In 1837 Leese married María Rosalia Vallejo, sister of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.
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He married General Vallejo’s sister, moved to Sonoma, and acquired extensive land holdings.
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Leese continued the business alone until 1841, when he sold out to the Hudson's Bay Company and transferred his business and residence to Sonoma.
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During the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846, Leese was taken prisoner with Vallejo and held captive at Sutter's Fort.
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Vioget first arrived in San Francisco, then known as Yerba Buena, in 1837, when only two homes stood in the village - those of Jacob P. Leese and William A. Richardson.