Descendants of Jean de Bethencourt

Bettencourts 1200-2000

Generation Ten

56. Jean de Bethencourt (XII) (Jean, Pierre, Collard, Regnault, Regnault, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)³⁵⁸^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁸ was born circa 1530 at Mauquenchy.⁶⁸ Jean de Bethencourt (XII) was Lord of Randillion, France.⁶⁸ He married Marguerite de Launay on 16 Apr 1559.⁶⁸ He died circa 1590.⁶⁸

Marguerite de Launay⁶⁸ was born circa 1540 at France.⁶⁸
Children of Jean de Bethencourt (XII) and Marguerite de Launay were:

+ 105 i. Pierre de Bethencourt (II) was born circa 1580 at France. He married Françoise de Lignières, daughter of Fleurimond de Lignières, on 29 Apr 1613. He married Marie du Bosc on 2 May 1652. He died on 2 Sep 1661.

57. Nicolas de Bethencourt (I) (Jean, Pierre, Collard, Regnault, Regnault, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)³⁵⁸^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁸ was born after 1530 at Mauquenchy.⁶⁸ He was a squire.⁶⁸ Nicolas de Bethencourt (I) was Lord of Noyet, France, and Viscount of Gaillefontaine.⁶⁸ He married Catherine Le Long on 9 Jul 1566.⁶⁸ He and Catherine Le Long had five children.⁶⁸

Catherine Le Long⁶⁸ was born circa 1540 at France.⁶⁸
Children of Nicolas de Bethencourt (I) and Catherine Le Long all born at France were as follows:

+ 106 i. Robert de Bethencourt (I) was born circa 1567. He married Louise de Chemin on 7 Aug 1614. He died in 1637.
107 ii. Renée de Bethencourt³⁵⁸^,³⁵⁸^,⁶⁸ was born circa 1570.⁶⁸ She died in Oct 1637.³⁵⁹
108 iii. François de Bethencourt (I) (suffix added for clarification)³⁵⁸^,³⁵⁸^,⁶⁸ was born circa 1575.⁶⁸ He was a squire.³⁵⁹ He married Marie des Près.³⁵⁹ François de Bethencourt (I) was Lord of Toutpré, France, and Viscount of Gaillefontaine.³⁵⁹

Marie des Près³⁵⁹ was born circa 1575 at France.³⁵⁹
+ 109 iv. Philippe de Bethencourt (II) was born circa 1580. He married Louise Horsolle on 16 Sep 1607. He died circa 1629.
110 v. Marie de Bethencourt⁶⁸^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁸ was born before 1585.⁶⁸ She married Jacob de Grandoit on 18 Dec 1604.³⁵⁹

Jacob de Grandoit³⁵⁹ was born circa 1580 at France.³⁵⁹

61. Dona Anna de Bethencourt (Rodrigo, Maciot, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁷⁴^,³⁶⁰^,²⁷⁶ was also known as Dona Anna Betancur.³⁶⁰ She was also known as Ana de Bettencourt.⁹ She was born after 1435 at Islas Canarias.³⁶⁰ She married Dom Gonçalo de Aguilar, son of Affonco Fernandes de Cordova and Dona Izabel de Figueiroa, at Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁶⁰^,²⁷⁶
Dona Anna de Bethencourt and Dom Gonçalo de Aguilar were the ancestors of the Bethencourts of the Canary Islands (Gran Canária).²³² She was Lady of Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁶⁰^,²⁷⁴
Map of Gran Canaria

Dom Gonçalo de Aguilar²⁷⁶^,³⁶⁰^,³⁶⁰ was also known as Gonzalo de Aguilar.⁹ He was also known as Dom Goncallo de Aguilar.³⁶⁰ He was born before 1390 at Portugal.³⁶⁰ Between 1404 and 1406 he served in the conquest of the Canary Islands.³⁶⁰
Children of Dona Anna de Bethencourt and Dom Gonçalo de Aguilar were:

+ 111 i. Dom João de Aguilar Carrascoza was born circa 1455 at Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain. He married Dona Constança Ximenes, daughter of Dom Cristovão Ximenes and Dona Leonor de Golpida, at Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.

62. Dona Elvira de Bethencourt (Inês, Maciot, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁷⁴^,¹³⁶^,²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁵^,¹³⁶^,²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁵^,¹³⁶ was also known as Elvira de Bethencourt Perdomo.²⁷⁵ She was born after 1450 at Arrieta, Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain.²⁷⁴^,¹³⁶ She married Jean Mélian, son of Jean Mélian and Catherine Boulanger.²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁵ She and Jean Mélian formed the beginnings of he house of Mélian de Bethencourt.³⁶¹^,²⁷⁵

Jean Mélian²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁵^,²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁵ also went by the name of El Mozo.¹³⁶ He was also known as Juan Mélian.²⁷⁵^,¹³⁶ He was born circa 1430.²⁷⁴^,¹³⁶ He was a descendant of the powerful french Counts of Meulan, ancestors of the Earls of Leicester and Worcester in England.²⁷⁵
Children of Dona Elvira de Bethencourt and Jean Mélian were as follows:

112 i. Luis Mélian¹³⁶^,¹³⁶^,¹³⁶ was born circa 1470.¹³⁶ He married Isabel Sánchez Trujillo circa 1495 at Seville, Spain.¹³⁶

Isabel Sánchez Trujillo¹³⁶ was born circa 1470 at Sapin.¹³⁶
113 ii. Juan Mélian¹³⁶^,¹³⁶^,¹³⁶ was born circa 1470.¹³⁶
+ 114 iii. Catalina Melián de Bethencourt was born circa 1470. She married Juan Camacho circa 1490.
115 iv. Diego Mélian¹³⁶^,¹³⁶^,¹³⁶ was born after 1470.¹³⁶ He married Luisa Mayor circa 1500.¹³⁶ He died in 1519.¹³⁶

Luisa Mayor¹³⁶ was born after 1470.¹³⁶
116 v. Francisca Mélian¹³⁶^,¹³⁶^,¹³⁶ was born after 1470.¹³⁶ She married Diego de Cabrera circa 1500.¹³⁶

Diego de Cabrera¹³⁶ was born after 1470.¹³⁶

63. Margarida Bethencourt (Inês, Maciot, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁷⁴^,²⁷⁴^,²⁰⁶^,¹⁷¹^,²⁷⁴^,²⁰⁶^,¹⁷¹ was also known as Margarita de Bethencourt.²⁰⁶^,¹⁷¹ She was born after 1450 at Arrieta, Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain.²⁷⁴ She married Juan Pérez de Munguía y Aguirre, son of Perucho de Bilbao and Doña Elivira de Munguía, circa 1480.³⁶²^,¹⁷¹

Juan Pérez de Munguía y Aguirre²⁰⁶^,¹⁷¹^,²⁰⁶^,²⁰⁶ was born circa 1450.¹⁷¹
Children of Margarida Bethencourt and Juan Pérez de Munguía y Aguirre were:

+ 117 i. Ines de Bethencourt was born circa 1480. She married Don Luis Rodriíuez de Sanabria, son of Don Sebastián Rodriíuez de Sanabria and Doña Teresa Hernández de Castro de Andrade, circa 1500.

