Comments on: Will Ye No’ Come Back Again? http://larison.org/2007/12/11/will-ye-no-come-back-again/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: tcowan http://larison.org/2007/12/11/will-ye-no-come-back-again/#comment-8346 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:32:40 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/12/11/will-ye-no-come-back-again/#comment-8346 "The story I heard when I was younger was that our original ancestor... had come over with the British army...to suppress the rebellion...and then...switched sides. The story is almost certainly made up..." Don't be so sure--I am descended from a Hessian soldier who did that very thing--documented in both Hessian and Revolutionary War records. In 2005, we placed a Revolutionary War marker near his grave in Morgan Co., GA. His name was Johannes Dingler. “The story I heard when I was younger was that our original ancestor… had come over with the British army…to suppress the rebellion…and then…switched sides. The story is almost certainly made up…”

Don’t be so sure–I am descended from a Hessian soldier who did that very thing–documented in both Hessian and Revolutionary War records. In 2005, we placed a Revolutionary War marker near his grave in Morgan Co., GA. His name was Johannes Dingler.

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