Article Nº 3137 Family, surname or lineage Vol. III · p. 332
Rego (family)
Original title: Rego
Brief entry on the Rego family of Madeira, which according to the genealogist José Bettencourt da Câmara had several branches, two descending from early settlers of Caniço.
According to the distinguished genealogist José Bettencourt da Câmara, now deceased, there are several branches of this family: some descend from João Rego, a fidalgo (nobleman of the lesser nobility) from the Algarve; others from Gaspar Rego; and others from Vasco Fernandes Rego. The last two were among the first settlers of Caniço (‘reed’).
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