Selected Families and Individuals


Jordão de Freitas da Silva [Parents] was born about 1585 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria de Bettencourt de Freitas.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts; Bettencourts Sás).

Maria de Bettencourt de Freitas [Parents] was born in 1584/1587 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Jordão de Freitas da Silva.

They had the following children:

  M i Gonçalo de Freitas da Silva

Gonçalo de Freitas da Silva was born about 1565 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel de Abreu.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Isabel de Abreu was born about 1565 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gonçalo de Freitas da Silva.

They had the following children:

  M i Jordão de Freitas da Silva
  M ii João de Freitas da Silva

João de Bettencourt de Freitas [Parents] was born in 1582/1584 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel Muniz on 28 Apr 1614 in Igreja de Santa Cruz.

Other marriages:
de Freitas, Beatriz

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

Isabel Muniz [Parents] was born in 1589/1594 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died in May 1624 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married João de Bettencourt de Freitas on 28 Apr 1614 in Igreja de Santa Cruz.

They had the following children:

  M i Pedro de Bettencourt de Freitas was born in 1615/1616 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

S. g. (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  F ii Branca de Bettencourt de Freitas was born in 1616/1618 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Foi freira em St. Clara e depois das Capuchas das Mercês (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts).
  F iii Beatriz de Bettencourt de Freitas was born in 1618/1620 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Freira em St. Clara (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213).
  M iv Nuno da Costa Muniz was born in 1619/1623 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died on 18 Dec 1670 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Faleceu repentinamente e teve duas filhas bastardas freiras capuchas do Convento da Mercês do Funchal. (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Nuno da Costa Muniz was born about 1570 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Muniz.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213)

Maria Muniz was born about 1570 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Nuno da Costa Muniz.

They had the following children:

  F i Isabel Muniz

João de Bettencourt de Freitas [Parents] was born in 1582/1584 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Beatriz de Freitas on 15 Aug 1626 in Igreja de Santa Cruz.

Other marriages:
Muniz, Isabel

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

Beatriz de Freitas [Parents] was born in 1595/1600 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married João de Bettencourt de Freitas on 15 Aug 1626 in Igreja de Santa Cruz.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria de Bettencourt de Freitas

Diogo de Freitas Correia was born about 1575 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Favila.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213)

Maria Favila was born about 1575 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Diogo de Freitas Correia.

They had the following children:

  F i Beatriz de Freitas

Luís Teles de Meneses [Parents] was born in 1625/1627 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria de Bettencourt de Freitas.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Maria de Bettencourt de Freitas [Parents] was born in 1627/1629 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Luís Teles de Meneses.


Francisco Moniz de Meneses was born about 1595 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Genebra de Castro in 1624 in Igreja de São Pedro.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213).

Genebra de Castro was born about 1595 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Francisco Moniz de Meneses in 1624 in Igreja de São Pedro.

They had the following children:

  M i Luís Teles de Meneses

Antônio Mendes de Vasconcelos [Parents] was born in 1562 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria da Costa.

Serviu na África, e é tratado no livro de Manuel Thomás, Insulana (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Maria da Costa [Parents] was born in 1560/1565 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Antônio Mendes de Vasconcelos.

They had the following children:

  M i João de Bettencourt de Freitas was born in 1593/1598 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
  M ii Antonio de Freitas Bettencourt was born about 1505 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
  F iii Helena de Bettencourt
  F iv Catarina de Bettencourt
  F v Maria de Freitas was born about 1513 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

(De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  F vi Felipa de Bettencourt was born about 1516 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

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

Nuno da Costa was born about 1540 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Branca Teixeira.

(Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 213)

Branca Teixeira was born about 1540 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Nuno da Costa.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria da Costa

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