I'm jumping in here to say that I'm sorry to hear that you have been ill, and I hope that you are now well on the way to recovery, if not already! Also, my grandmother, Susan Americus Thomas, was born in 1850 in Coosa Co., AL, to John Q. Thomas and Amanda M. (Brown) Thomas. When I was just a small child (Susan died in 1944, when I was 8 years old), I remember her saying that we were "Black Dutch". Now, whether that means Melungeon or not, I don't know. Have you heard of Black Dutch before? Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Aaron THOMAS (1776-1883) > Have been seriously ill don`t know if I answered or not. > I am desc. from a son or grandson of Aaron Thomas and wfe Hunsaker. > throughone Jobe Thomas who went to Knox Co. Ky. > and either the father or the son "Jobe" Thomas fathered my grgrandmother, > America Mecci, dau, of Barbara Barton Dugger. > My grgrandmother went by "Dugger" all of her life but she was of this > Thomas > line. > Have you heard anything about the Thomas line being Melungeon origin. > Nat`l Geographic article many yrs. ago. about 1956 I think... > Sue Engle Drake in Al. > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Being Indian and/or Mulungeon had bad connotations; therefore, the term Black Dutch was often used to refer to either of the above. I think the other term was Black Irish. I also have read that some of the Cherokees who escaped the Trail of Tears took up this identity. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Carolyn S. Howard" <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:56:54 To:<thomas@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Aaron THOMAS (1776-1883) I'm jumping in here to say that I'm sorry to hear that you have been ill, and I hope that you are now well on the way to recovery, if not already! Also, my grandmother, Susan Americus Thomas, was born in 1850 in Coosa Co., AL, to John Q. Thomas and Amanda M. (Brown) Thomas. When I was just a small child (Susan died in 1944, when I was 8 years old), I remember her saying that we were "Black Dutch". Now, whether that means Melungeon or not, I don't know. Have you heard of Black Dutch before? Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Aaron THOMAS (1776-1883) > Have been seriously ill don`t know if I answered or not. > I am desc. from a son or grandson of Aaron Thomas and wfe Hunsaker. > throughone Jobe Thomas who went to Knox Co. Ky. > and either the father or the son "Jobe" Thomas fathered my grgrandmother, > America Mecci, dau, of Barbara Barton Dugger. > My grgrandmother went by "Dugger" all of her life but she was of this > Thomas > line. > Have you heard anything about the Thomas line being Melungeon origin. > Nat`l Geographic article many yrs. ago. about 1956 I think... > Sue Engle Drake in Al. > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message