Vitorino, filho de Francisco Joze de Rezendes e sua mulher Emgracia (Engracia) Roza naturais desta parochial de NS da Purificacam lugar de Santo Espirito desta ilha de Santa Maria e moradores no lugar desta parochial, neto pela parte paterno, de Joze de Rezendes Jacome e sua mulher Marianna Carvalha e pela materno, de Antonio Curvelo e sua mulher Izabel de Melo, ja defuntos, todos naturais e fraguesia desta dita Parochial, nasceu em os seis dias de mes de Janeiro anno do mil sete centos e outenta tres annos e foi bautizado nesta igreja parochial de seis pais por mim Joze Alvares Cabral vice vigario dito ( I meant to say) aos doze dias de dito mes e anno foi padrinho Antonio Joze Ferreira cazado com Dona Anna Ursula fraguesias desta parachial. Witnesses were Padre Cura Francisco Joze Puim e Padre thezoureiro Joaquim Antonio Jacome.
It was indeed common for priests and their assistants to appear as witnesses, and often they appeared as godparents also. Tesoureiro is the treasurer of the church. JR On Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:23:13 AM UTC-4, Maria wrote: > > Page on the right- Vitorino (looks like Vitorino with no "c" ) > > Was the godmother Doña Anna Lux (?) of this church of this parish (?) is > that correct? > > The 2 witnesses seem to be priests (if I translated correctly) and one of > them is a "Jacomo" and I suspect he might be related to the family. Was > it unusual to have 2 priests come to a baptism? And be witnesses? > > I think it says witnesses were: o padre cura desta parochial, Francisco > Jose Pereira, o padre Th...veiro. (?) Joaquim Antonio Jacomo? There is a > strange word before his name- and I don't know if it's part of his name or > a title. It doesn't say which parish the Jacomo person is from (if he IS a > priest) but maybe it doesn't say what I thought it said. Can someone > please help me with this? Thank you! > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1779-1792/SMA-VP-SANTOESPIRITO-B-1779-1792_item1/P68.html > > > Maria Elena -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
