Members Scots Church, Rotterdam, 1643-1900, Familynames Gaid to Young. William Younger (no date or other information) Seems a lot of Scotsmen went to Amsterdam and Rotterdam as well as the English. William Younger is listed as a member of Scots Church in Rotterdam in 1643. The site address is: http://www.scotsintchurch.com/sicarchives/INDEX.htm Brownie

You know it could be the other way around. Perhaps some Rotterdam folks went to Scotland. It's a chicken and egg problem. Which came first. Some say that the name Younger was Anglicized from a Flemish spelling with a "J". So who knows?? I'd like to believe I have Scottish background, But it's had to go back to the 1400's Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: [YOUNGER] bit of informational trivia > Members Scots Church, Rotterdam, 1643-1900, Familynames Gaid to Young. > > William Younger (no date or other information) > > Seems a lot of Scotsmen went to Amsterdam and Rotterdam as well as the > English. William Younger is listed as a member of Scots Church in > Rotterdam in > 1643. > > The site address is: http://www.scotsintchurch.com/sicarchives/INDEX.htm > > Brownie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Besides Rotterdam, Scottish Churches existed in many other places as well, such as London, and Leydon. The home page of the Church in Rotterdam described its congregation as having been formed from Scottish merchants, seamen and soldiers living in Rotterdam. In text from a book below suggests there were Scots living in Rotterdam before 1640. There exists a book entitled The history of the Scottish Church, Rotterdam (1832) It can be read in whole online at http://www.archive.org/details/historyofscottis00stevuoft The book describes Rotterdam as a place of commerce, frequented by both British and Scots many years prior to 1640. The Scottish Presbyterians had no clergyman but prior to 1640 enjoyed occasional ministrations of different chaplains. On July 19, 1642 is was proposed by the Lords of Rotterdam that a place of worship for the Scottish Nation be erected and ministers salary paid from city funds. Letters were sent to the Presbytery of Edinburgh asking assistance in procuring a pastor and was eagerly granted. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Younger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] bit of informational trivia > You know it could be the other way around. Perhaps some Rotterdam folks > went to Scotland. It's a chicken and egg problem. Which came first. > Some > say that the name Younger was Anglicized from a Flemish spelling with a > "J". > So who knows?? > I'd like to believe I have Scottish background, But it's had to go back > to > the 1400's > Fran > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:49 AM > Subject: [YOUNGER] bit of informational trivia > > >> Members Scots Church, Rotterdam, 1643-1900, Familynames Gaid to Young. >> >> William Younger (no date or other information) >> >> Seems a lot of Scotsmen went to Amsterdam and Rotterdam as well as the >> English. William Younger is listed as a member of Scots Church in >> Rotterdam in >> 1643. >> >> The site address is: http://www.scotsintchurch.com/sicarchives/INDEX.htm >> >> Brownie >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message