69. Jean de Bethencourt le Vieux (Henri, Henri Bettencourt, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁸⁶^,³⁷^,²⁸⁷^,³⁶³^,³⁶⁴^,⁵⁵^,⁹^,²⁸⁵^,³⁷^,²⁸⁸^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,⁹^,²⁸⁵ was also known as João de Béthencourt.³⁷ He also went by the name of João Betancur o Velho de Ribeira Brava.²⁸⁷ He was also known as João de Bettencourt.³⁵ He was also known as João de Betencourt da Ribeira Brava.⁵⁵ He was also known as João Bettencourt o Velho.⁹ He was also known as João de Bettencourt o Velho.²⁸⁵ He was born circa 1450 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.³⁷^,²⁰² He should not be confused with his brother called "o Cavaleiro" or "le Chevalier".²⁸⁷ He served in India with Dom Henrique de Menezes.²⁸⁹^,²⁸⁵ He married Bárbara Gomes Ferreira, daughter of João Gomes o Trovador and Dona Guimar Ferreira, in 1493 at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷^,²⁸⁸^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,⁹^,³⁶⁵^,²⁸⁷ He returned to his house in Ribeira Brava, inherited from his father, near which he had extensive cultivated lands.²⁸⁹ In 1494 his reed plot produced 1400 "arrobas" (each equivalent to about 15 kg.) of sugar.²⁸⁹ In 1514 Jean was excused by the King from taking part in the sessions of the Council of Funchal to which he belonged in the capacity of goodman (Homem-Bom) because the road from his house to the city was in poor repair.²⁸⁹

Bárbara Gomes Ferreira²⁸⁷^,²⁸⁸^,⁵⁵^,⁹^,³⁶⁵^,²⁸⁷^,³⁶⁵^,²⁸⁹^,³⁶⁵ was also known as Bárbara Gomes Teixeira.³⁷^,³⁵ She was born circa 1460 at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷ She and Dona Guiomar Ferreira were two sisters who married two brothers.²⁸⁹^,²⁸⁰
Children of Jean de Bethencourt le Vieux and Bárbara Gomes Ferreira were as follows:

+ 118 i. Francisco de Bettencourt (I) was born circa 1500 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Joanna Mendes de Vasconcellos, daughter of Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos and Dona Isabel Corrêa, second marriage (the Nobiliário de Terceira lists this as the first marriage), on 22 Jun 1531 at Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Andreza de Vasconcellos, daughter of Sebastião Vaz Homem and Iria Mendes de Vasconcellos, at Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira. He died on 9 Oct 1562 at Terceira.
+ 119 ii. Pedro de Bettencourt was born circa 1480 at Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Maria de Freitas, daughter of João de Freitas and Guiomar Lordello, circa 1515 at Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal.
+ 120 iii. Dona Ignez de Bettencourt was born circa 1495 at Madeira, Portugal. She married António Correa o Grande, son of João Afonso Correa and Inês Lopes, at Madeira, Portugal. She married Dom Luís de Moura, son of Dom João de Moura and Dona Izabel de Atouguia.
+ 121 iv. Dona Izabel de Bettencourt was born circa 1495 at Madeira, Portugal. She married Dom Luís de Moura, son of Dom João de Moura and Dona Izabel de Atouguia, at Madeira, Portugal. She married António Correa o Grande, son of João Afonso Correa and Inês Lopes.
122 v. Dona Filippa de Bettencourt³⁶⁶^,³⁶⁶^,³⁶⁶ was born circa 1500 at Madeira, Portugal.³⁶⁶ She made an entailed estate of her goods for her nephew João de Bettencourt Corrêa.³⁶⁶ She died in 1571.³⁶⁶
+ 123 vi. Gaspar de Bettencourt was born circa 1505 at Madeira, Portugal. He married Izabel de Ornellas, daughter of Mem d' Ornellas.
+ 124 vii. Dona Guiomar de Bettencourt was born circa 1500 at Madeira, Portugal. She married Luís de Atouguia, son of Francisco Álvares da Costa and Branca de Atouguia, circa 1530 at Madeira, Portugal.

70. Jean de Bethencourt le Chevalier (Henri, Henri Bettencourt, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (for his skill in the art of horsemanship)³⁶⁷^,³⁶⁸^,³⁶⁹^,⁹^,³⁶⁵^,³⁶⁸^,³⁶⁹^,⁹^,²⁸⁵ was also known as João de Bettencourt o Cavalleiro.³⁶⁵ He was also known as João Betancur o Cavalleiro.³⁶⁸ He was also known as João Bettencourt o Cavaleiro.⁹ He was born circa 1450 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.³⁶⁸^,²⁰² He should not be confused with his brotherJoão called "o Velho de Ribeira Brava" or "le Vieux".³⁶⁸ He married Dona Guiomar Ferreira, daughter of João Gomes o Trovador and Dona Guimar Ferreira, circa 1480 at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷⁰^,³⁶⁹^,⁹^,²⁸⁰ He died during the lifetime of his mother.²⁸⁰

Dona Guiomar Ferreira³⁷¹^,⁹^,²⁸⁹^,²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁹^,²⁸⁰ was also known as Guimar Ferreira.²⁸⁰ She was also known as Dona Guimar Ferreira.²⁸⁹ She was born circa 1460 at Madeira, Portugal.²⁸⁸ She and Bárbara Gomes Ferreira were two sisters who married two brothers.²⁸⁹^,²⁸⁰
Children of Jean de Bethencourt le Chevalier and Dona Guiomar Ferreira were as follows:

125 i. Dona Margarida de Bettencourt²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰ was born after 1480.²⁸⁰ She died on 26 Jan 1551.²⁸⁰
126 ii. Dona Brites de Bettencourt²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰ was born after 1480.²⁸⁰ She was a nun at the Convento de Santa Clara, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.²⁸⁰
127 iii. Henrique de Bettencourt²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰ was born after 1480.²⁸⁰ He married Dona Joanna de Morães, daughter of João de Morães and Catharina Fernades Tavares, circa 1520.²⁸⁰ He left a will on 5 May 1556.²⁸⁰

Dona Joanna de Morães²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰^,²⁸⁰ was born circa 1490.²⁸⁰
+ 128 iv. Francisco de Bettencourt (II) was born circa 1490 at Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Isabel de Teive, daughter of Diogo Vaz de Teive and Catarina Rodrigues Cardoso, circa 1510 at Madeira, Portugal. He died in 1549. He was buried at Capella Mor of São Bento, Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.
+ 129 v. Dona Isabel de Bettencourt a Grande was born circa 1500 at Madeira, Portugal. She married Manoel de Attoguia, son of Francisco Álvares da Costa and Branca de Atouguia, at Madeira, Portugal.

