The Heyne to Heynen to Heyn to Heins to Heijns to Heyns Family Story Talk about: Hein, Heine and Heins Irish: Hynes (O'Heyne) Get Involved! Hinze DNA Surname Project Pictures of the Hein Farm built in 1730 Piet Heyn (1577-1629) Piet Heyn (Pieter Pieterszn Heijn) was a "privateer" paid by the Dutch West India Company who used 31 heavily armed ships to capture the Spanish silver fleet in 1628. The Spanish surrendered without a battle in the bay of Matanzas, ten miles east of Havana, Cuba. more Do you have information about the relatives of Piet Heyn? Let us know.

Peter Freiershaus (Freuershaus, zum Freyershaus) b. (Hoya or Buecken?) abt 1620 Peter Freuershaus called Heyn (Heine, Heins, Hain, Heynen) (b. abt 1652/53 or 1646 or 1656) Johan Peter Heyn (b. Feb 1701) Frederik Heins (b. 28 Oct 1745) Willem Wijnant Heijns (b. 19 Mar 1786) Heyns alias Smets Sebastianus Hayns (b. 1726 Obersayn, Germany) Heyns Family in South Africa - from Chris Heyns (Chris.Heyns@eskom.co.za) Heynlen family Carl Franz Heyne (1876 - 1948) Heins relatives in Autrailia

Hain (Hains) means thorn-hedge - from the descendents living on the Hain Farm. Located in Lemke, Germany our relatives have lived there for over 500 years! Pictures of Farm House Other origins of the name HEYNS: HENDRIK which was originaly HAGANRICH, which means monarch or sovereign or gentleman or lord or master (...RICH) from the "Lagan" or fenced-in dwelling or home. As surnames resulted HENDRIKS(Z) or HENDRIKSE(N) with the "abbreviation" HEYN, HEYNS from which followed HEYNEMAN (....MAN to be conceived as child of HEIN) Thanks to Chris Heyns for tracking down a possible seal (from a key ring) and information on the origin of the name Heyns.