I seem to be having difficulty responding to the question on the Mirandas which I have extensively researched. For some reason my "reply" does not show up. I am therefore posting this directly without the original thread. I hope the information is helpful to my Brazilian cousin. My maternal grandfather was a Cordeiro Miranda on his mother's side. I hope this helps.
John Miranda Raposo THE ORIGIN OF THE CORDEIRO MIRANDAS OF BRETANHA There are 6 Miranda clans in the Bretanha/Santo António/Capelas area, all descending from Sebastião Afonso de Sousa [ son of Afonso Ledo (his wife’s name is not known) and paternal grandson of another Afonso Ledo and his wife Marqueza Afonso (died 1559) who is the daughter of João Afonso Moreno who died before 1520] and his wife Guiomar de Oliveira of Bretanha: 1. The Tavares (or Taveira) Mirandas descend from his son Cristóvão Afonso de Sousa and his wife Isabel de Vasconcelos through their great-great granddaughter Margarida Francisca Miranda and her husband Manuel Martins Côrtes. Their presence in the area today is primarily in Capelas. The other branches descend from Sebastião Afonso de Sousa’s daughter Isabel Lopes and her husband António Gonçalves: 2. The Mirandas of Santo António além Capelas all descend from a great-great granddaughter of Isabel Lopes, Maria de Araújo and her husband António Viveiros Travassos, through their daughter Ana de Araújo and her husband João Cabral. They have numerous descendants in S. António. 3. The Miranda de Araújos, who are the ancestors of the Condes and Barons of Fontebela, all descend from a great-great grandson of Isabel Lopes, António Miranda de Araújo and his wife D. Francisca Xavier de Medeiros. They have only a tiny representation in Bretanha today. 4. The Viveiros Mirandas descend from Isabel Lopes’s great-great granddaughter, Maria de Araújo and her husband António Viveiros Travassos, through their son José de Viveiros Miranda, and are well represented in Bretanha today. 5. The Pacheco Mirandas all descend from the same Maria de Araújo and her husband António Viveiros Travassos through their daughter Jacinta Tavares Viveiros and her husband António Pacheco de Simas and also well represented in Bretanha today. 6. The Cordeiro Mirandas descend from Margarida Tavares (sister of Maria de Araújo and António Miranda de Araújo) and her husband Manuel de Oliveira Cabral. Their granddaughter Maria Pacheco Miranda married António José Cordeiro in Bretanha in 1783 and they are the ancestors of all Cordeiro Mirandas. On the direct male line the Cordeiros go back to Bartolomeu Afonso and his wife Maria Sardinha in Relva in 1650. -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
