The following a list of ancestral surnames which are currently under investigation. Although the vast majority are of Dutch, Flemmish and Walloon origin plus some French and German, two Austrian and one Scottish, these have relevance to the English - speaking world because of the immigrations which occurred from the 1600s to the USA in particular and in our case Australia.
For family history researchers it might be helpful to know that the bulk of our ancestors came from the following areas: South Holland, North Braband, Netherlands Limburg, Zeeland and Zeeland-Flanders.
Last Update: December 30, 1998.
English/USA Alphabetical System
Abrahams. 1600s. Sint Annaland>Zierikzee, Zeeland.
Adriaens. Late 1600s. Rittem>Groede.
van den Amele. Late 1700s. St Anna ter Muiden, Zeeland-Flanders.
Arents. Early 1600s. Maasluis
Armelens. Early 1700s. Essen, Brandenberg, Germany>by 1706>Gouda. Double descent.
Auwerex. 1500s. Maastricht.
van den Baeck. van den Baak. Late 1500s-1700s. Pelt, Belgium>1590s> Scherpenisse>Portvliet, Zeeland.
Baggen. 1640s-1730s. Schinnen.
van Bakel. 1660s-1930s. Budel>Dordrecht>The Hague. Double descent.
Bakker. 1700s-1800s. Zierikzee. (Nieuwerkerk connections).
Bals. 1500s. Maastricht. Double descent.
Baroens. Mid 1600s. Hooglede (Belg)>Retranchment, Zeeland-Flanders.
Bartels. 1500s-1800s. Borgharen>Maastricht. Before ca 1620 the name was Colley.
Beauckinck. Beuckens, Buekems. 1600s. Maastricht.
van Beems(t). Beems(t). 1700s. The Hague.
Beesem(s). 1700s-1800s. Breda>ca1725>Gouda>by 1828>Rotterdam. Double descent.
van Belle. Late 1500s-early 1600s. Marck?, near Calais (Fr) or Offekerque (Belg).
Berenbak. 1700s-1800s. The Hague.
van Bergen. 1700s. Overschie>Delfthaven.
van Berne. Early 1600s. Maastricht.
Bernolet. Early 1600s. Maastricht.
van Beurden. 1600s-1700s. Oisterwijk>Scheveningen.
Bijlings. 1700s. Goes?>Zierikzee, Zeeland.
Benoit. Binneux, Binoit, Binno, Benoye. 1600s. Maastricht.
van der Boogaert. Bogaarts, Bogers. 1700s. The Hague.
Bokelaar. 1700s. St Anna ter Muiden, Zeeland-Flanders.
Bovee. 1700s-1800s. 's-Hertogenbosch.
van Bommel. 1400s to present.Deurne?>Delfthaven>Rotterdam>Staverden> The Hague.
Bosch. Late 1500s-1700s. Maastricht.
Bosschaart. 1700s-1800s. Groede, Zeeland Flanders.
van den Bosse. 1600s. Oostende?>Oosterland, Zeeland.
Bottelier. 1600s. Maastricht.
van Brandenberg. Brandenberg. 1600s-1700s. .....>Delfthaven. Double descent
Brauwers. 1500s-1600s. Mastricht.
Brauwers. 1600s. Maastricht. Double descent.
Breur. 1700s. Alblasserdam> Nieuw Beijerland
Brouns. 1500s. Maastricht.
Buik. Buyck. 1700s. Oostburg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Buijs. Late 1600s. The Hague.
Buis. Late 1700s, early 1800s. Estschen. No relation to the above.
Buisenmeulen. Early 1600s. Maastricht.
Cader. See Kadaar. Originally Cader from Duinkerken (Dunkirk) France.
Caget. 1600s-1700s. France>Zeeland Flanders. Also Choquet.
Cappon. Capon. 1600s-1800s. Calais area (Fr)>Cadzand> Oostburg, Zeeland Flanders. Double descent.
Capteyn. 1800s. Rotterdam.
Caris. Karis. Late 1500s-1700s. Maastricht.
Casteleyn. Mid 1600s. Cadzand>Zuidzande, Zeeland-Flanders.
Chapley. Chaplie. Early 1600s. Vise'>Maastricht.
Charbonier. Charbonee. 1500s-1600s. Senlis, France>Maastricht.
Le Charlier. 1600s. Vise'.
Choquet. 1600s. See Caget.
Christiaans. Poperinge (Belg).
Claessens. Alias Pronen. 1600s. Geleen.
Cloppers. Mid 1700s. Zevenbergen.
