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Ponz/Pons/Ponce Geneology

By Thomas C Ponce III

www.thomasponce.com

Table of Content

1. Coat of Arms .................................................................................................................. 2

2. Latin etymology of Pons ................................................................................................. 3

3. Earlier Pons/Ponz from Ancestry.com ............................................................................. 3

Lorenzo Pons Gomila ................................................................................................................3

Lorenzo Pons .............................................................................................................................4

4. Family By Generation ..................................................................................................... 4

Pons/Ponz/Ponce Genealogy Summary ..........................................................................................4

Lorenzo Ponz Born 1579 .................................................................................................................5

Lorenzo Ponz Born 1603 .................................................................................................................5

Antonio Ponz Born 1623 .................................................................................................................5

Antonio Pons Born 1657 .................................................................................................................6

Juan Pons Born 1695 ......................................................................................................................7

Antonio Ponz .................................................................................................................................7

Antonio Ponz III Born 1723 .............................................................................................................7

Antonio Ponz (IV) Born 1753 ..........................................................................................................7

Antonio Franco Gregorio Pons Born 1794 – St Augustine .................................................................8

Braddock, Campbell, Ortagus, Masters of No. Florida and Roberts, Pinder and Curry of Key West Also Campbells of Yell Co., AR ........................................................................................................8

Thomas D Pons ............................................................................................................................ 10

Charles Christopher Ponce Born 1860 ........................................................................................... 10

Thomas Christopher Ponce Born 1887 .......................................................................................... 11

5. Ponce on Ships Log ....................................................................................................... 11

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6. Balearic Island Histories ............................................................................................... 12

Early History of Island .................................................................................................................. 12

7. The history of the island of Minorca ............................................................................. 14

Genealogy Sources ....................................................................................................................... 14

FOUNDING FLORIDA PIONEER SETTLERS & THEIR DESCENDANTS .................................................. 14

PASSENGERS FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS TO FLORIDA IN 1768 (MINORCA AND MAJORCA) ....... 15

Minorian Church Records by Robin Bango .................................................................................... 22

Redbird Acres Site Pons- Ponce History......................................................................................... 24

8. Sources In Context ........................................................................................................ 42

Pons Family Geneology Forum – Geneology.com .......................................................................... 43

Re: ANTONIO PONS II b. 1758 Geneology.com – Original Post Frances Willis ................................. 44

Re: PONS: Menorca - Geneology.com – Original Post R Bango ....................................................... 44

Ancestors of FRANKLIN GEORGE JANSEN Jr. ** ............................................................................. 49

Grau Family of Spain Rootsweb ................................................................................................... 50

Genealogia de una rama de la familia Pons (Genealogy of a branch of the Pons family) ................. 52

Minorcan Family Tree .................................................................................................................. 53

1. Coat of Arms This information was taken from the URL site below. I have found no verification of this

information elsewhere. In addition our family roots are Ponz so the likelihood this information is

applicable to our family is low.

Minorcan Family Site

http://minorcanfamily.com/

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2. Latin etymology of Pons pons (n.)

"bridge," in various Latin expressions, from Latin pons "bridge, connecting gallery, walkway," earlier probably "way, passage," from PIE *pent- "to go, tread" (see find (v.))

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pons

3. Earlier Pons/Ponz from Ancestry.com

Nicolas Pons 1500 – 1571 Spouse Grialda Son Nicolas

http://records.ancestry.com/Nicolas_Pons_records.ashx?pid=64331130

Nicholas Pons 1520 – 1593 Spouse Martina Sintas, Mateo Pons Coll Son Antonio O Pons Coll

Lorenzo Pons Gomila

Found 10 Records, 1 Photos and 25 Family Trees

Born to Antonio O Pons Coll and Anna Gomila Carreras. Lorenzo married Catalina Salom Gonalons and had 2 children. He passed away on 16 Jan 1662 in Alayor, Menorca, Baleares, Spain.

http://records.ancestry.com/Lorenzo_Pons_Gomila_records.ashx?pid=70957055

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Lorenzo Pons Found 10 Records, 39,711 Family Trees

Born in Baleares, Spain on 1149. He passed away in Baleares, Spain. Family Members

http://records.ancestry.com/Lorenzo_Pons_records.ashx?pid=39016659

Lorenzo Alzina [Parents] was born about 1580 in Alayor, Minorca, Baleares, Spain.

He married Antonia Ponz on 29 Sep 1608 in Menorca, Spain.

Antonia Ponz was born about 1584 in Alayor, Minorca, Baleares, Spain. She married

Lorenzo Alzina on 29 Sep 1608 in Menorca, Spain.

4. Family By Generation

Pons/Ponz/Ponce Genealogy Summary

Male Ancestor Name Date of Birth Birth Location Generation

Lorenzo Ponz 1579 Mahon Menorca 14

Lorenzo Ponz 1603 Mahon Menorca 13

Antonio Ponz 1625 Mahon Menorca 12

Antonio Ponz II 1657 Mahon Menorca 11

Juan Ponz 1695 Mahon Menorca 10

Antonio Ponz III 1723 Mahon Menorca 9

Antonio Ponz 1753 Mahon Menorca 8

Antonio Franco

Gregorio Pons

1794 St. Augustine 7

Thomas D. Pons 1832 South Carolina 6

Charles Christopher

Ponce

1860 St. Augustine 5

Thomas Christopher

Ponce

1887 Jacksonville, FL 4

Thomas Charles 1916 Jacksonville, FL 3

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Ponce Jr

Thomas Charles

Ponce III (me)

1952 Jacksonville, FL 2

Thomas Chad Ponce

Benjamin Clayton

Ponce

1974

1977

Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL

1

Lorenzo Ponz Born 1579 For source information see Twelfth Generation – Lorenzo Ponz -1579

3136. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1579 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1110) He was married to Joana GOMILA in 1603 in Mahon, Menorca,

Spain. (1111)

3137. Joana GOMILA was born about 1583.(1112) She died after 1623.(1113) Children

were:

i. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1603 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1114)

Discrepancies in information. Antonio was the son of Lorenzo but which one?

Question whether Lorenzo 1603 was a brother of Antonio or his Father.

Was Joana G married to Lorenzo 1579 or Lorenzo 1603? Was she 40 or 20 when Antonio was

born?

See Juana Gomila – Mother of Lorenzo 1603? This genealogy references a source saying Juana

was married in 1602. If this is the case then a birth date for her of 1583 is believable.

Lorenzo Ponz Born 1603

Spouse unknown or is Joana Gomila.

Antonio Ponz Born 1623

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/j/a/n/Franklin-G-Jansen/FAMO3-0001/d569.htm#P1455

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1568. Antonio PONZ was born on 13 Feb 1623 in Mahon, Menorca, Spain. (779) He

was married to Ana ANDREU on 25 Dec 1647 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN.(780)

1569. Ana ANDREU was born about 1628 in MERCADEL, MENORCA.(781) She

died after 1668.(782) Children were:

i. Catalina PONZ was born in 1650 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (783)

ii. Martin PONZ was born in 1652 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (784)

iii. Antonia PONZ was born in 1654 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (785)

784 iv. Antonio PONS.

v. Juan PONZ was born in 1661 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (786)

vi. Margarita PONZ was born in 1664 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (787)

vii. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1668 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (788)

Antonio Pons Born 1657

784. Antonio PONS was born on 25 Jan 1657 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (538) He

died after 1687.(539) The spelling of the PONS name varied, as did most names, and

one of the earlier versions was PONZ. Antonio was recorded with both spellings

although his father was usually listed as PONZ. He was married to Margarita (or

Magdalena) GOMILA Y VIDAL on 16 Feb 1686 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (540)

785. Margarita (or Magdalena) GOMILA Y VIDAL was born about 1665 in

MAHON (MAO), MINORCA, SPAIN. She died after 1687.(541) Children were:

i. Margarita PONS was born on 7 Jun 1586 in Menorca, Spain. (542)(543)

ii. Juana PONS was born about 1688 in Menorca, Spain. (544)

iii. Antonio PONS was born about 1689 in Menorca, Spain. (545)

iv. Francisco PONS was born in 1690 in Menorca, Spain. (546)

v. Magdalena PONS was born in 1692 in Menorca, Spain. (547)

vi. Juan PONS was born on 17 Nov 1695 in Menorca, Spain. (548)

392 vii. Bartholomew PONS.

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Juan Pons Born 1695

Juan Ponz was born on 17 Nov 1695. He married Juana on 14 May 1718.

Juana. married Juan Ponz on 14 May 1718.

They had the following children:

See my Ponce genealogy for details.

M i Antonio Ponz

http://www.minorcanfamily.com/mf16/pafg23.htm#515

Antonio Ponz

Antonio Ponz III Born 1723

Antonio Ponz [Parents] was born on 18 Apr 1723 in Menorca, Spain. He died in St.

Augustine, Fl.. He married Margarita Cordona on 6 Sep 1757 in Mahon, Menorca.

Margarita Cordona was born in Minorca. She died in St. Augustine, Fl.. She married

Antonio Ponz on 6 Sep 1757 in Mahon, Menorca.

Other marriages:

Siebert, Martin

They had the following children:

M i Antonio Ponz

M ii Juan Ponz

http://www.minorcanfamily.com/mf16/pafg22.htm

Antonio Ponz (IV) Born 1753

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Antonio Franco Gregorio Pons Born 1794 – St Augustine

RootsWeb Page http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vernamaecampbell&id=I4156

Braddock, Campbell, Ortagus, Masters of No. Florida and

Roberts, Pinder and Curry of Key West Also Campbells of

Yell Co., AR

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Florida and Roberts, Pinder and Curry of Monroe Co., FL , I am having a "SEVERE"

problem with SPAM and may miss an e-mail from you. I hesitate to change my e-mail

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ID: I4156

Name: Antonio Franco Gregorio

PONS\PONCE

Given Name: Antonio Franco Gregorio

Surname: Pons\Ponce 1

Sex: M

Birth: 25 May 1794 in Saint Augustine, St. Johns,

Florida, USA

Death: Y

Reference Number: 4156

_UID: 07C7923A6EEB4B209CBCA43D66E51545

3C19

Change Date: 13 Feb 2010 at 20:20

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Ancestry Hints

for Antonio Franco

Gregorio

PONSPONCE

1 possible matches

found on Ancestry.com

Father: Antonio PONZ b: 10 Mar 1753 in Minorca

Mother: Benita ALZINA b: 30 Nov 1773 in New

Smyrna, Volusia Co., FL

Marriage 1 Sarah GRIFFIN b: 1810 in South

Carolina

Married: 1830 1

Change Date: 13 Feb 2010

Children

1. Thomas D. PONCE b: 1832 in South

Carolina

2. William Gregory PONCE b: 26 Apr 1836

in South Carolina

3. James PONCE b: 1841 in South Carolina

4. Bartholomew PONCE b: 11 Dec 1844 in ,

, Florida, USA

5. Florida Marcella PONCE b: 13 Dec 1848

in Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, USA

Sources:

1. Abbrev: Donald Lee Reynolds, Sr.,

Jacksonville, FL

Title: Donald Lee Reynolds, Sr.,

Jacksonville, FL

Repository:

Name: Not Given

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Thomas D Pons

Charles Christopher Ponce Born 1860

Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43839505

Birth: 1860

Saint Augustine

St. Johns County

Florida, USA

Death: Aug. 2, 1918

Jacksonville

Duval County

Florida, USA

1900 his occupation was listed as "Ship Carpenter".

Father: THOMAS DORAIN (DORIAN?) PONS

Mother: CORNELIA C. BESSENT

Spouse: EMMA AMANDA PICKETT

Married: 23 DEC 1886 Duval Co, FL

Family links:

Spouse:

Emma Amanda Pickett Ponce (1866 - 1933)*

Children:

Neta Irene Ponce Crews (1889 - 1978)*

Oliver Christopher Ponce (1895 - 1977)*

*Calculated relationship

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Burial:

Evergreen Cemetery

Jacksonville

Duval County

Florida, USA

Plot: Section MW on Gardenia Drive

Reference

542. AFN 46XZ-KC.

543. BIRTH, MARRIAGE, & DEATH RECORDS OF SANTA MARIA CHURCH,

MAO, MENORCA. Birth Records 1687 Item 83 (microfilm copy - Univ. of Florida

Library).

