Francisco Ortiz de la Renta
5th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1 January 1766[1] – 1800 ?[2]
Preceded byJoseph de Toro
Succeeded byJosé Benítez
Personal details
Bornc. 1726
Diedc. 1806

Francisco Ortiz de la Renta[3] (c. 1726 – c. 1806) was a Teniente a guerra Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1766[4] to 31 December 1800, when José Benítez took over the mayoral administration.[5]

Background

Francisco Ortiz de la Renta was a descendant of the founder of San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to Río Guanajibo, in 1573.[6] As teniente a guerra, he was the administrative head of the municipality.

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
    2. ↑ Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Grupo Editorial EPRL. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
    3. ↑ Municipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. "Municipalities: Ponce". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
    4. ↑ Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
    5. ↑ Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
    6. ↑ Francisco Lluch Mora. Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce, y otras noticias relativas a su desarrollo urbano, demográfico y cultural (Siglos XVI-XIX). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Segunda Edición. 2006. p. 39.

    Further reading

    • Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.


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