I am pretty sure that the name of the ship is 'The Spotted Cow". I do not know how often it sailed from the Netherlands to America, but I have ancestors who sailed on the same ship at in a different year. I need to check my records, but I wrote as soon as I saw the ships name, since it was something I recognised. Althought I have Huguenots in my ancestery, I recognize very little with this group. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Andrea Vogel <andreav@island.net> To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: [HWE] Pierre NOUE inquiry > Hello List -- > This is in response to an inquiry from Patricia <curran@innernet.net> on >2 Feb re: Pierre NOUE family who sailed to British North America on the ship >"De Bonte Koe" in 1663. Pierre's European origins are unknown but the family >obviously is French, judging by the names provided. > > I am wondering if a search for this family in the Netherlands might get >some results. I say this because of the name of the ship Pierre sailed on -- >I believe "koe" is Dutch for "cow". I don't know the meaning of the word >"bonte" (an online translation gave me the word crow but that doesn't make >sense here). Maybe some native Dutch speakers can help. > Is it possible to find out which port this ship sailed from or any other >information about the ship which might provide clues? This might give an >idea of where to start looking in Europe. > > Also, there were many Walloon churches in the Netherlands (including the >ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam) to which Pierre and his family may have >fled, possibly after leaving France. Please see the post in list archives >dated 11 Jan with subject line: Walloon Churches in NL. > > Good luck! Unless you pinpoint at least a general location in Europe, >it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, as I'm sure you know. Also, >don't forget to check the IGI on the LDS website (www.familysearch.org) in >case there are clues there. Andrea > > > > > > > > > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >To access list archives: go to URL's below for 1)threaded or 2)keyword >1) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/huguenots-walloons-europe >2) http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >============================== >Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >