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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] "Angohlem"
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:13:32 -0500
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At 10:59 AM 5/19/04, Sharilyn Whitaker wrote:

>Record from the Amsterdam Archiefdienst, showing publication of banns 21
>September 1719.
>
>Translation from the Dutch
>
>"Publication of the banns of Thauuet Besly (from New York, 28 years old,
>living in the Bethanien straat, his father Oliver living in New York) and
>Hester Vincent (from Angohlem, 24 years old, living on het Rohkin,
>assisted by her mother Anna Ijver, widow of Ijsbrandt."
>
>There is a note in the margin:
>
>"Consent of his father well brought in, certificate granted to marry at
>the Walloon Church here"
>
> and the further note
>
>"The marriage was celebrated October 15"
>
>(In the Netherlands at that time, a man under thirty
>years of age needed his father's permission to marry)
>
>
>Question:
>
>Would "Angohlem" refer to the early Portuguese slave trading settlement in
>Angola? Or would there be some Dutch explanation
>for "Angohlem"? The slave trade aspect would fit this family, but I'd
>like to make certain.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sharilyn

I would guess that this refers to the French province of Angoulême, around
the city of Angers, near the mouth of the River Loire.

Regards,

Robert

Mr. Robert L. Ward
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