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