Antonio Acosta & Maria Perez

 Name: Antonio Acosta
Ship: La Victoria
Birth:  Aguimes, Gran Canaria

Wife: Maria Damiana Perez [Perera]

History

Antonio left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in Oct 22, 1778, sailing on La Victoria and landed in New Orleans on Jan 14, 1779 with his wife Maria and children Andrea, Lorenzo, Domingo, Francisco, Blas and Maria.[1]   He arrived at the Valenzuela settlement.

Antonio and Maria are listed in the Spanish census of 1788 along Bayou Lafourche next to Pedro Caballero and Juan de Aleman.[5]  Antonio died in 1802 and buried January 16, 1802 at the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  

Children

1. Andrea[?]  (b. 1770)
2. Lorenzo (b. 1764)
3. Domingo (b. 1765)
4. Francisco (b. 1768)
5. Blas (b.1770)
6. Maria (b. 1763)

Son Andres married Josefa de Orta.[2]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement. 

NOTE: Andres is not listed on the La Victoria ship list. It is most likely Andres, listed as the daughter "Andrea", was transcribed erroneously.  It is also possible that Andres was an older son, that arrived in Louisiana on a different ship.

Son Lorenzo married Juana Hernandez, daughter of Sebastien Hernandez and Teresa Lopez.2  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement.  Lorenzo died March 9, 1825 and was buried March 10, 1825 in Plattenville.[4]  

Son Domingo married Marcelina Truxillo, daughter of Domingo Truxillo and Catharina Dominguez of La Gomera, on February 27, 1786 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  

Son Blas married Maria Manuela Plasencia, daughter of Gaspar de Plasencia & Melchora Gabriela Barrosa(?), on October 30, 1791 at the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Valenzuela settlement.[2]  They continued to have children at the Valenzuela settlement.  Blas died and buried on May 5, 1824 in Donaldsonville.[4]  

NOTE: Maria is believed to have married Pablo Navarro of La Mancha, Spain.  There is no marriage record to confirm this.  There are no baptism records that identify Pablo's wife as Maria, daughter of Antonio Acosta and Maria Damiana Perera.   However, Andres Acosta is the sponsor in many of their children's baptisms.  They continued to have children in the Valenzuela settlement. 

References

1. Gilbert C. Din, The Canary Islanders of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press
2. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v2, p2-5
3. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v3, p2-4
4. Emilie G. Leumas, archivist, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Department of Archives, v4, p1-4
5. General Census of the Inhabitants Established in Lafourche 1788, Legajo 201, Archivo General de Indias - Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Seville, Spain. Reprinted in Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., compiler, Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche Louisiana Census Records 1770-1798, 532 Manhattan Boulevard, Harvey, Louisiana 70058