History of California, Volume XXII, Part 89

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
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Weed (John W.), 1841, Amer. passenger on the Julia Ann, who came from N. Y. for his health, and went back in '42. iv. 566. Weeks (Elbert), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. before 'S2. Weeks (James W.), 1831, Engl. sailor who deserted from the whaler Fanny, at S.F. in Oct., while the crew were occupied in eutting wood at Pt Quintin. iii. 405. Spending some time at Read's, and then working for the Castros at S. Pablo, he lived for some months on the beach at S.F. trying with others to repair an old boat, tried a ranchero's life with Narvaez in Sta Clara Valley, cooked for a while in the Pulgas redwoods, joined Ewing Young's trappers, and returned via Ross to the red- woods. In '40 he was arrested but not exiled, having married a native wife. iv. 9, 17, 23; in '41-5 lived at Sta Cruz, iv. 280, 356, 663, being named in the padron of '45, age 32, wife Ramona Pinto, child. María Ana b. '41, Blas Antonio '43, Teodoro '44. He signed the S. José call to foreigners. iv. 599; in '46 was coroner in the Naile case. v. 641; was clerk for Alcalde Stokes and in charge of the archives, and later member of the council. v. 664; and in '47- 8 alcalde of S. José. v. 662; went to the mines in '48; was sec. of the prefec- ture in '49; and continued to live in Sta Clara Co., being cl. for a part of S. Antonio rancho. In '77 he wrote for me his Reminiscences, a detailed narrative of his career in carly times; and having fulfilled this part of his destiny, he died in 'SI, leaving 4 sons. He was an intelligent man with but slight educa- tion, of good character, though at times addicted to intemperance. Wehler (Edward), 1847, musician of N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).

Weidney (Anthony), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Weifenback (Philip), 1847, Co. E, ditto. Weimar, see 'Wimmer.' Weir (James), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 51S). W. (Thomas), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v.

469); employed by Sutter as a tanner. Weirick (Wm H.), 1847, lieut Co.

F, G, N. Y. Vol. v. 504. Weirgen (Christian), 1847, Co. A, ditto. Weiss (Win), 1847, Co. B, ditto; at S.F. '83. Weit (John), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. v. 518.

Welburn (Benj.), see 'Washburn,' signer of the S. José call to foreigners of '45, the name being incorrectly given in several county histories. Welch, see 'Welsh.' Welder (Anthony), 1847, Co. C, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Wel- don (Peter), 1835, Amer. carpenter, age 24, who came on the Framen (?); an anabaptist who joined Russell in his exped. from S. Diego to the Colorado in '36. iii. 613. Weller (C. M.), 1846, Cal. claim $297 (v. 462); prob. an error

for 'Weber.' W. (Edward H.), 1847, Co. A, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S.F. '71-4. Wells, 1847, married by Sutter and remarried at Sta Clara. Alexan- der; prob. 'West.' W., 1848, on the Sagadahoc from Hon .; perhaps Robert. W. (Benj. F.), 1846, mid. on the U.S. Congress; acting lieut in Stockton's

Bat. '46-7. v. 386. W. (David), 1848, came from Or. and settled in S. Joaq. Co. W. (Robert), 1847, from N. Y. by sea; owner of S.F. lot; of firm W. & Co., merchants at S.F .; still here in '54. W. (Thos J.), 1847, Co. G, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); in N. Y. '71-82. W. (Wm M.), 1847, Co. G, ditto. Welsh, 1847, doubtful name or date of a justice at S. Buen. W. (Charles), 1848, Amer. sea capt. said to have been educated in Spain and to have served in the Span. mail service; d. at S.F. 'S3, He married a sister of Philip A. Roach. W. (John H.), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); in N. Y. '71-84. W. (Wm), 1821, Scotch sailor on the Lady Blackwood discharged at Bodega. ii. 478. He was at Los Ang. '29-30. ii. 558; is often named in northern records from '30. ii. 616; lived at S. José from '32, and in '44 was grantee of Las Juntas, Contra Costa. iv. 671. He seems to have been a brother-in-law of James A. Forbes, and to have been living in the S. José district '47; but died before '52, when the rancho was claimed by the admin. of his estate. He left a wife and 8 children.

