Bonavita

Geronimo Bonita of Rome (Papal city), married 1651 Valletta to Pasqua Consiglio, with issue.

1. Notary Michele Giovanni Bonavita, married 1674 Attard to Nobile Maria Debono, with issue.

1.1. Dr Claudio Biagio Bonavita JUD, married Anna  Maria Cacciatore d’Aragona. 

1.2. Notary Domenico Geronimo Bonavita, married 1712 at Porto Salvo to Maddalena Cacciatore d’Aragona, with issue 

1.2.1. Judge Ignazio Salvatore Bonavita JUD., “Secretary to the Consolato del Mare“.,, married (1) 1740 Vittoriosa to Anna Generosa Mangion, married (2) 1756 Valletta to Regina Champion, married (3) 1771 Valletta to Domitilla Zerafa, married (4) 1788 Valletta to Modesta Formosa, with issue. 

1.2.1.1. (Second Marriage) Notary Aloisio Gavino Bonavita, married 1786 at San Giorgio, Gozo to Maria Loreta Cauchi, with issue. 

1.2.1.1.1. Vincenzo Bonavita, married 1811 Matrice Gozo to Francesca Muscat, with issue. 

1.2.1.1.1.1. Loretto Bonavita., married 1853 Valletta to Caterina Schembri. 

1.2.1.1.1.2. Caterina Bonavita.

1.2.1.1.1.3. Sir Ignazio Gavino Bonavita, K.C.M.G (1792-1865). 

1.2.1.1.1.4. Francesca Bonavita.

1.2.1.1.2. Notary Raimondo Bonavita.

1.2.1.1.3. Dr. Ignazio Bonavita, ‘Celibe‘. 

1.2.1.1.4. Aromotorio Bonavita, ‘Celibe‘. 

1.2.1.1.5. Emmanuele Bonavita.

1.2.1.1.6. Don. Dr. Saverio Bonavita JUD, ‘Priest‘. 

1.2.1.2. Aloisia Bonavita, married 1776 at San Paolo, Valletta to Dr. Salvatore Scifo JUD. 

1.2.1.3. Oriota Bonavita, married (1) 1782 Valletta  to Dr. Francesco Giovanni Zahra Clinsciant, married (2) 1795 Valletta to Carlo Mamo. 

1.2.2. Dr. Gaetano Bonavita JUD, married 1751 Valletta to Angelica Farrugia, with issue 

1.2.2.1. Dr. Vincenzo Bonavita JUD, married 1775 Valletta to Maddalena Gatto, with issue. 

1.2.2.1.1. Dr Carlo Antonio Gioacchino Bonavita, JUD. 1st Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, (Cr:1819 by Two Sicilies), There is no record nor any claim whatsoever of the 1819 title of Conte di San Paolino d’Aquilejo in the records of the 1878 Commission. This is because the date of creation of this title is not before the annexation of Malta to the British Dominions. It should be remembered that the purpose of that report (as the report reads) was to identify those titles which were granted or recognized by the sovereign authorities of Malta during the Government of the Knights of Saint John. Some may argue that this title is not one of those titles “recognised by the British Monarch”. That argument is flawed because the purpose of the 1878 Commission was not to ‘recognize’ but to ‘identify’ those titles which had already been granted or recognized during the Government of the Order (1530-1798). This is better explained by the terms of reference to the Commissioners that ‘the Secretary of State for the colonies decided that the heads of the families who, before the annexation of Malta to the British Dominions, obtained tiles of nobility, should in accordance with a precedent during the administration of the late Governor, Sir Henry K. Storks, have precedence of the Chamber of Commerce, and in order to ascertain (etc)’. In this case, the title of Conte di San Paolino d’Aquilejo is simply not one of those titles that was obtained during the Government of the Order and does not in any way diminish its validity. 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.): see letter of Chief Secretary to Government to Commissioners dated March 8, 1877 (page 52). In addition, had this family enjoyed a title during the Government in Malta of the Order, and even if no claim whatsoever was made during the 1878 Commission, they would still in the words of Governor Straubanzee be able to enjoy precedence:- ‘At all events if there are more ‘Titolati’ they are at liberty at any time to prove their claims, and take the precedence to which they are entitled’. . 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.): see letter of Governor to Earl of Carnavon dated December, 29 1877 (page 3)., married 1810 Cospicua to Elisabeth Carbott Testaferrata dei Baroni della Grua, with issue. 

1.2.2.1.1.1. Saverio Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, (died 1849), 2nd Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, dunm. 

1.2.2.1.1.2. Rev. Guiseppe Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, (died 1871), 3rd Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, dunm. 

