Juanita, There are some Berengueres living in Toronto, Canada. I hope you are able to understand Portuguese for I took the liberty of sending to you a scanned published Berenguer family list to your e-mail address. José -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miguel de Castro Henriques Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Das Artes e da Historia da Madeira Hello Juanita, Luis said the essential about the origin of the Berenguer and I just add that according to magister Frutuoso: Pedro Berenguer was a MD. (O Dr, da Calheta OPhisicoi and "doutor em medicina") see below:. " Acima da villa, pela terra dentro hum quarto de legoa, está o engenho dos Cabraes; e perto delle está outro do Dr. da Calheta Phisico, chamado Pedro Berenguer de Lemilhana, moço fidalgo e cavalleiro da Ordem de Christo. e ainda hoje na Calheta conserva o nome de Lombo do Doutor uma parte considerável das terras de sesmaria que ali teve Pedro de Berenguer: Era natural de Valença, em Espanha, doutor em medicina e fidalgo da casa real. Veio para a Madeira no ultimo quartel do século XVI e estabeleceuse na freguesia da Calheta, onde instituiu um morgadio, que transmitiu aos seus descendentes. A ele ou a algum dos seus sucessores foi passada carta de brasão de armas, por alvará régio de 5 de Novembro de de 1524 São elas: campo vermelho e uma banda de azul perfilada de ouro e nela três flores de liz de prata, elmo de prata aberto, paquife de prata a vermelho, e por timbre um braço vestido de vermelho com uma das flores de liz na mão. O Dr. Pedro de Berenguer Lemilhana morreu na Calheta e foi sepultado no cruzeiro da capelamor da igreja paroquial desta freguesia. Miguel On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Luis Beal <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the Berengueres genealogy the earliest was Doctor Pedro > Berenguer de Lumilhana, native of Valenca in Catalunha (Spain). He came to > Madeira in 1500 and lived in Calheta. He was a nobleman from the Royal > house, married Isabel Rodrigues de Andrade daughter of Rodrigues Anes, who > was a servant to the Infant D. Henrique, and of Isabel Rodrigues de Andrada. > They had, yikes, 16 kids recorded on this paper. > > There are a few Berengueres listed from the early 1700's so if you are that > far back shoot me a name and I'll try to see if it is listed. > > Luis Beal > > "Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a > child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the > life of our ancestors." > Cicero, Roman orator > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 2:06:07 PM > Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Das Artes e da Historia da Madeira > > We have Berneguers in our family. Could anyone give us information on the > earliest people in this line. JuanitaWS > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message