José Raimundo Carrillo

Captain José Raimundo Carrillo (17491809) was Californio soldier and settler, known as an early settler of San Diego, California and as the founder of the Carrillo family of California.

Biography

Carrillo was born in 1749 in New Spain (present-day México) at Loreto, Baja California. He came to upper Las Californias as a soldier with the first expedition of Gaspar de Portolà in 1769, and rose to rank of Captain.

Carrillo served at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Presidio of Monterey, and in 1806, the Presidio of San Diego. He was commandant of the Presidio of San Diego during 18071809. In 1809 he died and was buried in the chapel on Presidio Hill November 10, 1809.

On April 23, 1781 Carrillo married Tomasa Ignacia Lugo, daughter of the soldier Francisco Lugo, with the ceremony performed by Junipero Serra at San Carlos, New Spain.

The children of José Raimundo Carrillo and Tomasa Ignacia Lugo.[1][2]
Name Birth/Death Married Notes
Carlos Antonio de Jesus Carrillo1783 - 1852 Maria Castro Governor of Alta California from 1837-1838. Grantee of Rancho Sespe.
Maria Antonia Carrillo1786 - 1843 José de la Guerra y Noriega
Anastasio José Carrillo1788 - 1850 Concepción Garcia Grantee of Rancho Punta de la Concepcion. His son, Guillermo Carrillo, is the namesake of the Hill-Carrillo Adobe in Santa Barbara
Domingo Antonio Ignacio Carrillo1791 - 1837 Concepción Pico Grantee of Rancho Las Virgenes.
Maria Ignacia Josefa Carrillo1794 - 1802 Died in childhood.
José Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo1796 - 1862 Estefanía Pico Served as three-time mayor of pre-statehood Los Angeles. Grantee of Rancho Las Posas.

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