On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:12:44 +0100, <gregobhte1@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Folks..... > after a research that took me at least 1 year to be made, i finally > could trace back my ancestry to Tristao Vaz Teixeira and John Drummond. > Thru Tristao i descend via his son Lancarote Teixeira and thru > Lancarote's daughter, Ilena (Helena) de Gois and thru her son Antonio > Teixeira Cardoso and thru Antonio's son Francisco de Gois Cardoso that > married Joana Dias de Vares (being her 5th great-Granddaughter of John > Drummond). Thru Francisco's son Rafael de Gois that married Maria Galvoa > Teixeira and thru their daughter Ana de Gois that is my 10th > great-Grandmother. > Anyone of you have any more info about TRistao Vaz Teixeira or maybe his > son Lancarote?? Tristão Vaz possibly wasn't a Teixeira at all, but his wife seems to be, what gave origin to the Teixeira surname on the descendancy. Unfortunately, unlike the Capitoa Constança Rodrigues, Mrs. Branca Teixeira was an obscure figure, on which we don't know nothing about. She wasn't quite sucessful at passing moral values to her many children, as their history is riddled with scandals and infamy. Tristão Vaz himself seem to have been quite a rude man, who was even sent to prision by the Infante or the King, for crimes against some of his settlers. He is often refered to as "Tristão da Ilha" on contemporary documentation, sometimes as Tristão Vaz, but never with the Teixeira surname. As for Lançarote, he was the archetypal dandy, a superb Knight and hunter, often organizing tournaments and lavish parties. His tradition was passed on to his son António Teixeira, so magnificent that people used to call him the "little King". In any case, all this splendour ended early on, and the family decayed in poverty in almost all of its many branches. Today you can find many Teixeiras with direct male line from Lançarote working the fields of Porto da Cruz and Faial as poor peasants, unaware of the "nobility" of their blood. > or even about Joana Dias de Vares and her ancestor John Drummond??? John Drummond is a well known figure, son of another of the same name, Sir John Drummond, Lord of Stobhall, Chief of the Drummond Clan in Scotland, and his wife Elizabeth Sinclair. Sir John Drummond, Lord of Stobhall, was brother of Anabela, Queen of Scotland, wife of Robert III (Stuart). Don't ask me why this fellow chose to stay in this island (it appears that he came here first by chance), but his ancestry appears to be certain and documentally proven. He is the origin of the surnames Drummond and Escórcio in Madeira. Now tell me, how do you traced Joana Dias de Vares to John Drummond? If that's the who married Francisco de Góis Cardoso, she appears to be the daughter of António Dias, a barrel crafter from Guimaraes (Portugal mainland), and Maria de Vares, from Funchal, married in 1550 at Sé. I don't know of any relation of them with the Drummonds. > And also if anyone of you are descended of some of those individuals, it > would be great to share some family lines altogether. > thank you > Leandro -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio