Genealogy
Mendes da Costa Ancestry
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FIRST BRANCH
This oldest branch traces our family back to 15th-century Trancoso, Portugal. It is the branch from which all branches listed below originate.
Includes connections to the following family names:
BRAVO, BUENO DE MESQUITA, D'ALMEIDA, DA COSTA, DA FONSECA, DA FONSECA GUTTERES, DA SILVA, DA SOLLA, DA SOLLA DE MERCADO, DA SYLVEIRA, DE CASTRO, DE GARCIA, DE GRACIA, DE MELLO, DE MERCADO, DE MORAIS, DE PRADO, DIAS MENDES, FAZ, FERNANDES DE CASTRO, FERNANDES MENDES, GOMES, GUTTERES, HENRIQUES, HENRIQUES DA COSTA, LOPES, LOPES DA COSTA, MENDES, MENDES DA SILVA, MENDES DE BRITO, MENDES GUTTERES, MERCADO, NUNES, RODRIGUES, RODRIGUES AYRES, ROIZ, SILVA, SILVEIRA, SOARES
BRANCH A - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
DA COSTA, DA COSTA VILLAREAL, GALWAY, MELLISH, MENDES
BRANCH B - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
BUENO DE MESQUITA, CIPRIANE, DA COSTA, DA SILVA, DE PRADO, DIAS, HEAD, HERON, QUIROS, DE SEQUEIRA, HENRIQUES, MENDES, MENDES DA SILVA, MENDES GUTTERES, PORTELLO, PORTELLO DE QUIROS, RODRIGUES, SALVADOR, TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, XIMENES
BRANCH C - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
ABENDANA MENDES, ALETRINO, ALVARES, ALVARES PEREIRA, BEEKMAN, BEER, BELINFANTE, BINGER, BUENO, BUENO DE MESQUITA, CATS, COCK, COHEN BELINFANTE, COHEN PARAIRA, COHN, COSMAN, DA COSTA, DA SILVA, DA SILVA ABENATAR, DE CHAVES, DEEN, DE JONG, DE LA HAYE, DE LIMA, DELMONTE, DE PINEDO, DE ROVER, DE SALAZAR, DE SOLLA, DE SOUSA, FANNO, FERARES, FRANCO MENDES, HAIM, HENRIQUES DE CASTRO, HENRIQUES DE SOUSA, HENRIQUES DE MESQUITA, JESSURUN DE MESQUITA, LOPES DE LEAO LAGUNA, LOPES SUASSO, MAAS, MARTEL, MEESTERS, MENDES, MENDES DA SILVA, MENDES DE LEON, MENDES SALAZAR, MEURS, NILE, NUNES HENRIQUES, OROBIO DE CASTRO, PALACHE, PEREIRA, PETERS, RAMON, RODRIGUES DA SILVA, SALVADOR, SARPHATI, SPINOSSA CATELLA MOCATA, STADELHOFFER, SUASSO DE PINTO, TAVARES OSORIO, TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, THIERY, TREVES, VAN BEIJEREN, VAN DER BEN, VAN GENDT, VAN KONINGSBRUGGEN, VAN WEENEN, VERMEULEN, VET, VIZIVENE, WOLFF
BRANCH D - Pending
Families in this branch seem to have been known as DA COSTA in the secular world but MENDES DA COSTA in the synagogue.
