Libro d'Oro di Melita

"Libro d'Oro di Melita"

"Fiefholders (Barons) of the lands “Ghariexem et Tabia"

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* Judge Gaddo I Cassia of Mdina, (c 1481), married Lorenza Barbara, with issue.

1. Luca Cassia, married 1485 to Agnese Barbara, with issue
1.1. Demetrio Cassia, married Bartolomea ..., with issue
1.1.1. Not. Carlo Cassia, married 1571 at Matrice Gozo to Isabella Sansone, with issue.
1.1.1.1. Florio Cassia, married 1584 at Matrice Gozo to Gerolama de Fantino, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1. Marietta Cassia, married (1) 1609 to Giovanni d'Armenia., married (2) 1639 to Melchiorre di Monte Albano., married (3) 1666 to Not. Paolo d'Arena, with issue.

1.1.1.1.1.1. (illegitimate) Maria d'Armenia, married 1632 Valletta to Geronimo von Leo.

1.1.1.1.2. Gio Paolo Cassia., married (1) 1629 to Petronilla Xirihia., married (2) 1637 to Maruzza Pace.

1.1.1.1.3. Tomaso Cassia., married Laura, with issue.

1.1.1.1.3.1. Grazia Cassia., married 1654 to Petruzzo Cremona.

1.1.1.1.3.2. Angelo Cassia., married 1656 to Andreanna Xicluna.

1.1.1.2. Alessandro Cassia., married with issue.

1.1.1.2.1. Margherita Cassia., married 1662 at Valletta to Francesco Gregorio Romano.

1.1.1.3. Pietro Cassia, married 1610 Naxxar to Domenica Galea, with issue.

1.1.1.3.1. Carlo Cassia, married 1653 Mdina to Maddalena Azzopardi, with issue.

1.1.1.3.1.1. Domenica Cassia.

1.1.1.3.1.2. Rosa Cassia.

1.1.1.3.1.3. Giorgio Cassia, married 1690 Naxxar to Grazia Mifsud., with issue.

1.1.1.3.1.3.1. Maddalena Cassia, married 1719 Naxxar to Francesco Busuttil.

1.1.1.3.1.3.2. Paolo Cassia, married 1731 Naxxar to Maria Micallef, with issue.

1.1.1.3.1.3.2.1. Lucrezia Cassia, married 1768 Naxxar to Lorenzo Vella.

1.1.1.3.2. Leonardo Cassia, (Migrated to Messina Sicily), A Solider of the Sicilian Army, married 1661 Messina to Maria Christina NN, with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.1. Antonia Cassia, 'Nun'.

1.1.1.3.2.2. Capt. Pietro Paolo Cassia, Sicilian Army, married 1694 to Scolastica de Naro, with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.1. Leonardo Cassia, 'Priest'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2. Cav Michele Cassia, Sicilian Army, married 1720 to Christina NN, with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.1. Cav. Pietro Paolo Cassia, (1721-78), Created Signore 1759., married 1750 to Sophia Eleanora NN, with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.1.1. M'Angelo Cassia, (1751-92), 2nd Signore., married with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.1.2. Leonardo Cassia, 'Priest'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.1.3. Emmanuele Cassia, married with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.2. Leonardo Cassia, (1724-82), married with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.3. Amalia Cassia, 'Nun'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.4. Giorgio Cassia, 'Priest'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.2.5. Cav Tommaso Cassia, Cr: 1768 Signore, married 1758 to Maria Antonia NN, with issue.