544. AFN 46XZ-LJ.

545. Ibid. AFN 46XZ-MP.

546. Ibid. AFN 46XZ-NV.

547. Ibid. AFN 46XZ-P2.

548. Ibid. AFN 46XJ-BC.

Thomas Christopher Ponce Born 1887

5. Ponce on Ships Log

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Agueda Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Anna Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Antonio Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Catalina Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Francisco Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Juan Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Juana Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Joseph (1) Ciudadela, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Joseph (2) Mahon, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Josepha Mahon, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Magdalena Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Matias/Marciel Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Maria San Felipe, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Mateu Alayor, Minorca

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6. Balearic Island Histories

Early History of Island http://www.familyorigins.com/users/j/a/n/Franklin-G-Jansen/FAMO3-0001/d705.htm#P1457

6272. MENORCA HISTORY PONZ. Notes on the history of Majorca in 1228 and

of Menorca in 1287 to 1500.

In 1228, King James 1st (Jacques 1st) of Aragon, anxious to complete the reconquest

of his country and to find some outlet for trading with the Catalan traders, decided to

launch an offensive in the form of a crusade against the infidel Moors. With the

agreement of the Pope, the assistance of Barcelonian sailors who provided boats and

their provisions, and the help of the rich Catalan nobles, he would try to seize

Majorque from the Moors.

His forces began to gather, coming from all parts of Aragon. From PAU came two of

James' principal lieutenants, Raymond and William de Moncade, and from Roussillon

came 25 various ships including one with three bridges for the transport of the horses.

The fleet started from Collioure directed by Nino Xanxo who was to serve as fleet

commander of the expedition.

Finally, the day of the great invasion arrived: there were 155 vessels, 15 000 men and

1 500 riders which took to the sea on September 1 1229. Landing in Majorque in the

bay of Santa Ponsa, between Andratx and Palma. In his impatience to do battle, James

did not take time to land all his armour. But thousands of Moors awaited them, and on

September 12 in the first contact, the invaders lost 500 men. Better prepared, the

following day, the fleet commander ( Nino Xanxo) with only 300 riders, massacred

500 soldiers and 100 riders of the enemy.

After a three-month's siege the Catalan troops took the town of Palma where the

Moslems had taken refuge. In a few days, the towns of Bunyola, Artà and Manacor

are taken; and shortly the rest of the island was occupied. In 1235, the island of Ibiza

East was taken in its turn. Although annexed by Jacques 1st in 1231, Minorque under

protectorate of the crown of Aragon remained occupied by the Moors until 1287.

With the defeat of the Moslems the Balearic Islands were incorporated into the

Catalano-Aragonais kingdoms. In order to restore the economy of these islands, James

offered lands to all of his lieutenants to encourage them to settle in Majorque. A

proposal all the more interesting since these lands are free from vassalage and

seigneuraux rights. The sharing is accompanied by a program of colonization. The

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Pope Gregoire IX promises to the colonists the granting of indulgences, a privilege

usually reserved for those who accomplished a Holy Land voyage. Always anxious to

repopulate the island, Jacques 1st and the principal landowners integrate Moors who

remained in Majorque after the defeat. Many families came from Aragon to colonize

these new lands. The names of some of these colonists were: Castell, Coll, Roca,

Canals, Pujols, Boher, Soler, Willbar, Massot, Pons, Prats, Alsina...

MENORCA

January 17 1287, Alfonso III " the Liberal ", king of Catalogne and of Aragon

established his camp on the illa del Rey inside the roads of Mahon and finally

conquered Minorque at the end of the battle of Es Vergé. Before definitively driving

out the Moors de Minorque, he ordered them to pay a ransom to avoid being reduced

to slavery or being thrown into the sea, with no form of appeal. Mahon had to suffer

many years of bad times to recover from this loss. During two centuries, its role was

limited to that of a small garrison for the defense of the port.

After the expulsion of the Moslems, the repopulation of the island began with the

establishment of Catalans between whom the captured lands were distributed and

establishing the basis of the current minorquine society. The distribution of the lands

between those who had taken part in the conquest of " bona race catalana " according

to the chronicler Ramon Muntaner, is at the origin of the " cavalleries ". Those who

always came to the defense of the island, at the call of the governor or the sound of

the alarm bell, and at the time of the alarms produced by the approach of the pirates or

other attackers.

During XIVe and XVe century, the countryside minorquine specializes in the

breeding of sheep, the wool trade great strides and brings about the development of a

textile industry of artisanal type; but the poverty of the country, related to the fear of

the incursions of the North-African pirates is at the origin of the progressive

depopulation of the island. To counter this state of affairs; in 1427, King Alphonse V

of Aragon granted amnesty of all offenses to those who, in the future, would come to

be established in Minorque; only excluded the criminals from lese-majesty and the

counterfeiters. The capital of the island was Ciutadella, at that time.

In 1535 Mahon was destoyed by Barberousse whose army plundered and burned the

city, massacred the citizens; eight hundred people are taken into slavery. A few years

later, July 9 1558, the Turks attacked Ciutadella. The combat was unequal: 620 men

faced an Ottoman army made up of 15000 soldiers and equipped with powerful

artillery. At the end of the resistance, which lasted 7 days, the city fell on July 9 to the

Turks who put it to fire and blood. After three days of carnage, they set out again

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while taking along 4000 prisoners in slavery to Constantinople, by leaving the capital

of the practically striped island to the continual attacks of the Turkish pirates, the

periodic famines and the epidemics of plague.

Nevertheless, colonists were still coming to the island. At least two of the families that

had come to Majorca in the 13th century were in the area of Mahon in by the latter

part of the 16th century and early 17th centuries. My Pons ancestors were in Mahon

before 1579, the Pujols were in Ciutadella by the 1550's and the Prats were at Villa-

Carlos by 1620. but the conditions on the islands were such that it is not surprising

that so many were ready to move to Florida in the middle of the 18th century.

7. The history of the island of Minorca By John Armstrong 1752

http://books.google.ca/books?id=gw4MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR20#v=onepage&q&f=false

Genealogy Sources http://www.familyorigins.com/users/j/a/n/Franklin-G-Jansen/FAMO3-0001/fowsrc.htm#548

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Roots web

FOUNDING FLORIDA PIONEER SETTLERS & THEIR DESCENDANTS

Contact is jeanhmz@aol.com

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jeanhmz&id=I4292

ID: I4292

Name: Antonio Ponz

Reference Number: 4331

Sex: M

Birth: BET 13 FEB 1622 AND FEB 1623 in Mahon, Minorca

_UID: 1AE676AA8113439CB5956239842722ACF1C0

Father: Lorenzo Ponz b: BEF 1603 in Mahon, Minorca

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Mother: Juana Gemila b: BEF 1603 in Mahon, Minorca

Marriage 1 Ana Andreu b: 9 JUL 1772 in Minorca

Married: 25 DEC 1647 in Minorca

Children

1. Antonio Ponz b: BET 25 JAN 1656 AND JAN 1657 in Mahon, Minorca

PASSENGERS FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS TO FLORIDA IN 1768 (MINORCA AND MAJORCA)

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/toflabalearic.shtml Researcher & Contributor © Lucie Servole Myers

Intro Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish-born physician and wealthy member of the East Florida Society

in London which was formed in 1766, conceived a plan to bring colonists of Greek, Italian,

Minorcan and Turkish origins to Florida in the hopes of cultivating the land. Great Britain

had acquired Florida around 1763.

The Turnbull venture: On March 31, 1768, a fleet consisting of the below-mentioned eight

ships left Mahon, Minorca with over 1400 passengers. The fleet arrived in Gibraltar on April

3, 1768, then left Gibraltar on April 17, 1768. Of the 1403 passengers who had left

Gibraltar, only 1,255 managed to reach the coast of East Florida as 148 of them perished on

the high seas. Three children were born at sea: Eulalia Elquina (Alzina); Antonia Arnau; and Benito Buenaventura (unknown parents).

Four of the ships which carried some 700 immigrants, arrived in St. Augustine, Florida on

June 26, 1768. The other four vessels had been carried off course by strong currents, but

they eventually reached St. Augustine little by little, arriving one after the other, during the

month of July, 1768.

AMERICAN SOLDIER 145

BETSEY 120

CHARMING BETSEY 232

ELISABETH 190

FRIENDSHIP 198

HENRY & CAROLINA 142

HOPE 150

NEW FORTUNE 226 TOTAL: 1,403 (men, women, and children)

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SOURCES FROM WHICH THE INFORMATION BELOW WAS COLLECTED

1. Roman Catholic Records, St. Augustine Parish - White Baptisms 1784 through

1799.

2. Mullet on the Beach - The Minorcans of Florida 1768-1788 by Patricia C. Griffin.

Published by University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

3. The Minorcans of Florida - Their History, Language and Culture by Philip D. Rasico.

Published by Luthers, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

4. The Italians in Colonial Florida - A Repertory of Italian Families Settled in Florida

under the Spanish (1513-1762, 1784-1821) and British (1762-1784) Regimes, by

Bruno Roselli

5. Pioneers of Florida’s First Coast compiled by The Southern Genealogist’s Exchange Society of Jacksonville, Florida. Published by The Gregath Publishing Company.

Names of immigrants listed below have been spelled in many different ways.

LIST OF PASSENGERS NATIVE OF MINORCA

NAME ; ORIGIN

Acosta, Maria Dolores Mahon, Minorca

Alberti, Antonius Josephus Mahon, Minorca

Alberti, Maria Ana Mahon, Minorca

Alcantara, Antoni Minorca

Alles, Antoni San Felipe, Minorca

Alles, Joseph San Felipe, Minorca

Alzina, Antonio Alayor, Minorca

Alzina, Bartolomeo Alayor, Minorca

Alzina, Juan Mercadal, Minorca

Alzina, Rafael Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Agueda Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Antonio Mercadal, Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Clara Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Juan Mercadal, Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Juana Mercadal, Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Marcos Alayor, Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Maria Mercadal, Minorca

Andreu/Andrew, Tomas Mercadal, Minorca

Angles, Joseph San Felipe, Minorca

Apunseny, Antonio Minorca

Arnau, Antonia Minorca

Arnau, Bernardo San Felipe, Minorca

Arnau, Francisco San Felipe, Minorca

Arnau, Juan Minorca

Arnau, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Arnau, Josep San Felipe, Minorca

Arnia/Anrica, Agatha Mercadal, Minorca

Balum, Juan Minorca

Barber, Juan Mercadal, Minorca

Benejam, Mateu Ciudadela, Minorca

Benet, Esteve San Felipe, Minorca

Bros, Maria Minorca

Buchantini, Catharina Mahon, Minorca

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Camps, Pedro Bartolomeo Mercadal, Minorca

Canella, Josepa Minorca

Canova/Canovas, Antonio Alayor, Minorca

Cantar, Antonius San Felipe, Minorca

Cantar, Joseph Minorca

Capella, Andreas Ciudadela, Minorca

Capella, Lorenzo Ciudadela, Minorca

Capella, Margarida Minorca

Capo, Juan Ciudadela, Minorca

Capo, Lorenzo Mercadal, Minorca

Capo, Rafela Mercadal, Minorca

Cardona, Margarita Alayor, Minorca

Carreras, Diego Alayor, Minorca

Carreras, Didacus Leon, Minorca

Carreras, Juan Mahon, Minorca

Carreras, Juana Minorca

Carreras, Josephus Alayor, Minorca

Carreras, Maria Minorca

Casanovas, Bartolomeo Mercadal, Minorca

Castel/Castell, Juana Mercadal, Minorca

Castel/Castell, Josepha Mahon, Minorca

Castel/Castell, Maria Mercadal, Minorca

Cavaller, Caieta Ciudadela, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Agnes/Agneta San Felipe, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Anna Maria San Felipe, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Inez San Felipe, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Juan San Felipe, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Mariana San Felipe, Minorca