Includes connections to the following family names:
BAYLEY, DA COSTA, MENDEZ DA COSTA, OSORIO
BRANCH E - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
BARUCH LOUSADA, COHEN PEIXOTTO, DA VEIGA, DA VEIGA MENDES DA COSTA, DE CASTRO, DE LA MAR, DE MEDINA, DE MIRANDA, DE PAS, DE PINA, FORD, GABAY HENRIQUES, GOMES SOARES, HENRIQUES DE CASTRO, HENRIQUES DE MEDINA, LAMEGO, LEIGH, LEVY, LOPES SALZEDO, MENDES, MENDES MEDINA, MOCATTA, MORENU (MORENO), NAAR, NAMIAS, ROCAMOURA (ROCAMORA), SALOM, SOARES, TOURO, WILLYAMS, XIMENES CARDOSO
BRANCH F - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
BRAVO, D'AGUILAR, DA COSTA, DE ALVARO, DE PRADO, FERNANDES NUNES, HERNE, JESSURUN ALVARES, LOPES PEREIRA, MENDES, MENDES GUTTERES, SALVADOR, SKILLMAN, YESURUN RODRIGUES
BRANCH G - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
ABARBANEZ DE SOUSA, ABOAB OSORIO, CAPADOCE, DA COSTA, DA COSTA ATHIAS, DAVIDS, DE LA PENHA ROCAMORA, DEL SOTTO, DE PINTO, DE SALAZAR, HENRIQUES, HISQUIA, JESSURUN D'OLIVEIRA, LEVY XIMENES, LOPES SALZEDO, MENDES, MENDES DA SILVA, MENDES GUTTERES DA COSTA, NUNES HENRIQUES, PEREIRA, SEQUEIRA, VAZ NUNES
BRANCH H
Includes connections to the following family names:
ARONS, BEHREND, BOYLE, BRANDON, BRINTON, COVINGTON, DA FONSECA BRANDON, DE MEZA, HALFORD, LEVY, LINDO, MENDES, MENDES BELISARIO, MOCATTA, OLIVE, PEREGRINE (PELLEGRIN), PRETTO, RAYNOR, SELIGMAN, SULLIVAN, VAN RAALTE, WIENER, WOLFF
BRANCH J - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
DE CASTRO, DE LEON, DE PINTO, HART LYON, LAMEGO, LYON, MACHORRO, MENDES DA SILVA, NAYLOR, SALVADOR, SAMUDA
BRANCH K - Pending
Some families in this branch changed their name to MENDEZ-DA-COSTA, MENDES-DA COSTA, or MENDES DACOSTA.
Includes connections to the following family names:
ABENDANA MENDES, ADAMS, BENDER, BERKO, BLOND, BUCKWALD, CLEARY, CRITTON, DA COSTA, EDELS, ELLIS, FAUTLEY, FISCHELLIS, FLETCHER, FRANCES, GAFFIN, GAPPING, GEE, GORDON, HARINGHAM, HARRIS, HICKMAN, HILL, HUGHES, JACOBS, KNOWLES, LEVENE (LEVERE), LINDUP, LIPSCOMB, LOPES SALZEDO, MENDES, MUKHERJI, MURDOCH, MUSAPHIA, PARMENTER, POSNETT, POWELL, PREVOST, RAPHAEL, RITCHIE, RIVLIN, RODRIGUEZ (ROGERS), RODRIQUEZ (ROGERS), RUBINS, RUTHERFORD, SENYARD, SLOME, SMETHAM, SOMEO, SPONG, STEWART (STUART), STOCKMAN (or SLACKMAN), THOMPSON, TREVES, WALTERS, WATERS, WHITE, YABLONSKI, ZAGIEL
BRANCH L - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
BASSAN, CASTEL, COHEN, GILLES, JOSEPH, HUMBER, LANUSSE, LEWIS, PHILLIPS, POLAK, SIMONS (SIMMONS), VERMEULEN-MINKWIT, VIZEVENE (VIGEVANO), WOOLF
BRANCH M - Pending
Includes connections to the following family names:
AMBROSIUS, AMIOT, BAKKER, BRADSHAW, BUTLER, DE RIJKE, DER KINDEREN, DEZENTJE, DUNKI JACOBS, ENGEL, GOUT, HEIJMANS, HEIJMERING, HORNUNG, JEANTY, KNIJFF, LANDEGENT, MASTHOF, MENDES DE LEON, NOUHUYS, PICTON, ROESSING VAN ITERSON, ROOS VAN RAADHOVEN, SIBENIUS TRIP, SNEL, SOESMAN, SOMERVILLE, SPIJKMAN, TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS, TOOROP, VAN BENTHEM VAN DER BERG, VAN BULDEREN, VAN DER BEN, VAN DER KNOOP, VAN EDE VAN DE PALS, VAN GAALEN, VAN KOESVELD, WILLEMSE, WITTENROOD, WOESTHOF, YOUNG
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