Rancho La Natividad
Rancho La Natividad was a 8,642-acre (34.97 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Manuel Butrón and his son-in-law, Nicolás Alviso. Rancho La Natividad and Rancho Los Vergeles were adjoining ranchos along Gabilan Creek north of present-day Salinas. The headquarters of each rancho were close to the entrance to the pass through the Gabilan Range to San Juan Bautista. The Rancho La Natividad grant encompassed present-day Natividad.
Manuel Butrón and Nicolás Alviso received the two square league Rancho La Natividad in 1837. Butrón had been occupying the land for a long time before the date of the grant. Manuel Josef Butrón (4-8-1776–1842), born in [Monterey, Monterey County, Alta California, New Spain], was the son of Manuel Butrón (1727-January 4, 1793), and Margarita Maria (California Native)--Manuel Butron was buried in the floor of the chapel of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Carmelo, Monterey County, Alta California, New Spain [often referred to as the Monterey Mission], a Spanish soldier who came to California in 1769, and later received the first California land grant in 1775.
Manuel Josef Butrón married María Ygnacia Rita Higuera ((1778–1844) baptized February 13, 1778 at the Santa Clara Mission buried at Mission San Juan Baptista Cemetery, San Benito County, Alta California, Mexico)[daughter of Jose Manuel Higuera (1769–1803)and Maria Ygnacia Antonia Limon Redondo] married on January 30, 1794 at Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara County (Now Alameda County), Alta California, New Spain.
Their daughter Maria Isabel Butron (11-20-1796 - February 1, 1848) married Angel Maria Dolores Castro on December 12, 1812.
Their daughter Rosa Maria Josefa Buitron (August 30, 1812–December 13, 1890) married Vicente Canet of Rancho San Bernardo on October 14, 1828.
Their daughter Maria Ramona Sixta Butrón (March 1819–) married Jerimiah McMahon on March 10, 1848.
Their daughter Bárbara Gertrudis Butrón (12-3-1794–) married Nicolás Alviso on February 12-1813. Nicolás Alviso (1792–1844), the son of Francisco Javier Alviso, served as majordomo at Mission Soledad.
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