If that link works, click on See ancestor record. It will have more info, including wives. Beverly Sent from my iPad On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:37 PM, "Andrea Colley" <raggs@cox.net> wrote: > My immigrant ancestor Johan Adam Weiss (Adam Wise) of Pipe Creek, MD and > Washington County PA did not fight in the Revolutionary War but I have > "heard" that he did supply the armies and as a result was given land in > Washington County. Is there any way to verify this? > > Thanks, > > Andrea Wise Kidd Colley > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of TINHOW@comcast.net > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:41 PM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRE] Hessian Soldiers - Additional Information > > > Hello: > > I am descended from a Hessian soldier (Christian Strohl) - The below might > be of assistance. As a prisoner of war Christian was held in Va, Md and PA. > My understanding is that at the end of the Revolutionary War, the Hessians > had the option of being deported or being an indentured servant. Many took > the indentured route - a great opportunity for a new life. > > He was Lutheran. However, where he lived in Page Country, Shenandoah Valley, > Virginia is surrounded by Church of the Brethren Churches. I know that my > great-grandparents were Church of the Brethren and when they went by wagon > train from Virginia to Kansas for cheap land in the 1870's, they continued > to be Brethren. > > Christian Strohl is buried on his farm on Grove Hill along with other family > members. His experience may relate to others and shows that people move as > opportunities are presented to them -- > > The below is from Find-a-grave: > > Christian Strohl was likely one of the Hessian prisoners held at > Charlottesville, Virginia and, after sent to Frederick, Maryland, and then > Reading, Pennsylvania, took up the offer to become an indentured servant in > exchange for his freedom from POW camp. He offered himself into indenture > while at Reading, Berks County, Pa. on September 11, 1782. Michael Kiser > purchased the indenture. Like Strohl, Kiser himself was a native of > Rumpenheim, having been born there, likely a son of Valentine and Maria > Eppart Kiser. Kiser had left Germany in 1750. Kiser was also a veteran of > the American Revolution, having served in Capt. Philip Krick's 8th Company, > Fourth Battalion, Pennsylvania Line (possibly militia). Kiser's name appears > on a list of fines assessed in the years 1777-1778 for being absent from > muster or drill. > > Nevertheless, the purchase of Strohl's indenture by Kiser may not have been > purely coincidence as the Reformed Lutheran church records from Rumpenheim > show that the Kayser and Strohl families lived near each other, attended the > same church, intermarried, and witnessed each other's baptisms. The Strole > birth and baptism certificate shows that Christian Strole was confirmed at > this church in Rumpenheim in the spring of 1772. It appears possible that > Michael purchased Christian's indenture and subsequently freed him because > their families were closely linked in Germany. Not long after purchasing > Strohl's indenture, sometime in 1783, the Kiser family, having purchased > 1030 acres of land along the south fork of the Shenandoah River in what was > then Rockingham County, Virginia, left Berks County, Pennsylvania for > Virginia (the part of the state that is now Page County). Strohl, still > being bound by his three year indenture, accompanied the Kiser family. > > Days before the expiration of his indenture, on September 7, 1785, Christian > Strole purchased from Martin Strickler, 300 acres of land between the > Shenandoah River and Peaked Mountain (in what was then Rockingham County, > Virginia, and is now Page County). The home which he soon after built still > stands today. On April 8, 1788, just over five years since Christian had > been indentured to the Kiser family, he married Kiser's daughter, Elizabeth. > In all, Christian and Elizabeth had fourteen children between 1789 and 1814. > Christian died on March 18, 1841 and was buried in what is now known as the > Christian Strole cemetery near Grove Hill in Page County, Virginia. > Elizabeth died October 27, 1854. > > From: Find a Grave > Created by: June Standley > Record added: May 02, 2008 > Find A Grave Memorial# 26541374 > > Here also is a website recently moved > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amrevhessians > It is just about Hessian soldier during the American Revolution. > > Happy researching. > > Tina Zogott > > ------------------------ Search the Archives > at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message