Suzanne, you really got good advise from Ed Maul, and I give you some leads on top of it. I went on the Internet in 1997 and one of my first e-mails was from a Shirley from California asking for this name. Shortly after I started my mail list AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com and there is quite a report made on 12. Oct. 1998. Just check the archives for Forbach, this is how to get the archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians Cheers, John Merz (my GUIDE and other Hessian books are listed on eBay right now my seller name is the-hessian ----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Grosh Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:04 PM Subject: John Furbeck Hello, I was referred to you by Ed Maul who said that you might have some information on my 6th great grandfather, John Furbeck. He was born on April 26, 1760 in Germany. Local histories and at least one descendant state that he was born in Rodeheim, Germany. I believe that this is a misspelling as I have been unable to locate a town called Rodeheim in all of Germany. There is a town called Roedelheim that is near Frankfurt and in the Hessian area from which some of the soldiers came between 1776 and 1882. He came as a Hessian soldier, was captured shortly before the battle of Saratoga(Oct. 1777?) and later joined the Colonial Army in 1778 and served 2 years and ended up in New Scotland, New York. There is a description of his experiences in the history of the church. I will send it to you separately and I can't seem to cut and paste it. I am most interested in pinning down where he came from and why he became a Hessian soldier at barely 17 years old and what he did in the Hessian army. He married Susanna Koon Coons on Dec 30, 1784. They had eleven children and he died on January 5, 1840. She died on October 24, 1840 and they are both buried at the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in New Scotland, Albany Cty., N.Y. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Suzanne Grosh