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From: "John Merz" <>
Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] Shulenberger (or "sounds like Schellenberg)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:40:36 -0400
References: <8b.1d0fb20.2d42c736@aol.com>

Hello Jane,
I am still way behind in my search for Hessians, and way behind
in answering my e-mail, every morning I wake up I have more
in-mail as I answered the day before, but I know one day I am up
to date.

Now to your SHULENBERGER, I have the feeling we are dealing
with a Hessen-Hanau Free Corporal named
Georg Friedrich SCHELLENBERGER, born 1756/57 in Hanau, who
deserted 27. October 1777 near Greenbush, N.Y. during the march
from the Saratoga Battlefield to Boston.

BTW. there is a Rootsweb Message Board 'Schellenberg' with some
information.
Cheers,
John Merz

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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: [HESSIAN] Shulenberger (or "sounds like")


> Hi,
>
> I shared information about my Hessian soldier with another researcher and
> received the message below.
>
> I have checked the archives for her ancestor named Shulenberger, but could
> find nothing.
>
> If anyone has information about a Hessian by the name of Shulenberger (or
one
> that sounds like that) I would love to make this family happy.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Jane Curci
>
>
> Thanks for your piece on the Hessian soldier. I ran it off and will read
it
> this evening. Tradition says that Lucille's Shulenberger ancestor was a
Hessian
> soldier but we have never found anything to prove that. Possibly you know
> that the United States Army War College is located in Carlisle. It began
as an
> outpost in pioneer days. Washington rallied troops there in 1794 to march
west
> during the Whiskey Rebellion. For a while, it was used as the Carlisle
Indian
> School. Col. Pratt brought Indian children in from all over the U.S. , cut
> their hair, dressed them in "white man's" clothing and put different tribe
> children together so they were forced to speak English. Jim Thorpe was one
of the
> famous Carlisle Indians.
> During the Revolution, Hessian prisoners from the Battle Of Trenton
were
> brought to the post . While there, they built a long, low building to be
used
> as a powder magazine. Tradition says that when it was finished, some of
them
> were imprisoned in it. However, while building, many of them were to have
> slipped away and blended into the thick German population in our area.
Many families
> in our area claim to have descended from Hessian soldiers. Many of them
can't
> tell you who they were .

> Mail List archives are your best bet to find information, try
> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians
> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L
>

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