Indications are our branch of the Somers family tree has some connections to the Netherlands through the Arden/Beekman and Casteal ancestry. Please be blessed as you learn more about the Dutch Reformation and Protestant history presented by W. Robert Godfrey at Ligonier Ministries . - Angela (Somers) Wittman, ed. The Dutch Reformation The success or failure of the Reformation in a particular region often depended on whether the ruler of the region supported or opposed it. However, the Dutch Reformation was an exception to this tendency. Though bitterly opposed by the Habsburg monarchs, Protestantism attracted a large following in the Low Countries. As religious and political tension led to upheaval and war, the courage and persistence of the Dutch people prepared the way for a free Dutch Republic and the rise of the Dutch Reformed Church. From the series A Survey of Church History, Part 3 by W. Robert Godfrey Source: http://www.ligonier.org/learn/daily-video/2016/10/12/the...
William Henry and Lillian May (Weaver) Somers Family