He was accused of "Judaismo." Keep in mind that the goal here was to strip the
rich of their wealth, which they had to pay in fines to get out of prison. A
non-Jew could be accused of Judaismo just as an excuse to get his money, so even
Pero Dias may not actually have been Jewish.
As far as I know, there has never been any evidence whatsoever found indicating
Peter CARRICO's origin, and I have not encountered any evidence that any were
French Huguenots. I've always suspected the "French Connection" was a myth
based on snobbery. Orthographically, the name is Spanish, Portuguese, or
Italian, but let's face it, a century ago there was more snob appeal in being
French.
It may be that once DNA testing has given us the location of the family, we may
find records in that location telling us more about Peter I himself. I know
that once we identified my mother's STRAUB line as being from Grossgartach,
Wuerttemberg, we found the church record mentioning our immigrant's departure.
I hope we'll be that lucky with Peter...
Diana
-----Original Message-----
From: carrico-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:carrico-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Esperanza Land Design
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:59 PM
To: carrico(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Passing along Carrico information
Out of curiousity, do the documents state that Pero Dias Carrico was accused
of
Judiasm or of Heresy (perhaps
meaning something else)..??
There is also an interesting tale that the Carrico's were French Huguenots. I
do not
think this is the case. Would love to know more.
Adriana Carrico
________________________________
From: Diana Gale Matthiesen <DianaGM(a)dgmweb.net>
To: carrico(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 6:19:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Passing along Carrico information
Thank you for the links, Katie.
I'm generalizing.... but it appears, at least to me, that the Maryland
CARRICOs
who descend from Peter I, the immigrant, were Catholic, and that
those who
descend from Peter II and migrated to Kentucky (and westwards) were also
Catholic. Those who descend from son Abel, who migrated from Maryland to
Virginia, are said to have been Protestant, at least in later generations. So
far, I know of no American CARRICOs descended from Peter I who are Jewish,
however...
The American descendants of Peter I are Haplogroup J2a4b, and Haplogroup J2 is
common among Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews (15-30%):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_J2_%28Y-DNA%29
Their haplogroup is not proof Peter's ancestors were Jewish, but it's not
inconsistent with them having been Jewish.
I believe DNA testing will someday give us an answer, at least to the question
of *where* Peter I came from. We just have to keep finding and testing more
European CARRICOs.
Diana
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carrico-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:carrico-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
> Behalf Of Kathlyn W Carico
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 2:00 PM
> To: carrico(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [CARRICO] Passing along Carrico information
>
> The best source I know to show for Carrico orgins is here:
>
http://dgmweb.net/DNA/Carrico/CarricoDNA.html
> One of the questions the study hopes to answer is:
>
> "3) Was Peter CARRICO, many of whose descendants are Roman Catholic,
related
to
> the converso, Pero Dias CARRICO, who was imprisoned by the Spanish
Inquisition
in
> Portugal in 1629-33 for the crime of "Judaismo"
> and forced to convert to Catholicism to gain his release?"
>
> Someday maybe a match will be found that will answer the question of Carrico
origin.
> If it can be proven that Peter is the son of Pedro Dias Carrico then it
would
be very
> like to assume that the Carricos at that point were Jewish. There is a lot
of
> interesting information to be gleaned from Diana's research
and data. Hope
this
> helps to answer the questions of Carrico origins.
>
>
> Katie Carico
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