Francesco de Paola (abt. 1615 - 1690)

Born about 1615 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia (Ventrici) Ventrice — married about 1643 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1690 at about age 75 in Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy

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Biography

Francesco de Paola was born at Lipari, Provincia di Messina, Kingdom of Sicily, about 1615, son of Tommaso de Paola and Giovanna Incolla. He was buried at Lipari, 23 August 1690, aged about 70: "Fran.cus de Paola, filius qm Thome de Paola et Joanelle Incolla etatis sue annora 70 circitae."^[1] He married at Lipari, about 1643, Lucretia Ventrici, who was baptized at Lipari, 30 August 1625, daughter of Limbeni Ventrici and Livia Ristuccia; her sponsor was Marcoantonio Cullosi.^[2] She died in 1710, after August.^[3]

Documentation for Francesco DiPaolo

• Genealogical proof to establish that Francesco DiPaolo, husband of Lucrezia Ventrice, is the son of Tommaso DiPaolo and Giovanna Iacolla.
• A Lipari marriage record for Francesco DiPaolo and Lucrezia Ventrice has not been found.
• There are eleven Lipari baptism records for their children ranging from 1644 to 1668.
• An estimated marriage year is 1643 assuming that the earliest baptism record for their children is for a first-born child and that they were married the previous year.
• A time frame for the estimated birth of Francesco DiPaolo is 1618 to 1628 assuming an age of 15 to 25 at the time of the alleged marriage.
• One of eleven baptism records for their children document the name of the paternal grandfather as Tommaso DiPaolo.
• A Lipari death record dated 23 August 1690 exists for Francesco DiPaolo, son of Tommaso DiPaolo and Giovanna Iacolla, at age about 70 years, yielding a birth year of 1620.
• The only Lipari baptism records for a DiPaolo family headed by a father named Tommaso during the time frame of the expected birth of Francesco DiPaolo are for five children of Tommaso DiPaolo and Giovanna Iacolla ranging from 1602 to 1617, though none are for a child named Francesco.
• Francesco DiPaolo, husband of Lucrezia Ventrice, is the son of Tommaso DiPaolo and Giovanna Iacolla.^[4]

Children, born at Lipari, Provincia di Messina, Kingdom of Sicily:^[5][6]

1. Antonino de Paola, bap. 5 April 1644; sponsor was Francesco Ernades. He was bur. Lipari, 2 Aug. 1656, ae. ca. 13.
2. Domenico de Paola, bap. 4 Aug. 1645; sponsor was Angelo Cafarella.
3. Tommaso de Paola, bap. 23 May 1647; sponsor was Cesare d’Orlando di Silvestro. He was bur. Lipari, 24 March 1725, ae. ca. 75. He m. Francesca Licciardo, bap. Lipari, 9 April 1660, dau. of Antonino Licciardo of terre Pilaino and Francesca Lumbardo; sponsor was Mariano L'Ambrosa. On 15 Dec. 1679, a decision was reached in the case of Francischellae Licciardo and Thomasum De Paula, accused of having sexual relations before promised marriage.^[7]
4. Giuseppe de Paola, b. ca. 1649; m. Rosalia Natoli, dau. of Geronimo Natoli.
5. Giovanni de Paola, bap. 1 July 1651; sponsor was Francesco Russo di Placido. He was bur. Lipari, 15 8bre (Oct.) 1672, ae. 18 [sic].
6. Calogera de Paola, bap. 31 July 1653; sponsor was Giovanni Conti. She was bur. Lipari, 9 April 1654, ae. 5 mos. [sic].
7. Anna Maria de Paola, bap. 2 Aug. 1655; sponsor was Francesco Russo di Giovanni.
8. Domenico Felice de Paola, bap. 16 March 1658; m. Angela Panitieri.
9. Giovanna de Paola, b. ca. 1660; bur. Lipari, 31 Jan. 1735, ae. ca. 80.
10. Giacomo Bartolomeo de Paola, bap. 12 7bre (Sept.) 1662; sponsor was Diego Ernandes. He was bur. Lipari, 8 Feb. 1739, ae. ca. 70.
11. Caterina de Paola, bap. 8 April 1663; sponsor was Diego Hernandes; She was bur. Lipari, 23 March 1724, ae. ca. 60. She m. Mario Cataffo.
12. Gratia de Paola, bap. 12 7bre (Sept.) 1666; sponsor was Giovanni LoScavo di Matteo. She was bur. Lipari, 1 July 1671, ae. 5 [sic].
13. Diego Ignatio de Paola, bap. 26 Feb. 1668; sponsor was Notaio Giovanni Benenato. Reverendo Don Ignatio de Paola was a priest.

Sources

1. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), Morti 1651-1902, FHL film 1,338,518, found at FamilySearch.
2. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Battesimi 1559-1696, FHL film 1,338,513.
3. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Morti 1651-1902, FHL film 1,338,518; p. 143, on which her burial that was recorded in the burial register is missing, found at FamilySearch,
4. ↑ DiPaolo Family Chart, found at Ustica Genealogy.
5. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Battesimi 1559-1696, FHL film 1,338,513.
6. ↑ Registri ecclesiastici di Lipari (Messina), (1559-1913), Morti 1651-1902, FHL film 1,338,518.
7. ↑ Francesco Vergara, Society and Justice in the Aeolian Islands (16th-18th centuries) the Criminal Trials of the Episcopal Curia of Lipari (Rubbettino, 1994), p. 85 (c.c. 4).