Maria Martinez*

An enslaved woman in the household of Don Jose Martinez.

Race is recorded as negra.

Appears in the 1818 baptismal record of her son, Fernando Ygnacio, from St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Her son was acknowledged by his father, Vicente Vicens, a pulpero (which can be translated as either “grocer” or “tavernkeeper”) from Spain.

FAMILY:

Child: Fernando Ygnacio Vicens


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