Selected Families and Individuals


Henrique de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1497/1499 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He died in 1556 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Joana de Morais.

Testou em 5.V.1556. S.g. (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)

Joana de Morais [Parents] was born about 1510 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Henrique de Bettencourt.


João de Morais was born about 1480 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Catarina Fernandes.

Catarina Fernandes was born about 1480 in Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married João de Morais.

Poderia também ser conhecida como Catarina Vaz Tavares, isto se os dois casais citados em (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Camaras e Bettencourts) forem os mesmos, somente com variação no sobrenome de Catarina.

They had the following children:

  F i Joana de Morais
  F ii Catarina de Morais

Manoel de Atouguia [Parents] was born about 1485 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Isabel de Bettencourt.

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

Isabel de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1496/1498 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Manoel de Atouguia.

They had the following children:

  M i Jerônimo de Atouguia
  M ii Francisco de Bettencourt de Atouguia

Ambrósio de Brito Pestana [Parents] was born about 1515 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Inês de Bettencourt on 17 Jul 1551 in Igreja de São Bento de Ribeira Brava.

Citado em Meneses Vaz (Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 217). Nesta obra consta que foi casado em 1571, mas a cronologia dos envolvidos não permite uma data tão recente. Talvez seja um erro de 1551.

Inês de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1525/1530 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Ambrósio de Brito Pestana on 17 Jul 1551 in Igreja de São Bento de Ribeira Brava.


Duarte de Brito Pestana [Parents] was born about 1450 in (...), Portugal. He married Joana Cabral about 1500.

Passou a Madeira na década de 1460. Foi Armador-mor do Reino no tempo dos reis D. João II e D. Manuel. Estabeleceu-se no VAlha da Calheta, na Quinta do Val de Amores, onde se casou (Meneses Vaz, Famílias da Madeira e Porto Santo, 1964, pp 217; Clode, Registro Genealógico ..., 1952 pp 254).

Joana Cabral [Parents] was born about 1470 in Calheta, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Duarte de Brito Pestana about 1500.

They had the following children:

  M i Ambrósio de Brito Pestana

Rui de Sousa [Parents] was born about 1460 in Loulé, Distrito do Faro, Portugal. He married Constança Cabral.

Foi o primeiro deste sobrenome na Ilha da Madeira (Clode, 1952, Registro Genealógico, p 255 301), onde deu nome ao Lombo do Rui de Sousa na Calheta.

Constança Cabral [Parents] was born about 1460 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Rui de Sousa.

Aparentemente nasceu em Câmara de Lobos.

They had the following children:

  F i Joana Cabral

Henrique de Bettencourt [Parents] was born about 1555 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Cecília de Bettencourt on 18 Jan 1594 in Ribeira Brava.

Casou com sua prima. S. g. (De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Barros).

Cecília de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1557/1560 in Ribeira Brava, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Henrique de Bettencourt on 18 Jan 1594 in Ribeira Brava.


João de Sousa was born about 1440 in (...), Portugal. He married Catarina Afonso Pacheco.

Era fidalgo da época de D. João II (*1455, r1477,+1495) e morador de Loulé (Clode, 1952, Registro Genealógico, pp 301).

Catarina Afonso Pacheco [Parents] was born about 1440 in (...), Portugal. She married João de Sousa.

They had the following children:

  M i Rui de Sousa

Diogo de Brito de Andrade was born about 1410 in (...), Portugal. He married Inês Gonçalves.

Era provedor da Faz. do Algarve (Clode, 1952, Registro Genealógico, p 301).

Inês Gonçalves was born about 1410 in (...), Portugal. She married Diogo de Brito de Andrade.

They had the following children:

  F i Catarina Afonso Pacheco

Diogo Cabral "O Velho" was born about 1420 in Portugal. He married Beatriz Gonçalves da Câmara about 1450.

Beatriz Gonçalves da Câmara [Parents] was born in 1419/1422 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She died in 1465/1468 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Diogo Cabral about 1450.

Other marriages:
Pires de Canha, RUI

Foi casada duas vezes, pelo que pude averiguar. A primeira com (Clode, 1952, Registro Genealógico, p 301) e depois com Rui Pires de Canha.

They had the following children:

  F i Constança Cabral

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