Cavedo/Quevedo, Santiago San Felipe, Minorca

Chaves, Ana San Felipe, Minorca

Clak, Antonia San Felipe, Minorca

Clak, Francesca San Felipe, Minorca

Clak, Jorge San Felipe, Minorca

Clak, Ines San Felipe, Minorca

Clak, Jorge San Felipe, Minorca

Coll, Agueda Mahon, Minorca

Coll, Catarina Mahon, Minorca

Coll, Josepha (1) Ciudadela, Minorca

Coll, Josepha (2) Mahon, Minorca

Coll, Sebastian Mahon, Minorca

Costa, Maria Mahon, Minorca

Delmedo/De Olmedo, Francisco San Felipe, Minorca

Duran, Ana Minorca

Duran, Gabriel Minorca

Enrique, Agueda Mercadal, Minorca

Espinell, Rafael Ciudadela, Minorca

Espineta, Antonia Alayor, Minorca

Espineta, Joseph Mahon, Minorca

Espineta, Maria Ciudadela, Minorca

Estopa, Pere/Petrus Ciudadella, Minorca

Ferrar/Ferrer, Ana Ciudadela, Minorca

Ferrar/Ferrer, Isabel Minorca

Ferrar/Ferrer, Juan Mahon, Minorca

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Ferrar/Ferrer, Maria Ciudadela, Minorca

Figuera, Bartolomeo Ciudadela, Minorca

Figuera, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Figuerola, Agueda/Agatha Mahon, Minorca

Fiol, Antonia Ciudadela, Minorca

Fluixa, Juan Minorca

Fluixa, Pere Minorca

Fluixa, Rafela San Felipe, Minorca

Focha, Petrus Minorca

Foixa, Juan Minorca

Fonts, Francesc Minorca

Fornales, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Frau, Anna Minorca

Frau, Gabriel Minorca

Fullera, Bartolomeo Minorca

Garcia/Garcias, Miguel San Felipe, Minorca

Garriga, Antonia Alayor, Minorca

Gibernau, Jeronima Minorca

Gomila, Dorotea Ciudadela, Minorca

Gomila, Joseph Ciudadela, Minorca

Gonzalez, Juan Minorca

Grimalde, Eulalia Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Didacus San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Juan Mahon, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Martin Mahon, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Diego (1) San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Diego (2) San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Gaspar Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Joseph San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Juan Mahon, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez Marti Mahon, Minorca

Hernandez/Arnandez, Rafael San Felipe, Minorca

Hernandez Cardona, Josephus Mahon, Minorca

Hernandez Victori, Josep Minorca

Joaneda, Juan Ciudadela, Minorca

Joaneda, Josep Ciudadela, Minorca

Joanico, Juan Mahon, Minorca

Llambias, Antonio Mahon, Minorca

Llebres/Lleveres, Catalina Ciudadela, Minorca

Llebres/Lleveres, Francisca Ciuadadela, Minorca

Llebres/Lleveres, Santiago Ciudadela, Minorca

Llofrias/Llofrius, Bartolomeo Alayor, Minorca

Llopis, Andres Alayor, Minorca

Llopis, Bartolomeo Alayor, Minorca

Llorenzo/Lorenzo, Juan Ciudadela, Minorca

Llorenzo/Lorenzo, Paul Minorca

Lluc/Lluch, Maria Mahon, Minorca

Llull/Lull, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Llull, Pere/Petrus Ciudadela, Minorca

Magi, Francisco Minorca

Magi, Joseph Mahon, Minorca

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Magi, Juan Minorca

Mallol, Domingo Minorca

Manusi, Joseph Mahon, Minorca

Marcos, Andreu Minorca

Marin, Juana Mahon, Minorca

Marin, Magdalena Mahon, Minorca

Martinoli, Domingo San Felipe, Minorca

Martinoli, Mariana Minorca

Mercadal, Rafaela Alayor, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Antonio Mahon, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Catalina Alayor, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Maria (1) Alayor, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Maria (2) Mahon, Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Pau Minorca

Mestre/Mestra, Pedro Mahon, Minorca

Mir, Antonio Alayor, Minorca

Mir, Maria San Felipe, Minorca

Moll, Maria Ciudadela, Minorca

Molla/Mulla, Isabel Ciudadela, Minorca

Molla/Mulla, Maria Mahon, Minorca

Mora, Isabel Mahon, Minorca

Morillo, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Neto, Juan San Felipe, Minorca

Neto, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Nieto i Nusa, Rafael San Felipe, Minorca

Olaz, Georgio Minorca

Olivera/Oliver, Catalina Alayor, Minorca

Olives, Eulalia Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Ana San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, An tonia San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Ignacio San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Lazaro San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Maria San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Sebastian (1) San Felipe, Minorca

Ortagus/Ortegas/Hortegas, Sebastian (2) Minorca

Pablo, Ines San Felipe, Minorca

Paredes/Pallares, Elisabet Minorca

Pau, Jacinto Mahon, Minorca

Pelegri/Peligrini, Bartolomeo Minorca

Pelegri/Pelegrini, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Pellicer/Pallicer, Francisco Alayor, Minorca

Pellicer/Pallicer, Marti Mahon, Minorca

Perpal, Isabel Mahon, Minorca

Perpal, Juana Mahon, Minorca

Petros, Clara San Felipe, Minorca

Piris, Teresa San Felipe, Minorca

Poma/Pomar, Juan Ciudadela, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Agueda Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Anna Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Antonio Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Catalina Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Francisco Minorca

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Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Juan Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Juana Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Joseph (1) Ciudadela, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Joseph (2) Mahon, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Josepha Mahon, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Magdalena Alayor, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Matias/Marciel Mercadal, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Maria San Felipe, Minorca

Ponce/Pons/Ponz, Mateu Alayor, Minorca

Pons i Triay, Joseph Mahon, Minorca

Poncell, Antoni Alayor, Minorca

Poncell, Francesca Alayor, Minorca

Portella, Juan Minorca

Prats, Francisco Alayor, Minorca

Prats, Jacobus Alayor, Minorca

Prats, Jaume Alayor, Minorca

Prats, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Prats, Santiago Minorca

Pratos/Pretos, Antonia Alayor, Minorca

Pratos/Pretros/Preto, Clara San Felipe, Minorca

Pratos/Pretos, Francisca Minorca

Pratos/Pretos/Petro, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Pretos, Maria Alayor, Minorca

Quintana, Maria Ana Ciudadela, Minorca

Ramaller, Maria Mahon, Minorca

Ramon, Antoni Ciudadela, Minorca

Reyo/Rayo, Antonio Ciudadela, Minorca

Reyo/Rayo, Juana Anna Ciudadela, Minorca

Reyes, Juana Maria Minorca

Riola, Juana San Felipe, Minorca

Riudavets/Ridavets, Agueda Alayor, Minorca

Riudavets/Ridavets, Catarina San Felipe, Minorca

Riudavets/Ridavets, Isabel Alayor, Minorca

Riudavets/Ridavets, Margarita Alayor, Minorca

Romallera, Maria Mahon,. Minorca

Rossello, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Rossello/Rusayo, Clara Mahon, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Alberto Mahon, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Antonio Ciudadela, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Antonia Mahon, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Juan Mahon, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Magdalena Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Margarita Alayor, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Mariana Alayor, Minorca

Ruger/Rodger, Robert Mahon, Minorca

Sabate/Sabater, Pablo Ciudadela, Minorca

Sala/Salata, Nicolau Minorca

Salom, Antonio Minorca

Salom, Juan Alayor, Minorca

Salom, Juana Alayor, Minorca

Salom, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Salord, Francisco Ciudadela, Minorca

Sans/Sanz, Francisca San Felipe, Minorca

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Sans/Sanz, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Sans/Sanz, Maria Alayor, Minorca

Sans/Sanz, Mariana San Felipe, Minorca

Segui, Bernardo Alayor, Minorca

Segui, Didacus Mahon, Minorca

Segui, Diego Ferrerias, Minorca

Segui, Domenec Ferrerias, Minorca

Segui, Ferran Minorca

Segui, Juan Ciudadela, Minorca

Segui, Miguel Ciudadela, Minorca

Serra, Mariana Minorca

Sintes, Bartolomeo Alayor, Minorca

Sintes, Juana Alayor, Minorca

Sintes, Magdalena Minorca

Sintes, Margarita Alayor, Minorca

Sintes, Maria Alayor, Minorca

Sintes, Rafaela Mahon, Minorca

Todori, Antonio Ciudadela, Minorca

Todori, Antonia Ciudadela, Minorca

Todori, Mariana Ciudadela, Minorca

Torres, Paula Ciudadela, Minorca

Torro, Joseph San Felipe, Minorca

Tremol, Antonia Alayor, Minorca

Tremol, Francisco Minorca

Triay, Anna Maria Mahon, Minorca

Triay, Francisco Ciudadela, Minorca

Triay, Gabriel Ciudadela, Minorca

Triay, Juan (1) Mahon, Minorca

Triay, Juan (2) Ciudadela, Minorca

Triay, Margarida (1) Alayor, Minorca

Triay, Margarita (2) San Felipe, Minorca

Triay, Maria Ciudadela, Minorca

Triay, Mateu Minorca

Triay, Pere/Pedro Mahon, Minorca

Tricin, Juan Minorca

Tudori, Antonia Minorca

Vallor, Margarida San Felipe, Minorca

Vadell, Pere/Pedro Alayor, Minorca

Velosi, Margarita San Felipe, Minorca

Vens/Venz, Catarina Rita Minorca

Vens/Venz, Juana Ciudadela, Minorca

Victori, Ines San Felipe, Minorca

Vila, Antonia Ciudadela, Minorca

Vila, Francisco Ciudadela, Minorca

Vila, Juan Minorca

Vila, Juana Ciudadela, Minorca

Vila, Margarita Ciudadela, Minorca

Vila, Maria Ciudadela, Minorca

Vila, Pedro Ciudadela, Minorca

Villalonga, Agueda Alayor, Minorca

Villalonga, Bartolomeo Alayor, Minorca

Villalonga, Juan Alayor, Minorca

Villalonga, Miguel Alayor, Minorca

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Vite, Maria Ciudadella, Minorca

Vives, Margarita Alayor, Minorca

Vives, Victoria Minorca

Xerez, Ana San Felipe, Minorca

Ximenez, Antonia Alayor, Minorca

Ximenez/Quimenez, Juana Alayor, Minorca

Ximenez, Maria Mahon, Minorca Ximenez, Rafael Alayor, Minorca

LIST OF PASSENGERS NATIVE OF MAJORCA

NAME ; ORIGIN

Bousan, Francisco Majorca

Coll, Lorenzo San Miguel, Majorca

Genovard, Francisco Palma de Majorca

Genovard, Juan Palma de Majorca

Paredes/Pallares, Juan Baptista Majorca

Paredes/Pallares/Payeres, Joseph Majorca

Turnbull's Voyage 1768 Passengers to Florida continued...

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FERNANDO MARTI CAMPS, Priest, Notary Archivist of the Episcopal

Tribunal of Menorca.

CERTIFIED: According to the existent documentation in this court,

ascending genealogy line of Matias Pons (Huguet), emigrant to Florida

1768, is as follows:

(I) Juan Pons, colonist of the ancient colony named "Bellver" was

married to Agueda Cardona. Both were living in the town of Alayor, on

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the island of Menorca, the second part of the 16th century.

(II) His son, Pedro Pons (Cardona), colonist of the ancient name "Rafal

d' En Fanals", married Margarita Pons (Tremol), daughter of Pedro and

Antonia, the 14th of September 1618, in the parish of St. Eulalia in the

town of Alayor.

(III) His son, Miguel Pons (Pons), married twice. First with Benita

Guardia (Garriga), daughter of Lorenzo and Benita, the 15th of February

1653, Alayor, and having become a widower, he married Francisca Gonalons

(Mercadal), daughter of Jamie and Ana, the 3rd of November 1657, in the

same town of Alayor.

(IV) Miguel Pons (Gonalons) was his son, born of the second marriage of

his father. He married Margarita Crespi (Ximenes), daughter of Pedro and

of Antonia, the 4th of September 1694, in Alayor.

(V) Miguel Pons (Crespi), his son married Juana Alzina (Salom),

daughter of Francisco and Antonia, the 15th of February 1722, in Alayor.

