I'm in California too :) I guess that there are two likely possibilities: either that Joam was well connected, or that he was a soldier (or possibly a sailor). I don't know much about military service in mid 18th century Azores/Portugal, but around 1800 Portugal was involved on and off in the Napoleonic wars as an ally of Britain. I don't know where the barracks might have been located in the city, and from what I can gather, the area around the church seems to have been fairly well-to-do-- so both theories seem viable.
Also for a historical context, the devastating Lisbon Earthquake was in 1755 (earthquake + fire + tsunami = most of the city in ruins). Anyway, I think this is the freguesia, though I can't tell from my quick search if the church survived the earthquake or was rebuilt afterwards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-o-Velho_%28Lisbon%29 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-o-Velho pictures of the church: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F1%2F1a%2FIgreja_Santos.JPG&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpt.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSantos-o-Velho&docid=eMzDEeTFYDU-LM&tbnid=ymU6YKwuBYhYoM%3A&w=3648&h=2736&bih=911&biw=1590&ved=0ahUKEwi6rc-pu_7MAhUkS2MKHSyhAyEQMwgiKAEwAQ&iact=mrc&uact=8 https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6029%2F6013821593_6d64ef593b.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickriver.com%2Fplaces%2FPortugal%2FLisbon%2FSantos-o-Velho%2Fsearch%2F&docid=bBwRXPnvzflIVM&tbnid=FuTl-jtWqitjYM%3A&w=500&h=375&bih=911&biw=1590&ved=0ahUKEwi6rc-pu_7MAhUkS2MKHSyhAyEQMwghKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8 Finally-- and strangely enough-- google coughed up another Sao Miguel marriage record (1769) where the groom had recently been attending church in Santos da Corte in Lisbon! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/azores/jV7xc5QLyRU Thanks for posting your record-- it's a very interesting little mystery! Linda On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:25:06 PM UTC-7, Sandra Perez wrote: > > Yes, I'm in California. Perhaps he was connected to an important family. > Thank you Linda. > > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:14 PM, linda <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi Sandra, >> >> are you in the U.S.? If you think about what travel was like between the >> American colonies and Europe in the mid 1700's, then you can get a fairly >> good idea of how easy it was to travel between the Azores and Lisbon. It >> was perhaps more unusual than difficult. To my mind, travel to Lisbon >> suggests someone who was involved in commerce, the military, or who might >> have been there for his education. >> >> :) >> >> Linda >> >> On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 1:36:41 PM UTC-7, Sandra Perez wrote: >>> >>> Thank you. Was it that easy to travel back and forth at that time? >>> >>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:28 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, cool. It looks like your Joam fulfilled his Lenten obligations >>>> in a church in Lisboa. The name of the church looks like "S.ttos da >>>> Corte" >>>> to me. >>>> >>>> :) >>>> >>>> Linda >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 12:05:22 PM UTC-7, Sandra Perez wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 4 Oct 1758 Joam da Costa Favela fo Joao Favela e Felicia Vieira >>>>> married Margarida Martins fa >>>>> Amaro da costa e Ursula Martins. What ferguesia was Joam from? I see >>>>> Lisboa mentioned. >>>>> >>>>> Link says p.31. It's really p.43--right side. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-AGUADEPAU-C-1751-1768/SMG-LG-AGUADEPAU-C-1751-1768_item1/P31.html >>>>> -- >>>>> Sandra Perez >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sandra Perez >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > > -- > Sandra Perez > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
