Thanks very much for these notes from Baird. Wesel was an early center of the Calvinist faith, active beginning in the 80-year's war when Calvinism was persecuted in Holland; there was a Dutch Reformed community there. I'm aware of several persons from or of Wesel, who came to the colonies in North America, or whose immediate descendents did. > The relationship may have been a religious one or through the Dutch West > Indies Company. If you mean Godfrey Harmer, relationship to Minuit --I have further clarification. In a footnote in Albert Cook Myers' Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707, in the chapter "Report of Governor Printz 1644" is noted that Hendrick Huygen, a member of the 1638 expedition of Sweden to the Delaware and Commissary of the New Sweden colony, "a relative of Peter Minuit, was from Wesel, on the lower Rhine..." Also is noted on the same page, that Godfrey Harmer was "a kinsman of Hendrick Huygen." See p. 106, in which Prints says Hendrick Huygen has "has a Holland servant who knows the savage languages and understands well how to carry on the trade" and that Huygen "does not like to miss the servant (because he is his relative)..." In a footnote on the same page, Godfrey Harmer is identified as the young relative of Huygen that Printz mentions here. http://books.google.com/books?id=FDR-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA106& Again, zero hard documentation, but Johann Printz, as a contemporary reporter, was aware of a kinship between Harmer and Huygens. Liz J 2008/11/6 <SchulzEGS@aol.com>: > Add this little tidbit to the quest. > "History of the Huguenot Emigration to America," Charles W. Baird, DD, Vol. > 1, Baltimore MD: Regional Publishing Co., 1966, page 175-176: > Meanwhile, New Amsterdam had become the home of other French-speaking > immigrants. Peter Minuet, the second director, was himself a Walloon. His family, > during the persecutions in the southern provinces, half a century before, had > taken refuge in Wesel, where Minuet was a deacon of the Walloon Church the time > of his appointment as director. > 1628, April 7-It was during his term of office that New Amsterdam was visited > for the first time by a minister of religion. > > The relationship may have been a religious one or through the Dutch West > Indies Company.

Can anyone connect George Harmer with the Charles Harmer who was married to Anne Southey, who 2nd married Nathaniel Littleton? Pat -----Original Message----- From: lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lower-delmarva-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of E Johnson Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:56 PM To: lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDR] Peter Minuet Thanks very much for these notes from Baird. Wesel was an early center of the Calvinist faith, active beginning in the 80-year's war when Calvinism was persecuted in Holland; there was a Dutch Reformed community there. I'm aware of several persons from or of Wesel, who came to the colonies in North America, or whose immediate descendents did. > The relationship may have been a religious one or through the Dutch West > Indies Company. If you mean Godfrey Harmer, relationship to Minuit --I have further clarification. In a footnote in Albert Cook Myers' Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707, in the chapter "Report of Governor Printz 1644" is noted that Hendrick Huygen, a member of the 1638 expedition of Sweden to the Delaware and Commissary of the New Sweden colony, "a relative of Peter Minuit, was from Wesel, on the lower Rhine..." Also is noted on the same page, that Godfrey Harmer was "a kinsman of Hendrick Huygen." See p. 106, in which Prints says Hendrick Huygen has "has a Holland servant who knows the savage languages and understands well how to carry on the trade" and that Huygen "does not like to miss the servant (because he is his relative)..." In a footnote on the same page, Godfrey Harmer is identified as the young relative of Huygen that Printz mentions here. http://books.google.com/books?id=FDR-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA106& Again, zero hard documentation, but Johann Printz, as a contemporary reporter, was aware of a kinship between Harmer and Huygens. Liz J 2008/11/6 <SchulzEGS@aol.com>: > Add this little tidbit to the quest. > "History of the Huguenot Emigration to America," Charles W. Baird, DD, Vol. > 1, Baltimore MD: Regional Publishing Co., 1966, page 175-176: > Meanwhile, New Amsterdam had become the home of other French-speaking > immigrants. Peter Minuet, the second director, was himself a Walloon. His family, > during the persecutions in the southern provinces, half a century before, had > taken refuge in Wesel, where Minuet was a deacon of the Walloon Church the time > of his appointment as director. > 1628, April 7-It was during his term of office that New Amsterdam was visited > for the first time by a minister of religion. > > The relationship may have been a religious one or through the Dutch West > Indies Company. *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message