Archief van de familie Lopes Suasso en aanverwante families
Item
Country
NL
Name of institution (English)
Amsterdam City Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
dut
Contact information: postal address
Vijzelstraat 32, 1017 HL Amsterdam
Contact information: phone number
0031 202511511
Contact information: web address
https://www.amsterdam.nl/stadsarchief
Contact information: email
stadarchief@amsterdam.nl
Reference number
1276
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Archive of the Lopes Suasso family and related families
Title (official language of the state)
Archief van de familie Lopes Suasso en aanverwante families
Language of title
dut
Creator / accumulator
Lopes Suasso Family
Date(s)
1677/1885
Language(s)
dut
fra
por
spa
Extent
27 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Archief van de familie Lopes Suasso en aanverwante families comprises documentation concerning the Lopes Suasso family and other related families, such as the Pinto and the Mendes da Costa. It contains diverse materials such as wills, marriage records and letters, mostly from the 19th century. The following are the documents included in the fonds dated before 1800:
27: Will of presumably Joseph de Pinto, whose daughter, Rachel de Lima, married Pedro Lopes Suasso (alias Moses Israel Suasso), Francisco Lopes Suasso's son, 1690.
6: Will of Francisco Lopes Suasso (alias Abraham Israel Suasso) in Spanish, French, and Dutch, and related documents, 1699-1710.
3: Legacy to Joseph de Pinto and his underage son Aron of part of his uncle David de Pinto's estate, 1719.
2: Prenuptial agreements of Francisco Lopes Suasso (alias Abraham Israel Suasso) and Sara de Liz, 1729.
1: Inventory of the estate of Moseh de Jahacob de Pinto, 1774.
4: Patent of the States of Holland and West-Friesland for Joseph de Aron de Pinto, Moses de Aron de Pinto, Jacob Benjamin de Pinto, Manuel de Aron de Pinto and Moses de Aron de Pinto and Ribca de Pinto Ximenes for themselves and as curators by David Hisquiau de Pinto being relieved of the trust established in the wills of David Joseph de Pinto and Clara de Pinto, 1785.
7: Documents concerning the estate of three bequests of António Lopes Suasso and Rachel Suasso de Pinto. Most of the documents are deeds drawn up between 19-11-1798 and 12-3-1890 and have to do with Suasso's fund for poor and needy relatives. The documentation is dated from ca. 1677 to 1890. Digital copies of these materials are available online.
17: Letter concerning the request for a diploma of Nobility, granted by King Carlos of Spain to António Lopes Suasso (alias Isaac Israel Suasso) in 1676, 1818.
18: Extract from the birth records of the Portuguese Jewish Congregation of Amsterdam concerning the birth of Abraham Suasso de Pinto, son of Abraham Suasso da Costa, in 1790, 1827.
20: Extract from the birth records of the Portuguese Jewish Congregation concerning the birth of Abraham Suasso da Costa, son of Moseh Israel Suasso, in 1764 , 1835.
In the Amsterdam City Archives, there are other collections related to the Lopes Suasso and Teixeira family that should be consulted as well.
27: Will of presumably Joseph de Pinto, whose daughter, Rachel de Lima, married Pedro Lopes Suasso (alias Moses Israel Suasso), Francisco Lopes Suasso's son, 1690.
6: Will of Francisco Lopes Suasso (alias Abraham Israel Suasso) in Spanish, French, and Dutch, and related documents, 1699-1710.
3: Legacy to Joseph de Pinto and his underage son Aron of part of his uncle David de Pinto's estate, 1719.
2: Prenuptial agreements of Francisco Lopes Suasso (alias Abraham Israel Suasso) and Sara de Liz, 1729.
1: Inventory of the estate of Moseh de Jahacob de Pinto, 1774.
4: Patent of the States of Holland and West-Friesland for Joseph de Aron de Pinto, Moses de Aron de Pinto, Jacob Benjamin de Pinto, Manuel de Aron de Pinto and Moses de Aron de Pinto and Ribca de Pinto Ximenes for themselves and as curators by David Hisquiau de Pinto being relieved of the trust established in the wills of David Joseph de Pinto and Clara de Pinto, 1785.
7: Documents concerning the estate of three bequests of António Lopes Suasso and Rachel Suasso de Pinto. Most of the documents are deeds drawn up between 19-11-1798 and 12-3-1890 and have to do with Suasso's fund for poor and needy relatives. The documentation is dated from ca. 1677 to 1890. Digital copies of these materials are available online.
17: Letter concerning the request for a diploma of Nobility, granted by King Carlos of Spain to António Lopes Suasso (alias Isaac Israel Suasso) in 1676, 1818.
18: Extract from the birth records of the Portuguese Jewish Congregation of Amsterdam concerning the birth of Abraham Suasso de Pinto, son of Abraham Suasso da Costa, in 1790, 1827.
20: Extract from the birth records of the Portuguese Jewish Congregation concerning the birth of Abraham Suasso da Costa, son of Moseh Israel Suasso, in 1764 , 1835.
In the Amsterdam City Archives, there are other collections related to the Lopes Suasso and Teixeira family that should be consulted as well.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Portuguese Jewish families Lopes, Suasso, Lopes Suasso and De Pinto settled in Amsterdam during the 17th century. Members of the family held important positions in the Sephardic community and in the economic life of the Republic.
