List Of Canary Islanders Taken
At Quautitlan, November, 8, 17301
(Translation)2
1.�������� Juan Leal Goras.� Son
of Antonio and Maria Perez, native of Lancerota
Island, 54 years old, tall, long face, thick beard, dark complexion, sharp
nose, blind in the left eye, black beard & hair, light grey eyes.
2.�������� Vicente
Leal.� Son of foregoing and Catharina
Rodriguez decd., native of Lancerota, 18 years
old, medium height broad shouldered, long face, beardless, aquiline nose,
eyebrows meeting, light grey eyes, black curled hair, black eye-brows, dark
complexion.
3.�������� Bernardo
Leal.� Son of Juan above,
native of Lancerota, round face, 13 years old, flat
nose, light grey eyes, chestnut eyebrows and hair.
4.�������� Juan
Curbelo.�
Son of Domingo Curbelo and Maria
Martin Enriquez, native of Lancerota, 50 years
old, tall, broad-shouldered, full-faced, fair complexion, grey beard, &
hair, light grey eyes, black eyebrows, rather bald, sharp nose.
5.�������� Garcia Perdomo y Umpienes.� Wife of above, daughter of Marcos Perdomo y Umpienes and Maria
Cabrera, native of Lancerota, 46 years old,
medium height, large face, dark complexion, black eyes, aquiline nose, black
hair & eyebrows.
6.�������� Joseph
Curbelo. �Son of above, native of Lancerota,
medium height, 25 years old, broad-shouldered, full-faced, beardless, pitted
with small-pox, sharp nose, light grey eyes, dark complexion, black hair &
eyebrows.
7.�������� Juan Francisco Curbelo.� Son of Juan above, native of Palma Island, 9 years
old, fair complexion, round face, light grey eyes, chestnut eyebrows &
hair, thick eyelids.
8.�������� Maria
Curbelo.�
Daughter of Juan above, native of Lancerota,
13 years of age, small body, round-faced, dark complexion, red nose.
9.�������� Juan Leal Jr.� Son
of Juan Leal of the� First family,
native of Lancerota, 30 years old, medium height,
broad-shouldered, dark complexion, long face, thick beard, sharp nose, meeting
eyebrows, curled hair, black eyebrows & hair, eyes almost grey, blobber-lipped.
10.������ Garcia de Acosta. (called also MARIA de Acosta), Wife of
above, daughter of Peter Gonzales Cabezas and Francisca
de Acosta, native of Teneriffe, 30 years old,
tall, full-faced, fair complexion, light grey eyes, black hair & eyebrows,
pointed nose.
11.������ Manuel
Leal.� Son of above, native of Lancerota, round face, 2 years old, ,dark
complexion, aquiline nose, light grey eyes chestnut curled hair, scar above the
left eyebrow.
12.������ Miguel
Leal.� Son of above native of Fuerteventura, round face, 10 years old, large grey eyes,
meeting eye-brows, light chestnut hair, thin nose, scar at the end of the left
eyebrow, blobber-lipped, black curled hair.
13.������ Domingo
Leal.� Son of above, native of
14.������ Pedro
Leal.� Son of
above, native of
15.������ Maria Leal.� Daughter
of above, native of Fuerteventura, 6 years old, round
face, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair & eyebrows.
16.������ Antonio
Santos.� Son of Simon &
Anna Rodriguez, native of Lancerota, 50 years
old, more or less, medium height, broad-shouldered, round face, dark
complexion, large nose, black eyes, thin beard, black beard & hair, rather
grey and curled, black eyebrows.
17.������ Isabel
Rodriguez.� Wife of above,
daughter of Domingo de Vargas and Leonor Rodriguez, 34 years old,
native of Lancerota, tall, fair complexion, thin
nose, round face, light grey eyes, black eyebrows & hair.
18.������ Miguel
Santos.� Son of above, native of Lancerota, about 17 years old, medium height,
broad-shouldered, round face, dark complexion, flat nose, light grey eyes,
black eyebrows and curled hair.
19.������ Catharina
Santos.� Daughter of above,
native of Lancerota, 12 years old, more or less,
round face, dark complexion, black eyes, flat nose, black eyebrows &hair,
pitted with small pox.
20.����� Maria
Santos.� Daughter of above,
native of Palma, about 7 years old, long face, dark complexion, grey eyes, thin
nose, light chestnut hair & eyebrows.
