An enslaved man in the household of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born around 1794. Race is recorded as mulato.
Confirmed in Pensacola on May 7, 1798, by the Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Rev. Luis Peñalver y Cardenas. Because the Bishop visited the area so infrequently, young people and converts of all ages were confirmed whenever the opportunity arose; thus there is no way to estimate his age from this record. He is in the household of Don Jose Noriega at that time. His mother was Esther, a negra woman enslaved in the same household. His sponsor was Juan Gonzalez.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. Manuel was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813, described as being 19 years old.
Manuel is not mentioned in the 1833 will of Victoire Le Sassier.
FAMILY:
Mother: Esther Noriega*
Siblings: Charlotte Noriega* and Leandro Noriega*
SOURCES:
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis, “Confirmation Lists for Pensacola and Fort Barrancas, 1798,” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 61-76
Victoire Le Sassier v. Pedro de Alba, Florida State Supreme Court, 11 November 1831. In custody of Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Coker Film 102-2. [Transcription by Deborah Beagle Baldock, www.wfgs.org, 1 February 2021.]
Will of Victoire LeSassier, 10? APR 1833. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 27 FEB 2021]