SIMON BOUCHER, French Huguenot, sailed in 1658 to New Netherlands in the ship, "Gilded Beaver." Jacques Cousseau, merchant, who sailed on the same ship, paid the fare of Simon. Not much is known about Simon Boucher. The National Society DAR library has a book on Claverack (a town in New York). Simon is mentioned in it as a resident of Claverack. Based on a descendant S.E. Boucher's letter in 1903 to Burkhardt, compiler of "A Boucher Family", Simon Boucher is claimed -- prior to 1759 in Claverack, NY -- to have had two sons Pierre ("Peter") Boucher and Jacques ("James") Boucher. Based on www.ancestry.com, Simon's wife was Biddy Blayney, daughter of Owen Geoffrey Blayney and Olive Lazenby. They had three known children: Tim Boucher, Pierre ("Peter") Boucher, and Joanna Boucher. Joanna's husband was Charles Cliff. No vital records are provided. Jacques ("James") is not mentioned. Back to S.E. Boucher: In his letter, he claimed to Burkhardt that he was great-grandson of Anthony and had a cousin named N. F. Boucher of Bismarck, North Dakota, who knew much of the lineage. S.E. Boucher said in the letter as follows: 1. Simon 2. Pierre, prior to 1750 in Claverack, NY, son of Simon 3. Jacob, son of Pierre 4. Antoine (Anthony), son of Jacob 5. ? 6. Dr. Wilson Boucher / Poucher of Poughkeepsie, NY 7. S. E. Boucher Regards, Jean - ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.