Ann; I have a Thomas Hamilton Mercer who could have originated in Pennsylvania but at some point went to Nova Scotia .It's a long shot! Also Thomas Hamilton went from NS to Ontario in 1796.---June HAMILTON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > HAMILTON-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 309 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [HAM] Re: HAMILTON-D Digest V02 #3 ["helen marvel" <hmmarvel@alltel.ne] > #2 [HAM] way back to early Dutch [ann follette <fil403@yahoo.com>] > #3 RE: [HAM] way back to early Dutch ["Edith Bailes" <edieb@hypernet.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from HAMILTON-D, send a message to > > HAMILTON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [HAM] Re: HAMILTON-D Digest V02 #308 > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:38:00 -0500 > From: "helen marvel" <hmmarvel@alltel.net> > To: HAMILTON-L@rootsweb.com > > unsubscribe > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [HAM] way back to early Dutch > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 05:48:34 -0700 (PDT) > From: ann follette <fil403@yahoo.com> > To: HAMILTON-L@rootsweb.com > > In this country my family goes way back to the early > Dutch settlers of New York...Bogardus... > > Morris/Hamilton/McMillen line > > >From what I understand, the family lived on the > borders > of the Carolinas and Tennessee and came to Pittsburgh. > > Any family out there???? > > Ann McMillen Follette > > ===== > do we see what we should? > or do we see too much? > is unity and harmony within our grasp? > or just a beautiful dream? > > --A dreamer > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: [HAM] way back to early Dutch > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:05:19 -0400 > From: "Edith Bailes" <edieb@hypernet.com> > To: HAMILTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Ann, My family also goes back to the early Dutch New Nederland. My BOGARTS > are spelled three different ways, as far as I know: BOGAERT, BOGAART and > BOGART, but not BOGARDUS. The earliest one I know about, Adriaen Tunis > BOGAERT, married Susanna HAMILTON sometime in the 1600s. It's hard to > think there isn't a connection here somewhere! > > I queried this list not long ago, looking for information on Susannah. I > have no information on her at all, except that she m Adriaen Tunis BOGAERT > and they apparently lived in New Amsterdam/New York. > > Do you by any chance know anything about Susannah HAMILTON or any > BOGART/BOGAERT/BOGAART people? If you do, I'd be very interested. Thanks > and good luck - Edie in Maine