Suzanne: Search the internet for articles on the Jackson Whites. This was a group of Indians and mixed white/black people who lived in an area of NJ - they kept themselves rather isolated. There are several articles on the internet about them - go to Alta Vista and search for "jackson whites" - it may be of interest to you. -----Original Message----- From: Anne Wiegle <awiegle@fast.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: RE: [PACHESTE] Native American Roots >Hi Suzanne- >There is an article on the Delaware state Gen Web page <www.usgenweb.org> >(click on Delaware) >which talks about the vanishing Indians of Delaware. They disappear because >they go white- sort of like going native in reverse. If they LOOK like Indians >and wear buckskin, they may be listed on the census as Mulatto ( a catch-all >category for non-whites); but when they live in houses and wear regular >clothes, and especially when they become financially well off, they become >white. > >Another reason they may be hard to find- look at the census categories. in 1790 >there are free white males, free white females, all other free persons, and >slaves. However, Indians were not included in the category of all other free >persons. > >Also in the 19th century there was a lot of prejudice and discrimination, so >lots of Native Americans were reluctant to acknowledge their NA roots. Please >see the page on my Broomhall website about Thomas Broomall, a Tuscarora Indian. ><www.springhillfarm.com/broomhall/thomas4b.html> > >Anne Broomall Wiegle > >-----Original Message----- >From: Suzanne J. Moller [SMTP:SMoller1@compuserve.com] >Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 1:30 PM >To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PACHESTE] Native American Roots > >Dear List members, I have very good reason to believe that the first of my >ancestors, surname SILPATH, was a Native American. The area is around the >Burlington, NJ area. I know from history books that there was a very large >population of Native Americans in that area in the Colonial times. The >family story (known and told by each branch - even though the branches >didn't know one another), is that the first SILPATH was a Native American >and that he fell in love and married a colonial girl. He then changed his >name from Silver Path to Silpath. >I don't know how to research that information. Can anyone give me >guidance? The earliest Silpaths that I have proof of date to about 1740's. > I can't find the name on Ship records. All Silpaths that I do find are >definitely related. There is only ONE Silpath family. > >Any guidance that anyone can provide is greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance, >Suzanne > >______________________________ > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from regular mail mode on this list, send a message to: >PACHESTE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >Put only the word unsubscribe in the body of your message. For digest >mode, send the message to PACHESTE-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > > > >