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NOTE:
Each person has put some hard work and money into researching their
Hessian and descendants, to extract information from such a work is
wrong... Please contact the person and let them know your related, I know
I'd love to meet new cousins .
Annacker, Anacker,
Andreas
donated by
member Skip Murray Link: o/annacker.htm
Bartels, Johann
Heinrich
Webpage: bartels.htm
Bonstein,
Johann Jacob and brother Paulus Bonstein; who returned to Germany Company
B, Kassel
Fuselier Regt. von Knyphausen It has been stated that
these are the only two documented brothers where one stayed and the other
went home.
by Nelda
Percival
website link: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/hstry/bonhist1.htm
history
and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/b/b4.htm
lineages
BORNHAUS, Jacob
http://www.progenealogists.com/barnhouse/chrisdesc02.htm
Coester, Georg
Christoph, 1776 Feldprediger (Chaplain) at the Hessen-Kassel Regiment
von Donop, garrison in Hoberg/Efze) August 1786 to 14.July 1790 Pastor in
Malsfeld, died at that date. Married 1. May 1787 in Oberlistingen, had 2
children.
Donated by John
Merz
Webpage: coester.htm
Dickhaut,
Johann Henrich a Hessian
By John Merz
Webpage: john.htm
Eichel,
Johannes (John) (born c. 1764 and died 1830 A Hessian -- Link
(Oickle,
Eikle, Oikle, Oicle )
Brian
Oickle 613-837-2887; email: [email protected]
ENGELHARD,
George , born 1752/53, D3520 Immenhausen. Private, Hessian von Bose
Regt., Leib Co.2, deserted by May 1783 (HET II:3333).
by
Theresa Hodge
Webpage: hodge.htm
Eyl, Johann
Henrich from Schorbach Germany abt 1751-1752 served
with the the Regiment von Knyphausen which was garrisoned in the fortress
at Ziegenhain, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen.
By Robert
Smothers
Webpage: eyl.htm
Fehr, Hans Henrich; b.7.12.1749 in Guxhagen, Germany.
He is listed with Regiment Rall, Koehler's Company, 8/1776. Parents: Jonas Fehr and Katharina Elizabeth Nägel. source
of his birth record: Listed as missing Dec 1776. By Feb 2,1777 he is listed as a POW. November 1777 records show he is employed ("farmed out") to John Tingas
of Lebanon Twp.. Rejoined to his Rgmt., in June of 1779 he and 16 fellow soldiers deserted near Stono River, Charleston, S.C.
Four of those men are known to have settled in N.C.. (see List Archives; for complete list of the 17 men,
or JSHA 'Journal', 1984)
Sources: (1.) HETRINA III. (2.) Clifford Neal Smith, monograph # 3,part 2. (3.) JSHA, 'Journal', vol.2, 1984.
Provided by a
member of the mailing list, but no contact.
Fernau (Virnau), Johannes was born in Herleshaussen Germany on Feb 21 1760.
He was a soldier in the Erbprinz Regt, was captured with
Cornwallis's Army at Yorktown where he became one of the many
prisoners housed in the Hessian Barracks in Frederick.
Hetrina 111 shows him as deserted in May 1783. He settled in Bath
Va, which later became part of Morgan County West Virginia near Berkeley
Springs, married Christine Clover and fathered 13 children there before
removing to Ohio. He died
in his 65th year and is buried in Greenfield Ohio his
tombstone and will in the name of John Fernow. 12 of his 13 children had
children of their own and the family names of Ferneau, Fernow, Fearnow
and Fearno are associated with our Hessian. here in America. His story
can be found in this years(2005) JSHA Journal Volume 8.
I am grateful to all those on this list who helped me with my
journey in discovering the roots of my Hessian and for the wealth of
information and knowledge I have gained here and through the maillist
archives, and continue to gain. Thanks
for being here.
by
Julie-Clark
contact
her at: [email protected]
Friderici,
Carl Friederich Salomo a Hessian Soldier mentioned in John's Story
By John Merz
Webpage: john.htm
Geverd, Christian was a private in 2nd Company, Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth. Christian Geverd (aka Keavort / Keefer / Keever / Giebert / Gefert / Gevard / Geaverd) from Völkershausen, Hessen (near Eschwege / Wanfried). He was born 5 March 1752 with the given name Johann Henrich Christian Kiefer, son of Elizabetha Wigand and Heinrich Kiefer, a soldier in the Prinz Maximillion Infantry Regiment. His brother Henrich was in the 5th Company of the same regiment (see Henry KEEVER below). Christian deserted the Hessian line while on patrol to Dorchester just outside of Charleston, South Carolina on 26 October 1781 shortly after Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. Christian (recorded as GIEBERT in HETRINA) found his way to Philadelphia, PA where he took the Oath of Allegience before Judge Plunkett Fleeson on 14 August 1782 (recorded as KEAVORT / KEAVERT). He settled in Passyunk Township, the farmland immediately south of center city Philadelphia. He married Martha Lafferty in 1788.
