COTA, Andres de

1739 -

• Name	COTA, Andres de
  Birth	Abt. 1739
  	BIRTH PLACE Unknown, probably at Loreto, Baja California, as father was listed on the 1733 Royal Presidio of Loreto payroll as a married soldier on full pay.
  Christening	Abt. 1739
  Gender	Male
  Military	1769	San Diego, Alta California   [1]
  	1769 PORTOLA EXPEDITION MEMBER
  Person ID	I14470	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	COTA, Andres de,   b. Abt. 1700, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico d. Bef. 19 Mar 1762, Baja California, Mexico (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	DE LEON, Angela,   b. Abt. 1705, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Family ID	F3223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	VERDUGO, Antonia
  Children	1. COTA, Maria de la Merced de
  Family ID	F4759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Military - 1769 PORTOLA EXPEDITION MEMBER - 1769 - San Diego, Alta California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S156] Harry Crosby, BK-Gateway to Alta Cal: The Exped to San Diego, 1769, (Sunbelt Publications, 2003), P. 152. ANDRES DE COTA Born: 1739 At: [unknown] Died: post-1785 At: [unknown] Parents: Andres de Cota and Angela de Leon Married: Antonia Verdugo Children: Maria de la Merced * With Rivera to San Diego, on to San Francisco under Portola * With Rivera on his return to Velicata, 11 February 1770, and back with him to San Diego, Jul 1770 [AGNM, Indiferente de Guerra]. * Cota one of eight soldiers who signed as co-petitioners the request written by Jose Francisco Ortega at San Diego, 1 September 1770, to then governor of Antigua California, Matias Armona, asking that they be returned to their homes as Galvez had promised when the Alta California objectives were secured [AGNM, Californias 76, exp. 66, folio 267]. * Remained at San Diego after Ortega party left, 2 September 1770 [AGNM, Californias 76, folio 275].