Article Nº 1153 Family, surname or lineage Vol. I · p. 661
Dantas
The Dantas family surname in Madeira, linked to António Dantas, founder of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França in 1622, and probably descended from Mem Afonso de Antas of Minho.
The chapel of Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (Nossa Senhora da Penha de França) was founded by António Dantas in 1622. It is to be believed that the family surname Dantas, Antas or Antes derives from Mem Afonso de Antas, a native of the lugar (settlement ranking between a town and a parish) of Antes, in the former municipality (concelho) of Coura, in the Minho.
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