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Bárbara de França, widow of Lopo de Almeida: Barcelos, 1596
New Christian (conversa) testator. Although she testated in Barcelos, Portugal, she owned one of the houses in the old Jewish quarter of Porto, Portugal, that later remained in the hands of New Christians families. It is the set of 30 houses…
Wuhsha the Broker: Fustat, c. 1100
This is the will of the famed Jewish businesswoman known as "Wuhsha the Broker" (Wuhsha al-Dallala), whose given name was Karima. Although it is not dated, the informal document was written in the hand of the cantor and court clerk Hillel ben Eli,…
Baladre, widow of Yaakov ben Haninai: Girona, 1325
This will is part of the so-called "Girona Geniza," which is a collection of Hebrew documents which were preserved because they were reused as book bindings. Baladre's will was part of the binding of a notarial register belonging to the notary…
Sterella, wife of Boniaqui: Marseille, 1399
TRANSCRIPTION: FF. In nomine domini amen. Notum sit et cetera annodomini Millesimo CCClxxxxviiii die vii mensis
Novembris circa terciam. Notum sit et cetera quod
cum nil sit certius morte quamvis eius
hora sit dubia et inserta idcirco
ego Sterella…
Gineta, wife of Cregutus Profachi: Marseille, 1413
NOTE: Gineta was among the wealthiest merchants in Marseille, and was married to an important leader in the Jewish community. For more on Gineta, see Juliette Sibon, Les Juifs de Marseille au XIVe siècle (Paris: Cerf, 2011). This will, however, does…
Brunetta, daughter of Marcutius: Padua 1535 (2/3)
This is the second of three wills made by Donna Brunetta in October and November 1535.
Martha Dinis, widow of Enrique Pereira: Pontevedra, 1603.
In 1582, in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Martha Dinis married the licenciado and merchant Enrique Pereira. She was the daughter of the licenciado Paulo Núñez de Vitoria and his wife Isabel Thomas. All of these people were new Christians, natives of…
Elena de Saa, wife of Jorge Blandón: Pontevedra, 1607
This is a fragment of the will of Elena de Saa, a native of Barcelos (kingdom of Portugal). She had married her relative, the merchant Jorge Blandón, in 1590. They were both New Christians, descendants of the Jews converted in Barcelos during the…