Hello Cindy, Thank you very much for offering to do lookups. I'm looking for any information for Johann Konrad UEBELHACK / ÜBELHACK of the Ansbach - Bayreuth Regiment. I have never found any information about him since he decided to stay in America after the Hessians were started on their march to New York in 1783 after being detained in Frederick, etc. for well over a year. His desertion date is about 17 May 1783. I belive the name might have been changed to Evelhock - Evilhock - Evelhoch - Evilhawk, and a few other spellings, but today, everyone that I am aware of uses the Evelhoch spelling. The earliest Evelhoch, Evelhock's, etc., that I'm aware of, were found in the Washington County, Maryland, etc. area. Thank you for any help you might be able to give me. Sincerely, Earl

Dear Earl, you probably heard back from Cindy that your ancestor's name cannot be found in Mrs. Kiddoo's article "Of Revolutionary Memory". The problem as you must be aware of is his desertion date. He deserted from the Ansbacher long before Yorktown in Oct. 1781, that means he did not get with the Yorktown prisoners to Frederick, Maryland. I remember that you ordered my 'Guide' back in 2002 and with it I furnished you with a Personal Data File for your man. Listed are several sources of information which did not include S#147), and I also made a few suggestions. I see that you followed the one with creating a Rootsweb Message Board for the name UEBELHACK, and I am pleased to say that I entered a new message to it. Otherwise, I checked our mail list archives, would you believe that Mrs. Nancy Rice Kiddoo's article has been mentioned on our list more than 130 times since 1998, and I guess most names in the article have come up during the last 7 years. Still, I do appreciate Cindy's efforts, we cannot let our Hessians be forgotten. Cheers, John Helmut Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl H. Lippert" <ehlippert@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Resources for Frederick County, MD > Hello Cindy, > > Thank you very much for offering to do lookups. I'm looking for any > information for Johann Konrad UEBELHACK / ÜBELHACK of the Ansbach - Bayreuth > Regiment. I have never found any information about him since he decided to > stay in America after the Hessians were started on their march to New York > in 1783 after being detained in Frederick, etc. for well over a year. His > desertion date is about 17 May 1783. I belive the name might have been > changed to Evelhock - Evilhock - Evelhoch - Evilhawk, and a few other > spellings, but today, everyone that I am aware of uses the Evelhoch > spelling. The earliest Evelhoch, Evelhock's, etc., that I'm aware of, were > found in the Washington County, Maryland, etc. area. > > Thank you for any help you might be able to give me. > Sincerely, > Earl