Clourk. 1500s. Portvliet (?), Zeeland.
Coddens. 1600s. Delfthaven.
Colley. 1500s-ca1620. Borgharen near Maastricht. See Bartels.
Collys. 1700s. 'Maastricht'>'s-Hertogenbosch.
Comet. Commet(h). 1700s. Delfthaven.
Coninckx. Late 1600s, early 1700s. Budel.
Coninx. 1600s. Geleen.
Conjarts. Late 1500s. Maastricht.
Cornelis. Late 1500s-early1600s. Portvliet, Zeeland.
Cornelus. 1600s. St Maartensdijk, Zeeland.
Cortijn. 1700s. Gouda. Double descent.
Cox. 1500s. Maastricht.
Cox. 1700s. Borgharen>Maastricht. Not related to the above.
Crans. Krans. 1600s-1900s. Schinnen>Maastricht.
Cremers. 1660s. Schinnen.
Crijns. Krijns. Early 1600s. Beek. Ned. Lim.
Custers. Late 1500s-early 1600s. Geleen.
Cuveljé. Cuvelier. 1600s-1900s. France>Sluis>by 1756>Groede>Oostburg.
Cuvelier. See Cuveljé.
van Dam. 1700s. Numansdorp>Strijen>Nieuw Beijerland, Zeeland>The Hague.
Damen. 1500s. Maastricht.
Danels. 1600s-1700s. Budel, Brabant.
Datteyn. Mid 1600s. Eessene (Esen) near Diksmuiden (Belg).
Deijstelberge(n). Deixelberger, Theixelberger. Early 1700s. Bavaria, Germany>The Hague.
Deliche. Early 1600s. Vise', Liege, Belgium.
Delfosse. Early 1600s-late 1700s. Vise' > Maastricht.
Derksen. 1700s. Gent, Gelderland>Rotterdam.
Desmaretz. Liembrune/Guines>Cadzand, Zeeland-Flanders.
van Diest. 1700s. Leiden.
Dieteren. 1500s-1900s. Schinnen>Wolfhagen etc.,>Schinnen>Maastricht.
Dieteren. Lords of. (Unrelated to the Dieterens of Schinnen). Connection through the Moers of Veltwezelt, Liege, Belgium. Extinct in the male line by the late 1500s.
van Dijke. Early 1700s. Groede, Zeeland-Flanders.
Dirckx. Dirks. 1700s-1800s. Oostburg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Dodemont (d'Odemont). 1500s-present. Vise'>Maastricht. Note: The legendary d'Odemonts of Visé. Originally, it was said, (1570s) from Touraine, France.
Dooms. 1600s. Hooglede (Belg).
van den Doorn. 1600s-1800s. Scheveningen>ca 1720>The Hague.
Douw. 1500s-1600s. Scherpenisse. See Manus, Manus van der Jagt. Zeeland.
Driedijk. 1700s. Rhoon.
van Driel. 1300s-1500s Ijsselmonde area>Hordijk>Klaaswaal>1600s/1700s. Nieuw Beijerland.
Driessen. 1600s-1700s. Budel.
van Duin. Early 1700s. Zierikzee (or Zommelsdijk), Zeeland.
Eggel. Eggl. Late 1600s-1700s. Durnberg, Hallein near Saltzburg, Austria>ca1732>Oostberg.
Eijmael. Eijmaal. Late 1700s-1800s. .......Leeuwaarden>The Hague>'s- Hertogenbosch>The Hague. Origin: Netherlands Limburg? Maastricht?.
Endeman. Late 1600s-early1700s. Borghe, Munsterland, Germany>by 1706>Gouda. Double descent.
van Ermingen. van Erminghen. 1500s-1800s. Bree>ca1605>Maastricht.
van Euven. 1500s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
Everaerts. Late 1600s. St Pieter (next to Maastricht).
Faro. Late 1600s-1700s. France?>Waterlandkerkje>Schoondijke, Zeeland-Flanders.
Faij. Fay, Faeije. Bruinisse, Zeeland.
Fermin. (see Vermin). 1640s-1900s. .....Vise'> Maastricht> The Hague.
Feutens. 1400s-1500s. Maastricht. Descended from this family five times.
Frambach. 1500s-1600s. Maastricht.
Freen. 1600s-1700s. Budel.
van Ganzewinkel. 1600s-1800s. Budel.
Geerts. 1500s-1600s. Vossemeer, Zeeland.
Gelder. Early 1700s. Charlois, below Rotterdam>Overshie.
