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Stella, widow of Farachio De Bulfarachio: Caltabellotta, 1491
Stella is the widow of Farachio De Bulfarachio, also known as Nissim ben Shabbetai Abu-l Faraj, a Arab-Spanish rabbi.
In her will, the widow Stella names her son Jeremiah as her universal heir. She leaves to her daughter Channa, wife David de…
In her will, the widow Stella names her son Jeremiah as her universal heir. She leaves to her daughter Channa, wife David de…
Blanca, widow of Bernat Falcó: Girona, 1437
Blanca was a conversa who had perhaps been baptized in the aftermath of the Disputation of Tortosa (1413-1414). She and her husband had been married as Jews, and then converted, as evinced in the husband's will. (See Planas Marcé, 656 for more on…
Estelina, widow of Isaac de Piera: Girona, 1470
Estelina, a Jewish widow, testates in 1470, before a Catalan notary, who records the will in Latin. She identifies herself as twice a widow, first the widow of Salomon Salon from Perpignan, and then Isaac de Piera of Girona. She has two children: a…
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…
Isabel Lopez, widow of Enrique Mendez: Pontevedra, 1608
Isabel López was a native of Padrendo on the border between Galicia and Portugal. Around 1585, she married Enrique Méndez, a university graduate and lawyer who was a native of Monção, Kingdom of Portugal. Both were New Christians and both were…