I am in the midst of compiling and crooss referencing ALL the baptism of ALL known De Groots on the west side of the Hudson during the years surrounding Joosts birth... One thing is quite clear: Joost was not baptized in Hackensack in the family DRC church... but all his know siblings were. This leads me to conclude one thing: Joost had a different mother and since later generations, descendants of his and wife Ms. Sloove, were people of color... it point to one thing: Joost senior had relations with a woman of color. I would go further.. It was probably one he "owned".
See the attached projects...