21.������ Josepha
Santos.� Daughter of above,
native of Lancerota, about 2 years old, round face,
flat nose, light grey eyes, chestnut hair & eyebrows.
22.������ Joseph
Padron.�
Native of
23.������ Maria Francisca Sanabria.� Wife
of above, daughter of Luis Sanabria y Francisca Lagarda, native of Lancerota,
about 22 years old, medium height, slender, thin face, thin nose, light grey
eyes, fair complexion, chestnut hair & eyebrows.
24.������ Manuel de Niz.
�(called also Manuel de Nistrosa)� son of Juan and Andrea Mireles, native of Grand Canary, about 50 years old,
medium height, broad-shouldered, long face, dark complexion, thin beard, flat
nose, light grey eyes, black beard & hair, rather bald, black eyebrows.
25.������ Sebastiana
de la Pe�a.� Wife of above, daughter of Domingo de Leon, Gregoria Suarez de la Pe�a, a
little over 42 years old, good figure, dark complexion, long face, black hair,
eyes & eyebrows, thin nose.
26.������ Vicente Alvarez
Travieso.� Son of Juan Alvares Travieso and Catharina Cayetano, native of teneriffe, medium height, 25 years old, broad-shouldered,
round face, thin nose, light grey eyes, thick beard, fair complexion, chestnut
curled hair.
27.������ Maria Ana Curbelo.� Wife
of above, daughter of Juan Curbelo and Garcia
[sic] Perdomo Umpienes,
native of Lancerota, about 18 years old, medium
height, broad-shouldered, fair complexion, long face, light grey eyes, chestnut
hair & eyebrows, thin nose.
28.������ Salvador Rodriguez.� Son
of Francisco Rodriguez, and Isabel de los Reyes, native of Lancerota, about 42 years old, good figure, broad face,
dark complexion, greenish eyes, thick beard, rather grey, black hair.
29.������ Maria Perez Cabrera.� Wife
of above, daughter of Domingo and Maria Perez, native of Lancerota, about 42 years old, good figure, long face, dark
complexion, thin nose, light grey eyes, black hair & eyebrows.
30.����� Patricio
Rodriguez.� Son of above, native
of Lancerota, about 15 years
old, medium height, slender, dark complexion, light grey eyes, thin face,
chestnut hair & eyebrows.
31.������ Francisco
(de) Arocha.�
Son of Simon de Arocha and Angela
Francisca, native of Palma, 27 years old, tall, long face, grey eyes, dark
complexion, meeting eyebrows, thick beard, thin nose, black hair.
32.������ Juana
Curbelo.�
Wife of above, daughter of Juan Curbelo
and Garcia Perdomo de Umpienes,
native of Lancerota, 14 years old, full-faced, dark
complexion, grey eyes, black hair & eyebrows, flat nose.
33.������ Antonio Rodriguez.� Son
of Juan and Maria del Carmen, native of Grand Canary, 18 years
old more or less, medium height, broad-shouldered, full-faced, fair complexion,
pitted with small-pox, flat nose, grey eyes, chestnut hair & eyebrows, mole
on right cheek.
34.������ Josefa de Niz.� Daughter of Manuel de Niz
and Sebastiana de la Pe�a,
wife of above, native of
35������� Joseph
Leal.� Son of Juan Leal Goras and Louisa Hernandez, native of Lancerota, 22 years old, good figure, long face, dark
complexion, thick beard, black hair & eyebrows, meeting of eye-brows, thin
nose.
36������� Ana
Santos.� Wife of above, daughter
of Antonio Santos and Isabel Rodriguez, native of Lancerota, 15 years old more of less, medium height, broad
shoulders, full face, fair complexion, lively grey eyes, flat nose, light
chestnut hair and eyebrows.
37.������ Juan Delgado.� Son
of Luis Delgado and Maria Melean,
native of Lancerota, 19 years old more or less, good
figure, broad shoulders, round face, dark complexion, meeting eyebrows, little beard.
38.������ Catharina
Leal.� Daughter of Juan Leal
and Lucia Hernandez, wife of above, native of Lancerota,
about 16 years old, medium height, dark complexion, flat face, flat nose,
lively grey eyes, black hair & eyebrows.
39.������ Joseph
Cabrera.� Son of Manuel
Cabrera and Maria Rodriguez, native of Lancerota,
about 50 [15] years old, medium height, broad shoulders, dark complexion, round
face, flat nose, pitted with small-pox, grey eyes, chestnut hair and eyebrows, blobber-lipped.
