From the Rootsweb Message Board SCHMIDT: Heinrich Schmidt - Brunswick soldier of the American Revolution. > Author: John Helmut Merz > Date: 09 Jul 2004 12:26 AM GMT > > While checking the list of settlers at the Fifth Township > in Upper Canada - (Marysburg) on Quinte Isle, Lake Ontario, > the name of Heinrich SCHMIDT (Henry Smith) stuck out. > > He was a soldier with the Brunswick troops which were > stationed in Quebec, Canada during the American Revolution. > Born in Holzminden in Lower Saxony appr. 1746/47, > he was discharged in Quebec in 1783. This is what the > book by the Genealogy researcher Virginia DeMarce says: > > "Smith, Henry, Paymaster, German Regt. in the British > army, from Brunswick, 1783 at Les Cedres, a son baptised there and two older > daughters; to Marysburgh, Ontario, > in Prince Edward County, married Mary Elizabeth Benedict, > daughter of John Benedict; a daughter married Reverend > Frederick Meyers. > > There is much information about Henry in my own book > "The Hessians of Upper Canada", but the purpose of this > letter is to advise the reader that on 21. August 2004 at > the Rose House Museum in Waupoos, near Picton, Ontario > on County Road #8, the 220th anniversary of the arrival > of those early Hessian and Brunswick settlers in 1784 > at the Fifth Township, will be honoured during a > 'Hessian Day' celebration, with music, food and fun, under > a big tent, with tables for descendants groups, etc.. > It'll be a fun day and everyone is invited to participate. > This will be a good time to meet cousins and other > related families. > > More information about details please contact me direct > or the Museum by e-mailing > rosemuseum@pecounty.on.ca > > Greetings, > John Helmut Merz, e-mail hessian@sympatico.ca > researching Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution. > >