Hello Denis, I want to acknowledge the receipt of your book "The Life of a German Mercenary - The Chaylt Family in Canada." and want to mention that I had plenty time to read it front to back when I had my wife in the Emergency for 9 1/2 hours. I did enjoy reading your study, although your description of the expedition to Fort Stanwix missed a very important part, that of the Battle of Oriskany, when the Patriot General Herkimer lost his life. The Jaegers were involved in this as well. (see book by Gavin K. Watt- Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley, 2002) Denis, as you are probably aware of, I have now retired and my research material has gone to the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre in Ameliasburg. They will display it there for Hessian research. I am still finding the odd item which I am collecting for a later transfer. I will add your book to this collection, unless you want to mail them one yourself. Thanks again, and good luck in further life, and as far as your poems go, why not put them over the AMREV-HESSIANS mail list where you also find the Stegmann descendants e-mails. Best wishes, John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "denis robillard" <robipoet@hotmail.com> To: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:13 PM Subject: STEGMAN and German poems > > Hi John:: > > Hope you are well and got my Hessian book in one piece. Hope you enjoy > reading it too, knowing that you had a large hand to play in it.......A > while ago I was interested in contacting the lady who was a relative of > Stegman, the surveyor. As you know, I am writing a series of poems on my > Hessian ancestor and other soldiers right now. I have over 30 poems and > continue doing research and writing every weekend. MY plan is to publish a > series of chapbooks commemorating the efforts and exploits of our German > ancestors. I want to double my efforts on men whose lives interest me. One > of them was Stegman. He sounds like an interesting fellow. It was for that > reason I had asked you about the address. DO you still have it. Or perhaps > you could give her mine and then she could contact me. I am sure she would > like to know that someone is writing poems about her ancestor. > > Anyway, John can you get back to me when you have a chance. > > > Denis Robillard > > > > >From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> > >To: "denis robillard" > <robipoet@hotmail.com>,<ritchotd@videotron.ca> > >Subject: Re: STEGMAN and Creutzbourg > >Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:55:39 -0500 > > > >Thanks Denis - > > > >Dominique, are you forwarding this to the list? > >Greetings, > >John > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "denis robillard" <robipoet@hotmail.com> > >To: <ritchotd@videotron.ca>; <hessian@sympatico.ca> > >Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:24 PM > >Subject: STEGMAN and Creutzbourg > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi there:: > > > > > > Once in a while I come back on this list to see what is > happening. I have > > > been so busy with work and writing projects that I have neglected > my > >Hessian > > > roots. Again, congratulations are in order for Dominique and the > new job > >as > > > well as the happy retirement of John Merz. I think the new home > for all > >your > > > research and papers will be in a fitting and comfortable home, > John. > > > > > > John, I have not forgotten about you. THe copy of my book on > Valentin > >Scheid > > > is coming in the mail. I hope you will enjoy it. Thank you so much > for > >your > > > help in this project the past 6 years.Now, I noticed from the > Hessian > >list > > > from early october that there was a woman doing research on John > Stegman. > >I > > > have a few leads here that may be of interest to her if you pass > my email > > > along to her. It was cut off or clipped in the last correspondence > so I > >was > > > not able to read it. > > > l > > > Also, I am including here a few names from the Creutzbourg Journal > that I > > > received over the last 2 years. I have over 100 typed pages of > this > > > invaluable manuscript from New Jersey. (Why Canada does not even > have a > >sole > > > copy --I do not know). Anyway here are some names, that I tried to > verify > >in > > > John's excellent book (Register of German Military Men), however > some of > > > these may have escaped notice: > > > > > > > > > OBERY, a Jaegar is mentioned on p. 61. It stated that he was a > drunk and > > > was in Kreutzbourg's regiment. He was willing to sign an affdavit > that > >said > > > he had been in Canada 5 years before this time. (1773???). His > place of > > > origin is not given. Is he a Hessian? > > > > > > HENSE (for a previous viewer) is mentioned several times in > Kreutzbourg's > > > accounts. > > > > > > BETZEL p.69 He is mentiioned as having deserted in Einbeck. > Colonel > > > Ehrenkrook of the Brunswick troops was to reclaim this man and 4 > other > > > deserters. > > > > > > WEINLEIN mentioned on p. 74 was a wagon flunky with the corps > under > > > Kreutzbourg. On December 25th 1778 his hand s froze and he had to > get 7 > > > fingers cut off by the surgeon....no other mention of him. > > > > > > Thereus HAMERLE from Altmumster in Suavia (p76) was sited as one > of > >several > > > men who consipred to rob a local man. A court martial was set up > for this > > > and the results were sent to the war commision. HAMERLE in this > instance > >is > > > noted as being a "muskateer" (Brunskwicker?) > > > > > > LINDNER (a jesuit priest from Bamberg) is mentioned p.80 > > > > > > p83 "A fellow named BEIST from Seindenroth near Stenau was > brought along > >by > > > sergeant Wurth to jjoin the jaeger corps here." > > > > > > BIRCHENSTOCK--p.86 THis man is said to have been a recruit taken > from New > > > York (c.1779) Kretuzbourg knew him since he had enlisted him for > the > > > Landgraf regiment. > > > > > > > > > > > > >