Francisco Estevan Quintana
The saga of the Quintana family is a history lesson in itself. After the Cortez conquest of Mexico, expeditions to the north began in 1540 led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. In 1598 permission to establish a colony, in the area that is now New Mexico, was granted to Don Juan de Onate. The first colony was in San Gabriel (San Juan Pueblo). The Pueblo Indians revolted against the Spanish and they were expelled. It wasn’t until 1693 that Don Diego de Vargas retook Santa Fe. Among the earliest settlers were Miguel Quintana and his bride to be, Gertrudis Moreno de Trujillo. They settled in Santa Cruz (near Los Alamos). Their Grandson, Gregorio Anselmo Quintana, moved to Abiquiu.
Abiquiu in earlier times had been established as an outpost along with several other towns to protect the province. It was constantly under attack by warring nomadic tribes who apparently felt that the land should have been theirs. Gregorio had a son, Francisco Estevan Quintana, born 1801 in Abiquiu. Estevan married Maria Dolores de Luna of Abiquiu in 1823. They had a son Jose Maria in 1824. It is believed Maria Dolores died giving birth to Jose.
Family / Maria Concepcion Boronda
The Boronda family patriarch, Manuel Boronda (1750-1826) accompanied Junípero Serra’s second expedition to Alta California. By 1790, Boronda was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco and married Maria Gertrudis Higuera (1776-1851). The three sons of Manuel and Gertrudis Boronda were: José Canuto Boronda (1792-1882); José Eusebio Boronda (1808-1880) grantee of Rancho Rincon de Sanjon; and José Manuel Boronda (1803-1878), grantee of Rancho Los Laureles.[3]
José Canuto Boronda was a soldier at Monterey and Missions San Antonio, San Miguel and San Juan Bautista. He married Francisca Castro (1799-1830) and they had nine children. He received the one square league Rancho Potrero de San Luis Obispo land grant in about 1842. His daughter Maria Concepcion Boronda (1820-1906) received the patent in 1870. She married Oliver Deleissegues, a French sea captain, and after his death she married Jose Maria Munoz, an attorney in 1851.[4][5][6]
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