An enslaved girl in the household of Doña Maria Prieto y Quigles, wife of Don Miguel Quigles, in Pensacola, Florida. She was born about 1826.
In an 1826 deed, Maria Prieto Quigles, the wife of Don Miguel, sold to Luis Maestre Ursula and three children: Pedro, 9; Josephine, 3; and Genoveva, 5 mos. All three children are described as mulatto. The 1829 will of Louis Maestre does not give the names of the enslaved persons he counted among his property, but he does mention a Black woman and her three children, which is presumably Ursula and the children listed in the 1826 deed.
I have not found reference to Genoveva by name in any other records after that.
FAMILY
Mother: Ursula Quigles*
Siblings: Josefina Julia Quigles*, Rafael Quigles*, Andres Quigles*, Juana Francisca Quigles*, Pedro Quigles*
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.
Escambia County, Florida, Deed A/420 dated 20 JUN 1826.
Will of Louis Maestre, 16 FEB 1829. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 22 OCT 2023]