Francisco Xavier Sepulveda (1742 - 1788) a Mexican colonial soldier and patriach of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepulveda family in the early days of Southern California. Sepulveda's eldest son, Juan Jose Sepulveda (1764 - 1808), and his fifth son, Francisco Sepulveda (1775 - 1853), became progenitors of two distinguished branches of the family.
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Francisco Xavier Sepulveda
Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda y Garcia was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico. His parents were Juan Jose Sepulveda (1720 - ) and Ana Maria Josefa Garcia (1720 - ). In 1762, Francisco Xavier married Maria Candelaria de Redondo.[1] In 1781, Francisco and with wife and 6 children, accompanied the Zuniga expedition into Alta California.[2] Francisco died in Los Angeles and was buried at Mission San Gabriel cemetery on 26 January 1788. [3][4]
| The children of Francisco Xavier Sepulveda and Maria Candelaria de Redondo.[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birth/Death | Married | Notes |
| Juan Jose Sepulveda | 1764 - 1808 | Maria Tomasa Gutierrez | (see below) |
| Rafael Sepulveda | 1766 - 1789 | ||
| Sebastian Sepulveda | 1768 - 1811 | Maria Luisa Botillier | |
| Jose Manual Sepulveda | 1770 - 1800 | Maria Apolonia Cota | |
| Maria Theresa Sepulveda | 1773 - 1829 | Juan de Dios Ballesteros | |
| Francisco Sepulveda | 1775 - 1853 | Maria Teodora Ramona Serrano | (see below) |
| Francisca Antonia Maria Sepulveda | 1781 - 1831 | Juan Mariner | Juan Marine was grantee of Rancho San Pascual |
Juan Jose Sepulveda
Juan Jose Sepulveda (1764 - 1808), one of the sons of Francisco Xavier Sepulveda (1742 - 1788), was a progenitor of one of the branches of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepulveda family in the early days of Southern California.
Juan Jose Sepúlveda was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico. Juan Jose Sepulveda married Maria Tomasa Gutierrez (1769 - 1798).[1]
| The children of Juan Jose Sepulveda and Maria Tomasa Gutierrez. [6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birth/Death | Married | Notes |
| Patricio Jose Sepulveda | 1789 - | ||
| Jose Enrique Anselmo Sepulveda | 1791 - 1844 | Maria Bernarda Alanis | Provisional grant of Rancho San Pascual. Enrique Sepulveda Adobe. Casilda Sepulveda, daughter of Enrique, married to Antonio Teodoro in 1842. |
| Jose Dolores Sepulveda | 1793 - 1824 | Maria Ignacia Marcia Avila | (see below) |
Jose Dolores Sepulveda
Jose Dolores Sepulveda (1793 - 1824) was one of the sons of Juan Jose Sepulveda (1764 - 1808).
The first land grant in California, granted to veteran soldier Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, was the Rancho San Pedro, which encompassed the Palos Verdes Peninsula and much of the adjoining South Bay region. Around 1810 Manuel Guttierez, executor of Dominguez’s will and de facto owner of his rancho, granted permission to then 17-year-old Jose Dolores Sepulveda to herd livestock in the southwestern reaches of the Rancho San Pedro. This eventually became the basis for the Sepulveda family’s contested claim to the Rancho de los Palos Verdes, carved out of Rancho San Pedro lands.
Dolores had trouble getting his land title cleared, so he took a trip to Monterey to get the matter definitely settled and, on his return trip, he was killed in the Chumash revolt at Mission La Purísima Concepción in 1824. In 1834, a judicial decree was made by Governor Jose Figueroa which was intended to settle the dispute between the Dominquez and Sepulveda families, and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda and Jose Loreto Sepulveda were awarded the 31,629-acre (128 km2) Rancho de los Palos Verdes.
