My ggrandfather was John Alexander from County Tyrone, Ireland. I believe his fathers name was William. Is there possibly any connection with your Alexander? ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROL" <carolann@wt.net> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: [CRAIG-L] Re: "Black Dutch" > I have seen this term in regards to another surname that I am trying to > learn about. Growing up the term "Black Irish" was used to describe Irish > who were descendants of Irish and survivors of the Spanish Armada who > reached the Irish shores and settled there. It may be of no relation, but > then again, who knows... > Carol Ann > Spring, TX > > ALEXANDER, BULLARD, BURTON, BYNUM, CARRELL, CRAIG, CUMMING, MORRIS, > MURPHREE, PAXTON, PRATHER, ZAVADA > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All Material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original > author. Permission must be obtained > from the original author for the reuse > of any text "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >