Nelda: Ludwig Geldmacher (Keltmacher, Jeltmacher) was capured at Trenton in 1776. Do you have any listing for him? Thanks! Marcia Moneymaker > The Knyphausen Reg. fought in the battle of Trenton & both Paul and Jacob > were captured Dec. 26th 1776. Because of lack of jails, prisoners were > assigned to American farmers who were responsible for them. Many were sent > to Lancaster, PA. [ I have a copy of the Composition list of German and > Waldeck prisoners of war, Paulus and Jacob are on it.] Paul was assigned to > David Miller and Jacob to Richard Henry. The Bonstein men were listed on the > Lancaster Exchange list & returned to the Knyphausen Reg. in 1778. > > I had thought when I first started researching that they were auctioned off > to the farmers as a type of slave, or indentured... having to work for the > farmer to pay for thier food and upkeep... > > So can you explain? Please.... > > Nelda > > > > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe click on AMREV-HESSIANS-L-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 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 the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >