An enslaved boy in the household of Jose Ortiz in Spanish Pensacola. Jose BOrtiz was a shopkeeper born in Spain. He shared his household with a free woman of color named Genoveva.
Born 5 December 1818. Race is recorded as pardo.
Baptized 21 March 1819 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Maria Luisa, a negra woman enslaved in the same household. Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
FAMILY:
Mother: Maria Luisa Ortiz*
SOURCES:
Records of St. Michael’s Parish, Pensacola, FL, Book III: Baptisms of People of Color, 1817 – 1882. University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center. 22 SEP 2021.