Lucy De Costa

[kiterunner]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as Lucy or Lucia De Costa
Date and place of birth About 1776, don't know where
Names of parents Don't know
Date and place of baptism - if applicable Not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any In or before 1793 to Luke Healey
Occupation(s) - if any Housewife
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1795 - Tangore, Madras, India
1809 - 1811 - St George, Madras, India
1816 - Bellary, Madras, India
1849 - Fort Thomas Mount, Madras, India
Date, place and cause of death 2 Nov 1849 Fort Thomas Mount, Madras, India, not got cause
Date and place of burial. 2 Nov 1849 Fort Thomas Mount, Madras, India, age 73
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable Not found
Memorial inscription - if any Not found

Link to daughter's thread:
Mary Healey (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=13904)

[kiterunner]

I had deleted this thread because I thought it was the wrong family, but have just found a DNA match which confirms it is the right one.

[kiterunner]

The baptism of Luke and Lucy's first child (that I know of) says "On this 11th August 1793 baptized John lawful (as it seems from a copy of the marriage certificate) male child of Luke Hally Corporal in Capt Rosse's Light Company 71 Regt and of Lucy De Costa, born 29th June last.
Sponsors: William Cameron Sergt in Captain Rosse's Coy above Regt. Luis McKensy Catharina Cameron wife of No 1 only present. "

If only I could see that marriage certificate!

[Merry]

If only I could see that marriage certificate!

I hope the copy wasn't a forgery!

[kiterunner]

Lol, Merry.

I remember hearing on TV that when Portuguese missionaries converted Indians to Christianity, they gave them Portuguese names. So I wonder if Lucy was from such a family. My Dad has a little bit of South Asian and Indian DNA in his ethnicity estimate which I should think is likely to come from Lucy.

[Merry]

I had forgotten about that (Indians given Portuguese names) - yes, sounds very likely in this case.