Jnlnjack@aol.com wrote: Neither name (nor anything similar) appears in Martinique's 17th c. census records, Jason. Regards, Dick in Princeton, NJ ----------------- > Could anyone tell me if they have seen the surname ROUAN/RUAN on Martinique > prior to 1736? Gerard, William, John and Paul arrive on St.Croix at this > time. One or two of them arrived from Martinique with wives and all.