Linda, One must be careful about surnames in Azores. They come from the parents, from the father or the mother; come from paternal or maternal grand-fathers or grand-mothers, or even from great grandparents. And, also important, sometimes, not so often, they are simply adopted, with no connections to the original surmanes of the family.
In this case concerning Jorge Velho married to Africa Anes, the surname Velho was adopted. Frutuoso says that Jorge Velho was nephew of the King of Fez, and he was baptized at the presence of the Prince (Infante) D. Henrique, took the christian forename Jorge and has honored Gonçalo Velho (Cabral) with the surname Velho. Catarina Nunes Velho married to Jorge Furtado was from the true Velho's, connected to the family of Gonçalo Velho (Cabral) who was sent to Azores in 1444 by Prince D. Henrique in order to colonize the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel. Gonçalo Velho (Cabral) brought his nephews Pedro and Nuno, sons of his sister Violante Velho Cabral who was married to Diogo Gonçalves de Travassos. You and I do descend from Pedro, but not through the Furtado line, as far as know. Our common ancestors in this line are João Rebelo and Maria Travassos, maried about 1600. Their daughter Ana Cabral, born 30 Apr 1606 in Ribeira Frande, S. Miguel, is the 3rd grandmother of Rita de Jesus, my 4th grandmother who married my 4th grandfather José Furtado born 19 Mar 1784 in Vila Franca do Campo, S. Miguel. Manoel 2011/3/29 Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net>: > Hi Margaret and Manoel, > > Manoel, you gave me this info years ago: > > According to Frutuoso, Jorge Furtado was grandson of Martin Anes Furtado de > Sousa from S. Miguel. He married first to Catarina Nunes Velho and had > Leonardo Furtado and a daughter ?name. Leonardo married Beatriz Perdigoa and > they had Jorge Furtado, Francisco Furtado and Maria de Sousa. Jorge Furtado > married again to Guimar Camelo, had four children, one named Jorge as well. > Also, descendants of Martim Anes Furtado de Sousa and the reference to Jorge > Furtado de Mendonca brought by Frutuoso in his book on the male lines. > > There is another line of Furtado's through the females. Diogo Afonso > Columbreiro, son of Afonso Anes da Costa m. Branca Roiz de Medeiros, > daughter of Rui Vaz de Medeiros and Ana/Mecia Goncalves, daughter of Jorge > de Mendonca. The sons of Diogo and Branca are Pedro Furtado and Sebastiao > Afonso. I think Sebastiao had a son, Aleixos Furtado de Mendonca. So, Jorge > Furtado de Mendonca under the Medeiros chapter has his surname passed by his > daugher in the island on a distant third gradson and the brother of Diogo, > also named Afonso Anes as his father married Ines Martins daughter of Martim > Anes Furtado de Sousa. > > I am going to take a shot in saying that Africa Anes and Jorge Velho brought > down these lines both on female and male sides? So can I say we have an > Anes/Velho club in this group? > > Linda Borges Furtado Norton > > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
