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Mata, member of a court-martial at S. Diego '26. ii. 549. M. (Juan de Dios), Mex. convict released in '35. Matamoros (Tomás), murdered in 1805. ii. 191. Matehin (C. F.), 1845, mr of the Matador. iv. 567. Mateo, 1813, mulatto from Bouchard's fleet. ii. 230. Mathias (Thos), 1828, in Cal. ; antog. letter. Mathers (James), 1846, nat. of N. Y .; settled in Sta Clara; at S. Luis Ob. '58 to his death in '70 at the age of 80. Matias (Juan), at Los Ang. '46. Mathurin (Louis), 1833, Fr. sailor at S. F. '40-1. iii. 409. Matsell (Henry C.), 1847, lient Co. B, N. Y. Vol. v. 504; trader at S. Diego; in Kan- sas '71-9. Matt (James), 1848, at Sutter's Fort April. Mattheson (Alex. J.), 1839, Engl. pilot on the schr California, implicated in a plot against the capt. ; on Larkin's books '40.
Matthews, 1836, Amer. otter-hunter with Nidever. M., 1847, in Sut- ter's service. M., 1846, at S. José with a son-in-law. Hittell. M. (Geo.),
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1839, named in Larkin's books '39-40. M. (H.), 1843, witness at S. F. '66. M. (Henry), 1846, arr. in Sept., acc. to Sac. Cal. Pion. rolls; at Benicia '47. iii. 673; at S. F. '60. M. (James), 1834, at Mont. M. (John), 1831, Engl. sailor, who landed from a whaler at S. F. iii. 405, 708-9. On Larkin's books '33-42; naturalized before '40; but this inay be one of the following. M. (John), 1836, Italian fisherman, living with the Greek Demedrion at Mont. M., 1836, Amer., age 35, at S. Isidro (Gilroy's); perhaps Matthew, a given name, who was a cook for Murphy in '30. M. (Wm), 1831, Engl. sailor who landed from a whaler at S. Luis Ob. iii. 405. In '36 at Sta B .; came north and appears in various records from '34; in '70 permitted to live at S. F. or Sonoma; arrested but not exiled. iv. 17; from '44 or earlier at Mont., keeping a boarding-house. Matthews' mill is also mentioned in '42. He may be the M. whose wife is said to have furnished some material for the Bear flag. v. 148; and in July be carried despatches from Mont. to S. F. v. 235; starting with Larkin in Nov. at the time of the latter's capture. v. 364. He is vaguely said to have died about '58.
Matute (Juan B.), 1791, com. of the Aranzazu, explor. and transport on the ceast '91-2, '95-6. i. 493, 506, 517, 537-8. Maube (Arne), 1843, French grantee of land near S. Gabriel; at Sta Cruz '47 with claim against the govt. iv. 400, 615, 637. M. (Henry), 1847, held Larkin's note for $120; perhaps same as preceding. Manët (John), 1847, at Sutter's Fort. Maun (Francis),
1842, at Sta Cruz. M. (James), 1845, employed at Larkin's soap factory. Maurelle (Antonio), 1775, Span, naval officer on the coast '75, '79, '84; author of a Journal. i. 241, 329, 444, 509; see also Hist. N. W. Coast, i. Maury (Win L.), 1841, lieut U. S. N. on the U. S. ex. ex. iv. 241; on the Warren '46-7. v. 539. Mavilla (Antonio), 1846, at S. Gabriel '46. Mawrcy (James), 1847, servant to an officer in the Morm. Bat. (v. 469).
Maxfield (Wm C.), 1847, owner of S. F. let. Maxim (Harvey), 1847, sergt Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. i. 519. Maximo, 1799, negro slave of Alberni. i. 639. Maxwell (Chas), 1847, owner of S. F. let. M. (H.), 1848, settler at Stockton. M. (James W.), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). M. (Lucien), 1845, hunter and guide of Fremont's party. iv. 583; v. 24. M. (Richard T. ), 1842, nat. of Penn. and asst surg. U. S. N. on the United States. iv. 304, 308-9, 341, 348. He returned to Cal. in '54, and became a prominent physi- cian of S. F. In '77 he gave me his Monterey in '42, or recollections of the capture of that town by Com. Joues, and also a MS. furnished by Dr Marsh to Jones at that time. He died in '83 at the age of 62, leaving an estate which has been the occasion of much litigation arising from the doctor's death-bed marriage. M. (Win), 1847, Co. D, Merm. Bat. (v. 469); a farmer in Williams Val., N. Mex., '82. M. (Wm C.), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vel. (v. 499); died before '82. M. (Wm H.), 1847, Co. B, ditto; d. N. Y. city $76.