Jose Dolores Sepulveda[7] married Maria Ignacia Marcia Avila (1793 - ) in 1813.[1]
Dolores Sepulveda's 1818 adobe home is a California Historical Landmark.[8]
| The children of Jose Dolores Sepulveda and Maria Ygnacia Marcia Avila.[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birth/Death | Married | Notes |
| Juan Capistrano Sepulveda | 1814 - 1898 | Maria Felipa Alanis[10], Susana R. Ruiz | Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1854 for the 3rd District. [11]. Mayor of Los Angeles in 1842. Grantee of Rancho de los Palos Verdes. |
| Jose Loreto Sepulveda | 1815 - | Juana Cesaria Pantoja[12] | Mayor of Los Angeles in 1837 - 1848. Grantee of Rancho de los Palos Verdes. |
| Ygnacio Rafael Sepulveda | 1819 - 1847 | Teresa Villa | Killed in the Battle of La Mesa. |
| Jose Diego Sepulveda | 1820 - 1869 | Maria Francisca Elisalde[1] | Built 2-story Monterrey style house.[13][14] Part owner of Rancho San Bernardino. His eldest son was Roman Delores Sepulveda (1851 - 1940).[15][16] |
| Maria Teresa Sepulveda | 1823 - 1840 | Michael Nathaniel Pryor | Pryor (1800 - 1850) was an American silversmith who came to Los Angeles in 1829. |
Francisco Sepulveda
Francisco Sepulveda (1775 - 1853), one of the sons of Francisco Xavier Sepulveda (1742 - 1788), was a progenitor of one of the branches of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepulveda family in the early days of Southern California.
Francisco Sepúlveda was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico. He was six when he arrived in Los Angeles with his mother and father. He married Maria Teodora Ramona Serrano (1786 - )in 1801. Francisco was regidor and acting alcalde there in 1825. In 1831 as a participant in the uprising against Governor Victoria he was imprisoned for a short period. He was commissioner at the Mission San Juan Capistrano from 1836 and 1837. The family moved to the west of Los Angeles shortly after 1839 when Francisco was granted the 33,000-acre (134 km2) Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica by the Mexican government in recognition of his services.[17][18]
| The children of Francisco Sepulveda and Maria Teodora Ramona Serrano.[19] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birth/Death | Married | Notes |
| Jose Antonio Andres Sepulveda | 1803 - 1875 | Maria Francisca de Paula Avila | Jose Andres was granted Rancho San Joaquin by Governor Juan Alvarado in 1837. In 1854 he purchased Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana from the heirs of Jose Antonio Yorba. Jose Andres became famous for the extravagance of his fiestas and the excellence of his race horses.[20][21] Money from his productive ranch properties flowed into his hands but flowed out again almost as quickly, thanks to his penchant for gambling and unrivaled hospitality. Jose Andres was unable to keep up the payments on his mortgage, and in 1864 he sold his vast holdings on the Rancho San Joaquin to James Irvine, Llewellyn Bixby and Thomas Flint. In 1873 he moved to Caborca, Sonora, Mexico where he died in 1875. [22] |
| Maria Encarnacion Sepulveda | 1807 - 1855 | Francisco Avila | Francisco Avila (1772 - 1832) was the grantee of Rancho Las Cienegas and owner of the Avila Adobe.[23][24] Luisa Avila, the daughter of Francisco Avila and María Encarnación Sepúlveda married Manuel Garfias owner of Rancho San Pascual. |
| Maria Ramona Sepulveda | 1808 - 1891 | José Agustín Antonio Machado | Machado was the grantee of Rancho La Ballona. |
| Maria Dolores Ysabel Sepulveda | 1811 - | Seferino Covarrubias | |
| Emigdio Sepulveda | 1813 - 1813 | ||
| Fernando Domengo Sepulveda | 1814 - 1876 | Maria Josefa Dominguez (1836), Maria Rafaela Verdugo (1844) | Maria Sepulveda (daughter of Fernando Sepulveda and Maria Josefa Dominguez) married Tomas Avila Sanchez. When Fernando married Rafaela Verdugo, he acquired Rancho San Rafael and relinquished his claim to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. The community Sepulveda, CA was named after him. |
