Person settler landowner
António Fernandes
settler · landowner
Sesmeiro at Covas do Faial and great-grandfather of João Fernandes Vieira, who took the name Fernandes from him. Namesakes include a co-founder of the Ribeira da Janela chapel (1630) and a bishop's nephew who helped calm the 1641 riot.
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- Ribeira da Janela (parish) — Local resident said to have co-founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Incarnação in 1630.
- Popular riots — Bishop's nephew who helped calm the 1641 crowd.
- Vieira (João Fernandes) — Vieira's great-grandfather, of Covas, Faial, from whom he took the name Fernandes.
- Fernandes Vieira (João) — Sesmeiro at Covas do Faial, one of Vieira's great-grandparents, source of his adopted name.