May (Henry), 1835, nephew of Larkin, bound to Cal. on the Alert; no record of arrival. Maya (Ign.), at S. Bern. '46. Mayan (Mrs), 1847, died at N. Helv. July. Mayberry (Ebenezer), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518). Mayer, 1832, about to visit Cal. from Sitka for scientific purposes; letter of introd. from Khlebnikof to Hartnell. M. (John), 1840, Engl. at Mont. and S. F. Jan., Nov. M. (Lewis W.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518); in the mines '49-50; a German wine-maker, who lived in Sonoma '65-80. May- field (Benj. F.), 1847, Co. A, Merm. Bat. (v. 469); sergt of reënlisted comp. v. 495; a resid. of S. Luis Ob. Co. '68-83; a nat. of Tenn. Mayhew (John), 1826, on the Eliza. Maynard (James), 1837, on Larkin's books; perhaps same as John. M. (John), 1840, Engl. exile with the Graham party ; not known to have returned, though he got a license to do so. Maynes (James), 1845, laborer at Mont. Mayo (Geo.), 1816, Mass. sailer, baptized at S. Cár- les. Tayler; ii. 276-7. Mazateco (Jnan), at Sonoma '44, age 19; prob. a ' Mazateco' Ind. or from Mazatlan.
Mead (James D.), 1841, nat. of Ia, episcopal clergyman, and perhaps phy- sician in the West Indies, who came from N. Mex. in the Workman party, and in '42 went to the Sandwich Isl. or China. iv. 278; said to have been a
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bishop later. M. (Orlando F.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); later at Sutter's Fort; at Spanish Fork 'S2. M. (Sam.), 1832, one of the comp. ex- tranjera at Mont. iii. 221. Meadows (James), 1837, Engl. sailor, who de- serted from a whaler at Mont. iv. 117-18. His name appears in the records from '38; one of Graham's riflemen '36-S (iii. 457); later a lumberman; exiled to S. Blas in '40, but returned in '41 to live as a sawyer in Mont. dist. iv. IS, 23, 33. Not much is known of him in '43-8, except that he is mentioned from time to time as at S. José, Sacramento, or in the mines. He finally settled on the Palo Escrito rancho near Mont., which was confirmed to him in '54, iii. 679, and where he was living in '77 with a native wife and several children. Ile gave me an interesting narrative of the Graham Affair, he being one of the last survivors of the exiles. In respect of accuracy, his account compares fa- vorably with the testimony of others on the subject-which is not paying it a very high compliment. I have not heard in 'S3 of his death. Mechacken (John C.), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Mecham (Henry), 1848 (?), nat. of N. Y. and resid. of Sonoma Co. '53-77.
Meder (Moses A.), 1846, one of the Mormon colony with wife and child. v. 546. A nat. of Ohio, who engaged in the lumber business at Sta Cruz, the firm of Stout, Sirrine, & M. advertising in the Star of '47. He worked also for Graham, whose receipt of $36,000 indemnity he claims to have witnessed. Still a resid. of Sta Cruz in 'SO and proh. in '85; portrait in Sta Cruz ('o. Ilist., 44. His Ist wife, Sarah D. Blod, died in '72, and in '73 he married Olive A. Linnett. Medina (Guadalupe), 1842, Mex. lieut of the batallon fijo '42-5; teacher at Los Ang. '43-4; com of the garrison '45. iv. 289, 321, 403, 432, 629. M. (José), ship's boy and teacher at Sta B. 1797-1800. i. 643. Medrano (José Maria), artill. sergt at Mont. '26-32. iii. 77, 671-2.
