Bible Dictionaries
Hessians
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Inhabitants of Hesse, descendants of the Chatti. They were converted by Saints Lubentius and Goar, but their chief missionary was Saint Boniface. They formed minor states as Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Nassau. During the Revolution Hessian troops were hired by England to help hold her American colonies.
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Entry for 'Hessians'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/h/hessians.html. 1910.