After looking at the Mendes de Gama line in my family tree I found the marriage register for Mordechai Mendes de Gama and his wife Esther Meza Silva. Prior to this I had Esther with the maiden name Duarte de Silva (maybe an alias?) but the marriage record also gives the name of her father, Abraham Meza Silva. I was able to find his marriage register and the name of his wife Judith Semah de Valencia, mother of Esther, but not much beyond that. I was able to find the Beth Haim record for Judith and it seems to indicate her grandfather is Jacob Semah de Fonseca. Curious if anyone has done any research on the Meza Silva family and if there is a known connection with the de Meza family. I found a few others and am trying to work out the connections but the name seems to fizzle out in the 18th century. Also curious if anyone can help me make out the names of the witnesses for the marriage of Abraham and Judith.