by Brian Geverd contact Brian via this list
Goldeiss, Johann Philip was a member of the Ansbach-Bayreuth contingent. He was a Gemeiner (Private) in the Leibkompanie of the Ansbach
Regiment. The Regiment was commanded from its arrival in June 1777 by Obrist (Colonel) Friederick Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb until May 1778 when Obrist August Valentin von Voit von Salzburg transferred from the Bayreuth Regiment to command.
He was taken as POW in Oct 1781, marched first to Winchester VA then to Frederick, MD--when war ended marched to NY to leave for Europe. It looks like Phillip Goldeiss returned to New York from Prisoner of War status at Frederick MD when the POWs were released and was present at the passe en revue covering the reporting period 25 Dec 1782-24 June 1783.
Goldeiss should have embarked with the other returned POWS; however, he does not show up on the disembarkation muster in Sep 1783 in Germany.
Philip (Goldeiss) Goldizen married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) ca 1783, probably in Pennsylvania. By 1830, they were living in Hardy Co VA/WV (which became Grant Co), ending up in the Jordan Run area where many of his descendants live today.
by Barbara
Weese
contact
her at: [email protected] or through
the list.
Hammer, Johann
Henrich aka: Reverend John Henry HOMMER; He was a Private and
Corporal in von Borck's Company of the von Knyphausen Regiment. He was one
of the "Hessians" captured at Trenton, "hired out" from
Lancaster, PA and later exchanged as a POW. His story is best summarized in The
"Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association," Vol. 7,
Number 2, 2002. He is listed in Magistrate FLEESON's file in the City of
Philadelphia, as having taken the Oath of Allegiance to the State of
Pennsylvania on 05 Nov 1782. He later married a Julianna DUPS/TOOPS of
near Jonestown, PA, but that is the "rest of the story.'
Robert
A. (Bob) Fetters
215 Dun
Road Chillicothe,
OH
45601-1173
by
Robert A. Fetters
Robert
can be contacted through the mailing list.
Robert's
pictures:
Webpage: hammer.htm
Write up on
family - How we got from family tradition to: hammer2.htm
Haupt, Arnold
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3234/Arnold.html
Geocities.com
has an hourly limit for visits to a website, if you can not access this
site, give it a couple of hours then try again.
Henckell / Henckel,
Nikolaus: (PDF) by John Merz settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada after
the war
submitted by Douglas
MacDonald Link at PDF file
Hinkle,
Phillip was a soldier from the German province of Hesse-Hanau Erprinz.
Coming through Canada to America in Dec of 1776 as part of British General John
Burgoyne's Army, Phillip was captured and taken prisoner by the
Americans near Albany, New York on Oct. 17, 1777 and eventually transported to
prisoner barracks in Albemarle County, Virginia.
By: Butch
Willard
Webpage: hinkle.htm
Horn, Henrich ; served in the 5th Company of the von Knyphaussen Regiment as a
Private. He was captured at the Battle of Trenton on 26 December
1776.
Webpage: hwardhorn.htm
by
Howard Horne, PG NSSAR
Imhoff, Johann Ludwig Georg; Brunswick Dragoon
geocities site was closed so need updated data......
Keever, Henry was a private in 5th Company, Fusilier Regiment von Ditfurth. Henry Keever (aka Kiever, Kewer) from Völkershausen, Hessen (near Eschwege / Wanfried). He was born 28 November 1755 with the given name Christian Henrich Kiefer, son of Elizabetha Wigand and Heinrich Kiefer, a soldier in the Prinz Maximillion Infantry Regiment. His brother Christian was in the 2nd Compnay of the same regiment (see Christian GEVERD above). Henry deserted the Hessian line while on march from Ninety Six to Orangeburg, South Carolina on 30 June or 1 July 1781. Henry (recorded as GIEBERT and GIEBBERT in HETRINA) found his way to Mecklenburg County, NC where he took the Oath of Allegiance on 10 April 1782 (recorded as KIEVER or KEIVER). He ultimately settled in Lincoln County, NC. He married Margaret (last name unknown).
by Brian Geverd contact Brian via this list
Krain, Konrad,
(Vol III HETRINA) b.