The Suasso family was originally from Spain. António Lopes Suasso, one of its most distinguished members, arrived in Amsterdam from Bordeaux in 1635 and converted to Judaism. He lived in The Hague and was considered one of the wealthiest merchants in Holland. He was also one of the leading shareholders of the West India Company, his investments in 1674 amounting to 107,677 guldens. From 1673 onwards, António arranged loans and money transactions to King Carlos II of Spain. He was granted an estate in Brabant and elevated to Baron of Avernas-Le-Gras in the Southern Netherlands in 1676 in recognition of his services. An ardent supporter of the House of Orange, António Lopes Suasso placed 2,000,000 guldens at the disposal of William III when he set out for England in 1688. His son, Francisco Lopes Suasso, the second baron of Avernas-le-Gras, acted as the trustee for the affairs of Queen Christina of Sweden (1632–1654) in Hamburg during the years following her abdication. He firstly married Judith, the daughter of Manuel de Teixeira de Sampaio, and later Rachel (alias Leonor) da Costa, with whom he had ten children. Through the marriage of his sons and daughters, Lopes Suasso could enlarge his family network, strengthening his links to some prominent Sephardic families. For instance, his daughter Rachel Israel Suasso married Isaac Teixeira d'Andrade, and his son António Lopes Suasso married the daughter of Moses Mendes da Costa, the governor of the Bank of England, in 1714. Another son of the Baron of Suasso, Álvaro Lopes Suasso, became a leading figure in the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish congregation of London. In 1733, he was one of the members of the committee that arranged the voyage of the first Jewish settlers to the new colony of Georgia, after getting permission from the British government. In 1735, he became a member of the Royal Society of London.
The Lopes Suasso family was closely related to the Pinto family by marriage. António Lopes Suasso, the first Baron of Suasso, was married to Violante de Pinto (alias Rachel Suasso Pinto), member of this Portuguese family that settled in Antwerp in the early 17th century and later in Bordeaux, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc., giving rise to prominent financiers, brokers, rabbis, and scholars.
Violante de Pinto was the daughter of Gil Lopes Pinto (alias Abraham Pinto), a Portuguese New Christian who moved to Antwerp and made fortune there before settling in Rotterdam and becoming one of the founders of the Portuguese Jewish community in that city, together with his brother Rodrigo Álvares Pinto (alias David Pinto). The Pinto brothers also established a school, the Jesiba de los Pintos, which was transferred to Amsterdam in 1669, after the death of Gil Lopes Pinto in the previous year. Then, most of his children already lived in Amsterdam. His eldest son, Isaac de Pinto (alias Manuel Álvares Pinto), wrote a genealogical and auto-biographical narrative in Amsterdam in 1671, which sheds light on the family's background. This "Pinto manuscript" was published in 1971 by Herman Prins Salomon (“The ‘De Pinto’ Manuscript: A 17th Century Marrano Family History.” Studia Rosenthaliana 9:1).
The Suasso family was originally from Spain. António Lopes Suasso, one of its most distinguished members, arrived in Amsterdam from Bordeaux in 1635 and converted to Judaism. He lived in The Hague and was considered one of the wealthiest merchants in Holland. He was also one of the leading shareholders of the West India Company, his investments in 1674 amounting to 107,677 guldens. From 1673 onwards, António arranged loans and money transactions to King Carlos II of Spain. He was granted an estate in Brabant and elevated to Baron of Avernas-Le-Gras in the Southern Netherlands in 1676 in recognition of his services. An ardent supporter of the House of Orange, António Lopes Suasso placed 2,000,000 guldens at the disposal of William III when he set out for England in 1688. His son, Francisco Lopes Suasso, the second baron of Avernas-le-Gras, acted as the trustee for the affairs of Queen Christina of Sweden (1632–1654) in Hamburg during the years following her abdication. He firstly married Judith, the daughter of Manuel de Teixeira de Sampaio, and later Rachel (alias Leonor) da Costa, with whom he had ten children. Through the marriage of his sons and daughters, Lopes Suasso could enlarge his family network, strengthening his links to some prominent Sephardic families. For instance, his daughter Rachel Israel Suasso married Isaac Teixeira d'Andrade, and his son António Lopes Suasso married the daughter of Moses Mendes da Costa, the governor of the Bank of England, in 1714. Another son of the Baron of Suasso, Álvaro Lopes Suasso, became a leading figure in the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish congregation of London. In 1733, he was one of the members of the committee that arranged the voyage of the first Jewish settlers to the new colony of Georgia, after getting permission from the British government. In 1735, he became a member of the Royal Society of London.
The Lopes Suasso family was closely related to the Pinto family by marriage. António Lopes Suasso, the first Baron of Suasso, was married to Violante de Pinto (alias Rachel Suasso Pinto), member of this Portuguese family that settled in Antwerp in the early 17th century and later in Bordeaux, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc., giving rise to prominent financiers, brokers, rabbis, and scholars.
Violante de Pinto was the daughter of Gil Lopes Pinto (alias Abraham Pinto), a Portuguese New Christian who moved to Antwerp and made fortune there before settling in Rotterdam and becoming one of the founders of the Portuguese Jewish community in that city, together with his brother Rodrigo Álvares Pinto (alias David Pinto). The Pinto brothers also established a school, the Jesiba de los Pintos, which was transferred to Amsterdam in 1669, after the death of Gil Lopes Pinto in the previous year. Then, most of his children already lived in Amsterdam. His eldest son, Isaac de Pinto (alias Manuel Álvares Pinto), wrote a genealogical and auto-biographical narrative in Amsterdam in 1671, which sheds light on the family's background. This "Pinto manuscript" was published in 1971 by Herman Prins Salomon (“The ‘De Pinto’ Manuscript: A 17th Century Marrano Family History.” Studia Rosenthaliana 9:1).
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Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2022
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