From: "Alfred and Louise" <alfredlouise@btinternet.com> To: <british-jewry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Aaron Nunes Martines > Dear Peter, > I have e licated the following from a hard copy of the nunes martines tree > and cross referenced some Bevis Marks Records . There is much more. Benvenida Nunes Martines 1852 married 1794 Aaron de Joseph Martin (729) born 13 Jan 1756 died 1832. > Benvenida was the daughter of Joseph de Abraham Martin and Agar de Aron > Mendoza > Joseph's parents were Abraham de Joseph Martin and Abigail de Abraham > Rodrigues Ribeiro > Abraham's parents were Jose Nunez Martinez married Sarah Nunes Cardoza . > they married in 1716. Sarah's parents were Moses Cardoza who married > Rachel Chaves in 1698 > > Benvenida had a brother Solomon who died in 1784 and a sister Sarah who > married Joseph Belasco in 1792. there were other siblings if searched > for.. > > Benvenida and Aaron Martin had the following children: > Joseph b. 1787 > Moses b. 1791 > Abraham who m arried Rachel Dias in 1796 > David who married Leah ( Luna )de David Rodrigues Ribeiro and was the > widow of Hananel Nunes Carvalho > A son > Abigail who married 1832 Joseph Martin. > > As for the names and spelling. Sometimes they are spelt Martines, or > Martinez, with or without the Nunes. Sometimes they are referred to as > Martin for quickness or secular documents. Spelling can vary within a record i.e the ketuva reading and the index can vary. i.e. Rodrigues Ribeiro could be > spelt Riveiro as in the Index to the Bevis marks Ketuvot book. By the > time a name names had been translated from Spanish or Portuguese into > Hebrew or Ladino and back again, and then crossed the channel to be > translated into an English version it often bore little resemblance to > the original. As you can see from this long sentence! > I spent much time seaching for my great great grandparents Joseph > Abendana > and Esther Rodorigues Ribeiro and found them under Bendahan. > Later archives proved their name was Abendana. > > Its one big detective story. Good luck, Louise in London researching > still > ABENDANA, RODRIGUES RIBEIRO, HART, PRINCE, COHEN(Somerset East and > Memmel)GILBERG, GELBBERG, LEVY GREEN > >>>> >> >> >