See also
| Husband: | Juan (David) DECASTRO Y TORRES (1648?-1712) | |
| Wife: | Anna (Abigail) Maria NAVARRO OROBIO (1655-1704) | |
| Children: | Rachel DECASTRO (1681- ) | |
| Sarah DECASTRO (1687-1740) | ||
| Manuel DECASTRO (MENDOZA) (1689- ) | ||
| Miguel Osorio DECASTRO (MENDOZA) (1694-1731) | ||
| Rafael DECASTRO (MENDOZA) ( - ) | ||
| Antonio DECASTRO (MENDOZA) ( -1722) | ||
| Maria DECASTRO (MENDOZA) ( - ) | ||
| Teresa DECASTRO Y TORRES ( - ) | ||
| Joseph DECASTRO Y TORRES ( - ) | ||
| Marriage | 1680 | Spain |
| Name: | Juan (David) DECASTRO Y TORRES1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Pedro DECASTRO (1625- ) | |
| Mother: | Anna Maria de MORALES (1625- ) | |
| Birth | 1648 (app) | Jaen, Spain |
| Occupation | Master of Arms/Merchant | |
| Death | 21 May 1712 (age 63-64) | Amsterdam, Holland |
| Name: | Anna (Abigail) Maria NAVARRO OROBIO1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1655 | Sevilla, Andalucia,Spain |
| Death | 20 Jan 1704 (age 48-49) | Amsterdam, Holland |
| Name: | Rachel DECASTRO1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Jacob DECASTRO (MENDOZA) (1686-1748) | |
| Birth | 1681 | Sevilla, Andalucia,Spain |
| Name: | Sarah DECASTRO1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Moses David DECASTRO (MENDOZA) (1688-1725) | |
| Birth | 1687 | Valladolid, Spain |
| Death | 25 Jan 1740 (age 52-53) | London |
| Burial | 29 Jan 1740 | Novo New Cemetery1 |
| Mile End, London The epitaph on the stone at Car (Row) 6 No 1 was in Spanish which translates to - Of the blessed Sarah who was the wife of Moseh Mendoza that served God for His Holy Glory. 25 Jan 1740 / 25 Tebet 5500. |
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| Name: | Manuel DECASTRO (MENDOZA) | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1689 | |
| Occupation | Merchant | |
| Name: | Miguel Osorio DECASTRO (MENDOZA)1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Maria NOGUERIA FALCOA ( -1786) | |
| Baptism | 1 Mar 1691 (age -4--3 (!)) | St Julian Valladolid, Spain1 |
| Birth | 1694 | Valladolid, Spain |
| Taken by his mother to Amsterdam and circumcised in abt 1696 | ||
| Occupation | Merchant/Trader | |
| Death | 17 Jun 1731 (age 36-37) | Portugal1 |
| Cause: Burnt at the stake Inquistion. The 1999 document de Castro Thesis discusses his life and also provides material on other family members. Document includes 3 items dealing with a Masters Thesis presented in 1999 by Claudeteane de Fatima Braga Rodrigues to the Department of Oriental Languages Faculty of Filosofia, the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was directed by Professor Dr. Anita Novinsky. |
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| Name: | Rafael DECASTRO (MENDOZA) | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Occupation | Captain of Infantry | |
| Birth | Spain | |
| Name: | Antonio DECASTRO (MENDOZA)1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Anna Maria (Abigail) (1653-1751) | |
| Birth | ||
| Religion | Jewish | |
| Death | Apr 1722 | London, England |
| Burial | 26 Apr 1722 | Velho, Old Cemetery, Mile End. London2 |
| BMRV1 Burial Register - 648 | ||
| Name: | Maria DECASTRO (MENDOZA) | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Antonio GUZMAN ( - ) | |
| Name: | Teresa DECASTRO Y TORRES | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | Amsterdam, Holland | |
| Death | Amsterdam, Holland | |
| Name: | Joseph DECASTRO Y TORRES | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | Amsterdam, Holland | |
| Death | Amsterdam, Holland | |
Escape from Spain to Amsterdam in 1701
Record of the 1680 auto da fe in Madrid.
Conviction n. 61 of Juan de Castro y Torres, alias Don Juan de Castro, of Portuguese ancestry, born in Jaén, residing in this jurisdiction (Madrid), no profession, aged 29, judaiser, and was read out to him his sentence with merits, it abjured his errors and was reconciled with confiscation of property - that he had no-, habit and life imprisonment.
Take name David De Castro in Amsterdam1
Take name Abigail in Amsterdam
At Marriage living on Houtmarkt, with her father David de Castro (as banns witness) in Amsterdam. After death of husband, in 1729 was a Welfare recipients from the Bevis Marks community.1
Lived in Brussels
Known previously as Miguel de Mendonça Valladolid, a merchant, born in Valladolid, Spain.
Arrive in Amsterdam in 1701 age 7 with his mother accompanied wth his siblings Rafael, António, Manuel and Teresa and Josepha, who both died later in Amsterdam.
Placed in the care of his uncle Don Antonio de Mendonça, merchant (ref. Masters Thesis presented in 1999 by Claudeteane de Fatima Braga Rodrigues).
1708 seven years later he left Amsterdam and went to Brussels, where he lived for 6 years. He then, we returned to Portugal via France in 1714.
In ann earlier account in 1999 Claudeteane de Fatima Braga Rodrigues presented material for a Masters Thesis to the Department of Oriental Languages Faculty of Filosofia, Letters and Human Sciences, the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was directed by Professor Dr. Anita Novinsky.
The material was entitled 'Source for the Study of Colonial History: Reading Paleográfica a Process'.
"Born in Valladolid Spain, was taken by his mother to Amsterdam where he was circumcised at age five. His family, accused of Judaism, was arrested by the Inquisition of Lisbon and Spain. Fleeing to Brazil, Miguel de Mendonça Valladolid landed landed in ports of Bahia Brazil in 1717 where he lived with relatives, became an important merchant of horses and slaves. In spite of having baptized Christian, Miguel Mendonça, continued to practice judaísmo. When traveling through the interior of the captaincies, even the most distant of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, he taught his Christian-Jewish prayers to new friends. In São Paulo he married a Christian-old, who tried semsucesso, convert it to Judaism. Accused of practicing Judaism, Miguel Mendonça, was arrested in Sao Paulo and stayed two years and eleven months in jail in Lisbon. In his confession to the inquisitorial table revealed that Brazil had crstãos-comvários new contact who practiced fasts of Queen Esther (Purim), the Tishe-Be-Av, Yom Kippur and Passover; and wearing clean white clothes on Fridays, Saturdays did not work, and did not eat pork and even fish skin. A few days before leaving the auto de fe, Miguel Mendonça confirmed their Judaism, confessing that twenty-eight fasts practiced in prisons, confession than acquitted. Was condemned to the stake in June 1731, leaving in Brazil his descendants1
Married in Flanders and became a Captain of Infantry
| 1 | "Maurie Prendergarst " (http://maurie.customer.netspace.net.au/). |
| 2 | "Bevis Marks Synagoue Burial Records". |