Re: Barent
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Barent
jessie horne 2/07/05
I believe the spelling would be Barend,(The dutch pronounce a 'd' at the end of a word like a 't') and I don't think that Barendtse would be a last name.The T and the Se are suffixes that dutch people put on the end of words to denote quantity, size, or height, and also whether male or female.(Thus an American woman would be Amerikanse.)
I think the ability to trace him would depend on when he came to America, and what part of the netherlands he originally came from.