Francisca Lopes Laguna /
Sara Laguna
Salamanca? c. 1657 – London 1706
Itinerary
Castile – Lisbon (b. 1674) – London (since 1705)
Family
Married to Domingos Lopes Ferreira / David Lopes Ferreira.
Mother of Grácia Henriques / Rachel Lopes Ferreira and Francisco Lopes Ferreira/Samuel Lopes Ferreira.
Inquisitorial trial
ANTT, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 4542.
Arrested on 27 October 1702. Auto da fé on 9 September 1703.
Her family had been denounced to the Inquisition by slaves and servants. Her stepmother and two brothers fled to Livourne or Amsterdam in c. 1700. In 1702-1703, her brothers-in-law João Tavares Pacheco and António Henriques de Vilhena also left Portugal. The rest of her family was arrested. (See extracts of her sister Branca Henriques’ inquisitorial trial).
Congregation
Ketubah on 6 August 1705. Witness: Benjamin Nunez (LMA/4521/A/02/03/002: 48).
Residence
1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon.
Burial
Beth Haim Velho, 9 January 1706 (BARNETT 1962: 10).
Genealogy
Domingos Lopes Ferreira /
David Lopes Ferreira
Guarda ? – London 1709
Itinerary
Guarda – France – Lisbon (b. 1681-1702) – London (since 1702-3)
Family
Married to Francisca Lopes / Sara Laguna.
Father of Grácia Henriques / Rachel Lopes Ferreira and Francisco Lopes Ferreira/Samuel Lopes Ferreira.
Congregation
Ketubah on 6 August 1705. Witness: Benjamin Nunez (LMA/4521/A/02/03/002: 48).
Business
Sugar trader in Lisbon (b. 1702).
A holder of Bank of England stock: 1713-1717 (GIUSEPPI 1962: 151), and East India Company’s actions.
Residence
He had lived in France (ANTT, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 2983: 103).
b. 1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon.
Will
21 January 1709 (NA: PROB 11/507/61). Proved on 3 March 1709. Executors: Joseph Henriques and his son-in-law Elias Lindo. Witnesses: David Nieto, David de Paz, Isaac de Sequeira Samuda and Benjamin Nunez.
Burial
Beth Haim Velho, 23 February 1709 (BARNETT 1962: 11).
Genealogy
Grácia Henriques /
Rachel Lopes Ferreira /
Rachel Lindo
Lisbon 1688 – London 1754
Itinerary
Lisbon – London (since 1705)
Family
Married to Eliau Lindo
Daughter of Domingos Lopes Ferreira / David Lopes Ferreira.
Inquisitorial trial
ANTT, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 532.
Arrested on 25 December 1702, when she was trying to flee to London (see an excerpt of her Inquisition’s trial). Sentence on 29 February 1704.
Congregation
Ketubah on 13 February 1709. Witness: Isaac de Sequeira Samuda (LMA/4521/A/02/03/002: 104).
Residence
1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon.
Other information
In the Jewish Museum’s collection, there is a silver Hanukah lamp with decoration of Elijah and the ravens that was designed for Elias Lindo by John Ruslen in 1709, on the occasion of their marriage. Known as the Lindo lamp it is the oldest example of a Hanukah lamp made in England (source: Jewish Museum).
The executor of her husband’s will (see Elias Lindo’s will).
Residence
since 1709: Aldgate (4th precinct), London (LTR).
Will
8 August 1746 (NA: PROB 11/812/237). Proved on 9 December 1754. Executor: her son Isaac Lindo. Witnesses: Ellen Watkinson, Peter Hamond (pdf).
Burial
Beth Haim Velho, 13 December 1754 (BARNETT 1962: 24).
Genealogy
Francisco Lopes Ferreira /
Samuel Lopes Ferreira
born Lisbon 1692
Itinerary
Lisbon – London (since 1705)
Family
Son of Domingos Lopes Ferreira / David Lopes Ferreira.
Congregation
Payment of the finta 1711-1714 (LMA/4521/A/01/02/001: 82v, 95v).
Business
A holder of Bank of England stock: 1713-1717 (GIUSEPPI 1962: 151).
Residence
1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon
1713: St. Mary Axe, London.
Genealogy
Gaspar Mendes Henriques
born Trancoso 1670
Itinerary
Trancoso – Rabaçal (since 1690) – Lisboa (b. 1696) – London (a. 1703)
Family
Married to Ana Henriques
Brother of António Henriques Vilhena and João Tavares Pacheco.
Brother-in-law of Francisca Lopes Laguna.
Inquisitorial trial
ANTT, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 151.
Arrested on 4 November 1702. Auto da fé on 9 September 1703,
Business
Owner of a shop in Lisbon, where he traded spices and other goods (see the inventory of assets of his Inquisition’s trial).
Residence
b. 1703: Confeitaria, Lisbon.
Genealogy
António Henriques de Vilhena
born Trancoso
Itinerary
Trancoso – Lisbon – London (since 1702-1703)
Family
Married to Violante Henriques.
Brother of Gaspar Mendes Henriques and João Tavares Pacheco.
Brother-in-law of Francisca Lopes Laguna.
Inquisitorial trial
ANTT, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 16063.
Prosecuted when he was already out of Portugal. He had fled with his brother João Tavares Pacheco in 1702-1703. Auto da fé on 22 March 1705 (relaxado em estátua).
Residence
b. 1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon.
Genealogy
João Tavares Pacheco
born Trancoso
Itinerary
Trancoso – Lisbon – Coimbra (University, b. 1700) – Lisbon – London (since 1702-1703)
Family
Married to Branca Henriques.
Brother of Gaspar Mendes Henriques and António Henriques Vilhena.
Brother-in-law of Francisca Lopes Laguna.
Inquisitorial trial
ANTT, Inquisition of Évora, trial 11786.
Prosecuted when he was already out of Portugal. He had fled with his brother António Henriques Vilhena in 1702-1703. Auto da fé on 22 March 1705 (relaxado em estátua).
Profession
Physician. Degree at the University of Coimbra.
Residence
b. 1702: Rua das Mudas, Lisbon.
Nation between Empires 