Selected Families and Individuals


Gonçalvo Bettencourt e Freitas [Parents] was born in 1564 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Constança Pimentel on 4 Feb 1594 in Funchal.

Casou com sua parenta (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Constança Pimentel [Parents] was born in 1570/1575 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gonçalvo Bettencourt e Freitas on 4 Feb 1594 in Funchal.

They had the following children:

  F i Luísa de Freitas Bettencourt
  M ii Pedro Bettencourt de Freitas was born in 1596/1597 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Faleceu no mar quando "sahiu do porto do Funchal em socorro de outro que avistarão da terra pelejava com uma nau de inimigos" (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  F iii Maria Pimentel was born in 1597/1598 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Faleceu sem estado (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  M iv João de Freitas Bettencourt was born in 1599 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was christened on 20 Dec 1599 in Igreja de São Pedro.

Foi cônego no Funchal (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  M v Gaspar Pimentel was born in 1601 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was christened on 30 Dec 1601 in Igreja de São Pedro.

Teve a mesma morte que seu irmão Pedro (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  M vi Gonçalo de Freitas Bettencourt

Gaspar Pimentel was born about 1550 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Violante Ribeiro de Afonseca.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Violante Ribeiro de Afonseca was born about 1550 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gaspar Pimentel.

They had the following children:

  F i Constança Pimentel

Henrique de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1576 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Ana Cabral on 17 Jun 1593 in Igreja de São Pedro.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214).

Ana Cabral [Parents] was born in 1570/1573 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Henrique de Bettencourt on 17 Jun 1593 in Igreja de São Pedro.

They had the following children:

  F i Helena de Bettencourt
  M ii João de Bettencourt de Freitas
  F iii Maria de Bettencourt was born in 1603 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She was christened on 8 Mar 1603 in Igreja de São Pedro.
  M iv Henrique de Bettencourt was born in 1609 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was christened on 20 Oct 1609 in Igreja de São Pedro.

S.g. (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Antônio Jaques Fênix [Parents] was born about 1590 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Helena de Bettencourt.

Teve um filho e duas filhas (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Helena de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1594/1596 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Antônio Jaques Fênix.

They had the following children:

  M i Henrique de Bettencourt was born about 1615 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

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

João Jaques Fênix [Parents] was born in 1555/1560 in (...), Portugal. He married Jerônima Soares on 27 Nov 1581 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

Jerônima Soares [Parents] was born in 1557/1562 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married João Jaques Fênix on 27 Nov 1581 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

They had the following children:

  M i Antônio Jaques Fênix

Estêvão Soares was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. He married Inês Lopes.

Inês Lopes was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. She married Estêvão Soares.

They had the following children:

  F i Jerônima Soares

João de Portugal was born about 1525 in (...), Portugal. He married Ana Jaques.

Sobrenome do pai do noivo está ilegível no termo de casamento de seu filho.

Ana Jaques was born about 1520 in (...), Portugal. She married João de Portugal.

They had the following children:

  M i João Jaques Fênix

Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos [Parents] was born in 1577 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died on 9 Nov 1623 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He was buried on 10 Nov 1623 in Igreja de São Francisco. He married Isabel Lopes on 8 Jan 1597 in Igreja de São Pedro.

Other marriages:
Ferreira, Helena
de Brito, Maria

Serviu na África e é citado por Manuel Tomás (Insulana). Não teve geração da primeira e da terceira esposas. Foi sepultado ao lado de sua segunda esposa (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 214; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Isabel Lopes [Parents] was born in 1576/1580 in São Pedro, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos on 8 Jan 1597 in Igreja de São Pedro.


Frutuoso Gonçalves was born about 1540 in Calhau, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel Lopes on 19 May 1573 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

Era viúvo quando se casou novamente em 1573, morava no lugar conhecido como Lopo Rebelo.

Isabel Lopes [Parents] was born in 1548/1553 in Santa Marinha, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Frutuoso Gonçalves on 19 May 1573 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

Era moradora no lugar conhecido com Valverde.

They had the following children:

  F i Isabel Lopes

Gonçalo Anes was born about 1525 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Inês Afonso.

Inês Afonso was born about 1520 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gonçalo Anes.

They had the following children:

  F i Isabel Lopes

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