Monforte

Maria Ayres de Pina

Bahia c. 1691 – London b. 1740

Itinerary
Bahia – Almada (c. 1726) – London (since c. 1727)

Family
Firstly married to Manuel Mendes Monforte (Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Inquisition of Lisbon, trial 675).
Second marriage with Isaac Lusitano de Pina in 1729, in the Parish Church St. Giles In The Fields  (Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
Sister-in-law of José de Sequeira Machado.

Business
She was the administratrix of her husband’s estate, as well as of the estate of her siblings Jerónimo Rodrigues de Castro, Marcos Mendes Monforte and Beatriz Mendes de Castro, all deceased in Bahia. About 1736, she was unadministered of her siblings’ estates. Francisco de Sequeira Machado (alias Abraham de Sequeira Machado) became their administrator.

Residence
1729: St Catherine Creed-Church, London.
1731: St George Hanover Square, Middlesex.

Genealogy

Sebastião de Pina? /
Isaac Lusitano de Pina

Beja? c. 1702 – London 1762

Itinerary
Beja? – London (since b. 1727)

Family
Isaac Lusitano de Pina is likely to be Sebastião de Pina, cousin of Maria Ayres de Pina, who was already in London in 1727 (ANTT, IL, proc. 7488: fl. 46v).
Married to Maria Ayres de Pina in 1729, in the Parish Church St. Giles In The Fields (Ancestry.com. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
Second marriage with Sarah, Isaac Carrião de Paiva’s daughter.

Congregation
Ketubah on 15 February 1745 (LMA/4521/A/02/03/006: 14).

Profession
Surgeon and apothecary.

Denization
December 7, 1730  (SAMUEL & al 1968-1969: 124).

Residence
1729: St Gilles In The Fields, Holborn.
1730: Greedchurch Lane, London (SP 36/20/173).
1731: St George Hanover Square, Middlesex.
1763: St James Duke Place, City of London.

Will
October 17, 1744. Executrix and heiress: his wife Sarah de Pina Lusitano. His signature was confirmed by Abraham de Paz and David Taboada. Proved on 1 January 1763 (PROB 11/883/158) (pdf).

Burial
Bet Haim Novo, 30 December 1762 (RODRIGUES-PEREIRA & LOEWE 1997: 30).

Genealogy

Isaac Mendes Monforte /
Manuel or Jerónimo Mendes Monforte

b. Bahia 1703 or 1705

Itinerary
Bahia – Lisbon? – London (since 1727)

Family
Son of Maria Ayres de Pina.
Married to Blanca, Dr. David de Chaves’ daughter.

Congregation
Circumcision on 18 July 1727 (BARNETT & al 1991: 44)
Ketubah on 24 March 1728 (LMA/4521/A/02/03/004: 130).
1730-1743: Apothecary of the congregation (LMA/4521/A/01/03/001: 56v, 149v).

Genealogy

Benjamin Mendes Monforte /
João Mendes Monforte?

Bahia 1709-13 – London 1751

Itinerary
Bahia – Lisbon? – London (since c. 1727)

Family
Son of Maria Ayres de Pina.
Married to Sarah, Isaac Nunes Carvalho’s daughter (d. London, 1736).

Congregation
Circumcision on 18 July 1727 (BARNETT & al. 1991: 70).
Ketubah on 17 January 1731 (LMA/4521/A/02/03/005: 59).
Parnas dos Cativos in 1736-1737 (LMA/4521/A/01/03/001: 109).

Business
Jeweler.

Burial
Bet Haim Novo, 2 January 1751 (RODRIGUES-PEREIRA & LOEWE 1997: 20).

Genealogy