Francisco VELA³⁸²³ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Francisca OLIVARES. Children were: Salvador VELA.

Alferez Francisco VELA³¹ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Maria ORTIZ. Maria ORTIZ and Alferez Francisco VELA were married. Children were: Maria de la ROCHA.

Francisco VELA¹²⁰ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Maria Antonia PEREZ Acebedo. Maria Antonia PEREZ Acebedo and Francisco VELA were married. Children were: Albino VELA Perez, Paula VELA Perez.

Francisco VELA³¹⁹⁰ was born in 1829. He died soon after birth. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Gerardo VELA³⁸²¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Alexo VELA and Concepcion SOLIS.

Gertrudis VELA³⁸²⁴ was born (date unknown). She was the daughter of Lazaro Vela, the Original Grantee of Porcion 57 in Mier. Parents: Lazaro VELA and Maria Antonia GARCIA.

Spouse: Juan Pantaleon YZAGUIRRE. Gertrudis VELA and Juan Pantaleon YZAGUIRRE were married. Children were: Maria Antonia YZAGUIRRE, Norberta YZAGUIRRE, Manuela YZAGUIRRE, Luisa YZAGUIRRE, Manuel YZAGUIRRE, Rafael YZAGUIRRE, Eusebio YZAGUIRRE.

Guadalupe VELA¹³⁷⁸ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Jose Marin FLORES. Guadalupe VELA and Jose Marin FLORES were married.

Guadalupe VELA¹¹⁴⁰ was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Jose Sixto VELA and Juana GARZA.

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

Guadalupe VELA²⁰⁰³ was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Nepomuceno VELA and Ursula FLORES.

Guadalupe VELA⁶⁵³ died on 14 March 1822.⁶⁵³ Parents: Ricardo VELA and Maria Josefa GARCIA.

Spouse: Julian DE LA GARZA Guerra. Guadalupe VELA and Julian DE LA GARZA Guerra were married on 28 April 1802.⁶⁵³ Children were: Cayetano DE LA GARZA, Francisca DE LA GARZA, Petra DE LA GARZA, Dionicia DE LA GARZA, Maria Antonia GARZA, Florentina DE LA GARZA, Agapito DE LA GARZA.

Guadalupe VELA²¹⁶ was born in 1874 in Hidalgo County, Texas. She died in Cuero, Texas. Parents: Marcelino VELA and Librada GUZMAN.

Spouse: Florentino LONGORIA. Guadalupe VELA and Florentino LONGORIA were married about 1895 in Cuero, Texas. Children were: Crisoforo LONGORIA, Juan LONGORIA, Luis LONGORIA, Maria Teresa LONGORIA, Guadalupe LONGORIA.

Gumercinda VELA^309,1132 was born on 20 January 1847 in Mexico.²⁰⁰² The 1900 census indicated she was 39 years old, or born about 1861. Her gravemarker says she was 73 years old when she died, indicating she was born in 1859. Her death certificate said she was born on January 20, 1847. She died on 24 March 1932 at the age of 85.²⁰⁰² Parents: Juan Nepomuceno VELA and Ursula FLORES.

Spouse: Antonio VILLARREAL. Gumercinda VELA and Antonio VILLARREAL were married about 1874.¹⁹²⁵ Children were: Miguel VILLARREAL, Sanjuana VILLARREAL, Victoria VILLARREAL, Teresa VILLARREAL, Trinidad VILLARREAL, Guadalupe VILLARREAL, Jose Maria VILLARREAL, Jesus Leopoldo VILLARREAL.

Ines VELA⁵³⁵ was born (date unknown). Parents: Lazaro VELA and Petronila (or Petrona) BOTELLO.