Gelens. 1750s-1900. ...Zevenbergen>Rucphen>Kralingen>Schoonhoven>The Hague.
Geijerts. Geijers, Gijger (Gyger). 1600s. Letzelstein, Germany>Maastricht.
Gerits. Giraers. 1700s. Maastricht.
Geraerts. See Bartels. 1600s. Borgharen, near Maastricht.
Geraerts. 1600s-1700s. Limmel.
German. 1600s-1900s. Cronenberg, Germany>1700>Oostburg.
Geutgens. Early 1600s. Schinnen. Could be Deutgens and Deutgens.
Geuyens. Geuijens, Godefridi. Borgharen. Double descent.
van Gijzele(n). 1700s-1800s. Rotterdam.
Gillis. 1600s. Scheveningen.
Gommers. 1600s. Budel. Note: became a very large family in the Budel district in later years.
de Graaf. 1700s. Rotterdam.
Groenendijk. 1700s. Rhoon>1754>Rotterdam.
Groenewegen. 1700s. St Maartensdijk, Zeeland.
de Groot. 1800s. Steenbergen.
Gruters. 1400s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
Hadel. Hadl, Hedel. late 1600s-early1700s. Durnberg, Hallein, Saltzburg, Austria>ca1732>Oostberg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Haemeckers. 1500. Maastricht.
Haenen. 1500s-1600s. Maastricht. Double descent.
Hamelers. 1500s-1700s. St Pieter(next to Maastricht)>Maastricht>St Pieter>Maasticht.
Hardy. 1500s-1700s. Liege>Maastricht>Liege>Maastricht.
Harrevelt. Herrevelt, Hervelt, Harlevelt, . 1600s-1700s. The Hague.
Hart. 1600s. Maastricht.
Hasslinghuis. Hasselinghuis, Hasslinghaus, etc. Siederwiechen, Germany>Vlardingen>Rotterdam. Double descent.
van Hees. 1600s. Oisterwijk
van Herckenrade. 1500s. Maastricht. Double descent.
Hertog. 1800s. Middleberg, Zeeland.
Hesiers. Late 1600s-early 1700s. Rotterdam.
Huntgens. Heuntgens. late 1500s. Schinnen.
Heynen. (Hendrikzoon). 1400s-1500s. Oud Vossemeer, Zeeland.
Hilofs. Hellofs. 1600s. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas.
van den Hoeft. 1500s-1600s. Schinnen.
Hoen. Late 1500s-1700s. Schinnen.
van't Hoen. 1700s. ....>Delfthaven. No relation of the above.
Hoge. Mid 1600s. The Hague.
Hollar. 1700s. Nieuwland, Walcheren, Zeeland.
Houdvos. See Oudvos.
van Houte. 1500s-1700s Marck-Calais area (Fr)>Cadzand>Oostburg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Huijsdens. Grave>Middleberg>Rotterdam.
Jacobs. 1500s-1600s. Vossemeer/Stavenisse. Probably patronymicum.
Jacobs. 1600s. Rotterdam. No relation to the above.
van der Jagt. Late 1500s-1700s. Maasluis>late1600s>Owerkerk, Zeeland. See Manus van der Jagt.
Jans. 1500s. Scherpenisse. Prob. patronimicum.
Jans. 1600s. Delfthaven. No relation to the above.
Jansen. Mid 1600s. Budel, Brabant.
Jansen. 1700s. Gouda. No relation to the above. Double descent.
Jeekermans. Late 1500s-early 1600s. St Pieter, next to Maastricht.
Jeurissen. 1600s. >Maastricht.
de Jong. Mid 1700s. Dordrecht>Zierikzee, Zeeland.
Joris. Early 1600s. Oost-Souberg?, Zeeland-Flanders.
Jorissen. 1600s-1700s. Budel. Note: earlier Paulus and Paulissen.
Kadaar. Cader. 1600s-1700s. Duinkerken (Dunkirk) France>1687>Rotterdam.
van Kampen. 1600s. The Hague.
Karis. See Caris.
Kempeners. 1500s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
van den Ketel. 1400s-1500s. Maastricht.
Keulers. Keulers 'in gen hout'. 1600s-1700s. Beek, Netherlands Limburg.
Kommet. See Comet.
Korsten. 1700s. Budel, Brabant.
Krans. See Crans.
Krijns. See Crijns.
van der Kruit. 1700s-1800s. Overschie, near Rotterdam.
Lanckvelt. (alias Lochet). 1600s-1700s. ....>Maastricht.
