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