Thank you for responding. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George McCallum" <gmc@armct.com> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [HESSIAN] German Ancestor > Hi Joy: > > I don't have any specific knowledge about your ancestor, William > Pala[lt]ine, > but I would go looking for him among the pre-war German immigrants to > America. > > If he was born in 1715, he would be over 60 by the time the British were > recruiting Hessians. Now, if he died in 1819, he lived to a ripe old age > (104), so he could well have been in good health at age 60, but I doubt > he would have been recruited. > > Also, if his son was born in 1765, that would be still back in Germany. > If your records place his son in America, that's another indication that > your ancestor was probably not a Hessian soldier. > > George McCallum > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Joy Stevenson" <jars7@bellsouth.net> > To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HESSIAN] German Ancestor > Date sent: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:13:49 -0500 > Send reply to: "Joy Stevenson" <jars7@bellsouth.net> > Forwarded by: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com > Date forwarded: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:13:41 -0600 > > > The name of my ancestor was William Palaline as has been researched. My > uncle told me he was a Hessian soldier that was recruited for King George > of England. > > He was born in 1715 and died in 1819. > > I believe his name was originally Palatine, and either changed the > spelling, or if a tombstone was found, the line crossing the "t" in > Palatine was worn off over the years. > > My uncle said his name is on the Valley Forge records for the > Revolutionary War. > > He had a son, John, born September 13, 1765. > > There is also a name on the family tree Jacob Fronica born 1764. > > I would appreciate it if you could send me any information. This is all > the information I have from the time of the Revolutionary War. > > Thank You, > > Joy Stevenson > > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Mail List archives are your best bet to find information,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 > To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > To unsubscribe from the -D version of the > list:AMREV-HESSIANS-D-request@rootsweb.com and write one single word > unsubscribe in subject line and text field. No other words or > explanations or it won't work. > you must unsub from the version you are subscribed to -D for that address > and -L for that one, don't get them mixed up...or you won't unsubscribe. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >