[XRdsRev]

I am afraid your family lore is very far from the truth. The Hessians were highly disciplined and their officers were dedicated noble men, most with Royal titles back home. They would not barter away their honor and they would have been very foolish indeed to negotiate their surrender with an enemy that they had pretty much beaten to a pulp.

On December 25, 1776, every Hessian and British soldier believed that they had the war won...why would they consider surrendering ?

Finally, I will have to check my research but I don't think any British soldiers or officers were either killed, wounded or captured at Trenton.

[Natural Law]

I've never seen an official history that wasn't somehow embellished to make the victors look more noble and brave.

The undisputed facts are that the socalled professional soldiers were captured by the rag-tag band of colonials with very few casualties and many of the Hessians actually disappeared into Pannsylvania "Dutch" (aka Deutsch) territory. No offense, but I'll stick to the family lore.