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Family of Jacob Matar

Sainte-Catherine Bethléem, 1710-1759

Eponym: Jacob Matar (first mentioned 1710, 2 generations below) Named after Jacob Matar, a forebear named in his descendants’ acts, with no record page of his own yet.Identity: demonstrated (Explicitly attested by the source.)View the record naming him

2 generations · 2 people · 3 records

Tree of 2 people across 2 generations, 1 filiation links attested by a record.

Joseph filius Jacob Matar1710
Catherina filia Joseph filius Jacob Matar1710

✓ Demonstrated≈ Probable? PlausibleNo published level

MembersLife and eventsSources and method

Members

Family members

2 members, 2 of them with a page

Without a published page, the name comes from the record and links to its mention.

Generation 1

Generation 2

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Life and events

Parishes

  • Sainte-Catherine Bethléem3 records · 5 mentions

Records per decade

Records per decade from 1710s to 1750s, 3 dated records in total.

  • 1710s: 2 records
  • 1720s: 0 records
  • 1730s: 0 records
  • 1740s: 0 records
  • 1750s: 1 record

Sources and method

Starting point

Joseph filius Jacob MatarLLP-2886

bride’s father, record of 1710 · See their mention in the 1710 record.

Identity: demonstrated : Starting point (Explicitly attested by the source.)What this level means

Provenance of the reconstruction

Founding decision and fingerprint, shown here: verifiable, reversible.

Two matched mentions open the lineage, each with its page:

Fingerprint: 939c1a46What this is

What the sources do not say

  • A documented event affects this parish during this period.

    Bethlehem · The plague of May–June 1711: Bethlehem and Jerusalem (1711)

    Scope rules bar the link between this family and this event: no record places it there, at the time and place the event is attested. A silence, not a gap.

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  • A documented event affects this parish during this period.

    Bethlehem · Plague of 1720-1721 (Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ein Karem) (1720-1721)

    Scope rules bar the link between this family and this event: no record places it there, at the time and place the event is attested. A silence, not a gap.

    See the event

  • A documented event affects this parish during this period.

    Bethlehem · Plague of 1732 (Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ein Karem) (1732)

    Scope rules bar the link between this family and this event: no record places it there, at the time and place the event is attested. A silence, not a gap.

    See the event

  • A documented event affects this parish during this period.

    Bethlehem · The Bethlehem war, 1740-1741 (1740-1741)

    Scope rules bar the link between this family and this event: no record places it there, at the time and place the event is attested. A silence, not a gap.

    See the event

  • A documented event affects this parish during this period.

    Bethlehem · The 1741-1742 plague: Bethlehem and Jerusalem (1741-1742)

    Scope rules bar the link between this family and this event: no record places it there, at the time and place the event is attested. A silence, not a gap.

    See the event

A record counts once even if it names several members (5 mentions).

The generations shown are deduced from the filiations stated in the records, never read as-is from a single source. Each "Child of" link carries its certainty level and links back to the record that establishes it.

What this level means

  • ✓ Demonstrated, attested by a record
  • ≈ Probable, converging evidence
  • ? Plausible, open hypothesis

Thin line, no marker: attested by a record, no confidence published for this pair.

Ottoman Holy Land Christian Communities Project, "Family of Jacob Matar," accessed 17 August 2026, https://levantinelives.org/en/familles/F280/. Version cited: snapshot from 17 August 2026, hash b13bd7cd21c8.

Cite this record.

Reference (Chicago style).

Ottoman Holy Land Christian Communities Project, "Family of Jacob Matar," accessed 17 August 2026, https://levantinelives.org/en/familles/F280/. Version cited: snapshot from 17 August 2026, hash b13bd7cd21c8.

See the BibTeX and RIS formats
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  title        = {Family of Jacob Matar},
  author       = {{Ottoman Holy Land Christian Communities Project}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {https://levantinelives.org/en/familles/F280/},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-08-17, hash b13bd7cd21c8, id F280},
  urldate      = {2026-08-17}
}
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