Heinrich Conrad Grein, 11 Jul 1749 in Allendorf, Hessen, Germany. Germeiner, Co. 5 Reg. von Knyphausen (enlisted May 1769), ht. 5 ft 9 in. Departed Zeigenhain Mar 3, 1776; arr. America with Div. 1, Aug. 1776. Captured at Battle of Trenton, prisoner in Lancaster PA (farmed out to Farmer Peter Heilman, North Anneville); exchanged June 1778, sent to NY and detached to Ship Triton; recaptured by American privateers and returned to Lancaster (farmed out to Matheus Schmidt, shoemaker,
at Lancaster). Disposition Unknown 1783 by Hessian Army. Settled in Toshes, Pittsylvania Co., VA 1788, listed as
ConradCrain/Crane/Crayne/Grain. Died 1817. Thanks,
Hazel Green Pflueger
For more
information on this family contact: [email protected]
Kratz, Leonhard,
soldier of the Hessen-Hanau Regiment Erbprinz
Webpage: kratz.htm
Kempfer,
Friedrich Ludwig: was born May 5, 1739 in Neuhanau, Hesse, Germany. He
was an Ensign in The Hesse-Hanau Infantry Regiment Erbprinz under the
command of Colonel Wilhelm von Gall. Friedrich landed at Quebec City on
June 1, 1776. After seven years of service he was granted a discharge in
August 1783 with permission to remain in Canada.
The following year he made his way to the Gaspé Peninsula where he
settled in New Carlisle, Quebec.
Donated by John Kempffer
Website: http://ca.geocities.com/[email protected]/
Link, John
Website: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/link1.htm
Lochmann.,
Lochman, Wilhelm/William:
Webpage: lochman.htm
Muth, Johann
Anton a Hessian mentioned in John's story
By John Merz
Webpage: john.htm
Petzinger,
Johannes; was born in Dudenhofen in 1751
and was a cannonier in the Hessian-Hanau
Artillery Company. He was sent to Bennington, Vermont with one of
the two Hanau cannons that accompanied the
German force led by Lt. Col. Baum in their unsuccessful attempt to obtain
supplies for Burgoyne's army. Johannes was captured in Bennington
and spent the rest of the war in Massachusetts. In 1783 John
Petsinger married Rhoda French of Westhampton and they raised a family.
The family name has evolved from Petzinger
through Petsinger, Pitsinger to Pittsinger. My article about
Johannes was published in the Journal of the Johannes Schwalm
Historical Association, Vol. 6, Number 4, 2000. I am just completing
a book containing information on all branches of John and Rhoda's
family.
by Virginia
L. Pittsinger Shafer
please
contact her at:
[email protected]
Philipp, Johann
1744 gest. 1802
Webpage: philipp.htm
by
John Merz
Reges,
Johann Philipp (1755-1812) a Musketeer (Pvt) in 3rd Co. (Lenz) of
Hanau Regt. Erbprinz. He was part of the Convention Army(surrendered at
Saratoga), and deserted Dec. 31 1778 in York PA., along with fellow members of
the Lenz Company Wilhelm Mueller, Johannes Weber, Carl Weibling, and Johannes
Bluemier.
by
Bill Hawk
Webpage: reges.htm
Ruehrschneck,
Johann Jakob. Private, Ansbach Regiment. Musketeer, listed as living
in Watzendorf. Sworn in on 25 March, 1777, No. 84, Company 10
Kompaniechef: v. Eyb, Friedrich Ludwig (Albrecht) - Bayreuth. Captured
at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781. Last appeared on the muster
roll of June 1783. Listed as a deserter by Erhard Staedtler. Settled in
SW Virginia (Russell County) under the name of Jacob Rasnick. Died
December 1826. Research credit and much thanks go to John Merz
and Frieda Davision for discovering the true identity of this Hessian!
Further research is currently underway in the Gunzenhausen area of
Germany.
Contact:
Marie Rasnick Fetzer
Webpage: ruehrschneck.htm
Schiller,
August
J. Benjamin 1757-1835 was a Surgeon's Mate with the
Braunschweig Troups, in Brigadier General's Specht's Regiment, Company
of Major von Ehrenkrook. Stationed at Fort Brooklyn, Long Island, New
York. Left for Quebec 22 July 1781. Based in Yamaska. Released 22 July
1783.
