Interestingly enough, my ancestor Mattheus Konrad Will of the Bayreuth grenadiers is simply listed as having "enlisted with the Americans" in Erich Staedtler's dissertation and the Clifford Neal Smith translations. Mattheus is listed as Matthias Wild in the published list of potential deserters in the Bayreuth newspaper of (1803 maybe?). I assume that he took the "buyout" from prison camp at Frederick, MD in 1782 but haven't been able to find out much more after that. He ended up in Rockingham County, VA near New Market, VA. I sort of think that he must have joined a Virginia militia regiment, but can't find any record of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Sulentic<mailto:rnsulentic@earthlink.net> To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [HESSIAN] Conscript vs. Kidnap ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== 6000 Hessian soldiers remained in North America after the end of the war in 1783. The majority settled in the Eastern United States and Canada. 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<http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS> To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>