Karen McKellar wrote: >I am in the process of identifying the settlers as of 1800 at George's Creek in Allegany County, Maryland who later settled in Ohio with an emphasis on those who settled in Licking, Fairfield, or Franklin Counties. > >There were a number who came to what is now Licking County from Allegany, County between 1799 and 1805/6. > >Has anyone out there identified any of these as being Hessians who defected from the Hessian forces and settled nearby? It is my gut feeling that my ancestor, Nicholas Holsbury may have been one of these settlers. They may have defected after the Battle of Trenton in 1781. > >He first appears on Deakins' list as a settler on lot 3854. He and his wife left Allegany County between 1800-1805 and settled in Licking County. One of his daughters married a John Greene. Possibly this is the same John Greene who was the son of Benjamin Greene who married another lady in 1815. Since I have been unable to trace a Sally Holsbury any further than her marriage, it is possible she died soon after the marriage without leaving any descendants. Another married a Trumbo (we also find this name in Allegany County (but sparsely). Several of the Holtsberry siblings married Harter sons and daughters (children of George Harter). > >I am going to be searching the Hessian records in the near future and would like to include in my search any Licking County names (near Hebron) that may possibly have a link. > >Karen > > > >==== OHLICKIN Mailing List ==== >visit: LICKING COUNTY GENEALOGY at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohlickin/ > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > I had a Hessian in my line, but they stayed in MD and in PA for several generations before coming to Licking. I found this site helpful and I was lucky to find his name He had been taken captive and escaped in Frederick Co MD. http://pages.prodigy.net/halschwalm/jshacomb.html http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html Barbara Johnson