Hello Margaret, Here's my two-bits worth:
The priests used either 'escravo,' or 'forro' (free man). I have never seen them use the word 'negro. Also, I have seen 'da nação,' or 'Bantu,' 'da Angola,' or other tribe or region. Also, in those times Blacks did not get a surname. So, although I'm still trying to decipher it, I don't think it's negrete (it doesn't exist in Portuguese). There's the word negrito, which besides the normal use with the meaning of boldface, there is an etymological meaning applied to isolated groups of pigmies with australoid features that inhabit Southeast Asia and Oceania. With the knowledge base of those days and for the other reasons I mentioned above, I dismiss the use of the word to describe the person. I printed the document and I'll keep studying it. Doug Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:06:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Agua de Pau - word negrete From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hello Hermano, Thanks for your help. Yes, I believe we may have a connection because Jeronimo Fagundes Ferreira is my direct ancestor (5xggfa) and his marriage date is 14-Apr-1748. I descend from their son Antonio Ferreira. Attached is a summary. Margaret On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Hermano C. Pires <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Margaret I make out... Manoel filho de Domingos Fagundes "negreto" (see other wortds) e de Maria Fagundes naturais desta vila de Agoa de Pao (Agua de Pau) Matrix (Matriz) de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos I believe the priest may have been trying to say that Manuel was of dark complection, but not necessarily black and made up his own adjective. By the way I believe that this couple are the in-laws of one of my Ggreat-aunts, married to a Jeronimo Fagundes (the time line is about right) who were married in Agua de Pau in 14 Apr, 1748.. Hope my two cents worth helps. Hermano Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:16:51 -0400 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Agua de Pau - word negrete From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sorry, resending attachment ____________________________ Hello All, Would someone please let me know if they're familiar with the word written after Fagundes. I am reading it as "negrete" and don't know what it might mean? Thank you in advance. Margaret -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Learn more. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