Meehan (Dennis), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); killed at Stockton '49. M. (James), 1847, Co. G, ditto, killed at Los Ang. about '50. M. (Thos), 1847, Co. E, ditto; killed by a steamboat explosion on the S. Joaq. '53. Meek (John), 1829, mr of the Tamaahmaah '29, possibly of another craft $25, and of the D. Quixote '33-6. iii. 149, 179, 382; iv. 103, 141. He is also said by Win H. Davis to have visited Cal. as mate of the Eagle before '20, possibly M. of the Amethyst '11-12. ii. 267. He was a nat. of Mass. who came to the Isl. abont '12, and died at Hon. '74 at the age of 85. M. (Joseph), 1833, Rocky Mt. trapper who came with Walker's party, going back to Salt Lake in '34. iii. 390. Ile visited Cal. again in '4S and later, and died in Or. '75, his adventures being the basis of Mrs Victor's River of the West. M. (Stephen HI. L.), 1833, nat. of Va and brother of Joseph, also a mountain man who came and departed with Walker. iii. 390, 409. He came back to Cal. after the discov. of gold, possibly having made intermediate trips, and in '76 wrote me a letter from Etna, Siskiyou Co., Cal. M. (Stephen H. L.), 1843, signed a certificate for a sailor at Mont. Sept., and in Jan '44 he got a passport. Apparently not the preceding. A Dr Meek at Mont. '33 is mentioned by a newspaper writer. M. (Thomas), ISI1, perhaps on the Amethyst '11-12. ii. 96, 267. Said by Brewer to have gone to Hon. on the Chinchilla from Boston in '23; at Hon. '36. iv. 141; d. at Marblehead, Mass., about '41. Peirce. M. (Wm), 1848, nat. of Ohio who came from Or. to the mines and went back. In '59 returned to Cal. and settled at S. Lorenzo, Alameda Co., where he became a wealthy farmer, serving also as county supervisor and regent of the university. He died 'S] at the age of 65, leaving a widow and 5 children. Portrait in Alam. Co. Hist., 937. Meel (Robert), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 35S). Meeres, 1845, possibly of the Grigsby-Ide immig. party. iv. 579.
Mein (John), 1842, mr of the Bertha & Jonny. iv. 563. Meineke (A. and D.). 1848, passp. from Hon. Mejia (Hipólito), 1838, killed by Ind. iii.
693. M. (José María), 1842, Mex. capt. in the batallon fijo, who was sent to Mex. hy Micheltorena in '44 to obtain aid. iv. 289, 308, 364, 404-5, 461, 471. M. (Juan), settler at S. José 1791-1800. i. 716. Meldgnem (John), 1814, Irish deserter from a vessel; in Mont. dist '29, age 40, and single. Melendez, 1796, com. of the Concepcion. i. 538. M., 1826, mr of the Gen. Bravo. ili. 147. M. (Sebastian), 1602, alférez in Vizcaino's exped. i. 98.
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Mclleck (Joseph), 1837, in charge of the Clementina. M. (Vicente), at Los Ang. '46. Mellish (J.), 1835, at Sta Cruz.
