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Our oldest known ancestor was Desiderio de Arriola who was born about 1675, possibly in Monterrey, Mexico. The old spanish records say he was spanish, and at this time, it's unknown if he was born in Monterrey or Spain, or somewhere in between.
His son was Joseph Manuel de Arriola, born in Monterrey, Mexico about 1700.

His son, Joseph Marcelino de Arriola arrived in Bexar, Texas about 1750, and was probably a spanish soldier. He was killed by indians in 1788. His wife and children are found in Nacogdoches, Texas about that time, and it's thought that Marcelino had been traveling between Nacogdoches and Bexar at the time he was killed.

Marcelino's son, Antonio Arriola bought his brother and sister's share of the Arriola Rancho, on the outskirts of Nacogdoches, after the death of their mother Juana Maria Palacios Arriola.

Antonio's son, Eduardo Arriola, obtained several spanish land grants. He and four of his sons fought in the Texas Revolution and he settled on one of his land grants, which consisted of one league of land, in present day Madison County, Texas. Eduardo had a large family that grew up and was raised in the Madison County area.

Gregorio (Gray) Ariola was one of the first early day Texas Rangers. He was also in the Mexican War, the New Mexico War, was stationed at Fort Lincoln in Medina County and Fort Inge in Uvalde County, Texas and also the Civil War. Gray died in 1907 in Madison County, Texas and we have several newspapers articles that were written and published about him, in the Madisonville newspapers.

We would like to share any other information on these and their related families.
Ken & Dell Ariola

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