Giovanni Bonica (abt. 1535 - aft. 1601)

Born about 1535 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Husband of Faustina Carrozza — married about 1559 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Descendants

Died after 30 May 1601 after about age 66 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Giovanni "Gionello / Giovanello" Bonica was born at Lipari, Provincia di Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, about 1535, of unknown parentage; and died at Lipari after 30 May 1601.^[1] He married at Lipari, about 1559, Faostina Carrozza (or Durango), who was born at Lipari about 1540, of unknown parentage, and died at Lipari before 13 November 1579.

Children, born at Lipari, Provincia di Messina, Kingdom of Sicilyi:^[2][3]

1. Dianella [Diana] Bonica, bap. 25 Feb. 1560; sponsors were Mariano Gualtieri and Roderico Roia. She m. Lipari, ca. 1582, Giacomo "Jacopello" Pirera.
2. Cesare Bonica, bap. 6 Jan. 1563; m. (1) Lucretia LoProto, (2) Giurdirosa / Fiordilisa D'Anza (Lanza).
3. Antonella Bonica, bap. 17 Jan. 1566; sponsor was Mariano Lo L'Amino.
4. Giovanello Andrea Bonica, bap. 18 8bre (Oct.) 1568; sponsor was Gioetto diRao. Gio: Andrea Bonica di Joanne m. Lipari, 30 May 1601, by Reverendo Don Giovanni Tommaso Galuppi, Caterina Moleti, dau. of Nicola Angelo Moleti and Delia Carrozza. The witnesses were Paolo Monturano, Giovanni Simone Falanga, and Pietro Voi. In the 1610 Census of Lipari, Andrea Bonica, ae. 40, res. with wife (Caterinella) and their three children (Joanni, 7; Gioseppi, 4; and Francesco, 1). His taxable property included one building valued at onze 50, four parcels of land valued at onze 330, ½ ox valued at onze 4, one donkey valued at onze 3. His assets (income stamped at onze 10.9 per year, income from perpetual leaseholding valued at tarí 12 per year) totaled onze 64. His debts without specific security totaled onze 14.12.^[4]
5. Giovanni Simone Bonica, bap. 28 Jan. 1572; sponsor was Mattruzzo Romano.
6. Lucia Bonica, bap. 1 7bre (Sept.) 1574; sponsor was Maestro Domenico Bianco.
7. Giovanni Maria Bonica, bap. 24 March 1577; sponsor was Bartolomeo Comita. Jo.es Marous Bonica m. Lipari, 12 May 1612, by Reverendo Don Cesare Lo Bianco, Bartolilla Lo Bianco. The witnesses were Giuseppe Almidova and Alfonso Graffeo.
8. Giovanni Francesco Bonica, bap. 13 9bre (Nov.) 1579; sponsor was Giovanni Battista deCordilli. Francesco Bonica di Joanne m. Lipari, 30 May 1601, by Reverendo Don Giovanni Tommaso Galuppi, Caledonia Moleti [sister of Caterina Moleti, who on the same day m. Giovanni Francesco’s sister, Giovanni Andrea Bonica]. The witnesses were Giovanni Paolo Monturano, Giovanni Simone Falanga, and Pietro Voi. Caledonia Muleti was bap. Lipari, 26 May 1580, dau. of Nicola Angelo Moleti and Delia Carrozza; sponsor was Francesco Cesario. She was bur. Lipari, 7 May 1674, ae. ca. 90: "Celedonia filia qm Nicolaii Angei Moleti etatis sue annora 90 circiter."In the 1610 Census of Lipari, Francesco Bonica, ae. 30, res. wife (Celidonia) and two children (Faustina, Delia). His taxable property included one building valued at onze 100, six parcels of land valued at onze 380, one donkey valued at onze 4, ¼ of ox valued at onze 2. His assets (income stamped at onze 12.15 per year) totaled onze 125. His debts (income stamped at onze 4.27 per year, income from perpetual leaseholding valued at tarí 6.10 per year) totaled onze 55.15.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The marriage dates of sons Andrea Bonica to Caterina Moleti, and Francesco Bonica to Caledonia Moleti.
2. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Battesimi 1559-1696, FHL film 1,338,513.
3. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Matrimoni 1594-1754, FHL film 1,338,516.
4. ↑ G.A.M. Arena, Popolazione e distribuzione della ricchezza a Lipari nel 1610 (Società di Storia Patria Messina 1992, Incontri Meridionali 1-2) (Rubbettino, 1995).
5. ↑ G.A.M. Arena, Popolazione e distribuzione della ricchezza a Lipari nel 1610 (Società di Storia Patria Messina 1992, Incontri Meridionali 1-2) (Rubbettino, 1995).