My Sauza Ancestry

Galicia, Spain
(Thanks to Francis Reyes)

We trace our Sauza roots from Galicia, Spain were our great ancestor Don Alfonso Ricardo Nicolas Sauza y Holguin (11 June 1721, Galicia, Spain - 12 November 1822, Intramuros, Ciudad de Manila, Las Yslas Filipinas) also known as Papa Fonso originally came from before joining in 1740s his fellow Spaniards for trade in New Spain, the former name of Mexico. 

As narrated by our elder Sauza ancestors, Papa Fonso was a strict yet loving man, a devotee of St. James the Greater, a tapa and wine maker, a businessman, a painter and a navigator. His first arrival in the Philippine soil was in July 1739 together with incoming Governor-General Gaspar de la Torre y Ayala and company. He was assigned in Cavite shipyard as assistant navigator to the Galleon Santiago together with his childhood friend also a navigator Don Melchor Cristobal Mariño y Orosa also known as Papa Meling by his Mariño descendants. Many of our elder Sauzas verified and narrated Papa Fonso and Papa Meling were kin in their native La Cruna in Galicia.

Papa Meling who was also my direct maternal ancestor eventually married the cantora and embroider of San Nicolas of Taal the mestiza damsel Señora Marcela Del Carmen Macabulos y Maningkad also known as Mama Maring whose maternal great great grandfather Juan Maningkad, a religious fisherman caught the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1603 while fishing at Pansipit River. This found image of the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Our of Lady of Caysasay that is presently found and enthroned at her shrine in Taal, Batangas, The Philippines. 

Here is Mama Maring's ancestry. Juan Maningkad married Carmen Dimaculangan both native of San Nicolas whose son Francisco Maningkad married Ximena  Sangalang of Calaca whose son Juanito Maningkad married Lorenza Agapay of Liliw of Laguna whose daughter Antera Topacia Maningkad married Francisco Andres Macabulos y Noble, a mestizo whose daughter Mama Maring who married Papa Meling whose children were 

1. Ricardo Marino y Macabulos married Beatriz Sauza y Sanchez, the youngest daughter of Papa Fonso and Mama Altragracia Sanchez y De Jalisco (12 December 1725, Jalisco, Mexico - 11 January 1821, Hacienda Sauza - Berenguer de Marquina, Pueblo de Mariquina, Las Yslas Filipinas), an Otomi-Mexican Indian.

2. Narcisa Mariño y Macabulos who married Don Santiago De Guzman y Gragera of Pueblo de Mariquina (Marikina City)

3. Sor Topacia Mariño y Macabulos, an Agustinian beata

4. Sor Zoila Mariño y Macabulos, an Agustinian beata

5. Antera Mariño y Macabulos who married  Don Francisco Marella y Roxas of Intramuros, Manila

6. Mariano Mariño y Macabulos who married Del Carmen Mariño y Sauza

7. Sor Bernarda Mariño y Macabulos, an Agustinian beata

8. Sebastian Mariño y Macabulos who married Don Martin Ylagan y Lontok

9. Cristobal Mariño y Macabulos who married Catalina Fariñas y Albano of Ilocos, my other maternal ancestors.

In Jalisco, Mexico,  Papa Fonso met and married Mama Altagracia. The Otomi people is one of the ethnic groups of Jalisco, Mexico. Their origin is known as the shooters of birds in the mountains. Moreover, Mama Altagracia was the one responsible why most of her female descendants who knew, met and lived with here personally were experts weavers as well. Their children were the following.

1. Don Juan Sauza y Sanchez (24 June 1743, Jalisco, Mexico - 03 January 1834, Balite, Barrio Angono, Binangonan, Distrito de Morong, Provincia de Laguna, Las Yslas Filipinas) was the first recorded Sauza - Sanchez who went to the Philippines on 20 January 1772 as part of the world famous Manila - Acapulco Galleon Trade. He was a learned rich businessman of wines, spices and textiles. He established successful businesses in the following ports of the Philippines particularly in Batan of Provincia de Capiz which is now Aklan, in Cebu, in Ilocos, in Legazpi of Provincia de Albay, in Zamboanga, in Ilo-ilo and in Manila. Eventually, he bought a large and wide area of land in Barrio Angono particularly in Biga adjacent to the old Spanish chapel. He married Maria Estrella, a Dumagat sangley or Chinese-blooded Dumagat. From 1796-1798, his Sauza surname was also spelled as Sausa in Barrio Angono because of listing error made by Serafin De los Santos, his Filipino - Chinese worker who lived in his household. He was elected as gobernadorcillo or town mayor of Binangonan from Barrio Angono in 1797. His adopted son Don Manuel Sausa (17 June 1783, Bario Angono - 24 June 1862, Barrio Angono) became the gobernadorcillo of Binangonan from Barrio Angono in 1818. Don Manuel Sausa's biological mother Concepcion Maybituin died in her teens moments after giving birth to him. His biological father was a Roman Catholic priest.