(VI) It was his son, Francisco Pons (Alzina), who married Agueda Huguet

(Quintana), daughter of Matias and of Margarita, the 8th of February

1747. The last name of the wife is correctly written Huguet (it is the

diminutive Hugo), but in the documentation of the period, various

incorrect forms are evident: Uguet, Oguet and Euguet or Euget. But,

after contracting marriage in Alayor, the young couple made their

permanent residence in the town of Mercadal, close to Alayor, on the

same island of Menorca. There, his established branch continued until

he moved to Florida. Francisco Pons (Alzina) became the juror of the

University of Mercadal (it is to say, Municipal Adviser of the town),

by that which he gives the year 1755 honorary courtesy title "Magnifico".

These were the children of the Magnifico Francisco Pons and of wife

Agueda Huguet(Quintana):

1. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of

December. Died in childhood.

2. Matais Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 23rd of

November 1749. He moved to Florida where his lineage continued.

3. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, was baptized the 3rd of

January 1752. Died as a child.

4. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 5th of

October 1753. He also died at a young age.

5. Miguel Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 16th of

October 1754.

6. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal, baptized the 9th of

December 1755. Died as a child.

7. Juana Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 29th of

August 1758.

8. Francisco Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 15th of

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November 1760. His God-Father at the baptism, was the Reverand Pedros

Camps, who later accompanied the Menorcan Expedition to Florida and

died in St. Augustine.

9. Jaime Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 4th of

February 1763 by the same Reverand Pedro Camps.

10. Margarita Pons (Huguet), born in Mercadal and baptized the 11th

of February 1767 by the Reverand Pedro Camps, at this time vicar of

the parrish Mercadal and spiritual guide for the Menorcan Expedition

to Florida in the following year 1768.

All these dates stated by the documentation of this Archivist Diocesan,

they are signed and certified in Cindadela, the largest city in Menorca,

the 7th of February 1976.

Signed,

Fernando Marti, Priest

Redbird Acres Site Pons- Ponce History http://www.redbirdacres.net/ponce.html

Pons - Ponce Family History & Genealogy

Of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

And Beyond

The Minorcans in Florida

"The New Smyrna Colony" was the name given to a large group of immigrants from the island of Minorca, off the

coast of Spain; and a much smaller group of Italians and Greeks from Italy and Greece. Colonel James Grant,

governor of the British province of East Florida, in a letter to the Count of Shelbourne in England on July 2, 1768,

wrote, "This my Lord, I believe is the largest importation of white inhabitants that ever was brought into America at

a time."

England gained control of Florida in 1763 in a trade with Spain and held this control until 1783, when Spain

regained Florida. It was during this period, that a Scottish doctor by the name of Andrew Turnbull, a former British

Consul at Smyrna, Greece was given a grant of approximately 20,000 acres of land about 70 miles south of St.

Augustine, Florida and called it New Smyrna. It was proposed that the colony would undertake the raising of cotton,

olives, indigo, and make wine and silk.

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Minorca is the second largest of the Spanish Balearic Islands, which at the time of the New Smyrna project was

under English control. The islands are 50 to 190 miles off the coast of Spain. Together, they form a province of

Spain. Minorca is about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide. The primary town is Mahon, considered one of the finest

deep-water ports on the Mediterranean. The immigrants would sail from this port for the New World and, more

specifically, for the Florida Colony.

Dr. Turnbull first recruited one hundred and ten Italians and took them to the port of Mahon. He then sailed to the

port city of Smyrna and the surrounding Levant to collect several hundred Greeks. It was some months later when

he returned to Mahon to find that nearly all of his young Italians had married or were betrothed to the lovely

Minorcan girls. The Minorcan families of these girls appealed to be included in the proposed British Colony. Other

Minorcan families pressed to go also. So, rather than a couple of hundred Italians and Greeks, the final group that

sailed in eight ships, totaled 1,403, largely Minorcans, whose ancestry was mostly Roman and Latin, descended

from the famous Carthaginians.

The Minorcans' contract with the British colonizers came under the Indentured Servant Law. Each was to serve 6 to

8 years and at the end of that time, would receive 50 acres of land, plus 5 acres for each child. Father Pedro Camps

of San Martin de Mercadel, in Minorca accompanied the group and was their spiritual leader and advisor. His pain

taking efforts in recording baptisms, marriages and deaths formed the background for many of the families histories

that was later recorded about many of these families. His diary is called "The Golden Book of the Minorcans". The

original book of Father Camps is still in good condition and several handwritten copies are on file at the Historical

Library in St. Augustine. The original at the diocesan archives is kept along with other important documents in a

special room under at prescribed temperature to aid preservation. The Diocesan headquarters is now located in

Loretto across the street from St. Joseph's.

"LES MESQUITES" as the colony was also called, came to a bitter end in 1777. In the face of extreme adversities,

the colony had lasted nine years. Scorching heat, disease, deaths, menacing Indians, inadequate shelter, lack of food,

insufficient clothing, but most of all the cruel treatment by Andrew Turnbull and his overseers. There are several

accounts of how the English authorities in St. Augustine became aware of the seriousness of these problems. One

story passed down through the years, tells of how Ramon Rogero, father of Alberto, and Francisco Pellicer, Sr.

undertook to build a makeshift boat so they could get to St. Augustine to report conditions to the governor. Instead

of reaching St. Augustine, they were picked up by a British ship sailing to Baltimore. From there they worked their

way back down to St. Augustine on foot and horseback.

They reached St. Augustine and met with the governor, who showed great empathy for their plight. He sent soldiers

to the colony and took numerous depositions (all a matter of recorded history) from a number of the colonists. As a

result, the governor permitted the colony to come to St. Augustine "en masse" which they did in July 1777. And in

the Fall of that year, Father Camps followed with the aged and infirm for whom special provisions had to made. The

total number of Minorcans that arrived in St. Augustine was a far cry from the number left Minorca nine years prior.

There were 1403 that left Minorca in those eight ships and in the ensuing nine years 930 died. With new births in

that same period, there were 600 who fled to St. Augustine in 1777.

Some of the more notable descendants of this group were the Benet brothers, Stephen and William, both famous

poets, Stephen the better known of the two. Also, Judy Canova, the famous comedianne and Hollywood star of the

thirties and forties. There were also two Bishops, Bishop Manucy and Bishop Pellicer. Both served in the

Confederate army as Chaplains and were later assigned to the diocese of Mobile, Alabama and San Antonio, Texas.

The Minorcans got along fine with the English, but they were happier to see Spain regain St. Augustine in 1783.

They were very much at home with their Latin cousins. They intermarried with the Spanish families and those of the

English who remained in the area. It is safe to say that in the veins of all St. Augustine native families runs the blood

of the Minorcans.

Minorcans are primarily of Catalan descent, Catalonia being a province in the northeast section of Spain, with

Barcelona the principle city. The slingshot was invented by the Minorcans and they were famous as "stone slingers"

in the armies of Julius Caesar. Mayonnaise was invented by the Minorcans during the French occupation of the

island and carried back to France. Admiral Farragut's father settled in Tennessee from Minorca in 1783. He was the

famous admiral who is known for his alleged cry, "Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead."

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The Minorcans were a close knit group, they settled close together in what is now the historical district of St.

Augustine, frequently called the Minorcan Quarter. Many of them worked farms a few miles out of town, but

returned at night to the protection of the nearby fort. There were frequent encounters with the Indians initially, but as

they became less frequent, the farmers went further and further out from town.

Submitted by Steve Rogero, Dangley.com (now off-line) URL:

http://www.dangly.com/nassaucounty/People/minorcan.htm

Suggested reading for more in-depth information on the Minorcan Colony:

"THE MINORCANS OF FLORIDA: THEIR HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE" by Philip Rascio,

Luthers Press, 1009 North Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168-6221.

"MULLET ON THE BEACH: THE MINORCANS OF FLORIDA, 1768-1788" by Patricia Griffin, University of

Florida Press, Gainesville, FL.

"MINORCANS IN FLORIDA: THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE" by Jane Quinn, Mission Press, St. Augustine,

FL.

"DR. ANDREW TURNBULL AND THE NEW SMYRNA COLONY" by Carita Doggett Corse

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Please Note: This is not everybody in the Pons - Ponce family tree. There are many, many other children that are

not listed here. It's mostly just my husband's direct line and some close family. I have noted which are his direct line

with a "bullet" thusly: . Many of my on-line memorials at FindAGrave for these individuals have family photos,

so, do try to visit.

Enjoy and Happy Researching Y'all! :)

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Some Descendants of Juan Pons and Antonia Sintas

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Generation No. 1

1. JUAN PONS was born Abt. 1559 in Mahon, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN, and died Bet.

1593 - 1653 in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN. He married ANTONIA SINTAS 04

Dec 1584 in Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN. She was born Abt. 1561 in Mahon, Minorca,

Baleares, SPAIN, and died Bet. 1594 - 1664 in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN.

Child of JUAN PONS and ANTONIA SINTAS is:

2. i. PEDRO SINTAS PONS, b. 02 Aug 1594, Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN; d. Bet. 1625 - 1685, Ferrerias, SPAIN.

Generation No. 2

2. PEDRO SINTAS PONS (JUAN1) was born 02 Aug 1594 in Mercadel, Minorca,

Baleares, SPAIN, and died Bet. 1625 - 1685 in Ferrerias, SPAIN. He married a

cousin MARGARITA PONS 14 Feb 1618 in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN, daughter

of PEDRO PONS and ANTONIA TREMOL. She was born Abt. 1598 in Mercadel,

Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN, and died Bet. 1625 - 1695 in Ferrerias, SPAIN.

Child of PEDRO PONS and MARGARITA PONS is:

3. i. MIGUEL PONS, b. Abt. 1625, Ferrerias, SPAIN; d. Bet. 1665 - 1725, Alayor,

Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Generation No. 3

3. MIGUEL PONS (PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born Abt. 1625 in Ferrerias, SPAIN, and

died Bet. 1665 - 1725 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN. He married FRANCISQUINA

GONALONS 03 Nov 1657 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN. She was born Abt. 1635 in

SPAIN, and died Bet. 1666 - 1735 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Child of MIGUEL PONS and FRANCISQUINA GONALONS is:

4. i. MIGUEL PONS, b. 29 Jan 1666, Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN; d. Unknown,

Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Generation No. 4

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4. MIGUEL PONS (MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 29 Jan 1666 in Alayor,

Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, and died Unknown in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN. He

married MARGARITA CRESPO 04 Sep 1694 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN,

daughter of PEDRO CRESPO and ANTONIA XIMENES. She was born 05 May 1674 in

Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, and died Unknown in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Child of MIGUEL PONS and MARGARITA CRESPO is:

5. i. MIGUEL PONS, b. 15 Mar 1698, Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN; d. Unknown,

probably Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Generation No. 5

5. MIGUEL PONS (MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 15 Mar 1698

in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, and died Unknown in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

He marriedJUANA ALZINA 05 Feb 1722 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, daughter

of FRANCISCO ALZINA and ANTONIA SALOM . She was born 25 May 1703 in

Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, and died Unknown in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN.

Child of MIGUEL PONS and JUANA ALZINA is:

6. i. FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO" PONS, b. 25 Feb 1724, Alayor, Minorca, Beleares,

SPAIN; d. Unknown, Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN.

Generation No. 6

6. FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO" PONS (MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO

SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 25 Feb 1724 in Alayor, Minorca, Beleares, SPAIN, and died

Unknown in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN. He married AGUEDA UGUET 08 Feb

1747 in Alayor, Beleares, SPAIN, daughter of MATIAS UGUET and MARGARITA

QUINTANA . She was born 02 Feb 1724 in Alayor, Beleares, SPAIN, and died Unknown

in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN.

Child of FRANCISCUS PONS and AGUEDA UGUET is:

7. i. MATIAS PONS, b. Nov 1749, Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN; d. 04 Apr 1817,

Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida USA.

Generation No. 7

7. MATIAS PONS (FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO

SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born Nov 1749 in Mercadel, Minorca, Baleares, SPAIN, and died 04

Apr 1817 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida USA. He

married JUANA MARIA "JOANNAH" VILLA 1780 in Minorca, SPAIN, daughter

of PEDRO VILA and ANTONIA FIOL . She was born 17 Nov 1754 in Cindadela,

Minorca, SPAIN, and died 18 Jan 1817 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of

Florida USA.

