Brief Life History of Juana
When Juana Ponce de Leon y Ponce de Leon was born about 1504, in Higüey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, her father, Don Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa, Governor of Puerto Rico, Adelantado of Florida, was 31 and her mother, Leonor Ponce de León y de Guzmán, was 26. She married Capt. Juan Garcias Troche Monroy on 27 September 1519, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1527, in Parroquia San Juan Bautista, Maricao, Maricao, Puerto Rico, at the age of 24.
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Family Time Line
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Spouse and Children
1498–1540 Male
1504–1527 Female
Children (4)
1520–1571 Female
1524–1591 Male
1527–1571 Female
1528–1591 Male
Parents and Siblings
1480– Female
Siblings (4)
1504–1521 Female
1504–1527 Female
1508– Female
1509– Male
World Events (3)
1508
Age 4
1509
Age 5
1511
Age 7
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Luis, Jesus, Carlos, Francisco, Jorge, Miguel, Pedro, Raul, Roberto.
Spanish and French: from the medieval personal name Ponce, ultimately from Pontius, a Roman surname, perhaps an ethnic name for someone from Pontus (named from Greek pontos ‘ocean’) in Asia Minor, or an Italic cognate of Latin Quintus ‘fifth’ (i.e. ‘fifth-born’). The name was borne by two 3rd-century Christian saints, a Carthaginian deacon and a martyr of Nice, but was not widely popular in the Middle Ages because of the inhibiting influence of the even more famous Pontius Pilate. In some cases though, the surname may have been originally used for someone who had played the part of this character in a religious play.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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