Person settler landowner
João Gavião
d. 1555
settler · landowner
Member of the royal household who was shipwrecked on Porto Santo and then settled in Caniço. He became an early settler there and a holder of land grants in Caniço; he died in 1555.
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- Caniço (parish) — Early settler and holder of land grants in Caniço.
- Gaula (parish) — Royal household member shipwrecked on Porto Santo who settled in Caniço; subject of the following entry 'Gavião'.
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Abroad