Selected Families and Individuals


Simão Lopes Henriques was born about 1525 in Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Maria de Bettencourt e Sá.

C.g. (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts Sás).

Maria de Bettencourt e Sá [Parents] was born about 1527 in Ribeira Grande, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Simão Lopes Henriques.


João Pereira was born about 1500 in Portugal. He married Simoa de Bettencourt.

Bisneto do Conde da Feira (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts Sás).

Simoa de Bettencourt [Parents] was born about 1502 in Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married João Pereira.

Casou-se em Portugal (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts Sás).

They had the following children:

  F i Beatriz Pereira

João de Frias [Parents] was born about 1525 in Portugal. He married Beatriz Pereira.

(De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts Sás).

Beatriz Pereira [Parents] was born about 1525 in Portugal. She married João de Frias.


Bartolomeu de Frias was born about 1500 in Portugal.

Foi Licenciado (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts Sás).

He had the following children:

  M i João de Frias

Martim Anes was born about 1530 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Beatriz Homem.

(De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Beatriz Homem was born about 1530 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Martim Anes.

They had the following children:

  F i Bárbara Gomes Ferreira

Joane Mendes de Brito [Parents] "O Moço" was born in 1503 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Francisca Fernandes.

Sucedeu no morgado que instituiu seu tio Joane Mendes de Brito, O Velho, e Isabel Fernandes sua mulher por nome D. Felipa de Brito. S.g. E entrou ele por serem já mortos seus irmão Mendo e Jorge de Brito (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Francisca Fernandes was born about 1505 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died on 29 Dec 1553 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Joane Mendes de Brito.

They had the following children:

  M i Pedro de Brito de Oliveira
  M ii Francisco de Bettencourt was born about 1547 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Faleceu solteiro (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Mem de Brito de Oliveira was born about 1420 in Portugal. He married Helena de Vasconcelos.

(De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, ttos Bettencourts; Britos de Oliveira).

Helena de Vasconcelos was born about 1520 in Portugal. She married Mem de Brito de Oliveira.

They had the following children:

  M i Pedro de Brito de Oliveira Pestana
  M ii Joane Mendes de Brito
  M iii Duarte Pestana de Brito

Mendo de Brito de Oliveira [Parents] was born in 1494 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died on 10 Jan 1572 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Iria de Morais.

Other marriages:
da Silva, Isabel

Fez morgado de seus bens em nome de seu sobrinho Antonio de Brito de Oliveira, fo de seu irmão Jorge (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Iria de Morais [Parents] was born about 1495 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died about 1525 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Mendo de Brito de Oliveira.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria de Brito de Oliveira was born about 1520 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Freira em St. Clara do Funchal (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).
  F ii Joana de Brito de Oliveira was born about 1522 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Freira em St. Clara do Funchal (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Sebastião de Morais "O Velho" was born about 1460 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel Fernandes Tavares.

(De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Isabel Fernandes Tavares was born about 1465 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Sebastião de Morais.

They had the following children:

  F i Iria de Morais

Mendo de Brito de Oliveira [Parents] was born in 1494 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died on 10 Jan 1572 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel da Silva.

Other marriages:
de Morais, Iria

Fez morgado de seus bens em nome de seu sobrinho Antonio de Brito de Oliveira, fo de seu irmão Jorge (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Britos de Oliveira).

Isabel da Silva [Parents] was born about 1500 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Mendo de Brito de Oliveira.

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