-----Original Message----- > From: Janis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 February 2004 01:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HWE] Time Line > > Thank you for the interesting information from Marcel Backhouses' book > regarding the Walloons in Sandwich. The earliest BUBBA (BUBBER/BUBBERS) > in > Sandwich was most likely the grandfather of Abraham Bubber who is supposed > to have left Rotterdam about 1579. David and John BUBBA who were likely > sons of the this first emigrant were market gardeners in Sandwich in the > early 1600s according to their Wills. Many members of this family remained > in Sandwich and nearby parishes until the 1700s when some moved to > Canterbury and some ended up in London. > > Janis > London, Ontario, Canada Hello Janis, In 'Lists of Foreign Protestants & Aliens Resident in England 1618-1688' published by the Camden Society in 1862, David BUBBA is named as being 'Borne in Sandwich of Stranger Parents'. After the list of names in Sandwich is written: 'The trades and professions that they use here, are making of Bayes, Sayes, and Lynsie woolsies, Gardiners, Taylors, Basketmakers, and Whitesmiths'. The date of the entry was 29th April 1622. Mike. Mike Gallafent - Family History CDs: Early Inhabitants of Kent Published Wills of Kent Published Wills of London 1358 - 1688 Strangers, Aliens & Foreigners --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.567 / Virus Database: 358 - Release Date: 24/01/2004