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Francisca Coronel, wife of Juan Dinis: Pontevedra, 1608
Francisca Coronel, wife of Juan Dinis, was the daughter of Hector Coronel and Beatriz Alvarez, New Christians and residents of Salvatierra (Galicia). Francisca's mother Beatriz Alvarez, already a widow , was condemned as a Judaizer by the Santiago de…
Antonia Saraiva, wife of Antonio Dinis: Pontevedra, 1608
This is the codicil to the will of Antonia Saraiva. Around 1560, Antonia Saraiva married her relative, the doctor Antonio Dinis, both New Christians born in Barcelos (kingdom of Portugal) and living in Pontevedra (Galicia). She was the daughter of…
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…
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…
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,…