Selected Families and Individuals


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 Helena Ferreira in 1598/1600.

Other marriages:
Lopes, Isabel
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)

Helena Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1581/1586 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos in 1598/1600.

Foi herdeira de seu pai (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

They had the following children:

  M i Diogo Mendes de Vasconcelos was born about 1605 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Faleceu moço (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)
  F ii Inês de Bettencourt

Antonio Carvalho [Parents] was born in 1555/1560 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Inês Ferreira on 21 Oct 1580 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

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

Inês Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1555/1560 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Antonio Carvalho on 21 Oct 1580 in Igreja da Sé do Funchal.

They had the following children:

  F i Helena Ferreira

João Carvalho was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. He married Mécia da Veiga.

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

Mécia da Veiga was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. She married João Carvalho.

Era irmão de Bento da Veiga (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

They had the following children:

  M i Antonio Carvalho

Antonio Baião was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. He married Bárbara Ferreira.

Está como Roque Baião em (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Bárbara Ferreira was born about 1530 in (...), Portugal. She married Antonio Baião.

They had the following children:

  F i Inês Ferreira

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 Maria de Brito about 1610.

Other marriages:
Lopes, Isabel
Ferreira, Helena

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)

Maria de Brito [Parents] was born about 1585 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died on 15 Nov 1631 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos about 1610.


Luís Meireles da Gamboa was born about 1540 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Maria Spinola.

(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 Acciaiolis; Bettencourts)

Maria Spinola was born about 1540 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Luís Meireles da Gamboa.

They had the following children:

  F i Maria de Brito
  F ii Luísa Spinola Adorno

Luís de Moura [Parents] was born about 1490 in (...), Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Inês de Bettencourt.

Foi Alcaide-mor do Castelo Rodrigo (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 212).

Inês de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1504/1509 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Luís de Moura.


João de Moura was born about 1460 in (...), Portugal. He married Isabel de Atouguia.

Isabel de Atouguia was born about 1460 in (...), Portugal. She married João de Moura.

They had the following children:

  M i Luís de Moura

Gaspar de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1501/1506 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel de Ornelas.

Serviu na África (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 217; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts)

Isabel de Ornelas [Parents] was born in 1500/1505 in Caniço, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gaspar de Bettencourt.

They had the following children:

  F i Antonia de Bettencourt

Mem de Ornelas de Saavedra [Parents] "O Velho" was born about 1462 in Caniço, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.

Citado em Meneses Vaz, (Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 217), que o chama de Mendo de Ornelas, o Velho. Meneses Vaz não dá a filiação deste, mas que creio ser a que se apresenta.

He had the following children:

  F i Isabel de Ornelas

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