I am descended from Johann Caspar Losey, and family tradition says he was a Hessian Soldier who deserted. My family lived in Stillwater Twp., Susssex Co., NJ. There a many variants of the Losey name found in the early church records of this area. This Hessian website is a great way to find more data. I am a subscriber. You can reach me at idevy@kinex.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <jmerz@cogeco.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: PML Search: Kaspar Losing, Hessen-Kassel Jaeger Corps. > For your information and our mail list archives: > > Losing, Kaspar, 1.Comp., Kassel Jaeger Corps, born 1751/52, > in Meiningen, deserted Nov. 1779, Hetrina IV, also > PA-Oaths 10 Nov.1782. > (I have no further information) > John Merz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <billsdotter@yahoo.com> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:20 PM > > Source: HENDERSHOT-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Lost Losey > > > > Hi Wendy, > > If you've only found 3 spellings for Losey, you probably need to keep > looking! > > > > I don't think I have a "Jacabus Loyse" in my known line. Do you have dates > for him, or locations? Further research and help from others has revealed my > line as follows > > : > > Cora Losey m1: Isaac Jacobus; divorced. m2: Floyd Hendershot. > > > > Cora's parents: Nathan Losey and Louisa Koker. > > > > Nathan's parents: Christopher Losey and Sarah Savacool. > > > > Christopher's parents: John/Johann Losey and Hannah Hendershot. > > > > John/Johann's parents: John/Johann Caspar Losey and Anna Elizabeth > Schuster. > > > > John Caspar Losey is believed to have been a Hessian deserter during the > Revolutionary War. I have not been able to trace him prior to his arrival in > America. > > > > I have a lot of dates and details, but not with me at the moment. Does > this seem to tie in with your research at all? What do you have on Jacobus > Loyse? > > > > Sue > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > The Source HETRINA has been discussed more often than anything > else, you find the explanations by checking the key word archive. > You can find it by typing in "26 feb 1999" and look for HETRINA. > Or check the Threaded Archives for February 1999 - Hetrina publication. > 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 > > ============================== > 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 >

>> Losing, Kaspar, 1.Comp., Kassel Jaeger Corps, born 1751/52, >> in Meiningen, deserted Nov. 1779, Hetrina IV, also >> PA-Oaths 10 Nov.1782. HETRINA IV says born 1750/51, not born 1751/52. JAG1 was not the first Jägerkompanie to deploy. (JAG4, Capt v. Wrede came in August 1776, JAG2 Capt. Ewald came in Nov 1776, then JAG1, JAG3, JAG5 and JAG6 arrived in Apr 1777). JAG1 was supposed to be mounted but rarely had horses. With the arrival of the Jäger recruits comprising JAG1, JAG3, JAG5 and JAG6, the Jägerkorps was established comprising six companies of Hesse-Cassel Jägers and one company of Ansbach-Bayreuth Jägers. Later (1779) a second company of Ansbach-Bayreuth Jägers would be added. Too often the Jäger Corps is miscalled "The Hessian Jäger Corps." Jägers from Hesse-Hanau were part of Burgoyne's army and the so-called "Convention Army." In Nov 1779, the Jäger Corps were in winter quarters guarding the Harlem shore of the Harlem River ("Crique" [creek], as Ewald called it). Bob Brooks