Jacob was probably born late as his sister Abigail was born in 1712 and their sister Rachel would have been born before Abigail.
see his will extract from http://synagoguescribes.com/blog/Jewish-will-extracts-18th-19th-century/?value=372 uploaded to www.barrow-lousada.org go to 'key documents'
202. Diego Lopes Pereira Baron d'Aguilar
There are many versions of the story of Baron d'Aguilar - where the dates of his going to Vienna, the duration of his holding the Austrian tobacco monopoly, his return to England etc differ. Some versions are shown below. The text on www.barrow-lousada.org attempts to confine itself to the indisputable!
from kittybrewster
Diego (Moses) Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar. Baron of the Holy Roman Empire (cr.1726). Born Portugal 1699. Died London 10 August 1759. Buried Portuguese Jews Burial Ground, Mile End. He was a Marrano financier, born in Lisbon, Portugal, where his father held the tobacco monopoly. He himself farmed the tobacco revenue in Portugal before establishing branches of his banking house in London and Amsterdam. After the War of the Spanish Succession, in 1722 Diego Lopes Pereira followed Charles VI to London, where he established a firm in the City called Pereira and Lima. It was one of the Jewish firms which imported gold from Portugal. (Other Jewish merchants who did so included Francis Salvador and Moses Mendes da Costa.) The firm continued to prosper when in 1736 he went to Vienna, to make proposals to the then Empress to farm the tobacco and snuff duties, in which he was very successful, so much so that the Empress appointed him her cashier. Immediately on his arrival, he reverted to Judaism (i.e. probably he was circumcised; he probably practised Judaism privately already), adopting the name of Moses and championing other Jews whenever persecution threatened. To this day they hold an annual service in his honour in the Sephardi synagogue in Vienna. In 1726 the emperor created him Baron D’Aguilar, Maria Theresa made him a Privy Councillor, and he was responsible for building the imperial palace at Schönbrunn. Ultimately, the Spanish government requested the extradition of ‘this wealthy renegade’ for trial by the Holy Office. In order to avoid being returned to Portugal to face the Inquisition, in 1757 (UNLIKELY TO BE SO LATE - ONE REPORT HAS HIM IN LONDON AS EARLY AS 1749) he moved, with his fourteen children, together with his retinue of servants and slaves, to London, where he was active in the Sephardi community. Presumably the family originally came from Aguilar De Campóo, a fortress town in Castile, in the District of Palencia, northern Spain, before the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492. Matriculated his arms: Gules an eagle or beneath a plate, on a chief argent three hillocks vert on each a pear or slipped vert [Rietstap]. Married 1722 Donna Simha da Fonseca (died 1755).
In 1722 left Portugal to avoid the Inquisition and went to London to set up Pereira and Lima which imported gold from Portugal. This d'Aguilar went to Vienna in 1736 where he set up a similar tobacco monopoly to that which his family had successfully farmed in Lisbon. He became director of the Austrian tobacco monopoly. He gained the favour of Empress Maria Theresa and was appointed her Treasurer, and is said to have raised the money to build Schonbrunn.This claim isn't accurate - see below. The modifications by Empress Maria Theresa were mainly to the interior.
He was made a Baron in 1726, the first professing Jew to be ennobled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was Privy Councillor to the crown of the Netherlands and Italy presumably the Empire's territories in Tuscany). He settled in England in 1756 with a large fortune.
This claim is suspect - he is unlikely to have been made a Baron so early (before he got there). More likely is it that he was made a Baron after Maria Theresa became Empress in 1740.
See p206 of 'The Court Jew' Selma Stern Philadelphia JPSA 1950
Report for Mary Lousada on www.barrow-lousada.org shows many more than 5 children but no Samuel d'Aguilar
The golden age of Schonbrunn began with Maria Teresa of Austria ( 1717-1780) and was only to end with the definite decline of the Hapsburg empire. The empress commissioned court architect Nikolaus von Pacassi with the remaining works, which were completed between 1746 and 1749. he concentrated on the interiors, lightening the original Baroque style with many touches of Rococo. The Great and Small Galleries were completed to be used as receptions and, at Maria Teresa's personal request, a court theater was built as an addition to the original plans. The park too was finally completed and took on the appearance it still has today.
