March 11, 2014
– (Dr.
Ursula Acosta
–
uahorm@coqui.net
After completing the
Cáceres Family booklet, while continuing search for
Cáceres ancestors and starting the investigation of the
maternal side of Carmen (my wife) mother’s family, my
initial attention was directed to the name Ramirez de
Arellano, the founder of the town of Cabo Rojo in
1771 and, of course, to the family of the
“pirate” Cofresi – some of her distant relatives were
carrying also this last name. There were numerous
Internet (Google) entries. One of them appeared to be
extremely interesting and unexpectedly was very helpful
in providing new information about the Cáceres
ancestors. This was a website developed by Dr. Ursula
Acosta (http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/
), whose husband’s family still lives in Cabo Rojo – and
Carmen and he apparently share also some ancestors. In
her very amateur-genealogist-friendly website, she
summarized some
of the old documents
from Cabo Rojo, among them were:
Soldiers in San Juan, 1561
-
http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/alarde1561.html
Alarde que mando
hazer el muy magnifico señor lieniado Diego de Carasa
governador e justiia mayor en esta iudad e ysla de San
Juan de puerto Rico por su magestad de toda la gente de
pie el qual mando hazer en veynte e un dias del mes de
setiembre de myll e quinientos e sesenta e un años y la
gente que salio al dicho alarde / es la siguiente ----
(Folio 2), Segunda esquadra, (Folio 2vto) Vallesteros
(crossbowmen)
1571
Caeres …
- misspelled Cáceres?
El dicho dia ocho
de hebrero del dicho año de quinientos e sesenta e dos
años el dicho señor governador hizo alarde de la gente
de a pie que avia en esta iudad que salio al dicho
alarde es la siguiente ----
Tres esquadra,
Vallesteros
1572
Juan
de Caeres
Cabo
Rojo – properties and taxes
Dr. Ursula Acosta
-
http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/tax1827.html
Review:
1) The 1827 Property Tax List of Cabo Rojo
-http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/tax1827.html
-
“When I took off the
1827 taxlist, some persons felt I took it off too early.
OK, as I still have space on my homepage, I will put up
Oldies here:
Cabo Rojo
Property Taxes 1827 ;
Pirates of the Caribbean,
Humacao Taxlist,
A Problem in Cabo Rojo,
Cabo Rojo Landowners,
"Insurgentes",
Fajardo death records,
Errors in Documents,
Immigration,
the Zapatas, Mayagüez Records,
some gossip from Cabo Rojo,
Defunciones de Mayagüez,
Deputados de Mayagüez
and an article about the rules of
Consanguinity.
In 1827 the town
consisted of six wards: Pueblo,
Pedernales
(nowadays the coastal road from the town to
Boquerón and probably part of Boquerón; Although the
name Boquerón had been known for quite some time, it was
not yet an independent ward), Llanos (comprising the
area between Boquerón and Lajas with Llanos Costa and
Llanos Tuna), Montegrande (towards San Germán and Llanos
Tuna), Bajura (the agricultural area towards Mayaguez)
and Guanajibo (towards Mayaguez and Hormigueros). The
ward Miradero was not included here. Unfortunately, I do
not have the names of the Guanajibo sector! For some
reason they were not copied when I ordered the list from
the General Archives in San Juan. This taxlist belongs
to the Fondo de Gob. Españoles, Caja 417, Cabo Rojo; if
I can get this missing part I will add it.”
Found: 1.Juan
Caseres,
2. Luis Caseres.
3. (Herederos de Andres
Casares?)
2) Cabo Rojo Property Owners, 1860. - Barrio
de Pedernales -
Juan Caceres, 4;
http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/landowners.html
“I will copy
the names on the list and write after each name the
land each person owned. If there is only one number,
I refer to "cuerdas" (approximately "acres"). If a
person had "caballerías" (1 cab. = 200 cuerdas), I
will write this amount first adding the abbreviation
cab. You will find some names repeated. This does
not necessarily mean that there were two persons
with the same name, but rather that a person had
land in various barrios of Cabo Rojo.
I am also using the original spelling, however as
the original writer used accents almost exclusively
with José and as it is slow to write html-language
with accents, I will drop them all! The original
document can be found in the Archivo General de
Puerto Rico, Fondos de Gobernadores Españoles; Obras
Públicas.”
Detailed reviews:
known Carmen’s ancestors -
Felipe Cáceres-?/Inocencia Vasquez-? (? - ?) – from
Cabo Rojo, Puerto
Rico
à
Juan de Dios Cáceres-Vasquez/Carmela Martinez-Colberg
(? - ?)
à
Juan Silvestre Cáceres-Martinez*
(1897-1972)/Carlina Ortiz-Ramirez-(Mercado) (1904-1968)
*Belonged
to a “Casino” (Social Club) in Mayaguez
The 1827 Property Tax List of Cabo Rojo – Barrios
Dr. Ursula Acosta
-
http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/tax1827.html.
