An enslaved girl of color in the household of Don Miguel Quigles in Spanish Pensacola.
Born 12 June 1821. Race is not recorded.
Baptized 4 July 1821 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Ursula, 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).
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 Josephine by name in another records after that.
FAMILY
Mother: Ursula Quigles*
Siblings: Rafael Quigles*, Andres Quigles*, Josefina Julia Quigles*, Pedro Quigles*, Genoveva 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]