Re: Black Dutch - Gail Moore
Subject: Re: Black Dutch
From: Gail Moore
Date: March 06, 1998

Dear Maxine:
Does this sourse also state what is ment by Black Irish Rebels?
Thanks,
Gail

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From: Maxine Reggio 
To: [email protected]
Subject: Black Dutch
Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 11:30 PM

An article that was taken from my local newpapaper thought this might be of
some help to some of you.

Maxine


Daily Oklahoman August 1994

Expression Explained - We The People

By Sharon Burns

Bob and Verna Fuller, write seeking information about the term "Black
Dutch." The Publication, "What Did They Mean By That?: a dictionary of
Historical Terms for Genealogists,' by Paul Drake, defines "Black Dutch" as
Sephardic Jews from Spain wh married Dutch Protestants to escape an
Inquisition during the Middle Ages. "Black" referred to their dark hair and
complexions. While attending the National Genealogical Society Conference
in the States last June, I visited with Mary Lynn Spijkerman Parker,
president of the Dutch Family Heritage Society. Parker provided an article,
"Were The Black Dutch" in America Really Jews?" by Raymond G. Matthews, in
the "Dutch Family Heritage Society Newsletter," Vol. 3, No. 1, 1989.

According to Mathews, one theory speculates the term referred to Spanish
soldiers interbreeding with fair-skinned Dutch during the 1500s when the
Netherlands were controlled by Spain. Another theory discussed by Matthews
agrees with Drake's definition. To avoid persecution, the Jews living in
Spain and Portugal moved into countries such as Belgium, The Netherlands
and England. They attempted to blend into society and intermarried with
natives of the region. Descendants became Catholic in terms of religion,
later becoming members of the Reformed Dutch Church. Later generations
immigrated to America and other colonies after 1740.  Matthews indicates
this definition may not be accurate, stating he has never encountered the
term while researching colonial records of New York an New Jersey. Jewish
historians and genealogists have also indicated they are unfamiliar with
the term. A third theory proposed by Jared Suess of the Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, indicates the term may be derived from the
Schwarzwald or Black Forest of Germany. The Schwarzwald is in
Badem-Wurttemberg and along Switzerland's northern border. The term "Black
Dutch" may be a corruption of the word "Deutsch," referring to persons from
the Black Forest region. During this period, mercenaries from this region
were hired by the Dutch, thus a migration to America via the Netherlands
could have occurred. Other genealogists refer to the term as a regional
expression without historical roots. Until family traditions indicating
ancestors of "Black Dutch" heritage can be documented by research, these
theories are just that, theories.




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