Giuseppe d’Armenia

Little is known about Giuseppe d’Armenia except that he was a judge, and married 4 times.

He is my 7 x great-grandfather.

He was born, perhaps in Senglea, Malta, in the middle of the 17th century, son of Grazio Leonardo d’Armenia and Petronilla Caugialanza¹. His father is sometimes listed as ‘Leonardo’ and his mother is sometimes listed as Petrisa².

Titles

Giuseppe d’Armenia was a judge in Malta.

Family

In 1685 he married Vincenza de Noto and they had 1 son¹:

Francesco

In 1709, Giuseppe married Teresa Zammit in Mdina¹. I don’t know why he remarried, but the most likely cause is the death of his first wife. He and Teresa were childless¹.

In 1714, he married Gaetana Tonna. Together they had three children¹:

Felice Antonio
Pietro
Maria

On 24 August 1716 he married Diana Foti in Valletta¹, daughter of Giorgio and Gaetana² at St Paul’s². The two-year gap between his third and fourth wife is unusual, especially since he had 3 children. It’s possible two of the siblings are twins, however I have no evidence of this.

With Diana he had 5 children¹ ³:

Giorgio
Francesco Saverio, baptised on 01/02/1722 at St Paul’s.
Anna Maria Domenica Constanza, baptised on 01/11/1725 at St Paul’s.
Carlo Pietro Giorgio, baptised on 01/09/1728 at St Paul’s.

The online databases I’ve consulted don’t mention a child called Giorgio. It is possible that Carlo Pietro Giorgio was known as Giorgio because this sometimes happens. I will verify this once I get access to the relevant certificates, rather than the online database I’ve currently used.

It’s not clear why there’s such a large gap between their date of marriage and the baptisms of their children. While a six-year gap is not unusual, I will verify these dates once I get access to the relevant certificates, rather than the online databases I’ve currently used.