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Hessian Troops in America

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Place of Origin
Wallenstein
Land
Germany (Hessen-Kassel)

Further Information

Gessner, Adam (ca. 1745 – 1783)

Record + Accumulated Data

Date:

1783 / → Timeline

Category of Presentation:

appointed (especially in the unit rolls)

Regiment:

DON 3 (von Donop Regiment, after 1784 von Knyphausen)

Rank:

Corporal

Signature:

HStAM 10 c Nr. 388 [= Maß- und Rangierbücher / Regiment Donop, 1783]

born:

1745/1746

Age:

37 (calculated)

Reference:

HETRINA II, 4106 [Page 76]

Further Evidence

Gessner, Adam (ca. 1745 – 1783):

7.1777: deserted · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(105) → Request page

7.1777: deserted · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(111) → Request page

7.1777: ransomed · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(111) → Request page

7.1777: arrested after desertion · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(111) → Request page

12.1777: demoted · von Donop 3 · Private
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(115) → Request page

12.1777: ransomed · von Donop 3 · Private
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(115) → Request page

5.1778: promoted · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 108(127) → Request page

2.1783: died · von Donop 3 · Corporal
HStAM 15 Nr. 109(109) → Request page

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Citation
„Gessner, Adam (ca. 1745 – 1783)“, in: Hessische Truppen in Amerika <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/idrec/sn/hetrina/id/12919> (Stand: 20.1.2015)