HISTORY OF MARAGONDON
The name Maragondon was derived fro
Tagalog word madagundong or maugong, meaning much sound. Actually the sounds
comes from a noisy river called Kay Albaran in the barrio of Capantayan. This
area was the first townsite selected, but because the river frequently
overflowed its bank and in undated the place it was later transferred to its
present site. The word madagundong not being pleasant to ears, the people had
it change to marigundong in honor of the town s patron saint, Nueatra Senora
Maria Asuncion ( Our Lady of The Assumption ).
Soon after the establishment of the
American regime, Lope K. Santos , an authority on Tagalog language and member
of a geographic committee created to "investigate and revise" the
names of Philippine towns and provinces, recommended the change of Marigundong
to "Maragondon" definitely more pleasing to the hear, the present
name of the town
Incidentally,
Maragondon has three foundation dates; namely, 1. ) 1611 when the Franciscan
Fathers from Silang established their first visita or chapel; 2.) 1690, the
Fundacion Ecclesiastica or founding of the regular parish by the Jesuits,
dedicating it to Our Lady of the Assumption; 3.) 1727, the Fundacion Civil,
when the original barrio of Maragondon was separated from Silang during the
administration of the Recollects and converted into an independent municipality
with Gregorio Silvestre has he first gobernadorcillo. Maragondon belonged to
the corregimiento of Mariveles (now
In the second half of the 19th
century the towns of
Furthermore, Bailen (now Gen.
Aguinaldo) and Alfonso seceded from Maragondon in 1858. Maggalanes followed
suit on
Maragondon played a significant role
in the Philippine revolution. Although the own belonged to the jurisdiction at
the Magdiwang Council, its brave sons like the three Riego de brothers (
Emiliano, Vicente and Mariano), Esteban Imfante, Crisostomo Riel, Vicente
Somosa and Antero C. Reyes proved their unflinching loyalty to the
revolutionary cause by not allowing themselves to be dragged away by Andres
Bonifacio when the later, depeated and unwilling to avide by the result of the
Tejeros Convention, Attempted to set up a separate government and army.
All of them stuck to the revolutionary
headed by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. Emiliano and Mariano Riego de Dios became top
ranking generals; Vicente, a colonel, commanded the revolutionary troops as
signed at Noveleta, the Magdiwang headquarters. Gen. Emilaiano Riego de Diosa
was one of the three provincial governors of
The Bonifacio brothers were sentenced
to death by the council of war owing to their counter revolutionary activities.
Mriano Riego de Dios and Infante believed the sentence was quiet harsh and
abstain from signing the death verdict. This group that the council of war was
no kangaroo court they merrily wanted banishment for the Bonifacio brothers.
Aguinaldo agreed with them and ordered commutation of the sentence from death
to banishment to the
Maragondon has three barangays in the
Poblacion and 15 barrios; namely, 1.) Barangay 1 (population, 1026) 2.)
Barangay II (550), 3.) Barangay III (1626), 4.) Bucal I (1660), 5.) Kaputatan
(987), 6.) Garita (683), 7.) Mabacao (1349) 8.) Patungan (714), 9. Pinagsanhan
(798) 10) Bucal II (595) 11.) Bucal III (911) 12.) Bucal IV (921) 13.) Pantihan
I (372) 14.) Pantihan II (349), 15. ) PantihanIII (668), 16.) Pantihan IV
(655), 17.) Talipusngo (694), 18.) Mabato (229). (1984 figures).
TOWN
HEADS OF MARAGONDON
For more than three centuries
officials of Maragondon have scrupulously kept a complete of its town heads
from its establishment as a municipality to the present. The list follows:
GOVERNADORCILLOS: 1.) Gregorio Silvestre 1727; 2.) Ignacio
de Loyola 1728; 3.) Agustin Panganiban 1729; 4.) Esteban Mariano 1730; 5.)
Manuel Magno, 1731; 6.) Juan Baclao, 1732; 7.) Domingo Tayde 1733; 8.)
Silvestre de Sosa 1734; 9.) Tomas Andaya, 1735; 10.) Juan Capule, 1736;
11.)
Ignacio Santiago , 1737; 12.) Agustin Santiago, 1738; 13.) Juan Bulungan, 1739;
14.) Mariano de Medina 1740; 15. ) Gregorio de Loyola, 1741; 16.) Agustin
Silvestre, 1742; 17.) Joseph Nabrier, 1743; 18.) Juan Pareja, 1744; 19.) Tomas
sdela Cruz, 1745; 20.) Nicolas dela Cruz, 1746;
21)Pedro
Macalindang 1747; 22.)
31.)
Juan Pareja, 1757; 32 .) Francisco Andaya, 1758; 33.) Melchor Dalung, 1759;
34.) Nicolas de Matulao 1760; 35.) Francisco Ignacio, 1761; 36.) Salvador
Reymundo, 1762; 37.) Manuel Malimban 1763; 38.) Pedro Geronimo 1764; 39.)
Joseph Nabrier 1765; 40.) Agustin de Loyola 1766;
41.)
Ignacio Magalis 1767; 42.) Juan Pareja 1768; 43.) Juan Panganiban 1769; 44.)
Mariano Vicente 1770; 45.) Juan Laguibo 1771; 46.) Nicolas Pareja 1772; 47.)
Pedro Gervacio de Joya 1773; 48.) Tomas de Leon 1774; 49. ) Tomas Victorino
deLos Angeles 1775; 50.) Domingpo Ignacio 1776;
51.)
