-- John Fiske, The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in Americap.53The Flemish Influence on the American Pilgrims - Part 1
From the desk of David Baeckelandt on Thu, 2009-07-30 20:10
"There is thus strong ground for the assertion of Mr. Griffis, that many Americans who boast of their “unmixed English stock” are descended from Dutch or Flemish ancestors who first saw England in the Duke of Alva’stime. One hardly sees how it could be otherwise. In the days of Charles I. a considerable part of the rank and file of Puritans were children and grandchildren of Netherlanders, and of these surely many must have been included among the 20,000 who came to New England between 1629 and 1640."
Thursday, 30 July 2009
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