Captain John Wilson (1798-1861[3]), a Scottish-born sea captain and trader, came to California in 1830.[4] In 1837 Wilson married María Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco (1812 –1888), widow of José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco, who was killed at the Battle of Cahuenga Pass in 1831. Maria Carrillo was a daughter of María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, the grantee of Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa, and María's sister married General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.[5] María Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco was the grantee of Rancho Suey. James G. Scott (–1851), also a native of Scotland, came to California with his business partner Captain Wilson.
^Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
^Martha Voght, "Scots in Hispanic California", The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 52, No. 154, Part 2 (Oct. 1973), pp. 137–148, Edinburgh University Press