Wescott (Joseph F. R.), 1836, nat. of Conn., baptized at S. Rafael in Oct. iv. 118. In '42 Francis Wescott is named as gunsmith of the S.F. comp .; and in '4S Conway & W. were proprietors of the Colonnade House at S.F., W. leaving his debtors in the lurch; perhaps not he of '36. v. 683. Wesley, 1847, visitor at Sutter's fort. West (Benj.), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat., recnl. (v. 469). W. (Henry S.), 1843, mr of the Rafak. iv. 568. W. (T.), 1846,

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Fauntleroy , harpons (v. 232. 247), enlisting at Mont. Jnly. W. (Thomas), 1846, overl. innnig, with Bryant, sometime capt. of the party, accompanied by his wife and 4 sons. v. 528. He settled at S. José, and acc. to Hittell be- came wealthy and went east before '60. His sons Francis T. and Thomas M. kept a livery-stable at S. José in '47. Another, Wm T., served in Co. B, artill. Cal. Bat. (v. 358); and the 4th was Geo. R. The grave of Ann W. was passed on the overl. route by Bigler in '47. W. (Thos J.), 1847. Co. G. N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. before '82. W. (Wm C.), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336); killed at S. Pascual. v. 346.

West (Wm Mark), 1832, Engl. carpenter, lumberman, and farmer, who had lived 7 years in Mex. territory before coming to Cal. iii. 408. In '34 he obtained naturalization, having been baptized at Sta Cruz, and owning prop- erty to the value of $1,500. From '33 he appears on Larkin's books, generally as a lumberman working with Trevethan in the redwoods. In the Mont. pa- dron of '36 he is named as 40 years old, wife Guadalupe Vasquez, child Maria Luisa b. '33. In '40, being arrested but not exiled, he was grantee of the S. Miguel rancho, Sonona, and of Llano de Sta Rosa in '44. iii. 713; iv. 17, 23, 673. I have no record of him after '48, but he died before '52, when his widow appears as el. for the rancho, on which a stream still bears the name of Mark West Creek. Westfall (Jacob), 1846, Co. C', Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Westgate (Francis J.), 1839, blacksmith and carpenter at Sonoma and S.F. '39-42, working for Spear & Hinckley and Salv. Vallejo. iv. 119; perhaps the man named as having lived at Pt Reyes in '46. W. (Obadiah), 1833, gunsmith at S.F .; perhaps same as preceding. Westlake (Richard), 1840, one of the exiles to S. Blas who did not return. iv. IS. Weston, 1846, mr of the Wm Neilson. v. 581. Wetmarsh, see ' Whitmarsh.' Wetmore (C. E.), 1848, S.F. merchant of firm W. & Gilman. v. 680; member of the council '49; settled at Benicia with his wife. Wetowah, see 'Watawha.' Wettermark (Chas P.), 1847, Co. A, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Weyland (John), 1848, at S.F., advertising tents for sale.

Whalen (John), 1847, musician of N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at Los Ang. '53. Whally (Scotch), 1840(?), a man known only by this name, who lived for sev- eral years in the redwoods near Mont., engaged in making shingles. iv. 120. About '45 he was killed by the Tulare Ind. Wheeler (Alfred), 1847 (?), nat. of N. Y., and memb, of Ist Cal. legislature. Anaheim Gazette, Oct. 16, '75. W. (Geo.), 1848, on roll of Soc. Cal. Pion. W. (Henry), 1847, Co. C, Morm.

Bat. (v. 469): reënl. W. (John), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). W. (John L.), 1847, Co. B. Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reënl. W. (Merrill W.), 1847, Co. A, ditto. W. (Wm), 1845, boy on the Warren, living at S. Jose '77, when he gave me a narrative on the Loss of the Warren's Launch in '46. iv. 587; v. 384. W. (Wm H. H.), 1:47, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. in L. Cal. '48. Wheelock (Lyman), 1847, Co. K, ditto.

