Jose Valerio MESA, CORP.
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Jose Valerio Mesa was most likely also known as Valerio de Mesa. Ref: Letter from Frank C. Miramontes to Bea Polloreno 11-5-71. Jose Antonio Mesa, son of Corp. Jose Valerio Mesa, came to the San Francisco/San Jose area at the age of 3, with the Anza expedition. -- Notes from Bea Polloreno.
Commandante Juan Prado Mesa set out from San Francisco with a force to discipline the Tulare Indians, who were driving off livestock and horses from the Santa Clara valley to San Joaquin. Three Spanish soldiers were wounded, and Juan Mesa was killed when an arrow struck his throat. Source: Mesa book. -- Notes from Bea Polloreno.
He married Maria Leonor Borboa at of Presidio del, Altar, Sonora, Mexico . Maria Leonor Borboa was born at Presidio del, Altar, Sonora, Mexico Abt 1740 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Jose Joaquin Mesa
born 1763.
Jose Ygnacio Mesa
born 1765.
Ygnacio Dolores Mesa
born 1770.
Maria Manuela Mesa
born 1771.
Jose Antonio Mesa
born 1773.
Juan Prado Mesa, Commandante
born 1775.
Nicolas Maria Mesa
born 6 Dec 1777.
Rafael Maria Mesa
born 15 Apr 1779.
Jose Valerio Mesa, Corp. died 17 Dec 1795 at San Jose, Santa Clara, California .