Taming the Wild Horse Desert - Database
Bernabe Gutierrez de Lara
He was born circa 1707. His father was Antonio Gutierrez de Lara, and his mother was Clara de Villarreal. In 1750, he lived in Revilla in household number 32. His household included 2 people. He died in 1770 in Revilla. He was 63 years old. Before the foundation of Nuevo Santander, he went to San Antonio de los Llanos with other residents of Monterrey to aid the settlers there against Indian depredations, and stayed there about two months. He came to the site of Revilla with 6 or 7 other residents 2-3 years before Escandon founded the town (~1747) to settle on lands owned by Vicente Guerra. He said that they moved to the colony because of the "harshness of the governors and tyranny of sales taxes" in Nuevo Leon, and that they were charged for the spinning work of women and for the smallest chickens they sold, and even servants had to pay taxes from their wages [1].
Marriage
On 23 Jun 1730, he requested a dispensation to marry Maria Antonia de la Garza Falcon. They were married on 9 Jan 1731 in Monterrey. He was 24 years old. Dispensation source: Guerra, et. al., Index to the Marriage Investigations of the Diocese of Guadalajara, p.91.
Children
Blas Maria Gutierrez de Lara. He married Maria Magdalena Baez de Benavides, daughter of Cristobal Javier Baez de Benavides and Maria Rita Cuellar.
Maria Tomasa Gutierrez de Lara. She married Joaquin de Cuellar, son of Bartolome de Cuellar and Gregoria Martinez.
Joseph Clemente Gutierrez de Lara, born 1731. He owned land in Porción 15, Revilla, Zapata County, Texas.
Bartholome Gutierrez de Lara, born 1734. He married Maria Manuela de los Santos on 27 Nov 1758 in Salinas. He owned land in Porción 16, Revilla, Zapata County.
Maria Luisa Gutierrez de Lara, born 1735. In 1753, she requested a dispensation to marry Cayetano Treviño, son of Joseph Antonio Treviño Martinez and Juana Javiera Botello de Morales.
Juana Gutierrez de Lara, born 1750. She married Andres Peon y Valdez, son of Bernardo Peon y Valdez and Maria Manuela Favila in 1788 in Revilla.
Joseph Santiago Gutierrez de Lara, baptized 14 May 1754 in Monterrey. His padrino was Dn Joachin de Utien, and his madrina was Da Antonia Guerra.
Land Ownership
In 1767, he was granted Revilla 14 by the King of Spain.
In 1831, his heirs sold Revilla 14 to Jose Eugenio Ramirez Hinojosa.
