Hi fellow members, Has anyone on the list any connection with either of the above two names ? DANIEL le VEFUE (father of ESTER le Vefue was probably born in France c 1569.) His dau ESTER married CHARLES HAUET of Canterbury 1/5/1612 or 1613. Charles was native of Canterbury but his father NICOLAS HAUET was native of DENE (Denay) The other person I am trying to find out about is the Father of ELIZABETH DESTAILLEU(R) who was said to be JOSSE(JOOS) DESTAILLEU(R) native of Norwich. Her mother (presumably a widow contracted to marry JAQUES du BOIS ). We think there must have been two people named JOSSE (JOOS) DESTAILLEU(R) as I found the widow of one of them contracted to marry JAQUES du BOIS above 26/2/1594/5, whereas someone who was given as widow of JOS DESTAILLEU was a witness to baptism in March 1592.! So there must be two people of the same name , possiby father & son, but I can't trace them, the earlier JOS is said to be native of Commines and of Canterbury ! Is it possible that JOSSE (JOOS) is a nickname or derived form another name ? I have found a few people called VERHU(L)ST on the Belgium IGI but many more on the Netherlands IGI so I think this may be where the family originated. BALTHASAR VERHU(L)ST is said to be native if Norwich Does anyone know what the records are like in the Netherlands or how far they go back ? Most grateful for any information. Thelma Morgan

Hi Thelma and all, From: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:12 AM > Hi fellow members, > > I have found a few people called VERHU(L)ST on the Belgium IGI but many more > on the Netherlands IGI so I think this may be where the family originated. > BALTHASAR VERHU(L)ST is said to be native if Norwich > Does anyone know what the records are like in the Netherlands or how far they > go back ? VERHULST looks of Dutch origin to me. "Ver" is a contraction of Van Der or From The in English. I'm not sure how far back church records go in The Netherlands. I assume it varies church by church. One example: the records of the Dutch Reformed Ch at Zwolle seem to go back to the 1581 for marriages and 1583 for baptisms -- at least as filmed by the LDS. For Huguenot and Walloon records there, you should consult the "Leiden Index " That is on film from the LDS starting with #0199755. I've not looked at this, but I've read that it has Walloon records from some locations other than The Netherlands in addition to The Netherlands records. But it seems to me, you need to start by looking in Norwich and try to find his baptism there. French or Walloon Ch. records: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=666044 Walloon Ch history and registers: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=264395 Dutch Refomed records: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=105472 Regards, Howard [email protected]