Hey, now, this is starting to make sense. Neues could be distorted all sorts of ways very easily. The name sounds more French than German. It's a French spelling construction, properly pronounced something like in "good", or "too", not too far from the German u with two dots over it, like my Kuester's whose name took six and a half forms, and this is close to what I had suspected was the original spelling, though I was looking for another ue. and when it began to be said in German, and written down by people who knew German, likely everything happened to it. Spelling also lends itself both in French and German to something similar to "Noyes". Anyone know their history? Also, it sounds as if they were in the valley pretty early. Actual Huguenots were rare in the Oley Valley, though quite a number of families in the area, like my Deharts, who for some outlandish reason did NOT want to remember they were German, claimed to be Huguenot. Most actual Huguenots in the area came there following Hans Keim, whose close relatives they were. The DeTurck's, the Herbines, and another family. (Typically these Huguenot families had been in Germany for several generations to over a century, and had far more German and sometimes Dutch blood than French, like my Dehavens. Though in Hans Keim's case it rather looks as if, German in direct male line, he was possibly as much Huguenot as German.) Anyone know of any such Neues ties? Henry and Elizabeth prob Nuss his wife were closely tied into the Keim and Schneider clans somehow. Yours, Dora Smith --- SHUPE@CITCOM.NET wrote: > > Are there other ways to spell the name NUSS? > Like > > Ness, Neiss, Nuess, etc? > > > > Yours, > > Dora Smith > > > Dora, > > Surname also spelled Nyce, Neiss, Nice, Nise, > Niss, Neuss, > Neues, Neusz, De Nice, Nyes, & someone said > Gneiss has been > seen, also. My Susanna Nyce married a Peter > Fadley/Fedelee in > 1758 and their daughter, Anna Maria Fadley m. > Emanuel Custer > b. 1754 Pa. > > I looked for your Elizabeth but only found 3 > later births of > that name in my data. > > my Notes: > Most of Neues/Nyce info came from book " Bean's > History of > Montgomery Co., Pa." > http://c-23.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/pa/montgomery/history/local/mchb0055.txt > > ================ > FREDERICK TOWNSHIP is bounded on the > northwest by New > Hanover > and Upper Hanover townships; on the east by > Perkiomen Creek, > flowing from > north to south, separating it from Marlborough > and Upper > Salford Townships; > on the southeast by Perkiomen township; and on > the southwest > by Limerick > and New Hanover townships. It contains an area > of thirteen > thousand four > hundred and forty acres, is about five miles > wide on the > northwest border, > four and three quarters miles long on the > southwest, and one > and one-half > miles wide on the southeast. Its centre is > fifteen miles > distance northwest > from. Norristown, the county-seat, and > thirty-two miles from > Philadelphia. > ====== > Michael Dotterer, of Falkner Swamp, son of > George Philip > Dodderer, on the 24th of January, 1726, bought > of Hans Neues, > of the Northern > Liberties, one hundred and fifty acres on the > east bank of > Society Run, and > facing the German tract. > ======= > October 26,1720, Hans Neues bought of John > Budd and > Humphrey > Morrey seven hundred and twenty-five acres > (part of the five > thousand acres > granted by William Penn, on the 12th of > October, 1681, to > William Bacon), of > which five hundred acres were surveyed and > located on the 1st > day of > November, 1720, in Frederick township, on both > sides of > Society Run, and > facing the Frankfort Land Company's tract. > ========= > George Philip Dodderer, of Falkner's Swamp, > carpenter, bought > > of Hans Neues, of the Northern Liberties, on > December 22, > 1722, one > hundred acres, and on February 2, 1725, fifty > acres, the two > tracts adjoining and > being located on the banks of Society Run. > ========== > -The first official list of taxables of > Frederick township is > furnished in the return > made by the proprietaries' agent, in 1734, as > follows: > Johannes Neus (Nice) 200 acres > =============================== > > This may help you pursue the family further. > > Warm regards, > Carolyn > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real > time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/