KIRCHHOF - My ancester, Johann Friedrich Kirchhof, according to the legend carried down
in the family, was captured in the Battle of Trenton, and escaped at
Carlisle, PA. He made his way into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where
he married (1) on 30 Dec. 1782 to Catharine Wacker (Bowman) and (2) on 24
Feb. 1795 to Barbara Koontz. He is the ancestor of the Kiracofe, Caricofe,
and Karicofe familes of Virginia. I am interested in finding documentation
confirming this legend.
Richard Shindle
KLINGELBIEL, JOSEPH - Josef Klingelbiel - was in the Hessen Army Courier Corp 5 as a
rifleman. He was from Eichsfeld an area north of Helibad
Heiligenstadt and southeast of Goettingen, straddling the borders
of Thuringia, Lower Saxony and Hessen.
He came to America approx. 1775 and fought in the battle of
Trenton and surrendered on December 26, 1776. He was listed as
deserted August 24, 1778. He supposedly married a Sophia Elizabeth or Elizabeth Sophia in
Chester County Pennsylvania about 1780. I have heard her surname
was Franc(i)(e)s. They moved to Virginia around 1790s and lived out
the rest of their life there. They had 10 children of whom most of
them traveled away from Virginia westward.
Roxanne Cole
KRAIN, KONRAD - For more info please click here
KRAPP, VALENTIN - Valentin Krapp is listed as an Hessian soldier who remained in America
after the revolution (Hessische Truppen Im Amerikanischen... Marburg
1976; Page 50). I have not been able to obtain a copy of this work.
In Frances Bergen Cropsey's notes a British Officer married Sarah Cropsey
b. 2/24/1767 d. 4/12/1829. She also later says that she married her
cousin Valentine Cropsey. Frances Bergen Cropsey was a noted
genealogist who died in the 1950's. It is possible that Valentin
Krapp is Valentine Cropsey. (Cropsey was once Crapser or Cropson,
their patronimic was Casparse).
Any data which you may have would be helpful in bringing this solution to
light.
James Cropsey
KRATZ - I'm trying to verify the existence of a Hessian officer by the name of KRATZ who was given a land grant in Ontario, Canada after the Revolutionary War. Any information would be appreciated.
Dave Frayne
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