Baysingers in the Military, Before the French Revolution

These names come from the Haut-Rhin site, Centre De'partamental d'Histoire des Families. The site explains "some young men were sorted to become soldiers. Of course, there were a few conditions:

      to be between 16 and 40 years old
      to live alone, or be widowed
      without children
      to be five feet length [tall?]
      not to be crippled

The term of service was 6 years, unless the young man could afford a replacement. If this was done, a contract might be found in the notarial records.

YEAR LAST NAME 1  FIRST NAME 1  AGE1  WORK 

1743 BUESINGER    François Joseph     marié    (no age was shown)

1766 BURSINGER    Jean          25    journalier 

1766 BURSINGER    Sébastien     25    journalier 

1766 BIRSINGER    Pierre        20    journalier 

1766 BUESSINGER   Jean          19    journalier 

1766 BIRSINGER    Luc           30    laboureur 

1766 BOESINGER    Henri         26    tisserand 

1766 BOESINGER    Joseph        19    maçon 

1766 BESSINGER    Michel        18    laboureur 

1766 BRISINGER    Christian     24    laboureur