Hi Bob, Good information...Thanks Your: 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. This is where my Bonnsteins, Johann Jacob and Paulus enter the story. The Knyphausen Reg. fought in the battle of Trenton & both Paul and Jacob were captured Dec. 26th 1776. Because of lack of jails, prisoners were assigned to American farmers who were responsible for them. Many were sent to Lancaster, PA. [ Tanya my cousin has a copy of the Composition list of German and Waldeck prisoners of war, Paulus and Jacob are on it.] Paul was assigned to David Miller and Jacob to Richard Henry. The Bonstein men were listed on the Lancaster Exchange list & returned to the Knyphausen Reg. in 1778. "On the 4th of September, 1779, the Regiments von Knyphausen and von Lossberg received orders to make ready to embark with all their baggage, and with such of their sick as could support a journey. Their destination was Quebec, though the men did not know it at the time. The Knyphausen and Lossberg regiments were two of those which had been captured at Trenton. The prisoners taken on that occasion had been exchanged, and the regiments, which had at one time formed part of a combined battalion, were now acting independently again." The two regiments were embarked on the 8th of September on six vessels. Johann Jacob Bonstein was on the Triton. A very GOOD site about the triton and what happened to cause them to be recaptured is at: http://www.americanrevolution.org/hess20.html The Regiment von Knyphausen served in North America: Long Island, NY, 1776 White Plains, NY, 1776 Fort Washington, NY, 1776 Trenton, NJ, 1776 Brandywine, PA, 1777 Germantown, PA, 1777 Garrisoned Philadelphia, PA, 1777-1778 Monmouth, NJ, 1778 Garrisoned New York, NY, 1778-1780 Prince Edward Island & Canada, 1780-1781 Garrisoned New York, 1781-1783 Nelda Pax et bonum! Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://doodleartgraphics.com