Mcllus (Francis), 1839, nat. of Boston, who came on the California at the age of 15. iv. 117, 119. He became clerk for A. B. Thompson at Sta B., and on the Bolívar; and his Diary of trips up and down the coast in '39-40 is an interesting MS. of my collection. In later years he was clerk, traveling agent, and from Jan. '49 partner with his brother in the firm of M., Howard, & Co. at S. F .; and in '50-6 with D. W. Alexander in charge of a branch of the busi- Dess at Los Ang., where he settled permanently; claimant for Providencia rancho. iv. 635. In '52-3 he was county treasurer, in '54 councilman, in '55 memb. of the legislature, and later in charge of Wells, Fargo, & Co.'s express. He died in '63, leaving a widow-Adelaida, daughter of Santiago Johnson- and 7 children. M. (Henry), 1835, brother of Francis, who came before the mast with Rich. H. Dana on the Pilgrim. iii. 413. He left the ship to be agent's clerk, and is named in a Los Ang. list of '36 as 26 years old; but in '37-8 made a trip to the states. Returning in '39 he remained on the coast as agent or supercargo of the vessels of Appleton & Co., including the Admit- tance and Tasso, iv. 562, 569, and his name often appcars in commercial rec- ords of the time, making his home chiefly at Los Ang. In '45 he formed a partnership with W. D. M. Howard, and the firm of M. & H. soon became the most prominent in S. F., buying the H. B. Co. property in '46, v. 699, building the Ist brick store in town, and establishing branches at S. José, Los Ang., and Sac. He became owner of many town lots and a very rich man. In '47 lie married Anita, danghter of James Johnson of Los Ang., and in '48 made a visit to the East, and on his return had a stroke of apoplexy, from the effects of which he never entirely recovered. In '50 he sold his interest in the firm and went East, subsequently losing most of his wealth in unfor- tunate business enterprises. Abont '53 he brought a suit, finally abandoned, against Howard on the plea that he had not been of sound mind at the time of settlement. This created some ill feeling against him in S.F., and it is said that by H.'s influence the name of Mellns St was changed to Natoma. In '59 he came back to Cal. and settled at Los Ang., where he was elected mayor in May '60, but died in Dec. of the same year at the age of 45, leaving a family. Mellus was a man of remarkable business ability, of good character, and of courteous, pleasing manners. Melros (M.), 1846, doubtful name in
a Los Ang. list. Mcluren (Lonis), see 'Mathurin.' Melville, 1848, at S. F. from Tahiti. M. (Hugh), 1845, sailor of the Morea, disch. at S.F., and sent to the Mont. hospital. Melvin (James W.), 1847, Co. B, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. S. F. '74.
Ménard (François), 1846, teamster with Kearny's force from N. Mex. v. 337; killed at S. Pascual. v. 346. M. (Lonis), 1844, doubtful member of Frémont's party. iv. 437. Menchaca (R.), 1842, mr of the Trinidad. iv. 569. Mendenhall (Wm M), 1845, nat. of Ohio, and overl. immig. of the Hastings party. iv. 586-7; at Sutter's Fort in '46. I find no further original record of him in early times, but in the county history it is said that in '46-7 he took part in the Bear revolt, went south with Frémont, was commissary at S. José in the Sauchez campaign, kept a bakery at S.F., and married Mary Allen; in the mines '48; in Or. '49; Sta Clara Co. '50-3, '68-76; Contra Costa '53-60, '65-8, and Alameda Co. '60-65, and from '76 to '85, where he is a prosperous farmer at Livermore, age 62, with 9 surviving children: James M., Lizzie Mrs C. H. Lindley, Emma Mrs Black, Ella, Archer, Wm Oswald, Ascey, and Etta. In the earlier records he is called H. and Philip Mendenhall. Por- trait in Alam. Co. Ilist., 56.
Mendez (Antonio), Mex. com. of artill. at S.F. '3]-2. iii. 702; at Mont. '36, age 38, wife Juana Soto, child. Baltasar b. '29, Sofia '31, Evaristo '33; juez aux. '44. iv. 653: had a store, which in '46 was broken open and robbed. M. (Juan Ign.), trader and carpenter from 1798; had a grand commercial scheme 1800. i. 628. M. (Pedro), at Los Ang. '46-8. Mendoza (Antonino), at S. José '41. M. (Antonio), settler killed by Ind. 1781. i. 359, 362. M. (Henriquez), weaver-instructor 1792-5. i. 615. M. (Jaime), resid. of Bran-
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ciforte '30. ii. 627. M. (Manuel), soldier at Soledad 1791-1800. 1. 499. M. (Mariano José), weaver-instructor 1792-1801. i. 615, 658; ii. 174. Menendez (Antonio), 1825, Span. Dominican friar of the L. Cal. frontier, relieved from missionary work for irregular conduct, and employed as chaplain of the troops at S. Diego from '25. ii. 425, 544, 552, 658; iii. 8; quarrelled with Alvarado. iii. 41; in the '28 list of Span., iii. 51, but not sent away; teacher and chap- lain of the dip. '29. ii. 548; iii. 43, 77, 141; transferred to Mont. '30. ii 609; iii. 144, 451; died at Sta B. '32. iii. 317, 656. M., 1792, com. of the Aran- zazu. i. 517; and of the Concepcion in '94. i. 523. M. (José Ant.), Mex. trader '33-9. iii. 242, 623. Meneses (José H.), artilleryman at S. Diego '20. Mensing, 18-16, mr of the Patriot. v. 579. Menzies, 1847, mr of the Gen. Kearny. v. 578; and of the Louise in '48. Mequelixt (Michael), 1822. ii. 479; prob. 'McAllister,' q. v.