72. Marie de Bettencourt (Henri Bethencourt, Henri Bettencourt, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁸⁶^,³⁷²^,²⁸⁸^,⁹^,³⁷²^,²⁸⁸^,⁹ and Dona Francisca de Bettencourt were descended from Marie de Bettencourt (married name Vaz), daughter of Henri le Français.³⁷³ She was also known as Dona Maria de Bettencourt.⁹^,²⁸⁵ She was born circa 1470 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.²⁸⁶^,⁹ She married Álvaro Vaz at Madeira, Portugal.²⁹⁰^,⁹^,³⁷² She and Álvaro Vaz were the ancestors of the Bettencourt Vaz, Bettencourt Perestrello, and Faria de Bettencourt families at Madeira, Portugal.²⁹¹ She married Antão Vilela.⁹^,³⁷²

Álvaro Vaz²⁹⁰ was also known as Alvaro Vás.³⁷² He was born circa 1460 at Madeira, Portugal.²⁸⁸ He was a nobleman of the Royal House.²⁸⁹^,³⁷² He resided at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷²
Children of Marie de Bettencourt and Álvaro Vaz were:

+ 130 i. Diogo de Bettencourt was born circa 1490 at Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Isabel Afonso, daughter of Pedro Fernandes and Izabel Affonço, at Ponta do Sol, Madeira, Portugal.

Antão Vilela⁹ was also known as Antão Villela.³⁷² He was born circa 1470.⁹
There were no children of Marie de Bettencourt and Antão Vilela.

74. Henri de Bettencourt (III) (Henri Bethencourt, Henri Bettencourt, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)²⁸⁶^,²⁸⁸^,⁹^,³⁷⁴^,²⁸⁸^,⁹^,²⁸⁵ was also known as Henrique de Bettencourt.⁹^,³⁷⁴ He was also known as Henrique Betancur.³⁷⁵ He was born after 1493 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.³⁷⁵^,²⁰² There is an inconsistency as to whom Henri (III)'s parents were. Os Bettencourt lists Henri (II) and Dona Isabel Fernandes as his parents, while the Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal lists the parents as Jean Bethencourt le Vieux and Bárbara Gomes Ferreira. More research obviously needs to be done to resolve this inconsistency although GeneAll.net agrees with Os Bettencourt so that ancestry is followed here.²⁸⁸^,⁹^,³⁷⁵ He married Dona Helena Mendes de Vasconcellos, daughter of Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos and Dona Isabel Corrêa, at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷⁶^,²⁸⁸^,⁹^,³⁷⁷ He and Dona Helena Mendes de Vasconcellos were the ancestors of the Bettencourt de Vasconcellos (II) family at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷⁸ He was a noble knight of the royal house.³⁷⁷ He and Francisco de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos were taken captive in the Cabo de Gué or Turudante in 1541 at Africa.³⁷⁹ He died after 1560.³⁷⁷

Dona Helena Mendes de Vasconcellos²⁸⁸^,³⁷⁶^,³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁶^,³⁸⁰ was also known as Helena Mendes de Vasconcelos.⁹ She was also known as Dona Helena de Vasconcellos.³⁷⁷ She was also known as Dona Hellena Mendes de Vasconcellos.³⁸¹ She was also known as Dona Elena de Vasconcellos.³⁷⁶ She was born circa 1495 at Madeira, Portugal.³⁷⁶ She and Dona Joanna Mendes de Vasconcellos were sisters.³⁸¹
Children of Henri de Bettencourt (III) and Dona Helena Mendes de Vasconcellos all born at Madeira, Portugal, were as follows:

+ 131 i. António Mendes de Vasconcellos was born circa 1519. He married Dona Filipa de Morães, daughter of Sabastião de Morães and Felipa Casco, on 13 Apr 1563 at Madeira, Portugal.
132 ii. Francisco de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁹^,³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁹^,³⁷⁷ was also known as Francisco Betancur.³⁷⁹ He was born in 1519.³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁹ He and Henri de Bettencourt (III) were taken captive in the Cabo de Gué or Turudante in 1541 at Africa.³⁷⁹ He escaped from Cabo de Gué.³⁷⁹ He had no children.³⁷⁷
133 iii. Rui Mendes de Vasconcellos³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁷ was born after 1519.³⁷⁷ He had no children.³⁷⁷ He was Lord of the entails of his grandparents, with the ecclesiastical patronage of the main chapel of São Bernardino.³⁷⁷
+ 134 iv. João de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos was born in 1535. He married Dona Guiomar Ferreira, daughter of Francisco Leitão and Inês Ferreira, at Madeira, Portugal. He married Dona Branca Leitão, daughter of João Lourenço Leitão and Guimar Ferreira. He died on 12 Jul 1615.
135 v. Gaspar de Bettencourt de Vasconcellos³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁷^,³⁷⁷ was born after 1535.³⁷⁷ He had no children.³⁷⁷
136 vi. Braz de Bettencourt³⁸²^,³⁸²^,³⁸² was born after 1535.³⁸² He died circa 1570 at India.³⁸²
137 vii. Dona Izabel de Vasconcellos Bettencourt³⁸²^,³⁸²^,³⁸² was also known as Dona Izabel de Vasconcellos Bettencourt.³⁸² She was born after 1535.³⁸² She married Manuel de Couto Cardoso, son of Francisco de Couto Cardoso and Dona Joanna Luminhana Berenguer, circa 1560.³⁸²

