Sephardic Jews or Bnei anusim in London and Amsterdam

I don't understand why should negate a bnei anusim origin. I have read in various publications about Sephardic Jews in London and Amsterdam that they have come directly from Spain or Portugal and as Jews. This is a big lie neither was Jewish Halakhicly and many of them came to London and Amsterdam from the Azores, Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

Early Sephardic Jews to get to London or Amsterdam came near the middle of the 17th century and expulsion from Spain was in 1492 and from Portugal was in 1496. The first "Sephardic Jews" in London and Amsterdam didn't  have jewish surnames they only had portuguese or spanish surnames.

They didn't speak Ladino like Sephardic Jews who left Portugal and Spain with the decrees of expulsion or even knew each liturgy. Why this lie?  why they are not recognizing their identity?. Why they don't recognize that  they were Bnei anusim and fought to regain their identity?

Ben Yohanan the connection between Ireland and the Canary Islands

The surname Yanes (Eanes)  was one of the most common in the Canary Islands. Also, it was one the most common surnames in different towns and villages in the north of Tenerife in the 16th century. In this century (1555) William Eanes, Moses Annias Eanes (Hebrew: Ben Yohanan , Arabic: Ibn Yahia) became the Mayor of Youghal in County Cork. He was the first person of the Jewish religion to hold such an elected position in Ireland. William Moses Annyas Eanes was the grandson of Gil Eanes of Belmonte, Portugal. Many of the first Jewish people to come to Ireland Were Marrano merchants from the Iberian peninsula. His daughter married Yacov Kassin (Shamus Ciosain) son of Yehuda Kassin (John Cassin) a Marrano merchant who had moved to Galway in Ireland. The surname Eanes Also (pronounced Yanes), is from the Hebrew Ben Yohanan and in Arabic Ben Yahia.

Icod, North of Tenerife, at this village the surname Yanes was the most common surname in the 16th century                   

Jewish community in London in seventeenth-century and the Bnei Anusim community in the Canary Islands.

The connection between the first Jewish community in London in seventeenth-century and the Bnei Anusim community in the Canary Islands.

La Orotava, Tenerife.

The first Jewish community of London and Canary Islands' Bnei Anusim Community is highly related. Some of the signatories of the request for the establishment of a Jewish community in London to Lord Oliver Cromwell lived in the Canary Islands for a long time and some of their families stayed in the Canary Islands. This is the case of the sister of Antao Fernandez Carvajal (Antao Israel Carvajal ) Lucina Rodriguez Arias. Lucina and her husband Gonzalo Rodriguez Baez and part of his family stayed in Tenerife and lived in La Orotava (in the north of the island). Lucina, her husband and other family members were arrested and were imprisoned in the prison of the Inquisition of Gran Canaria, but were finally freedom and could continue in their lives. Antao, Robles and other founders of Bevis Mark Synagogue were too Bnei anusim as Lucina, but in a new country they could create their own Jewish community.

Thanks to those Bnei anusim who chose London  Jews can live free in United Kingdom. I hope one day their descendants and families of those who could not come to London and escape the Inquisition can return to their faith.

Original petition to Cromwell 

They will be forever in my memory and in my prayers.

The last post was a tribute to one of my grandmothers my sixteen grandmother Isabel Nunes.

Vergara Bracamonte's house La Laguna Tenerife.

This is a tribute to one of my ancestors who was burned by the Inquisition of Seville and to his descendents by eight lines. 










She was Isabel Lopes wife of Nuno Nunes and mother of Alonso Nunez Villavicencio and  Nuno Nunes Villavicencio who came to the city of La Laguna in the early sixteenth century. In the book of Lucien Wolf Jews in the Canary Island page six is counted as Alonso Nunez was found crying and praying because his mother was imprisoned in the castle of the Inquisition of Seville: This registered in August 15, 1520 in Seville, page 142 files of the Inquisition in the Canary Islands also registered the case against Isabel Lopes in the archives of the Inquisition of Seville, National Historical Archive.

These are some of my ancestors descendants of Isabel Lopes:

Magdalena Nunez Villavicencio married in 1584 with Salvador Perez de Medina / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Mateo Diaz Villavicencio married in 1619 with Catalina Tabares / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Andres Diaz Villavicencio married in 1625 with Polonia Bethencourt / Tejina, Tenerife.

Maria Nunez Villavicencio married in 1642 with Juan Perez Canican / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Amaro Lopez Villavicencio married in 1656 with Magdalena Hernandez / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Pedro Medina Villavicencio married in 1670 with Catalina Estevez / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Francisca Lorenzo Villavicencio married in 1732 with Lucas Hernandez Prieto / Tejina, Tenerife.

Maria Perez Villavicencio married in 1740 with Salvador Gonzalez Rico / La Laguna, Tenerife.

Note that all of them for centuries strove to perpetuate its tradition and lineage. Thanks to all of them, its struggle and its legacy. 

They will be forever in my memory and in my prayers.

