Hi Lucinda, I've been trying to find a connection between my MOAD ancestors from the north of England, and Moads in the USA. I've published what information I have on both lines on the genealogy section of my website
http://members.tripod.com/geordie_gen/genindex.htm I think you may find some things of interest to you there. I was interested in what you said about dark eyes and olive skin as someone told me they believed the English Moads were of similar complexion and descended from Spanish Pirates, but I haven't yet been able to investigate that theory. Regards, Carol Green.