Manuel de Couto Cardoso³⁸²^,³⁸²^,³⁸² was born circa 1535.³⁸²

75. Henrique de Bettencourt (Gaspard, Henri, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁹³^,⁹^,³¹⁸^,³¹⁶^,³²⁶^,³⁸³^,⁹^,³¹⁸^,³¹⁶^,³¹⁸^,²⁹³^,³⁸³^,⁹ was also known as Henrique de Betancor.³⁸³ He was also known as Henrique Betancur.³¹⁶ He was also known as Henrique de Bettencourt e Sáa.³¹⁵ He was born circa 1475 at São Miguel.³⁸³^,⁹ He witnessed the reign of Manuel I as King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521.³⁸⁴ He was first heir of the entail of Água de Mel, Madeira, Portugal.³⁰⁶ He married Dona Maria de Azevedo, daughter of Manuel de Oliveira, at Évora, Portugal.³¹⁶^,³²⁴^,³⁸³^,⁹^,³¹⁸ He and Dona Maria de Azevedo had one child.³⁸³ He was in Safi, Morocco during the time of Nuño Fernandez de Ataide in 1510.³¹⁶ He was a knight of the Royal House, serving King D. Manuel at court, who gave him land in São Miguel by the missive of 19 Jul 1513.³⁸³^,³¹⁸ He witnessed the governorship of Nuño de Ataide circa 1515 at Safi, Morocco.³⁸⁵ He was granted the black and white soap works of São Miguel by missive of 30 Oct 1517.³¹⁸ In 1518 Henrique de Bettencourt accompanied D. Jaime, Duke of Bragança in the conquest of Azemmour, Morocco.³¹⁶ After 1518 Os Bettencourt describes him as second heir of the soap trade that he inherited from his father, but the Nobiliário de Famílias states that he was given the rights to the soap trade of the Açores by King Manuel for his services in Africa.³¹⁶^,³⁰⁶ He died before 1541.³¹⁰

Dona Maria de Azevedo³²⁴^,³⁸³^,⁹^,³¹⁸^,³¹⁶^,³⁸³^,³¹⁸ was also known as Dona Maria de Andrade.³¹⁶ She was born after 1480 at Portugal.³¹⁶
Children of Henrique de Bettencourt and Dona Maria de Azevedo were:

138 i. Maria de Bettencourt³⁸⁶^,³²¹^,³⁸³^,³⁸⁶^,³²¹^,³⁸³^,³⁸⁶ was also known as Dona ? Betancur.³²¹^,³⁸³ She was born circa 1505 at São Miguel.³⁸³ She married Dom Álvaro de Luna, son of Dom Pedro de Gusmão, at São Miguel.³²¹^,³⁸³^,³⁸⁶ She and Dom Álvaro de Luna had children.³⁸⁶

Dom Álvaro de Luna³²¹^,³⁸³^,³⁸⁶^,³²¹^,³⁸³^,³⁸⁶ was born after 1490 at Madeira, Portugal.³²¹

76. João de Bettencourt e Sá (Gaspard Bettencourt, Henri, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)³⁸⁷^,³⁸⁷^,³¹⁶^,²⁹⁷^,³²⁶^,⁹^,¹²^,³⁸⁷^,³¹⁶^,²⁹³^,⁹^,¹² was also known as Joam de Betancor.³⁸⁸ He was also known as João Betancur.³¹⁶ He was also known as João de Bettencourt de Sá.²⁹⁷ He was also known as João de Bettencourt.²⁸⁸^,⁹ He was also known as João de Bettencourt e Sáa.³¹⁵ He was also known as João de Betancor de Sá.³⁸³ He was also known as João Betencourt Sá.¹² He was born circa 1475 at Madeira, Portugal.³¹⁶^,⁹ He was a knight.³⁸⁹ He married Dona Guiomar de Sãopayo, daughter of Gonçalo Vaz Botelho o Moço, at São Miguel.³⁹⁰^,²⁹³^,³⁹¹^,⁹^,¹²^,³¹⁸ He resided at São Miguel.³¹⁶^,²⁹⁷ He and Dona Guiomar de Sãopayo were the ancestors of the Bettencourt Sá Machado, Bettencourt Câmara Leme, and Bettencourt Cardoso families.²⁸⁸ He was the best horseman of the islands, picking many oranges from the ground on the trail, while running on the spur fillet, and also rode the horse while standing on the saddle, and had many other skills of a distinguished knight.³⁸³ He was third heir of the soap trade at Madeira, Portugal.³⁰⁶ He was second heir of the entail of Água de Mel, Madeira, Portugal, inheriting after his brother Henrique's death.³⁰⁶^,³¹⁸

Dona Guiomar de Sãopayo³¹⁶^,³⁹⁰^,³⁹¹^,¹² was also known as Guiomar Gonçalves.³⁹² She was also known as Dona Guimar de San Payo.²⁸⁸ She was also known as Dona Guimar de Sam Payo.³²⁴ She was also known as Guiomar de Sampaio.⁹^,¹² She was also known as Guiomar Gonçalves Botelho.³⁸⁷^,³⁹³ She was born circa 1470 at São Miguel.³⁹⁰
Children of João de Bettencourt e Sá and Dona Guiomar de Sãopayo all born at São Miguel were as follows:

+ 139 i. Simão Bettencourt e Sá was born circa 1490. He married Dona Margarida Gago, daughter of Luís Gago, at Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.
140 ii. Gaspar Bettencourt e Sáa (II) (suffix added for clarification)³²⁴^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁵^,³²⁴^,³⁹⁶^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁷^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴ was also known as Gaspar de Bettencourt e Sá.³⁹⁶ He was also known as Gaspar Betancur.³²¹ He was also known as Gaspar de Betancor.³⁹⁴ He was born circa 1490.³²¹ He was married two times.³²¹ He married Beatriz de Mello at São Miguel.³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶ He and Beatriz de Mello had no children.³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶ He married Dona Isabel Fernandes, daughter of António Lopes and Maria Falcoa, circa 1510.³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁸ He and Dona Isabel Fernandes had no children.³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,³²¹

Beatriz de Mello³⁹⁴ was also known as Beatriz de Melo.³⁹⁶ She was born after 1480 at Graciosa.³⁹⁴ She was the daughter of the capitão of Graciosa.³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶
Dona Isabel Fernandes³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁴ was also known as Isabel Fernandes.³⁹⁸ She was born after 1480.³⁹⁴
141 iii. António de Sá⁴⁰⁰^,³⁹⁴^,⁴⁰⁰^,³²⁴^,³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,³²¹^,³²⁴^,³⁹⁴^,⁴⁰⁰ was also known as António de Sá Betancur.³²¹ He was also known as António Bettencourt e Sáa.³²⁴ He was born circa 1490.³²¹^,³⁹⁴ He served in the military in Africa.³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,⁴⁰⁰ He was never married.³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,⁴⁰⁰
142 iv. Rui de Sá³⁹⁶^,³⁹⁴^,³²⁴^,³⁹⁶^,³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴^,³²¹ was also known as Ruy de Sá.³²¹^,³⁹⁴ He was also known as Ruy Bettencourt e Sáa.³²⁴ He was born circa 1490.³⁹⁴^,³²¹ He married Dona Maria de Cabeceiras, daughter of Bartholomeu Rodrigues da Serra, circa 1510 at São Miguel.³²¹^,⁴⁰¹^,³⁹⁴ The Nobiliário de Familias states that they had no children, but the Saudades da Terra and Genealpogias de São Miguel e Santa Maria state that they had many children, not giving any names.³⁹⁴^,⁴⁰¹^,³²¹

