I have been reading "1677 – A Fábrica D’El-Rei" written by Jorge Patrão. A few chapters deal with descendants of Portuguese Jews outside of Portugal. David Mendoza and I concluded a long time ago that it would be good if the Red de Juderias and Portuguese writers in general would connect the multiple stories about New Christians in Portugal, with the Western Sephardic Diaspora outside Portugal. This book does just that. With stories about Mendes Seixas, Henriques de Castro, Henriques Ferreira, and others. Here is my contribution to the story, it concerns Álvaro Henriques Ferreira, producer of carpets, discussed in the above book from page 131. I believe I found his last will, dated 17 October 1729, in ... Amsterdam. Here is my excerpt: Last will 17 October 1729, notary Jan BarelsÁlvaro, normally living in London but now in Amsterdam, is poor of health, but sound of mind and memory convinced of the fragility of life and of the certainty of death, yet unsure about the hour and moment of death, makes his last willHe commends his soul to God and his body to the earthHe wants to dispose of his wordly goods, and declares that he normally lives in London but is now in these lands (Amsterdam) to see his relativesHe leaves to his son Diogo Henriques Ferreira, living in Bahia, 50.000 reis, as a memoriaHe instates as his sole and universal heir, his daughter Anna Henriques Ferreira aka Deborah Henriques FerreiraThe testator declares that he has another daughter in Portugal named Catharina Henriques Ferreira married to Pedro Lopes Al…aThe testator leaves to his wife, Catharina Henriques, alias Ester Ferreira Samuda the sum of 400 pounds “sterlinus” Sterling), conform to his ketubah.He names as executors of this last will his brother Isacque Henriques Ferreira and his nephew David Henriques Ferreira, with the express exclusion of the Orphan Chamber of this city (Amsterdam)The next day, 18 October 1729, Abraham is buried in Beth Haim, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, the burial place of the Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam.Link to the will: https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5075/307.1.19/start/210/limit/10/highlight/1 The wife mentioned in this last will, Catharina Henriques alias Ester Ferreira Samuda was not the mother of his children. The ketubah mentioned in the last will was concluded on 31 July 1729, just two and a half months before Abraham's last will. The signature under Abraham/Alvaro's last will (first image) is akin to the one under his ketubah (last image)