Individual Details
Elizabeth Madeira
(14 Apr 1792 - 13 Jul 1845)
In his "Madeira History," Firnell D. Madeira states that: "Madeiras were once Portuguese [Sephardic] Jews. 'I think this is altogether probable as Madeira is a Portuguese word meaning weed and all the Portuguese having the terminal eira to their names, such as Pereira and the like, were Jews.'"
In a letter dated 7 Oct 1907 to her cousin George W. Crockwell in Portland, OR, Mary L. Madeira (1871 Ross, OH - ?) wrote: "The Madeiras migrated from Portugal to Spain and then to France where they stayed until the Huguenot Rebellion, going from there into Holland where they lived for several generations--long enough to take Dutch names--then sailed to America from Holland."
An anonymous history of the Madeira family was located on microfilm at the LDS Family History Center. It read as follows:
The Madeira family was originally of Spain. During the persecutions by the Inquisition [Spanish Inquisition began in 1478] in the time of Charles V [Holy Roman Emperor], the family being Protestant, sailed to Holland, and subsequently removed to America, settling in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and became owners of a tract of land in that vicinity called Gwynedd (sp).
They are now found scattered through many states of the union writing their names: Madora, Madera, Madery, Madara and Madeira.
The family in 1754 were members of the German Reformed Church of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and later we find Jacob Madeira a contributor to the erection of the German Reformed Church of Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one of its first founders.
Hans Jacob Madeira's son, Jacob, married Hester Tschudi whose father was also one of the founders of the German Reformed Church in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:
1. Jacob who married Catharine Bauer on 3 Apr 1762
2. Sebastian (b. 1737) who married Catharine Forsh in 1764
3. Esther (b. 1 Jan 1743 - d. 13 May 1832) who married Jacob Zebley on 23 Dec 1761.
4. George (d. 1 Jun 1801 at Warrington, Bucks, PA) who married Barbara Benther on 13 Mar 1777 (d. 1813)
5. a son (died in infancy)
6. Christopher (b. 1750 - d. 19 Feb 1825) who married Elizabetha Neff on 30 Apr 1776 (d. 1793)
According to Ancestry.com, the MADEIRA name and meaning comes from the Portuguese and is a metronymic occupational name for a carpenter, from madeira 'wood', 'timber' (Late Latin materia, from classical Latin materies 'material', 'substance'). MADEIRA is also listed as a local name from the Portuguese island of Madeira, which was named such because of the timber that grew there. The island was colonized in the 15th century under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
In a letter dated 7 Oct 1907 to her cousin George W. Crockwell in Portland, OR, Mary L. Madeira (1871 Ross, OH - ?) wrote: "The Madeiras migrated from Portugal to Spain and then to France where they stayed until the Huguenot Rebellion, going from there into Holland where they lived for several generations--long enough to take Dutch names--then sailed to America from Holland."
An anonymous history of the Madeira family was located on microfilm at the LDS Family History Center. It read as follows:
The Madeira family was originally of Spain. During the persecutions by the Inquisition [Spanish Inquisition began in 1478] in the time of Charles V [Holy Roman Emperor], the family being Protestant, sailed to Holland, and subsequently removed to America, settling in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and became owners of a tract of land in that vicinity called Gwynedd (sp).
They are now found scattered through many states of the union writing their names: Madora, Madera, Madery, Madara and Madeira.
The family in 1754 were members of the German Reformed Church of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and later we find Jacob Madeira a contributor to the erection of the German Reformed Church of Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one of its first founders.
Hans Jacob Madeira's son, Jacob, married Hester Tschudi whose father was also one of the founders of the German Reformed Church in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had the following children:
1. Jacob who married Catharine Bauer on 3 Apr 1762
2. Sebastian (b. 1737) who married Catharine Forsh in 1764
3. Esther (b. 1 Jan 1743 - d. 13 May 1832) who married Jacob Zebley on 23 Dec 1761.
4. George (d. 1 Jun 1801 at Warrington, Bucks, PA) who married Barbara Benther on 13 Mar 1777 (d. 1813)
5. a son (died in infancy)
6. Christopher (b. 1750 - d. 19 Feb 1825) who married Elizabetha Neff on 30 Apr 1776 (d. 1793)
According to Ancestry.com, the MADEIRA name and meaning comes from the Portuguese and is a metronymic occupational name for a carpenter, from madeira 'wood', 'timber' (Late Latin materia, from classical Latin materies 'material', 'substance'). MADEIRA is also listed as a local name from the Portuguese island of Madeira, which was named such because of the timber that grew there. The island was colonized in the 15th century under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
Events
| Birth | 14 Apr 1792 | , , VA |  |  | |
| Marriage | 20 Sep 1813 | , Ross, OH - Dr. Thomas James Crockwell | | ||
| Death | 13 Jul 1845 | |
Families
| Spouse | Dr. Thomas James Crockwell (1783 - 1843) |
| Child | Lemuel Crockwell (1814 - 1875) |
| Child | Charles Logan Douglas Crockwell (1816 - 1890) |
| Child | Mary Elenor Crockwell (1818 - 1858) |
| Child | Dr. John Daniel Madeira Crockwell (1820 - 1885) |
| Child | Harriet E. Crockwell (1823 - 1900) |
| Child | Kathrine A. Crockwell (1825 - 1900) |
| Child | Galina A. Crockwell (1827 - 1878) |
| Child | Maria Almira Crockwell (1830 - ) |
| Child | Almira Maria Crockwell (1830 - ) |
| Child | Martha Jane Crockwell (1833 - 1899) |
Notes
Birth
A handwritten record was found on LDS microfilm that listed Elizabeth MADEIRA as being born in Lisbon, Portugal.Endnotes
1. , Baptism & Endowment into Church of Latter-Day Saints: 1926-1927, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, UT.
2. Charles Anacker entry, International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library).
3. , Baptism & Endowment into Church of Latter-Day Saints: 1926-1927, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, UT.