Website:http://www.myerchin.org/JeanBenMargLeNoirSchiller.html
This
link contains info provided by myself,
Serge A. Theriault
but also by Robert P. Schiller and by William Myerchin (webmaster
of the Schiller Family Site). The
article that I wrote is at the following address:
http://www.myerchin.org/MyLineageToAugJBSchiller.html
by
Serge A. Theriault
the
memorial plaque for my ancestor AJB Schiller that we have placed in
Maskinonge Cemetery, Quebec
Schilling,
Nicolaus , born on, 25 June 1747, in Niederdünzebach, Hessen-Cassel and married Elisabeth Barbara Pippart in
Niederdünzebach, on 6 March 1773. (Niederduenzebach is very close to the city of
Eschwege). They had a son, Conrad, born 29 Feb 1776. The son Conrad later served in the Erbprinz regiment. Conrad Schilling, his father's brother was his Godfather.
by Ed Maul
Webpage: schilling.htm
Schnur,
Johannes A Hessian Soldier mentioned in John's story By
John Merz
Webpage: john.htm
Schweinsberger,
Christian aka Swinburgh, Swinburg, and Swansburg an armorer in the Hesse
Kassel Infantry Regiment Landgraf/Wutginau served in the rank of Private.
He was born in Niederwald, Kreis Kirchenheim, (now Kirchhain) Hesse,
Germany about 1750 and died 16 August 1827 on a sugar plantation in
Trinidad. His service in America included: Fort Washington, NY,
1776; Newport, RI 1776 – 1779; New York, NY 1779 - 1783.
Christian married Catherine Harpel (b.c.1755 - d.27 Nov.1847 Shelburne,
N.S.) a Loyalist from Kingston, NY. They had their first son Garret
Oakes Swinburg (b.c.1779 - d. 9 June 1855 Shelburne) while in NY.
There were 10 more children born of this union. After the war disbanded
Hessian Soldiers choosing to remain in North America received land grants.
The image of a watercolor painting of the home Christian built in Jordon,
Shelburne County, Nova Scotia may be accessed through the link below.
In the early 19th Century many family members followed relative and
shipbuilder Donald McKay to the shipyards of Newburyport and East Boston,
Massachusetts. Six generations later family members are still found
in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, throughout New England, and on the
coasts of Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana.
Link:
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=search_record_detail&fl=&lg=English&ex=
00000170&rd=78899&sy=itm&st=&ci=265
by: Stephen
M. Kohler
Washington,
DC
Strohl,
Christian Musketeer, Company 4, Hesse-Hanau Erbprinz Regiment
Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/cenantuaheight/HessianChristianStrohl.html
Wagner,
Johann Christoph, served with Ansbach-Bayreuth Regt. He was a
Chaplain.
by Susan King,
contact at [email protected]
Webpage: wagner.htm
Westphal, Gottfried was born in Windecken, 1756/57. He was a
Musketeer, Hesse-Hanau Erbprinz Reg. Co. 2. Captured at Saratoga. On muster role
Nov. 1769, March 1776. He deserted the British at Gloster and took oath to
Pennsylvania August 7, 1782. Sold himself as a hired hand September 12, 1782 in
Reading, Berks Co., PA.
By Peggy Lyte Tyrrell
Webpage: westphal.htm
ZEILMANN,
Johann Ludwig, was born at Erlangen, Bavaria on 28 May 1751, son of Gabriel Lorenz and Maximiliana Zeilmann. He was christened at the Lutheran Church of Eglangen-Neustadt on 31 May 1751, godfather Johann Ludwig Meyer. He was a hutmacher (hatter) and served from 1775-1779 in the imperial army. He entered the Hesse-Hanau Chasseurs on 8 February 1779 according to his military files at the University of Marburg. Promoted to Corporal on 1 November 1780. He received his honorable discharge in Quebec City in July of 1783 and disappeared from Canadian records. He is found in the mid-1780's in the congregation of the First Lutheran Church of Albany, NY. He was a hatter in Albany and appears on a list of Freeholders from 1797. He married Dorothea Roller, daughter of Andreas Roller of Oeschelbronn, Wuerttemburg and Tryon County, NY. Andreas was in the Second Battalion of the Tryon County Militia in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Johann and Dorothea had children in Albany, NY and Stone Arabia, Tryon/Montgomery County, NY; I am descended from his son Johann Antonius (John Anthony) Zeilman of Albany. The marriage of a Hessian soldier to the daughter of an American Revolution patriot may seem odd, but I suspect that the common bonds of ethnicity, religion and language trumped their having been on opposite sides of the war. John Anthony Zeilman later married Elizabeth Luther, daughter of John Luther of Albany, NY, another Revolutionary War soldier and the husband of Elizabetha Roller, another daughter of Andreas Roller and his wife Rebecca.
Thanks go to the late John Helmut Merz for his early assistance, and to Sabine Schleichert of Munich, who conducted research in Germany for me.
For
information contact: [email protected]
ZULAUF, Johannes
http://www.apexsystems.net/users/Nelson/
I
recently erected a Website at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/nsulouff/EarliestHistory.htm
which has a link to graphics about the Hessian immigrant, Johannes Zulauf, at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/nsulouff/JZPhotoAlbum.html
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