Thank you, thank you, thank you! Given the Anglicisation of the names - this sounds a probable match.
It gives me a lot to go on but as I won't have access to the sources you mention here in Australia I will start googling immediately. Or, I might just have to visit Sao Miguel :-) Cheers Robyn > > > From this Nesbitt family of English origin, there was living on Ponta Delgada > in 1806 a João Nesbitt, a physician who obtained his degree from the > University of Aberdeen (See Arquivo dos Açores, Vol.º XI pp. 345 e 351). In > the parish > of Matriz de Ponta Delgada where she was born , Isabel Augusta Nesbitt, > daughter of Jorge Nesbitt and Maria Wilisson, married Jorge Augusto Nesbitt, > son of > João Nesbitt and Isabel Nesbitt (See Dr. Francisco de Ataíde M. de Faria e > Maia, Capitães Generais, pp.131 and those following). > > Jorge Augusto Nesbitt and his wife Isabel Augusta Nesbitt, had the following > children: > > 1.Maria, born in S. Pedro de Ponta Delgada on 4.7.1825 and baptized there on > 14 Aug. > 2. Carlos Nesbitt, born on 18.10.1832. > 3. Eduardo Nesbit, born in S. Pedro de P. Delgada where he was married, age > 29, on 23.4.1862 to Maria José Moreira da Câmara. > > Isabel Augusta, native of Matriz de Ponta Delgada is the daughter of Jorge > Urion and Maria Urion. (See also Arquivo dos Açores, Vol. X págs. 409 relative > to these Nesbitts). All of this is from Rodrigo Rodrigues Genealogias de S. > Miguel e Santa Maria. > > ************** > New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
