Hi

I realise this si a little late but I have just found this through google and thought I would add my little bit as I am the grand-son of Phillip.

I hae seen a letter actualy written by Hartog (Henry) or perhaps by his son sent to my grandfather Phillip that discusses his involvement in the French Army and the retreat, although in very little detail and ceratinly doesn't elude to any problems on the Eastern front. Its as Eccles5 relates.

The interesting thing to me is that clearly the family was very jewish if you follow one of the ancestoral links that have been provided but as soon as Henri moves to England he seems to have dropped his jewish ancetory and married an anglican woman and I think their first born son was an anglican minister. I wondered if there may have been a falling out with the family as it seems strange to not have gone back to Amsterdam, there was certainly no mention of being conscripted in the letter, and it also seems strange that he kept the french version of "of emden" when Napoleon was an adversary of England rather than reverting to the original dutch form.

As to the D'Emden vs d'Emden, it should correctly be d'Emden as per the French and my brother and I are all using the d'E.

Michael