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- 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.
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The pueblo was founded in honor of Saint Joseph on November 29, 1777, as the first official civilian settlement in Alta California. Moraga died in San Francisco in 1785 and was buried in the floor in front of the altar in Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) in 1791.
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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.
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.
The town of Moraga is named for José Joaquin de la Santissima Trinidad Moraga (1793-1855), a rancher. On 20 August 1835 Joaquin Moraga and his cousin Juan Bernal formally requested a land grant from the independent Mexican State of Alta California (Upper California).
José Joaquin Moraga, also known as José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga, was second in command of the Anza expedition in 1776 from Sonora to Northern California. Moraga was responsible for helping to find locations for the San Francisco Presidio and Mission Delores.
On 20 August 1835 Joaquin Moraga and his cousin Juan Bernal formally requested a land grand from the independent Mexican State of Alta California. This was common practice for descendants of well-connected families and soldiers in the newly settled land, since Mexico passed a law in 1828 authorizing such grants.
May 21, 2024 · José Joaquín de la Santísima Trinidad Moraga was a soldier in the army of New Spain, and member of an early expedition to Alta California. Moraga is also credited with the founding of El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, today's city of San Jose, California.