1.1.1.3.2.2.3. Aloisea Cassia, 'Nun'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.4. Carlo Cassia, 'Priest'.

1.1.1.3.2.2.5. Philip Cassia, (1704-29), Sicilian Army.

1.1.1.3.2.3. Philippa Cassia, 'Nun'.

1.1.2. Giovanna Cassia, married Antonio Micallef, with issue.

1.1.3. Laura Cassia., married 1574 to Ferdinando Ciappara.

1.2. Gaddo II Cassia, (c 1536), married (1) to Giovanna Rapa, married (2) to Gugliarda Calabacchio, with issue
1.2.1. (Second Marriage) Margarita Cassia, married Giovanni Agius.
1.2.2. Poala Cassia, married 1503 to Leonardo Cassar.
1.2.3. Giuliano Cassia,. married to Eleanora ..., with issue
1.2.3.1. Agata Cassia, married 1526 to Nicola Xara.
1.2.3.2. Margherita Cassia, married Matteo Abela.
1.2.3.3. Pietro Cassia, married 1533 to Isabella Baglio, with issue.
1.2.3.3.1. Antonio Cassia, married 1560 to Caterina Cumbo, with issue
1.2.3.3.1.1. Gio Maria Cassia, (1st "Baron" of Ghariexem e Tabia see footnote) married (1) 1586 to Laurica Rosso, married (2) to Caterina Cumbo, with issue
1.2.3.3.1.1.1.(First Marriage) Giacinto Cassia, (2nd and last "Baron" of Ghariexem e Tabia see footnote); 1st Baron of Ghariexem e Tabia (By virtue of Commissioners recommendation of 1878), -See Below.
1.2.3.3.1.1.2. Teresa Cassia, married Giuseppe Senatio
1.2.3.3.1.1.3. (Second Marriage) Isabella Cassia, married 1645 to Agostino Agius.
1.2.3.3.1.2. Isabella Cassia, married (1) 1577 to Ugolino Navarra, Married (2) 1596 to Dr. Antonio Torrensi.
1.2.3.3.1.3. Imperia Cassia, married 1576 to Gregorio Scerri (Xerri), 4th Barone di Castel Cicciano.
1.2.3.3.2. Giovanni Cassia, married (1) 1598 to Paola Delia, Married (2) 1613 to Giovanella Mizzi, with issues.
1.2.3.3.2.1. (First Marriage) Mariano Cassia
1.2.3.3.2.2. Mco. Gio Domenico Cassia, married (1) 1624 at Valletta to Lucrezia Debono., married (2) 1633 to Caterina Gauci., married (3) 1641 at Valletta to Marguerite Borg.
1.2.3.3.2.3. (Second Marriage) Giacinto Cassia, married (1) 1630 at Valletta to Laura Bartolo., married (2) 1645 to Domenica Agius, with issue
1.2.3.3.2.4. Petruccio Cassia, married 1644 to Lorenza Azzopardi, with issue

1.2.3.3.2.4.1. Vincenza Cassia., married 1676 to Giovanni Farrugia.

1.2.3.4. Isabella Cassia, married 1532 to Principi Nicola Sayd
1.3. Giacomo Cassia, married Imperia Camenzuli, with issue
1.3.1. Giovanni Cassia, married Agnese.., with issue.
1.3.1.1. Giacomo Cassia, married Agata.., with issue
1.3.1.1.1. Francesco Cassia, 'Priest'.
1.3.1.1.2. Dr. Matteo Cassia, Medico Fisico, married (1) Antonella Macanujio, Married (2) Lorenza Xara, with issue
1.3.1.1.2.1. (Second Marriage) Amata Cassia, married 1648 to Baron Antonio Inguanez.
1.3.1.1.2.2. (Second Marriage) Agata Cassia, married 1649 Valletta to Dr Giuseppe Ducoss MD
1.3.1.1.2.3. (First Marriage) Fra. Crillo Cassia.
1.3.1.1.2.4. (First Marriage) Fra. Agostino Cassia.
1.3.1.1.2.5. (First Marriage) Cosimo Cassia, "Priest".
1.3.1.1.2.6. (First Marriage) Dr Giacomo Cassia JUD, married 1646 to Maria Cagnara, with issue.
1.3.1.1.2.6.1. Dr. Matteo Cassia, JUD.
1.3.1.1.2.6.2. Antonia Cassia, married Dr. Pasquale Sceberras, JUD.

