Hi Marie: There was a colony of English 'dissenters' in Leiden called the Brownists - they comingled with the French Protestants who were there as fellow congregationalists or exiled Protestants but I don't think many of them married. When the Speedwell sailed from Walcheren (I think) to England before setting out with the Mayflower (and before springing a leak that made them change vessels), the French Protestants (Walloons for the most part I do believe) and the Brownists were together. Some of the French continued on to America along with Brewster and his group of followers who were English Brownists as far as I can remember from the Pilgrim's Museum in Leiden (I think they are on the internet now). Hope this helps. Carol California At 09:51 AM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote: >Was William Brewster and his group of followers, who sailed from Leiden to >Plymouth Rock, MA, Huguenots? Know they were Pilgrims and dissenters (I >believe) but don't know if Pilgrims could have been Huguenots. > >Thanks to anyone answering. > >Marie >Marie Brunson Jefferson >mjeffers@surfsouth.com