You're most welcome Hugh....<grin> Happy hunting.....malinda HDELMAR@aol.com wrote: > Reply to Message: #3 > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:32:39 -0500 > From: malinda jones <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com > Message-id: <39A2F177.A3E8178C@swbell.net> > Subject: Re: [HWE] SIX & variants > > Mailinda, > > There are some bearers of the name SEAY who are desperately trying to find a > connection between SEAY and the noble Anglo-Norman name SAYE. But if they > find it, I'm pretty sure it won't be by delving into medieval records. Other > SEAYs are not trying to find proof of the relationship, but have faith in a > legend that a Huguenot named Abraham SAYE, prior to leaving England for > America, was for a time under the protection of his distant relative the > Baron SAYE AND SELE. In fact, some of them have even visited Broughton Castle > to be assured by the ever-accomodating current Baron that their faith is not > misplaced. Others of us are skeptical of the legend and are following a > Huguenot Society clue that Abraham came from Wicres in French Flanders and > that his name was either the Flemish SAYE (a variant of SOYEZ, SOY, SAEY or > SAY) or the Walloon SIX or a variant. So I think we'll have to pass up the > chance to parade in medieval pageantry. But thanks, anyway, for trying to > help. > > Hugh Seay > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To access H-W-E list archives, there are two options: > Threaded Archive is at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Keyword Archive at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/