Re: Black Dutch - MAXINE JARRELL
Subject: Re: Black Dutch
From: MAXINE JARRELL
Date: March 06, 1998

Gail Moore wrote:
> 
> Dear Maxine:
> Does this sourse also state what is ment by Black Irish Rebels?
> Thanks,
> Gail
> 
> ----------
> 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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Gail I dont think I was in this conversation, or was I? I did go back 
and print the information you had given me on the Cothran. I will try to 
get to the libery and see if I can find your Andrew Jackson Cothran. I 
am sorry I have not done it sooner. Alot going on in my life and have 
not done much research.   I just read the whold mail and realize 
you picked up the address for the wrong Maxine.  good luck  Maxine

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