PACETTI SPANISH LAND GRANT

FOR YOU VIEWING:

MY MENORCAN HERITAGE GOES BACK AS FAR AS 1540 AND I HAVE 78

MENORCAN DIRECT BLOOD LINE SURNAMES RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS.

FOLLOWING THIS WRITTEN PRESENTATION, I WILL DOCUMENT MY RELATION TO ANDRES PACETTI AND SUPPLY SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

IN 1804, the Spanish government granted to one, ANDRES PACETTI II, a section of land, 640 acres in all. The land is situated on the road and the Surname bears his name, Pacetti Road in St, Augustine, Fl. Mill Creek. All my aunts and uncles as well as great-great ancestors have lived on this land. As a young boy, I have hunted and played all over this land including Pacetti Bay. Pacetti Bay is where Domingo Pacetti hid out while he was a scout for the Confederate Army. I have documented stories of Indian raids and scalping as well as establishing friendship with the Indians. My Dear Aunt, Lorna Maria Pacetti Ortagus, presently lives with her husband Hiram Frances Ortagus in the second house that was constructed on the property. The first house burn down when my Grandfather, Frederick Bernard Pacetti, lit his pipe from a piece of fat pine splinter and unknowingly discarded it into the fireplace wood pile. All contents of the original house were lost and my mother and her parents and siblings came out with only what they were wearing. All my Pacetti, Rogero, Hernandez, Andreu, Pons, Segui, Canova, Ponz, Vila, Mastre(Masters), Cercopoly, Oliveros, Ruidavets, Cardona and many more of my relatives, pitched in and constructed a new home which still stands on Pacetti Road. Many of my Pacetti relatives are buried in the Mill Creek Cemetery as well as San Lorenzo Cemetery here in St. Augustine, Florida.

The small community including Tocoi, Picolata, Bakersville, Sampson and surrounding areas, received the word of the Pacetti Home being lost to a fire. They gathered clothes and house hold items and brought them by horse and buggy to the family. All my relatives, which are many, gathered and constructed a new home, while the women cooked and fed them through the day and night construction. The many family relatives just camped under the stars with their family as construction continued. During those days there was NO FENCE LAW and the live stock roamed the many acres and had to be rounded up from the swamps and forest.

My family Menorcan Roots run deep and strong. We continue to maintain the STRONG FAMILY CONNECTION but I can truthfully say that I may not recognize all of my relatives at first glance. I had to look long and hard to find a loving wife with no blood line relationship.

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the son of Macy Virginia Pacetti.1917

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the grandson of Frederic Bernard Pacetti.1873

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the great grandson of Domingo Pacetti.1828

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the 2nd great grandson of Andres Ludovicus Bartolomeus Pacetti.1786

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the 3rd great grandson of Andres Pacetti.1752

Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Delany is the 5th great grandson of Tomaso Pacetti.1724

Gerald Thomas Delany is the 12th great grandson of Jaime Andreu Sr..

Gerald Thomas Delany is the 4th great grand nephew of Ramon Rogero. Their common ancestors are Ramon Rotger and Catalina Marie Llina.

Gerald Thomas Delany and Phelip Solano are 1st cousins 5 times removed. Their common ancestors are Antonio Bartolome de Mestre III and Antonia Rogero.

Gerald Thomas Delany is the 11th great grandson of Jaime Vila.