 In 1740, for religious and political motives, he moved to Portugal with his brothers, where he was an important proprietor in the Council of Almada.He also acquired the house and farm of Arealva.He married in Lisbon, São Paulo, on 2 September 1750 to Valentina Maria Josefa Ferreira (Torres Vedras, Carmões, 14 February 1730 - ?