This Expedition's Member list is compiled from:
WHO CAME AND WHO STAYED IN CA, 1769-1774, SPAIN'S CALIFORNIA PATRIOTS in its 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Part 2, pps. 1-6, Granvlle W. and N.C. Hough © 1999, SHHAR Press (Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research)
GOV. GASPAR DE PORTOLA'S EXPEDITION OF 1769: The following list of those who came with the Portola Expedition in 1769 was
prepared by Mrs. Marie Northrop, who used the references shown at the end of the list. The only additions to this list are asterisks for those known to
have continued in service in California during Spain's War with England, 1779-1783.
1. Aguilar, Francisco Xavier
2. Alsaldo, Francisco Xavier, Baja California Indian
3. Alvarado, Bernardino, soldado de cuera
4. Alvarado, Juan Bautista, soldado de cuera
5. Alvarez, Ascencio*
6. Alvarez, Juan, Indian of Mission San Antonio
7. Alvitre, Felipe/Juan Sebastian*, soldado de cuera
8. Amador, Pedro*, soldado de cuera, Sgt.
9. Amarillas, Juan Angel*, soldado
10. Arce, Jose Gabriel*, soldado de cuera
11. Arias, Miguel, of the El Principe (San Antonio)
12. Armenta, Joseph Joaquin*
13. Aruz, Domingo de Monteguda*, Catalonian volunteer.
14. Avila, Francisco, soldado
15. Avila, Jose Santa Ana Manuel
16. Avala, Pedro Xavier de, sailor
17. Badiola, Manuel Antonio, servant
18. Basiola (Basilio), Mariano, laborer
19. Beltran, Nicholas*
20. Bernal, Francisco*, servant
21. Bernal (Bonnel), Manuel Ramon*, Catalonian volunteer
22. Bonbau, Francisco, Catalonian volunteer
23. Bravo, Marcelo (Jose Marcelino)*, soldado de cuera
24. Briones, Jose Antonio, soldado de cuera
25. Briones, Marcos*
26. Briones, Ygnacio Vicente*
27. Butron, Manuel*, Catalonian volunteer
28. Bulferig, Geronimo (Bullferich, Gonvasio), Catalonian volunteer
29. Camacho, Joseph (Anastasio)*, soldado de cuera
30. Camacho, Juan Miguel*, soldier
31. Camacho, Tomas Maria*, soldier
32. Canizares, Jose*, diarist for Rivera, pilot of the San Carlos
33. Carabajal, Bautista, sailor
34. Carpio, Juan Antonio
35. Carpio, Juan Joseph
36. Carrillo, Guillermo*, soldado, corporal
37. Carrillo, Jose Mariano*, sergeant
38. Carrillo, Jose Raymundo*, soldier
39. Casillas, Juan Manuel
40. Castilo/Castelo, Agustin*, soldier
41. Cayuelas (Canuelas), Francisco, Catalonian volunteer
42. Cervantes, Pablo Victoriano*, soldado
43. Chacon, Juan, laborer
44. Chamero, Fernando, blacksmith
45. Clua, Domingo*, Catalonian volunteer
46. Contreras, Luis, muleteer
47. Cordero, Cristobal
48. Cordero, Francisco, soldado
49. Cordero, Joaquin Ignacio
50. Cordero, Mariano Antonio*, soldier
51. Coronel, Juan Antonio, muleteer (cured Fray Serra's leg)
52. Cortes, Alejo, sailor, servant
53. Costanso, Miguel, cartographer/engineer
54. Cota, Andres de, soldado
55. Cota, Pablo Antonio*
56. Cruz, Juan de la*
57. Davila, Jose*, surgeon
58. Dominguez, Juan Jose (y Sepulveda)*, soldado de cuera
59. Duarte, Alejo Antonio*
60. Duarte, Jose Maria
61. Duarte, Juan Pasqual, Baja California Indian
62. Espinosa, Jose Joaquin*, soldado de cuera
63. Estovan, Antonio, sailor
64. Estevanel, Ygnacio, Catalonian volunteer
65. Fages, Pedro*, Catalonian volunteer, Captain
66. Feliz, (Claudio Victor)
67. Ferrer, Pablo, Catalonian volunteer
68. Flores, Antonio Cayetano, sailor
69. Flores, Hermenegildo*, soldado
70. Fuente, Andres, Baja California Indian
71. Gongora, Jose Maria*, soldado de cuera, corporal
72. Gonzales, Alejo Antonio*
73. Gonzales, Inocencio, laborer (also shown as a sailor)
74. Gonzales, Jose Maria*, soldado
75. Gonzales, Jose/Rafael Gerardo*
76. Guainamota, Diego, sailor
77. Guitierrez, Juan Nepomuceno, Baja California Indian
78. Hernandez, Jose Raphel
79. Huguet, Andres, Catalonian volunteer
80. Islas, Miguel, soldier escort for Fray Crespi
81. Labra, Juan Antonio*
82. Leyva (Leiba), Jose Antonio Maria*
83. Lopez, Cosmo, Baja California Indian
84. Lopez, Juan Francisco*, soldier
85. Lugo, Ignacio*
86. Lugo, Luis Gonzaga*, soldier
87. Maiaret/Malaret, Domingo, Catalonian volunteer
88. Manriquez/Manrique, Sebastian, soldado de cuera
89. Marquina, Juan Tomas, sailor
90. Marcha, Carlos de la, Catalonian volunteer
91. Miranda, Juan Maria, soldado de cuera
92. Moles, Jose, Catalonian volunteer
93. Monmany/Moumarus, Luis, Catalonian volunteer
94. Montana, Antonio*, Catalonian volunteer
95. Morillo, Ygnacio Francisco, sailor
