father: Domingos Esteves

mother: Madalena Rodrigues

b.: parish of Saint Stephen [freguesia de Santo Estêvão], County of Chaves [Comarca de Chaves], province of [província de] Trás-os-Montes, Archbishopric of [Arcebispado de] Braga, Portugal, ±1720-30.

bap.: parish of Saint Stephen [freguesia de Santo Estêvão], County of Chaves [Comarca de Chaves], province of [província de] Trás-os-Montes, Archbishopric of [Arcebispado de] Braga, Portugal, ±1720-30.

d.: Saint John of the King [São João D'El Rey], MG, Brazil, 1777.

bur.: he was commended, in mass of present body, accompanied by the vicar and 12 priests, and by the Brtherhood of the Souls [Irmandade das Almas], he was buried in a tomb of this same brotherhood, in Saint John o the King [São João D'El Rey], MG, Brazil, 1777.

m.: Saint John of the King [São João D'El Rey], MG, Brazil, 1754.

m.w.: Anna Maria de Jesus (n. Saint John of the King [São João D'El Re], MG, Brazil, ±1740; bat. Saint John of the King [São João D'El Rey], MG, Brazil, ±1740; f. Saint John of the King [São João D'El Rey] [?], MG, Brazil, > 1777), daughter of ? and of Rozina Maria.

education/formation: Probably, he had the "First Letters" ["Primeiras Letras"].

profession/activities: He would had been a miner, and businessman.

religion/brotherhoods: He was roman apostolic catholic. He belonged to the Brotherhood of The Most Holy Sacrament of the Mother Church of Our Lady of the Pilar [Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento da Igreja Matriz de N. Sra. do Pilar], of Saint John of the King [São João D´El-Rey], MG, Brazil, and, certainly, also to the Brotherhood of the Souls [Irmandade das Almas], of the same locality, because he was by this one accompanied to the sepulture.

slaves: When he died, in 1777, he left to the heirs six (6) slaves: Jacinta Mina (30), Gonçalo Crioulo (30), Joaquim Benguela (20), Manoel Benguela (30), Antônio Congo (20), and Manoel Benguela (25).

diverse: His inventory was opened in Saint John of the King [São João D´El-Rey], MG, Brazil, in 1777, being inventory executor his widow, heir, testament administrator, and head of couplel. The Gross Mount was of 1:460$662 r.s, ann the Net Partible, of 1:449$177 r.s, once deduted the expenses of 11$485 r.s, with funeral and inventory, of which the widow was reembursed. The widow received his half and two parts of the "Third" [Terça] of the Testator, plus the reimbursement of expenses. The minor children, represented by their Tutor, Antônio Fernandes da Costa, received, together, 483$059 r.s ½, and, each one, one third part of this value, of 161$019 r.s ½. Among the assets, besides six (6) slaves, that were the most valuable, also were three (3) urban dwelling houses, one at the Cachaça Street [Rua da Cachaça], other at the Prainha Street [Rua da Prainha], and the last one at the Behind Saint Francis Street [Rua de Trás de São Francisco], in the Town of Saint John of the King [Vila de São João D´El-Rey], MG, Brazil, and also furniture, utensils, funds, personal objects, equipments, tools, and provisions.

residence: He resided in the Chapel of Our Lady of Nazareht [Capela de N. Sra. de Nazareth], parish of Our Lady of the Pilar [freguesia de N. Sra. do Pilar], Saint John of the King [São João D'El-Rey], Bishopric of [Bispado de] Mariana, MG, Brazil, and in the Town of Saint John of the King [Vila de São João D´El-Rey], MG, Brazil.

children: (3 or +): José Antônio (dos Reis) Nazareth, Francisca Maria dos Passos, and Luciana Maria da Conceição.