Dona Maria de Cabeceiras³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁴ was born after 1480 at São Miguel.³²¹
143 v. padre João de Bettencourt³⁹⁶^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴^,³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴^,³²¹ was also known as João Bettencourt e Sáa.³²⁴ He was also known as João de Betancor.³⁹⁴ He was also known as João Betancur.³²¹ He was born circa 1490.³²¹ He was a priest and beneficiary at São Sebastião (Matriz), Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.³²¹^,³⁹⁴^,³⁹⁶
+ 144 vi. Margarida de Sá was born circa 1490. She married Gaspar do Rego Baldaia, son of Gonçalo do Rego, o Velho and Maria Baldaia, circa 1509 at São Miguel.
145 vii. Isabel Bettencourt e Sáa³²⁴^,³²⁰^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴^,³²¹^,³²⁰^,³⁹⁶^,³²⁴^,³²¹ was also known as Isaebl de Madre de Deus.³⁹⁶ She was also known as Izabel de Mãe de Deus.³²¹^,³²⁰ She was born circa 1490.³²⁰ She was a nun at the Convento de Jesus, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.³²¹^,³²⁰^,³⁹⁶
+ 146 viii. Francisco de Bettencourt e Sá was born circa 1500. He married Dona Maria de Medeiros, daughter of Diogo Affonso Columbreiro, at São Miguel. He died in 1577.

79. Dona Guiomar de Sá (Gaspard Bettencourt, Henri, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)³¹⁶^,³⁹⁹^,⁹^,³¹⁸^,³¹⁶^,³²⁶^,³⁹⁹^,³¹⁸^,³¹⁶^,²⁹³^,³⁹⁹^,³¹⁸ was also known as Guimar de Bettencourt e Sáa.³¹⁵ She was also known as Guiomar de Bettencourt.⁹ She was born circa 1475 at Madeira, Portugal.³¹⁶^,⁹ She married António Juzarte de Mello, son of Pedro Juzarte.⁴⁰²^,³²⁴^,³⁹⁹^,³¹⁸^,⁹ The three sisters, Brites, Guimar, and Isabel moved to Lisbon.³¹⁰ She and António Juzarte de Mello had four daughters, almost all of whom went to Castile to serve the empress as her ladies in waiting, by reason of the influence of their aunt, Dona Beatriz (Brites).³⁹⁹ She married Dom Fernando de Castro at São Miguel.³¹⁶^,²²⁸^,³¹⁸ She and Dom Fernando de Castro had no children.²²⁸^,³¹⁸ She married Diogo Juzarte, son of Vasco de Oliveira Juzarte and Dona Antónia de Andrade, after 1520 at Madeira, Portugal.⁴⁰³ She was a lady-in-waiting of the Empress Isabel, wife of Charles V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor at Castile, Spain.³⁰⁶ She witnessed the move of Isabella of Portugal, to marry Charles V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor on 11 Mar 1526 at Castile, Spain.³²³ She died at São Miguel.²²⁸ She was buried in the high-altar of the Convento de São Francisco, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, to which she gave a chapel and a moio of wheat, forever, to the lepers of the island.²²⁸

António Juzarte de Mello⁴⁰⁴^,³²⁴^,³⁹⁹^,⁴⁰⁴ was also known as António Zuzarte de Melo.⁹ He was also known as António Juzarte.⁹ He was also known as António Juzarte de Melo.³¹⁸ He was born after 1475 at Évora, Portugal.⁴⁰⁴^,³⁹⁹^,³¹⁸ He was a nobleman of the Royal House.⁴⁰⁵ He died, lost in an armada established by the Marquis of Ayamonte at Rio da Prata.³⁹⁹^,³¹⁸
Children of Dona Guiomar de Sá and António Juzarte de Mello were as follows:

147 i. Dona Beatriz (--?--)³⁹⁹^,³⁹⁹^,³⁹⁹ was born after 1500.³⁹⁹ She was a professed nun in the order of Santiago, and prioress many times at Toledo, Spain.³⁹⁹
148 ii. Dona Maria de Sá³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶^,³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶ was also known as Dona Maria de Castro.⁴⁰⁶ She was born after 1500.³⁹⁹ She and Dom Francisco de Cisneiros had three sons and two daughters, ladies of the court.³⁹⁹ She married Dom Francisco de Cisneiros at Castile, Spain.³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶ She died before 1590.³⁹⁹

Dom Francisco de Cisneiros³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶ was also known as Francisco de Sisneiros.⁴⁰⁶ He was born after 1500 at Madrid, Spain.³⁹⁹^,⁴⁰⁶ He was a nobleman of Castile.⁴⁰⁶ He was patron of studies at Alcalá, Spain, established by the Archbishop of Toledo, his uncle.³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶
149 iii. Dona Guiomar de Sá³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶^,³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶^,³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶^,⁴⁰⁶ was born after 1500.³⁹⁹ She married Dom Luiz Valhegas.³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶ She and Dom Luiz Valhegas had five children.²²⁸

Dom Luiz Valhegas³⁹⁹ was also known as Dom Luiz Vanegas.⁴⁰⁶ He was also known as Dom Luiz Veegas.⁴⁰⁶ He was also known as Luís Vanhego.³⁸⁶ He was also known as Luis Venegas y Figueroa.⁹ He was born after 1500.³⁹⁹ He was the person in charge of providing lodgings for pensioners for King Philip, who came as ambassador to Portugal and was master of the horses of the queen, last wife of that king, and was sent to Bohemia to take care of this marriage and bring her back to Castile from Bohemia.³⁹⁹^,³⁸⁶
+ 150 iv. Isabel de Sá was born after 1500. She married Dom João Coloma, son of Dom João Coloma and Dona Maria de Corodona, at Castile, Spain.

Dom Fernando de Castro²²⁸^,³¹⁸ was also known as Dom Francisco de Castro.³¹⁶ He was born after 1450 at Madeira, Portugal.³¹⁶
There were no children of Dona Guiomar de Sá and Dom Fernando de Castro.

