Re: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-D Digest V00 #213 Thanks to both Andrea and Marty Graybill for their August 11 postings on this look-up. The Belgian surnames SAYE, SAEY and SOY have been found in Northern Ireland, and though we didn't expect them to be at Portarlington, it seemed desirable to see if they were. Andrea's data on our sound-alike DE SAILLY at Portarlington was useful to add to what we have. Marty's suggestion about SEAY being derived from the Anglo-Norman surname DE SAY or SAYE is part of an undocumented legend that has been around for at least a hundred years. What I and others are trying to find out is whether SEAY comes from one of these Flemish names (SAYE, SAEY or SOY) that, unlike the Anglo-Norman names, seem to have no connection with the Norman place names Sai and Say. But Marty's other August 11 posting about Huguenots in Virginia has a VIGNE surname that is possibly related to the family of my ancestor Abraham SEAY (SAY) who received a land grant in Virginia in 1745. He was married to a Naomi LAVIGNE, LOVIGNE, LOVINE, or LOVING--the spelling is uncertain. Hugh Seay