RUIZ, Juan Maria

1725 - 1765  (~ 40 years)

• Name	RUIZ, Juan Maria
  Birth	Abt. 1725	El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico   [1, 2]
  Christening	Abt. 1725	El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Gender	Male
  Military	Abr. 1750-1765	Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico   [3]
  	A Spanish soldier
  Death	1765	La Paz, Baja California, Mexico   [4, 5]
  Burial	1765	Baja California, Mexico
  Person ID	I10342	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2012

  
  

  Family	CARRILLO, Ana Isabel,   b. 1731, Baja California, Mexico
  Marriage	Bet. 03 Sep 1754	Loreto, Baja California, Mexico   [6]
  Children	1. RUIZ, Francisco Maria,   b. 1754, Comondu, Baja California, Mexico d. San Diego, Alta California   2. RUIZ, Jose Manuel,   b. 1755, Baja California, Mexico d. 08 Sep 1835, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico (Age 80 years)   3. RUIZ, Jose Raymundo,   b. Abt. 1756, Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico + 4. RUIZ, Maria Josefa,   b. Bef. 1765, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico
  Family ID	F3348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt. 1725 - El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico Christening - Abt. 1725 - El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico Marriage - Bet. 03 Sep 1754 - Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Military - A Spanish soldier - Abr. 1750-1765 - Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Death - 1765 - La Paz, Baja California, Mexico Burial - 1765 - Baja California, Mexico  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), p. 262. (BIRTHPLACE) ...Ruiz was from El Fuerte, the old presidial town on the Rio Fuerte in Sinaloa. His Ruiz forefather settled there in the early seventeenth century, and the family had grown large. [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), page 420. BIRTH YEAR & BIRTHPLACE: Juan Maria Ruiz Born c.1725 at El Fuerte. [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), p. 420. (MILITARY) Juan Maria Ruiz ... Enlisted in Presidio of Loreto before 1751, served the Loreto division until at least 1759 [1751: Comondu Baptism #2005] [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), p. 295. (DEATH) In the summer of 1765, a party of three soldiers were ordered by their captain to go to a mining camp in el Sur and take charge of prisoners who where to be returned to Loreto. They saw the tracks of a large mountain lion as they neared the paraje where they planned to spend the night. Despite the heat of the season, Juan Maria Ruiz wrapped himself for the night in a mantle of strong fabric because he feared these animals that were known to have attacked the native Californians. Nevertheless, he was attacked. While still partially wrapped, he grabbed the beast by a leg and called out to his companions for help. By the time they were able to distinguish the animal in the dark and kill it with their knives, Ruiz was terribly mauled. He recovered for a time, but finally died of his wounds, probably because they became infected. The death of Juan Maria Ruiz was keenly felt in Loreto because he was a good man who had served in California for years, married into the prominent Carrillo family, and left a wife and six children. [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), p. 420. DEATH PLACE: Juan Maria Ruiz ... died 1765 near La Paz [Barco, Historial Natural, p. 18; Bancroft, History of California, vol. II, p. 540 n.] [S154] Harry W. Crosby, BK-Antigua California Mission & Colony 1697-1768, (U. of N. Mex. Press 1994), p. 262. (SON'S BAPTISM) ... Comondu-born pioneer of Alta California was Francisco Maria Ruiz, baptized on 3 September 1754 by Padre Inama. ... Francisco Maria Ruiz was the son of Juan Maria Ruiz and Isabel Carrillo.