Hi al, Tracing ancestors back through Victorian London, I discovered that Priscilla Augusta HERRING had married James UNDERWOOD on 26 Sep 1861 at St Paul's, Lorrimore Square. They were my g-g-grandparents. Priscilla's grandfather was Benjamin HERRING (1771-1832), the second child of Jan Fred HERRING and Lucretia Van DEURSEN who married 29 Apr 1767 at the DRC New York. After Jan Fred's death, Lucretia married Basil FRANCIS and moved to England (Richmond, Yorkshire) with several of her children, including Benjamin who became a Superintendent of Police, and died as Governor of Winchester Bridewell (=prison). Lucretia's g-g-grandparents were Dom. Everardus Bogardus and Anneke Jans. Paul Underwood. P.S. If anyone knows of any FRANCIS history before or after the marriage to Lucretia HERRING (nee van DEURSEN), please let me know. _________________________________________________________________ Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/

Our family always knew that our Revolutionary War Loyalist ancestor Joel Stone married Leah Moore in 1780. I later learned (tentatively) that Leah's mother was Mary BOGART/BOGERT who was baptised 4 February 1739 in the NY DR Church. I'm still trying to untangle her ancestry; I don't feel confident about it yet. Learning about the Dutch factor in the family opened up a whole new world for me and for my siblings. Nobody in the family had any idea of it. I've been reading about New Netherland ever since, and it is all most interesting. I've been heard to comment that having Dutch ancestry should have made me a better housekeeper, but apparently that talent is not genetic. :^) Edie in Maine

Hi, Have you done much research on the Herring's? I am looking for parents of Major Herring and spouse Winney? Major was born in NC in 1810. Would like to hear from you. Nancy T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Underwood" <paul_u@hotmail.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] How I discovered I have Dutch ancestry > Hi al, > > Tracing ancestors back through Victorian London, I discovered that > Priscilla > Augusta HERRING had married James UNDERWOOD on 26 Sep 1861 at St Paul's, > Lorrimore Square. They were my g-g-grandparents. > > Priscilla's grandfather was Benjamin HERRING (1771-1832), the second child > of Jan Fred HERRING and Lucretia Van DEURSEN who married 29 Apr 1767 at > the > DRC New York. After Jan Fred's death, Lucretia married Basil FRANCIS and > moved to England (Richmond, Yorkshire) with several of her children, > including Benjamin who became a Superintendent of Police, and died as > Governor of Winchester Bridewell (=prison). > > Lucretia's g-g-grandparents were Dom. Everardus Bogardus and Anneke Jans. > > Paul Underwood. > > P.S. If anyone knows of any FRANCIS history before or after the marriage > to > Lucretia HERRING (nee van DEURSEN), please let me know. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. > http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >