ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== The Source HETRINA has been discussed more often than anything else, you find the explanations by checking the key word archive. You can find it by typing in "26 feb 1999" and look for HETRINA. Or check the Threaded Archives for February 1999 - Hetrina publication. 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 ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx