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We have Scottish in our Dutch ancestry from 1660 Might be a guy trying to escape the religious wars in Scotland around that time.
My french husband descends from 300 years of farmers. He did find a few decorated soldiers as offshoots of the line.
Me? 300 years of farmers and fishers.
Lots of Fitzwilliams in Ireland too. The posh cunt here is your man that got lough Neagh for free as his ancestors got it for killing people here.
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Some Kiwi who shares our surname researched the family tree and found we came to Ireland as mercenary Dutch knights with King Billy in 1691. Then she died, and nobody knew how to get in touch (pre-internet days)and find out anything about the research. But there's a former pub somewhere near Enniskillen with a stained glass window of the family coat of arms. Saw a photo once, but can't remember what's on it, other than the family motto - 'Arte et marte' (rough trans. 'culture and violence').