2. Emmanuel Sauza y Sanchez (1775-1825) who lived back in Mexico.

3. Guadalupe Sauza y Sanchez (1747-1834) who married Redentor De la Paz y Ortiz (1740-1828)

4. Remedios Sauza y Sanchez (1749-1853) who married Bernardino Josefino Guevarra y Desiderio (1748-1840)

5. El Rico Sauza y Sanchez (1751-1853) married Purificacion De los Rios y Cortes (1751-1848), an Otomi-Indian whose son Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios (23 April 1777, Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico - 25 December 1880, Manila, Las Ylas Filipinas) also known as Papa Tiago married Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong (19 November 1790, Cagsua Franciscan Church, Busay, Albay, Bicol, Las Yslas Filipinas - 30 January 1900, Banwa, Batan, Capiz, Las Yslas Filipinas) whose seventh child Don Miguel Juan Santiago Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (29 September 1818, Barrio Santo Niño, Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina, Pueblo de Mariquina, Las Yslas Filipinas - 01 March 1925, Barrio Angono, Binangonan, Rizal, The Philippines) who married Doña Matilde Tuazon y De la Peña (15 March 1815, Barrio Santa Elena, Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina, Pueblo de Mariquina, Las Yslas Filipinas - 10 August 1910, Barrio Angono, Binangonan, Rizal, The Philippines) whose eldest son Don Juan Ruperto Sauza y Tuazon (24 September 1833, Bacolor, Pampanga, Las Yslas Filipinas - 12 December 1935, Libacao, Capiz, The Philippines) married Doña Natividad Sumulong y Saguinsin (24 December 1831, Antipolo, Provincia de Tondo, Las Yslas Filipinas - 08 September 1929, Antipolo, Rizal, The Philippines) whose son Don Quintin Nicolas Enrique Sauza y Sumulong (31 October 1869, Banwa, Batan, Capiz, Las Yslas Filipinas - 01 November 1923, Marikina, Rizal, The Philippines) married Doña Maria Feliza Mendoza y Posadas (23 November 1871, Bocboc, Aguilar, Pangasinan, Las Yslas Filipinas - 14 February 1920, Marikina, Rizal, The Philippines) whose son Don Demetrio Sauza y Mendoza (10 September 1901, Marikina, Rizal, The Philippines - 18 August 1984, Rodeo, Contra Costa, California, USA), a shipmaker and former municipal councilor of the present Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, The Philippines married Señora Criselda Embrado y Aleson (08 February 1896, Carcar, Cebu, The Philippines - 30 June 1999, Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, The Philippines) whose daughter Dolores Sauza y Embrado (08 August 1929, Opon, Cebu, The Philippines - present) married Regino De la Cruz Jr. y Ortuoste (22 July 1922, Cotabato City, Maguindanao, The Philippines - May 1989, Kidapawan, North Cotabato, The Philippines), the former Chief of Police of Kidpawan, North Cotabato whose fifth child Estela Socorro Dela Cruz y Sauza (09 January 1956, Kidapawan, North Cotabato - present), my mother married my father Reynaldo Salamat Jr. y Jumaquio (22 September 1952, Paombong, Bulacan, The Philippines - 08 January 1985, Toril, Davao City, The Philippines) 

6. Antonio Sauza y Sanchez (1755-1841) who had many wives married Adoracion Felipe y Bermudez (1758-1860). His wives were recorded in your family tree.

