For the record, I still have not been provided any explanation as to where Hendrick Vosberg Pels got his middle name "Vosberg" from. Maybe he was not son of Emigrant Evert Evertszen Pels of Stettin, Pomerania, and Emigrant Jannetje Sijmonsen, daughter of Sijmon Floriszen of Amsterdam. The Netherlands. Had Hendrick been son of Evert Evertszen Pels of Stettin, Pomerania, Hendrick would have received the middle name "Evertsen" or "Evertszen". Therefore, I theorize that Hendrick was a Vosberg who resided with or near the Pels family. I have sources stored in my old desktop computer. Jean Boutcher, A descendant of Evert Evertszen Pels JeanBout@Juno.Com JeanBoute@Yahoo.Com