Selected Families and Individuals


Cristovão Esmeraldo [Parents] was born about 1495 in Ponta do Sol, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died after 1573 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Leonor de Atouguia.

Sucedeu a seu pai no morgado do St. Espírito. Serviu na África (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Esmeraldos)

Leonor de Atouguia [Parents] was born about 1488 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died after 1573 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Cristovão Esmeraldo.

Em outras fontes é chamada de Ana de Atouguia.

They had the following children:

  M i Antonio Esmeraldo
  F ii Ana Esmeraldo
  M iii João Esmeraldo de Atouguia

Francisco Álvares da Costa [Parents] was born about 1465 in Portugal. He married Branca de Atouguia.

Foi provedor da Fazenda (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 212; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Atougias, Bettencourts, Esmeraldos)

Branca de Atouguia [Parents] was born about 1465 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Francisco Álvares da Costa.

They had the following children:

  M i Manoel de Atouguia
  M ii Antonio de Atouguia
  M iii Luis de Atouguia
  F iv Leonor de Atouguia
  M v Francisco Álvares de Atouguia
  M vi Nuno Alvares de Atouguia

João de Freitas Correia was born about 1470 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died on 4 Nov 1544 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Guiomar de Lordelo in 1490/1495 in Igreja de São Salvador de Santa Cruz.

Guiomar de Lordelo [Parents] was born about 1470 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died after 1544 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married João de Freitas Correia in 1490/1495 in Igreja de São Salvador de Santa Cruz.

Poderia muito bem ser filha de sua homônima e de João Escórcio.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria de Freitas

Rafael de Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1467/1470 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Antonia da Costa about 1485 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Antonia da Costa was born in 1465/1470 in (...), Portugal. She married Rafael de Medeiros about 1485 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).


Lopo Anes de Araújo was born in 1465/1470 in Vila da Lagoa em Ponta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Guiomar Rodrigues Medeiros about 1490 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Guiomar Rodrigues Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1468/1471 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Lopo Anes de Araújo about 1490 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

They had the following children:

  F i Beatriz de Medeiros

Duarte Vaz Carreiro [Parents] was born in 1475/1480 in (...), Portugal. He married Violante de Medeiros about 1500 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Violante de Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1477/1480 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She died in 1565 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Duarte Vaz Carreiro about 1500 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).


Vasco de Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1479/1481 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He died in Ponte de Lima, Distrito de Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He married Catarina Luzia de Ponte about 1500 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Catarina Luzia de Ponte was born in 1475/1480 in (...), Portugal. She married Vasco de Medeiros about 1500 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).


Rodrigo Álvares [Parents] was born in 1480/1485 in (...), Portugal. He died on 21 Dec 1518 in Fenais da Ajuda em Ribeira Grande, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Maria de Medeiros in 1500/1505 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Maria de Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1480/1483 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She died on 2 Sep 1551 in Fenais da Ajuda em Ribeira Grande, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Rodrigo Álvares in 1500/1505 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Other marriages:
Rodrigues, Miguel


Álvaro Lopes "O Senhor do Vulcão" died in (...), Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Mécia Afonso.

Mécia Afonso died in (...), Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Álvaro Lopes.

They had the following children:

  M i Rodrigo Álvares

Miguel Rodrigues was born in 1480/1485 in (...), Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. He married Maria de Medeiros in 1515/1520 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Maria de Medeiros [Parents] was born in 1480/1483 in Vila da Lagoa, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She died on 2 Sep 1551 in Fenais da Ajuda em Ribeira Grande, Ilha de São Miguel dos Açores, Portugal. She married Miguel Rodrigues in 1515/1520 in (Igreja de Santa Cruz).

Other marriages:
Álvares, Rodrigo

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