Californio landholding families
The Vallejo family
Patriarch: Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo (1748 Jalisco – 1832 Monterey)
The Vallejos rose from a presidial soldier's family to the dominant land-holding and military dynasty of the northern frontier. Mariano G. Vallejo's command at Sonoma let him and his brother Salvador assemble vast Napa–Sonoma–Clear Lake holdings in the 1830s–40s, making them the pre-eminent Californio family north of the bay.
Origin
Ignacio Vallejo enlisted in the colonial army in Guadalajara and came to Alta California in 1774 as a soldier attached to the Franciscan missionary guard; he served ~50 years, rising to distinguished sergeant, and married María Antonia Lugo (of the Lugo family).
Members
| Name | Relation | Ranchos |
|---|---|---|
| Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | son of Ignacio (8th of 13 children) | Rancho Petaluma; Rancho Suscol (later rejected); Soscol area, commander-general who directed Sonoma-frontier colonization |
| José Manuel Salvador Vallejo | son of Ignacio; younger brother of Mariano | Rancho Napa (1838); Rancho Lupyomi (1844, jointly with brother Juan Antonio); Rancho Yajome (claimed) |
Genealogical confidence: high
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Guadalupe_Vallejo
- https://www.militarymuseum.org/Vallejo.html
- https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fj2j7k/entire_text (Vallejo Family Papers, OAC)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Vallejo