José Carlos Mayrink da Silva Ferrão (December 5, 1771 – January 15, 1846) was a Brazilian politician[1] and landowner.
When Montenegro was transferred to Pernambuco, in 1804, José Carlos accompanied him, and became secretary of the new governor.
Returning to Recife, sometime after, with the Empire, he was appointed the First President of the Province of Pernambuco (appointed on April 25, 1824, took over on May 23, 1824), until April 14, 1826, when he traveled to the imperial court (the city of Rio de Janeiro) to take lifetime job then senator of the Empire of Brazil, from 1826 to 1846.
He reassumed the position of president of the province, returning to manage it in 1827 (appointed on January 20, 1827, took over on October 25, 1827) until December 29, 1828.
He has left progeny, through which flows the name Seixas Ferrão, from his marriage to Maria Joana Maria de Deus Gomes (1776, Recife, PE – August 10, 1866, Recife, PE), daughter of João Antônio Gomes, head of family Gomes from Pernambuco and, maternal granddaughter of Domingos Pereira Pires, patriarch of family Pires Pereira from Pernambuco.