Group Four

Household 4.1: (BLANCO URIBE-BLANCO MARTINEZ)

Cuadra: "Santíssimos Nombres de Jesús y María"

Location: 2nd blk. north of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO URIBE, Miguel Ignacio             b.1699    d.1769

          BLANCO MARTINEZ, Francisca            b.1705    d.1770

     Marriage date: 1734

     Children at home: 6, ages uncertain. Four will marry in the 1760s.

     Other kin at home: none

     Slaves: 22

     Libres: 3

Household 4.2: (BLANCO URIBE, sisters of head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de la Luz"

Location: facing the plaza on its west side, opposite the Cathedral.

The census taker organized this household into five "families," although four of them contained only single individuals (not counting slaves and libres) who were unmarried sisters. The fifth "family" was comprised of another widowed sister and her daughter. The census taker's division is followed here.

First family

     Head: BOLIVAR URIBE, Juana María  b.1692 d.(?) This single woman was half-sister to Miguel Blanco Uribe, head of hshld. 4.1, and half-sister to the Blanco Uribe women in this household.

     Slaves: 4

     Libres: 0

Second family

     Head: BLANCO URIBE, Isabel Antonia            b.1709    d.1775

     Slaves: 5

     Libres: 0

Third family

     Head: BLANCO URIBE, María Josefa             b.1713    d.1761

     Slaves: 9

     Libres: 0

Fourth family

     Head: BLANCO URIBE, Adriana               b.1716    d.(?)

     Slaves: 7

     Libres: 7

Fifth family

     Heads: BLANCO URIBE, Isabel                   b.1709    d.1775

          BLANCO VASQUEZ, Pedro            b.1700    d.1750

     Marriage date: 1733. These spouses were first cousins; Isabel Blanco was a widow in 1759.

     Children at home: 1, Luisa Blanco Blanco, age unknown

     Slaves: 4

     Libres: 0

Household 4.3: (BLANCO URIBE, brother to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora del Carmen"

Location: 1st blk. north, 2nd blk. west of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO URIBE, Antonio               b.1711    d.1761

          PONTE GALINDO, Maria               b.1714    d.1789

     Marriage date:?

     Children at home: 5, two párvulos, other ages unknown

     Other kin at home: no

     Slaves: 8

     Libres: 4

Household 4.4: (BLANCO URIBE, brother to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Madre de Díos"

Location: 1st blk. north of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO URIBE, Cornelio              b. (?)    d.1760

          BLANCO PONTE, Francisca           b. (?)    d.1769

     Marriage date: 1744. Cornelio Blanco's first wife died in 1739; some of his children by this first marriage lived in this household.

     Children at home: 5, one párvulo, others of uncertain age

     Other kin at home: none

     Slaves: 8

     Libres: 1

Household 4.5: (BLANCO URIBE, brother to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora del Olvido"

Location: 1st blk. south, 3rd blk. west of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO URIBE, Manuel               b.1702    d. (?)

          PONCE BARBOZA, María             b. (?)       d. (?)

     Marriage date: 1733. María Ponce was a widow in 1759.

     Children at home: 5, unmarried adult children of uncertain age

     Other kin at home/Others: four other "families" of single women (surnamed Barboza and Ponte but with no clear links to the principals here), each with her slaves, also lived in this household.

     Slaves: 18

     Libres: 3

Household 4.6: (BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, sister to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo"

Location: 3rd blk. west of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, Catarina               b.1700    d.1767

          TOVAR GALINDO, José Manuel              b.1693    d.1759

     Marriage date: 1721. Catarina Blanco was a widow in 1759.

     Children at home: 1, Sebastiana Tovar Blanco, age 27

     Other kin at home: none

     Slaves: 29

     Libres: 2

Household 4.7: (BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, sister to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Madre de Diós"

Location: 1st blk. north of Cathedral

     Heads: BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, Mariana                    b.1711    d.1783

          MONASTERIOS BLANCO, Miguel              b.1706    d. (?)

     Marriage date: 1729. These spouses were first cousins.

     Children at home: 4, one párvulo, others of uncertain age

     Other kin at home: 2 nieces of Mariana Blanco, the daughters of her deceased sister; 1 nephew of Miguel Monasterios, the son of his deceased brother

     Slaves: 8

     Libres: 6

Household 4.8: (BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, brothers/sister to head hshld. 4.1)

Cuadra: "Los Desposarios de Nuestro Señor"

Location: 2nd blk. west, 1st blk. north of Cathedral

There were three families in this household, all three headed by Blanco Martínez siblings, two of them widowers, the third a widow.

First family

     Heads: BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, Cecilia                          b.1709    d.1772

          MONASTERIOS BLANCO, Bartolomé            b.1704    d.1750

     Marriage date: 1728. These spouses were first cousins; Cecilia Blanco was a widow in 1759.

     Children at home: 4, eldest aged 30, others of uncertain age

     Other kin at home: none

     Slaves: 8

     Libres: 2

Second family

     Heads: BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, Manuel                    b.1703    d.1776

          MONASTERIOS BLANCO, María              b.1703    d.1740

     Marriage date: 1723. These spouses were first cousins; Manuel Blanco was a widower in 1759.

     Children at home: 5, of uncertain age

     Slaves: 4

     Libres: 4

Third family

     Heads: BLANCO MARTÍNEZ, Miguel             b. (?)       d.1774

          PONTE MIJARES, Luisa María            b.1727    d.1756

     Marriage date: 1750. Migurel Blanco was a widower in 1759.

     Children at home: 3, two párvulos, other young child

     Other kin at home: 4 nephews of Miguel Blanco, sons of his deceased brother

     Slaves: 9

     Libres: 4