An enslaved boy of color in the household of Don Baldirio Tomas Vilaseca in Pensacola, Florida.
Born 25 February 1819. Race is not recorded.
Baptized on 11 April 1819 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Julia, 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).
According to the 1820 Spanish census of Pensacola, Don Tomas Vilaseca was a shopkeeper born in Spain. He and his wife had six children.
FAMILY:
Mother: Julia Vilaseca*
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.
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis. “Census of Pensacola, 1820.” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 93-126.