Dear Yvonne and listers, In the St. David's Probate index there is a Will listed for Thomas Noott of Steynton proved in 1605....I haven't looked it up on The National Library of Wales site, but those interested may care to do so. Francis Noote was of Capeston, Walwyn's Castle in 1608 according to Major Jones. Steynton and Walwyn's Castle are next to one another, so there could well be a connection between Thomas and Francis. The name spelling difference could be attributable to different scribes. Bettye Kirkwood, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "yvonne evans" <a.y.evans@homecall.co.uk> To: <DYFED@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: [Dyfed] Noott name > Hi Michael and other listers, > > I have just gone into Rootsweb World Connect Project. I was fascinated to > see that it contained names of Noots from the Netherlands interspersed > with Pembrokeshire Noots, and this happened on every page. I therefore > feel that there is quite a strong basis that the Noots originated in the > Netherlands. Gerry Lewis(lister) has informed us that the earliest Noot > in Pembs is Francis Noote of Walwyns Castle 1608. This is another mystery > as Francis is not a Dutch Christian name! and also what would have made > these Noots from Netherlands settle in Pembs!? Maybe the Noots who are > not listers may have heard a family tale of the origin of the name? > Best wishes > Yvonne Evans > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >