So far I am not sure I have found birth records for Joris Jacobszen whose family assumed the surname Bouwman or Bowman after the British takeover. There is a Jurian Jacobszen baptism in Amsterdam that kind of fits. Would it be likely that someone known as Jurian in the Netherlands would have been known and Joris in the New World? Could Joris have been a Dutch version of a Frisan name Jurian? In various early records Joris is listed a Joris Jacobszen or Jakobszen and often after the British takeover simply George Jacobs. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.