05 Nov 1676 - 28 Mar 1754
| Nationality: | German/British |
| Country of Service: | United Kingdom |
| Branch of Service: | Army |
| Unit: | Captain Windecker's Company, Palatine Volunteers for the Expedition Against Canada, 1711 |
| Final Rank: | Captain |
| Dates Served: | 1711 |
| Where Served: | New York |
| Comments: | Johann Hartmann Windecker was a German immigrant to the British Colonies in North America in 1709 after fleeing to England with his family from the continuous military requisitions, widespread devastation, and famine in the Palatinate at the beginning of the 18th Century. He was a leader of his community and in 1711 formed a company of Militia, consisting of 250 men, women, and children, to assist in the abortive invasion of French Canada. Here is a link to a Canadian Military History Gateway article about the failed invasion. |
| Here is a copy of the Report of the State Historian with a list of the men in Captain Windecker's Company. |
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