My sixteen grandmother

Jewish women in traditional costume of Barbary brought from Sefarad

16. Isabel Nunes (B. unknown), married with Rodrigo Marques, in Seville. Their daughter was:

15. Catalina Gomez (B. unknown), married with Gaspar Hernandez Perera, in 1530, Sauzal, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

14. Ines Hernandez Perera (B. 1533), married with Juan Hernandez Crespo, in 1554, Sauzal, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

13. Maria Hernandez Crespo (B. 1569), married with Rodrigo de Barrios, 19/Jul/1587, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

12. Isabel Hernandez de Barrios (B. 1614), married with Sebastian Rodriguez Correa, 30/0ct/1634, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

11. Isabel Hernandez (B. 1657), married with Juan de Sosa, 24/Jul/1668, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

10. Isabel Hernandez (B. unknown), married with Matias Perez de Medina, 14/Feb/1709, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

9. Angela Hernandez (B. unknown), married with Matias Gil, 14/Feb/1728, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

8. Josefa Hernandez Gil (B. unknown), married with Jose Lopez del Castillo, 20/Oct/1749, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

7. Josefa Lopez del Castillo (B. unknown), married with Antonio de Torres, 30/Dec/1782, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

6. Maria Antonia Torres Lopez (B. 1783), married with Santiago Gil, 30/May/1801, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

5. Maria Josefa Gil (B. unknown), married with Jose Domingo Perez, 16/Aug/1838, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

4. Maria Perez Gil (B.unknown), married with Alejandro Perez, 09/Feb/1860, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

3. Maria Lopez Perez (B. unknown), married with Juan Rodriguez Perez, 24/Mar/1880, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

2. XX (B. 1884), married with XY, 23/May/1914, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter was:

1. XX (B. 1916), married with XY, 24/Mar/1936, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their daughter is:

Alleyway at Jewish Quarter, Seville.

0. XX (B. 1953), married with XY, 13/Mar/1971, La Laguna, Tenerife. Their son is:

Willy Crespo

In memory of Isabel Nunes, my sixteenth grandmother, who was burned by the Inquisition of Seville for belonging to the Jewish family Nunes de Sevilla. She changed her surname but She fought for not lose her identity, her faith, her origin and for that reason She lost her life.

A reminder to all my ancestors who were persecuted or killed by the spanish inquisiton

Pedro Nunez and his wife Isabel Lopez who was burned by the inquisition of Seville.

Francisco Nunez and Francisca Marquez Espinosa forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Alonso Gonzalez Bermejo y Mencia Sanchez forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Alonso Pacheco Solis or Abenxuxen son of Isaac Abenxuxen and Esther Cahal forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim " and his wife Teresa de Herrera daughter of Juan de Herrera y Francisca Nunez who were also forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Pedro de Vergara his father were condemned by the tribunal of the inquisition of Seville.

Isabel Benavides  forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Gonzalo de Cordoba and his wife Teresa Marquez forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan Mendez and his wife Ana Herrera sister in law of Alonso Pacheco Solis forced to convert to Christianity "Anusim".

Juana Rodriguez de Acevedo forced to convert to Christianity "Anusim". 

Francisco Ximenez and his wife  Maria Ximenez forced to convert to Christianity "Anusim". 

Alonso de Cordoba forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Diego de Orta and his wife Magdalena Gomez forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan Camejo  forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Marcial farina forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Tristan Baez and his wife Catalina Nunes forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Rodrigo Pestano and his wife Violante Teixeira forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan Ramallo forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Lucia Francisca de Figueiredo forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Anton Gonzalez Benveniste forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan Romero forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Simon de Castro forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan Hernandez Crespo and his wife Maria Hernandez forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Juan de Badajoz forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Lorenzo Rodriguez Baez and his wife Lucina Rodriguez forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Rodrigo de Barrios e Isabel de los Olivos forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

Hernan Yanes and Beatriz Pereira forced to convert to Christianity " Anusim ".

And many other Anusim and Bnei Anusim.

In memory of all of them and all those who struggled to keep their faith.

 

Buenavista a villa with a Jewish origin.

The origin of the town of Buenavista is due to the person of the conqueror of Tenerife Juan  Mendez, who was the first to reside in this area of ​​the island. Juan Mendez moved to La Laguna on February 20, 1513 to ask the government of the island about the establishment of the town of Buenavista.

The Jewish origin of the family Mendez is highly tested. The villa of Buenavista was founded by 12 families all this of Jewish origin. The first priest of this town of crypto- Jews was Bartolome Delgado Yanes. He wrote the first book of the Church of Buenavista. This book was written in ancient Portuguese, differs little from Ladino.

The church was very peculiar, the baptismal font was found in the priest's house to feed his animals with this . Part of altar of the church was also in the home of the priest and the sculptures and carvings were most of the time covered with sheets.

The town of Buenavista.

When  Bartolome Delgado Yanes left his post temporarily placed in this church was his substitute Asencio Martin Cardoso another priest of  high clarity Jewish origin . Asencio Martin Cardoso didn't score anything in the books of the church during the time that he was in charge of this.

This Villa was difficult to reach a perfect retreat for a small Jewish community. Finally, this situation changed with the arrival of other families with different origin to Buenavista and the conviction of Bartolome Yanes by the Spanish inquisition. But many of these families had many descendants who still keep some of their Jewish customs.