“I
have copied the old and often erratic and varied
spelling and put no accents unless the word in the list
had been written with an accent. The use of "de", for
example "de Matos", etc., is an older form that
disappears more and more in the 19th century. Many
compound names are also being contracted, especially if
the person has lost much of the social status associated
with the old, prestigious name. A good example is the
name Toro: in the 18th century it was Del Toro y
Quiñones". Many changed this first to Del Toro and later
to plain Toro although quite a few people left the "del"
. Thus we have today "del Toros" and "Toros" that may
have the same ascendence. Another interesting case is
the spelling of Cintrón and Segarra which were spelled
Sintron and Cegarra.-- I also have occasional comments
in () within the lists.
Most people had
to pay very little, often less than one peso.
I am going to put the amounts in () after the
person's name if the amount is six pesos or more.
The lists show that people with some more money lived in
the town itself, not so much in the surrounding wards.
The word "liberto"
is not a surname, but is the designation given to
ex-slaves who for some reason were emancipated, either
because their master set them free or because they were
able to buy their freedom. Slaves were permitted to have
some possessions and quite a few ex-slaves owned slaves
themselves.”
Titles D – don,
Da – doña.
The term pardo/parda libre
- a
casta
classification used in Colonial
Spanish America
from the 16th to 18th centuries - was used primarily in
small areas of Spanish America whose economy was based
on slavery during the Spanish colonization period, to
identify persons of mixed descent – black african
slaves, with white european and native amerindian.
(Barrio de
Pedernales and
name Cáceres
marked in green)
Cac(s)eres:
Barrio Pedernales –
1.Juan
Caseres, 2. Luis Caseres. 3. (Herederos de
Andres Casares?)
Related Families:
Vasques:
Barrio Pueblo -
Silvestre Vasques;
Barrio Pedernales
- Jose Vasques, Juana Vasques, Mariano Vasques;
Bajura - Francisco Vasques, Juan Vasques.
Martinez(s): Barrio
Pedernales -
Miguel Martinez; Llanos - Jose Manuel
Martinez, Roberto Martinez, Pablo Martines;
Bajura - Juan Antonio Martinez, Luis Martinez,
D. Joaquin Martines, D. Mariano Martines,
D. Baltasar Martines
Colberg:
Bajura - D. Juan Corbé (this seems to be
one of the many spellings of Colberg!)
Mercado: Barrio Pueblo -
Francisco Mercado; Barrio
Pedernales - D.
Juan de Mercado, Jose Mercado, Leon Mercado, Marcelina
Mercado, Marcos de Mercado, Marcelino Mercado, Manuel
Mercado; Llanos - Antonio Mercado 1.,
Bernardino Mercado, Juan de Mercado, Manuel de Mercado,
Maximo Mercado Tornejas, Vicente Mercado; Monte
Grande - Ambrosio Mercado, Antolin Mercado, Ana
de Mercado, Calisto Mercado, Justo de Mercado, Maria
Mercado, Tomas Mercado;
Ortiz:
Barrio Pedernales
– D. Jose Ortiz, Juan Manuel Ortiz, D.
Miguel Ortiz, D. Pablo Ortiz (de la Renta,
ancestor of the "Ortiz de la Unión", a place at the
entry to Boquerón), Llanos - D. Blas Ortiz
(de Pe241;, from an old, but impoverished family), D.
Ciprian Ortiz, Da. Ines Ortiz and daughters,
D. Miguel Ortiz, D. Pedro Ortiz;
Monte Grande - Rafael Ortiz.
Ramirez (de Arellano): Barrio Pueblo -
Miguel Ramirez liberto; Barrio
Pedernales
- D. Antonio Ramirez de Arellano-1,
D. Antonio Ramirez de Arellano-2 (most of the
other Ramirez are also de Arellano except some
descendants of slaves and one other Ramirez family, the
Ramirez de Arias)
Ramires (de Arellano):
Barrio Pedernales
- D.
Candelario Ramires, Clemencia Ramires, D. Carlos
Ramires, D. Diego Ramires 1.,D. Diego
Ramires 2., D. Faustino Ramires, D.
Francisco Ramires, D. Jose Maria Ramires, D.
Jose Ramires 2., Jose Miguel Ramires, D. Marcos
Ramires, D. Monserrate Ramires, Maria Ramires,
D. Manuel Ramires, D. Nicolas Ramires (de
Arellano, 2nd great grandfather of my [Ursula Acosta]
husband), D. Pedro Ramires 1., D. Pedro
Ramires 2., D. Rumualdo Ramires, D. Tomas
Ramon Ramires, Tomas Ramires, D. Vicente Ramires,
Llanos
-
Antonio Ramires, Da. Concepcion Ramires, D.
