Article Nº 2314 Family, surname or lineage Vol. II · p. 663
Medeiros
Short entry on the Medeiros surname, nearly extinct in Madeira, descended from the early settler Rui Vaz de Medeiros, who held sesmaria land at Tábua.
This family surname appears to be almost extinct in Madeira. It descended from Rui Vaz de Medeiros, one of the first settlers who came to this island and who held sesmaria (royal land grant to settlers on condition of cultivation) land at Tábua.
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