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From: "John Merz" <>
Subject: [HESSIANS] Re: Briskie/Briskey Hessian soldiers or not?
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:09:44 -0500
References: <200111032326.QAA28169@pml.rootsweb.com>

Hello Janice,

it is indeed very interesting what you were able to find on the Web,
and I closely examined all the data you presented.

According to what I read, there is still no proof of this
William Nicholas Brisky having come before the AmRev from
France, the very first mentioning of him is his marriage to
Susan Elizabeth Merck in May 1789.
This still leaves it wide open if he was a Hessian soldier or not.
As I said in my original posting, we need something with his signature on it.

Cheers,
John

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From: "John Merz" <>
Subject: [REV-HESSIANS] Re: Regiment von Rall - Briske - Briskey - Broeske -
Broescke.
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:39:43 -0400

As previously noted on this mail list, there were indeed two POW's
listed on the Trenton Prisoner list, one by the name of BROESCKE,
Henrich of the Rall Regt. 5.Comp., and one BROESKE (c missing),
George, Rall Regt., 1. Comp., both were taken to Lancaster, PA.
There are no Briske or Briskey names listed anywhere.

In closing, we still have no clue as to the true identity of the Hessian
soldier who settled under the name of Briske or Briskey, Your best bet
is to find a document which he signed with his original German name,
a Will or signing over a deed, etc.

> Mr. Merz,
> I was given your name by Sandel DeMastus. We are both related to a
> Nicholas Briskey that mysteriously appeared in South Carolina after
> the Revolutionary War. No trace of how he got to America has been
located.
>
Brisky, William Nicholas
Birth : 1765 France
http://www.negia.net/~billh/HTML/dat9.html

Best regards, Janice Farnsworth

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