Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald N. Yates

2012 · McFarland

Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry. Supporting references include historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA test results, genealogies, and settler lists that provide for the first time the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Jewish origins of more than 5,000 surnames, the majority widely assumed to be British. By documenting the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent economic, political, financial and social positions in all of the original colonies, this innovative work offers a fresh perspective on the early American experience.

Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families

by Mary Elizabeth Sinnott

1905

John Francis Sinnott (b.1837), a son of John Sinnott and Mary Armstrong, immigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1854, and married Annie Eliza Rogers in 1863. He and his wife were parents of the author. Also traced are earlier Sinnott individuals and families immigrating from Ireland to the United States from the early 1600s on. Some descendants and relatives of these earlier Sinnott immigrants are included, as well as those of John Francis and Annie Eliza. Thus descendants and relatives of all the listed Sinnott immigrants lived in New England, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and elsewhere. Includes many ancestors and genealogical data in Ireland and elsewhere to 1060 A.D.

Supplement to Richard Higgins and His Descendants

by Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins

1924

New genealogical data, particularly from New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, published as a supplement to the following work: Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants / by Katharine Chapin Higgins. Worcester, Mass. : K.C. Higgins, 1918.