| Maria Vicenta Sepulveda | 1816 - 1907 | Tomas Antonio Yorba (1834), José Ramón Carrillo (1847) | With Tomas Yorba lived on Rancho La Sierra (Sepulveda). With Ramon Carrillo lived on Rancho Valle de San José.[25][26] |
| Jose del Carman Sepulveda | 1818 - 1883 | Maria Josefa Gallardo | Sold the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica to Colonel Baker in 1872 |
| Maria Ascencion Sepulveda | 1821 - 1844 | Francisco de la Guerra[27] | Francisco first married Asuncion and had two children; upon Asuncions death, he married Concepcion Sepulveda, with whom he raised another ten children. |
| Manuel de los Delores Sepulveda | 1822 - | Maria Dolores Serrano | |
| Juan Catarino Sepulveda | 1825 - 1825 | ||
| Jose Dolores Sepulveda | 1826 - 1905 | Maria Louisa Domingo | Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda. [28] (He is often confused with Jose Dolores Sepulveda (1793 - 1824) of Rancho de los Palos Verdes). |
| Juan Maria Sepulveda | 1828 - 1868 | Maria de Jesus Alvarado | Los Angeles County Assessor 1857 - 1858 |
| Maria Concepion Sepulveda | 1831 - | Francisco de la Guerra | Francisco first married Asuncion and had two children; upon Asuncions death, he married Concepcion Sepulveda, with whom he raised another ten children. |
References
- ^ a b c d 6-Generation Family Found in California
- ^ The Garrisons of San Diego Presidio
- ^ Orange County California Genealogical Society. 1969. Saddleback ancestors: rancho families of Orange County, California.
- ^ Francisco Xavier Sepulveda
- ^ Francisco Xavier Sepulveda
- ^ The family of Juan Jose Sepulveda y Redondo
- ^ Photograph of Jose Dolores Sepulveda
- ^ No. 383 Home of Jose Dolores Sepulveda
- ^ Family of Jose Dolores Sepulveda
- ^ Juan Capistrano Sepulveda
- ^ Supervisor Juan Sepulveda
- ^ Marriage certificate of José Loreto Sepúlveda and Juana Cesaria Pantoja
- ^ No. 380 Home of Diego Sepulveda
- ^ Watercolor of Diego Sepulveda Home
- ^ Roman Delores Sepulveda
- ^ Roman Sepulveda on a Horse
- ^ Francisco Sepulveda
- ^ Ingersoll, Luther A (2008). Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities - Prefaced with a Brief History of the State of California, a Condensed History of Los Angeles County, 1542-1908; Supplemented with an Encyclopedia of Local Biography. ISBN 9781408623671.
- ^ Francisco Sepulveda
- ^ Equestrian Portrait of Don Jose Andres Sepulveda, c.1856
- ^ Upset Victory Dashed Fortunes and Remade Horse Racing
- ^ Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana - The Grijalva, Yorba, Peralta, and Sepulveda Families
- ^ Photograph of María Encarnación Sepúlveda
- ^ José Francisco Ávila and María Encarnación Sepúlveda marriage record
- ^ Doña Vicenta Sepúlveda de Carrillo
- ^ Vicenta Sepulveda Yorba
- ^ De La Guerra Family
- ^ Exterior view of the Casa de Don Dolores Sepulveda in disrepair, taken from the rear, ca.1933
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Further reading
- Rudecinda Lo Buglio (1970) Sepulveda of Alta California: 1781-1822, Antepasados, vol. 1, no. 1, Los Californianos.
- Rudecinda Lo Buglio (1976) Sepulveda of Alta California: 1781-1822, Antepasados, vol. 1, no. 4, Los Californianos.
- History of the South Bay of Los Angeles
- Sepulveda's in California
- Pio Pico Geneaology Database
- Sepulveda History
- Sepulveda Family
- Northrop, Marie E. (1986). Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850, Volumes I, II & III. Southern California Genealogical Society, Burbank, California.
- Pitt, Leonard; Ramón A. Gutiérrez (1999). Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520219588.
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