Whisman (Andrew), 1847, nat. of Mo., who came overl. with his father, John W. (?), and in '47-S kept an inn bet. S. José and S.F .; later a farmer in Sta Clara and Alameda counties. He died at Harrisburg '79. His Ist wife was Serelda Lynn, by whom he had 11 children; the 2d Catherine Smith '72. W. (John), 1848, cousin of J. W. at Sta Clara. W. (John W.), 1847, nat. of Va and overl. immig. with wife and son, settling in Sta Clara. Whistler (Geo. R.), 1846(?), said to have come as a soldier; later in the mines; mur- dered in Ariz. "74; known as Geo. Reese. Whitaker, 1845, doubtful name of an overl. immig. iv. 578. W. (Amison), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Sac. '82. WV. (John Geo.), 1845, mid. on the U.S. Savannah, Columbus, and Warren '45-8. Whitcomb (Win N.), 1847 (?), said to have come with Capt. Brackett's comp. in '46; committed suicide at Napa in '71. N. Register.

White, 1845, named as having come with McDowell and also with Fre- mont. iv. 578, 583. W., 1847, at Stockton '47-8. W. (Arthur F.), 1845, at Mont. from R.I .; bought goods from the wreck of the Star of the West. W. (Charles), 1846, overl. immig. who settled with his wife at S. José, where he was councilman in '46 and alcalde in '48-9, becoming the owner of a large estate and cl. for Arroyo de S.Antonio. He was killed in the Jenny Lind ex-

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plosion in '53; his widow married Gen. C. Allen, and was the cl. for several ranchos. iii. 678, 711-12; iv. 655; v. 529, 662, 664. His son, Chas E., was a lawyer at S. José 'S1. W. (Chris. S.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). W. (Henry), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518); d. before '82. W. (J.), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlisting at S. Juan in Oct. W. (J.), 1848, passp. from Hon. W. (John), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). W. (Jolin C.), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). W. (Joseph), 1847, Co. A, ditto. WV. (Joseph), 1848 (?), trapper in the mines with Brooks who claimed to have come with Capt. Weber '41 (?).

White (Michael), 1829, Eugl. or Irish sailor who came from Hon. on the Dolly or Dhaulle. iii. 179; having touched on the L. Cal. coast in '17, and sailed, sometimes as mate and mr, on Mex. and Hawaiian vessels from that date according to his own statement. He settled at Sta B., where he built a schooner in '30. ii. 573; iii. 140. Except from his own testimony nothing is known of him till '36, when his name appears in a Los Ang. list as an Irishman aged 30; though he may have been the White acensed of smuggling at S. F. in '33. iii. 393. He says he made a trip to Mazatlan in the schr Guadalupe, which he had built for S.Gabriel mission, returning in '32, marryIng Maria del Rosario Guillen, daughter of the famous old woman Eulalia Perez, open- ing a little store at Los Nietos, and keeping aloof from polities, In '38 he signed a petition against Carrillo, iii. 565; and in '39 went to N. Mex., but returned with the Workman party in '41. iv. 278. In '43 he was grantec of Muscupiabe rancho and a S. Gabriel lot. iv. 635, 637; served in the foreign comp. against Micheltorena '45. iv. 495, 595; and was one of the Chino pris- oners in '46. v. 314. In later years he continued to live at S. Gabriel; was the successful cl. for his lands, which, however, in one way or another he finally lost; and occasionally indulged in a sea voyage. In '77, at the age of 75, some- what feeble in health and very poor, having a large family of children and grandchildren, Miguel Blanco gave me his interesting reminiscences of Cal. All the Way Back to '28. His memory was good, and he seemed to be a truth- ful man. He died in or before '85. W. (Milton), 1840, one of the exiles to S. Blas, arrested in the south; did not return. iv. 14, 18. W. (Moses), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). W. (Philander), 1847, Co. K, ditto. (Sam. S.), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Sutter's employ '47-8; at Pleasant Grove, Utah, '81. W. (Thomas), 1840, deserter from the St Louis, who became a lumberman, married, and in '48 lived on the Salinas. He died about '50. iv. 120. W. (Win), 1836, named in Larkin's books. W. (W'm), 1847, shoemaker in Sutter's employ. W. (W.), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlisting at S. Juan Nov .; perhaps same as one or both of the preceding.