More About MATIAS PONS:

Christening: 23 Nov 1749, Mercadel, Menorca, SPAIN

Child of MATIAS PONS and JUANA VILLA is:

8. i. FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS" PONS, b. 10 Mar 1786, Saint Augustine,

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Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida; d. 05 Nov 1860, Jacksonville, Duval County,

Territory of Florida.

Generation No. 8

8. FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS" PONS (MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6,

MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 10 Mar 1786 in Saint

Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida, and died 05 Nov 1860 in Jacksonville,

Duval County, Territory of Florida. He married (1) MARIANA MARGARITA ANTONIA

VILLALONGA 14 Apr 1807 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida; d/o JUAN

JOSEP MAGI VILLALONGA and MARIA ANNA CORDONA . She was born 26 Sep

1785 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida, and died 19 Feb 1827 in

Jacksonville, Duval County, Territory of Florida. He married (2) MARIA ANDREA AGUEDA

"MARY" ACOSTA (widow of Bartolome Juan Joseph Villalonga) 21 Apr 1830 in Saint

Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida; daughter of MIGUEL JUAN PEDRO

ACOSTA and MARIA DRIMARACHI. She was born 01 Sep 1794 in Saint Augustine, Saint

Johns County, Florida, and died 10 Nov 1868 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Notes for FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS" PONS:

CENSUS: 1860 U. S. Census, Duval County, Florida, page 263.

Francisco prepared his will in 1848, perhaps 28 June 1848, in Fernandina, Nassau County,

Florida. He did not die until 1866.

WILL: Will of Francisco D. Pons, 28 June 1846, Duval County, Florida, probated 1866.

Translation, Letter, 03 March 2002.

In the name of the almighty God, being in perfect health and sound understanding, I

declare this, to be my last will and testament, which I wish to be obeyed, executed and

respected, by my wife and sons and daughters and that these same execute and see

executed by my hereinafter mentioned executors, and to this effect name two, Mr. Domingo

Acosta and my son John M. Pons as the parties who shall settle my business and property

dividing with my wife and all my children and paying my debts.

I testify that Dona Maria A. Pons was my wife, and as my legitimate children by my defunct

wife Dona Mariana Villalonga, Maria Marcella, Manana, Francisca, Juan M., Ildefonsa,

Manuala, Ignacia; with my present wife Dona Maria Acosta, Maria Louisa and Francisco

Jose; to the first seven by my late wife Dona Mariana Villalonga stands the right to divide

the property heired and belonging to my late wife Dona M. V's. from her late Parents and

which is the following – slaves, two, Thomas and Inez. The said Inez during my possession

has had four children, their names Luisa, Mary, Sally, and Tom, also One Thousand, Two

hundred and Eighty seven Dollars being a share which came to her by right of succession of

a house and lot belonging to her parents, Don Juan Villalonga and Dona Mariana Gardemas.

Of these, my children by Dona Mariana Villalonga, four are married, of these, three, Juan

M., Ildefonsa and Ignacia have received a slave each, valued at Three hundred and fifty

dollars each, and this shall be counted as part of their share.

There was in my possession and care and they belong to my present wife Dona Maria

Acosta, Two slaves, Isabel and her daughter Juana, also Five Hundred and Thirteen dollars,

being her share left by her first husband Don Bartolome Villalonga, being a share belonging

to him by right of succession of a house and lot, sold and belonging to his late parents; the

amounts and slaves, which are herein mentioned shall be divided equally to whom they

belong by rights of succession and appointments.

I declare as my property adjusted by testamentary executions, four hundred acres of land

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on the south shore of St. Augustine's river Matanzas, being part of the property of my late

parents Don Matais Pons, and Dona Juana Vila; in this place Fernandina, my property

consists of the house, my habitation with kitchen, and another small house and other

improvements, also two lots on White Street a small house with two lots planted with

orange trees, one house where I keep the store, with half a lot, one and one half lot,

without improvements, some seven or more lots which may be found by the Deeds and

receipts for the payments thereof; the plantation in good order known as _____ which I

purchased it from one; A.McDermot, about seven or eight miles from this place in this

Island of Amelia, a lot of two hundred acres of land, in the South point of this same island;

one hundred and thirty acres of land on the shores of the St. Mary's on the Florida side.

The stock in business in the store of dry goods and groceries, etc., etc., is all mine, without

a single partner with me, by my books will be found obligatory notes and other documents,

all the amounts and names of persons who are my debtors. In the book will be found an

amount which I loaned to my son John M. Pons, and which amount he is to credit me

with, if he collects the amount owing him by the companies of Captain Berck of Militia, who

have not been paid for their services in the war against the Indians.

I also declare as my property, my slaves, seventeen in number, as for their names – Jim,

Jack, Will, Mingo, Obie, Freda, Juana, Betsy, William, Feliaro, Felip, Eustacio, Steven,

Edward, George, Rosalla, Victoria; mares and colts nine; cows, calves steers, eleven; Three

of my children, Juan M. Pons, Ildefonsa P. Acosta, Ignacia P.Canova, have received a slave

each and every one of them valued at Three hundred and fifty dollars each, and the same

shall be counted in as part of their share already received.

The mulatto, Betsy, I have given and do give to my wife Dona Maria A. Pons as I Bought her

with that object. I hereby declare that I am debtor to Don Juan Villalonga, who has a

promissory note of mine, and my books will show my accounts against the said J.

Villalonga; I am debtor to Don Juan A. Caredo, he has my promissory note, and my books

will show that the amount of same is right.

I had a partner in my store, my brother Pedro Pons for some years, but said partnership

ceased to exist in May, 1823. I was the party left in charge to settle and liquidate all the

accounts of said partnership, and to receive and pay all accounts, etc., that existed against

said co partnership. The capital of said co-partnership from its beginning was all mine. Don

P. Pons was partner without bringing nor having given me one real for the company - my

books will prove all I have said in the case, and the truth, and if said P. Pons is creditor for

anything. I wish, should I die before my wife, Dona Maria A. Pons, that the above

mentioned mulatto slave called Betsy, the bed with all the linen, mattresses and belonging

to the same, the chest of drawers, dressing table and other articles of the bed and bed

clothing, half a dozen chairs, a table of mahogany, cots with mattresses and linen for the

use of the same, in use for the two children, Louisa and Francis, all my clothes and jewelry

to be delivered to my wife Maria A Pons.

I wish for my son Francis should be engaged in any studies, at my death, that Three

hundred dollars shall be taken from the______ to continue to pay the expenses of his

education or studies.

Of all the property - that may remain clear of encumbrances after paying my debts, to my

wife Dona Maria A. Pons shall be given her share and by Law she is entitled to as my wife,

but if she should find it to h advantage to join in with my children and one of the heirs, in

that case, two shares, or parts shall be given to my wife Dona M. A. Pons, that is to say, my

children being nine and two shares for my wife M. A. Pons will make eleven shares or parts.

My body is to be buried at the side of my late wife Dona Mariana Villalonga Pons, that is if I

die in Fernandina; Then Three Masses of the Lord shall be said for me.

If any required formality should have been omitted in this my last will and Testament, I

charge my executors with carrying out and complying with what is needful. I hope that my

wife and all my children who are in the house unmarried may live together, in the same

house, as only in that way will they be able to live frugally in this village of Fernandina

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Amelia Island. In this will is a correction and a repetition of which I give due notice etc. This

being my last will, I sign this in the presence of these witnesses, June 28, 1846. June

Twenty-Eighth, Eighteen hundred and forty-six.

Frances D. Pons

Witnesses

James L. Richardson

George Latham

John A. Canova

LETTERS: Linda Vaughan (LindaFSU2 AT aol.com), to Leonard J. McCown, 1 March 2002

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Francisco was born in Saint Augustine, East Florida, New Spain. He was often known as

Francis or Frank. He married Mariana Margarita Antonia Villalonga on April 19, 1807, in

Saint Augustine. After her death in 1827, he married Maria Andrea Agueda Acosta on

August 16, 1829, in Fernandina, Nassau County, Florida. His will was witnessed and

attested to in Fernandina on June 28, 1846. By 1850, he was a merchant in Jacksonville,

and was a resident there for the remainder of his life.

Francisco and Marianna have eight children: 1 boy and 7 girls.

More About FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS" PONS:

Burial: 06 Nov 1860, Old Saint Joseph Church Cemetery, Jacksonville (Springfield), Duval

County, Florida

More About MARIANA MARGARITA ANTONIA VILLALONGA:

Burial: 20 Feb 1827, Old Saint Joseph Church Cemetery, Jacksonville (Springfield), Duval

County, Florida

More About MARIA ANDREA AGUEDA "MARY" ACOSTA:

Burial: 11 Nov 1868, Old Saint Joseph Church Cemetery, Jacksonville (Springfield), Duval

County, Florida

Child of FRANCISCO PONS and MARIANA VILLALONGA is:

9. i. JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M." PONS, b. 20 Jun 1815, Saint Augustine, Saint

Johns County, Territory of Florida; d. Bet. 1880 - 1900, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Generation No. 9

9. JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M." PONS (FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS"8,

MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2,

JUAN1) was born 20 Jun 1815 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida,

and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He married MARIA

GENOVIEVE ANTOINIA "MARY" HERNANDEZ 22 Jul 1839 in Saint Augustine, Saint

Johns County, Territory of Florida, daughter of JOSEF PEDRO JOSE

HERNANDEZ and MAGDALENA MARIANA ANNA ANDREU . She was born 03 Jan

1814 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Territory of Florida, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880

in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Notes for JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M." PONS:

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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles

Name: John M Pons

Enlistment Date: 28 Feb 1862

Rank at enlistment: Captain

Enlistment Place: St John's Bluff, FL

State Served: Florida

Survived the War?: Yes

Service Record: Promoted to Full Lt Col on 18 Jul 1862.

Commissioned an officer in Company I, Florida 8th Infantry Regiment on 28 Feb 1862.

Mustered out on 29 Oct 1862.

Sources: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War... Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers

1861-1865

Regimental History of the EIGHTH FLORIDA INFANTRY

The 8th Regiment of Infantry was mustered into the Confederate service in May, 1862, with

R. F. Floyd as Colonel; John M. Pons as Lieutenant-Colonel, and W. I. Turner as Major.

With the following companies commanded by Captains:

Burrel A. Bobo, Co. A

R. A. Waller, Co. B

David Lang, Co. C

William Baya, Co. D

Thomas E. Clarke Co. E

Felix Simmons, Co. F

J. C. Stewart, Co. G

James Tucker, Co. H

John M. Pons Co. I

Frederick Worth, Co. K

Source: Soldiers of Florida in the ... Civil War ... page 186

Battles John M. PONS Fought In Per His Enlistment Dates:

Fought on 17 Jul 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.

Fought on 29 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.

Fought on 30 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.

Fought on 31 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.

Fought on 1 Sep 1862 at Maryland.

Fought on 8 Sep 1862 at Buckeytown, MD.

Fought on 10 Sep 1862 at Maryland.

Fought on 12 Sep 1862 at Frederick, MD.

Fought on 15 Sep 1862 at Maryland.

Fought on 16 Sep 1862 at South Mountain, MD.

Fought on 17 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.

Fought on 18 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.

Fought on 29 Sep 1862 at Warrenton, VA.

Fought on 30 Sep 1862 at Shepherdstown, VA.

Fought on 7 Oct 1862 at Frederick, MD.

Fought on 30 Oct 1862.

John M. PONS Mustered out 31 Oct 1862

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The following is a letter written from the Greenfield Plantation in Duval County in 1851 by

Bunberry Haynes and describes the local area around his brother Melton Haynes'

plantation.

The letter follows:

I thought I would have written some time ago but through neglect have delayed till now. I

am still staying with Melton attending to his plantation business. Crops are generally sorry

in this section owing to the long drought. Through the month of May and June we will make

about twenty bags of cotton but not more than half enough corn. We have plenty of game

have deer, bear and panthers. I killed a very large panther about three weeks ago. We have

the best bear and panther dogs perhaps you ever saw. You had better come out this winter

and look at the country. We will show plenty of good land and mosquitoes and fleas enough

to keep you moving but in fact I am certain that you can do a great deal bette here than

you can where you now live. I am very well pleased with the country so far as I have seen.