Silvestre Dalusag 1777; 52.) Ignacio Santiago 1778; 53.) Juan Parejo 1779; 54.)
Tomas de Leon 1780; 55.) Tomas Victorino delos Angeles 1781; 56.) Nicolas dela
Cruz 1782; 57.) Juan Pannganiban 1783; 58.) Juan Pareja 1784.; 59.) Juan
Maglabi 1785; 60.) Tomas Bernardo Viray 1786;
61.)
Juan Ignacio 1787; 62.) Tomas Victorino delos Angeles 1788; 63.) Juan
Panganiban 1789; 64.) Nicolas Antonio Reyes 1790; 65.) Juan Laguibo 1791; 66.)
Felipe delos Reyes 1792; 67.) Domingo Ignacio 1793; 68.) Marcos Teodoro 1794;
69.) Juan Agumpon 1795; 70.) Agustin Ignacio Malimbam 1796;
71.)
Tomas Victorino delos Angeles 1797; 72.) Hipiloto Gregorio Icasiano, 1798-1799;
73.) Juan Agumpon, 1800; 74.) Tomas Victorino delos Angeles 1801; 75.) Juan
Estanislao 1802; 76.) Juan Vicente Ignacio 1803; 77.) Joseph Erasmo Magno,
1805; 78.) Juan Pasco 1806; 79.) Hipolito Gregorio Icasiano 1807; 80.) Bernardo
Punongbayan 1808;
81.)
Andres delos Angeles 1809; 82.) Joseph Erasmo Magno, 1810; 83.) Cripin Viray
1811; 84.) Francisco Cardenas 1812; 85.) Juan Macario 1813; 86.) Francisco
Cardenas 1814; 87.) Justo Mendoza 1815; 88.) Andres Cuevas 1816; 89) Ciriaco
Bernardo Viray 1870; 90.) Francisco Mendoza 1818;
91.)
Severino Buenaventura Venta 1819-1820; 92.) Bernardo Punungbayan 1821; 93.)
Socrino Buenaventure Venta 1822; 94.) Dionisio De Leon and Tomas Mendoza 1823;
95.) Bernardo Punongbayan 1825; 96.) Miguel De Leon 1826; 97.) Felizardo
Serbascio 1827; 98.) Ubaldo Mendoza 1828; 99.) Ciriaco Bernardo Viray 1829;
100.) Dionisio de Leon 1830;
101.)
Aniceto Punongbayan 1831; 102.) Santiago Fulgencio 1832; 103.) Pedro delos
Angeles 1833; 104.) Redosindo Reymundo 1834; 105.) Pedro de leon 1835. 106.)
Ciriaco Bernardo Viray 1836-1837; 107.) Eulalio Ignacio 1838; 108.) Vicente
Malimban 1839; 109.) Leonardo Ignacio, 1840; 110.) Alejandro Manuel 1841 1842;
111.)
Pioquinto delos Angeles 1843; 112.) Pedro Bernardo Viray 1844; 113. Roman de
Dios 1845-1846; 114.
121.)
Eustacio Cuajunco,1854; 122.) Alejandro Antonio 1855; 123.) Jacinto Riel 1856;
124.) Bonifacio de leon 1857; 125.) Roman Riego de Dios 1858; 126.) Eulalio
Lizardo Ignacio 1859; 127.) Estanislao Martin Angeles1860; 128.) Braulio Riel
1861; 129.) Alejandro Rillo 1862; 130.) Isaac Cuajunco 1863-1864;
131.)
Tomas Enriquez 1865- 1866; 132.) Doroteo Riego de Dios 1867-1868; 133.) Juan
Riel 1869-1870; 134.) Alejandro Rillo 1871- 1872; 135.) Juan Lizardo 1873-1875;
136.) Esperidion Alvarez 1876 1877; 137) Crisostomo Riel 1878-1879; 138.)
Victorino Villafranca 1880; 139.) Crisostomo Riel 1881-1882; 140.) Engrasio
Rillo 1883 1884;
141.)
Sutero Riego de Dios 1885-1886; 142.) Luis Angeles 1887-1888; 143.) Esteban
Infante and Teniente Primero Juan Angeles 1889-1890; 144.) Eduardo Reyes
1891-1892; 145.) Emiliano Riego De Dios 1893 1894;
CAPITANES
MUNICIPAL: 1. Emilaino
Riego de Dios 1895 1896 2. Primitibo Cuajunco 1897; and 3.) Luis Rillo 1899.
MUNICIPAL
PRESIDENTS: 1.
Florentino De Guia, Joaquin Anngeles, Tomas Abansena and Pedro Riel; 2.
Paustino Mendoza 1901; 3. Joaquin Angeles 1902 1903; 4. Florentino de Guia and
Vicente Cuajunco 1904; 5. Joaquin Angeles 1905 190; 6. Teodoro Angeles, 1908
1911; 7. Bibiano Angeles 1912 1914; 8.) Leandro Riel 1915-1917; 9). Antonio
Malimban 1918 1920; 10,) Eusebio Angeles 1921 1923; 11.) Florentino de Guia 1924-1926
and 12.) Jose Unas 1929 1935.
MUNICIPAL
MAYORS : 1. Jose
Malimban 1936-1939; 2.) Bonfacio Gancayco 1940 1946; 3,) Patrocinio Gulapa
1946-1948; 4.) Eriberto de Guia 1948-1950; 5.) Severino Rillo 1951-1953; 6.)
Atanacio Castronuevo 1953- 1955; and 7.) Telesforo A. Unas 1956-1986.; 8.)
Paulito C. Unas 1988