Jose Miguel Ramon VELA¹⁸⁷¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicodemus VELA and Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ.

Jose Nicodemus VELA^1871,3057 was born about 1750.¹⁸⁷¹ His age is listed as 45 in the Padrones of 1795. On December 4, 2807, he was granted two leagues of land along the west bank of the Nueces River in what is now Live Oak County, Texas. He named his ranch Veleño. Parents: Lazaro VELA and Maria Antonia GARCIA.

Spouse: Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ. Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ and Jose Nicodemus VELA were married on 21 August 1776.²⁷³⁷ Children were: Jose Gregorio VELA, Jose Maria VELA, Jose Miguel Ramon VELA.

Jose Nicolas VELA¹⁸⁸¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Nicolas VELA and Maria Regina GARCIA.

Spouse: Maria Antonia de la GARZA. Maria Antonia de la GARZA and Jose Nicolas VELA were married on 19 July 1779.¹⁸⁸¹ Children were: Juan Jose VELA, Lorenzo VELA, Rafael VELA, Francisca VELA.

Spouse: Antonia Margarita OLIVAREZ. Antonia Margarita OLIVAREZ and Jose Nicolas VELA were married on 14 October 1786.¹⁸⁸¹ Children were: Leonardo VELA.

Jose Pedro VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1825. He died as a child. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Josepha de VELA¹⁷⁸³ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Pedro Regalado GARCIA. Josepha de VELA and Pedro Regalado GARCIA were married. Children were: Teresa GARCIA, Andres GARCIA.

Juan VELA³⁰⁵¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Alexo VELA and Concepcion SOLIS.

Juan VELA⁹⁸² was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Jose Sixto VELA and Juana GARZA.

Spouse: Bernarda TREVIÑO. Bernarda TREVIÑO and Juan VELA were married.

Juan Jose VELA²⁹⁶⁹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicolas VELA and Maria Antonia de la GARZA.

Spouse: Maria Guadalupe SOLIS Cervantes. Maria Guadalupe SOLIS Cervantes and Juan Jose VELA were married on 17 November 1811.²⁹⁶⁹ Children were: Tomas VELA, Manuela VELA, Feliciana VELA, Agapita VELA.

Spouse: Luisa YBARRA. Luisa YBARRA and Juan Jose VELA were married.¹⁸⁸¹ Children were: Teodora VELA, Teodoro VELA, Bonifacia VELA, Regina VELA.

Juan Jose VELA²³⁸⁹ was born about 1737. He died on 30 September 1799 at the age of 62 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, New Spain.²⁰⁶ The name is listed only as Jose Vela. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Juan Jose Sixto VELA⁹⁸² was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Doroteo VELA and Maria Margarita de la PEÑA.

Spouse: Juana GARZA. Juana GARZA and Juan Jose Sixto VELA were married. Children were: Jose Maria VELA, Rafael VELA, Juan VELA, Casimiro VELA, Cecilia VELA, Guadalupe VELA, Andrea VELA, Ygnacia VELA.

Juan Nepomuceno VELA^1733,1734 was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Ursula FLORES. Ursula FLORES and Juan Nepomuceno VELA were married. Children were: Dionicio VELA, Rafael VELA, Teodoro VELA, Francisca VELA, Guadalupe VELA, Gumercinda VELA.

Juana VELA¹⁶²⁰ was born (date unknown). Parents: Blas Maria VELA and Guadalupe GARZA.

Spouse: Maximo SALINAS. Juana VELA and Maximo SALINAS were married.

Juana Josefa VELA³⁰⁵⁸ was born (date unknown). Parents: Nicolas VELA and Maria Regina GARCIA.

Spouse: Marcos VILLARREAL. Juana Josefa VELA and Marcos VILLARREAL were married on 6 July 1789. Children were: Francisco VILLARREAL.

Juana Rosa VELA⁹⁸⁴ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Joaquin CHAPA Rodriguez. Juana Rosa VELA and Joaquin CHAPA Rodriguez were married. Children were: Ana Francisca CHAPA.

Lazaro VELA⁴⁷⁶ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Petronila (or Petrona) BOTELLO. Petronila (or Petrona) BOTELLO and Lazaro VELA were married. Children were: Ines VELA.

