Hi, I am new to the list and looking for information on my ancestors. My 3GGrandfather was John Fisher. According to a biography that was done on his son, "John was born near Hesse-Cassel, Germany, and was one of the Hessian soldiers under the British Government. He was under General Cornwallis and was taken prisoner by General Washington in the Revolutionary War. When he was set free, he located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and there twice married, reared a family of fifteen children and spent the remainder of his life." He and his first wife had 12 children. His second wife was Hannah Berriner and they had 3 children, including my 2GGrandfather Jonathan B. Fisher. I do not know the names of his first wife or his other 14 children. The 1880 census for Jonathan said his father was born in "Hesse-Darm". Jonathan's death record lists his father as "Emerdins"???. Another cousin has done some research and has John's brothers as Jacob and Emeritus, who were also soldiers in the War. John, Jacob, and Emeritus supposedly came to America in 1776. Emeritus was supposedly killed Jan. 16, 1777 in Yorktown. John was born abt 1755 in Germany and died sometime between 1815 - 1832 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Stacey

Hi Stacey, WElcome to the list. First, Thank you for the good discricption of your family you are researching. It should help other members who might be connected. Second, I sugest that you do a search of the archive to see if you ancestor has been discussed on the list. If you can't find him look for the source records that are listed there. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians Our tag lines at the bottom of all messages give information about the archives and research data.. Again Welcome Nelda list manager Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG Beatty #005 & #10; Graves #231 & #105 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://www.doodleartgraphics.com/

Hello Stacey and List and a huge thanks to Nelda for taking over as Administrator. The love, devotion and dedication of John Merz to the "Hessians", could never be surmounted, but you've taken on a critical mode. Try various entries in accessing the List Archives Stacey; ie., Bedford, as other Hessian soldiers settled there and you might find another soldier with collateral information. 'Jacob Fisher' is interesting to me, as a man by this name settled in Westmoreland Co.,PA (also a location for other known 'Hessian' soldiers). Regards to all, Ron Ferry (seeking Heinrich FORRER, "b.1750") ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Maddox" <stacey.23@insightbb.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] John, Jacob, & Emeritus FISHER <snipped> > The 1880 census for Jonathan said his father was born in "Hesse-Darm". Jonathan's death record lists his father as "Emerdins"???. Another cousin has done some research and has John's brothers as Jacob and Emeritus, who were also soldiers in the War. John, Jacob, and Emeritus supposedly came to America in 1776. Emeritus was supposedly killed Jan. 16, 1777 in Yorktown. John was born abt 1755 in Germany and died sometime between 1815 - 1832 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.