Thanks, Liz, for letting me put this over to the Hessians list, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iris Gates" xxxxxxx <To: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:57 AM Subject: PA Berks list & post Hessian List (GECHTER) > Hi John, > > I'm Liz Johnson from PA-Berks list. > xxxxxxx > I have changed over to my personal mail to write to you. Greetings & > best wishes. > > Thanks again for pointing out my goofy link to the Berks List. > > Found something interesting today, maybe you would like to comment. > > I think I might be related to Mary-Anne on the AmRev/Hessian list. But > although there are some great researchers on the Rev-Hessian list, I > don't know if I want to join more lists right now. However, maybe you > remember what resulted from a series of postings made to the Hessian > List. That was mid-June 2004, thus: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/A/AMREV-HESSIANS+2004+134219439+F > > > Yesterday and tonight, after leaving one frustrating research subject > alone for a while, I was checking again for record of her missing set of > parents. After reading about Hessian soldiers reamining in US, I was > reading list archives. So it's strange to begin looking at archives, > then immediately find your post from last June. But was really nice to > see not only that you are interested in the subject but also that you > had found one person with the exact name I was looking for. So I am glad > that you are over that list. > > Mine would have to be this man: > > > And one more time the military details for (S#19): > > Gechter, Johann Adam, Ansbach-Bayreuth troops, deserted 29/9/1781. > > I also have surname GECHTER of Reading, and people by that name don't > seem to show up around there until around 1800, which would be about > right for a guy who left the army & married a girl from PA somewhere. I > think his daughter Elizabeth married Johann Babb of Exeter, Berks. If > this is the father, he would have to have been an early deserter, as > there is an Elizabeth b. 1782. She must have had at least two siblings > also in the area. > So I am interested in pursuing that. There were only a few mentions of > people by this name, found in the Reading Adler, weddings between 1800 - > 1810. > > Nice work over there on Hessian List. You're not only Admin but also > great human enyclopedia! Thank you so much! Did you ever discover if the > contact, Mary-Anne, on the other list found who her subject married, and > where? > > Hope you can forward my message somehow; maybe she is still on that List. > > Thanks again about my krunched link; I was so pleased to find the > resource after I noticed the name I wanted, but I was tired, or my eyes > were. The PA-Berks list will survive my goofiness I hope. Maybe you will > too. > > Now I'm off to read just a little more history. > > All the best, > Liz J > > > > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:53:30 -0500, John Merz <hessian@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > > Liz, > > > there got to be something wrong with this website

Although this may or not be connected to Rev. War, I would like to make contact with you regarding Johann Babb. Babb has been an elusive family name for years. Anticipating a reply. Yvonne ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: PA Berks list & post Hessian List (GECHTER) > Thanks, Liz, for letting me put this over to the Hessians list, > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Iris Gates" xxxxxxx > <To: <hessian@sympatico.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:57 AM > Subject: PA Berks list & post Hessian List (GECHTER) > > > > Hi John, > > > > I'm Liz Johnson from PA-Berks list. > xxxxxxx > > I have changed over to my personal mail to write to you. Greetings & > > best wishes. > > > > Thanks again for pointing out my goofy link to the Berks List. > > > > Found something interesting today, maybe you would like to comment. > > > > I think I might be related to Mary-Anne on the AmRev/Hessian list. But > > although there are some great researchers on the Rev-Hessian list, I > > don't know if I want to join more lists right now. However, maybe you > > remember what resulted from a series of postings made to the Hessian > > List. That was mid-June 2004, thus: > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/A/AMREV-HES SIANS+2004+134219439+F > > > > > > Yesterday and tonight, after leaving one frustrating research subject > > alone for a while, I was checking again for record of her missing set of > > parents. After reading about Hessian soldiers reamining in US, I was > > reading list archives. So it's strange to begin looking at archives, > > then immediately find your post from last June. But was really nice to > > see not only that you are interested in the subject but also that you > > had found one person with the exact name I was looking for. So I am glad > > that you are over that list. > > > > Mine would have to be this man: > > > > > And one more time the military details for (S#19): > > > Gechter, Johann Adam, Ansbach-Bayreuth troops, deserted 29/9/1781. > > > > I also have surname GECHTER of Reading, and people by that name don't > > seem to show up around there until around 1800, which would be about > > right for a guy who left the army & married a girl from PA somewhere. I > > think his daughter Elizabeth married Johann Babb of Exeter, Berks. If > > this is the father, he would have to have been an early deserter, as > > there is an Elizabeth b. 1782. She must have had at least two siblings > > also in the area. > > So I am interested in pursuing that. There were only a few mentions of > > people by this name, found in the Reading Adler, weddings between 1800 - > > 1810. > > > > Nice work over there on Hessian List. You're not only Admin but also > > great human enyclopedia! Thank you so much! Did you ever discover if the > > contact, Mary-Anne, on the other list found who her subject married, and > > where? > > > > Hope you can forward my message somehow; maybe she is still on that List. > > > > Thanks again about my krunched link; I was so pleased to find the > > resource after I noticed the name I wanted, but I was tired, or my eyes > > were. The PA-Berks list will survive my goofiness I hope. Maybe you will > > too. > > > > Now I'm off to read just a little more history. > > > > All the best, > > Liz J > > > > > > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:53:30 -0500, John Merz <hessian@sympatico.ca> > > wrote: > > > > Liz, > > > > there got to be something wrong with this website > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Please stick to our published subject - Hessian Soldiers of the > American Revolution, not WWII or the Civil War. No other Immigrants. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > One more tip - do not use signature lines (with names) when posting. >