Juan Esteban Ricaurte

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1782  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  On 20 June 1782 he married Clemente Lozano y González Manrique.
1789-1794  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He attended the Nariño tertulias, Bogotá, around 1789-1794
1792-1793  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano, 1792-93.
1794  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He was prosecuted and had his goods confiscated for having translated and published The Rights of Man.

Connections:

Alvarez family (Bogotá)
González Manrique family (Bogotá)
Nariño family
Newspaper, Mercurio Peruano
Paine, The Rights of Man
Pardo family (Bogotá)
París family (Bogotá)
Ricaurte family
Tertulia, Nariño
Wealth confiscated (for pro-independence support)

Biography:
From Bogotá, on 20 June 1782, after the Comuneros rebellion, he married Clemente Lozano y González Manrique. Among their children were Ignacio, Antonio and Manuel Ricaurte who became leading figures in the independence struggle. (Monsalve, 10) His second wife was Gabriela Barriga Brito. (Monsalve, 85)

He was Contador Inventor de la Alcabalas in Bogotá and attended the Nariño tertulias from around 1789 to 1794. He was prosecuted in 1794 and his goods confiscated for having translated and published The Rights of Man. He subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano, 1792-93. (Clément, 124.)

Part of the González Manrique, Alvarez, Ricaurte, París, Pardo, Nariño clan. (Monsalve, 139)

References:

Clément, Jean-Pierre (1979) Indices del Mercurio Peruano, 1790-1795
Forero, Manuel José (1970) Grandes heroinas de Colombia, Doña Magdalena Ortega de Nariño, La Precursora
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia