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1585 In the writings on "The Troubles brought to Valenciennes on account o f Heresies," one notes that the names De la VIGNE and CUVELIER (the la tter the French equivalent of the Dutch CUVILJE) frequently occur in t he index of victims of the Spanish Inquisition. Surviving relatives li kely fled religious persecution to tolerant Holland. There, a Jean d e la VIGNE served as Amsterdam's Walloon dominie from 1585 to 1622; an d there, in 1613 or earlier, a Guillaume de la VIGNE and Adrienne CUVE LIER evidently found employment in expanding Dutch Commerce, and thei r names became Dutchified. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.2-14. |