40.����� Marcos (de) Cabrera.� Son
of above, native of Lancerota, about 6 years old,
dark complexion, round face, black eyes, hair & eyebrows, flat nose.
41.������ Ana Cabrera.� Daughter of above, native of Lancerota, about 13 years old, meduim
height, slender, long face, dark complexion, light grey eyes, chestnut hair
& eyebrows.
42.������ Maria Rodriguez-Provayna.� Daughter
of Manuel and Paula Umpienes, native of
Lancerota, about 27 years old, good figure, slender,
long face, fair complexion, black hair & eyebrows, thin nose.
43.������ Pedro Rodriguez Granadillo.� Son
of Juan Rodriguez and the above Maria, about 13 years old,
good figure, fair complexion, broad shoulders, full face, light grey eyes, thin
nose, light chestnut hair & eyebrows, pitted with small-pox.
44.������ Manuel Francisco Rodriguez
(Granadillo).� Son of Juan Rodriguez and the above Maria,
native of Lancerota, about 3 years old, fair
complexion, reddish hair, blue eyes.
45.������ Josefa Rodriguez Granadillo.� Daughter
of Juan Rodriguez and the above Maria, native or Lancerota, full faced, about 10 years old, reddish flat
nose, chestnut hair.
46.������ Paula Rodriguez Granadillo.
(also called Pabla
Rodriguez) daughter of Juan Rodriguez and the above Maria,
about 10 years old, native of Lancerota, fair
complexion, flat nose, round face, black eyes, hair & eyebrows.
47.������ Maria Rodriguez Granadillo.� Daughter
of Juan Rodriguez and the above Maria, 5 years old, native of Lancerota, round face, fair complexion, reddish hair &
eyebrows, grey eyes.
48.������ Juan de Acu�a.� (Rodriguez Granadillo)� son of Juan
Rodrlguez and the above Maria, Native of
Quautitlan, about 1 month old, round face, fair complexion, blue eyes, reddish
hair & eyebrows, flat nose.
49.������ Mariana
Meleano.�
(called also Maria Meleano)
daughter of Francisco and Ynes de
Hoyos, native of Lancerota, about 30 years old,
good height, fair complexion. long face, black eyes,
hair & eyebrows.
50.����� Francisco
Delgado.� Son of Lucas and
the above Mariana, native of Lancerota, about
16 years old, medium height, fair complexion, thin nose, light grey eyes,
chestnut hair & eyebrows, two moles on the right cheek,.
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51.������ Domingo
Delgado.� Son of Lucas and
the above Mariana, native of Lancerota, 2
years old, fair complexion, round face, reddish hair, thin nose, greenish eyes.
52.������ Leonor
Delgado.� Daughter of Lucas
and the above Mariana, about 4 years old, native of Lancerota,
round face, fair complexion, large black eyes, black hair & eyebrows.
Consisting
of four single men.
53.������ Phelipe
Perez.� Son of Domingo and
Maria Granados, native of Teneriffe, 20 years
old, medium height, broad shoulders, long face, dark complexion, thin nose,
blue eyes, black hair & eyebrows, large forehead.
54.������ Joseph Antonio Perez.� Brother
of foregoing and son of the same parents, native of Teneriffe,
19 years old, good height, long face, thin nose, black hair, eyes &
eyebrows.
55.������ Martin
Lorenzo de Armas.� Son of Roque and Teresa
de Aviles, native of one of the Canary Islands, about 20 years old, good
height, broad shoulders, flat face, dark
complexion, flat nose, long eyebrows, grey eyes, black beard, eyebrows & hair, three moles on the left cheek toward the
nose.
56.������ Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas. Brother of the preceding and son of same parents,
native of one of the Canary Islands, about 22 years old, good height, long
face, dark complexion, thin nose, black eyes, beard & eyebrows and hair,
pitted with the small-pox, several moles between the nose and the left cheek.
Sources:
1��� Mattie
Alice Austin, The Municipal Government of San Fernando de Bexar, 1730-1800,� (The Quarterly of
the Texas State Historical Association), pp. 331-338
2
This is a
literal copy of� a
document in the V.O. King Collection, now in the
State Library of Texas.� It was
translated by Luis de Tejada from originals once on
file in the office of the secretary of State at
Note:� There
is an error on page 336 of �The Municipal Government of San Fernando de Bexar,
1730-1800�.� Family number thirteen, no.
39 Joseph Cabrera�s age is given as 50 years old.� It should read 15 years old.