1.3.1.1.2.7. (Second Marriage) Celestina Cassia married 4 Sep 1650 Qormi to Bartolomeo Magro.
1.3.2. Agnese Cassia, married 1539 to Sigimondo Baglio.
1.3.3. Bartolomeo Cassia, married 1549 to Marguerita dei Principi Sayd, with issues
1.3.3.1. Agnese Cassia, married 1572 to Spirto Gourgion, with issue. (see Gourgion)
1.3.3.2. Clara Cassia

Footnote: Gio Maria Cassia (1.2.3.3.1.1) bought the fief of Ghariescem from the Inguanez family (Antonio Inguanez having originally bought the fief form Stefano Lo Blundo). However, Gio Maria’s son, Giacinto Cassia, was dispossessed of this fief in consequence of its having reverted to the Government of Malta, by a judgment dated the 18th June 1535, after the Rota Romana had, by various decisions (Decisiones S.R. Rom. Recentiores, Pars 6; Decis. 29, Decis, 212, Decis. 310, Decis. 314.), declared the feudal nature of the aforesaid land, which Giacinto claimed to hold in his own right. A deed of transaction was subsequently entered into between the said Giacinto and the Procurators of the Comun Tesoro of the Order. That deed was received by Notary Michele Ralli on the 14th April 1638, and was assented to by Grand Master Fr. Giovampaolo Lascaris de Castellar and his Council, on the 16th April 1638. By virtue of that transaction, the land ta ghariescem was ceded to Giacinto Cassia and to his children and to his descendants for ever, and the feudatories were to discharge the annuity which their predecessors were bound to pay. It was further agreed that the land should be possessed iure feudi; that it could not be transferred to and divided among the descendants of both sexes of Giacinto Cassia, without the Grand Master’s license, until the total extinction of the descent of Giacinto; and that the holders of it should annually pay into the Tesoro of the Order, fifty Sicilian ounces of general weight, equivalent to 10/.Sc. 4d sterling. Giacinto was to obtain the investiture, take the oath of fealty , and procure the Bulls from the Cancelleria, and all his successors in the fief were to receive the investiture from the Grand Master. See: Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) Regarding the title of Barone, see footnote below.

* Magnificus Giacinto Cassia,(died 1655) “1st Baron” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (Cr. 1638 being the date of creation subsequently attributed in 1878 by reason of a custom in regard to a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638 in which he was invested on the 27 April 1638),
Married Maddalena Surdo, 6th Baroness of Castel Cicciano, (See Castel Cicciano), with issue.

1. Gio Antonio Cassia, 2nd Baron-See Below.
2. Pietro Cassia, 3rd Baron-See Below.
3. Camillo Cassia, dunm.
4. Laura Cassia, married (1) Ugolino Cumbo Navarra, married (2) to Policaro Testaferrata.

Footnote: Historically, there is no grant of a title of barone di Ghariescem et Tabia. However, the holder of the fief by that name was, by Custom, accorded the title of barone. In fact, the 1878 Commission reported that: “Although no particular title of nobility appears to have been conferred upon Giacinto Cassia and his descendants in 1638, we must, however, submit that since the date of the above-mentioned transaction, seven investitures of the fief “Ghariescem” and “Tabia” were granted under the government of the Knights. The first was given to Giacinto Cassia on the 27th April 1638; the second to Gio. Antonio Cassia, on the 15th January 1655; the third to Pietro Cassia, on the 13th August 1658; in which three investitures each of the feudatories is designated as Magnificus . The fourth investiture was granted to Domenica Cassia, wife of Stanislao Xara, on the 21st August 1678, in which she is called filia vero quondam Magnifici Petri Cassia J.U.D. olim Baronis de Ghariescem et Tabia’. The fifth to Pietro Paolo Xara, on the 28th August 1721, in which the following words occur: quod quidem Pheudum ad eum uti dicta quondam Nobilis Baronissae Domonicae Cassia et Xara filium primogenitum pervenit, ad quod supradictum Nobilem Petrum Paulum Xara” The sixth was granted to Stanislao Xara, styled Nobilis Stanislaus Xara quondam Nobilis Petri Pauli Xara Pheudi de Ghariescem et Tabia Baronis filius primogenitus”; and the seventh was given on the 20th August 1797, to Felicita Chiara Sant filia vero primogenita quondam Magnificae Antoniae Bonnici sororis secundogenita quondam Magnifici Stanislai Xara olim Baronis De Ghariescem et Tabia.”. Moreover, the Commissioners also noted that “From the records of the Cancelleria it appears that in the year 1659, by a Magistral Bull, the office of Capitano della Verga was conferred upon Nobili ac Magnifico Pietro Cassia J.U.D. Baroni de Ghariescem et Tabia and that in the years 1776 and 1777 the office of Giurato was bestowed on Magnificum et Nobilem Baronem Stanislaum Xara. “For these reasons, the Commissioners after having seen these explicit declarations of the Grand Masters from 1659 to 1797, made not only on the occasions of the investiture of the fiefs, but also of the appointment of some of the descendants of Giacinto Cassia to important offices under the Government of the Maltese islands, on which occasions they were styled barons and constantly designated as nobles, declared “we do not think ourselves justified in refusing to Conte Gio Francesco Sant the title of barone, notwithstanding the non existence of the authentic and original grant of the title, and his name will therefore be inserted in our list, not only with the addition of Conte but also with that of “Barone de Ghariescem e Tabia, though the family name Cassia will not be appended to the latter title. For the foregoing reasons the date of creation is stated to be the 16th of April 1638.” See: Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.)