Whitehouse (Benj. ), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); perhaps the 'Dad' W. at Stockton '48-9; d. at S.F. after '50. W. (Geo. W.), 1846, Co. C, Ist

U.S. dragoons (v. 336); at Los Ang. '79. W. (Joseph), 1840, one of the ex-

iles to S. Blas who did not return. iv. 18. Whitehurst, 1846, sergt, killed at S. Pascual (?). Fremont Court-martial, 169. See ' Whitness.' Whiteman (W'm), 1846, overl. immig. who settled at S. José with his family; drowned in the S. Joaq. River '4S. His widow lived at S. Jose '77, in the house built by W. in '46. A danghter was the wife of Waldo Lowe. A son, John T., who came as a child in '46, was a farmer in Sta Clara Co., and died at S. Lnis Ob. in '77, leaving a widow. Whiting (Wm J.), 1830, trader on the coast '30-1. Whitlock (Geo. W.), 1847, elerk for Wm H. Davis 47-9. v. 651; sergt of S.F. guard '48; at Sac. about '74-5. W. (Jacob H.), 1847, Co. A,

N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at S.F. '49.

W. (Mervin R.), 1847, ditto; drowned

in S. Joaq. River '49.

Whitmarsh (James), 1833, Amer. sailor who came from Mazatlan on the Sta Bárbara, iii. 409. In '37 a lumberman near S. Ra- fael; passp. in '40. Called 'Wetmarsh' and 'Webmarch,' but I have his au- tograph. Whitness (Wm), 1846, sergt Co. K, Ist U.S. dragoons, killed at S. Pascual. v. 346; perhaps his name was 'Whitress;' also called 'White- hurst.' Whitney (Francis T.), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). W. (Wmn), 1848, nat. of Engl., who came from Or. to the mines, and went back; died at Butterville, Or., "78. Whittaker (Robert), 1845, boatswain on the

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U.S. Portsmouth; owner of a S.F. lot '46. v. 685. Whittemore, 1810, mr of the Avon and Charon '10-14; trader and fur-hunter. ii. 96, 267, 282, 328. Whittle, 1846, named as a physician at the Mont. hospital. W. (W.), 1815 (?), said to be mentioned in a doc. of '35, in the Los Ang. arch., as a resid. for 20 years, doubtless an error. My copy makes the name ' Wittle,' and the time 25 years, perhaps another error. Whittmer (L. C.), 1847, at Sutter's fort from Sonoma, Sept. Whitton (1845), one of Fremont's men, who perhaps did not come to Cal. iv. 583. W. (Ezekiel or Jerry), 1834, Amer. named on Larkin's books at Mont. '34-6. iii. 412. Whitworth (Wm), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).

