Hello Doug, You're quite right in that I have seen the below mentioned references on various documents, however I am also open to the possibility that some priests may have been more sensitive than others by avoiding such "labels" and instead used other forms of reference.
I have since come across this exact word in the Italo/Portuguese translation which is copied here for reference as well as the link. http://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vocabulário:Talian/N<http://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vocabul%C3%A1rio:Talian/N> Translated it means, little black boy. Negreto sm. = Negrinho; diminutivo de negro; rapazinho preto Thanks for your help, Doug. Margaret On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Douglas Borba <douglasbo...@hotmail.com>wrote: > 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: margaretvice...@gmail.com > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > > 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 <lagoe...@hotmail.com>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: margaretvice...@gmail.com > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > Sorry, resending attachment > > ____________________________ > Hello All, > > Would someone please let me know if they're familiar with the word written > after Fagundes. 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