Spouse: Alonso GARCIA Lugo. Ines VELA and Alonso GARCIA Lugo were married after 7 July 1727.⁵³⁵

Inocente VELA Mendiola⁶⁷⁹ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Juan Nepomuceno SANCHEZ. Inocente VELA Mendiola and Juan Nepomuceno SANCHEZ were married on 18 May 1850.⁶⁷⁹ Children were: Romualdo SANCHEZ, Abrahan SANCHEZ, Josefa SANCHEZ, Tomasa SANCHEZ, Eulalia SANCHEZ, Cayetana SANCHEZ, Paula SANCHEZ, Perfecta SANCHEZ, Refugia SANCHEZ, Mariana SANCHEZ.

Jose VELA³²⁶⁵ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Margarita PEÑA. Margarita PEÑA and Jose VELA were married. Children were: Bernarda VELA.

Jose Alejandro VELA³⁸²⁵ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Encarnacion VELA. Encarnacion VELA and Jose Alejandro VELA were married. Children were: Francisca VELA.

Jose Alexo VELA was born in July 1805 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Jose Antonio VELA and Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa.

Spouse: Concepcion SOLIS. Concepcion SOLIS and Jose Alexo VELA were married. Children were: Juan VELA, Placido VELA, Desiderio (1st) VELA, Desiderio (2nd) VELA, Gerardo VELA.

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

Spouse: Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa. Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa and Jose Antonio VELA were married on 30 June 1779.¹²²⁵ Children were: Jose Manuel VELA, Jose Miguel VELA, Jose Alexo VELA, Petra VELA, Narcisa VELA, Encarnacion VELA, Margarita VELA.

Jose Antonio VELA²⁸¹¹ was born about 1746. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Jose Antonio VELA³¹⁹⁰ was born in 1820. He died as a child. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Jose Cipriano VELA³¹⁹⁰ was born in 1827. He was only 8 days old when he died. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Jose Doroteo VELA²¹¹ was born (date unknown). Seabury indicated that he was the son of Salvador Vela and Agueda Longoria; however, Jose Doroteo did not show up in the Camargo Census of 1750. The marriage record of Doroteo Vela and Margarita de la Peña verifies that Doroteo was a son of Salvador Vela and Maria Agueda Longoria. Doroteo might have been their youngest child, born some years after 1750. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Spouse: Maria Margarita de la PEÑA. Maria Margarita de la PEÑA and Jose Doroteo VELA were married on 2 March 1783 in Cerralvo, Nuevo Leon, New Spain.³²⁶⁷ Children were: Maria Juliana VELA, Blas Maria VELA, Juan Jose Sixto VELA.

Jose Francisco VELA²⁸¹¹ was born about 1749. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Jose Gregorio VELA²⁸¹¹ was born about 1745. He died on 6 January 1803 at the age of 58 in Camargo, Nuevo Santander, New Spain.^218,1211 Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Jose Gregorio VELA^2163,3191 was born about 1777.³³⁹² He died circa November 1846 at the age of 69.³⁸²⁶ His skeletal remains were buried in the cemetery at Mier on November 26, 1846, with the officiating priest noting that Jose Gregorio Vela had been "killed by the barbarous Indians in the country sides of this jurisdiction". He was also known as Jo greg VELA.³⁸²⁶ His skeletal remains were buried in the cemetery at Mier on November 26, 1846, with the officiating priest noting that Jose Gregorio Vela had been "killed by the barbarous Indians in the country sides of this jurisdiction". He was granted two leagues of land on the north side of the Rio Grande on April 28, 1836. His Santa Teresa ranch, within the jurisdiction of Mier, was located along the common boundary of present-day Starr and Jim Hogg counties in Texas. Parents: Jose Nicodemus VELA and Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ.

Spouse: Josefa MORENO. Josefa MORENO and Jose Gregorio VELA were married on 2 November 1795 in Mier, Nuevo Santander, New Spain.^3190,3191 Children were: Maria Nicolasa VELA, Pablo Jose VELA, Maria Juliana VELA, Maria Cecilia VELA, Maria Casilda VELA, Maria Gertrudis VELA.

