THE
GRAGEDA’ S
FAMILY
TREE

A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR

In ancient times, what is now known as Bicol Region was called Ibalon. In the beginning too, what is now Albay,was a very dense virgin forest. The people and provinces grew from the forest and gradually broke out of darkness in the lush, green country and into the light. So it was in this part of the country, at the foot of Majestic Mayon.
During those olden days, the Moro Pirates Plunders the settlements along the island’s shoreline. So it happened that in the island of Samal, now Samar, a farsighted ruler somewhere in northern Samar, thought of saving his people from frequent Moro attacks. So they search for a place, relatively safe from Moro piratical zones, not too far from the sea. Nor close to the shore. They choose a place at the foot of the volcano where fresh and sweet water abounds, and there the tribe had settled.
The leader of the tribe was the son of a Datu in Samar, His Name is Ragnay, and their territory was called – “Kiragnay”, meaning a possession of Ragnay. The Moya family sprang from the original settlers of Kiragnay, and so are the Gragedas.
When the Spaniards set foot for the first time in the settlement, the year was 1569. They found the settlers friendly and produced foodstuffs more than enough for their needs. For this reason they made kiragnay , their base for the exploration of the land of ibalon, up to the San Bernardo Straight. By Virtue of a Spanish Royal Decree, the town of Camalig was founded in the year 1579. The present publication of Camalig was carved from the territory of kiragnay. An old map shows that the poblacion of Camalig is surrounded by sitios of the old Kiragnay.

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ON FAMILY TREES
To know your family tree is to know yourself. A simple graphic system for tracing family origins is to make a direct line to the main trunk, which every family branch should keep and fill with the passing of time.
Intermarriages have broken families into family divisions and subdivisions and so on and on, and once intermingled, the female line is lost in the mess of new family names taken in wedlock. These new family names by wedlock are for social identity, not of direct blood relationship with the main fountain of blood.
To faithfully trace one’s family origin, the female position in the line should not be omitted if she stands in the direct line, pointing to her origin and that of her children through her, so as not to get lost in the mess of family names. For this system, persons standing in the direct line should have their names in capital or bold letters, to stand prominently like monuments.
It would be wonderful indeed for one to make a sentimental journey across the centuries, and pay homage to the ancient MOYA tree and under its great and ever spreading branches, meet and know your long lost brothers. WONDERFUL!

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THE GRAGEDA, S FAMILY TREE
Of all the people 0n earth only the Jews can trace back their ancestry beginning from Abraham, their remote father down to their present generation, centuries upon centuries, connected by the bridge called – “Family Tree” which ever family have preserve all along, thus feeling the strong ties or kinship, despite tragedies on their long history, as one people and one race.
In ancient times, the original tribe that has first settled behind the volcano were all Pagans and had Christian names. They were only named after their physical attributes, skills, behavior, etc. the settlement that they made was called –Kiragnay, after the name of the first Datu of the tribe, called Ragnay. The name Camalig was still far into the future. When the Spaniards arrived in the settlement in the year 1569, they thought of giving the natives, Christian family names. They obtained a list of names from Spain, South America and Cuba, for distribution to the native families in the islands. In alphabetical order, beginning with the first letter of the name, assignments were made. In the Camalig, names starting with letters M and N were distributed to the native families, thus Moya, and Marques, Murillo, etc. Nantes, Nebres, Neo, Nebrija, etc. at that time, most of the natives had already adopted Christian first name, but no family names yet. When the family names were distributed, names beginning with the letter “M” were adjudicated to the natives of Barangay Cabagnan, Camalig. Incidentally to the Cabeza de Barangay of Cabagnan, named Doroteo, to his family, the family name Moya was adjudicated. He was the first man in the town now called Camalig, to bear the name –Moya.
Doreto Moya, has several children, one of his sons Eleuterio Moya. Married Francisca Iglesia, of Gapo, Camalig. Eleuterio Moya and his wife Francisca Iglesia were blessed with four sons and three daughters. Their sons – Andres, Dorotero jr. Pedro and Pablo (twin brothers) ; daughters- Antonia, Toribia and Juana, all Iglesia Moya.
Andres Iglesia Moya, has sojourned in Jovellar, married a lady in that town and became the Captain del Pueblo of Jovellar. His Children, sons- Candido Moya, Eleuterio Moya II, daughters- Eladia Moya and one Atang. The moyas in Jovellar are desendants of Andres Iglesia Moya of Camalig.
Doroteo Iglesia Moya, jr. has only two sons, Pablo Moya II and Eleuterio Moya III, fondly called Yoyong. (Doroteo jr. was Captain of Camalig from 1864 to 1866). Pablo or Pablito Moya had a lone child, Amadeo Moya. Amadeo in turn, had only one, a girl- Elizabeth Moya, who resides in camalig. Eleuterio III or Yoyong Moya have many children, only two are known to the writer, Paciano and Alicia Moya. They Left Camalig before World War II and their Whereabouts are unknown today.
The twin brothers, Pablo and Pedro Moya are said to be big and strong men with commanding personalities. And were called the “giants of Cabagnan”. Pablo Iglesia Moya, one of the twin brothers, have four children, Toribio, Marianito, Pantaleon and Juana.Their descendants are to be found in Cabagnan, Camalig. Pedro Iglesia Moya, the other twin have only two, Dorotea and Juana II. Decendants of Dorotea Moya are the Espinas Family in Centro Camalig, that of Juana II, bear the name- Nolasco.
Antonia Iglesia Moya had a lone child, Marcos Obligaciaon. Marcos in his first marriage, had a son, Hipolito Obligacion, and daughters Saturnina, Fernanda and Patricia. In his second marriage with a girl bearing a family name-Nuyda he had several children too,most of them lived in Bariw Camalig.
Toribia iglesia Moya married a Solano, and had sons and daughters. Her son-Francisco Moya Solano and anacleto Moya Solano, the last Captain del Pueblo of Camalig his decendants are the Anson and Valenciano’s of Camalig. Toribia’s daughter are gregoria, Eustaquia, and Juliana,
All Moya Solano.
NOW THE GRAGEDA GENERATION
The last daughter of Eleuterio Moya and Francisca Iglesia, namely Juana Iglesia Moya, desendants from the first Moya of Camalig, Doroteo,Married Mariano Grageda of Capuy, Castilla, Sorsogon . They had sons and daughter in Camalig.
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