From: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:06 PM > Source: ABRAHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Brunswick soldier Daniel ABRAHAM, settler in Marysburg, Bay of Quinte. > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > Surnames: ABRAHAM > Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VC.2ADIB/321 > Message Board Post: > > Daniel ABRAHAM, Brunswick soldier of the Regiment von > Barner, age 36 years, 11 months (as of middle of 1779), > born Schorborn, now 37627 Deensen, 12 km east of > Holzminden, State of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), > stationed in Quebec, Canada during the American Revolution > and discharged in 1783. He is listed as a single man > coming with the disbanded men from the German troops > who settled in Township No. 5, Bay of Quinte, on Oct 4, > 1784. under the leadership of Lieutenant Baron von > Reitzenstein. The Muster Roll (National Archives of Canada, > microfilm H-1655) shows 29 men, 7 women, and 9 children > landing at the Bay of Quinte, Upper Canada. > > This is to make known that on Saturday, 21. August 2004, > in commemoration of the 220th anniversary of the arrival > of these first settlers, a "Hessian Day" is being celebrated > with big tent, music, food, entertainment, and many > descendants of these hardy settlers will be attenting to > meet new and old 'cousins'. More information about this > event may be received from the Rose House Museum > e-mail rosemuseum@pecounty.on.ca or try to search > with http://www.google.com typing in Rose House Museum > There will be a map and location. > > If you are a descendant of any of those settlers, you are > invited to come. If you know others, please let them know. > > I'll be there as well, presenting a bronze 'Hessian Soldier > plaque to the Museum. > > John Helmut Merz, > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. > http://www3.sympatico.ca/hessian