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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1960454, member: 12789&quot;]Particularly fascinating, one of my direct ancestors was indeed a Hessian mercenary that didn&#039;t find his way back to Germany when the war ended.&nbsp; The apocryphal story that they were offered 50 acres and American citizenship could well explain why he stayed on in America and kissed Germany &quot;auf wiedersehen&quot;.&nbsp; He settled in Pennsylvania after the war.&nbsp; Other ancestors fought on the American side, one was killed in a battle in May of 1780.&nbsp; So far as I know I have no ancestors other than my Hessian one that fought on the British side.&nbsp; My wife&#039;s ancestors were Tories and fled to Lower Canada ca. 1779.</p><p><br /></p><p>People these days do not realise how indifferent the majority of the population was to the American Revolution.&nbsp; It is believed about 40% of people were in favour of American independence, about 40% were pro-British(Tory) and the other approximately 20% didn&#039;t care one way or the other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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