Mercado (Jesus Maria Vasquez del), 1833, Mex. friar of the Zacatecanos, who served at S. Rafael, S. Antonio, and Sta Clara, leaving Cal. in '44; a quarrelsome and vicious padre who did much harm, though of good abilities and education. Biog. iv. 682; ment., with record of his controversies, iii. 300, 319, 321-4, 354, 426, 477, 586-7, 686-90, 716, 726; iv. 162, 373, 423, 473. M., sergt at S. Diego, and sometime teacher, '10-11. ii. 424. M. (Mariano). 1842, cornet of batallon fijo. iv. 289. Mercure (H.), 1848, in S. F. letter list. Merelo (Lorenzo), 1799, Span. friar who served for brief term in S.F. and S. Antonio, retiring in 1801. Biog. ii. 152; ment. i. 577, 712; ii. 147, 159. Me- rino (Agustin), 1797, Span. friar who served at S. José until forced by illness to retire in 1800. i. 555, 577. Merinm (W.), 1846, Co. G, Cal. Bat. (v. 35S). Merrick, 1847, lieut ill at Los Ang .; doubtful name. Merrilies (Robert), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518); a Scotchman with no antipathy to whiskey, and fond of Burns' poetry, who deserted, like most of his comrades, for the mines in'48; was at Mont. '58-9; and later a sheep-herder in the south. 'Miri. lies ' on the roll.
Merrill, 1831, at Los Ang. M. (Ferdinand), 1847, Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); farmer at Salt Lake 'S2. M. (John H.), 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); owner of S.F. lots, and superintendent of sabbath-sehool. v. 657. I have his letter of '4S complaining of various persecutions by Lient Brewerton. He was later a resid. of S. José, and in '82 at Wash., D.C. M. (Philemon C.), 1847, lient Co. B, Morm. Bat., and acting adjutant. v. 477, 483; in 'S1 at St David, Ariz. M. (Squire G.), 1847, son of John H., and drummer of Co. H, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499), age 12; attended sehool at S. F .; clerk for Belden at S. José; in trade at Alviso, and later at S. F. He went East in '59, served in the war of '61-5, and in '77 had been 10 years a clerk in the adj .- gen. of- fice at Wash., D.C., where he still lived in '82. M. (W. H.), 1847, builder and keeper of a boarding-house at S. F. '47-8. v. 681, 685; possibly same as John H. Merriner (Nicholas), 1847, owner of S. F. lot. Mrs M. with sons in Marin Co. '46.
Merritt (Ezekiel), 1841 (?), Amer. trapper, the exact date and circumstances of whose arrival are not known. He may be the man who appears on Lar- kin's hooks in '37. iv. 117-18; is ment. as one of Walker's men in '33. iii. 391; was at N. Helv. '41. iv. 233; in the Sac. Val. '43; implicated in the at- tempt to release Dr Bale in '44. iv. 445; in which year, in getting naturali- zation papers, he claimed to have been in Cal. 2 years! He was one of Capt. Gantt's men in the Micheltorena campaign of '44-5. iv. 486; and from '45 is often mentioned in the N. Helv. Diary. He commanded the party that stole Arce's horses in '46, and was nominally in com. of the Bears at first, his name appearing on the original proclamation of June 14th. v. 107-9, 114, 121, 127, 169. Returning with the prisoners to the fort, he subsequently went south with Frémont, and remained with Gillespie at Los Ang., being sent at one time with a small garrison to S. Diego. v. 308, 317, 324-5, 617. Bidwell says that he became partner with Wm C. Moon on a Tehama rancho, and died in the winter of '47-8, though possibly it was a little later, as there are vague references to his presence in the mines. Merritt was a coarse-grained, loud- mouthed, unprincipled, whiskey-drinking, quarrelsome fellow, well adapted
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to the use that was made of him in promoting the filibusters' schemes. M. (Robert G.), 1847, Co. K, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); in Napa Co. '75; d. at Ukiah '83. M. (Thos), 1837, named in Larkin's accounts. Mervine (Wm), 1846, commander U.S.N. in com. of the Cyane and Savannah, the officer who raised the U. S. flag at Mont. and took com. on shore. After the outbreak of the Flores revolt he went south to S. Pedro, and was defeated by the Californi- ans in Oct. while attempting to march inland to Los Ang. He took no fur- ther active part in the war; was owner of a S.F. lot in '47, negotiating also for land at Sonoma; and started for the East in March. He was capt. in the war of '61-5. v. 27, 200-3, 224, 229-31, 253, 289-90, 296, 304, 318-20, 327, 383, 539, 580.
