original_query: Who were the early settlers in Madras (now Chennai) after its founding in 1640?
query: Who were the early Jewish settlers in Madras (now Chennai) after its founding in 1640?
answer: Early Jewish settlers in Madras were primarily coral merchants of Portuguese origin from places like Leghorn, the Caribbean, London, and Amsterdam, belonging to families such as Henriques De Castro, Franco, Paiva, and Porto.