TOLEDANO Family Tree

The name TOLEDANO means from Toledo (Spain). The family was expelled from Spain in 1492 and settled in Salonika.

Daniel TOLEDANO (b. 1570 Salonika, Greece, d. 1640 Fez, Morocco) son of Joseph TOLEDANO was the founder of the two main lines of the TOLEDANO family tree. He left Greece in 1600 with his wife and two sons for Fez, Morocco where he became head of a yeshiva. He is described in sources as "Head of the Castilian Scholars" and as the "Head of the Yeshiva of Fez"

• Rabbi Hayyim TOLEDANO (b. about 1585 Salonika, Greece, d. about 1660-1665 Meknes, Morocco). Rabbi and Dayan.
  • Rabbi Daniel TOLEDANO (b. 1600 Fez, d. 1670 Meknes). Rabbi and legal authority in Meknes.
    • Hayyim TOLEDANO (b. about 1620)
    • Moses TOLEDANO (b. about 1625 Fez, d. about 1700 Meknes)
  • Rabbi Habib TOLEDANO (b. about 1601 Fez, d. 1660 Meknes). Rabbi and Nagid in Meknes. He was referred to as "He-Hasid" (The Pious). He was a signatory to a Takanah of 1640 whose efficacy he strengthened by securing for it a royal order. Author of Sefer Sa'are Hokhmah.
    • Rabbi Hayyim TOLEDANO
    • Isaac TOLEDANO (b. about 1635)

• Rabbi Joseph TOLEDANO (b. about 1590-1600 Salonika, Greece, d. about 1670-1680 Meknes, Morocco). Rabbi and Dayan.
  • Rabbi Daniel TOLEDANO (b. about 1606, d. about 1680). Rabbi and Dayan in Meknes and counselor of Moulay Isma'il together with his colleague Joseph MAYMERAN. He fought Shabbateanism with R. Aaron ha-Sab'uni and his son-in-law R. Jacob SASPORTAS and he signed legal opinions with R. Hayyim ben Habib TOLEDANO.
    • Joseph TOLEDANO (d. about 1700), counselor of the Moroccan King Moulay Isma'il, who sought to develop foreign trade and exchange Christian captives for arms as well as other goods. The king sent Joseph TOLEDANO to the Netherlands to conduct negotiations which would lead to a peace treaty and commericial agreement between the two countries. His mission was successful and the treaty was ratified in 1683. In 1688, Joseph presented his credentials as Moroccan ambassador to the States General. The presence in Holland of his brother-in-law Jacob SASPORTAS obviously assisted him in the fulfillment of his mission.
    • Hayyim TOLEDANO (d. about 1710). Royal counselor, accompanied his brother Joseph TOLEDANO on mission to the Netherlands. Once the treaty was ratified he return to Meknes and together with the nagid Abraham MAYMERAN convinced the king to accept its conditions and sign. In 1690, when a crisis between the two countries appeared imminent, the travelled to the Netherlands and succeeded in renewing the treaty, afterwards convincing the king to accept the conditions of the treaty.
      • Daniel TOLEDANO (d. about 1740). Traded together with his father in the Netherlands and other European countries. He dealt mainly in wax and was known as "one of the country's magnates". In about 1720, after the death of his fathre, he was arrested by the king. The king confiscated his family's belongings in payment for his debt including Hayyim ben Baruch TOLEDANO (the MaHaRHaT)'s property, thus bankrupting him.
    • Moses TOLEDANO (d. about 1725). One of the favorites in the royal court. Together with the nagid Abraham MAYMERAN he traded with the European countries, especially in firearms. In 1699 he travelled to the Netherlands and submitted complaints to the States General concerning his dealings with them. He won his suit and was awarded considerable compensation.
    • 6 other children
  • Rabbi Barukh TOLEDANO (b. about 1607, d. 1685). Rabbi in Meknes, father of seven sons.
    • Moses TOLEDANO married daughter of Hayyim Ha-Hasid TOLEDANO. Father of four hakhamim (sages).
    • Hayyim TOLEDANO (d. about 1715). Leading merchant who traded with the royal family in association with his brother Abraham TOLEDANO. He died childless and bequeathed his estate to his nephew R. Hayyim TOLEDANO (the MaHaRHaT), the son of his brother Moses TOLEDANO.
    • Abraham TOLEDANO. Leading merchant who traded with the royal family.
    • 4 other children

Thanks to Yacov Tal TOLEDANO (b. 1932 Jerusalem) author of The History of TOLEDANO Families published in Sharsheret Hadorot, of The Israel Genealogical Society, and to Moshe EBNER for information on the TOLEDANO Family.

Also see Encyclopedia Judaica 22 Volume Set (p. 1193-1198).

Other TOLEDANO's

The following TOLEDANO's presumably are descend from one of the branches listed above: Aaron TOLEDANO, Abraham TOLEDANO, Alberto Felipe TOLEDANO, Baruch TOLEDANO, Bida TOLEDANO, Chalom TOLEDANO, Dorit TOLEDANO, Esther TOLEDANO, Gabriel TOLEDANO, Geulah TOLEDANO, Isaac TOLEDANO, Joseph TOLEDANO, Joseph TOLEDANO, Kota TOLEDANO, Laurette TOLEDANO, Raphael TOLEDANO, Raymonde TOLEDANO, Rebecca TOLEDANO, Samuel TOLEDANO, ?? TOLEDANO, ?? TOLEDANO.

Jacob TOLEDANO ben Moses (d. about 1928) and Jacob Moses TOLEDANO (1880-1960) [Minister of Religious Affairs in the Ben Gurion government] are mentioned in Encyclopedia Judaica 22 Volume Set (p. 1197-1198).

• Abraham TOLEDANO (b. 1710, d. 1784 Gibraltar) married Esther
  • Hanna TOLEDANO (b. 1762, d. 1847) m. Abraham nunes MARTINEZ (b. 1765, d. 1845).
    • son MARTINEZ married (1783) Bevis MARKS
      • Sarah MARTINEZ m. (2 May 1809) Isaac MARTIN
        • Rachel MARTIN married (1836) Joseph HART
          • Abigail HART (b. 29 Jan. 1847, d. 1906) married Morris (Moses) ASHER
            • Sarah ASHER m. Reuben PEACHEY.
              • Phoebe PEACHEY, grandmother of Kevin MARTIN kevin.martin@london.com

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