Chapter 2: Spanish San Diego

2. Who were the first settlers of San Diego?

Below are the names of the early Spanish-Mestizo founders of San Diego, those who lived in San Diego in 1770, one year after its first founding:

• Captain Don Fernando de Rivera y Moncada, married
• Corporal Guillermo Carrillo
• Soldiers:
  • Juan José Robles
  • Bernardo Rubio, married, sick with scurvy
  • Mateo Ignacio de Soto
  • Juan María Miranda, married
  • Francisco de Avila
  • Rafael Hernández
  • Marcelo Bravo
  • Nicolás Antonio Sambrano
  • José Ignacio Olivera
  • Mariano de la Luz Verdugo
  • Alejo Antonio Gonzales
  • Juan de Osuna, married, sick with fever
  • Sebastián Alvitre
  • Andrés Cota, married
  • José Joaquín Espinoza, married
  • Augustín Castelo

Taken from Bill Mason. "The Garrisons of San Diego Presidio: 1770-1794",Journal of San Diego History, Vol. 24.4 (Fall 1978): p. 400.

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