Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda


Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda y García was a Mexican colonial soldier and patriarch of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepúlveda family in the early days of Las Californias and Alta California in present-day Southern California, United States.
He was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico, the son of Juan José Sepúlveda and Ana María Josefa García. He married María Candelaria de Redondo in 1762. In 1781, the couple and their 6 children accompanied the José de Zúñiga Expedition into upper Las Californias. Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda died in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles and was buried at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel cemetery on 26 January 1788.
Sepúlveda's eldest son, Juan José Sepúlveda, and his fifth son, Francisco Sepúlveda, became progenitors of two distinguished branches of the family. Sepulveda Boulevard, the longest street in the City and County of Los Angeles, is named for the Sepúlveda family.

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Juan José Sepúlveda

Juan José Sepúlveda, one of the sons of Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda, was a progenitor of one of the branches of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepúlveda family in the early days of Southern California.
Juan José Sepúlveda was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico. Juan José Sepúlveda married María Tomasa Gutiérrez.

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José Dolores Sepúlveda

José Dolores Sepúlveda was one of the sons of Juan José Sepúlveda.
In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over, to soldier Juan José Domínguez. Domínguez died in 1809, and in 1810 the executor of his will, Manuel Gutiérrez, granted permission to then 17-year-old José Dolores Sepúlveda to herd livestock in the southwestern reaches of Rancho San Pedro. This eventually became the basis for the Sepúlveda family's contested claim to the Rancho de los Palos Verdes, carved out of Rancho San Pedro lands. Dolores went to Monterey to settle his land title, but on his return trip in 1824 he was killed in the Chumash revolt at Mission La Purísima Concepción. In 1834,Governor José Figueroa made a judicial decree intended to settle the dispute between the Domínguez and Sepúlveda families, awarding the Rancho de los Palos Verdes to Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda and José Loreto Sepúlveda.
José Dolores Sepúlveda married María Ignacia Marcia Ávila
in November 8, 1813 at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
Dolores Sepúlveda's 1818 adobe home is a California Historical Landmark.

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Francisco Sepúlveda

Francisco Sepúlveda, one of the sons of Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda, was a progenitor of one of the branches of the prominent Spanish Mexican Sepúlveda family in the early days of Southern California.
Francisco Sepúlveda was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico. He was six when he arrived in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles with his mother and father. He married María Teodora Ramona Serrano in 1801. Francisco was regidor and acting alcalde there in 1825. In 1831 as a participant in the uprising against Governor Victoria he was imprisoned for a short period. He was commissioner at the Mission San Juan Capistrano from 1836 and 1837. The family moved to the west of Pueblo de Los Ángeles shortly after 1839 when Francisco was granted the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica by the Mexican government in recognition of his services.

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