W. David and others on the list. Our listowner asked a good question when he inquired what a Luxembourger was doing in the Hessian army. I had a similar question regarding some of my Luxembourg ancestors and, for those of you who are interested, here is the answer and another example. During the Revolutionary War the British hired about 30,000 German mercenary soldiers to help them fight the Americans in the Colonies. The majority (about 17,000) of the soldiers were recruited by the Prince of Hessen-Cassel, although the soldiers were not necessarily born in Hessen-Kassel. The mercenaries were called "Hessians" even though about 13,000 of them were recruited from elsewhere. It was the policy that officers to recruit "foreigners" rather than Germans from their own province. It was desired to leave as many able bodied men in the province to respond to any emergency while the "Hessians" were fighting a far-away war. Among these so-called Hessian soldiers was a Private Henrich (Heinrich) Gengler, born 1749-1750 who was recruited into the mercenary Hessen-Kassel army which fought on the side of the British in the Revolutionary War. This Henrich Gengler is listed in Hessische Truppen im Amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitskrieg (HETRINA), vol IV, as having been recruited in Weyer, "Germany." He died in America in 1782, during the war. Also listed as a member of that same Hessian mercenary army is Peter Gengler, born 1741-1742 who also enlisted in Weyer, in September of 1777. He served as a private in the von Stein Garrison Regiment. Hessian regiments are usually named after their Chef or chief officer. The chief officer was sometimes a Colonel, a typical rank for the Chef. Many times, however, the leader was a prince or other royal family member. The von Stein Regiment sailed to America with Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen who commanded the Second Division of Hessians. Von Knyphausen and his division of 3,997 Hessian soldiers left Cassel, Germany in early May 1776. They fought several battles, to include Fort Washington and Brandywine. Peter was captured and became a prisoner of war of the revolutionary American Colonists sometime before 1782. He was later released and returned to Europe with the remainder of the defeated Hessian Army on 25 November 1783. Research into the place of enlistment of the two Genglers revealed the fact that there was no town of Weyer in Germany. It is almost certain that Heinrich and Peter were actually from Weyer, Luxembourg, about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Nospelt, Luxembourg, the home of my ancestral Genglers in Europe. All known persons named Gengler of that period were Luxembourgers. Vincent Falter