On 11 June 1805 at Ferrol's navy parish of San Francisco, a child named
Manuel Alejandro Rufino was baptised, a son of Don Diego Clarke, Captain
of the 1st Battallion of Spain's Hibernia Regiment, a native of Saint
Augustine, Florida (who was then away from Ferrol, in Bilbao) and his
wife María Concepción Quartenaro.
The paternal grandparents were: Don Thomas Clarke, native of 'Nousenten' England and Doña Honora Comines, native of 'Aulon, Kingdom of Ireland'; maternal grandparents, Don Melchor Baltasar Quartenaro, native of the city of Palermo, and María Concepción O'Donabún, native of the city of Málaga, all four deceased. The infant's Godparents were Don Alejandro O'Donnell, a Captain of the same Regiment, and Doña Nicolasa Lestache.
The father belonged perhaps to the same Northamptonshire Clerke family as William Clerke, a merchant active in Tenerife towards the middle of the 17th century, supposedly a convert to Catholicism and who is known to have kept in touch with his family in England after his migration; other names mentioned here are perhaps also rendered as Comyn or Commyns, and O'Donovan.
The entry was placed in this
register in 1819, by which time Diego Clerke resided in Valladolid; a
notation states that this after-the-fact record was made owing to the
loss of the 3rd Battallion's register.
SOURCE: Military Parish of San Francisco, Ferrol, Baptisms 1815-1835, Page 88 verso; Navy Museum Archive, Madrid
The paternal grandparents were: Don Thomas Clarke, native of 'Nousenten' England and Doña Honora Comines, native of 'Aulon, Kingdom of Ireland'; maternal grandparents, Don Melchor Baltasar Quartenaro, native of the city of Palermo, and María Concepción O'Donabún, native of the city of Málaga, all four deceased. The infant's Godparents were Don Alejandro O'Donnell, a Captain of the same Regiment, and Doña Nicolasa Lestache.
The father belonged perhaps to the same Northamptonshire Clerke family as William Clerke, a merchant active in Tenerife towards the middle of the 17th century, supposedly a convert to Catholicism and who is known to have kept in touch with his family in England after his migration; other names mentioned here are perhaps also rendered as Comyn or Commyns, and O'Donovan.
The entry was placed in this
register in 1819, by which time Diego Clerke resided in Valladolid; a
notation states that this after-the-fact record was made owing to the
loss of the 3rd Battallion's register.SOURCE: Military Parish of San Francisco, Ferrol, Baptisms 1815-1835, Page 88 verso; Navy Museum Archive, Madrid
