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From: (Joann Coombs)
Subject: Possible Hessian soldier - Gasper Rickett/Kasper Richard
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:52:40 -0600

Assuming that Kasper Richard was the German name for my Gasper Rickett,
whom I located in Katrina, I am wondering if Kasper Richard shows up on
anyone's list that they have.

Hetrina shows him to be a gemeiner (private) in the von Huyn Regiment.
They, combined with 4 grenadier battalions, embarked from Ziegenhain in
May, 1776. They were in New York and New Jersey in 1777. They were
also in Pennsylvania. They went to South Carolina in 1780. The von
Huyn Regiment transferred to Long Island in the winter of 1782/1783,
then left for Europe in 1783.

Does Kasper Richard show up on any of the lists that any of you have?
What about the Trenton lists? Could he have been in Philadelphia?
Gasper Rickett (American name) eventually showed up in Washington Co.,
PA on a 1790 tax list.

I would very much appreciate any help I can get with this. Thanks!

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