An enslaved woman in the household of Don Miguel Quigles in Pensacola, Florida. She was born about 1788.
Her race was recorded as negra.
She appears in her childrens’ baptismal records from St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). In all three records, the father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
In 1826, Maria Prieto Quigles, the wife of Don Miguel, sold to Luis Maestre Ursula and three of her children: Pedro, 9; Josephine, 3; and Genoveva, 5 mos. All three children are described as mulatto. There is no mention of Andres, Rafael, or Juana Francisca. I do not have baptismal records for a Pedro or Genoveva. It is possible the children were called something other than their baptismal name; they may have remained in the Quigles household; or they may have been deceased at the time of the sale.
The deed describes Ursula as being about 38 years old, and having been purchased from Don Felipe Prieto (Maria Prieto Quigles’ brother) in 1811.
The 1829 will of Louis Maestre does not list the enslaved persons in his household by name, but he does describe a Black woman and three children. Presumably this is Ursula and the three children sold by Doña Maria in 1826. I have not found Ursula identified by name in any records after that.
FAMILY:
Children: Pedro Quigles*, Genoveva Quigles*, Josefina Julia Quigles*, Andres Quigles*, Rafael Quigles*, Juana Francisca 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]