COTA, Maria Teresa

1770 - 1831  (~ 61 years)

• Name	COTA, Maria Teresa  [1]
  Birth	Abt. 1770	Loreto, Baja California, Mexico
  Christening	Abt. 1770	Loreto, Baja California, Mexico
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft. 17 Jul 1831	California   [2]
  Burial	Aft. 17 Jul 1831	California
  Person ID	I10758	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	COTA, Roque Jacinto de,   b. Abt. 1724, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Abt. 29 Sep 1798, Mission San Fernando Rey, Alta California (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	VERDUGO, Juana Maria,   b. Abt. 1743, Royal Presidio, Loreto, Baja California, Mexico d. May 1835, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age ~ 92 years)
  Family ID	F3222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HIGUERA, Jose Joaquin Antonio,   b. Abt. 1755, Villa de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Jun 1809, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	03 Feb 1783	Mission San Gabriel, Alta California   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. HIGUERA, Juan Josef,   b. 1787, Santa Barbara, Alta California d. Apr 1826, Alta California (Age 39 years) + 2. HIGUERA, Gregorio "Ygnacio" Maria,   b. 8 May 1789, Alta California + 3. HIGUERA, Bernardo de la Luz,   b. 20 Aug 1790, Los Angeles, Alta California d. Abt. 17 Jul 1837, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age 46 years) + 4. HIGUERA, Maria Antonia Salomea,   b. 14 Nov 1792, Los Angeles, Alta California d. Aug 1823, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age 30 years) + 5. HIGUERA, Jose Geronimo,   b. 05 Dec 1796, Los Angeles, Alta California d. Dec 1832, Los Angeles, Alta California (Age 36 years) + 6. HIGUERA, Mariano de la Luz,   b. Jul 1804, Los Angeles, Alta California d. Abt. 10 May 1879, Los Angeles County, California (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F3526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 May 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt. 1770 - Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Christening - Abt. 1770 - Loreto, Baja California, Mexico Marriage - 03 Feb 1783 - Mission San Gabriel, Alta California Death - Aft. 17 Jul 1831 - California Burial - Aft. 17 Jul 1831 - California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S146] Marie E. Northrop, BK- Spanish-Mexican Families Vol I, (Polyanthos, Inc. 1976), pg. 160. "(Maria Teresa Cota is often confused in the records with her sisters Beatriz and Loreta.)" [S018] Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Church, Alta Cal Msn Bk #05_1826-1848_LA Pl Ch_Bap, (Thomas Workman Temple III). DEATH After date below ...(Grandson's baptism) listed as living #288) Jul 17, 1831- was baptized JOSEF Antonio SANTIAGO HIGUERA, of Geronimo y Barbara Ruiz, Paternal grandparents were Joaquin Higuera, ya difunto y Teresa Cota. ... [S068] Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, Alta Cal Msn Bk #35_1774-1855_Sn Gab_Marr, (Thomas Workman Temple III). MARRIAGE #149) 3 February 1783 - "en 8 de Enero de 1783 presentacion de JOAQUIN HIGUERA, 33, soldado de cuera de Santa Barbara, de Francisco y Francisca Limon; natural de Sinaloa, con MARIA TERESA COTA, 14, doncella de Roque Jacinto de Cota, soldado de cuera del Presidio de San Diego y Juana Maria Verdugo, natural de las Californias. Testigos: Santiago Pico, soldado de cuera, y su muger Jacinta Bastida. Prior testigos: Francisco Sotelo, soldado de cuera, casado con Maria Josefa Silvas, natural de Sinaloa; y Santiago Pico, natural de Tepic (ella havia estado para casarse con Alejandro Ruiz, soldado de cuera, pero se desolvieron.)" Cruzado. [S162] CENSUS 1790 - Alta California, (sfgenealogy.com/sf/ca1790.htm). 1790 CENSUS - LOS ANGELES Joaquin Higuera, farmworker, mestizo, from Villa Sinaloa, 35; wife Maria Teresa Cota, espanola, [from Loreto] 24; two children, espanoles: Juan Jose, 3; Ignacio, 2.