7. Beatriz Sauza y Sanchez (1757-1841) married Francisco Mariño y Macabulos (1755-1793) whose seventh child Don Andres Mariño y Sauza also known as Amang Andong married Doña Gregoria Gertrudes Diokno y Villavicencio also known as Inang Trudis, the widow of his elder brother Don Melchor Mariño y Sauza. Amang Andong and Inang Trudis were the parents of Don Francisco Mariño y Diokno also known as Don Kiko who married his relative Doña Eugenia Coronel y Ylagan also known as Sanse Enyang in Barrio Angono who were the parents of Doña Marcela Mariño y Coronel also known as Mama Celay who married the first Filipino Ambassador Don Felipe Agoncillo y Encarnacion.

8. Agustin Sauza y Sanchez (1757-1855) who had many wives. His wives were recorded in our family tree.

9. Pedro Sauza y Sanchez (1759-1861) who married Salvacion Borbon y Macatangay (1771-1875)

My maternal great x 5 grandfather Papa Tiago was a Spanish-Mexican navigator. He was the 22nd gobernadorcillo in 1809 and the 7th alcalde capitan in 1828 of Pueblo de Marikina (presently Marikina City), The Philippines. He was one of the good friends of Joseph Bonaparte or King Joseph I of Spain who encouraged him to the Philippines. He and his first cousins Don Tomas Pio De la Paz y Sauza, Don Andres Mariño y Sauza, Doña Luisa Dorotea Guevarra y Sauza (Doña Apolonio Desiderio y Gaerlan and Doña Juan Nepumuceno y Gaerlan) and Doña Maria Linda Sauza y Felipe (Doña Alexandro Laurente Oppus y Buenviaje) also known as Maria Carpa in the old town of Baclayon, Bohol, The Philippines) were the founders of first paper mill in the Philippines in 1825 located at Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina particularly at the present Aglipayan church in Sto. Niño, Marikina City.

Papa Tiago and Mama Abe got married on 19 November 1809 at San Francisco Church (presently Mapua Institute of Technology), Intramuros, Manila, Las Yslas Filipinas. They had 11 children named below whose descendants are in the picture below during the 92nd Las Familia Unidas 22 January 2012 at Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City, The Philippines. Las Familias Unidas is the annual reunion of the Familia Sauza - Berenguer de Marquina also known as Los Herederos de las Familias FitzGerald, Sauza, Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong since 25 December 1850 to 25 December 1941 and from 22 January 2012 to date.

