Francisco Espaillat
(1734-1807)
Masclat, birthplace of Francisco Espaillat.
Properties aquired by Francisco Espaillat (Torres Agudo, pg. 374)
1761 - Hato de Enmedio from Francisco Muñoz del Monte
1764 - La Angostura from Pedro Jesús Paredes
1766 - Hato de Enmedio fom Jerónima de Villar
1768 - Hato de Enmedio fom Pedro del Rosario y Quiñones
1779 - Baitoa from Juan Reyes Terreros
1780 - Los Ciruelos from Lucas Pichardo
1782 - Hato de Enmedio from Mauricia Pacheco
1782 - Gurabito from Bartolomé Rivas
1782 - Sabana Grande from Juan Basilio de Vera
1783 - Pontezuela from Pedro de Vera
1783 - Maguana from Manuel Villafaña
1783-1784 - La Otra Banda del río Yaque from José Silvestre de Peña y su mujer, Gregorio Aybar, Mariana de Vargas, Sebastián Borbón, Catarina de Aybar, and Francisco de Bargas e Isabel Borbón
1784 - Las Matas de Santa Cruz from Gregorio Pérez and Juan Núñez
1784 - La Gozuela from Leonarda Zevallos
1784 - La Larga from Juan del Monte
1785 - Las Laguna e Isabela from José Cid de Chávez
1786 - La Isabela from Juan de Casacua
Biography
François Antoine Espailhac was born May 29, 1734 in Masclat in the Kingdom of France. His parents were Jean Espailhac and Marguerite Virol and was baptized May 30, 1734. François arrived to the island of Hispaniola through Haiti eventually reaching Santiago de los Caballeros in 1758. He was a doctor and surgeon for the colonial Militia of the northern region of the Spanish colony in 1780 and an administrator/doctor in various military hospitals in 1783.
"Francisco Espaillat - Médico y cirujano de las milicias de Infantería, Caballería y Urbanas de Santiago, La Vega, Montecristi y Puerto Plata. Mayordomo, Administrador y Médico Oficial del Hospital de la Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y San Sebastián de Santiago" - Torres Agudo, pg. 181
After arriving in the Spanish colony, his name was hispanized to Francisco Antonio Espaillat y Virol. He married Catalina Tavares Zapata, the daughter of Juan Tavares and Luisa Zapata y Morel with a dowery of "various assets" valued at 600 pesos. They had one son before her death, doctor José Espaillat Tavares (c. 1778-1844), a graduate of the Univesity of Salamanca.
Francisco Espaillat remarried to Petronila Velilla y Sánchez on July 24, 1780 in Santiago de los Caballeros. She was the daughter of the Aragonese Capitán de Caballería de Milicias Disciplinadas, Francisco Antonio Velilla y Torres (a native of Montón) and María Sánchez Moreno y Filpo (a native of Santo Domingo). The dowery was described as "appreciable assets" valuing 7,000 pesos. The couple had 13 children together with many dying young.
Espaillat was naturalized during the reign of King Carlos III of Spain (1759-1788). Espaillat during his time in Santiago would become a major landholder in the city with his properties spanning from a house within the city, to properties in the countryside of Santiago, to properties as far as modern Monte Cristi province.
During the Era de Francia in 1805, Francisco Espaillat moved his family to Aguadilla Puerto Rico. He claimed to have lost his fortune and did not dare to remain in the colony for fear of Haitian actions on the Spanish side of the island. He died in Aguadilla on October 4, 1807 at the age of 73. His family split between Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and some returned to Santiago de los Caballeros.
Santiago Espaillat Velilla (born May 1, 1785 in Santiago), the son of Francisco Espaillat.
