Children of Pieter BeckerFrom a posting I made to another mail list, but of interest to the AMREV-HESSIANS readers: I am not familiar with the BAKER family you quoted coming from the Schoharie County, N.Y., and if your correspondent tells you that he cannot find your Arent Baker, I would believe him, unless you find other sources. And I have no Arent Baker/Becker in my files either. However, I am grateful to you for bringing this issue up once more, because it prompted me to dig out my files about ADAM BECKER, the Brunswick soldier, which I tried to connect with the Eastern District settler ADAM BAKER (see my previous posting), and I had a second look at my sources #20 and #101, and by golly, I found another entry for Adam in S#20 on page 286 - that he was a soldier with K.K.N.Y., and while I checked this page for other BAKER/BECKER entries, I found one which I had overlooked for 20 years - BECKER, Conradt, A. soldier R.R.N.Y. Muster Roll. Been looking for a Hessen-Hanau Artilleryman Conrad BECKER since October 1777 when he was wounded at Saratoga and taken prisoner. On 26 Dec. 1778 he deserted from prisoner status and disappeared somewhere between York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Here I find a Conradt Baker (Becker) on the Muster Roll of the K.K.N.Y with an enlistment date of 18 Aug 1777 ( 2 days after the Battle of Bennington, where Hanau Artillery was involved) and it says that he was a New York farmer. It also says he served in Daly's Comp. 1782-83, with the remark he settled in the Royal Township #4. Although some dates are off as well as the age, but the circumstances make it possible that we are talking about the same man. This may not help you much with your problem, but it highlights the problems you have researching a name like BAKER/BECKER. Good luck and happy hunting, John H. Merz, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (explanation of the term K.R.R.N.Y. - "King's Royal Regiment New York" a Loyalist unit)