Diogo Juzarte³⁰³^,⁹^,⁴⁰⁷^,⁴⁰⁷ was born circa 1470 at Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.³⁰³
Children of Dona Guiomar de Sá and Diogo Juzarte were as follows:

151 i. Vasco de Oliveira Juzarte⁴⁰⁸^,⁴⁰⁸^,⁴⁰⁸ was born circa 1520.⁴⁰⁸ He married Juliana da Fonseca de Andrade circa 1550.⁴⁰⁹ He and Juliana da Fonseca de Andrade had no children.⁴⁰⁹

Juliana da Fonseca de Andrade⁹ was also known as Dona Julianna da Fonseca de Andrade.⁴⁰⁹ She was born circa 1525.⁴⁰⁹
+ 152 ii. Dona Guiomar de Sá was born circa 1525. She married Nuno Mascarenhas circa 1550.
153 iii. Diogo Juzarte⁴⁰⁸^,⁴⁰⁸^,⁴⁰⁸ was born circa 1525.⁴⁰⁸ He married Policena de Azevedo circa 1550.⁴⁰⁸

Policena de Azevedo⁴⁰⁸ was born circa 1525.⁴⁰⁸

81. Margarida de Bettencourt e Sáa (Gaspard Bettencourt, Henri, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)³¹⁵^,³¹⁶^,³²⁶^,⁹^,¹²^,³¹⁶^,²⁹³^,⁹^,¹² was also known as Margarida de Bettencourt.²⁰⁹^,⁹ She was also known as Dona Margarida de Betancor.²²⁸ She was also known as Dona Margarida de Bettencourt de Sá.²³⁵ She was also known as Margarida Bettencourt Sá.¹² She was also known as Dona Margarida Betancur.³¹⁶ She was also known as Dona Magdalena Betancur.⁴¹⁰ She was also known as Margarida de Bettencourt e Sá.³⁸⁷ She was born circa 1480 at Madeira, Portugal.³¹⁶^,⁹ She married Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara, son of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara and Maria Rodrigues, at São Miguel.²⁰⁹^,⁴¹¹^,⁴¹²^,²²⁸^,⁹^,⁴¹³ She and Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara had children who were ancestors of the Câmara de Bettencourt family.⁴¹² In 1536 Margarida de Bettencourt e Sáa and Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara founded in their own house at the Convento de Jesus, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.³¹⁶^,³¹⁰^,³⁸⁷

Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara⁴¹²^,⁴¹⁴^,⁹^,⁴¹⁰^,⁴¹⁴^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁴ was also known as Pedro Rodrigues da Camera.⁴¹¹ He was also known as Pedro Ruy da Camara.²²⁸ He was also known as Pedro Roiz da Camara.²³⁵ He was born illegitimate circa 1450 at Madeira, Portugal.⁴¹¹^,³¹⁰^,²⁰⁹ In 1507 Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara contracted with others the construction of the Matriz at Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.⁴¹⁴ He was legitimized by D, Manuel in 1510.⁴¹⁴ He was fourth capitão of the island at São Miguel.²²⁸ He left a will on 17 Feb 1541.⁴¹⁴
Children of Margarida de Bettencourt e Sáa and Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara were as follows:

+ 154 i. João Rodrigues da Câmara was born circa 1500 at São Miguel. He married Helena Cabeça, daughter of João Rodrigues Cabeça. He married Catarina (--?--) at Serra da Estrela.
155 ii. Manuel da Câmara⁹^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶ was also known as Manoel da Câmara.⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸ He was born circa 1500 at São Miguel.⁴¹⁵ He died unmarried in India leaving one illegitimate child, although the Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal states that he died in India as a child.⁴¹⁵^,⁴¹⁶
156 iii. Simão da Câmara⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶ was also known as Simão da Camera.⁴¹⁶ He was born circa 1500 at São Miguel.²²⁸ He was a great theologian.⁴¹⁶ He died single at Lisboa, Portugal.⁴¹⁵^,⁴¹⁶
157 iv. Rui Gonçalves da Câmara⁴¹⁵^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁶ was also known as Ruy Gonçalves da Camera.⁴¹⁶ He was also known as Ruy Gonçalves da Câmara.²²⁸ He was born after 1500 at São Miguel.²²⁸ He died single.⁴¹⁵
158 v. António de Sá⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸ was born after 1500 at São Miguel.²²⁸ He died single at Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.⁴¹⁵
+ 159 vi. Henrique Bettencourt da Câmara was born after 1500 at São Miguel. He married Simoa de Sousa, daughter of Baltazar Vaz de Souza, circa 1535 at Ribeira Grande, São Miguel. He died after 1 Nov 1575 at Ribeira Grande, São Miguel.
+ 160 vii. Dona Francisca da Câmara was born after 1500 at São Miguel. She married Dom António de Sousa, son of Dom Martinho de Tavora and Dona Isabel Pereira.
161 viii. Dona Maria da Câmara⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸^,⁴¹⁵^,²²⁸ was born after 1500 at São Miguel.²²⁸ She died single.⁴¹⁵
162 ix. Francisco de Sá⁴¹⁶^,⁴¹⁶^,⁴¹⁶ was born circa 1505.⁴¹⁶

82. Gaspar Perdomo (Gaspard Bettencourt, Henri, Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (perhaps an adaptation of the French Prudhomme)⁴¹⁷^,⁴¹⁸^,³⁰⁵^,⁴¹⁹^,⁴¹⁷^,³⁰⁴^,³⁰⁵^,³⁹^,⁴¹⁹^,⁴¹⁷^,⁴²⁰^,³⁰⁵ was also known as Gaspar Pordomo.⁴¹⁹^,³⁰⁴ He was also known as Gaspar Prodomo.³⁰⁵ He was born illegitimate circa 1500 at São Miguel.³⁹^,⁴¹⁹^,²⁸⁸^,³⁰⁴ He was legitimized.³⁹^,⁴²¹^,³⁰⁴^,³⁰⁵ He married Brites Velho, daughter of João Affonso Carcos and Leonor Velho, at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.³⁹^,⁴²¹^,⁴²²^,⁴²³ He had children.⁴²⁴ He was a councilman in 1540 at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.³⁰⁵ In 1547 Gaspar entailed his property in his will, leaving one-third to his daughters Francisca and Simoa and, after them, to his son Ibonel de Bettencourt and his descendants.³⁰⁵

Brites Velho⁴²¹^,³⁹^,³⁹^,⁴²¹^,³⁰⁴^,³⁹^,⁴²¹^,³⁰⁴ was also known as Beatriz Velha.⁴²² She was also known as Beatriz Velho.⁴²³ She was born after 1475 at Madeira, Portugal.⁴²¹
Children of Gaspar Perdomo and Brites Velho all born at São Miguel were as follows:

163 i. Ibonel de Bettencourt⁴²⁵^,⁴²⁶^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵^,⁴²⁶^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵ was also known as Ibonel Betancur.⁴²⁶ He was also known as Bibonel de Betancor.⁴¹⁸ He was also known as Manoel de Betancor.³⁰⁴ He was also known as Ibonel de Betencor.⁴²⁷ He was also known as Bibonel de Bettencourt.⁴²⁵ He was born after 1525.⁴²⁶^,⁴²² He was married twice.⁴²² He married Guiomar do Porto, daughter of João do Porto.⁴²⁵ He married Isabel Rodrigues, daughter of João Roiz Cavão and Izabel Gonçalves, at São Miguel.⁴²⁸^,⁴²⁹ He and Isabel Rodrigues had no children.³⁰⁴^,⁴²⁹ He and Isabel Rodrigues left a will on 3 Aug 1567 in which they state that they will be buried in their sepulchre in the transept of the Convento de São Francisco, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, where there is a tombstone with their name.⁴²⁹ He died on 3 Oct 1567.⁴²⁵

