Jo(a)chem Engelbert van Namen/Heusden

Namen is Belgium and in Belgium is also "HEUSDEN" in 1662 also Nederlands also Brabant (later Flamisch Limburg)

Heusden (B) RA Antwerpen archive.
Heusden (NL) BHIC
Attention: Asten-Heusden seems impossible.

good luck.

Dear Sir,

The name "van Namen" means this family original came from Namen; a town situated in the French part of the Netherlands. Nowadays Namen, Namur in French, is a city in Belgium, in the region Wallonia.
In those times Namen had been a big military centre, and maybe? your family moved northward during the famous war 1560-1640. Heusden also was a little town built with fortresses.
As for your ancestors I only found the name Franck van Namen in Heusden in those days. And some people also called van Namen in Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch(capital of Noord-Brabant), not many. Heusden is situated nearby.
The word -van- means descended from, and is the same as -von- in German. In Germany you belong to a noble family, in Holland you are not...
With kind regards, Norah

thank you so much for your help and effort.

Uli Whittaker

On our website you can find some information about Jo(a)chem Engelbert van Namen/Heusden.

http://www.vannamen.org/library/genealogie/vocvannamen1.htm

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