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Fleeing religious persecution of Protestants in France after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had guaranteed their rights), 200 000 French Huguenots emigrated to countries such as Switzerland. Germany, England, America, and South Africa. Amongst the first Huguenots to come were Francois Villion (Viljoen) (who might rather be a Walloon) in 1671, Pierre le Febre in 1683, Jean de...
Origin and Meaning of the Mesenbring / Mesenbrink Name The origin of the Mesenbring / Mesenbrink name is most likely either Northern Germany (Lower Saxony) or the Netherlands. It's also possible the name has multiple origin points from similarly-named family farms. With the exception of a handful of Mesenbrinks who originated in the Netherlands, the vast majority of Mesenbrinks can be traced t...
Raadpensionarissen van het Graafschap Holland tijdens de Zeventien Provinciën:* 1480-1489 : Barthout van Assendelft ‧ c.1440-na.1502* 1489-1494 : Jan Bouwensz ‧ c.1452-1514* 1494-1497 : Barthout van Assendelft* 1500-1513 : Frans Coebel van der Loo * 1513-1524 : Albrecht van Loo * 1525-1544 : Aert van der Goes * 1544-1560 : Adriaen van der Goes * 1560-1568 : Jacob van den Eynde Raadpensionarisse...