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Ruiz - Aguada Landowners

Richard Benedict  (View posts) Posted: 29 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ruiz, Vega, Rivera
Transcribed below are the names of twenty (20) RUIZ property owners listed in an 1846 Aguada tax assessment census (prepared in 1845). All twenty RUIZ landowners were listed in the section: "Cuaderno de la riqueza agricola ..."

Lorenzo RUIZ, 5 cuerdas (Pueblo)
D. Nicolas RUIZ, 60 cuerdas (barrio Lagunas)
Juan Manuel RUIZ, 10 cuerdas (barrio Lagunas)
Martin RUIZ, 30 cuerdas (barrio Lagunas)
Manuel RUIZ, 16 cuerdas (barrio Piedras)
Manuel RUIZ, 50 cuerdas (barrio Malpaso)
D. Andres RUIZ, 70 cuerdas (barrio Malpaso)
Elias RUIZ (su viuda), 4 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
José RUIZ 1º, 12 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
José RUIZ (chiquito), 5 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
Maria RUIZ, 8 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
Ramon RUIZ, 4 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
Lorenzo RUIZ, 2 cuerdas (barrio Naranjo)
Diego RUIZ, 40 cuerdas (barrio Cerro Gordo)
Rosa RUIZ, 20 cuerdas (barrio Marias)
D. Antonio RUIZ, 22 cuerdas (barrio Mamey)
D. Manuel RUIZ, 30 cuerdas (barrio Mamey)
Juan de Dios RUIZ, 1 cuerda (barrio Guanabanas)
*D. Francisco RUIZ, 40 cuerdas (barrio Asomante)
José RUIZ, 6 cuerdas (barrio Asomante)

"Reparto de Subsidio de Aguada año 1846"
(dated 9 August 1845)
Archivo General de Puerto Rico (San Juan)
Gobernadores Españoles (Aguada) - caja 389

Note: one cuerda is approximately equal to one acre.

* I am researching the ancestry/family of D. Francisco RUIZ (listed above). He was born c. 1768, son of Diego RUIZ and Francisca de SOTOMAYOR. He is listed as a resident of barrio Asomante in several tax documents (dated 1837-1853) located at the AGPR (San Juan). He married: (1) Maria Francisca VEGA; and (2) Teodora RIVERA. He died between 1847 and 1852. His children are listed in a will which was drafted in 1847.

Children of 1st Marriage (Maria Francisca VEGA):

1. Manuel RUIZ VEGA
2. Francisco RUIZ VEGA - alive in 1858.
3. Toribio RUIZ VEGA
4. Maria RUIZ VEGA
5. Juana RUIZ VEGA
6. Juan de Dios RUIZ VEGA
7. Juan Bautista RUIZ VEGA

Children of 2nd Marriage (Teodora RIVERA):

8. Maria Marta RUIZ RIVERA
9. Jose Saturnino RUIZ RIVERA
10. Margarita RUIZ RIVERA
11. Maria Bernabela RUIZ RIVERA, d. 1 Sept. 1894 (age 50 or 50s)
12. Maria Luisa RUIZ RIVERA
13. Juan Portolatino RUIZ RIVERA
14. Juan Gregorio RUIZ RIVERA
15. Joaquin Ramon RUIZ RIVERA

SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Richard Benedict 29 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT 
lubelt 11 Feb 2002 9:16PM GMT 
Richard Benedict 11 Feb 2002 11:56PM GMT 
SarahLloyd123 2 Nov 2009 9:43AM GMT 
LOREN245 9 Sep 2002 6:34PM GMT 
   

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