Mesa (Alejandro), Cal. claim of $4,220 for horses in '46-7 (v. 462). M. (Andrés) soldier of the S.F. comp. '23-9. M. (Antonio), 1781, negro settler of Los Ang., with wife and 2 children. i. 345. M. (Antonio), soldier of S.F. comp. '19-30; militiaman at S.F. '37; in '41 at S. José, age 46, wife Dolores Hignera, child. Alejandro b. '34, Isidro '37, Benedicto '39. M. (Cayetano), soldier killed by Ind. on the Colorado. i. 359-62. M. (Dolores), settler at S. José 1791-1800; regidor in 1806. i. 716; ii. 134, 171. M. (Dolores), at S. José '41, age 48. M. (Domingo), soldier of S.F. comp. '28-31; named in '46. v. 162. M. (Encarnacion), claimant for S. Antonio, Sta Clara. iii. 712. M. (Francisco), soldier of S.F. comp. '34-5; in '36 maj. of the rancho nacional, age 37. iii. 677; drowned near Mont. in '45. M. (Gerónimo), soldier of S.F. comp. '41-3. iv. 667. M. (Hilario), corporal of the guard at S. José 1783-98; settler 'S6. i. 477-8, 495. M. (Joaquin), soldier at Sta Cruz and settler at S. José before 1800. i. 496, 716. M. (José), 1791, chaplain in Malaspina's exped. i. 490. M. (José Ant.), grantee of Los Médanos, Contra Costa, '39. iii. 712. M. (José Ign.), soldier at Soledad 1791-1800. i. 499. M. (José de Jesus), soldier of S.F. comp. '23-33, '38-9; two of the name as militiamen at S.F. '37; in '41 at S. José, age 39, wife Juana Miranda, child. María b. '36, Trinidad '38. M. (Juan B.), owner of S.F. lot '44. v. 684. M. (Juan l'rado), soldier of S.F. comp. from '28; corporal from '32, in com. of Sta Clara escolta. iii. 728; sergt 36, and acting alf. from '37. iii. 511, 522; in '39 full alférez, com. of the S.F. garrison, grantee of S. Antonio rancho, and en- gaged in Ind. fights. iii. 701-2, 712, 722; iv. 75-6. On the roll as alf. to '42, and mentioned occasionally as in mil. com. at S.F., where he was owner of a lot. iv. 665, 666-7, 669, 678. He seems to have died at his rancho in '45. M. (Lnis), at Pilarcitos rancho '36, age 43, wife María Ant. Martinez, child. Juan b. '21, Serafina '24; juez del campo. iii. 674-5, 678. M. (María Ant.), grantee of Rinconada del Arroyo de S. Francisquito '41. iv. 672-3. M. (Mignel), at S. José '41, age 30, wife Hilaria Benavides, child. Francisco b. '34, Agueda '37; jnez de campo '43. iv. 685. M. (Nicolás), regidor at S. José 1805. ii. 134. M. (Pedro), sold. of S.F. comp. '27-37; juez de campo at S. José '39. iii. 731; in '41 age 24, wife Teresa Higuera, child. Joaquin h. '39, José Ant. '41; another of the name at S. José '41, age 33. M. (Petra Higuera de), widow at S. José '41, age 38, child. José b. '28, Domingo '30, Guadalupe '31, Rufina '32, Albino '33, Pamela '37, José Ant. '39. M. (Ra- fael), one of the original settlers at Los Ang. 1782. i. 345-6. M. (Rafael),
soldier of the S.F. comp. "23-31; at S. Jose '41, age 34. M. (Ramon), sol- dier of S.F. comp. '34-42; at Sonoma '44, age 25; grantee of Soulajule, Marin Co., '44. iv. 674; named in connection with the Bear war '46. iv. 674; v. 162. M. (Santiago), at S. Mateo '35. M. (Valerio), corp. of S. F. comp. 1777. i. 297, 312; at S. José '93, wife Leonor Barboa, child Nicolás.
