Article Nº 2455 Family, surname or lineage Vol. II · p. 759
Morais
Entry on the Morais family surname in Madeira, descended from João de Morais, an early settler of Machico who held a land grant there.
This family surname derives from João de Morais, one of the first settlers of Madeira, who lived in Machico, where he held a sesmaria (royal land grant to settlers on condition of cultivation) in its fields. His eldest son, Sebastião de Morais the Elder, proved his nobility in 1508, according to the annotator of the Saudades.
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