Eugenio Ramires (de Arellano, he was an impoverished
hacendado with many children), D. Florencio
Ramires, D. Jose Ramires Arias (6) (this is the
Ramires de Arias I mentioned before; he was an
immigrant, later one of the richest men in town and
married to an Acosta, parda libre; that's why
his children for all the money they had usually
did not get the courtesy titles Don or Doña although
their father was always "don"), Jose Maria Ramires,
D. Jose Ramires, Da. Micaela Ramires, D.
Vicente Ramires, Valentin Ramires. Monte grande -
Francisco Ramires, Da. Maria del Carmen
Ramires; Bajura - Da. Belen Ramires, D.
Carlos Ramires, D. Diego Ramires, D. Juan
Evangelista Ramires, D. Jose Feliciano Ramires,
D. Manuel Ramires 1., D. Manuel Ramires
2., Da. Margarita Ramires widow, Da.
Petronila Ramires, D. Roque Ramires,
D.
Tomas Ramires.
1860 Cabo Rojo Property Owners
Dr.
Ursula Acosta
-
http://home.coqui.net/uahorm/tax1827.html.
“I will copy the
names on the list and write after each name the land
each person owned. If there is only one number, I refer
to "cuerdas" (approximately "acres"). If a person
had "caballerías" (1 cab. = 200 cuerdas), I will
write this amount first adding the abbreviation cab. You
will find some names repeated. This does not necessarily
mean that there were two persons with the same name, but
rather that a person had land in various barrios of Cabo
Rojo.
I am also using the original spelling, however as the
original writer used accents almost exclusively with
José and as it is slow to write html-language with
accents, I will drop them all! The original document can
be found in the Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Fondos
de Gobernadores Españoles; Obras Públicas.”
(Largest [3]
properties [or >10 querdas] are indentified
in red, Barrio de
Pedernales and
name Cáceres
marked
in green)
Cáceres:
Barrio de Pedernales
-
Juan Caceres,
4;
Related Families:
Vasques:
Barrio de los Llanos
- Joaquin Vasques, 4; Lucas Vasques, 8;
Martinez(s): Barrio
e Miradero - Rodulfo Martinez, 4;
Barrio de Bajura - Antonia Martinez,
54; Barrio
de Pedernales
- Carmen Martinez,
100; Eusebio
Martinez, 4; Juliana Martinez,
40; Manuel
Martinez, 30;
Barrio de los
Llanos
-
Alejo Martinez, 8; Julian Martinez, 14; Rafael Martinez,
30;
Colberg:
Barrio de Bajura - Jose Carlos Colberg, 8;
Barrio de Pedernales
- Gabriel Colberg, 20;
Juan Comas y Colberg, 3
cab.; Barrio de los Llanos -
Gabriel Colberg, 2 cab.,
70; Tomas Colver (should probably be Colberg),
25;
List of the
Hacendados of Cabo Rojo with the amount of land they
owned: cab. - cuerdas. -
D.
Gabriel Colberg,
0 -
146;
Mercado:
Barrio de Monte Grande
- Mercedes Mercado, 8; Barrio de Guanajibo
- Julio A. Mercado, 2; Barrio de Miradero
- Claudio Mercado, 4; Barrio de Bajura
- Eduardo Mercado, 10; Barrio de
Pedernales
- Geronimo Mercado, 7; Manuel Mercado, 4; Ramon
Mercado, 3; Barrio de los Llanos - Nicanor
Mercado, 2;
Ortiz:
Barrio de Monte Grande
- Mercedes Ortiz, 4; Miguel Antonio Ortiz, 4;
Barrio de Guanajibo - Manuel Antonio Ortiz,
30; Barrio de Miradero - Juan
Ortiz, 8; Barrio de Bajura - Juan Ortiz, 8;
Barrio de
Pedernales
- Agustina Ortiz,
16; Cayetano
Ortiz, 5; Jose Ramon Ortiz,
103; Juan M.
Ortiz, 8; Pedro Ortiz, 3; Salomon Ortiz,
50;
Barrio de los
Llanos
- Cyprian Ortiz su viuda, 1; Isabel Ortiz,
14; Da.
Maria Ortiz, 12; Vicente Ortiz, 12; D. Serafin
Ortiz y D. Is...ro, 20;
Ramirez (de Arellano)
- Barrio de Monte Grande -
Fabian Ramirez,
26; Mariano
Ramirez, 100;
Barrio de Guanajibo - D. Fermin Ramirez,
90; Jose
Compcecion [sic] Ramirez, 4; Barrio de Miradero
- Elena Ramirez, 3;
Jose Comcepcion
Ramirez, 4; Miguel Bonilla Ramirez, 2; Sisto Ramirez,
50; Sandalio
Ramirez, 4; Vicente Ramirez,
28. Barrio
de Bajura - Andres Ramirez, 8; Belen
Ramirez de Zapata, 8; Fabian Ramirez,
32; Feliciano
Ramirez, 8;
D.
