This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hessian soldiers, Isensee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3908.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Dale, I am the list manager for the AMREV-HESSIAN mailing list at rootsweb.com. WE might be able to help you. On our website, which we created as a help to the mailing list we have two individuals with the surname Isensee. Isensee, Heinrich, B-?, Mabel E. Alley, JSHA 1997. S#400 and Isensee, John Andreas, B-?, D*Augl780asPOW, Mass. S#8v3/2p79 You can find them at: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/a/amhessians11.htm (the codes are explained on the pages) I would sugest joining our mailing list or at least visiting the website and learning what you can about these two gentelmen. You are correct in that all German soldiers who came from the seven different Germanic principalities who fought on the English side of the American Revolution were called Hessians although only two of the principalties had Hessa in their names. I hope this helps you Nelda