History

Mendonça

This family name may perhaps descend from the donors of Porto Santo and Machico, as Bartolomeu Perestrelo, the first donor of that island, married Beatriz Furtado de Mendonça, and João Teixeira, the third son of Tristão Vaz, married Filipa de Mendonça Furtado, from whom Tristão de Mendonça was born.

People mentioned in this article

Bartolomeu Perestrelo
First donor of Porto Santo
João Teixeira
Third son of Tristão Vaz

Locations mentioned in this article

Machico
City on the island of Madeira
Porto Santo
Island