Children
José Espaillat Tavares (c. 1778-1844)
Francisco Antonio Espaillat Velilla (born 1781) married (1) María Leonarda Velilla Aponte (2) Agustina Álvarez Hernández
Gertrudis Espaillat Velilla (born 1782) married Domingo Antonio Cid
Manuel Espaillat Velilla (born 1784)
Santiago Espaillat Velilla (born 1785) married Josefa María Lecanda Sánchez
Antonia Abad Espaillat Velilla (born 1787) married Ramón del Monte y Aponte in 1811
Margarita Espaillat Velilla (born 1788)
Juan Cirilo Espaillat Velilla (1791-1793)
José María Espaillat Velilla (1792-1793)
Juan José Espaillat Velilla (born 1794) married María Magdalena Rodríguez Rojas
Pedro Ramón Espaillat Velilla (1796-1882) married María Petronila Quiñones Tavares
María de los Dolores Espaillat Velilla (1797-1879) married José María de Rojas Ramos in 1818
Altagracia Espaillat Velilla (born 1799)
Pedro Nolasco Espaillat Velilla (born 1803)
Negros Indultos: 11 named slaves owned by Francisco Espaillat
En la Ciudad de Santiago de los Cavalleros en quinze dias del mes de Enero de mil Stecientos Setenta y Siete años D. Francisco Espaillat Medico y vezino de esta Ciudad y labrador en la Angostura manifesto ocho negros de los que se hallan dos rematados en publica supestacion por ser pertenecientes a S.M. y de los seis restantes se llama uno Juan Bautista casta senegal como de treinte y seis años con clavos en los pies con la estampa que sigue en el pecho lado dices = L A N Z E B E N = que se regulo en tres quartas de pieza de Indias = Y otro llamado (Antonio) digo Santiago criollo ladino de la Martinica de hedad de treinta y sies años con una Estampa en el pecho que dize = Guillermo = con la vista apagada que se regulo en una tercia de pieza de India en atencion a su falta de vista = Y otro llamado Antonio criollo de Jamaica de hedad de quarenta y seis a quarenta y ocho años sin señal que se regulo en tres quartas de pieza de Indias = Y otro llamado Joseph casta criollo de la Martinica como de treinta a trienta y cuatro años con la Estampa que dize = Guillermo = en el pecho dño que se regulo en pieza de - = Y otro llamado Justo casta bambara raya la cara como de veinte y quatro años sin tecion que se regulo en pieza de Indias = Y a otro llamado Juan criollo Ladino de Jamaica como de veinte y quatro años Demente por cuio motivo se regulo en tercia de preiza de Indias = Y a una negra llamada Ramona criolla ladina de Jamaica como de cinqueta y cinco años sin señal que se regulo en -dia pieza = Y a otra llamada Ana criolla de Jamaica como de quarenta años tuerta del ojo dño que se regulo en media pieza de Indias = Y la ultima llmada Lorenza casta bambara como de veinte y quatro años rayada la cara sin otra señal ni secion que se regulo en pieza todos con la Estampa sg.e P.P. Y los dos negros subastados el uno se llama Juan batusta de hedad de quarenta y quatro años casta timbú rayada la cara = Y el otro Pedro de veinte y seis años de hedad sin señal. Y haviendo exibido ciento trienta y siete (p)esos siete mrs. dese real dño en estas virtud semen caron con el de la re.l contad.a h.b. le certificada..
Ante mi
Bernardo Martines
Velilla
Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (1823-1878), son of Pedro Ramón Espaillat Velilla and María Petronila Quiñones Tavares. Grandson of Francisco Espaillat. He was president of the Dominican Republic in 1876.
Lineage of decent for Y-DNA tester.
Slaves
Juan Bautista
Origin: Senegal
Age: 36
Description: Nails in his feet; marked on the side of his chest "LANZEBEN"Santiago
Origin: Martinique
Age: 36
Description: Marked on his chest "Guillermo"; blindAntonio
Origin: Jamaica
Age: 46-48
Description: NoneJoseph
Origin: Martinique
Age: 30-34
Description: Marked on his "Guillermo"Justo
Origin: Bambara
Age: 24
Description: Striped on his faceJuan
Origin: Jamaica
Age: 24
Description: InsaneRamona
Origin: Jamaica
Age: 55
Description: NoneAna
Origin: Jamaica
Age: 40
Description: One-eyedLorenza
Origin: Bambara
Age: 24
Description: Striped on her faceJuan
Origin: Timbú
Age: 44
Description: Striped on his facePedro
Origin: None
Age: 26
Description: None
Genetics
Espaillat paternal line testers have received the haplogroup G-Z16775. This haplogroup originated about 1924 BCE likely in Europe.
Notes
Francisco Espaillat at the end of the 18th century purchased his father-in-law a factory valued at 15,000 pesos from José Tadeo Zavallos.
Sources
Torres Agudo, Ruth; Elites y grupos de poder: Los Hacendados de Santo Domingo (1750-1795)
González Hernández, Julio Amable; Santiago la Cuna de la Espaillat
Negros Indultos (1776-1777), folio 15v