Hello Dan Higgs; There is a researcher in your parts of the country, her name is Sandi Koscak e-mail evilsizer3@aol.com who has corresponded with me since 1997. There was also Karen Walker wwalker@bright.net who was active researching. I posted some info on this mailing list earlier this year, but all in all, this Jacob is still a mystery. Anyway, I just posted a lenghty piece on the EVILSIZER Rootsweb Message Board, which you can find here http://www.rootsweb.com and click on Message Boards. Look for the name on 'ALL Boards' (about 600 postings) and on the specific Board (52 postings) Good luck, John Helmut Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: dghiggs@comcast.net To: hessian@sympatico.ca Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:39 PM Subject: Ancestry Mr. Merz, I recently discovered that our ancestor came to America as a Hessian soldier during the Revolutionary War. The only information I have is that his name was Jacob Evilsizer, born in Germany in 1752 and that he was taken prisoner and remained in Rockingham County,Virginia. His son Joshua settled in Illinois. I'd like to find Jacob's place of birth(town), his parent's names, his wife's name, etc. Could you recommend any sources to gather further information? Thank you, Dan Higgs