http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Austria/austria4.htmfrom http://www.turkofamerica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=552&Itemid=174 we get further variations on the story of Baron d'Aguilar:
According to the tale, a child named Mose Lopez Perera, in Madrid, is taken away from his family and is converted to Christianity. His name is changed to Diego d’Aguilar and he is trained as a priest. Diego, who speedily progresses in his education, becomes one of the passionate defenders of Inquisition and becomes a bishop. Mose Lopez’s mother and his sister are Marranos, converted Jews who secretly continue practicing their faith. His sister is caught as a result of denunciation, tried, and sentenced to be burned alive (Auto de Fe). One day before the execution, the hopeless and sorrowful mother visits Bishop Diego d’Aguilar and begs for the forgiveness of her daughter. However, the bishop rejects this request. In despair, the mother tells the Bishop the truth, that she is his mother, the convicted is his sister, and that his real name is Mose Lopez. This name instills many memories from childhood in the mind of the young priest. Sobbing greatly, the bishop leaves the palace running; however, it is already too late. His sister has lost her life in a tragic way. As he has taken off and thrown away his bishop’s clothes, Diego –or Mose -- can not stay in the country any longer. Escaping from there, he goes to Austria, where Maria-Teresa, who, as Archduchess, had given a golden chain to him during her visit to Madrid with her father Emperor Charles VI, is now reigning as Empress. The Empress allows Mose and a few more Jewish people that were able to escape with him to stay in and take refuge in her country and to practice their religion freely. ACCORDING TO THE ENCYLOPEDIA JUDAICA The plot of this story is different in the Encyclopedia Judaica and in historical research. According to the Encyclopedia, Mose Lopez Pereira was born in 1699 in Portugal as the son of a ‘Marrano’ banker. The father, Pereira, was privileged to hold the monopoly in the tobacco business. As it was difficult to secretly live as a Jew (this is referred to as being a ‘Marrano’) in Portugal, Diego first migrated to London in 1722, and, then, to Vienna. Renouncing Christianity, Diego returned to practicing Judaism and using his birth name, Mose (Moses) Lopez Pereira. From 1723 to 1739, Mose Lopez had control of the Austrian State Tobacco Monopoly, acquired by the exchange of 7 million florins, and he received the title of Baron in 1726. Meanwhile, he contributed to the construction of the Schönbrunn Palace in the amount of 300,000 florins. Appointed to the Palace as a specialist consultant with the title of Hofjude (Jew in the Palace), Lopez used his influence not only in Austria but also in other countries in order to protect the lives and rights of his fellow coreligionists. He helped the Jews in Moravia in 1742, in Prague in 1744, in Mandua and Belgrade in 1752. There are Hebrew writings, which reads ‘Mose Lopez Pereire – 5498’ (1737-1738), on the decorations of a silver Sefer Torah crown that was found in the Vienna Synagogue. Until it was destroyed in 1938, prayers were read in the synagogue on behalf of him, as the founder of the community, on the major fasting day of Yom Kippur.
Yet another version is from:
http://iamthewitness.com/books/Cecil.Roth/A.History.of.the.Jews.in.England/P.13.Additional.Notes.htm
Another noteworthy case was that of Diego Lopez Pereira (d. 1759), who had farmed the tobacco revenue in Portugal, established branches of his banking house in London and Amsterdam, and after the War of the Spanish Succession followed Charles VI to Vienna to administer the tobacco retie. Immediately on his arrival he declared his allegiance to Judaism, adopting the name of Moses and proving a constant champion for his brothers in faith at an time when persecution threatened. The emperor created him Baron D'Aguilar; Maria Theresa made him a privy councillor; and he was responsible for the rebuilding of the imperial palace at Schonbrunn. Ultimately the Spanish government requested the extradition of this wealthy renegade for trial by the Holy Office. He then settled in London with his fourteen children and his retinue of servants and slaves. His son, Ephraim Lopez Pereira (d.1802), succeeded to his title and his fortune, and became notorious as the miserly proprietor of 'Starvation Farm' at Islington. (R.E.J.xcvii. 115 sqq.; Wilson, Wonderful Characters, ii. 92-7.). (200)
birth and death dates from some of the children from Mason Family Tree on ancestry.com
25 Iyer 5561 death #280 from ref 61 www.barrow-lousada.org which also gives an analysis of conflicting data about the life and death of Simon Barrow of Barbados
His will was 'entered' on 21 May 1801 in Barbados (see Frank Cheesman's notes on www.barrow-lousada.org). Though this death date precedes the entry of the will by 13 days, this is - as today - a very short time to have probate proven but perhaps there were no challenges.
A probable red herring is that geni.com gives Judith Lumbroso de Matos Mocatta #65 as his wife - and certainly this reference gives the same parents (of the two brothers Abraham and Jacob Lumbroso de Matos Mocatta plus the 2 daughters Judith and Gracia Lumbroso de Matos Mocatta) as the two parents of Abraham and Jacob as nominated by manfamily.org ie Moses Lambroso de Mattos and Rebecca Sarah Mocatta. However, geni.com also gives the Judith's husband's lifespan as 1705-59 and geni.com also gives the husband of Judith Lumbroso de Matos Mocatta as an Ashkenazi Jew emigrating to the US in the 1800s and so we should probably dismiss this particular candidate for the first wife of our Simon Barrow.
spelling from family records (rear of image of Simon Barrow of Bath held by Peter Barrow) see www.barrow-lousada.org - go to image of Simon Barrow of Bath. Peerage.com has Isabel Montefiore as the wife of Simon Barrow 1 and so does the Barrow family tree.
death of Bella from ref 61 www.barrow-lousada.org #281
We are seeking confirmation for our conjecture that she was a sister of the first English Montefiore!
Edgar Samuel provided the following information on her gravestone inscription:
Simon's wife Bella died (281) on 1st October 1773 aged 53. They are buried side by side in Bridgetown, Barbados cemetery.
In the Hebrew epitaph on her tombstone, which he obviously drafted, his name is given as Shimon bar Baruch, which is the Ashkenasi form for 'Simon son of Baruch'.
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