Article Nº 3298 Family, surname or lineage Vol. III · p. 418
Sanha
Extinct Madeiran surname founded by Manuel Afonso de Sanha, who founded the Bom Jesus chapel at Ponta Delgada and an entail.
This family surname, now extinct in Madeira, began with Manuel Afonso de Sanha, who founded the chapel of Bom Jesus (Good Jesus) at Ponta Delgada (‘slender point’) and there established an entail (morgado) on the lands of Ribeiro do Peso (‘weighhouse brook’) and Ribeira do Inferno (‘hell’s stream’).
People mentioned
- Manuel Afonso de Sanha d. 1507