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Dec 6, 2023 · Mordecai Lopes Rodrigues formerly Lopes. Born about 1729 in Jamaica. Ancestors. Son of Abraham (Lopes) Rodrigues Lopes and Rachel Lousada. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Rebecca (Pereira) Lopes — married about 1754 in London, England. Descendants.
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- March 16, 1796
- Rebecca (Pereira) Lopes
May 24, 2018 · Mordecai-Rodrigues "Mordet"? Lopes: Birthdate: 1729: Birthplace: Jamaica: Death: January 29, 1796 (66-67) Clapham Common, London, undefined, United Kingdom Immediate Family: Son of Abraham Rodrigues "Mordet"? Lopez and Rachel Lamego Lopes Husband of Rebecca Lopes Father of Rachel Pereira; Mannaseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Bt. and Ester Franco
- Rebecca Lopes
- January 29, 1796
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b. 27 Jan. 1755 in Jamaica, o.s. of Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes by Rebecca, da. of Manasseh Pereira of Jamaica. m. 19 Oct. 1795, Charlotte, da. of John Yeates of Mon., 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1796; took name of Masseh before Lopes by royal lic. 15 Oct. 1805; cr.Bt. 1 Nov. 1805.
Sheriff, Devon 1810-11; recorder, Westbury 1810-d. Dir. Rock Life Assurance Office. Lt.-col. commdt. Roborough vols. 1803, 4 Devon militia 1808.
Lopes was descended from Sephardi Jews who had migrated to Jamaica and prospered as sugar planters. His father came to England and settled at Clapham, where he died in 1796 leaving Lopes an extremely wealthy man. According to Cyrus Redding, the Cornish journalist who knew him well in later years, ‘he was uneducated, or he made little use of his acq...
Rachel Pereira. sister. Ester Franco. sister. About Sir Mannaseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Bt. History of Parliament Online. Family and Education: b. 27 Jan. 1755, in Jamaica, o.s. of Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes and Rebecca, da. of Manasseh Pereira of Jamaica. m. 19 Oct. 1795, Charlotte, da. of John Yeates of Mon.,
- January 27, 1755
- March 26, 1831
Mordecai Rodriguez Lopez: Birthdate: estimated between 1719 and 1779 : Death: Immediate Family: Son of Abraham Rodriguez Lopez and Rachael Lamego Louzada Husband of Rebecca Pereria Father of Rachael Rodrigues Lopez. Managed by: Madison Heen: Last Updated: April 19, 2016
The most important Sephardi settler in the South-West, because of the part which he and his collateral descendants played in local and national affairs, was Manasseh Masseh Lopes. Lopes was born in Jamaica in 1755, where his father Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes had made a fortune from sugar plantations.
Manasseh (Lopes) Masseh Lopes. (1755 - 1831) Sir Manasseh "1st Baronet Lopes" Masseh Lopes formerly Lopes. Born 27 Jan 1755 in Jamaica. Ancestors. Son of Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes and Rebecca (Pereira) Lopes. Brother of Rachel (Lopes) Pereira [half] and Esther Pereira (Lopes) Franco.
