Rosemary, I have a suspicion that Hebeve is just a much corrupted version of Heaphy. Janet On 4/9/07, rosemary tearle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cara and Frank, > > Many thanks for your replies. I will be following up on the ship and also > the Hebbes name. > > Many years ago I vaguely remember my father saying something about Basque > blood in the family and to that end I did get in touch with a Basque > genealogy group on the internet. They thought Hebeve was not a Basque > name/word but there was habave which meant found under a tree, so perhaps > Bridget's family came from that part of the world after all. I haven't been > able to find anything definite so far - I have tried IGIs and various > genealogy groups - but guess I'll have to just go on chipping away. > > Thanks again, Rosemary, Northland, New Zealand.