Lazaro VELA¹⁸⁷¹ was born about 1721.¹⁸⁷¹ His age is listed as 61 in the Padrones of 1782. He was the Original Grantee of Porcion 57, in Mier.

Spouse: Maria Antonia GARCIA. Maria Antonia GARCIA and Lazaro VELA were married. Children were: Jose Nicodemus VELA, Gertrudis VELA.

Leonardo VELA¹⁸⁸¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicolas VELA and Antonia Margarita OLIVAREZ.

Librada VELA¹⁰⁵³ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Manuel CONTRERAS. Librada VELA and Manuel CONTRERAS were married. Children were: Rafaela CONTRERAS, Trinidad CONTRERAS.

Lorenzo VELA¹⁸⁸¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicolas VELA and Maria Antonia de la GARZA.

Luisa VELA²¹⁶⁴ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Candido SOLIS Cervantes. Luisa VELA and Candido SOLIS Cervantes were married on 9 February 1803.²¹⁶⁴ Children were: Matias SOLIS, Domingo SOLIS, Maria Teresa SOLIS, Concepcion SOLIS, Josefa SOLIS.

Luisa VELA⁹⁷⁵ was born (date unknown). She was a natural daughter. Parents: ______ ______ (father of Luisa Vela) and Guadalupe GARZA.

Spouse: Monico VILLARREAL. Luisa VELA and Monico VILLARREAL were married.

Manuela VELA¹⁸⁸¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Jose VELA and Maria Guadalupe SOLIS Cervantes.

Marcelino VELA²⁰⁴ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Librada GUZMAN. Librada GUZMAN and Marcelino VELA were married. Children were: Guadalupe VELA.

Margarita VELA³⁰⁵⁹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Antonio VELA and Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa.

Maria VELA¹⁸⁰⁰ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Diego GARCIA. Maria VELA and Diego GARCIA were married. Children were: Jose Salvador GARCIA.

Maria VELA^2389,3060 was born about 1739. She is not listed with the Salvador Vela family in the 1757 Census of Camargo, so presumably she had already married and was living elsewhere at the time. The Census does show a Maria Vela, who was a widow. Roy McCandless has nine children for Salvador Vela and Agueda Longoria; the 1750 Census listed only eight. Since I added Mariana from his website, it may be that the Maria listed in the census is really Mariana. Roy has a ninth child named Dorotea. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Maria Casilda VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1808. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa MORENO.

Maria Cecilia VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1805. She died unmarried. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa MORENO.

Maria de los Angeles VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Maria Encarnacion VELA³⁰⁶¹ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Simon Victoriano SOLIS. Children were: Maria de los Santos CERVANTES.

Maria Gertrudis VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1810. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa MORENO.

Maria Gertrudis VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1818. She died as a child. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Maria Guadalupe VELA²⁷⁹¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Nicolas VELA and Maria Regina GARCIA.

Spouse: Bernardo VILLARREAL. Maria Guadalupe VELA and Bernardo VILLARREAL were married on 10 January 1773.¹⁶¹¹ Children were: Antonio VILLARREAL, Pablo Maria VILLARREAL, Gertrudis VILLARREAL.

Maria Ignacia VELA²³⁸⁹ was born about 1749. Could this Maria Ignacia be the person listed as Mariana by Seabury? Mariana became the wife of Lucas Eduardo Villarreal. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Maria Jacoba VELA¹⁷⁶⁸ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Diego GARCIA. Maria Jacoba VELA and Diego GARCIA were married. Children were: Jose Gaspar GARCIA, Maria Francisca GARCIA, Antonio GARCIA, Joaquin GARCIA, Jose Maria GARCIA, Ygnacio GARCIA, Hermenegilda GARCIA, Juan de los Santos GARCIA.

Maria Josefa VELA²³⁸⁹ was born about 1742. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Maria Juana Romualda VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1836. She died in infancy. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Maria Juliana VELA¹⁹⁹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Doroteo VELA and Maria Margarita de la PEÑA.