I am well at present and have enjoyed as good health this season as I ever did. I have but

one grand objection to the country and that is the girls are very scarce. Melton and his

family are well. Give my respects to all inquiring friends and especially to the gals. Give my

love to your family. I have nothing more at present. I remain yours truly.

B. Haynes

Greenfield Plantation was bounded to the north by St Johns River, on the east by Pablo

Creek, on the west by Mount Pleasant Creek and south by lands of John Pons heirs and

the public lands (cannot define at this time south boundry).

If you look on a map this is lands just to the west of Mayport. If you go east on Atlantic Blvd

to San Pablo road and turn north; you're there. Greenfield Creek even flows down the

middle of it. I even show an area called Greenfield on my map at that location.

Plantation included 1000 acres not including any marsh land. It was bought in1849 for

$3000. The Haynes brothers lived peacefully at Greenville Plantation for nearly ten years,

began rearing their families and cultivating the farm. They had many slaves and enjoyed

platation life. When the Civil War began Bunberry Haynes moved his family to Hampton

(near Stark). In 1862 the Port Authority in Jacksonville told the Haynes unless they were

neutral they had to leave. When the Union gunboats came into the river early one morning,

Melton Haynes hurriedly packed up and moved his family back down near Leesburg in the

area where he had gotten his first land grants in Florida. The house is reported to have been

burned by Union forces. After the war (1866) the plantation land and out buildings were

sold for by Melton Haynes (through an agent, for he did not return until a trip in 1876) for

$1500. It sold again that same year for $6000.

It is said the family would row a boat acoss the river and go to church at the Mayport

Methodist Church.

More About JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M." PONS:

Census: 1860, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Mayport PO, Series M653-106, Sheet 70, Page 311

Christening: 25 Dec 1815, Cathedral, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida

Military: 28 Feb 1862, CSA: Company I, Florida 8th Infantry Regiment; enlisted at St.

John's Bluff, Fla.

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Occupation: 1860, Fisherman

Religion: Catholic

More About MARIA GENOVIEVE ANTOINIA "MARY" HERNANDEZ:

Census: 1860, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Mayport PO, Series M653-106, Sheet 70, Page 311

Christening: 11 Jan 1814, Cathedral, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida

Note: 1870, I believe this is the same "Mary", the census taker just has her age incorrect.

Occupation: 1860, Keeping House

Occupation: 1870, Keeping House

Religion: Catholic

Children of JUAN DE LA MERCED "John M." PONS and MARIA GENOVIEVE ANTOINIA "Mary"

HERNANDEZ are:

i. ESPERANZA GENOVIEVE PONS, b. 23 Apr 1840, Jacksonville, Duval County, Territory

of Florida; d. 12 Dec 1902, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; m. WILLIAM HENRY

MCCORMICK, 22 Oct 1865, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; b. 15 Jun 1840,

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 28 Sep 1915, Mayport, Duval County,

Florida. Burial: Unknown.

10. ii. JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G." PONCE, b. 17 Nov 1848, Jacksonville, Duval

County, Territory of Florida; d. 1915, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Generation No. 10

10. JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G." PONCE (JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M."9 PONS,

FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS"8, MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5,

MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 17 Nov 1848 in Jacksonville, Duval

County, Territory of Florida, and died 1915 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He

married a distant cousin AGNES VIRGINIA ANDREU 15 Dec 1869 in Jacksonville, Duval

County, Florida, daughter of TOMAS BALDOMERO "Thomas" ANDREU and DIONISIA

MESTRE . She was born Abt. Jan 1856 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and died

1927 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Notes for JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G." PONCE:

Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

Name: Joseph G Ponce

Death Date: 1915

County of Death: Duval

City: Jacksonville

State of Death: Florida

Race: White

Gender: Male

More About JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G." PONCE:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Census: 1870, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, Series M593-129, Sheet 83, Page 489

Christening: Cathedral Parish, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida

Death Certificate: 1915, Duval Co, FL Death Certificate # 1404, Volume 038

Occupation: 1870, Merchant, marr. to Agnes V.

Parents Information: 1900, Father b: FL; Mother b: FL

Residence: 1910, 35 East Church Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Notes for AGNES VIRGINIA ANDREU:

Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

Name: Agnes Virginia Ponce

Death Date: 1927

County of Death: Duval

City: Jacksonville

State of Death: Florida

Race: White

Gender: Female

Volume: 324

Certificate: 595

More About AGNES VIRGINIA ANDREU:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Census: 1870, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, Series M593-129, Sheet 83, Page 489

Death Certificate: 1927, Duval Co, FL Death Certificate # 595, Volume # 324

Occupation: 1900, Merchant, marr. to Joseph G., she was h/h, 5 children, 3 living

Parents Information: 1900, Father b: FL; Mother b: FL

Residence: 1910, 35 East Church Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Children of JOSE GERTRUDO "Joseph G." PONCE and AGNES VIRGINIA ANDREU are:

11. i. MARY AGNES PONCE, b. 18 Apr 1872, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; d. 16 Oct

1912, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

12. ii. JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE, b. 15 Mar 1876, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida;

d. 23 Mar 1924, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

13. iii. DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON" PONCE, SR., b. Oct 1887, Jacksonville, Duval County,

Florida; d. 1948, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Generation No. 11

11. MARY AGNES PONCE (JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G."10, JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN

M."9 PONS, FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS"8, MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6,

MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 18 Apr 1872 in

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and died 16 Oct 1912 in Jacksonville, Duval County,

Florida. She married JONATHAN FREDERICK CONRAD SCHULENBERG 19 Nov 1894 in

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He was born 02 May 1871 in Hamburg, GERMANY, and

died 16 May 1936 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida USA.

More About MARY AGNES PONCE:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Census: 1910, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, ED 77, Series

T624-159, Sheet 10A, Page 71

Census: 1920, deceased by this date

Occupation: 1910, Keeping House, marr. 16 yrs, 2 children, 1 living

Parents Information: 1910, Father b: FL; Mother b: FL

Notes for JONATHAN FREDERICK CONRAD SCHULENBERG:

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Name: Johann F C Schulenberg

Birth: 2 May 1871 - Hamburg, Germany

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Civil: 22 Apr 1911

Other: Jacksonville, Fla

Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

Name:J.F.C. Schulenberg

Death Date:1936

County of Death:Duval

State of Death:Florida

Other Death Place Information: Jax. (short for Jacksonville)

Gender:Male

More About JONATHAN FREDERICK CONRAD SCHULENBERG:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Census: 1910, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, ED 77, Series

T624-159, Sheet 10A, Page 71

Immigration: Abt. 1890, GERMANY to America

Occupation: 1910, Salesman, marr. 16 yrs

Parents Information: 1910, Father b: GERMANY; Mother b: GERMANY

Residence: 1935, 230 West 27th Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Child of MARY AGNES PONCE and JONATHAN FREDERICK CONRAD SCHULENBERG is:

i. MARY AGNES SCHULENBERG, b. 09 Mar 1901, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; d.

20 Mar 1970, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married ROBERT PERRY "ROBBIE"

SALLAS, I 28 Nov 1919 in Duval County, Florida, son of JOHN RUBRUSKA

SALLAS and JESSIE CAMILLA ORTEGUS. He was born 05 Jul 1896 in Mayport, Duval

County, Florida, and died Dec 30 1958 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Burial:

Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section, Block 2, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-

line memorial].

12. JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE (JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G."10, JUAN DE LA MERCED

"JOHN M."9 PONS, FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS"8, MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS

"FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 15 Mar

1876 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and died 23 Mar 1924 in Jacksonville, Duval

County, Florida. He married (1) ETHEL SARAH GREEN 17 Dec 1903 in Jacksonville,

Duval County, Florida, daughter of GEORGE A. GREENE and ELIZABETH "Lizzie"

NICKERSON . She was born 22 Oct 1879 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,

and died 20 Nov 1915 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He married (2) DELILAH

RICE 29 Aug 1916 in Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida. She was born Abt. 1900

in Illinois, and died Bet. 1924 - 2000 in possibly Duval County, Florida.

Notes for JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE:

OBITUARY

Jacksonville newspaper

JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE

The friends of Joseph T. Ponce will regret to learn of his sudden death which occurred at his

residence, 22nd & Main Streets, Monday at 9PM. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. A. V.

Ponce, three sons and two daughters, Clyde, Joe and Horace Ponce, Miss Ethel and Miss

Althea Ponce of this city. The ... (obit cut off)

More About JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE:

Burial: 24 Mar 1924, Evergreen Cemetery, Plot: St. Mary's Sec. 4, Blk 3, Main Street,

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Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line memorial]

Census: 1900, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, Series T623-

168, Sheet 7A, Page 229

Military service: Bet. 1917 - 1918, WW I Civilian Draft Registration, Duval County, FL

Occupation: 1920, Salesman, marr. to Ethel

Residence: 1910, 33 East Church Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

More About ETHEL SARAH GREEN:

Burial: 21 Nov 1915, Evergreen Cemetery, Plot: St. Mary's Sec. 4, Blk 3, Main Street,

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line memorial]

Census: 1910, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, ED 77, Series

T624-159, Sheet 10A, Page 71

Occupation: 1910, Keeping House, marr. 6 yrs, 5 children, 4 living

Parents Information: 1910, Father b: MA; Mother b: MA

Residence: 1910, 33 East Church Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

More About DELILAH RICE:

Census: 1920, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 11th Ward, 16th Precinct, ED 71,

Series T625-219, Sheet 63A, Page 53

Occupation: 1920, Keeping House, marr. to Joseph T. PONCE

Parents Information: 1920, Father b: IL; Mother b: IL

Children of JOSEPH THOMAS PONCE and ETHEL SARAH GREEN are:

i. CLYDE ROLAND PONCE, b. 12 May 1901, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d.

Oct 1968, Marathon, Monroe County, Florida. Note: Adopted by Joseph Thomas Ponce.

Military: World War II; Occupation: Horse Jockey.

ii. JOSEPH ANTHONY "JOE" PONCE, b. 26 Jun 1904, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida;

d. 06 Jul 1991, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; m. PEARL CECIL FOX, Oct 1958,

Immaculate Conception Church, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; b. 09 Feb 1919, Ohio;

d. 11 Jun 2005, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Notes for JOSEPH ANTHONY "JOE" PONCE:

OBITUARY

Jacksonville Times-Union

PONCE - Joseph A. Ponce, 87, died Jul 6, 1991. A native of Jacksonville, he was a retired

bartender, was a jockey for 17 years and also trained thoroughbred horses.

He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where Mass will be held at

10 a.m. Wednesday with Fr. John Nacca, officiating. The vigil service will be held at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 4315 Main St. Internment will be in Evergreen

Cemetery.

Mr. Ponce was also a member of the B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge #221 who will conduct graveside

rites.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Ponce. They were married in 1958 at Immaculate

Conception Church.

Other survivors include his brother, Horace Ponce of Las Vegas, NV; cousins, Mary Lubisi of

Jacksonville and Buddy and Patrick Ponce of Tampa, FL.

More About JOSEPH ANTHONY "JOE" PONCE:

Burial: 09 Jul 1991, Evergreen Cemetery, Plot: St. Mary's Sec. 4, Blk 3, Main Street,

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line memorial]

Census: 1910, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, ED 77, Series

T624-159, Sheet 10A, Page 71

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Funeral Home: 1991, Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 4315 Main St., Jacksonville, Duval

County, Florida

Member: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Occupation: Jockey

Religion: Catholic

Social Security Number: 265-xx-xxxx (issued in FL)

Notes for PEARL CECIL FOX:

Obituary

PROESCHER Pearl - Proescher, Age 86, passed away on June 11, 2005 at Cathedral

Gerontology Center, in Jacksonville. For those wishing to pay tribute to Ms. Proescher,

Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 17, 2005 at 2:00 PM at Evergreen

Cemetery, 4535 Main Street, Jacksonville, FL. Please Sign the Guestbook @

Jacksonville.com.

