Hello - I am hoping someone can help me in my search. What I DO know is that my hessian ancestors name was Daniel Howard. After capture he was working farms in Greenwich, Ct before marrying an American. Im having trouble in finding out where Daniel was captured. He originated from Hesse, Kasel, Germany. I am assuming that the last name HOWARD might have been changed from a more German last name. If anyone can provide help I would appreciate it. Thank you Chris Howard
Chris, If you haven't found his military records how do you know " He originated from Hesse, Kasel, Germany." Hesse Kasel was a principaloty Please be aware Germany was NOT a country untill after 1900. COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE - http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/why.htm In early 1776, King George III of England hired units from the various houses or states of Germany to assist with bringing the the colonist's rebellion to order. The hiring of foreign troops to supplement a country's army was a normal procedure during this time of history. Several of the German rulers, needing hard currency and being "between wars", were only too happy to oblige. They were Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (a principality in northern Hesse) King George III's brother in law, his son William, count of Hesse-Hanau and nephew to King George III; Charles I, Duke of Brunswick; Frederick, Prince of Waldeck; Charles Alexander, Margrave of Anspach-Bayreuth; and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. About 18,000 Hessian troops arrived in North America in 1776, with more coming in later, of this about 3/4 of them were from Hesse-Kassel. Thus the colonist's newspapers referred to all of them as Hessians and the name stuck. In addition to firepower, American rebels used propaganda against Hessians. They enticed Hessians to desert to join the German-American population. In April 1778, one letter promised 50 acres (0.2 km²) of land to every deserter. Benjamin Franklin wrote an article that claimed that a Hessian commander wanted more of his soldiers dead so that he could be better compensated. After the war ended in 1783, 17,313 Hessians returned to their homelands. Of the 12,526 who did not, about 7,700 died - around 1,200 were killed in action and 6,354 died from illness or accidents. Approximately 5,000 Hessians settled in North America, both in the United States and Canada - some because their commanders refused to take them back to Germany because they were criminals or physically unfit. Most of them married and settled amongst the population of the newly formed United States. Many of them became farmers or craftsmen. The number of their direct descendants living in the U.S. and Canada today is still being debated. Paraphrased or copied for verbatim from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessians There have been many emails sent to the archives discussing the reason that the units from these different Germanic States were called Hessians instead of by their own area's name.....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ALSO: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/germany.htm The Germanic States in 1775 History of the Germanic StatesNice map and full history Nelda L. Percival, Administrator of Y-DNA surname projects Gilpin, Cupp, Bonstein and Gillock My Genealogy - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm GeneticGenealogy - http://www.geneticsand.us Blog - http://aircastles-lets-talk.blogspot.com/ GilpinGenetics: http://www.gilpingenetics.us/ Web Mistress for LCRG - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:16:41 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Searching for Daniel Howard > > Hello - > > I am hoping someone can help me in my search. > > What I DO know is that my hessian ancestors name was Daniel Howard. After capture he was working farms in Greenwich, Ct before marrying an American. Im having trouble in finding out where Daniel was captured. He originated from Hesse, Kasel, Germany. I am assuming that the last name HOWARD might have been changed from a more German last name. If anyone can provide help I would appreciate it. > > Thank you > > Chris Howard > > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I found a book that was from a descendent in the early 1900s and this is the story I see. Daniel Howard married rachel studwell in Greenwich ct feb 12 1784. I am trying to see what his real last name was since I don't think it was really Howard. Supposedly he came over to fight with his brother Peter. This book notes that Peter went to Philadelphia after the war. Thanks for the help - let me know if this turns up anything. Christopher Howard On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:22 AM, "Nelda Percival" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chris, > If you haven't found his military records how do you know " He originated from Hesse, Kasel, Germany." Hesse Kasel was a principaloty > Please be aware Germany was NOT a country untill after 1900. > > COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE - http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/why.htm > > In early 1776, King > George III of England hired units from the various houses or states of > Germany to assist with bringing the the colonist's rebellion to order. The > hiring of foreign troops to supplement a country's army was a normal procedure > during this time of history. Several of the German rulers, needing hard currency > and being "between wars", were only too happy to oblige. > > They were > Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (a principality in northern Hesse) > King George III's brother in law, his son William, count of > Hesse-Hanau and nephew to King George III; Charles I, Duke of Brunswick; > Frederick, Prince of Waldeck; Charles Alexander, Margrave of > Anspach-Bayreuth; and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. > > About 18,000 Hessian > troops arrived in North America in 1776, with more coming in later, of this > about 3/4 of them were from Hesse-Kassel. Thus the colonist's newspapers > referred to all of them as Hessians and the name stuck. > In addition to firepower, American rebels used propaganda against Hessians. > They enticed Hessians to desert to join the German-American population. In April > 1778, one letter promised 50 acres (0.2 km²) of land to every deserter. > Benjamin Franklin wrote an article that claimed that a Hessian commander wanted > more of his soldiers dead so that he could be better compensated. > After the war ended in 1783, 17,313 Hessians returned to their homelands. Of > the 12,526 who did not, about 7,700 died - around 1,200 were killed in action > and 6,354 died from illness or accidents. Approximately 5,000 Hessians settled > in North America, both in the United States and Canada - some because their > commanders refused to take them back to Germany because they were criminals or > physically unfit. Most of them married and settled amongst the population of the > newly formed United States. Many of them became farmers or craftsmen. The number > of their direct descendants living in the U.S. and Canada today is still being > debated. > Paraphrased or copied for verbatim > from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessians > > There have been many > emails sent to the archives discussing the reason that the units from these > different Germanic States were called Hessians instead of by their own area's > name.....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ALSO: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/germany.htm > > The > Germanic States in 1775 > History > of the Germanic StatesNice map and full history > > > > > > Nelda L. Percival, Administrator of Y-DNA surname projects Gilpin, Cupp, Bonstein > and Gillock > My Genealogy - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm > > GeneticGenealogy - http://www.geneticsand.us > Blog - http://aircastles-lets-talk.blogspot.com/ > > GilpinGenetics: http://www.gilpingenetics.us/ > Web Mistress for LCRG - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg > > > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:16:41 -0500 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Searching for Daniel Howard >> >> Hello - >> >> I am hoping someone can help me in my search. >> >> What I DO know is that my hessian ancestors name was Daniel Howard. After capture he was working farms in Greenwich, Ct before marrying an American. Im having trouble in finding out where Daniel was captured. He originated from Hesse, Kasel, Germany. I am assuming that the last name HOWARD might have been changed from a more German last name. If anyone can provide help I would appreciate it. >> >> Thank you >> >> Chris Howard >> >> >> PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! >> ~~~~~~~~~ >> FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message