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Lourenco (Issac) Rodrigues Lindo (c. 1638 –1712) was a Portuguese-Jewish merchant, who settled in London in the 17th century. [1]

Born1636 (1636)
Died1712 (aged 7576)
London
SpousePerpetua Leah Lopes
FatherJoao Rodrigues Lindo
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Isaac Rodrigues Lindo
Born1636 (1636)
Died1712 (aged 7576)
London
SpousePerpetua Leah Lopes
FatherJoao Rodrigues Lindo
FamilyLindo family
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Life

He was born in Badajoz in 1638 to Joao Rodrigues Lindo and Constance Nunes. [2]

From 1653-56, he lived in London with his uncle Antonio Fernandez Carvajal.[3]

In 1656, he and his wife were arrested by the Inquisition in the Canary Islands and released after .[4]

In 1675, they settled in London and in 1681 he became a Sworn Broker on the Royal Exchange.[5] He was an elder of Bevis Marks and a signatory of the Ascamot of 1694.

He and his wife Perpetua Lopes had three children:

  • Alexander (1666-1726) m Rachel Lopes Pereira
  • Elias (1690-1727) m Rachel Lopes Fereira
  • Constanza, who married Abraham Franco (1707) of Devonshire Square[6]

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