Núñez

Santiago

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Bernardo Martínes de Valdes

Some of those hospitalized in Fort-Dauphin from the Garde Nationale Espagnole. - 1803

Origins

The oldest mention of the Núñez family in Santiago is in 1606 where various members of this family were mentioned in a census conducted by Governor Antonio de Osorio.

Vecinos de la ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros

Soon after this census, Isidro Núñez, a public notary in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in 1612, appears in the records. It is unknown how he or any of the aforementioned Núñez connect with the documented ancestors of the Núñez family, but the name Isidro was carried on.

Capitán Fernándo Núñez de Caraballo married Ana María del Monte y Muñoz de Mena, daughter of Domingo del Monte Pichardo and Luisa Mena de San Miguel and had Fernando Félix Caraballo y Pichardo. Fernándo died January 1656 in Santiago.

In 1717, a Simón Núñez was mentioned connected to the Alcalde of Santiago, Don Antonio Pichardo.

In 1721 during a rebellion in Santiago, there were three Núñez mentioned in the subsequent court case: Bernardo Núñez (born 1690 in Santo Domingo, vecino de Santiago, literate, murderer of Juan Beltran), Leonardo Núñez (vecino de Santiago), and Pedro Núñez, (vecino de Santiago, Pardo libre).

Originally it was believed that the first generation of the Núñez began with an individual known as Isidoro Núñez who had Isidro Núñez (husband of María Reynoso) and José Núñez ( husband of Dionisia/Catalina de los Reyes). Y-DNA testing has disproven this genealogy as the Y-DNA of descendants of Isidro and José Núñez wound up being from different lineages. Geographically, the families are still close so it is likely there is a surname connection with one of them through the female line, but with the limited records from this time it is difficult to say. My personal opinion is that the descendants of Isidro Núñez are from the legitimate surname origin based on having more Y-DNA matches with unconnected genealogy.

In 1776, a Joseph Núñez of Estancia Nueva possessed two illegal slaves, Francisco and Margarita, and had to pay 44 pesos to to government for evading taxes. It is possible this is the same José Núñez who founded the Núñez de los Reyes family. Other Núñez remained in and close to the city while also branching out to other parts of Cibao. In 1784, los Terreno en el paraje Las Matas de Santa Cruz were owned by Juan Núñez who sold it to Francisco Espaillat for 350 pesos for raising livestock.

On February 15, 1804, Francisca Núñez the widow of granadero del regimiento de Cantabria Manuel Boriñaga, remarried, now living in Cuba requested the pension of her deceased husband as an emigrant of Santo Domingo. In the early 1800s, various families from Santiago made their way to Santo Domingo during the España Boba period. Of these families, branches of the Núñez were baptizing their children in the capital.

In 1805, multiple whites were killed in the city of Santiago under the order of future President and King of Haiti, Henri Christophe. On February 26, a group of men and women were killed including José Núñez and Juan Núñez. They were hanged at the entrance of the town hall in the city. This account was recorded by Gaspar de Arredondo y Pichardo after fleeing to Cuba. It is possible that these two were the father and son José Núñez and Juan Núñez de los Reyes though there is no way to confirm this.

In 1803, there was a division of the French military on the island specifically for members of the Spanish side of the island mostly composed of men from the Cibao, specifically Santiago and La Vega. In a military hospital in Fort-Dauphin (today Fort-Liberté) various members of the Spanish National Guard (Garde Nationale Espagnole) were treated. Two of these men were Simon Nougnez and Quiettan Nougnez, natives of Santiago, Cibao. I suspect they were actually named Simón Núñez and Quintín Núñez.

In 1826, Manuel Núñez Tineo, the son of Felipe Núñez de los Reyes and Ana Tineo Jimenez, married his cousin Maria Bonifacia Fernandez Tavares. In his testimony he inherited 50 pesos of land in la Angostura from his father.

In the mid 1800s, José María Núñez Valerio went to Baitoa and settled a branch of the family that remains there today. 

A Bartolomé Núñez was one of the first inhabitants of La Vega. (Pasajeros a la Española, 1492-1530, pg. 519)

From Confirmación de oficios vendibles y renunciables

Expediente de Confirmación del oficio de escribano público y del cabildo de Santiago de Los Caballeros, en La Española a Isidro Nuñez.

Confirmation file of the office of notary public and the town hall of Santiago de los Caballeros, in Hispaniola to Isidro Nuñez.

From Instancias sin curso de la isla de Cuba

Josefa Tineo y Ponce y Francisca Núñez, viudas de los granaderos del regimiento de Cantabria Manuel Yrizo y Manuel Boriñaga, solicitan que a pesar de haber contraido nuevas nupcias se le contienuen las pensiones que disfrutaban como emigradas de Santo Domingo (1804).

Josefa Tineo y Ponce and Francisca Núñez, widows of the grenadiers of the Cantabrian regiment Manuel Yrizo and Manuel Boriñaga, request that despite having contracted new nuptials, they be given the pensions they enjoyed as emigrants of Santo Domingo (1804).

