I believe most of them assimilated into the general population. I was surprised at some of the names I ran into when reading through some of the lists. Remember that many of them were "loaned" out to local farmers to help them with the crops and the clearning of land. The American Troops were very short on food for these prisoners and if they were "loaned out" they didn't have to feed them. These for the most part were young single men. They probably married into the local families and moved on. Personally, I have been trying to learn if the person listed as a deserter, Nikolaus Hertzberger became Nicholas Holsbury/Holtsberry and settled at George's Creek in Allegany County. It appears my ancestor had no brothers who came to this country. He was only there a few years before moving on to Ohio as many others that had settled in that area did. I was also surprised to see Schuette -- in the late 80's I worked for a Congressman that spelled his name exactly that way and pronunced "shoe-T." He carried a shoe with a letter "T" on it during his first campaign to teach everyone how to pronunce his name. Now I am wondering if he descends from this Hessian. The name Schellhaus also appears a number of times and that is a name in the central part of Michigan. Karen