96. Murillo (Morillo), Jose Julian, soldado
97. Nieto, Jose Manuel Perez (y Carrillo)*, soldado de cuera
98. Nino, Alejo
99. Noreiga, Jose Ramon, laborer/soldier
100. Olivera, Diego Jose, laborer
101. Olivera/Olvera, Ignacio Narciso*, servant
102. Olivera/Olvera, Jose Ygnacio (y Carrillo)*, soldado de cuera
103. Olivera/Olvera, Juan Maria*
104. Ontiveros, Jose Antonio*, soldado
105. Ortega, Jose Francisco de*, soldado de cuera, Sergeant
106. Osuna, Juan Ismerio de*, Soldado de cuera
107. Patron, Francisco, Baja California Indian
108. Pedro (y Gil) Rafael de*, supply officer
109. Pena, Francisco Maria*, soldado
110. Pena, Jose Antonio*, soldado
113. Perez, Juan*, Captain of the San Antonio
114. Periquez /Pericas/Penguez, Miguel Sobrevia, Catalonian volunteer
115. Pino, Miguel del, Lieutenant, San Antonio
116. Planells/Plenelo, Valentin, Catalonian volunteer
117. Planes, Geronimo, Catalonian volunteer
118. Porta, Nicolas, Catalonian volunteer
119. Portella, Francisco, Catalonian volunteer
120. Portola, Gaspar de, Captain, Governor, California
121. Prat, Pedro, physician/surgeon
122. Puig, Juan, Catalonian volunteer, sergeant
123. Ramirez, Ignacio, sailor
124. Reyes, Juan Franacisco (y Diaz)*, soldado de cuera
125. Reyes, Marton, Miguel*, soldado
126. Riera, Cinriano, Baja California Indian
127. Rivera, Fernando (y Moncado)*, soldier, Captain
128. Robles, Juan Joseph (Jose)*, soldado de cuera
129. Robles, Manuel Antonio*, soldado, Corporal
130. Robles, Manuel Maria
131. Rocha, Juan Estevan*
132. Romero, Felipe*, blacksmith
133. Rosales, Jose Bernardo, muleteer
134. Rubio, Bernardo
135. Rubio, Jose Carlos Maria
136. Rubio, Marcelo
137. Ruiz, Diego*, soldado
138. Ruiz, Jose Alejandro, soldado de cuera
139. Ruiz, Juan Maria*, Catalonian volunteer, Sergeant
140. Salazar, Bonifacio, laborer
141. Sanchez, Manuel, sailor
142. Segura, Jose Gregorio, blacksmith
143. Sierra (Serra), Jose, Catalonian volunteer
144. Sirera, Miguel, Catalonian volunteer
145. Soberanes, Jose Maria*, soldado
146. (Soles), Manuel R., soldado de cuera
147. Sorder, Jose, Catalonian volunteer
148. Soto(mayor), Alejandro de*, soldado
149. Soto, Juan Antonio, laborer
150. Soto, Mateo Ignacio*, soldado
151. Sotomayor, Antonio de la Cruz, soldado
152. Urcelino, Jose, carpenter
153. Valdes, Juan Bautista
154. Valenzuela, N., sailor
155. Vega /Vejar/Vegerano, Jose Maria, muleteer
156. Velasquez, Joseph*, courier, soldado de cuera
157. Verdugo, Josef Maria*, soldado de cuera
158. Verdugo, Juan Maria Diego*
159. Verdugo, Mariano de la Luz*, soldado de cuera
160. Verdugo, Narciso, muleteer
161. Verduzco, Anastacio Xavier, soldado
162. Vernel (Bermejal), Ramon, Catalonian volunteer
163. Vila, Vicente, Captain, San Carlos
164. Villivicencio/Villa, Rafael de Jesus*, soldado
165. Yorba, Antonio (y Nizona)*, Catalonian volunteer
166. Zambrano, Nicolas Antonio, soldier
Padres of the Expedition were:
1. Fr. Juan Crespi*
2. Fr. Francisco Gomez*
3. Fr. Fernando Parron
4. Fr. Junipero Serra*
5. Fr. Juan Viscaino
REFERENCES:
Bancroft, Hubert Howe. California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848, Including Inhabitants of California, 1769-1800, Baltimore, MD, Regional Publishing Company, 1964.
Bolton, Herbert Eugene. Vol IV:24, Anza's California Expedition. Berkeley, CA, Univ of Calif Press, 1930.
Eldredge, Zoeth S. Index of California Padrones in the Eldridge Papers of the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA.
Letter of 1769 to Governor Armona on Expedition Soldiers to Alta California
Martinez, Pablo L., Guia Familiar de Baja California
Pourade, Richard F. The Call to California: The Epic Journey of the Portola-Serra Expedition in 1769, San Diego, CA, Union Tribune Publishing Company, 1968.
Rowland, Leon. Los Fundadores. Fresno, CA, Academy of California Church History, Publication No. 3, 1953.
San Diego Mission and Garrison records.
Temple, T. W. II. Genealogical Tables of Early Spanish and Mexican Families and Chronological List of Early Arrivals in California to Accompany the Genealogical Tables, typescript in Bancroft
Library and in the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. These have been microfilmed by the LDS as item 5, Roll 0874197.
Wagner, Henry R. Transcript from the Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, Vol 66, Part IV (1933), written by T. W. Temple.
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