> 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 >