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From: Hans A.M. Weebers< >
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Re: The First Walloons in America
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:16:12 +0100


Sorry Jean,

van de vorst = of the king

we dutch use "de" in connection with a profession or a quality:
de bakker = the baker
de visser = the fisher
de grote = the big
de lange = the long

jean boutcher wrote:
>
> Howard Swain writes:
>
> >Lastly, Riker, Mrs. de Forest, and the Round Robin
> >all show an image of Jesse's signature. It is clearly:
> >"Jesse de Forest." So, I wonder if "Foreest" was
> >merely the way the Dutch spelled the name.
>
> Maybe.
>
> What I do not understand is: Why did Jesse de Forest
> use the Dutch "de" before the English word "forest"
> rather than the full French term as follows:
>
> French: de la Forêt = from the forest
> Dutch: van de Vorst = from the forest
>
> Jesse de Forest's son-in-law, Jean de la Montagne
> correctly wrote his surname:
>
> French: de la Montagne = from the mountain
>
> Regards,
> Jean
>
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