Jose Feliciano Ramirez, Sucesores,
120; Manuel
Ramirez, 4; Manuel Antonio Ramirez,
20; Manuel Ramirez Borrero, 4; Manuela Ramirez,
16; Ramon
Ramirez, 12;
Roque Ramirez, 50;
Sisto Ramirez, 40;
Tomas I Ramirez, 45;
Tomasia Ramirez,
145;
Barrio de Pedernales
- Bernardo Ramirez compr.,
78(?); Gregorio
Ramirez, 50;
Jose Ramirez, 12;
Joaquin Ramirez, 13; J...(?) Castro(?) Ramirez, 2; Manuel Ramirez, 7; Maria
Carmen Ramirez, 8;
Manuel Reyes Ramirez,
10; Maria Rosario Ramirez, 8; Pedro Ramirez(?), 4;
Rosario Ramirez, 13;
Ramon Ramirez herederos,
12; Tomas Ramirez D. Joaquin [sic],
65; Vicente
RAmirez, 30;
Jose Ramon(?) Ramirez, 4; Barrio de los Llanos -
Bernardo Ramirez, 8; Carlos Ramirez,
30; Dolores
Ramirez, 8; Juan Egta (Evangelista?) Ramirez comprador,
70; Manuel
Ramirez 2, 8;
Nicanor Ramirez, 4; Rosalia Ramirez, 8; Roque Ramirez su
comprador, 8;
Vicente Ramirez
sucesion 180;
Tomas Ramirez, 8; Saturnino Ramirez por D. Flc.,
24;
Ramires (de Arellano)
-
Barrio de Miradero
- D.
Ramon Ramires, 12;
List of the Hacendados of Cabo Rojo with the amount of
land they owned, (cab. + cuerdas) -
related:
D.
Antonio Cabasa, 4 - 0; D. Antonio Rigual, 0 - 194;
D. Abraham Rodriguez, 0 - 129; D. Benito
Texidor, 4 - 96; Srs. Cabasa & Ca., 2 - 100; D.
Carlos Monsanto, 8 - 100; D. Carlos del Toro, 1 -
?; D. Carlos Fajardo, 0 - 100; D. (?)
Carmen Carbonell, 1 - 197; D. Federico Delgado, 1
- 29; D. Facundo Rivera, 0 - 129; D.
Francisco Wys, 2 - 0;
D.
Federico Ronda, 0 - 100; D. Federico Vignales, 0
- 110; D. Gabriel Colberg,
0 - 146;
D. Ignacio Cofresin [sic],
2 - 0;
D.
Juan Murray, 3 - 125; D. Jose Maria Cardosa, 0 -
145; D. Julio Barbot, 3 - 100; D. Jose N.
Barrios, 0 - 130; D. Juan Jose Cartagena, 1 - 0;
D. Juan F. Sanchez, 1 - 30; D. Manuel W.
Echenique, 0 - 100; D. Mariano Ponce de Leon, 1 -
108; D. Manuel J.
Ramirez, 0 - 102;
D. Pedro Caballeri, 2 - 25; Sucesion de
Carbonell, 3 - 50; Sucesion de Betances, 0 - 143.
Conclusions
– (March 13, 2014):
In 1827 - in Cabo Rojo (Barrio de Pedernales)
lived (?) and paid property taxes:
1.Juan Caseres,
2. Luis Casere, 3. Herederos de Andres Casares? –
(names misspelled?)
all of them paid less than 6 pesos/year (probably from
relatively small properties?)
In 1860 – the only Caceres (no similar names), found on
the list of land owners in Cabo Rojo, (also in
the Barrio de Pedernales)
was - Juan Caceres,
who owned 4 “querdas” of land –
1/ was it Juan de Dios –
son of Felipe (below)?
2/ who were:
1.Juan Caseres, 2. Luis Caseres. 3. (Herederos de Andres Casares?),
listed in
1827 on the Property Tax List?
Search will continue! We will also try to identify the
persons, who married the Caceres men (below)
Felipe Cáceres-?/Inocencia Vasquez-? (? - ?) – from
Cabo Rojo, Puerto
Rico
à
Juan de Dios Cáceres-Vasquez/Carmela Martinez-Colberg
(? - ?)
à
Juan Silvestre Cáceres-Martinez (1897-1972)/Carlina
Ortiz-Ramirez-(Mercado) (1904-1968)
Cabo Rojo, Barrio
de Pedernales -
Juan
Caceres, 4
19-03-2023
07-01-2011
