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ESTUDILLO, Jose Maria

Male Abt 1772 - Abt 1830  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name ESTUDILLO, Jose Maria 
    Gender Male 
    Born Abt. 1772  Granada, Andalucia, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BIRTH PLACE - per daughter Guadalupe Estudillo's baptism record
    Military 5 Oct 1801  Monterey Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cadete de la Compania Presidial de Loreto --- dau. Maria Francisca's Bap. record 
    Military 29 Nov 1812  Monterey Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Teniente de la compania del expresado Monterrey --- dau. Maria Guadalupe's Bap. record 
    Military 7 Aug 1821  Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Teniente y Comandante en la actualidad del Presidio de San Diego de esta Nueva California --- dau. Maria Francisca's Burial record 
    Biography 1806-1830  Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Per Bancroft:
    1772- Born in Spain
    1787- Came to America
    1795- Went to Lower California
    1796- Enlisted at Loreto
    1797- Daughter baptized in Monterey
    1806- Promoted from alferez to Lieutenant
    1827- Promoted to captain commandant of San Diego
    1830- Died and buried in San Diego 
    Died Abt. 8 Apr 1830  San Diego, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 09 Apr 1830  San Diego Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I16020  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2017 

    Father ESTUDILLO, Unknown,   b. Bef. 1757 
    Mother GOMEZ, Unknown,   b. Bef. 1760 
    Family ID F5176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HORCASITAS, Gertrudis,   b. bef. 1787, Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef. 1797 
    Children 
     1. ESTUDILLO, Maria Magdalena del Carmen,   b. Jul 1797, Monterey Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. ESTUDILLO, Bernabela Joaquina Antonia Maria Ygnacia,   b. 11 Jun 1799, Monterey Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. ESTUDILLO, Joaquin Antonio Jose Ygnacio Fernando Ramon Pio Quinto,   b. 05 May 1800, Monterey Presidio, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jun 1852, Rancho San Leandro, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +4. ESTUDILLO, Maria Francisca del Rosario Gertrudis Agustina Antonia Josefa,   b. 04 Oct 1801, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Aug 1821, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
    +5. ESTUDILLO, Jose Antonio Ramon Joaquin Ygnacio Victorino,   b. Bet. 2 Oct-Nov 1803, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 18 Jul 1852, San Diego, San Diego, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
    +6. ESTUDILLO, Maria Dolores Damiana,   b. 25 May 1805, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef. 1835, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     7. ESTUDILLO, Maria del Carmen Clara Ramona Pia,   b. 05 May 1807, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 24 Nov 1810, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    +8. ESTUDILLO, Maria "Guadalupe" Jacoba Engracia Clara,   b. 29 Nov 1812, Monterey, Alta California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F5175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Cadete de la Compania Presidial de Loreto --- dau. Maria Francisca's Bap. record - 5 Oct 1801 - Monterey Presidio, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Teniente de la compania del expresado Monterrey --- dau. Maria Guadalupe's Bap. record - 29 Nov 1812 - Monterey Presidio, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Teniente y Comandante en la actualidad del Presidio de San Diego de esta Nueva California --- dau. Maria Francisca's Burial record - 7 Aug 1821 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - Per Bancroft: 1772- Born in Spain 1787- Came to America 1795- Went to Lower California 1796- Enlisted at Loreto 1797- Daughter baptized in Monterey 1806- Promoted from alferez to Lieutenant 1827- Promoted to captain commandant of San Diego 1830- Died and buried in San Diego - 1806-1830 - Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt. 8 Apr 1830 - San Diego, Alta California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 09 Apr 1830 - San Diego Presidio, Alta California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S253] BK- Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol 2 Hist Cal, H.H. Bancroft, (A. L. Bancroft & Co., Sn. Fran. 1884), https://archive.org/stream/bancrofthistcal00bancroft#page/542/.
      BIOGRAPHY - page 542
      "Jose Maria Estudillo was born in Spain, I think in Andalucia, in 1772, his father being an officer, and came to America at the age of fifteen years in 1787.
      Coming to Lower California in 1795, he enlisted July 23, 1796, at Loreto, where he served as soldado distinguido until August 1799, and then as cadet till March 1806.
      He was now made alferez and transferred to Monterey, where, on the recommendation of Gov. Arrillago, he was promoted to be lieutenant before the end of the year.
      He kept the lieutenancy of the Monterey company for more than 20 years, being much of the time comandante of that presidio, and was promoted to captain of San Diego in November 1827.
      To his 33 years of actual military service were added 11 years of extra time during the war of independence in accordance with the Mexican decree of March 1822. Estudillo, Hojas de Servicio, 1817, 1828, 1830, MS.