Descendants of Isidro Núñez & Cándido Núñez

Background

Isidro Núñez and María Reynoso had José, Luisa, Manuel, Pedro, and Santiago Núñez Reynoso in the mid to late 1700s.

In the death record of Benito Núñez Cerda, son of Manuel Núñez Reynoso, there is a cousin of his declaring Benito's death, Cándido Núñez. Cándido Núñez (c. 1826-1905) was originally from Arroyo Hondo, but settled Piloto, Monte Cristi some time in the late 1800s. He married María de la Paz Almonte and had various children in Arroyo Hondo, before moving his family to Piloto. In the family's oral history, the family came from Santiago to Piloto because the elder had asthma and it was easier on his body to be in Piloto. It is currently unknown how exactly Benito and Cándido Núñez were related, but future DNA testing may be able to confirm/disprove a Y-DNA connection. Based on dispensations, Cándido may have had a sister named Isabel Núñez, mother of Deogracias Núñez.

Dispensation trees for Justo Franco Díaz and María Francisca Núñez, widow of Aniceto Núñez Cerda. (1859)

"... Compareceran los Senores Jose Manuel Nuñes y Candido Nuñes, mallores de edad y Recidente en aRollo hondo el [primero] hijo y el [segundo] primo de Benito Nuñes... hijo legt. de Manuel Nuñes y Maria Selda..."

Máximo de Peña Cerda of Piloto with an unnamed son-in-law in 1918. Three of the five possible son-in-laws of Máximo were sons of Juan Antonio Núñez Almonte and Ana Rita Núñez Ramírez making it 60% likley that this is a photo of a grandson of Cándido Núñez.
His son-in-laws were: José Agustín Núñez Núñez, Aureliano Núñez Núñez, Casiano Núñez Núñez, Bienvenido Gómez Núñez, and Francisco Paula Datt (Vitalino Rojas Reyes is excluded as he was in jail for a violent murder at the time).

Descendants of José Núñez

Background

José Núñez and Dionicia (or Catalina) de los Reyes had Augusto, Felipe, Francisco, Jacinto, Juan, and María Núñez de los Reyes in the mid to late 1700s.

"dijo: que tiene diez reses que ha heredado de su padre y sinquenta pesos de tierra en Langostura"

"He said: he has 10 cattle that he inherited from his father and 50 pesos of land in la Angostura"

From the 1826 dispensation of Manuel Núñez Tineo, son of Felipe Núñez de los Reyes (deceased), and María Bonifacia Fernández Tavares. In the dispensation, Manuel indicates his father was dead and that he had inherited a small part of his fortune. This is the earliest recorded document of the Núñez who lived in la Angostura with Felipe Núñez de los Reyes being the earliest known resident as his son inherited his property. In addition to Felipe's branch who are well established in la Angostura, his brother Juan Núñez de los Reyes also has descendants in the area. This indicates that either the Núñez de los Reyes settled la Angostura or they inheritted property from their father, José Núñez the son of Isidoro Núñez.

Church burial for Francisco Núñez (1876)

Civil death record for Francisco Núñez (1876)

Descendants of Francisco Núñez and Isabel Cerda

Francisco Núñez (c. 1799-1876) died in Arroyo Hondo the widower of Isabel Cerda, daughter of Antonio Cerda. They had three sons who left Arroyo Hondo and founded families in Sabaneta, Puerto Plata, and Santa Cruz de Mao. Isabel had a sister, Olaya Cerda, who had a relationship with Domingo de Peña in Piloto, Monte Cristi that produced Regina and Máximo de Peña Cerda

Big Y block tree. (January 2024)

R-FTB29008

The haplogroup for the Núñez descended from José Núñez is R-FTB29008. This haplogroup is estimated to have been formed about 1735 CE. The descendants of José Antonio "Pepe" Núñez Fernández all fall under that haplogroup R-FTB39023 estimated to have been formed 1799 CE. The descendants of Rafael Núñez Tavares fall under the haplogroup R-FTD33599.

In the Big Y block tree, some of the closest paternal relatives of this family are a Mexican family that share a paternal common ancestor born about 134 BCE. This may indicate that this paternal lineage has been in the Iberian peninsula since this time at least. The closest connection is an individual who claims paternal ancestry from the Netherlands with the common ancestor born about 99 BCE.

R-ZZ12_1

The haplogroup for the Núñez descended from Isidro Núñez is R-ZZ12. This haplogroup is estimated to have been formed about 2520 BCE.  There is not currently a Big Y tester for this lineage, so there will be major refinement of this section when that test is upgraded.

There are three Núñez families that are connected to this lineage, Isidro Núñez, Santiago Núñez of San José de las Matas, and Santiago Núñez of Guayabal, Santiago.

Descendants of José Núñez

Descendants of Isidro Núñez

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