Landsman. late 1500s. Maastricht.
Laureysen. 1600s. Dongen>by 1685>Scheveningen.
de Leeuw. Early 1600s. The Hague.
van Leijburg. Early 1700s. Den Haag.
Lenaerts 1660s..... Schinnen.
van der Leylie. 1600s-1700s. Scheveningen.
Le Charlier. 1600s. Vise', Liege, Belgium.
van der Lee. 1600s-1700s. Dordrecht>ca1707>Delfthaven.
Lenssen. Lenzen etc. 1600s. Hulsberg and district.
Libotte. 1600s. Visé, Liége (Belg).
Lillofs. See Hilofs.
Limpens. Lijmpens. Mid 1600s. Schinnen.
van Lis. 1600s. Rotterdam.
Loele. 1500s-1600s. Portvliet, Zeeland.
Louis. Mid 1600s. Calais area (Fr).
Loverix. 1500s-1600s. St Pieter, next to Maastricht.
Lynden. late 1400s-early1500s. Maastricht.
Loers. 1500s. Maastricht.
Maartens. Early 1600s. Scheveningen.
Maes. Early 1600s. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas (Belg).
Maes. 1500s-1600s. St Pieter, next to Maastricht. Not related to the above.
Mantau. 1500s-1600s. Portvliet(?), Zeeland.
Manus. Manes. 1600s-1700s. Name to: Manus van der Jagt sometime after 1737. See van der Jagt.
Marinus. Early 1600s. Scherpenisse, Zeeland.
Massingh. 1600s. Klimmen?>Hulsberg. Near Maastricht.
Masson. Early 1600s. ....>Maastricht. Not from Visé.
Matthews. Late 1600s. Oostende, Zeeland. Probably patronymicum.
van der Meer. Mid 1700s. Maasluis, Zeeland.
van der Meer. 1600s. Scheveningen. No obvious relation to above.
Meyers. 1500s-1600s. Maastricht.
Meijers. Mid 1600s. Schinnen.
Meijs. Meys. Late 1400s-1600s. Maastricht.
van Meurs. Early 1700s. Gouda. Double descent.
van Meurs. 1700s. 's Hertogenbosch. No obvious relation to the above.
Moers. 1300s-1600s. Veltwezelt>1600s>Maastricht. Family mentioned in the 1200s. Connected with the Lords of Dieteren. Veltwezelt is in present-day Belgium.
Moers. Moors, Meurs (alias de Bens and Buis). 1700s. ...>Maastricht. Not related to the above.
de Moor. 1600s-1700s. The Hague.
de Mouchon. 1500s-1600s. Senlis, France.
de Navagne. See Risack de Navagne.
Nelissen. 1700s. Hees, Belgium>Maastricht.
van Nieuwenhoven. 1600s-1700s. The Hague.
van der Neste. Retranchment, Zeeland-Flanders.
Nijpels. Nypels, Niepels, Nipels. 1300s-1900s. Maastricht. Six times descent, minimum.
Nijst. Niest, Nijs. Early 1400s-1600s. Maastricht. Six times descent, minimum.
Olfers. 1700s. Friesland?>Veere, Zeeland.
Olyman. 1600s. Maasluis, Zeeland.
Oosthoek. Oosthouck. 1600s. Overschie/Delfthaven.
Opregt. Oprecht. Late 1600s. Voorhout, The Hague.
van den Otten. Late 1600s-1700s. Rotterdam.
Oudvos. 1700s. Groede, Zeeland-Flanders.
Ozeel. Late 1600s. St Anna ter Muiden, Zeeland-Flanders.
Paret. 1700s-1800s. Goes>Zierikzee, Zeeland.
Partouns. Late 1500s. Maastricht.
Pauw. Late 1600s-1700s. Gouda. Double descent.
Pieters. Early 1600s. Maasluis. Probably a patronimicum.
Philips. Philippens, alias Lenarts. 1600s-1700s. Beek, Netherlands Limburg.
Philippens. 1500s. Maastricht. Double descent.
Pijls. Mid 1600s. Schinnen.
Pijnenborg. 1600s. Oisterwijk.
Poppe. Late 1600s. Waterlandkerkje, Zeeland-Flanders.
Porta. 1600s. Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Potmans. 1600s. Heughem, near Maastricht.
Pottens. 1500s. Maastricht.
Pronen. See Claessens.
de Puijt. 1700s. Groede, Zeeland-Flanders.
van Rijsdam. ca 1806-1866. Ameide.
Risack. Risack de Navagne. Early 1600s. Vise', Liege (Belg).
