Rancho San Jose was a Mexican land grant in present-day Marin County, California given in 1840 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Ygnacio Pacheco. The grant included the lands of

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and the community of

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History

Ygnacio Pacheco (1808 - 1864) was the grandson of Juan Salvio Pacheco (1729 - 1777) and Maria Carmen del Valle, who came to California in 1776 with the

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. Ygnacio Pacheco was born in San Jose, the only child of Ygnacio Bernardino Pacheco, the alcalde of San Jose and cousin of

Salvio Pacheco Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793-1876) was a Californio ranchero and soldier. He founded the city of Concord, then known as Todos Santos. Pacheco also served three terms as Alcalde of San José (mayor of San Jose). Biography Pacheco was born i ...

, founder of

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. Ygnacio Pacheco was a soldier at the Presidio of San Francisco. He retired in 1838 and was granted one and a half leagues in 1840. In 1846 he was alcalde of San Rafael. With the

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of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, 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 San Jose was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was

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to Ygnacio Pacheco in 1861.Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
/ref> Ygnacio Pacheco was married three times (Josefa Higuera, Guadalupe Duarte and Maria Loreto Duarte). When Pacheco died in 1864, he left the rancho to his five sons and one daughter. Maria Loreto Duarte, Ygnacio Pacheco’s widow married James Black, grantee of Rancho Cañada de Jonive and owner of Rancho Cañada de Herrera.

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