> On this question of money, I understand that when a German soldier was > killed a payment was made by the British. Does anybody know to whom the > money was > paid, how much, and the proof of death required to get payment. I don't believe this statement to be completely true but I leave that to persons with more expertise than I. I do not believe that the Hesse-Cassel treaty included the "blood money" clause; therefore, the "blood money clause" did not apply to better than half the Germans deployed to America. I believe the "blood money clause" only applies to Hesse-Hanau. Article IX of the Hesse-Hanau treaty includes the "bloody money clause" which states "According to custom, three wounded men shall be reckoned as one killed. A man killed shall be paid for at the rate of the levy money. . . ." As I recall, in practice this applied only to those wounded invalided back to Germany. Article V of the Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hanau and Waldeck treaties states that ". . . His Majesty the King of Great Britain promises to pay to his Serene Highness for each foot soldier thirty crowns Banco, levy money. . . ." In Article VI the exchange rate is set ". . .the crown reckoned at fifty-three sols of Holland, or at four shillings nine pence three farthings English money. . . ." For those of you interested in the math, there were four farthings in a pence, 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. There are 960 farthings per pound and 431 farthings per crown so a crown = £0.4489583333. Thirty crowns would be £13.46875 or £13..9s..4p..2f. Copies of the Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hanau, and Waldeck treaties are found written in both French and English in _The Hessians_ published by the JSHA in 1976 on pp.221-226. Pay was based on two periods, 25 June to 24 Dec, then 25 Dec to 24 June of the following year. The entire regiment mustered and paraded with persons not present being explained in writing. Some times the passe en revue was conducted very near to the period end dates but other times it might lag as much as three months. For example, in the case of the Ansbach-Bayreuth troops, the 24 Dec 1782 passe en revue was conducted at Norwich, L.I., on 13 Mar 1783; however, the 24 June 1783 passe in revue was conducted at Harlem on 25 June 1783. The Ansbach-Bayreuth passe en revue records are at The National Archives (formerly the PRO) at Kew in T 38/812 which is cataloged as "Accounts of Hessian troops engaged in America 1775-(1795?)" T 38/813 and T38/814 are catalogued the same but I have never looked at that material so I don't know what "Hessians" are in those records. To me the most intriguing Article was the requirement that the British continue to pay for two years after the return of the troops. Bob Brooks

> On this question of money, I understand that when a German soldier was > killed a payment was made by the British. Does anybody know to whom the > money was paid, how much, and the proof of death required to get payment. I failed to answer to whom the money was paid. In the case of Hesse-Hanau, it went to Crown Prince Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Casel, Reigning Count of Hanau, &c. I do not know whether any compensation went to heirs of the deceased.

Thanks Bob, Your: I do not know whether any compensation went to heirs of the deceased. Comment... Probably not...Those Princes seemed to like to live pretty high so the families if they got any, I'm sure got very little... Good information. Every little bit helps though of us who are just learning... Nelda Pax et bonum! Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://doodleartgraphics.com