We're not Dutch. A dutch family wouldn't have fought for the crown in the war of independence. The british wanted it to be under the king and others wanted to not pay taxes to the king. I've traced Alexander's mom and she's a scot. Scotland is close to England. My cousin also found out Alexander's parents came straight from England to New York. Alexander's mother is Marie Elizabeth Crawford. At the time they came over in the early 1700s there were lots of dutch and english settlers. I also have a coat of arms that has the cap of maintence on it only given to english and scottish nobles. Someone has records of the boat they were on I've heard it was called the "White Sails" and came straight from England. I assure you you can put away any thoughts of being dutch our family still looks english and english dont look like dutch. If we were dutch our ancestors would have to change their last name, settle as English landowners, pretend to be english, look english, only mary into families from great britian for a few generations. I really dont see how we could be any more english. And the Dutch that came over that i was looking at last night came with english too and the dutch kept their last names as dutch not english. If I get the name of the ship our family came over on I'll let you know my cousin says that Alexander's mom (marie elizabeth crawford) and her hubby (still cant find his name but it was peers) came straight from england. All I can find on Alexander's father who came over by boat was that his last name was peers.