Pearl is also mentioned in this Obituary:

WELLS - Funeral services for Mrs. Carolyn Darlene Wells, 43 who died Sunday July 16,

2000, will be held Wednesday at 2PM in North Jacksonville Church of the Nazarene with Dr.

Dave Lawson, officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Wells was a native of

Jacksonville, FL and a lifelong resident. She had retired from the City of Jacksonville after

23 years as Project Manager with H.U.D.. She was a member of North Jacksonville Church

of the Nazarene. Preceded in death by her parents the late **Henry and Juanita

Proescher**. Survivors include her husband of 25.5 years, Christopher Alan Wells; step

mother, **Pearl Proescher**; mother in law, Corinne Wells; a daughter, Kimberly Wells Fox

(David); a son, Jeremy Brandon Wells; a twin sister, Marlene Garrison; a brother, Andy

Proescher; 2 half brothers, Danny and Donnie Dell; a grandson, David Jacob Fox; Several

nieces and nephews. Arrangements by George H. Hewell and Son Northside Funeral Home.

More About PEARL CECIL FOX:

Burial: 15 Jun 2005, Evergreen Cemetery, Plot: St. Mary's Sec. 4, Blk 3, Main Street,

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida [on-line memorial]

Member: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Note: 2nd married: Henry S. PROESCHER 20 Feb 1993 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Religion: Catholic

iii. ETHEL MAE PONCE, b. 08 Nov 1905, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; d. 20 May

1967, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married (1) GEORGE FREDRICK WILLIAM

PITZKE, II 15 Feb 1926 in Duval County, Florida, son of GEORGE FREDRICK WILLIAM

PITZKE, I and LINNIE [--?--]. He was born 03 Apr 1906 in Virginia, and died 15 Apr 1984

in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married (2) [--?--] ARMSTRONG Bet. 1945 -

1967 in Duval County, Florida. He was born Unknown, and died Bet. 1945 - 2005 in

Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Ethel's Burial: 23 May 1967, Evergreen Cemetery, Plot:

St. Mary's Sec. 4, Blk 3, Main Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. [on-line

memorial]

16. iv. ALTHEA BLUEBELL "COOTIE" PONCE, b. 26 Aug 1909, Jacksonville, Duval

County, Florida; d. Jan 1975, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie (fka Brevard) County, Florida.

v. HORACE DELEON PONCE, b. 03 Jul 1913, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; d. 13

Dec 1993, College Park, Clark County, Nevada; m. GERTRUDE C. "TRUDIE" TODD, 1936,

Okaloosa County, Florida; b. 25 Dec 1910, possibly Okaloosa County, Florida; d. 01 Sep

1970, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

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More About HORACE DELEON PONCE:

Address (Facts Pg): North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada

Burial: unknown

Census: 1920, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 11th Ward, 16th Precinct, ED 71,

Series T625-219, Sheet 63A, Page 53

Occupation: 1935, Unemployed, married but Gertrude not with him

Residence: 1945, 33 West 55th Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Social Security Number: xxx-xx-xxxx (issed in FL)

More About GERTRUDE C. "TRUDIE" TODD:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Mary's Section 2, Block 3, Jacksonville, Duval County,

Florida [on-line memorial]

Census: 1945, Duval Co FL STATE Census, Jacksonville, Precinct 13, Archive Series #

S1371, Roll 14, Page 53

Occupation: 1945, Keeping House, no children (if any) at home

13. DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON" PONCE, SR. (JOSE GERTRUDO "JOSEPH G."10, JUAN DE

LA MERCED "JOHN M."9 PONS, FRANCISCO DOMINICO "FRANCIS"8, MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS

"FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born Oct

1887 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and died 1948 in Jacksonville, Duval County,

Florida. He married LEILA H. RIDGE02 Oct 1912 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

She was born 01 Jun 1893 in Connecticut, and died 15 Feb 1974 in Saint Petersburg,

Pinellas County, Florida buried Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

More About DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON" PONCE, SR.:

Census: 1900, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, Series T623-

168, Sheet 7A, Page 229

Occupation: 1910, (illedigble), single

Residence: 1920, 37 East Church Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

More About LEILA H. RIDGE:

Census: 1920, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 4th Precinct, ED 49, Series

T625-217, Sheet 7B, Page 226

Occupation: 1920, Keeping House

Residence: 1935, 234 West 27th Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Children of DELEON RAPHAEL PONCE, SR. and LEILA H. RIDGE are:

i. MARY ELINOR PONCE, b. 25 Aug 1915, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; d. 16 Jan

2004, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married DANIEL LUVISI 1947, Duval

County, Florida; b. 24 Jul 1921 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 27 Oct

2005 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. Burial (Mary & Daniel): Evergreen Cemetery, St.

Mary's Section, Block 2, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. [on-line memorial]

ii. DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON" PONCE, JR., b. 05 Dec 1923, Jacksonville, Duval County,

Florida; d. 28 Apr 2005, Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida.

Notes for DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON" PONCE, JR.:

PONCE, DELEON RAPHAEL "LEON," 81, of St. Petersburg, died Thursday (April 28, 2005) at

St. Anthony's Hospital. He came here in 1962 from his native Jacksonville. He was a Navy

petty officer first class and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was past

president of the Skyway Trap and Skeet Club, a nine-time All American, eight-time Captain

of the All American Team, and was in the Trap Shooter's Hall of Fame. He was an avid

fisherman, hunter and golfer.

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Survivors include a brother, Patrick R., St. Petersburg; six nephews; and seven nieces.

Anderson-McQueen Funeral & Cremation Centers-N.E. St. Petersburg. [on-line-memorial]

Deleon Raphael Ponce - St. Petersburg Times - (May/3/2005)

iii. PATRICK RIDGE PONCE, SR., b. Private; m. BARBARA ANNE STOVALL, Oct 1957,

Duval County, Florida; b. Private.

Generation No. 12

16. ALTHEA BLUEBELL "COOTIE" PONCE (JOSEPH THOMAS11, JOSE GERTRUDO

"JOSEPH G."10, JUAN DE LA MERCED "JOHN M."9 PONS, FRANCISCO DOMINICO

"FRANCIS"8, MATIAS7, FRANCISCUS "FRANCISCO"6, MIGUEL5, MIGUEL4, MIGUEL3, PEDRO

SINTAS2, JUAN1) was born 26 Aug 1909 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and died 14

Jan 1975 in Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie (fka Brevard) County, Florida. She married (1)

ROBERT SEALS MOON 16 Aug 1926 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, son

of GEORGE WHITFIELD MOON, Jr. and LOVERETT NOAL MERRITT . He was born

11 Feb 1906 in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, and died 14 Oct 1938 in Jackson

Memorial Hospital, Miami, Dade County, Florida buried Greene County, Georgia. She

married (2) WILFRED WILLIAM "BILL" JAUDON 1940 in Saint Johns County, Florida. He

was born 09 Jun 1918 in Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie (fka Brevard) County, Florida, and died 19

Apr 1972 in Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida.

Notes for ALTHEA BLUEBELL "COOTIE" PONCE:

Althea Bluebell Ponce was known affectionately as Grandma Cootie or just Cootie. After her

first husband, Robert Seals Moon, died unexpectedly of botched dental work in 1938, she

remarried to Wilfred William "Bill" Jaudon.

Grandma Cootie was only about 5 feet tall but her spirit made her seem 10 feet. She loved

salt-water fishing. There are many tales of her standing in chest deep water, in the

pounding surf, casting for Whites and Drum, then cooking them with grits and a big pot of

steaming coffee. Cootie was an excellent cook. She died after having several severe strokes,

each one nearly taking her courtageous life. Her already weakend body succummed to a

massive heart attack that ended the life of what was a greatly spirited and strong-willed

woman. She is missed by all who where priviledged to know her.

More About ALTHEA BLUEBELL "COOTIE" PONCE:

Address (Facts Pg): 23 Apr 1940, 638 Linwood Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Burial: Jan 1975, Ft. Pierce Cemetery, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Census: 1910, Duval Co FL Fed Census, Jacksonville, 4th Ward, 18th Precinct, ED 77, Series

T624-159, Sheet 10A, Page 71

Social Security Number: 23 Apr 1940, xxx-xx-xxxx (issued in FL)

Notes for ROBERT SEALS MOON:

Robert Seals Moon died of complications incurred during dental surgery. The dentist pulled

an infected tooth and the infection spread rapidly through his body, killing him. He was a

Cabinet Maker at the time of death. His father traveled down by train to retrieve his body.

He is buried in the family plots in Greene County, Georgia.

More About ROBERT SEALS MOON:

Burial: 15 Oct 1938, Walker Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Greene County, GA [on-line

memorial]

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Note: Robert Seals MOON and Althea Bluebell PONCE are my husband's maternal

grandparents.

Notes for WILFRED WILLIAM "BILL" JAUDON:

Wilfred William JAUDON went by his middle name, William or "Bill", exclusively. His

occupations were Plastering Contractor and Commercial Fisherman at the time of his death.

Bill plastering trade took him many places. At one time they lived in Albuquerque, New

Mexico. He died suddenly in a boating accident in 1972 while testing a new boat motor on

the intercoastal river in Florida. They were living in a primitive island home with no

electricity or amenities at the time. Bill's father was: BENJAMIN EDWARD JAUDON (b:1889

SC d:1960 GA) and MABLE D. SAXON (b:Jan 1888 Orange City, Volusia Co, FL d: 1970 Fort

Pierce, Saint Lucie Co, FL). His mother was only known as "Grandmaudie". In the 1930

Florida Federal census she was "Mabel D. Jaudon". AUGUST 2011: I found Grandmaudie's

maiden name! She was "Mabel D. Saxon", d/o Mrs. Mattie A. Saxon (b:Jul 1855 New York

d:1940 Saint Lucie Co, FL).

Most all the Jaudon's were from/in Volusia Co., Brevard Co. & Saint Lucie Co, Florida. I'm

told the Jaudon's were all very nice people, courageous and generous to a fault.

More About WILFRED WILLIAM "BILL" JAUDON:

Burial: 21 Apr 1972, Fort Pierce Cemetery, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida [on-line

memorial]

Child of ALTHEA BLUEBELL PONCE and ROBERT SEALS MOON are:

i. ALTHEA CEALS "ROSE" MOON, b. Private. She married (1) ROBERT JOHN

"BOB" HUDSON 06 Jun 1946 Folkston, Camden County, Georgia. She married (2)

DONALD W. WARD 04 Aug 1973 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She married (3)

ROBERT LLOYD "BILL" RUARK 09 Sep 1977 Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida. He

was born 25 Nov 1927 in Rosedale, Baltimore or Frederick County, Maryland; died 21 Sep

2007 in Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida.

<------------------------------>

Some Sources Used:

Military: Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865

Military: Bet. 1917 - 1918, WW I Civilian Draft Registration, Duval County, FL

Internet: LDS Submission Search 2260576-0926107194509; Bette Rae Parsons TANNER,

P.O. Box 892 Panguitch, Utah 84759

Internet: LDS Submission Search 517024-0501102003919; Viola CLARKE, 2980 jacob

hamblin dr. st. george, utah 84790

Internet: Ancestry.com

Florida Death Certificates

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Pons Family Geneology Forum – Geneology.com

…..other threads in Pons Forum have no connection with our family.

PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - R Bango 7/19/98

o Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - FRANCISCO OCTAVIO PONS 6/13/00

o Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - FRANCISCO OCTAVIO PONS 6/13/00

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o respons to the forum - pons fabrice 11/19/98

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o Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - Jean Mizell 7/21/98

Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - Staci Cobb 11/16/99

Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - R. Bango 7/22/98

Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine - Jean Mizell 7/13/99

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Re: ANTONIO PONS II b. 1758 Geneology.com – Original Post Frances Willis

Can anyone give me any info on Antonio Pons II born 1758 (Minorca); died 1813?

Married who? Any proof of who he married? He was granted 175 acres at the

Mosqauito Inlet in 1803 by the Spanish.