Spouse: Josefa RESENDEZ. Josefa RESENDEZ and Jose Gregorio VELA were married on 30 January 1812.³¹⁹⁰ Children were: Jose Lucas VELA, Maria Gertrudis VELA, Jose Antonio VELA, Maria Petra VELA, Jose Pedro VELA, Jose Cipriano VELA, Francisco VELA, Maria de los Angeles VELA, Maria Juana Romualda VELA.

Jose Lucas VELA³¹⁹⁰ was born in 1816. He died as a child. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Jose Manuel VELA was born in May 1800 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Jose Antonio VELA and Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa.

Jose Maria VELA¹¹⁴⁰ was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Jose Sixto VELA and Juana GARZA.

Spouse: San Juana GARCIA. San Juana GARCIA and Jose Maria VELA were married.

Jose Maria VELA²¹⁶³ was born (date unknown). He died unmarried. Parents: Jose Nicodemus VELA and Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ.

Jose Miguel VELA was born on 29 October 1797 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.¹⁵⁸ Parents: Jose Antonio VELA and Maria Rita LONGORIA Hinojosa.

Spouse: Maria Ynocencia AGUILAR. Maria Ynocencia AGUILAR and Jose Miguel VELA were married in 1815.¹⁵⁸ Children were: Pantaleon VELA, Dionisio VELA, Cecilia VELA, Santos VELA.

Jose Miguel Ramon VELA²¹⁶³ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicodemus VELA and Maria Gertrudis RAMIREZ.

Jose Nicodemus VELA^2163,3827 was born about 1750.²¹⁶³ 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 1776.³³⁹² Children were: Jose Gregorio VELA, Jose Maria VELA, Jose Miguel Ramon VELA.

Jose Nicolas VELA²¹⁷⁴ 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 1779.²¹⁷⁴ 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 1786.²¹⁷⁴ Children were: Leonardo VELA.

Jose Pedro VELA³¹⁹⁰ was born in 1825. He died as a child. Parents: Jose Gregorio VELA and Josefa RESENDEZ.

Josefa VELA²⁰³⁹ was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Antonio de SOLIS. Josefa VELA and Antonio de SOLIS were married. Children were: Juan Jose SOLIS.

Josepha de VELA²⁰⁵⁶ was born (date unknown).

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

Juan VELA³⁸²¹ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Alexo VELA and Concepcion SOLIS.

Juan VELA¹¹⁴⁰ was born (date unknown). Parents: Juan Jose Sixto VELA and Juana GARZA.

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

Juan Jose VELA³⁷¹² 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 1811.³⁷¹² Children were: Tomas VELA, Manuela VELA, Feliciana VELA, Agapita VELA.

Spouse: Luisa YBARRA. Luisa YBARRA and Juan Jose VELA were married.²¹⁷⁴ Children were: Teodora VELA, Teodoro VELA, Bonifacia VELA, Regina VELA.

Juan Jose VELA^2811,3828 was born about 1737. He died circa 1806 at the age of 69. He died unmarried. He signed a will on 25 November 1806 in Camargo, Nuevo Santander, New Spain.³⁸²⁸ He declared as his sole inheritors his siblings Jose Doroteo, don Jose Antonio, don Francisco and doña Maria Ignacia Vela Longoria. He makes no mention of any other siblings. Parents: Salvador VELA and Maria Agueda LONGORIA Chapa.

Juan Jose Sixto VELA¹¹⁴⁰ 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^2002,2003 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 VELA¹⁸⁸³ was born (date unknown). Parents: Blas Maria VELA and Guadalupe GARZA.

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

Juana Josefa VELA³⁸²⁹ 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 VELA¹¹⁴² was born (date unknown).

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

Lazaro VELA⁵³⁵ was born (date unknown).

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

Lazaro VELA²¹⁶³ was born about 1721.²¹⁶³ 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 VELA²¹⁷⁴ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicolas VELA and Antonia Margarita OLIVAREZ.

Librada VELA¹²³⁸ was born (date unknown).

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

Lorenzo VELA²¹⁷⁴ was born (date unknown). Parents: Jose Nicolas VELA and Maria Antonia de la GARZA.