      In 1810 Estudillo was complimented for the ability with which he had defended three Indians accused of murder, by the auditor de guerra in Mexico. Prov. St. Pop. Ben. Mil., MS., xl. 10.
      In 1817 he was recommended by Gov. Sola for promotion and accredited with having commanded a party of 13 men who prevented seven Russian fishing canoes from effecting a landing at Monterey, killing one of the occupants, capturing one, wounding several, and driving the rest away.
      In 1819 he commanded an expedition against the Indians of the Tulares, which accomplished nothing, see chap. xv; and in 1823 he was at the head of a company which was sent to escort Capt. Romero from S. Gabriel to the Colorado, but which lost its way and had to return, chap. xxii.

      Estudillo was accused by Santiago Arguello of neglect and cruelty toward the presidial company while at S. Diego.
      In June 1822 he was ordered to take command at Sta Barbara, and may have done so for a short time
      On April 9, 1822, he swore to the national independence.
      April 22, 1827, the governor sent the Mexican ratification of Estudillo's appointment as commandant, and Dec. 31st notified him of his promotion to be captain. Dept. Rec., MS., v. 39, 121-2.
      In 1828 the governor reported to the supreme government that, though a Spaniard, Estudillo, by his activity, intelligence, and services, was entitled to be considered useful to the republic, being a friend to the system which he had sworn to support. Id., vi. 34, 38-9.
      His death and burial on April 8th and 9th, 1830, was recorded in S. Diego, Lib. Mision, MS., 97; Carrillo (J), Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., 21; Dept. Rec., MS., viii. 94.

      Capt. Estudillo's wife was Gertrudis Horcasitas, a lady of Mexican birth, with whom he did not always live harmoniously.
      By her he had 6 children; and in 1828 12 of his grandchildren were living.
      He left no estate, though his son and daughter, Dona Maria Magdalena, a famous beauty and noted also for her charms of character, as Alvarado tell us, Hist. Cal., MS., i. 176, received each a land-grant of one league at Otay in 1829.
      His son, Don Jose Antonio, was a prominent man at San Diego, and the founder of the southern branch of the family, a member of which Don Jose Guadalupe, son of Jose Antonio, once held the office of state treasurer.
      Another of the captain's sons, Don Jose Joaquin, also figured somewhat prominently in public affairs before 1848, and was the founder of the norther, or Alameda county branch of the family."

    2. [S011] Alta Cal Msn Bk #00_1770-1855_Bur, Early California Population Project, (huntington.org), http://missions.huntington.org/DeathData.aspx?ID=21869.
      BURIAL
      San Diego Presidio
      #4075) 9 Apr 1830- JOSE MARIA ESTUDILLO, en la Yglesia del Presidio de San Diego, casado con Gertrudis Orcasitas. *More info on web site

    3. [S026] Alta Cal Msn Bk #13_1775-1880_Sn Dgo_Bur, Mission San Diego de Alcala or Presidio Church, (Thomas Workman Temple III).
      BURIAL
      #4075) Apr. 9th [1830] - En la Ygla. del Presidio de San Diego, di sepultura eccla. al cadaver de DN. JOSE MARIA ESTUDILLO, Capitan de Caballeria de la Compania de Monterrey,
      casado con Dna. Gertrudis Orcasitas. Recibio los Stos. Sacramtos. de Penita. Eucharistia y Extrema Uncion.Fr. Vicente Pasqual Oliva [r]