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(22 August 1745 – 13 July 1785)
- José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga (22 August 1745 – 13 July 1785), usually simply known as José Joaquín Moraga, was a Spanish colonial expeditionary and soldier who founded San Jose, California, in 1777. Life
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Life. José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona ). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga.
Other articles where José Joaquín Moraga is discussed: San Francisco: Exploration and early settlement: Settlers from Monterey, under Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and the Reverend Francisco Palóu, established themselves at the tip of the San Francisco peninsula the following year. The military post, which remained in service as the Presidio of San Francisco until 1994, was founded in ...
Mar 31, 2011 · In 1810, Moraga was ordered to launch a campaign against the Suisun Indians who had killed three recently baptized Carquin Indians. Moraga with 17 Spanish soldiers and a group of Christian Indians attacked 120 Suisuns massed against him on May 22, 1810 near what’s now Rockville. No Spanish were killed. The Suisuns retreated to three grass houses.
José Ignacio Moraga, born circa 1741 or 1745, was said to also have served as part of the Pimería Co. like his father. His first wife was María Micaela German, born circa 1735. She died of wounds suffered during an Pima indian attack on 10 Nov. 1757. Also killed in the attack was an unknown daughter on 3 Nov. 1757.
Ensign José Joaquin Moraga was born in 1741; died in San Francisco and was buried July 15, 1785, in the mission church whose corner stone he laid in 1782. Moraga was an able assistant to Anza and received his commission as lieutenant on the arrival of the expedition at San Gabriel.
Many consider Moraga the “Founder of San Francisco”. In 1777, Moraga founded a second mission, Santa Clara Mission, and in 1778 founded the pueblo of San Jose. In 1781, his family joined him in Los Angeles and by 1785 Jose Joaquin Moraga had died at the age of 44. He is buried at Mission Dolores.
Life. José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745, at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, New Navarre, Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present-day Santa Cruz County, Arizona). He was the son of Tenzin Moraga.
