SANCHEZ, Jose Antonio

Other Events:

• Military: San Francisco Presidio, Alta California; Soldado

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Jose Antonio, second, became ensign and comandante of San Francisco and famous for his skill and courage as an Indian fighter. In 1827 he was permitted to occupy the rancho nacional which was afterwards formally granted him. This was the great Buri Buri rancho immediately south of the city and county of San Francisco, comprising 15,793 acres, now belonging, in part, to the Spring Valley Water Company. In 1836 Jose Antonio 2d was retired with forty-five years' service to his credit. He passed the rest of his life on his rancho and at the mission of Dolores. He appears on a padron of San Francisco in 1842 as an hacendado (farmer). He was a brave and honest man, and somewhat given to asserting his rights. He became involved in a controversy with the priests over the question of tithes, which Sanchez, following the example of Vallejo and other prominent landowners, refused to pay. In consequence of this quarrel he was denied the comforts of religion on his death bed and for a time, Christian burial. He died June 22, 1843, and was finally given ecclesiastic interment in the cemetery of the mission on July 5th.

Jose married SOTO, Ana Josefa 01 Sep 1796, Mission Santa Clara, Alta California. Ana (daughter of SOTO, Ygnacio and LUGO, Barbara Espinosa de) was born 31 May 1783, San Francisco, Alta California; was christened 01 Jun 1783, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California; died 03 Jun 1838, San Francisco, Alta California; was buried 05 Jun 1838, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California. [Group Sheet]

1. SANCHEZ, Francisco Maria was born 11 Apr 1805, San Jose, Alta California; was christened 13 Apr 1805, Mission San Jose, Alta California.

Other Events:

• Military: 1776, San Francisco, Alta California; 1775-1775 ANZA EXPEDITION MEMBER w/wife & children
• Military: 13 Jun 1778, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California; Soldado de la compania de este Presidio

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Anza Expedition - 1775-76 - member - to settle San Francisco
Jose Antonio Sanchez was born in the city of Sinaloa in 1751. He brought his wife, Maria de los Dolores Morales, and two children: Maria Josefa, age seven; and Jose Antonio, age two; also, Ignacio Cardenas, a prohijado?adopted son. Sanchez was a man of some education and wrote a beautiful hand. The family became prominent in San Francisco.

Jose married MORALES, Maria de los Dolores Abt. 1768, Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico. Maria was born Abt. 1756, Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico; was christened Abt. 1756, Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico; died 08 Dec 1791, Santa Clara, Alta California; was buried 08 Dec 1791, Mission Santa Clara, Alta California. [Group Sheet]