Hi, Here's a link about Washington's beliefs (and lack of them) http://www.deism.com/washington.htm I also had relatives on both sides - and my Brunswicker ancestor joined the American Army, after being captured with Burgoyne at Saratoga. My 6th g uncle, Thomas Chase, a Mason, was a participant at the Boston Tea Party. Cheers! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Nelda Percival <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> Date: Friday, December 24, 2004 7:52 pm Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Re: PML Search Hessian - Christmas at Trenton 1776. > Hi, > I don't know Washington's religion/faith, but his cousin Col > Gilpin was > Quaker...(my relative) > And as John Said in love and war only results count. Though I > heard it All > in Love or War is FAIR... > I know my Hessians Paulus and Johann Jacob Bonnstein were both > caught at > Trenton.... > So you see I had relatives on both sides.... and quite a few of my > relatives > are/were Masons too.... > Nelda > > To see a Christian Card > http://www.geocities.com/nlp100/xmascard.htm > > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG > Beatty #005 & #10; Graves #231 & #105 > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > The Source HETRINA has been discussed more often than anything > else, you find the explanations by checking our key word archive > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > You can find it by typing in "26 feb 1999" and look for HETRINA. > Or check the Threaded Archives for February 1999 - Hetrina > publication. >

Well now, Bill and Nelda; Hessians! That explains a lot - and frankly, the British in charge at the time, should have known the character of their former officer George Washington, and what he could be planning, and should have issued 'yellow or orange' alerts in time to warn those poor Hessians :) I sincerely hope that everyone found his/hers new Christmas toys under the tree this morning, and is happy. Merry Christmas. Enjoy your Christmas turkey. Your John Merz from north of the 'undefended' border, your security people are scratching their heads about. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wjsmith@optonline.net> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Re: PML Search Hessian - Christmas at Trenton 1776. > Hi, > > Here's a link about Washington's beliefs (and lack of them) > http://www.deism.com/washington.htm > <Snip> > > Cheers! > Bill >