Figueira
Genealogical note on the Figueira surname in Madeira, traced to Pedro Figueira of Faial, who settled around 1500, and to the early settler Álvaro Figueira.
Pedro Figueira, a native of the island of Faial and son of João Figueira and Aldonça Fernandes, was one of the first on this island to bear this surname, having settled here around 1500. One of his sons, named Manuel Figueira, founded an entail on this island. Dr Álvaro de Azevedo gives these men the name Figueiró, but in various books of nobility we have found the surname Figueira applied to the individuals mentioned above; the same commentator on the Saudades adds that he does not know who first introduced this surname to the island. It is certain that Álvaro Figueira was also one of the first settlers of Madeira and held land by sesmaria (royal land grant to settlers on condition of cultivation) in Câmara de Lobos (‘seals’ den’).
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Abroad
- Câmara de Lobos
Where Álvaro Figueira held sesmaria lands.
Parish west of Funchal. The Elucidário traces its name to Zarco's discovery voyage and describes its churches, chapels and collegiate chapter, early settlers, fishing community and renowned vineyards. It also records the parish's localities, boundaries, levadas and population.
- Faial
Portugal. Azorean island where Pedro Figueira was born.
Faial is an Azorean island, the birthplace of Pedro Figueira. It is represented by 24 students on the list of islanders at the University of Coimbra.
People
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Mother of Pedro Figueira.
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One of the first settlers of Madeira, holding sesmaria lands in Câmara de Lobos.
- Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo1825–1898
Annotator of the Saudades da Terra, who gave these settlers the surname Figueiró.
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Father of Pedro Figueira.
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Son of Pedro Figueira who founded an entailed estate in Madeira.
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Native of Faial who settled in Madeira around 1500; one of the first there to bear the Figueira surname.