Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - William Provost (Guilliame Provoost) (fl. 1556<unk>1607) ɗan Furotesta ne kuma ɗan kasuwa wanda ke zaune a Antwerp, sannan birni a cikin Netherlands. Zuriyar William sun zauna a New Amsterdam (wanda yanzu aka sani da New York (birni)) a farkon 1600s; yana da sanannun zuriya da dangi a tarihin Arewacin Amurka; kuma yawancin Arewacin Amurkawa na iya gano asalin su ga William. William da iyalinsa kamar sun tsira ne daga kisan kiyashi na Spanish Fury
a shekara ta 1576. Wani labari na rayuwar William ya ce shi Huguenot ne wanda ya tsere daga Paris a ranar kafin kisan gillar ranar St. Bartholomew na 1572.