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 >> 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