Francine, Here are some links that are good reading on Hessian Soldiers of the Revolutionary War. http://web.cgocable.net/~hessian/index.html http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html http://www.netaxs.com/~gothic/Hessian.html http://pages.prodigy.net/halschwalm/jshahome.html As you have already found out, to find out who our ancestors were we must also know about the history of their times. There is no single reference to find the names of the Hessian Soldiers. The HETRINA (Hessian Troups in North America) is a good place to start. Check with your local Historical Societies to find if they have a copy. There are also the muster rolls. Again, check with your local Historical Societies for these. They are not available on the internet. Hope this helps. Bob Bensing > Bob, is there a list of Hessian Soldiers? How would you know that > someone was > one? Were the soldiers pay pensions? Where can we read about them? > > Francine > > -----Original Message----- > From: LFHalter@aol.com [mailto:LFHalter@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 1999 10:33 AM > To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PALEBANO-L] Hessian Soldier / Cornwall > > > In a message dated 2/13/99 7:12:34 AM Central Standard Time, > rbensing@nuc.net > writes: > > << Subj: RE: [PALEBANO-L] Hessian Soldier / Cornwall > Date: 2/13/99 7:12:34 AM Central Standard Time > From: rbensing@nuc.net (Robert Bensing) > Reply-to: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com > To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com > > Rich, > > The Hessian Soldiers of the Revolutionary War are a forgotten lot. There > were about 30,000 of these mercenaries who were paid to fight for the > English king. About 6,000 stayed in North America after the > war. There was > a group who stayed in Canada. For the ones who stayed in the > United States, > the majority stayed in Fredrick, MD and in Lancaster and Reading PA. > > Another mailing list, AMREV-HESSIANS, is devoted entirely to the Hessian > Soldiers. The Lancaster County Historical Society has quite a few > references, one being the HETRINA (Hessian Troups in North America). The > six volumnes of the HETRINA were put together by a project in Marburg, > Germany. There are also muster rolls showing location and dates of the > Hessians during the war. > > I have an ancestor born in 1794. There were no clues to who his > father was. > Through the help of all the references listed above, my > brickwall turned out > to be a Hessian Soldier who stayed in Berks County. > > Good luck. > > Bob Bensing >> >