José Benítez (mayor)
José Benítez | |
|---|---|
| 6th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1800–1800 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Ortíz de la Renta |
| Succeeded by | José Ortíz de la Renta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1760 |
| Died | ca. 1830 |
| Spouse | Juana Bautista Constanza |
| Children | María Bibiana Benítez |
| Profession | Military |
José Benítez (ca. 1760 – ca. 1830) was mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1800.[1] He married Juana Bautista Constanza, and was the father of María Bibiana Benítez, considered the first Puerto Rican female poet. [2]
As a result of an attempted attack by the English navy, in 1802 Benítez established a shoreline lookout, and set up an artillery battery at El Peñoncillo in Barrio Playa, Ponce, to prevent further attempts by the English from dropping anchor and stage an attack from that area.[3][a]
In Ponce, there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.
See also
Notes
- ^ This 1802 lookout and battery was different from the fort built in Barrio Playa in 1760, and which had seven cannons mounted in an artillery battery formation. See Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Page 4.
References
- ^ Ponce. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Archived 7 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ María Bibiana Benítez. Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico. Grupo Editorial EPRL. 2017. Accessed 20 May 2018.
- ^ Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Page 6.
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