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.
The party was detained at Mission San Jose by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo for illegally entering Mexico without valid passports; Vallejo violated his orders to force all American immigrants to leave California, allowing the group to remain after becoming Mexican citizens.
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General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Commander General of California, was a major exception and he owned Rancho Suscol in Sonoma with plenty of cattle.