Yes, Antonio. I heard the same thing from the late historian James Guill.
He told me that his name was Jordao Alvares Carauta and in fact, there are several people we can find in the existing Pico records that used that name.
I don't know without looking whether your wife has those ancestors (found in Ribeiras), but I recently noticed some people are descendants from people using this name. The reason it sticks in my mind is that I think someone has him on the direct paternal line and for me that is extremely interesting.
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Nicknames
From: A Faria <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, September 20, 2014 1:26 pm
To: [email protected]
If memory serves me the second settler to Pico was Jordao Carauta(which is a alcunha that comes from Cara Alta which means long face) Carauta then became a surname I think his original surname was Alvares.
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