Guiomar do Porto⁴²⁵^,⁴²⁵ was born circa 1525.⁴²⁵
Isabel Rodrigues⁴³⁰^,⁴³¹^,⁴³¹ was also known as Dona Izabel.⁴³² She was born circa 1510 at São Miguel.³⁰⁴ She married Diogo Fernandes.⁴³¹
164 ii. Francisca de Bettencourt⁴²⁵^,⁴²⁶^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵^,⁴²⁶^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵ was also known as Dona Francisca Betancur.⁴²⁶^,⁴²² She was born after 1525.⁴²⁶^,⁴²² She was never married.⁴²²^,⁴²⁵
+ 165 iii. Simoa de Bettencourt was born after 1525. She married Dom João Pereira at Portugal.
166 iv. Baltazar de Bettencourt⁴²⁵^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵^,⁴²²^,⁴²⁵ was also known as Balthasar de Betancor.⁴²² He was born after 1525.⁴²² He and Maria Gonçalves had no children.³⁰⁴^,⁴³³ He married Maria Gonçalves.⁴³³ He was an alderman in 1564 at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.⁴²⁵ He was superintendent in 1564 at Misericórdia, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.⁴²⁵ He and Maria Gonçalves left a will on 14 Apr 1565.⁴³³ He was godfather for a baptism on 22 Mar 1575 at São Pedro, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.⁴²⁵

Maria Gonçalves⁴³³ was born after 1525.⁴³³
+ 167 v. Belchior de Bettencourt was born after 1525. He married Leonor Ferreira.

87. Antão Gonçalves d'Ávila Bettencourt (João Bethencourt, Georges, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (standardized spelling)⁴³⁴^,⁴³⁵^,²⁵⁶^,⁵⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹^,⁴³⁵^,²⁵⁶^,⁵⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹ was also known as Antão Gonçalves de Ávila.⁴³⁶^,²⁵²^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹ He was also known as Antão Gonçalves d'Ávila Betencourt.⁴³⁴ He was also known as Antão Gonçalvez de Avilla.⁴³⁵ He was born circa 1440 at Castile, Spain.²⁵⁷^,⁶^,⁹ He married Dona Inês Gonçalves de Antona, daughter of Afonso Gonçalves de Antona and Ignes Rodrigues Fagundes, at Graciosa (Os Bettencourt gives the location of the marriage as Graçiosa, adding that the bride brought, as her dowry, lands which her father possessed there, but the Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal gives the location as Villa de Praia, Terceira).⁴³⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹^,²³^,⁴³⁶^,²⁵¹ He and Dona Inês Gonçalves de Antona had seven children.⁴³⁷ He and Dona Inês Gonçalves de Antona resided at Praia da Vitória, Terceira.⁴³⁷ Antão Gonçalves d'Ávila Bettencourt and João Sanchez Gonçalves de Ávila came to live in Terceira, being Castilian, to become one of those who followed the Comunidades in the time of Emperor Charles V.³⁴⁴^,³⁴⁵ Emperor Charles V reigned between 1519 and 1558 at the Holy Roman Empire.³⁴⁶ This branch came from Spain to Almeida and then to the Açores, establishing themselves on Terceira when it was under Castilian domination.²⁵²^,⁵⁷

Dona Inês Gonçalves de Antona⁴³⁸^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹^,⁴³⁵^,⁴³⁹^,⁷^,⁴⁴⁰ was also known as Inês Gonçalves de Antona.²³ She was also known as Ignes Gonçalvez Antona.⁴⁴¹ She was also known as Inês Gonçalves Antona.⁵⁵ She was born circa 1470 at Terceira.⁴⁴¹^,⁷
Children of Antão Gonçalves d'Ávila Bettencourt and Dona Inês Gonçalves de Antona were as follows:

+ 168 i. Melchior Gonçalves de Ávila (I) was born after 1490 at Graciosa. He married Dona Inês Gomes Freire, daughter of Gomes Lourenço and Iria Vaz Freire, at Graciosa.
+ 169 ii. Dona Maria Gonçalves de Ávila was born circa 1500 at Praia da Vitória, Terceira. She married Antão Fernandes Leal circa 1520 at Terceira.
170 iii. Dona Felipa Gonçalves de Ávila (I) (suffix added for clarification)⁴⁴²^,⁴⁴²^,⁴⁴² was born circa 1500 at Praia da Vitória, Terceira.⁴³⁷ She married João Vaz Nogueira at Terceira.⁴⁴³

João Vaz Nogueira⁴⁴³ was born circa 1500 at Graciosa.⁴⁴³

89. Inês Peraza de Las Casas (III) (Inês, Inês Bethencourt, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)²⁴⁸^,³⁴⁹^,³⁴⁹ was born circa 1430 at Spain.²⁴⁸ She married Diego Garcia de Herrera, son of Pedro Garcia Herrera and Dona Maria de Ayala y Sarmiento.³⁴⁹ She and Diego Garcia de Herrera resided at Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁴⁷ Inês Peraza de Las Casas (III) and Diego Garcia de Herrera inherited the lordship of Islas Canarias.³⁴⁹ After 1485, after she became a widow, Inês Peraza de Las Casas (III) resided at Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁴⁷ She died in 1503 at Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁴⁷

Diego Garcia de Herrera³⁴⁹^,²⁴⁸^,²⁴⁸ was born circa 1430 at Spain.²⁴⁸ He resided at Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias, Spain, and Lanzarote.²⁴⁸ He died in 1485 at Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain.³⁴⁷
Children of Inês Peraza de Las Casas (III) and Diego Garcia de Herrera both born at Islas Canarias were as follows:

171 i. Maria de Ayala (her last name taken from her paternal grandmother)³⁴⁹^,²⁴⁸^,²⁴⁸ was born circa 1450.²⁴⁸ She married Diogo da Silva de Menezes, son of Rui Gomes da Silva and Dona Isabel de Menezes, at Islas Canarias.²⁴⁸ She remained with 1/3 of the revenue from Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.²⁴⁸

Diogo da Silva de Menezes⁴⁴⁴^,⁴⁴⁴^,⁴⁴⁴ was also known as Diogo de Menezes da Silva.⁴⁴⁵ He was born circa 1440.²⁴⁸ He was taken prisoner by the Moors in Tangier and later ransomed.⁴⁴⁵ He was named by Dom Manuel I as Count of Portalegre, but never assumed the title because the populace opposed him.⁴⁴⁵ In 1466 the Infante Dom Fernando sent to the Canary Islands an expedition commanded by Diogo.⁴⁴⁵
+ 172 ii. Hernán Peraza (II) was born after 1450. He married Beatriz de Bobadilla, daughter of Juan Fernandez de Bobadilla and Dona Leonor Osório de Ayala.

