Actually, the entire congregation present at the event are witnesses to the marriage, but the family may invite someone special ( family members, priests, or prominent members of the community) to act as godparent/s, or to witness the ceremony. As for literacy, few commoners may have the opportunity to have an education, but, generally all priests, and upper class members of society were literate. The record states that this marriage ceremony was celebrated in Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, in the district of Se, Concelho of Angra,on the island of Terceira. The record mentions, Velas, Sao Jorge, as birthplace of the mother, so it is likely that is the place referred to.
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