Widger (Benj.), 1847, Co. I, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Wierzbicki (Felix P.), 1847, Co. H, ditto; a Polish physician and author; owner of lots and partici- pant in a political meeting at S.F. '47. v. 455. In '48 he sends Gen. Vallejo a copy of his work entitled The Ideal Man. He was also the author of Cali- fornia as It is ond as It may be, or A Guide to the Goldl Region, S.F., 1849, Svo, GO pp., published in 2 editions by Washington Bartlett (mayor of S.F. as I write, in '85), and the 1st book ever printed in this city. Dr W. died at S. F. in '60. Wiggins (Wm), 1840, nat. of N. Y., who crossed the plains from Mo. to Or. in '39 and come to Cal. on the Lausanne, landing at Bodega and proceeding to Sutter's fort, and thence to Marsh's rancho, iv. 120-1, 136, 173. In '42-4 he was with Graham at Sta Cruz; served in Gantt's comp. to support Micheltorena in '45. iv. 486; is named in the Branciforte padron of '45 as 29 years old and single; went cast overland in '46; returned at the head of an immig. party in '47, but taking a cut-off was obliged, after great dangers, to go to Or. v. 556; and came down to Cal. on the Henry in '48. He was per- haps the man who is named at Benicia in '48. v. 673; is said to have owned at one time part of the Capitancillos rancho, Sta Clara Co .; lived at S. Juan B. '53-68, and later at Mont., where in '77 he gave me his Reminiscences. He (lied at S. José in '80, at the age of 63. He was called 'doctor,' had no family, and was a man of somewhat eccentric ways. Wight (David), 1847, carpen- ter and lumberman at Mont. '47-S. W. (Randolph H.), 1848, nat. of N.Y., who came from Or. on the Sterling, working in the mines, and going east in 49. He came back in '52 to settle in Contra Costa, where he lived in '82 with wife and two daughters. Wigman (Lewis), 1845, blacksmith and trader at Mont., S.F., and Sutter's fort '45-8, serving also in Fauntleroy's dragoons '48. iv. 578, 587: (v. 232, 247).

Wilber (James II.), 1847, Methodist preacher, touching at S. F. on his way to Or. on the I'hiton, who organized a Sunday-school at S. F. v. 657. W. (Jacob), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). Wilbur, 1846, mr of the Magnet. v. 579. W., 1848, in charge of Sutter's launch. W. (Jere- miah P.), 1846 (?), nat. of Conn .; owner of S. F. lots '48; married in '48 to Amanda Hoit; died at S.F. '64. Wilcox (Edward), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); nat. of Pa who went to the mines, and in '52-81 was a farmer in Mont. Co. W. (Frank), 1846, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlisting at S. Juan

Oct. W. (Henry), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). WV. (James Smith), 1816, Amer. mr of the Caminante, or Traveller, '16-17, who was suspected of revolutionary designs, and wished to marry Concepcion Arguello. ii. 78, 216- 17, 285-7, 291, 310, 362, 365, 382, 389. W. (Matthew), 1847, Co. C, Morm.

Bat. (v. 4G9). Wilder (Peter), 1848, voter at S. Diego, and perhaps the P. Wilde of '44 at S. D., hired by Capt. Peterson of the Admittance to look for deserters. Wiley (James), 1848, lient of marines at Mont .; passp. from

Hon. Wilkes (Charles), 1841, lieut U.S.N. and com. of the U.S. ex. ex., and author of the Narrative of that exped., a work that, as far as Cal. is con- cerned, cannot be very highly praised, iv. 241-8; also iv. 2, 6, 20, 191, 208-9, 214, 227, 434, 569, 663. WV. (E. P.), 1847, owner of S. F. lot. IV. (James), 1846, came to S. José. Hall; also J.P. W., named at S. José '47. W. (John), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).

Wilkin (David), 1847, sergt Co. C, Morm. Bat. v. 477; at Pioche, Nev., '82. Wilkins (C. P.), 1848, in Q. M. dept Los Ang .; prob. same as pre- ceding. W. (Edward), 1847, at Sutter's fort. Wilkinson, 1848, went from

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Mont. to the mines with Colton; said to be a son of a U.S. minister to Russia. WV. (James), 1831, named by Dye and Nidever as one of Young's trappers; perhaps did not come to Cal. iii. 388. WV. (John), 1845, act. mr of the U.S. Portsmouth. Willard, 1843, nat. of Mass. and mate under Capt. Cooper, who had been naturalized and got a land grant in the Sac. Val. Doubtful mention by Thomes. WV. (Fannie), 1846 (?), nat. of Mass. Married later to Alfred Baldwin of Sta Cruz. W. (Henry or Isaac), 1847, Co, A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); miner in '48-9; farmer and trader in Marin Co. to '56; and later a farmer in Mendocino, living at Sanel in '80 with wife and 10 children. Willey (Jeremiah), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Willhart (Louis), 1847, Co. C, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499).

