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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.
exploration of San Francisco. In 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.
In June 1776, the colonists, led by Anza’s second in command, Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga, were given permission to continue their journey to San Francisco Bay and build there the presidio and mission for which the colonists had left their homeland.
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Lieut. Jose Joaquin Moraga with a little band of soldiers and colonists left Monterey Presidio June 17, 1776, for San Francisco bay to establish both a presidio and a mission here. Father Francisco Palou and Father Pedro Cambon accompanied the expedition as founders of the mission.
Learn about José Joaquín Moraga, a key figure in the Anza expedition and the San Francisco Presidio, and his descendants who settled in California. Find out how his son Gabriel Moraga explored and named many places in Northern California and his son Joaquín received a land grant in Oakland.
Joaquin Moraga. 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.
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).
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