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: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/o/annacker.htm 

Bartels,  Johann Heinrich Use link

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

See more info at:  Link  http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/coester.htm   

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Dickhaut, Johann Henrich a Hessian

By John Merz

Website http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/john.htm  

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

website: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/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 

More information at: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/o/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.

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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 65^th 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: julie-clark@sbcglobal.net 

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Friderici, Carl Friederich Salomo a Hessian Soldier mentioned in John's Story

By John Merz

Website http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/john.htm  

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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: GUNNYHO@aol.com 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: 

Website http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/o/hammer.htm   

Write up on family - How  we got from family tradition to: 

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/o/hammer2.htm

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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.

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Henckell / Henckel, Nikolaus: (PDF) by John Merz settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada after the war

submitted by Douglas MacDonald Link at PDF file

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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                                         

Website link: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/hinkle.htm 

Imhoff, Johann Ludwig Georg; Brunswick Dragoon
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8370/ 

Kratz, Leonhard, soldier of the Hessen-Hanau Regiment Erbprinz

Website link: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/kratz.htm 

Link, John 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/link1.htm

Lochmann., Lochman, Wilhelm/William: 

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/lochman.htm 

Muth, Johann Anton a Hessian mentioned in John's story

By John Merz

Website http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/john.htm  

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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:

shafer@cybersol.com 

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Philipp, Johann  1744   gest. 1802

website: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/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

Website: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/reges.htm  

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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: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/ruehrschneck.htm  

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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

Website link: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/schilling.htm  

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Schnur, Johannes A Hessian Soldier mentioned in John's story

By John Merz

Website http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/john.htm  

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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

http://www.geocities.com/cenantuaheight/HessianChristianStrohl.html

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Wagner, Johann Christoph, served with Ansbach-Bayreuth Regt. He was a Chaplain. 

by Susan King, contact at susanking@carolina.rr.com 

Website link: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/wagner.htm