91. Jean de Bethencourt (VII) (Louis, Jean, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)⁴⁴⁶^,²⁷⁰^,⁷⁹^,²⁷⁰^,⁷⁹ was also known as João de Bettencourt.⁷⁹ He was born on 2 Dec 1497 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ He was an inspector at Rouen, France.²⁶⁹ He married Marie de Biville in 1521 at Rouen, France.²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹ He and Marie de Biville had seven children.²⁶⁹

Marie de Biville²⁶⁹ was also known as Maria de Beville.⁷⁹ She was born circa 1500 at France.²⁶⁹
Children of Jean de Bethencourt (VII) and Marie de Biville all born at Rouen, France, were as follows:

173 i. Nicolas de Bethencourt²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born circa 1523.²⁶⁹
174 ii. Jean de Bethencourt (VIIIB) (suffix added for clarification (Os Bettencourt lists him as Jean (VIII) , but also lists the son of Jacques (I) as Jean (VIII))²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born circa 1524.²⁶⁹
175 iii. Antoine de Bethencourt (II) (suffix added for clarification)²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born circa 1525.²⁶⁹
176 iv. Jacqueline de Bethencourt²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born circa 1526.²⁶⁹ She died in 1541.²⁶⁹
177 v. Mathieu de Bethencourt (II) (suffix added for clarification)⁴⁴⁷^,⁴⁴⁷^,⁷⁹^,²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹ was also known as Matheus de Bettencourt.⁷⁹ He was born on 5 Sep 1528.⁴⁴⁷ He married Bonne D'Espinay, daughter of Robert D'Espinay and Christine de Saints.⁴⁴⁸^,⁷⁹ After 1550 Mathieu de Bethencourt (II) was Lord of Béthencourt, Sigy-en-Bray, France, and of Folleville.⁴⁴⁸ He and Bonne D'Espinay had no children.⁴⁴⁸^,⁷⁹ He died on 23 Dec 1576 at France at age 48.⁴⁴⁸

Bonne D'Espinay⁴⁴⁸^,⁴⁴⁸^,⁷⁹^,⁴⁴⁸ was also known as Bonne de Espinai.⁷⁹ She was born circa 1530 at France.⁴⁴⁸

95. Jacques de Bethencourt (II) (Louis, Jean, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)⁴⁴⁶^,²⁷⁰^,⁷⁹^,²⁶⁸^,⁷⁹ was also known as Jacques de Bettencourt.⁷⁹ He was born on 25 Sep 1511 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ He married Marguerite Renaud in 1535.²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹

Marguerite Renaud²⁶⁹ was also known as Marguerite Richard.²⁶⁹ She was also known as Margarida Regnaut.⁷⁹ She was born circa 1515 at France.²⁶⁹
Children of Jacques de Bethencourt (II) and Marguerite Renaud all born at France were as follows:

+ 178 i. Louis de Bethencourt (II) was born circa 1540. He married Marie du Fay at France. He died before 1606.
+ 179 ii. Richard de Bethencourt was born after 1550. He married Yde de Saint-Ouen on 5 Dec 1576.
180 iii. Édouard de Bethencourt²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born after 1550.²⁶⁹

99. Jean de Bethencourt (VIII) (Jacques, Jean, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification (Os Bettencourt lists him as Jean (VIII) , but also lists the son of Jean (VII) as Jean (VIII). Therefore this son of Jean (VII) is numbered (VIIIB) in this file)²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹^,¹³²^,²⁶⁹ was also known as João de Bettencourt.¹³² He was born after 1500 at Rouen, France.²⁶⁹ He was a squire.²⁶⁹^,¹³² Jean de Bethencourt (VIII) was Lord of Béthencourt, Sigy-en-Bray, France, , Mauquenchy, Randillon, Saint-Pierre, Quesnay, Glatigny, Huqueleu, and Guenoville (or Guinonville).²⁶⁹^,¹³² He married Marie Le Clerc.²⁶⁹^,¹³² He and Marie Le Clerc had two children. In spite of this statement, Os Bettencourt also refers to a sister of Anne, of unknown name.²⁶⁹ He was still alive in 1548.²⁶⁹

Marie Le Clerc²⁶⁹ was also known as Maria Oclere.¹³² She was born circa 1500 at France.²⁶⁹
Children of Jean de Bethencourt (VIII) and Marie Le Clerc were as follows:

+ 181 i. Gallien de Bethencourt (I) was born circa 1540 at France. He married Marie Ygou.
182 ii. Anne de Bethencourt (I) (suffix added for clarification)⁴⁴⁷^,²⁶⁹^,²⁶⁹ was born circa 1545 at France.²⁶⁹ She married Jean Toustain circa 1570.⁴⁴⁸

Jean Toustain⁴⁴⁸ was born circa 1535 at France.⁴⁴⁸
183 iii. ? Bethencourt (listed in Os Bettencourt as Anne (I)'s sister but of unknown name)⁴⁴⁸^,⁴⁴⁸^,⁴⁴⁸ was born before 1548 at Rouen, France.⁴⁴⁸ She married ? Monnet.⁴⁴⁸

? Monnet⁴⁴⁸ was born circa 1540 at Tancourt, France.⁴⁴⁸ He was a squire.⁴⁴⁸ ? Monnet was Lord of Tancourt, France.⁴⁴⁸

104. Isaac de Bethencourt (Jean, Jean, Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)⁴⁴⁹^,⁴⁴⁹ was born after 1510 at Marseille, France.⁴⁵⁰ He was a sailor and trader like his father and maintained commerce with the Canary Islands at Marseille, France.⁴⁵⁰ When the plague attacked Marseille, he moved to Normandy at age 14 arriving by himself, and later establishing himself in Guerbaville, near the Seine.⁴⁵⁰^,¹¹ He married Adrienne Gorgil at Guerbaville la Mailleraye, France.¹¹

Adrienne Gorgil¹¹ was born circa 1530.¹¹
Children of Isaac de Bethencourt and Adrienne Gorgil all born at Guerbaville la Mailleraye, France, were as follows:

+ 184 i. Guillaume de Bethencourt was born in 1554. He married Marie Vallois at Guerbaville la Mailleraye, France. He died in 1618.
185 ii. Marie de Bethencourt¹¹^,¹¹^,¹¹ was born in 1564.¹¹
186 iii. Catherine de Bethencourt¹¹^,¹¹^,¹¹ was born in 1568.¹¹

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