* Magnificus Gio Antonio Cassia, (died 1658), “2nd Baron” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested on 15 January 1655 as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638), 7th Baron of Castel Cicciano,
Married to Perna d'Anastasio, and dsp.

* Magnificus Pietro Cassia, (died 1686), “3rd Baron” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested on 13 August 1658 as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638), 8th Baron of Castel Cicciano,

Married 1638 to Eugenia d'Anastasio, with issue.

1. Publio Maria Cassia, Baroncino di Ghariexem e Tabia, dunm.
2. Maddalena Cassia, married Bernardo Piscopo, Count of Mont'Alto, dsp.
3. Celidonia Cassia, married (1) Pietro Paolo Falsone, Married (2) Tomaso Portelli.
4. Beatrice Cassia, 9th Baroness of Castel Cicciano, Joint 1st Baroness of Gomerino-married Paolo Testaferrata (See Castel Cicciano, and Gomerino).
5. Sister. Amodea Cassia, "Nun", dunm.
6. Domenica Cassia, 4th Baroness-See Below.
7. Polidoxa Cassia, married 1688 to Diego Moscati.

* Domenica Cassia, (1640-1721), “4th Baroness” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested on 21 August 1678 as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638),
Married to Stanislao Xara, 'Capitano della Verga of Malta', with issue.

1. Domenico Xara Cassia, Baroncino di Ghariexem e Tabia, (died 1703), married Francesca Mamo, and dsp.
2. Pietro Paolo Xara Cassia, 5th Baron-See Below.
3. Eugenia Xara, married (1) Antonio Bonici, married (2) Dr Pietro Xeberras JUD.

* Pietro Paolo Xara Cassia, (1669-1749), “5th Baron” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested on the 28 August 1721 as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638),
Married Firstly to Antonia Bonici, and dsp. Married Secondly to Costanza Leocata, with issue.

1. Stanislao Xara Cassia, 6th Baron-See Below.
2. Maria Antonia Xara Cassia, (1730-62), Married Gregorio Bonici Platamone, with issue.
2.1. Pietro Paolo Bonici Platamone Xara Cassia, (1755-83), Baroncino di Ghariexem e Tabia, married 1783 to Johanna Perdicomati Bologna, 3rd Countess of Catena, and dsp.
2.2. Chiara Bonici Platamone Xara Cassia, 7th Baroness-See Below.
2.3. Maria Bonici Platamone Xara Cassia, Married 1783 to Alessandro D'Amico Inguanez, 17th Baron of Djar-il-Bniet and Buqana, with issue. (See That Title).
3. Perna Bonici Platamone Xara Cassia, married 1754 to Lorenzo Moscati.

* Stanislao Xara Cassia, (1726-1794), “6th Baron” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638),
Married Teresa Moscati-Sceberras, dei Marchesi di Xrobb il Ghagin, dsp.

* Felicita Chiara Bonici Platamone Xara Cassia, (1757-1821), “7th Baroness” of Ghariexem e Tabia, (being the person invested on the 27 August 1797 as successor of a property acquired in fief by Giacinto Cassia on the 16 April 1638),Married 1777 to Gio Francesco Sant, 2nd Count Sant, (See Sant), with issue.

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