1.2.2.1.1.3. Gioacchino Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, (died 1890), 4th Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, married (1) 1844 Valletta to Marianna Bonnici, married (2) 1850 Cospicua  to Rosanna Rizzo, with issue. 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1. (Second marriage) Guiseppe Maria Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, (died 1906), 5th Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, married 1873 Valletta to Elisabeth Vella, with issue. 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1.1. Capt. Giovanni Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata RMA, (1880-1975), 6th Count of San Paolino d’Aquilejo, married (1) 1906 Valletta to Mary Reynaud, married (2) to Maria Pantalleresco and dsp. 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1.2. Nobile Vincenzo Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, married 1922 Valletta to Amelia Howard and dsp. 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1.3. Nobile Rosa Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, married Dr. Vincenzo Vella, MD., (Sister of Elisabeth Vella). 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1.4. Nobile Marie Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, dunm. 

1.2.2.1.1.3.1.5. Nobile Carlotta Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, dunm. 

1.2.2.1.1.4. Nobile Giuseppa Bonavita Carbott Testaferrata, married to Salvatore Giuseppe Vella.

1.2.2.1.2. Nobile Marianna Bonavita, ‘Celibe‘ 

1.2.2.1.3. Nobile Giovanna Rosa Bonavita, married 1820 to Dr Francesco Vincenzo Abela. 

1.2.2.1.4. Nobile Caterina Bonavita, married 1813 at Porto Salvo to Dr Francesco Gregorio Gatt JUD.

1.2.2.1.5. (illegitimate with Housemaid) Adeodata de Pace, de parents inconnus, nourrie par Bernardo Pace e Caterina Galea, married 1830 Matrice Gozo to Antonio Vella.

1.2.2.1.6. (illegitimate with Housemaid) Carmela de Scerri, eduquee par Salvatore Scerri e Maria Cardona, married 1830 Qormi to Paolo Galea.

1.2.2.1.7. (illegitimate with Teresa Gilibert) Maria de Gilibert, married (1) 1828 Valletta to Giuseppe Borg, married (2) 1832 Valletta to Giovanni Vassallo.

1.2.2.2. Maria Bonavita, married to Dr Gio Carlo Borg Olivier.

1.2.2.3. Dr Benedetto Bonavita JUD, married 1803 to Teodora Muscat., with issue.

1.2.2.3.1. Notary Giovanni Silvo Bonavita., married (1) 1825 Valletta to Emmanuela Cachia, marired (2) 1878 Qormi to Maria Antonia Curmi, with issue.

1.2.2.3.1.1. (First marriage) Maria Giuseppa Bonavita, married 1848 Valletta to Salvatore Vella.

1.2.2.3.1.2. Ernesta Bonavita, married 1854 Valletta to Calcedonio Letard.

1.2.2.3.1.3. Giovanna Silvia Bonavita, married 1869 Valletta to Gioacchino Schembri.

1.2.2.3.2. Notary Giovanni Bartolomeo Bonavita, married (1) 1852 Valletta to Maria Anna Magri, married (2) 1861 Vittoriosa to Maria Triganza.

1.2.2.3.3. Don Gaetano Bonavita, Priest, dunm.

1.2.2.3.4. Brigida Bonavita, Celibe, dunm.

1.2.2.4. Notary Guiseppe Bonavita, married 1774 Zebbug to Elena Mifsud, with issue. 

1.2.2.4.1. Innocenzo Bonavita, married 1806 Valletta to Guiseppa Attard, with issue. 

1.2.2.4.1.1. Alessandro Bonavita, married 1855 Valletta to Gaetana Letard.

1.2.2.4.2. Caterina Bonavita, married 1811 at Porto Salvo to Alessandro Ferzolo of Miliano, Italy.

1.3. Giuseppe Bonavia, married to Caterina Filipone, with issue.

1.3.1. Maria Bonavita, married 1756 Senglea to Nobile Andrea Debono, (see on this page).

1.3.2. Giovanni Debono, married 1789 Senglea to Anna Maria Azzopardi, with issue.

1.3.2.1. Giuseppe Debono, married 1834 Senglea to Teresa Vincenza Borg.

1.3.3. Giuseppe Debono, married 1784 Senglea to Caterina d’Antonio, with issue.

1.3.3.1. Elizabetta Debono, married 1801 Senglea to Domenico Pellegrini. 

1.4. Notary Ignazio Bonavita, married Firstly 1740 to Giovanna Rosa Mangion, Married Secondly 1771 at Porto Salvo to Domitilla Zerafa.