Hello Evelyn, one hint from me for free ;-) In my Guide I find "Flicke Georg", B-9 D2-20/12/1778 Potomac. Check the mail list archives what the Guide is and how to get it. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L Just talked about it last week. Cheers, John Merz > From: "Dick Kruse" <dekruse@huntel.net> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:36 PM > Subject: Looking for George Fluckey > > > > My GGGGGGrandfather George Fluckey (Flocke ??) was a "Hessen" soldier. He > was born about 1751. Our legend has it he escaped the British during the > battle of Trenton. A woman (a Margaret Stotz, whom he later married), hid > him in an outside dutch oven. He proceeded to join Washington's Army, > possibly as a tailor, making him a couple of uniforms. The "shears" he used > for cutting the cloth are supposed to be in a museum in Ohio, where he is > buried. He had 7 children. One of those boys, Adam, had 10 children -- one > of them named "George Washington Fluckey". > > Thanks for any help. > > Evelyn Fluckey Kruse