There is an Adam Wise from Washington Co in Database at DAR.org. Go to bottom right of website and click on genealogy. Then click on ancestor search. Put in Adam Wise and PA. Or... This link might work for you. http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm Beverly Railey Robinson 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