Captain Manuel de la Vega y Mendoza

Alcalde Ordinario de la Villa de Bayamo

Notes for Manuel de la Vega Mendoza/Constanza Jacomina de Guevara

Capitán Manuel de la Vega Mendoza who was also known as Manuel de la Vega Roxas, was born, according to Historia de Familias Cubanas, in Spain. He probably wasn't, his father having been born in Bayamo, and José Julio Herrera Vilato suggests that this is a common deceit on the part of Historia de Familias Cubanas, and other researchers, to hide data that could be damaging or detrimental, which, in this case, is that one of his ancestors was the daughter of an Indian chieftain. Another source says he was born in Puerto Príncipe.

Manuel de la Vega Mendoza was, in any case, alcalde ordinario [magistrate] de Bayamo, and married Constanza Jacomina de Guevara.They had eight children, María, Manuel, Lorenzo, Clemente, Juan, Juana, Lorenza, and Isabel.

Children of Manuel de la Vega Mendoza and Constanza Jacomina de Guevara:

i Maria de la Vega Mendoza y Guevara [4th great grandmother of Perucho]

ii Manuel de la Vega y Guevara was clérigo [clergyman], presbítero [priest], doctor, cura [parish priest], vicario [vicar] and visitador general [a priest who visited parishes to inspect the books, records,etc.] en Bayamo. He made his will in 1690, in Bayamo.

iii Lorenzo de la Vega y Guevara was presbítero [priest] and cura [parish priest] de Bayamo, dejó una capellanía [he made a bequest to the church] de 2,700 pesos.

iv Clemente de la Vega y Guevara was regidor [councilman] de Bayamo. He married Luisa Mayo de Castro, daughter of Luis Mayo, a native of Portugal, and Bernardina de Castro y Arías. They had five children, Clemente, Ana, María, Beatriz, and Bernardina de la Vega y Mayo. He made his will in Bayamo.

v Juan Ponce and Francisca Arias de Medina (possibly the daughter of Juan Gutierrez and Ana de Medina) had five children, Francisco, Felipe, Diego, Salvador, and Ana Ponce y Arias. He made his will in Bayamo.

vi Juana de la Vega y Guevara married Juan de Fromesta y Moreyra, son of Hipolito de Fromesta and Beatrix Moreyra. They had two children, Constanza and Beatriz Fromesta y de la Vega. She made her will in Bayamo.

vii Lorenza de la Vega y Guevara married Francisco Marron de Santiesteban y de la Coba, son of regidor [councilman] Diego Marrón de Santiesteban and María de la Coba. They had five children, Constanza Marron y de la Vega, María Cecilia Marron de Santiesteban y de la Vega, Juana de la Cruz Marron de Santiesteban y de la Vega, FranciscoMarron de Santiesteban y de la Vega, and Tomás Marron de Santiesteban y de la Vega.

viii Isabel de la Vega y Guevara married Jose de Santiesteban y Texeira, regidor [councilman] and alcalde ordinario [magistrate] de Bayamo, son of alferez mayor [???] Fernando Santiesteban y Vázquez Valdés de Coronado and Leonor Texeira y Estrada. They had four children, Teresa, Matías, Vicente, and Lorenzo Santiesteban y de laVega. Isabel made her will in Bayamo.