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BOOK - The Hessians of Upper Canada (Ontario)
By By Johannes Helmut Merz.
The Hessians were an auxiliary regiment from Germany, engaged by Britain to fight on the British side during the American Revolutionary War.
This book includes accounts of the conflict and individual records of many of the men who served in the American Revolution and then settled in Upper Canada, which later became the Canadian province of Ontario.
Contents include:
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- The Hessians and the American Revolution
- Hessian Auxiliary Troops in North America
by Terrence M. Punch, Halifax, N.S.
- The History of Upper Canada
- The sinking of the SPEEDY”
- Hessians among Berczy’s German settlers in Markham
- The Settling of the Niagara Peninsula
- Hesse - or the Western District
- Johann Leonhard Kratz 1756-1829,
a Hessian soldier’s incredible story of hardship and love
- Marysburgh - The Fifth Township
- Baron Gottlieb Christian von Reitzenstein
- The Marysburg Hessians
- The District of Lunenburg
- More Hessians of Upper Canada
- List of Sources of Information
- Recommended Literature
- Index of Names
- Index of Locations
233+ Pages
8 X 11"
Softcover - Cerlox bound
Illustrations
Lists
Maps
Index
ISBN 0-9735462-5-5
Published by 7th Town Historical Society, 2005
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