Spouse: Adauto GARCIA. Maria Juliana VELA and Adauto GARCIA were married on 22 April 1805.¹⁹⁹ Children were: Pedro Cesareo GARCIA.

Maria Juliana VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1802. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa MORENO.

Maria Nicolasa VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1796. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa MORENO.

Maria Olaya VELA^2389,3060 was born about 1741. She is not listed with the Salvador Vela family in the 1757 Census of Camargo, so presumably she had already married and was living elsewhere at the time. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Maria Petra VELA²⁵⁸⁵ was born in 1823. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Spouse: Capt. Luis VIDAL. Children were: Luis VIDAL, Vidal de VIDAL, Juana VIDAL, Luisa VIDAL, Rosa VIDAL, Adrian VIDAL, Concepcion VIDAL, Maria Vicenta VIDAL.

Spouse: Mifflin KENEDY. Maria Petra VELA and Mifflin KENEDY were married on 10 May 1854 in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX, USA.²¹⁹⁰ Children were: Tom KENEDY, James Wolworth KENEDY, John Gregorio KENEDY, Sarah Josephine KENEDY, William KENEDY, Phoebe Ann KENEDY.

Maria Rita VELA²⁷⁹¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Nicolas VELA and Maria Regina GARCIA.

Spouse: Francisco Xavier RODRIGUEZ. Maria Rita VELA and Francisco Xavier RODRIGUEZ were married. Children were: Jose Antonio RODRIGUEZ, Maria Concepcion RODRIGUEZ, Maria Luisa RODRIGUEZ, Vicente RODRIGUEZ, Rosalia RODRIGUEZ.

Maria Rita VELA^{584,2604,2605} was born (date unknown). Parents: Diego VELA and Juana de los REYES.

Spouse: Juan de OLIVARES. Maria Rita VELA and Juan de OLIVARES were married on 13 August 1703.²⁶⁰⁴ Children were: Maria Matilda de OLIVARES, Juan Diego de OLIVARES, Maria de los Santos de OLIVARES, Joseph de OLIVARES.

Maria Teresa VELA¹⁴⁸⁹ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Xavier GONZALEZ. Maria Teresa VELA and Xavier GONZALEZ were married. There is some conflicting information provided by the people Seabury interviewed. Seabury's informant, Felix Gonzalez (65 years old), stated in 1905 that Antonia Gonzalez, wife of Antonio Elizondo (Original Grantee of El Lucero), was a daughter of Xavier Gonzalez and Maria Teresa Vela. However, Tiburcia Elizondo, a great-granddaughter of Antonio Elizondo and Antonia Gonzalez, stated that Antonia Gonzalez was a daughter of Josefa Villarreal. Children were: Juan GONZALEZ, Fermin GONZALEZ, Antonio GONZALEZ, Jose Manuel GONZALEZ.

Mariana VELA^1529,1950 was born (date unknown). Seabury indicates that Mariana was the daughter of Salvador Vela when he notes her marriage to Lucas Eduardo Villarreal. However, Mariana did not show up in the Camargo Census of 1750 or the Camargo Census of 1757. Mariana may be the same as Maria, who was listed in the census as a child of Salvador Vela and Maria Agueda Longoria. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Spouse: Lucas Eduardo de VILLARREAL. Mariana VELA and Lucas Eduardo de VILLARREAL were married about 1791.¹⁵²⁹ Children were: Jose Manuel VILLARREAL, Gertrudis VILLARREAL.

Mariano VELA²⁴⁴ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Refugia BOUIS. Refugia BOUIS and Mariano VELA were married on 15 April 1914 in Brownsville, Cameron County, TX, USA.

Narcisa VELA³⁰⁵⁹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Antonio VELA and Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa.

Nepomuceno VELA⁹⁸² was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Guadalupe VELA. Guadalupe VELA and Nepomuceno VELA were married.

Nicolas VELA¹⁸⁸¹ was born (date unknown). He was the Original Grantee of Porcion 82 in Camargo.

Spouse: Maria Regina GARCIA. Maria Regina GARCIA and Nicolas VELA were married. Children were: Jose Nicolas VELA, Jose Antonio VELA, Juana Josefa VELA, Maria Guadalupe VELA, Maria Rita VELA.