Hello Joselyn (and Tony and others) I have seen the names NOE and HESSE in Germany. Do you or any other of the readers know, where the english people of these names came from or if they left England to go to Palatinate (Pfalz) Germany. To the name HESSE: I have a German book about Friesenheim in Palatinate (Pfalz): Ruf, Peter: "Zur Geschichte der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein" and here Oskar Poller has written "Friesenheimer Bürgerbuch. Die Einwohner von Friesenheim 1584-1814. (1989) Page 78: HESS: Nicolaus (Q.3) born 1663, dead 23.(buried 25.)12.1720 Friesenheim, 57 years old. Widow and member of the parish Friesenheim married 11.08.1711 in Friesenheim to Walburga SIMON. She married second time 06.05.1721 in Friesenheim to Ludwig KESSLER, son of David KESSLER (deceased and buried and Cuppersmith in Heidelberg). Son: Andreas HESS, born 30.11.1716 (christened 06.12) Friesenheim, he died 21.(buried 22.).03.1720. Friesenheim Pfalz was a town with many reformed refugees, and some of them later came to Mannheim, Magdeburg, Brandenburg NOE I have studied FamilySearch (15.02.2004): Pierre NOE, born 1610 i Poitou, married Sarah JANS, born 1620 in Holland (Daughter of Egmont Jans, born 1580 in Nord Brabant, Holland. Their son: Pierre NOE, born 1635 in Poitou, France, married Marguerite DUMONT (Daughter of Jean DUMONT, born 1611 i Commines, Le Borinage, Hainaut og Jannetje born 1611 in Flandern), born 1635 in Ypres, W. Flandern, died in Rahway, NJ. Their Daughter: Mary T. NOE, born 1670 i Rongy, Belgium, married Jean TREMBLEY, født 1660 i Zeeland, Holland, død 1752 Middx. NJ (son of Jean Jacque TREMBLEY, born 1634 i Walslant, Holland) FamilySearch thinks that Noe is the same as DE LA NOYE (DE LANNOY): Jean DE LA NOYE, born 1570 in Tournai, Belgien, dead 1604 in Leyden (or 1606-1661), Holland (son of Gysbert DE LA NOYE or DE LANNOY(son of Jean DE LANNOY, born 1511, dead 1560 and Jeanne DE LIGNE, born 1523), born 1545 in Tournai or Leyden and Mahiema). Jean DE LA NOYE married 1599 in Tournai, Leyden, Belgien Marie LEMAHIEU, born 1561-1583 in Tournal, Leyden, Belgien, dead 1606-1672. Gysbert DE LA NOYE married bet. 1564 and 1596, he died bet. 1574 and 1636. I have the following german NOE in my database: Abraham NOË, married bef. 1660 in Oppau, Pfalz, died in Prenzlau, Brandenburg. He probably had two daughters: Marie NÖE, born 1659 in Oppau, Pfalz, married about 1679 (Antoine LEFEVRE), dead 18.09.1719 in Walmow, Battin, Brandenburg and Catherine NOË, born 1681 in Grac, Opac, Pfalz, married about 1701 (Matthieu DUPONT), died 31.02.1741 Fredericia, Denmark. Abraham NOE, married to Marie GOFFO. Their son: Isaac NOE, born 1688 in Immenhausen, Hessen, dead 06.05.1763 in Prenzlau, married 19.09.1717 in Strasburg to Madeleine FOUQUET (daughter of Isaac FOUQUET and Eve DESOUARD), born 06.12.1687 in Carlsdorf, Hessen, dead 15.08.1745 in Prenzlau. They had a daughter: Marie Anne NOE, born 04.08.1721 in Prenzlau. Abraham NOÉ, married 1704 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg Susanne BECU, born 26.12.1667 in Mannheim, dead 1724 in Prenzlau. Jacob NOE, born 1635 in Rongy, Tournai, Haninaut, dead in Oppau, Pfalz. He was married to Pernne STECQUOLORUM, born 1645, dead 28.05.1700. Their son was: Pierre NOE, born 1667 in Oppau, Pfalz, dead 1722 in Pasewalk, brandenburg, married (1714 in Pfalz) Maria Magdalena RICHARD, born 1669 in Mitterstedt, dead in Pasewalk. Their son was: Isaac NOE, born 16.05.1697 in Walmow, dead, 26.08.1764 in Walmow, Battin, Brandenburg, married 1717 in Pasewalk to Anna SYEUDEIN (daughter of Abraham SQUEDIN and Anne Jeanne DE COURSELLES, born 18.08.1696 in Strassburg, dead 02.09.1764 in Walmow. Their son was: Isaac NOE, born 1730 in Pasewalk, dead 01.11.1775 in Walmow, Battin, married 01.04.1757 in Battin to Susanne DEVANTIER(daughter of Pierre DEVANTIER and Judith DESJARDINS), born 11.02.1730 in Bagemühl, Brandenburg, dead 05.02.1776 in Walmow. Their Daughter Ester NOE, born 03.02.1760 in Walmow, Battin, dead 05.02.1805 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, married 06.09.1790 to Pierre Estienne AUBANAU (son of Pierre AUBANAU and Maria Nadel PAUL-GASPAR), born 27.04.1734 in Prenzlau, dead 26.11.1805 in Prenzlau. Hanne Thorup Koudal Denmark