David Cohen Nassy (born 1612) started Jewish colonies in the Caribbean.
[1] He had several nicknames: Cristovão de Távora (his Christian name) and José Nunes da Fonseca (his tradename).
He fled to Amsterdam (Dutch Republic) because of the Inquisition in Portugal.
David lived in Amsterdam and was authorized in 1662 by Abraham Cohen to go to Cayenne (now the capital of French Guiana).
David de Ishak Cohen Nassy, born in Suriname in 1747, had a wife called Esther.