In a message dated 10/25/2009 11:01:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > The origin of the name is toponymic in nature, originating in Castela > (Spain). > > The original word was latin "quintana" an agricultural unit of the > Roman's which evolved through to quintanilha (small fifth). > > According to Rodrigo Rodrigues, Genalogias de S. Miguel e Santa Maria (Chapter 105: 1:1) the Quintanilhas begin with João de Torres, from Aragon, ( see Frutuoso Cap.º 92.º do Liv.º IV), living in 1557 in Ribeira Grande and his wife Joana Quintanilha, both of whom were deceased by 4 Oct 1600.
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