22 January 2012 at Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City, The Philippines

1. Doña Hilaria Maria Dela Vega Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (16 December 1810, Cagsawa, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 23 August 1913, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a well-respected beauty queen of her time married Don Teodoro Vicente Luis Imperial y Ormaechea. They are the ancestors of the Ballesteros, the Clauteros, the Fuenteses, the Fernandezes the Gils, the Ilejays, Imperials, the Perezes, the Piconeses, the Reyes, the Silvestres, the Tolentinos, the Piconeses, the Villamarins and the Vitors.
2. Don Demetrio Ignacio Felipe Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (01 December 1811, Cagsawa, Albay, Philippines – 12 September 1904, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a meticulous potter married Doña Ygnacia Margarita Beatriz Ormaechea y Zaraspe. They are the ancestors of the Apostaderos, the Claudios, the Concepcions, the Grageras, the Gonzagas, the Lipios and the Roans.
3. Don Francisco Antonio Salvador Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (14 October 1812, Cagsawa, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 25 June 1910, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), an experienced blacksmith and knight and a knowledgeable fencing enthusiast married Doña Maria Rosalia Eulalia Escudero y Guanzon. They are the ancestors of the Becos / the Bicos / the Vicos, the Godoys, the Macatangays and the Marasigans of Lobo, Batangas, Philippines. 
4. Doña Restituta Maria Del Carmen Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (01 February 1814, Legazpi, Albay, Philippines – 12 January 1916, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines), an expert embroiderer married Don Juan Noblejas (1^st Husband) of Taal, Batangas, Philippines, Don Enrique Quiambao (2^nd Husband) of Tarlac, Philippines, Don Francisco Bangoy, the Elder (3^rd Husband) of Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines and Don Juan Jose Del Buenviaje De La Estrada (4^th Husband) of Guanajato, Mexico. They are the ancestors of the Noblejas and the Dioknos of Taal, Batangas, Philippines, the Quiambaos of Tarlac, Philippines, the Bangoys of Davao City, Philippines, the Ylagans and the Ylagas of Lobo, Batangas the Silayans of Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines and the Centeneras and the Garchitorenas of Bicol, Philippines. 
5. Padre Lorenzo Eduardo Teofilo Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (10 August 1815, Marinduque, Philippines – 31 March 1912, San Jose, Antique, Philippines) (Exhumed 12 December 1939. Reburied at San Francisco Church (presently Mapua), Intramuros, Manila, Philippines), an intelligent speaker who had relationship to the sisters Doña Ana Magbanua and Doña Simplicia Magbanua of Antique, Philippines. His other partner was Doña Catalina Jalandoni of Iloilo, Philippines. They are the ancestors of the Jalandonis, the Magbanuas, the Miraflors and the Moscosos of Panay Island, Philippines. 
6. Don Xystus Amadeo Celestino Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (14 February 1816, Casa Santos, Sta. Elena, Pueblo de Mariquina, (presently Marikina City), Philippines – 26 July 1898, Binangonan, Distrito de Morong, Philippines), an adventurous navigator and a rich businessman married Doña Delfina Ynares y Antazo. They are the ancestors of the Antazos, the Ynareses and the Bernardos.
7. Don Miguel Juan Santiago Sauza Y Berenguer De Marquina (29 September 1818, Sto. Niño, Pueblo de Mariquina (presently Marikina City), Philippines – 01 March 1925, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a brilliant writer and a professional jeweller married Doña Matilde Tuazon y Dela Peña (14 March 1815, Barrio Santa Elena, Pueblo de Mariquina (presently Marikina City), Philippines – 10 August 1910, Barrio Angono, Binangonan Rizal, Philippines). In 2012, another partnMarch 1925Cebu, Filipinasn mother. The teen Julian Benedicto, because of pain, he decided to go with Delfier was revealed on 22 January 2012. She was Doña Maria Gregoria Tuazon y Yupangco, the niece of Doña Matilde Tuazon y Dela Peña and the daughter of Don Salvador Tuazon y Dela Peña and of Doña Dorotea Yupangco, a Chinese mestiza. They are the ancestors of the Andreses, the Blancos, the Carvajals, the Celestinos, the Cruzes, the De Guzmans, the Dela Cruzs, the Esperos, the Mallillins, the Peñarandas, the Salamats, the Ycays, the Zubiagas,
8. Don Jose Alberto Filemon Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (18 September 1819, Cagsawa, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 23 November 1922, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), an industrious farmer married Doña Escolastica Gonzales y Del Prado (10 February 1823, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines – 12 April 1925, Angono, Rizal, Philippines). They are the ancestors of the Abanillas, the Villanuevas of Lobo, Batangas and the Belarminos of Zamboanga, Philippines.
9. Doña Brigida Maria Del Cielo Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (08 October 1821, Antipolo, Philipines – 31 October 1930, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a spinster. In the Sauza – Berenguer de Marquina family record, though they were never been lovers, her first love was Fr. Jose Apolonio Burgos y Garcia (1837-1872), one of the Bagumbayan Martyrs. Her recorded boyfriend was Don Francisco Guido of Angono whom she boxed on face because of “lie over wealth”.
10. Doña Refugio Maria Del Rosario Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (23 May 1835 Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico – 25 August 1932, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a coloratura soprano married Don Teodoro Guidote y Enrile y Alcedo. They are the ancestors of the Fiels in the Visayas and Mindanao and the Guidotes of Bulacan, Philippines.
11. Don Anselmo Benedicto Onofre Sauza y Berenguer de Marquina (21 April 1838, Villa Fernandina, Ilocos Norte, Philippines-19 July 1940, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a skilled fisherman and champion swimmer, an artistic painter and an angelic tenor married Doña Aurea De Villa y Salud (1837-1855) (1^st Wife) of San Juan De Bolboc, Batangas, Philippines, Doña Maria Villavicencio y Macatangay (1841-1873) (2^nd Wife) of Taal Batangas, Batangas, Philippines and Doña Teodora Fiel y Sitjar (d. 1919) (3^rd Wife) of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. They are the ancestors of the Diestros, the Jubans, the Lozos, the Layocs, the Mag-atas, the Merceds, the Sorianos, the Tamayos and the Tiamsons.