Listers -- Getting back for a moment to a topic which appeared a few days ago -- ie. name changes -- here's a great example which I found in the BTs (Bishop's Transcripts) of Folkestone in Kent, ENG. I have no connection to this name or any of the people mentioned but I suspect the Cornelius DEVREESE mentioned may be Dutch -- my Amsterdam-born husband has DEVRIES in his (non-Huguenot) ancestry and Carol mentioned a Cornelius who was Dutch in her post today -- *possibly* there is a connection to the Dutch Walloons who settled at Sandwich which is, however, quite a bit north of Folkestone on the Kentish coast. There were quite a few other surnames in these records which sounded like they may have similar connections. Anyway, I have no proof of either Huguenot/Walloon origins here but am merely posting the info as an example of how a surname can change within a relatively short time (less than sixty years). As I mentioned, the name starts out as DE VREESE (in 1758). Try to guess what it ends up as by 1812........Andrea (Abbreviations used: Bapt=baptism, Bur=burial, Marr=marriage) 1758 Oct 15 Marr Cornelius DE VREESE & Ann Low 1759 May 20 Bapt John, son of Cornelius & Anne DE VREESE 1760 Sep 21 Bapt Cornelius, son of Cornelius & Anne DE VREESE 1762 Apr 21 Bapt Anne Low, dau of Cornelius & Anne DE VREESE 1763 Jly 22 Bapt William, son of Cornelius & Ann DE VREES 1764 Oct 7 Bapt Mary Ann, dau of Cornelius & Ann DE VREESE 1766 Oct 17 Bapt Thomas, son of Cornelius & Ann DE VREESE 1783 Apr 14 Bur Cornelius DEVREESEE 1784 Jne 21 Marr Thomas DEVROSEE & Mary Mascot 1785 Apr 24 Bapt William, son of Thomas & Mary DEVROSEE 1785 Nov 11 Bapt William, son of Thomas & Mary DEVRESEE 1786 Mar 29 Bur Ann DEVRESEE c1786 Bur Elizabeth DEVRESEE 1788 Jan 4 Bapt Daniel Falera, son of Daniel & Mary DEVROSEE 1788 Apr 3 Marr Cornelius DEVRESEE & Elizabeth Wraite c1789 Bur John, son of Cornelius DEVRESEE 1788 Apr 27 Bapt John, son of Cornelius & Elizabeth DEVROSEE 1789 Dec 16 Bapt Elizabeth, dau of Cornelius & Elizabeth DEVRESEE 1790 Mar 3 Bapt Mary, dau of William & Mary DEVRESEE 1790 JLy 25 Bur Elizabeth, dau of Cornelius ?DEVREESER? (writing unclear) 1791 Jne 19 Bapt William, son of Cornelius & Elizabeth ?DEVRISER? 1795 Mar 4 Bapt Thomas, son of Cornelius & Elizabeth DEVRESIE 1797 Feb 5 Bapt George ?Grovenor?, son of William & Mary DEVREESE 1796 Jly 25 Bur Richard, son of Samuel ?DEVRESE? (writing unclear) c1799 Bapt Mary, dau of Cornelius & Elizabeth DEVREESE 1799 Jne 21 Bur George, son of William DEVRESE c1801 Bapt Hannah, dau of Cornelius & Elizabeth FREESE 1804 Jne 27 Bapt Cornelius, son of Cornelius & Elizabeth FRESER 1807 Jan 28 Bur Joseph, son of Cornelius FREEZER 1808 Nov 29 Marr William FREEZER & Patience Wood 1809 Mar 10 Bapt William Wood, son of William & Patience FREEZER 1810 Oct 5 Bapt Margaret, dau of Cornelius & Elizabeth FREEZER 1810 Oct 5 Bapt Elizabeth, dau of Cornelius & Elizabeth FREEZER 1812 Jan 1 Bapt Susanna, dau of William & Patience FREEZER 1812 Jan 1 Bur William FREEZER Oh, isn't this fun? <g> END