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Hessian Troops in America

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Place of Origin
Guxhagen
Land
Germany (Hessen-Kassel)

Further Information

Kuestner (* ca. 1740)

Record + Accumulated Data

Date:

12.1776 / → Timeline

Category of Presentation:

captured (as prisoner of war)

Regiment:

KNY 4 (von Knyphausen Regiment, after 1784 von Donop)

Rank:

Corporal

Signature:

HStAM 4 h Nr. 3124 [= Kriegssachen / Verhör des Korporals Küstner in der Trentoner Untersuchungssache, 1778]

born:

0/0

Reference:

HETRINA III, 3586 [Page 72]

Further Evidence

Kuestner (* ca. 1740):

4.1775: promoted · von Knyphausen 5 · Drummer
HStAM 10 c Nr. 398 → Request page

10.1778: wounded · von Knyphausen 4 · Corporal
HStAM 4 h Nr. 3124 → Request page

1785: promoted · von Knyphausen 5 · Quartermaster-Sergeant
HStAM 10 c Nr. 399 → Request page

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Citation
„Kuestner (* ca. 1740)“, in: Hessische Truppen in Amerika <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/idrec/sn/hetrina/id/24707> (Stand: 20.1.2015)