William, 1845, Chinook Ind. of Fremont's party; in Sta B. garrison. v. 316. Williams, 1846, with Kearny from N. Mex. (v. 337); perhaps Geo. N. W., 1846, Amer. at S. Luis Ob. v. 639. W., 1848, arrested at S. José. v. 663. W. (Aaron W.), 182S, mr of the Clio. iii. 146, 165. W. (Albert), 1840, one of the exiles to S. Blas, who did not return. iv. 14, 1S. W. (Alonzo), 1846, applicant for land at S. José. Sta Clara Co. Hist., 331. W. (Alex.), 1836, Engl. sailor who landed at Sta B. from a whaler. W. (B.), 1837, said to have been one of the party driving cattle to Or. iv. 85. W. (Baylis), 1846, one of the Donner party from Ill., who died in the Sierra. His half- sister, Eliza, survived, and in '49 was living at S. José, married, but I do not know what became of her. v. 530, 533-4. WV. (Benj.), 1847, owner of a S. F. lot, perhaps at Sutter's fort '48, and on the first jury at S. Jose '48. (Charles), 1839, at Mont .; one of the exiles of '40 who did not return. v. 18. W. (Edward), 1847, lieut of Co. E, N. Y. Vol. v. 504; in '82 a resid. of Oak- land. W. (Elonzo), 1846, came from N. Helv. to S. Juan B. in Jan .; served in Fauntleroy dragoons (v. 232, 247); prob. same as Alonzo above. W. (Geo.), 1829 (?), Engl. sawyer named in Mont. lists of '34, who in '41 claimed a resid. of 12 years; at S.F. '42, age 39. iii. 179; possibly same as the follow- ing. W. (Geo.), 1832, nat. of Demerara, naturalized in '41, claiming a resid. of 9 years. iii. 40S. W. (Geo.), 1845, overl. immig., perhaps of the Grigsby- Ide party. iv. 579; settled at Sta Cruz aud served in the Cal. Bat. '46. (v. 358). W. (Geo. N.), 1846, Co. C, Ist. U.S. dragoons (v. 336). W. (Henry E.), 1846, Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 247).

Williams (Isaac), 1832, nat. of N. Y. and one of Young's trappers from N. Mex., where he had lived several years. iii. 388, 408. He settled at Los Ang. as a trader, though occupied for some years as a hunter; built a house in '34; aided in '35 in removing the Ind. from S. Nicolas Isl. iii. 361, 652; is named in lists of '36 as 25, 38, and 50 years of age, obtaining that year a certificate of residence from the ayunt. and joining the vigilance com. (iii. 430). He was generally known in Cal. as Julian W., often signing in that way. In '39 he was naturalized, and about this time married Maria de Jesus, daughter of Antonio M. Lugo, becoming the owner of the Chino rancho granted to Lugo in '41, and being himself the grantee of an addition to the rancho in '43. iv. 634, 117. His house in town was sold to the city govt. In '46 he proposed to build a fort at the Cajon. v. 37; on the fight at Chino, when W. was taken prisoner, see v. 312-14. He had a Cal. claim for property destroyed for $133,000, which was not allowed (v. 462). In '47 he advertised in the Californian for a large no. of men to build an adobe fence round his rancho; and Col. Coutts says that the men all ran away to the mines in '48 just before the work was completed. He died in '56 at the age of '57, leaving as heiresses of his large estate two daughters, Maria Merced, wife of John Rains, and Francisca, wife of Robert Carlisle. His wife had died in '42, leav- ing the 2 daughters and apparently a son. Col. Williams was one of the typi- cal rancheros of southern Cal., enterprising, hospitable, and generally of good repute. W. (Isaac), 1843, overl. imming. of the Chiles-Walker party, iv. 393-4, 400, who settled at Sta Cruz and later moved to Los Ang., where he dicd about '70. WV. (James), 1843, brother of Isaac and memb. of the same party. iv. 393-4, 400. He also settled at Sta Cruz as a lumberman and black- smith, being naturalized in '45, and married by Larkin in Aug. to Mary Pat-

