David, The settlement of Corvo is tied to that of Flores. The entry in the Flores history book says this for Mendonca:
E uma das mais antigas familias de Espanha ( Mendonca), cujo apelido se uniu ao de Furtado pelo casamento de D. Diego Lopes com D. Leonor Furtado .Fernao Furtado, filho destes, passou-se a Portugal no tempo de Dom Afonso III. Nas Flores, encontramos o apelido pela primeira vez em Luiza de Mendonca, mulher de Gomes Dias Rodovalho, da premeira geracao nada na ilha, filho de outro Gomes Dias Rodovalho e de Gracia Dias Fagundes, de quem - adiante Diogo das Chagas- ficou boa descendencia *One of the oldest families in Spain (Mendonca), which with surname Furtado was joined by the marriage of Don Diego Lopes with Leonor Furtado.* * Fernão Furtado, these son, went to Portugal in the time of Dom Afonso III. * *On Flores,we find the surname for the first time in Luiza Mendonca, wife of Gomes Dias Rodovalho, of the first generation on the island, he was the son of another Rodovalho Gomes Dias and Dias de Gracia Fagundes,* * who - along Diogo das Chagas- were of fine descendancy.* I invite any native speaker to help out with my translation. Eric Edgar On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas of where the Mendonca surname on > Corvo may have originated from? > > I have traced my Mendonca line as far back as the records go (mid 1600's) > to Gaspar de Mendonca who was born approx. 1630 and died 15 May 1689 in > Corvo. His wife was Barbara Roiz (Rodrigues). > > Are there any of the genealogias that touch upon Corvo? > > David > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
