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Surname: Ansa |
Given Name: Juan Bautista de |
Sex: M |
Place of Birth: Fronteras, Sonora |
Date of Birth: 07/07/1736 |
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Place of Death: Arizpe, Sonora |
Date of Death: 12/19/1788 |
Cause of Death: Old Age |
Race or Tribe: Vizcaino Criollo |
Residence: El Divasadero; Tubac; Horcasitas; Santa Fe; Arizpe |
Title: Marido de Ana María Pérez Serrano; Escritor de la cuenta del vecindario de Tubac-1767; Capitán de Tubac-1775; Led the 1774 Anza Expedition to find a route between Sonora and Alta California; Fundador de San Francisco |
Place of Service: Tubac; Horcasitas; Santa Fe; Arizpe |
Burial Place: Arizpe - in the church |
Translation: (Basque - pasture with dwarf elder trees) |
Notes: Son of Juan Bautista de Anza (presidial captain) and Maria Rosa Bezerra Nieto of Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico Grandson of Antonio de Anza (pharmacist) and Lucia de Sassoeta of Hernani, Guipuzcoa, Spain Grandson of Antonio Bezerra Nieto (presidial captain) and Gregoria Gómez de Silva of Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico Born July 1736, possibly at Fronteras but more likely at Cuquiarachi, Sonora, Mexico Juan Bautista de Anza, senior, killed by Apaches on May 9, 1740, when the younger Juan Bautista was not quite three years of age Joined Spanish militia in December 1751 at San Ignacio, Sonora, Mexico - Became a "cadete" in presidial cavalry in 1754 under the tutelage of his brother-in-law, Gabriel de Vildosola, at Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico Advanced to cavalry lieutenant at Fronteras in 1756 Made captain of the Tubac, Sonora, Mexico (now Arizona) Presidio in December 1759 Married Ana María Pérez Serrano on June 24, 1761 at Arizpe Became known for his abilities as a soldier fighting Apaches in the north (today Arizona) and Seris in the south (near present-day Hermosillo, Sonora) 1766-1773 July 25, 1767 - Ordered to arrest Jesuits on the Sonora River Requested permission from the viceroy to discover a route to Alta California in 1772, something his father had done in 1737 but was killed by Apaches before he could make the journey Led an expedition to discover a route to Alta California, leaving Tubac in January 1774 and arriving back there in May after having successfully found the route and traveling to the newly established Presidio of Monterey Advanced to lieutenant colonel by the King after completing the successful expedition of discovery Began organizing a second expedition in Mexico City in January 1775 to colonize the San Francisco Bay Began recruiting colonizers in Culiacan, Province of Sinaloa, Mexico in March 1775 Continued recruiting in the villages of Sinaloa and El Fuerte in the Province of Sinaloa, and Alamos, in Sonora in March, April, and May Spent the summer in Horcasitas, the capital of Sonora at that time, training his new recruits for the difficult crossing of the Apache country that lay ahead of them Arrived in Tubac from Horcasitas in mid-October, 1775, and continued preparations there Left Tubac October 23, 1775 with 300 people and 1000 head of livestock (no wagons or carts - all supplies were loaded on pack mules every morning and unloaded every night) Manuela Pinuelas died that evening from childbirth complications - The child lived to see California In all, only three other people died in the year-long journey, and they died from a plague that struck the town of Horcasitas when they were there that summer In total there were nine live births and one miscarriage among the women of the expedition between Culiacan, Sonora, and San Gabriel, Alta California The expedition arrived in Monterey, California in March, 1776 Chief Palma and three other Yuma Indians were taken to Mexico City by Anza where they received catechism and were baptized on February 13, 1777 They received confirmation at the cathedral in Durango on the return trip to Sonora on April 3, 1777 Upon his return to Mexico City, Anza was made commander of all the troops in Sonora in the fall of 1776 Made Governor of New Mexico in 1777 In 1779, with 800 men and 2500 horses, he led an expedition across New Mexico and Colorado, across the Arkansas River to engage the Comanches under the command of Chief Cuerno Verde Cornering the said chief near Rye, Colorado, the campaign killed him and several other head men and precipitated the longest lasting peace treaty ever signed by the Comanches and any of the governments of Spain, Mexico, or the United States Anza led an expedition to the Hopi country that same fall to try to help save that people, who were dying from a long-lasting drought Led an expedition in 1780 to discover a route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Arizpe, Sonora, which was the capital of the Provincias Internas - an expedition that was successfully completed Asked to be released as Governor in in 1786 and his request was granted in 1787 - Made commander of the Buenaventura Presidio (previously Fronteras Presidio) in 1787 Made commander of all the troops in Sonora shortly thereafter Made commander of the Tucson (now Arizona) Presidio in the fall of 1788 Conducted a review of the troops at Tucson, returned to his home in Arizpe, and died there suddenly on December 19, 1788 Buried in the side chapel of Nuestra Señora de Loreto in the cathedral at Arizpe. |
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Event ID: 411 |
Relationship: Godfather |
Event Date: 10/22/1755 |
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Event ID: 547 |
Relationship: Cogidor |
Event Date: 02/13/1774 |
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Event ID: 548 |
Relationship: Cogidor |
Event Date: 02/13/1774 |
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Event ID: 1579 |
Relationship: Patron de Padrino |
Event Date: 12/13/1762 |
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Event ID: 2001 |
Relationship: Executor of last will and testament |
Event Date: 06/10/1785 |
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Event ID: 2002 |
Relationship: Baptized |
Event Date: 07/07/1736 |
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Event ID: 2003 |
Relationship: Husband |
Event Date: 06/25/1761 |
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Event ID: 2004 |
Relationship: Deceased |
Event Date: 12/20/1788 |
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Event ID: 7464 |
Relationship: Witness |
Event Date: 11/11/1782 |
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Event ID: 7637 |
Relationship: Captain |
Event Date: 08/13/1775 |
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Event ID: 7638 |
Relationship: Godfather |
Event Date: 02/13/1777 |
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Event ID: 7639 |
Relationship: Transporter |
Event Date: 02/13/1777 |
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Event ID: 7640 |
Relationship: Transporter |
Event Date: 02/13/1777 |
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Event ID: 7641 |
Relationship: Transporter |
Event Date: 02/13/1777 |
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Event ID: 7642 |
Relationship: Compiler of the list |
Event Date: 04/02/1767 |
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Event ID: 9085 |
Relationship: Godfather |
Event Date: 09/30/1761 |
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Event ID: 9277 |
Relationship: Letter Writer |
Event Date: 10/31/1770 |
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