Risseeuw. 1600s-1800s. Lendelede (Belg)>Cadzand>Zuidzande> 'Het Heultje'>Oostburg, Zeeland Flanders.
Rombeck. 1700s. Siederwiechen, Germany. Double descent.
Roos. 1600s-1700s. Delfthaven.
de Roubay. Late 1600s-early1700s. France > Groede or Sluis, Zeeland-Flanders.
Sack. Sac. 1600s-1700s. Budel, Braband.
Sanders. 1750s Breskens, Zeeland-Flanders.
Schaepdries. 1500s. Maastricht.
van Schaijk. Early 1800s. Steenbergen?
Schillinx. 1500s-1600s. Lanaken.
Simons. Mid 1600s. Oost-Souberg. Zeeland-Flanders.
Smeets. Smets. 1600s. Kanne>St Pieter, next to Maastricht.
Smits. 1750s. The Hague.
Snijders. 1600s. Borgharen>Maastricht.
Spauwen. 1500s-1600s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
Spoor. Spooren. 1700s. Arnhem or Nijmegen>Maastricht.
de Steur. Late 1590s. Oost Souberg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Stoeken. 1400s. Maastricht. Five times descent, though there is some doubt as to the name.
van Suetendael. 1400s-1500s. Maastricht.
van Steen. Early 1800s. Gastel.
Stek. Early to mid 1800s. Lexmond.
van der Strate. early 1700s. St Anna ter Muiden, Zeeland-Flanders.
de Temple. du Temple - see Dodemont.
Tertoolen. Ter Toolen. 1700s-1800s. Delfthaven.
Thiboit. Tibaut, Tibeau, Thibo. 1700s. Maastricht.
van Thil. van Tel. 1800s. Bergschenhoek>Overschie, near Rotterdam.
Thomas. Late 1600s. Bruinisse, Zeeland.
Thonet. Late 1500s-early 1600s. Vise'.
Troost. 1500s-1600s. Stavenisse, Zeeland. Possibly originally from Heinenoord (1500s).
Tuijlo. Tuilo. Early 1700s. Westervoort>1725>Gouda. Double descent.
Tullenaers. 1600s. Mechelen-aan-de-Maas (?)>Maastricht.
Tummers. Late 1600s. Maastricht. Perhaps Timmers?
Uythoff. Early 1700s. Rotterdam.
Varman. Name adopted in Australia by Deed Poll, 1955, changed from Vermin (see Fermin and Vermin).
Vast. 1700s. Veere, Zeeland>Batavia, Netherlands East Indies>Veere>Zierikzee, Zeeland. Possible Maastricht origins (not found).
van de Velt. 1500s. Maastricht.
Verbund. Early 1600s. Dongen>by 1685>Scheveningen.
Verdonkschot. 1700s. Budel. Possibly an early family from 's-Hertogenbosch.
Verhele. van der Heul (possibly). Zommelsdijk>Zierikzee.
Verkammen. Mid-late 1700s. 's Hertogenbosch.
Vesthens. Early 1600s. St Pieter, next to Maastricht.
Vermin. 1640s-1900s....Vise'> Maastricht>The Hague. See Fermin.
de Vette. 1700s. Numansdorp>Nieuw Beijerland.
Vinke. Late 1600s. The Hague.
van der Visse. van der Vis. 1700s. Zierikzee, Zeeland.
van Voerendael. 1500s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
de Vos. 1400s-1900s. Oud Vossemeer>Vossemeer/Stavenisse>1639s>Portvliet>Scherpenisse>1663> Zierikzee>late 1800s>Oostburg. Early generations used patronymica.
de Vos. Fos. 1700s. Oostburg, Zeeland-Flanders. Not related to the above.
Vriericx. 1500s. Maastricht. Triple descent.
Wage. Oostburg, Zeeland-Flanders.
Walravens. Walraffs. 1500s-1600s. St Pieter, next to Maastricht.
Wilt. Late 1600s-early 1700s. Rotterdam.
de Witte. Mid 1600s. Maasluis/Ouwerkerk, Zeeland.
Weijberg. 1600s-1700s. Heughem.
Wijnders. 1700s. Someren and Budel. Name varies Winders and Winters.
Willemsen. 1600s. Budel.
Jongen. 1640s-1680s. Schinnen.
de Zwart. 1720s-1900s. 'Maastricht'>'s-Hertogenbosch>1743>The Hague>by 1797>Rotterdam>The Hague.
Dr Robert V J P Varman 30 December 1998