Mesnard, 1837, connected with Petit-Thouars' exped. iv. 149. Metcalf (T.), 1848, from Hon. on the llope. Metzger (Jacob N.), 1848, came from Or. in May, and after a successful visit to the mines went to Or. in Ang. to bring his family. Mexica (Teodora), at Sta Cruz '18, ii. 225. Mexwell (Wm H.), 1848, at Stockton. Herald; prob. ' Maxwell,' q. v.
Meyer (Chas), 1847, owner of S.F. lot. M. (Francis), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). M. (Geo. S.), IS47, Co. D, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); a German in the mines '48-9, kept a hotel at S.F .; and settled at Mt Eden, Alameda Co.,
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in 33. Still living in 'S3, age 71, with wife Sophia Prüger, and 4 children, Geo. A., Heury H., Matilda Mrs Martin, and Amelia. Portrait in Alum. Co. Hist., 520. M. (John Daniel), 1832, from Strassburg and Mex., a black- smith at Los Ang. naturalized in '34. age 27. iii. 40S. He was one of the vigi- lantes in '36 (iii. 130), and was at S. Diego in '40. Meyers (R. G.), 1848, nat. of Pa, resid. of S. Joaquin '50-78, being several times member of the legislature. M., see also 'Myers.' Meyerholz, 1847, at N. Helv.
Micheltorena (Manuel), 1842, Mex. brigadier-gen., governor and com. gen. of Cal. from '42-appointed Jan. 22d, took possession formally Dee. 3] to Feb. 22, '45, when he signed the treaty of surrender to the revolutionist Californians who expelled him. On his early career, appointment, arrival, convict army, etc., see iv. 285-95; Com. Jones affair, iv. 308-26; rule in '43, iv. 350-67; policy in mission, commercial, and maritime affairs, iv. 368-78; rule in '44, iv. 401-20; revolution against in '44-5; defeat, departure, and later career, iv. 455-517; miscel. mention, iii. 550, 561; iv. 34, 409, 423-33, 448, 521-2, 561, 619, 630, 636, 632. As his career in Cal. is fully recorded in this vol., I need not go further into details here. He was a nat. of Oujaca, a friend of Guerrero, a man of some literary pretensions, and a colonel as early as '33. Elsewhere I say of the gov. that he was 'a strange mixture of good and bad; a most fascinating and popular gentleman; honest, skilful, and efficient as an official in minor matters; utterly weak, unreliable, and even dishonor- able in all emergencies;' yet under ordinary circumstances, by reason of his intelligence, experience, and tact in winning friends, he might have been a good ruler for Cal. By his liberality in granting lands as well as by his per- sonal courtesy he made a good impression on most foreigners, who as a rule have given an unfair version of the revolution by which he was overthrown. In the Jones affair at the outset he simply made an ass of himself, and of his acts in the last months nothing can be said in praise; while his breaking the treaty of Sta Teresa, by which he had promised to send away his battalion of cholo ruffians, and his bribing Sutter to arm the foreigners and Indians against the Californians, were in the highest degrce dishonorable and unpatriotic. After leaving Cal. he took a somewhat prominent part in the war against the U.S., serving as member of congress in '47 and eom. gen. of Yucatan in '50. He seems to have taken a very discreditable part in the Limantour forgeries, though little is known of details. I have found no definite record of his last years or death. Michael (John), 1844, at S. José. Sta Clara Co. Hist. Atlas. 7.ichi (John), 1825, mr of the Tamaahmaah. iv. 149; prob. 'Meck.' q. v.
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