Maria de Sousa

In her genealogy Maria names Luís de Sousa, merchant, as her father.

In her genealogy Maria names Guiomar do Vale as her mother.

João de Sousa is named as her deceased paternal grandfather.

Joana Lopes is named as her deceased paternal grandmother.

Francisco do Vale is named as her deceased maternal grandfather.

Felipa de Sousa is named as her deceased maternal grandmother.

João de Sousa is named among her two brothers and three sisters.

Francisco do Vale is named among her brothers.

Isabel do Vale is named among her sisters.

Catarina do Vale is named among her sisters.

Ana de Sousa is named among her sisters.

Pedro de Sousa is named as one of her only two paternal uncles.

Salvador de Sousa is named as her other paternal uncle.

Isabel do Vale is named as her only maternal aunt. Diogo de Roxas’s copied confession also calls Maria the niece of his wife Isabel do Vale.

The covers call Maria christã nova and, on the inner cover, meya christam nova; in the genealogy she says she has part New Christian ancestry. These are the tribunal’s classifications, not findings about any modern family.

The sentence records her confession and reconciliation, with prison and penitential habit at the inquisitors’ discretion, read at the Coimbra auto-da-fé of 18 January 1682 (month reading queried).

Her November sessions name further relatives that conflict with the December genealogy: Jerónimo Lopes as a second paternal uncle, an [Álvaro?] de Sousa and a Pedro Roiz as paternal uncles, and Guiomar do Vale as a maternal aunt. These conflicts are kept, not reconciled.