Henry Limberger & The Hessians
Johann Heinrich (Henry) LIMBERGER (1755-1835), 5th Great Grandfather on the Morris line, arrived Staten Island, New York, 1776. Henry had been press ganged (forcibly conscripted) from his family home, actually hiding in the garden, and sent to America as a Hessian soldier. Hessians were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, making...