Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

A Genealogical History

Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

291 Seiten

2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6462-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman is a professor of marketing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and a professor at the University of Virginia–Wise. She has written widely on genealogy and ethnic identity. Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He lives in Longmont, Colorado. For more information visit his official site at www.donaldyates.com.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Mapmakers, Privateers and Promoters

2. Sephardim in the New World

3. Virginia: First—and Not So English—Colony

4. Massachusetts: Pilgrims, Puritans, Jews and Moors

5. New York Colony: Dutch, British and Jewish

6. Pennsylvania: Quakers and Other Friends

7. Maryland: Catholic in Her Tastes

8. Huguenot South Carolina

9. Georgia, the Last Colony

10. Beacon of Freemasonry: Elias Ashmole, John Skene and Early American Lodges

Appendices

A: Jewish Naming Practices and Most Common Surnames

B: Rituals and Practices of the Secret Jews of Portugal

C: Muslim Rituals and Beliefs

D: Customs and Beliefs of the Roma and Sinti

E: Lists of Immigrants to Virginia 1585–1700

F: Lists of Settlers in Massachusetts

G: Names from The Town & Country Social Directory, 1846–1996

H: Pennsylvania Names

I: Maryland Names

J: South Carolina Names

K: Lists of Settlers in Early Georgia

Notes

References

Index

Zusatzinfo	34 photographs & illustrations
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 251 mm
Gewicht	495 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-7864-6462-3 / 0786464623
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6462-3 / 9780786464623
Zustand	Neuware