Rancho Rincón del Sanjón was a

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in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1840 by Governor

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to José Eusebio Boronda. The name means "corner of Sanjo del Alisal". The grant was located on the north side of the Sanjo del Alisal, (the great slough, or deep ditch, of the alisal), between

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's Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo on the west, Castro's

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on the east, and bordering Espinosa's Rancho Bolsa de las Escorpinas on the north. The grant was on the northwest of present-day Salinas, where

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is located.

History

The Boronda family patriarch, Manuel Boronda (1750-1826) accompanied

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’s second expedition to Alta California. By 1790, Boronda was stationed at the

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and married Maria Gertrudis Higuera (1776-). Besides his military duties, which included carpenter work, Manuel also conducted a class for boys. The couple then moved to Santa Cruz. In 1811, at age 61, Manuel retired from military service and with his family moved to Monterey, where he built an adobe house in 1817. The three sons of Manuel and Gertrudis Boronda were: José Canuto Boronda (1792-); José Eusebio Boronda (1808-1880); and José Manuel Boronda (1803-1878), grantee of

Rancho Los Laureles Rancho Los Laureles was a Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José M. Boronda and Vicente Blas Martínez. Los Laureles refers to the California Bay Laurel tree. The grant e ...

. José Eusebio Boronda married Maria Josefa Buelna (1817-1864) in 1831. Maria Buelna was the daughter of Antonio Buelna, grantee of

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and

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. Boronda served as Mayordomo of

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. In 1839, Boronda and his family settled on a one and one half square league, "mas o menos" ("more or less"), Rancho Rincón del Sanjón which he called San José, and which he was granted in 1840. Boronda was at the

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in 1846. With the cession of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848

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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Rincón del Sanjón was filed with the

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in 1853, and the grant was patented to José Eusebio Boronda in 1860.

Historic sites of the Rancho

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. The home of José Eusebio Boronda built between 1844 and 1848.History of the Boronda Adobe
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References

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History

Historic sites of the Rancho

See also

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