Hi John.... All I know is that my Nicolaus Weitzel had three children, who were in the Niagara area and lived and died in close proximity to there. I also know that mine was married to Elizabeth Kline. I have always presumed that my Nick was the Butlers Rangers one. He was discharged in Quebec and settled in the Kingston area. His daughter married a Joshua Pollard and I am decended from that line. Most of what I have came from you. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 8:49 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: Nicolaus WEITZEL, Hanau Regt. Erbprinz. > Forwarded to list: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Plante" <paul.plante@sympatico.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:52 PM > Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Are our subscribers with us? > > > > My name is Paul Plante and I am still here. My ancestor was Nicolaus > > Weitzel. > > Paul > > Nikolaus WEITZEL, Hessen-Hanau Regt. Erbprinz, born Schluechtern, > 1755/56, deserted 6 Jan 1779 at Frederick, Maryland. > see sources #17, #100, #147, last recorded at Frederick, Maryland, on > 27. April 1782 as a communicant at the Christ Reformed Church in > Middletown. > > Hello Paul, I guess we have to stick our heads together to get to the > bottom of this mystery. You do know that there were two of the same > name in the same Grenadier Company of the Hanau Erbprinz. > The other one, born 1750/51 in Hohenzell, today incorporated into > Schluechtern, deserted already shortly after the Battle of Saratoga on > 25 Oct. 1777 at Barrington, was recaptured and sent to Canada. > He was discharged in Canada in July 1783. > > In my book 'The Hessians of Upper Canada' on pages 211-212 I tried > to come to terms about these two soldiers, one who apparently joined > the Butler's Rangers, and is also known as Nicholas Whitsell and also > as WITZEL, Nicholas, perhaps also known as Nicholas WESSELS, who > settled in Sophiasburg, who stated in his land petition that he came into > Province in 1787 with wife and 5 children. (Reel C-2950) > > My book came out in 1997, has sold over 500 copies, is deposited with > many libraries and Historical & Genealogical Societries, but nobody has > yet to confirm or dispute my conclusions. > I would appreciate any help with this, it should be solved. > > Cheers, > John H. Merz. > > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > For your convenience, here are the mail list archives: > Please check the archives first, your answer may be there. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > Subject Lines are important to create interest into YOUR posting, > make it a good headline. > >