Francisco Hernandez Palmes & Maria de Carmen

 Name: Col. Francisco Hernandez Palmes[17]
Ship: El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Birth: ca.1743

Wife: Maria de Carmen (Perez)

Birth: ca. 1735

VID: ES016

History

Francisco left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in June 5, 1779 sailing on the ship El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús and landed in Havana, Cuba on July 25, 1779.1,2   He arrived in Havana, Cuba with his wife Maria and children Diego, Josefa, Gregoria and Francesca.  

The family stayed in Havana and nearby Regla until 1783, waiting for permission to continue the journey to Louisiana due to the war.2  After the war, he left Havana for Pensacola with his wife Maria and children Josefa and Diego.  They resided in Pensacola and are listed in the 1784 Pensacola census.3  

Wife Maria is listed as "Maria de Carmen" in the ship list and as "Maria Perez" in the 1784 census.

Francisco was listed among those having made confession and taken communion in 1790.  Francisco was listed in the religious censuses of Pensacola.6   Francisco worked as a blacksmith.  On November 29, 1797, Francisco was assigned by Miguel de Algarin to assess the damage in the case against Man(ue)l (del) Rio, sergeant in the First Company of the Third Battalion concerning the escape of five criminals from the jail of the fort on the night of June 5, 1797.  "The two blacksmiths, Nicolas Lopez and Fran(cis)co Hernandez Palmes went with Ville de Goutin and Algarin to inspect the window of the cell. Both said it was not possible to tell exactly how the window was broken but they believe they had outside help."7  

Children

1. (Maria) (b.1767)
2. Diego (b.1769)
3. Maria Josefa (b. 1771)
4. Gregoria
5. Francesca

Son Diego is mentioned on the "list of those who have not fulfilled their Easter duty" in 1800.8  His land was assessed in 1817 and along Governor's Creek in 1821.9  It is believed he served as a Pensacola alderman in the 1820s.  

Daughter Maria Josefa is listed with her children in 1820.3  

NOTE: Juan Ruiz, listed as a blacksmith in 1811, married to Maria Palmes, lived next door and she may be the eldest daughter of Francisco and Maria.  However, she is not listed on the ship passenger list.  She's listed in the 1820 census of Pensacola, a widow, and living with several children.3   

NOTE: Gregoria and Francesca are not listed in the census of 1784.  They may have died in Havana. 

Francisco possibly remarried Juana Ruiz de Torres in Pensacola.  It is unconfirmed if her husband is the same person as Francisco Hernandez Palmes.  

Juana died and was buried February 22, 1848 in St. Michael's Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.17  

Children

1. Maria del Rosario Nona
2. Francisco Pablo (b. 1796)

Daughter Maria married Felix Manuel Bonifay, son of Emmanuel Bonifay and Genovella Teresa Yniestra.  She died December 24, 1858 in Pensacola. 

Son Francisco Pablo married Mercedes Caro, daughter of Benito Thomas Caro and Maria del Rosario Machado, on November 7, 1823 in Pensacola, Florida.13  He is in the "list of claimants, whose claims under the Spanish Treaty are filed" on December 13, 1823.15  However, his claims were "not embraced by the treaty".  He is listed as an alderman of Pensacola in 1824.10  He is listed as a juror of Pensacola in 1825.11   

NOTE:  There are references to both "Francisco P. Palmes" and "Pablo Palmes" after 1800.  There are two head of households, "Franco P Palmes" and "Pablo Palmes", both with young children in the 1830 US census of Escambia County, Florida.12  Pablo Palmes is listed in the 1850 US census of Escambia County, Florida.16  However, his origin lists "Spain" and it is possible "Pablo Palmes", born in 1796, is not related to Francisco Hernandez Palmes. It remains uncertain.

NOTE: An unreferenced online source mentions Francisco De Paula Joseph Antonio Leon Palmes, born June 28, 1798, of Island Royal De Leon, Spain married to Maria De La Merced Inocentea Caro, born December 28 1803, in Mobile, Alabama.  

References

1. Sidney Louis Villere, The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783. the History and Passenger Lists of the Islenos Volunteer Recruits and Their Families.
2. Gilbert C. Din, The Canary Islanders of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press. p23-25
3. William S. Coker, Douglas G. Inglis, The Spanish Census of Pensacola, 1784-1820, The Perdido Bay Press, 1980. 
4. Notes of Paul Newfield
5. Hewitt L. Forsyth. "First Book of Confirmations of this Parish of St. Louis of New Orleans".  Plaza of Pensacola.  Rev. Sr. Don. Luis Penalver of St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana. May 7, 1798;  Reprinted in The Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, 1967.  p79.  
6. "Religious Censuses of Pensacola 1796-1801."  Reprinted in  Thomas T. McAvoy and Lawrence J. Bradley, "Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576- 1803" (Notre Dame, 1967).  Reprinted in Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 1, Article 7.  Florida Historical Society, 1982.  p62.
7. Letter from Miguel de Algarin.  November 29, 1797. Archived in Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, University of Notre Dame Archives. 
8. Letter from Fr. Santiago Colman in Pensacola, Florida to Bishop Luis Penalver y Cardenas in New Orleans, Louiaiana.   June 14, 1800. Archived in Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, University of Notre Dame Archives. 
9. Walter Lowrie, Secretary Of The Senate.  "Claims In Florida". Reprinted in American State Papers: Public Lands. Vol. IV.  "Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States, in Relation To The Public Lands, From The First Session Of The First Congress To The First Session Of The Twenty-Third Congress: March 4, 1789, to June 15, 1834."  Washington, DC. Printed by Duff Green. 1834.  p103, p145  Archived at FloridaMemory.com. 
10. "Documents Reflecting the Records of Pensacola’s Elected Officials.”  Unpublished manuscript.  City Clerk’s Office, Pensacola..  Reprinted in Pensacola Gazette Pensacola, Florida · Saturday, January 08, 1825.
11. Carter, Clarence E., ed.  The Territorial Papers of the United States.  Volume 26.  Washington, DC:  NARService, 1962..
12. US 1830 Census.
13. "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," Escambia County, Marriage records, 1822-1870, vol A-F, image 8 of 1006; citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida. Accessible via FamilySearch.org
14. Juana Ruis Palmes.  FindAGrave.com 
15. Pensacola Gazette Pensacola, Florida · Saturday, December 13, 1823
16. US 1850 Census.
17. Will of Juana Ruiz Palmes 22 FEB 1840. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950.  "Knight of the Royal Order of San Hermenegildo and of Isabel the Catholic, Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, etc"
18. Callava, José. Manifiesto sobre las tropelias y bejaciones que cometió el Gobernador Americano de Panzacola Andres Jackson, contra la persona y representacion del Comisario de la España … J. Callava, nombrado para la entrega de la Florida occidental à los Estados-Unidos de América. Cuba, n.p, 1821