A free boy of color in Pensacola, Florida.
Born 16 May 1817. Race is not recorded.
Baptized 31 May 1817 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Luisa Montrey, a free mulata woman. Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child). Sponsors were Don Antonio Pol and Ana Folch.
Note on the name: “Nepomuceno” is part of the given name, not a middle name. Much as Romance-language speaking men can be given the compound name Jean-Baptiste or Juan Bautista after St. John the Baptist, the medieval St. John of Nepomuk provides the name “Juan Nepomuceno.”
FAMILY:
Mother: Luisa Montrey
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.