I represent Philipp Schaeffer. I was a captain at arms in the 4th company of the 3rd Waldeck Regiment. I was born in 1753 in Landau, Waldeck Province, and my religion was Evangelical (which, in this context, means “Protestant”). We were hired by the British from Waldeck Prince Frederick Karl Augustus to assist them in fighting the American rebels in the Revolutionary War. We reached North America in 1776, at which time I was a corporal with four years’ service in the Waldeck army. After two years of heavy action we were sent to Pensacola, along with the provincial loyalist forces of Maryland and Pennsylvania. I was promoted to captain at arms in April 1779. I died of illness on October 17, 1779. I probably still lie in an unmarked grave in Pensacola.
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