Massiah Family of Barbados
This category honours our grandmothers: Deborah Massiah (1693), matriarch of the Massiah Family of Barbados, and Amelia Alberta Reed (1866), grandmother of the matriarch of the Massiah Family of Imran, in addition to commemorating the history of the scattered Children of Israel.
It contains posts documenting the historical diaspora of the Massiah family in Barbados, including connections to the Nidhe Israel Synagogue, the realities of captivity and dispersion, and the enduring legacy of a people historically classified as Africans.
The posts also explore lessons reflected in the history of the Bani Israel, highlighting patterns of testing, exile, and covenant accountability as described in the Qur’an.