Group Five
Household 5.1: (BLANCO PONTE–PLAZA BLANCO)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora del Milagro"
Location: 1st blk. north, 3rd blk. west
Heads: BLANCO PONTE, Mateo Alejandro b.1711 d.1780
PLAZA BLANCO, Petronila b.1725 d.1767
Marriage date: 1747. These spouses were first cousins.
Children at home: 8, four párvulos, others older
Other kin at home: none
Slaves: 10
Libres: 2
Household 5.2: (BLANCO PONTE, brother of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de Loreto"
Location: 1st blk. south, 1st blk. east of Cathedral
Heads: BLANCO PONTE, Alejandro Pío b.1714 d.1792
BLANCO HERRERA, Rosa b. (?) d.1803
Marriage date: 1747. These spouses were first cousins.
Children at home: 5, four are párvulos
Other kin at home: none
Slaves: 8
Libres: 1
Household 5.3: (BLANCO PONTE, brother of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de la Pureza"
Location: 1st blk. north, 1st blk. east of Cathedral
Heads: BLANCO PONTE, Pedro José b.1701 d.1761
PLAZA BLANCO, Juana b.1716 d.1787
Marriage date: 1738. These spouses were first cousins.
Children at home: 6, two are párvulos, others of uncertain age
Other kin at home: none
Slaves: 14
Libres: 0
Household 5.4: (BLANCO PONTE, sisters of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de Guia"
Location: 1st blk. west, 1st blk. north of Cathedral
Head: BLANCO PONTE, Josefa María b.1716 d.1761
Other kin at home (sister of Josefa Blanco Ponte): BLANCO PONTE, Isabel b.1709 d.1776
Additonal kin at home: Diego Blanco Plaza, nephew to Josefa and Isabel Blanco Ponte, son of their brother, Pedro José Blanco Ponte, resident in hshld. 5.3.
Slaves: 18
Libres: 0
Household 5.5: (PLAZA BLANCO, brother of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de la Piedad"
Location: 1st blk. east and 2nd blk. north of Cathedral
Heads: PLAZA BLANCO, Florencio José b.1713 d. (?)
LIENDO BLANCO, Ana María b.1716 d.1798
Marriage date: 1749. These spouses were first cousins.
Children at home: 6, four párvulos, the others 13 and 14
Other kin at home: none
Slaves: 11
Libres: 5
Household 5.6: (PLAZA BLANCO, brother of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Santíssimos Nombres de Jesús y María"
Location: 2nd blk. north of Cathedral
Head: PLAZA BLANCO, Manuel b.1722 d.1791
Other kin at home: none
Other: 2 officers of royal batallion
Slaves: 3
Libres: 13
Household 5.7: (PLAZA BLANCO, sister of head of hshld. 5.1)
This household was already given in this group as household 5.3, part of the Blanco Ponte sibling set; it is given again here as part of the Plaza Blanco set.
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de la Pureza"
Location: 1st blk. north, 1st blk. east of Cathedral
Heads: PLAZA BLANCO, Juana b.1716 d.1787
BLANCO PONTE, Pedro José b.1701 d.1761
Marriage date: 1738. These spouses were first cousins.
Children at home: 6, two are párvulos, others of uncertain age
Other kin at home: none
Slaves: 14
Libres: o
Household 5.8: (PLAZA BLANCO, brother of head of hshld. 5.1)
Cuadra: "Nuestra Señora de Monserrate" (Altagracia parish)
Location: 2nd blk. north, 1st blk. west of Cathedral
The primary head of this household was the widowed mother of the wife of Mateo Plaza. The common division into several families was not made in this case, which suggests that in this household Mateo Plaza had secondary authority to his mother-in-law, in whose house he had come to live.
Heads: ARIAS BLANCO, María Teresa b.1699 d.1770
BOLIVAR AGUIRRE, José b.1693 d.1758
Marriage date: (?) María Arias was a widow in 1759.
Children at home: 7; 6 unmarried adults and Josefa Bolívar.
Other kin at home: BOLIVAR ARIAS, Josefa b. (?) d.1779
PLAZA BLANCO, Mateo b.1720 d.1784
Marriage date: 1749
Children at home: 4, all párvulos
Slaves: 15 (entire household)
Libres: 3