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terson. In '46 he killed Henry Naile. v. 641; and is often named in records of '47-8, being a miner in the latter year. In '52 he was cl. for ranchos in Sta Crnz and the Sac. Val. iii. 677; iv. 670; and he died at Sta Cruz in '58 at the age of 45. W. (James V.), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); reenl .; in Utah '82. W. (J. H.), 1848, passp. from Hon. W. (John), 1826, sailor on the Rover. W. (John), 1846, doubtful name of an overl. immig. v. 529.

Williams (John S.), 1843, brother of Isaac and James, and overl. immig. of the Chiles party. iv. 393-4, 400. He was a tanner by trade, and I find no original record of his presence till '43, when he is named in the Branciforte padron as 26 years old (Isabel and Esculla Williams living with him-prob. the Cal. rendering of Isaac and Squire !), and is mentioned at Sutter's fort. In Feb. '46 he asked for naturalization, continuing to work for Sutter, but travelling much up and down the valley, visiting Mont. and Sta Cruz, and perhaps serving with the Bears. v. 167. In '47, besides buying lots and build- ing at Benicia, v. 672, he took charge of Larkin's rancho in Colusa, and was married in June to Maria Louisa, daughter of Joseph Gordon, at Wm Gor- don's place on Cache Creek, by Alcalde Ide. I have many of his original let- ters. He went to the mines in '48; moved to Butte Co. in '49; and died in May of that year. His widow married Lindsay Carson in '50, was one of the cl. for the Arroyo Chico rancho '52, and still lived in Sonoma Co. 'S0. A son, John S., Jr, was born in Cal. '48, and was also one of the claimants. He went east, and in'70-80 lived in Texas. W. (N. L.), 1848, passp. from Hon. W. (Richard), 1846, sergt Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336), 341. W. (Robert), 1844, donbtful name of a man who came with his family. Aris. Hist., 268. W. (Squire), 1843, brother of John S. and James. v. 393-4, 400; Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); died at the Yuba mines '48; yet named as a cl. for Arroyo de 678. W. (Thomas), 1847, sergt Co. D, Morm. Bat. v. 477, 481; perhaps did la Laguna in '52. iii. 677. W. (S. H.), 1848, of S. H. W. & Co. at S.F. v. not come to Cal. W. (Wm), 1838, Engl. sailor who landed at S. Diego. iv. 119; in charge of Capt. Fitch's house '40; sub-Ind. agent at S. Lnis Rey '48. v. 621-2; claimant for Valle de las Viejas '52. v. 619. W. (Wm H.), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Nyack, N. Y., '74-84.

Williamson (Benj.), 1846, Co. B, Cal. Bat. (v. 358), enlisting at Mont. Nov. W. (Daniel or David), 1846, Co. F, ditto, enlisting at S. Juan Oct .; at S. José '48; d. in '49. Siran. WV. (James), 1826, on the Rover. W. (J. C.), 1838 (?), nat. of Mass., said to have come via N. Mex. in '38, iv. 119, and, returning, to have started in '41 with his family, killed by Ind. on the way. Then he turned Ind. fighter; was with Frémont in '46 (?); was a sharp- shooter in the war of '61-5; a scout under Custer later; then a hunter in Cal, known as Grizzly Dan; at Oroville '80. Sac. Union, July 3, '80. How inch truth there may be in all this I do not know. W. (Thomas), 1833, at Mont. '33-4. W. (Thomas D.), 1847, Co. K, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Sta Rosa '71-4: d. before '80. Willie (1Ienry), 1847, Co. II, ditto.

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History of California, Volume XXII, Part 89

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 816

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 816