Re: PONS: Menorca - Geneology.com – Original Post R Bango

Posted by: R Bango Date: July 19, 1998 at 10:45:27

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Am looking for other Pons researchers to share info with. Have Pons from Menorca

(mid 1500's) to St.Augustine FL to Washington DC.

My Pons can be viewed at:

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/7497

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respons to the forum pons fabrice 11/19/98 (0)

o Re: respons to the forum FRANCISCO OCTAVIO PONS 6/24/00

Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine Jean Mizell 7/21/98 (2)

o Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine Staci Cobb 11/16/99

o Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine R. Bango 7/22/98 (1)

Re: PONS:Menorca>St Augustine Jean Mizell 7/13/99 (0)

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Posted by: Jean Mizell

URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/pons/messages/2.html

Posted by: Jean Mizell Date: July 21, 1998 at 16:25:17

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Do you have any information on Maria A. B. Pons who married John Seymour

Pickett? I Can't find a marriage record in the Catholic records for them or in "The

People of East Florida During the Revolutionary War - War of 1812". Maria tried to

get a widdows pension, as Seymour Pickett fought in the War of 1812, but, it wasn't

approved. The paper was in such condition as unreadable they said. She had two

wittnesses that acknowledged that she was the wife of John Seymour Pickett, but it

was still not approved. Seymour Pickett was previously married to Rebecca Collier

who drowned, and they had one daughter named Rebecca. I will post the family

below:

1. Juan Pons b. 1761, Villa de Mahon, isla de Menorca, (son of Antonio Pons and

Magdalena Cardona) occupation Farmer of Minorca, m. 10-DEC-1787, in St.

Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL, Juana Catherine Andreu, b. 09-JUL-1772, New Smyrna

or colony of "Les Mesqites", (daughter of Antonio Andreu and Catalina Maria

Oliveros) buried: St. Johns County, Fl. Juan died c1810, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co,

FL, buried: St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Fl.

Children:

i Margaret Pons b. 20-SEP-1788, St. Johns County, Fl.

2. ii Maria (Mary)A. B. b. 26-JUL-1791.

iii F. J. Pons b. 07-JAN-1794, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co, FL.

iv Francesca Maria Catalina Pons b. 29-JAN-1796, St. Augustine, St. Johns County,

Fl, m. 10-MAR-1810, Juan Josef Carreras.

v Antonio Juan Pons b. 15-AUG-1798, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fl, m.

Unknown.

3. vi Santiago Victor b. 15-JUN-1817.

Second Generation

2. Maria (Mary)A. B. Pons b. 26-JUL-1791, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Fl, m.

1804 1809-14), in Nassau County or St. Johns County, Fl?, 22-Mar-1798, John

Seymour Pickett, II, b. 1774, Virginia, (son of John Seymour Pickett I and Hannah

Withers) occupation Seminole War Vetran, d. 1847 or 1848, Pickettville, Duval Co.,

Fl, buried: Plummer Cemetery, Duval County. Maria died after 1848, Duval County,

Fl, buried: Plummer Cemetery, Duval County. She can't be found after her application

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for Seymour's war pension. She could have gone to live with her son in Gadsden Co.,

FL, remarried or died, or lived with another one of her children. The 1790 St. John

Co., FL Census has her listed as the daughter of Antonio Pons, & his father was

Francisco Pons, or may have been Matias Pons of Minorca.

Children:

i John Seymour Pickett III b. 1810, Pickettville, Duval County, Fl, occupation

Seminole War Vetran 1836, m. 14-Jul-1834, in Duval County, Fl, Amanda E. Flinn,

b. 1820, Duval Co., Fl, (daughter of Charles E. Flinn and Catherine Dover ?) d. 1890,

Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl, buried: Westview Cemetery, Duval County, Fl. John died

30-JAN-1889, Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl, buried: Westview Cemetery, Duval County,

Fl. John Seymour Pickett III served in the Civil War for about a year.

ii Mary Ana Pickett b. 1811.

iii Stephen Pickett b. 1815.

iv James A. Pickett b. 1819.

v Cornelia Ann Louisa Pickett b. 1823.

vi Francis Pickett b. 1828.

vii Ferdinand Pickett b. 1833.

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Posted by: Staci Cobb

Posted by: Staci Cobb Date: November 16, 1999 at

17:16:18

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Hi, Jean

Have you also seen the name PAXETI/PACETTI/PACETTY linked with PONS,

CARRARES, COLLIER...etc? I am a great great granddaughter of a Catharine Ann

PACETTY WILDER (b. 25 January 1854 Savannah, GA).

I have a book, "Pacetty Lineage" which was compiled by Marguerite Marree Mathews

that may be of interest to you...lots of info from 1724 to present.

Of particular interest: "Maria Dolores Florentina PAXETI married to Antonio PONS

8 Sept. 1823, in a Civil ceremony and on 5 Nov. 1823 Catholic Church St. Augustine,

FL....Antonio Matias PONS b. 15 August 1798 in St. Augustine, baptised 25 August

1798 by Father Miquel O'Reilly. His parents were Juan PONS of Villa de Mahon,

Minorca, son of Antonio PONS and Margarita CARDONA and his wife Juana

ANDREU, native of Province, daughter of Antonio ANDREU and Maria

OLIVERAS. Sponsors for the baptism: Matias PONS and Agueda PONS."

The book is about 70 pages, but I'd be happy to compile what I have or do lookups for

you!

Staci Cobb

theatretart@bigfoot.com

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Posted by: R. Bango

Posted by: R. Bango Date: July 22, 1998 at 09:01:50

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I have responded by email as I have lots of questions and much info to share but I

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show the spouse of Juana Catalina ANDREU as Juan PONZ (notice the spelling) and

have them married on 20 Dec 1786 in St. Augustine, FL. I believe they had 7 children

but I only have documentation on my line Margarita Francesca PONZ (their 3rd

daughter) b. 7 Jan 1794. This PONZ line is closely related to the PONS and I have the

two lines marrying in the early 1700's and again in the mid 1800's in my tree. Has

anyone else found these two distinct lines and spellings?

Could your Maria A. B. Pons actually be spelled PONZ???

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I believe Maria Pons parents or grandparents spelled their names earlier as Ponz.

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Posted by: poyntz@messages.to Date: September 28, 1999 at

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I you have access to 'Burkes Landed Gentry 1952' look up 'Poyntz of Harestock Close'

This family has been fully traced back to 1086 where it is 1st listed as "PONS or

POINZ".

It may be of interest to you. I don't advise you phone my Gt.Uncle, (John Mackay), he

will probably bite! and my Gran (John Mackay's sister Elizabeth Georgiana) has since

died. I will be setting up a Web Site sometime.

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Ancestors of FRANKLIN GEORGE JANSEN Jr. **

For full source references see Franklin Jansen Source file.

Twelfth Generation – Lorenzo Ponz -1579 http://www.familyorigins.com/users/j/a/n/Franklin-G-Jansen/FAMO3-0001/d570.htm

3136. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1579 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1110) He was married to Joana GOMILA in 1603 in Mahon, Menorca,

Spain.(1111)

3137. Joana GOMILA was born about 1583.(1112) She died after 1623.(1113) Children

were:

i. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1603 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1114)

ii. Catalina PONZ was born in 1605 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1115)

iii. Margarita PONZ was born in 1605 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1116)

iv. Juan PONZ was born in 1608 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA, SPAIN. (1117)

v. Antonio PONZ was born in 1614 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1118) He died in 1615 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA, SPAIN. (1119) Died in

infancy.

vi. Juana PONZ was born in 1619 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (1120)

1568 vii. Antonio PONZ.

Jansen Record Skips Lorenzo – 1603 details

ELEVENTH GENERATION – Antonio Ponz - 1623 1568. Antonio PONZ was born on 13 Feb 1623 in Mahon, Menorca, Spain. (779) He

was married to Ana ANDREU on 25 Dec 1647 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN.(780)

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1569. Ana ANDREU was born about 1628 in MERCADEL, MENORCA.(781) She

died after 1668.(782) Children were:

i. Catalina PONZ was born in 1650 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (783)

ii. Martin PONZ was born in 1652 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (784)

iii. Antonia PONZ was born in 1654 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (785)

784 iv. Antonio PONS.

v. Juan PONZ was born in 1661 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (786)

vi. Margarita PONZ was born in 1664 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (787)

vii. Lorenzo PONZ was born in 1668 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (788)

TENTH GENERATION – Antonio Pons - 1657 784. Antonio PONS was born on 25 Jan 1657 in Alayor, Menorca, Spain. (538) He

died after 1687.(539) The spelling of the PONS name varied, as did most names, and

one of the earlier versions was PONZ. Antonio was recorded with both spellings

although his father was usually listed as PONZ. He was married to Margarita (or

Magdalena) GOMILA Y VIDAL on 16 Feb 1686 in MAHON (MAO), MINORCA,

SPAIN. (540)

785. Margarita (or Magdalena) GOMILA Y VIDAL was born about 1665 in

MAHON (MAO), MINORCA, SPAIN. She died after 1687.(541) Children were:

i. Margarita PONS was born on 7 Jun 1586 in Menorca, Spain. (542)(543)

ii. Juana PONS was born about 1688 in Menorca, Spain. (544)

iii. Antonio PONS was born about 1689 in Menorca, Spain. (545)

iv. Francisco PONS was born in 1690 in Menorca, Spain. (546)

v. Magdalena PONS was born in 1692 in Menorca, Spain. (547)

vi. Juan PONS was born on 17 Nov 1695 in Menorca, Spain. (548)

392 vii. Bartholomew PONS.

Grau Family of Spain Rootsweb http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=grau&recno=274

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Juana Gomila – Mother of Lorenzo 1603?

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Name: Juana GOMILA

Given Name: Juana

Surname: Gomila

Sex: F

Birth: in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Death: in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Change Date: 21 JUN 2001 at 10:10:09

Marriage 1 Lorenzo PONS b: in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Married: 1602 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain 1

Children

1. Catalina PONS GOMILA b: in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain c: 18 SEP 1605 in

Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

2. Lorenzo PONS GOMILA b: 30 DEC 1603 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

3. Antonio PONS GOMILA b: 1 JAN 1614 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

4. Antonio PONS GOMILA b: 13 FEB 1623 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

5. Juan PONS GOMILA b: 17 NOV 1695 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Sources:

1. Title: temple IGI

Abbrev: temple IGI

Page: Film call number 1760892 type film

Lorenzo Gomila

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Name: Lorenzo GOMILA

Given Name: Lorenzo

Surname: Gomila

Sex: M

Birth: 1562 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Death: in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain 1

Change Date: 16 MAY 2002 at 18:48:23

Marriage 1 Juana CARRERAS b: 1566 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Married: 1587 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Children

1. Anna GOMILA CARRERAS b: 1588 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain c: 14 MAR

1588 in Mahon,Menorca,Baleares,Spain

Sources:

1. Title: Genealogia de una rama de la familia Pons.

Abbrev: Genealogia de una rama de la familia Pons.

Genealogia de una rama de la familia Pons (Genealogy of a branch of the Pons family) Need to find this source material.

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Gomila

Eulalia Gomila was born in 1558. She married Juan Alzina.

They had the following children:

M i Lorenzo Alzina

Ponz http://www.minorcanfamily.com/mf15/index3.htm#Ponz

Antonia Ponz

http://www.minorcanfamily.com/mf15/pafg22.htm#479

Lorenzo Alzina [Parents] was born about 1580 in Alayor, Minorca, Baleares, Spain.

He married Antonia Ponz on 29 Sep 1608 in Menorca, Spain.

Antonia Ponz was born about 1584 in Alayor, Minorca, Baleares, Spain. She married

Lorenzo Alzina on 29 Sep 1608 in Menorca, Spain.

They had the following children:

M i Juan (Alzina) Usina

Agueda Ponz was born about 1602 in Ciudadella, Minorca. She married Marcos

Andreu on 28 Oct 1623 in Ciudadela, Baleares, Spain.

They had the following children:

M i Jaime Andreu III

F ii Martina Andreu was born in 1627 in Ciudadella, Minorca.

M iii Gregorio Andreu was born in 1631 in Ciudadella, Minorca.

M iv Marcos Andreu was born in 1634 in Ciudadella, Minorca.

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