 fernando fernÃ¡ndez (c.1850&ndash;1940) was the founder of the oldest rum producing company in puerto rico."the rough guide to puerto rico (rough guide puerto rico)"; by stephen keeling; page 53; publisher: rough guides; isbn 1-4053-8261-9, isbn 978-1-4053-8261-8. ==start of a dynasty== right|120px|thumb|tower at hacienda santa ana fernÃ¡ndez, was born in bayamon, puerto rico. he was the owner of the santa ana plantation located in the city of his birth. the santa ana plantation is located on land which was granted to his grandfather (whose name was also fernando fernÃ¡ndez) by the spanish royal crown in 1797. fernÃ¡ndez's grandfather was a naval captain who fought against pirates and english merchant ships. the spanish royal crown granted him this land in recognition of his service to spain, here he planted sugar canes and raised cattle.traveler in 1804, the elder fernÃ¡ndez used a mixture of sugar and honey to process and distill rum. he aged his product in special barrels which were imported from europe. the rum he produced was only for his own personal use and that of his family. in 1821, various slaves from his plantation were involved in a conspiracy. a slave from another plantation by the name of marcos xiorro planned and organized a revolt against the slave masters. the plans of the revolt were discovered by the spanish authorities and never took place.conspiracy of marcos xiorro in 1827, he ordered his 127 slaves to build an enormous windmill shaped like a tower. the windmill helped to extract the juice from the sugar canes. he would still resort to the use of manpower whenever the wind wasn't strong enough to operate the windmill.puerto rico herald in 1846, fernÃ¡ndez's father, manuel fernÃ¡ndez (birth name: manuel fernÃ¡ndez y martÃ­nez), inherited the plantation; manuel fernÃ¡ndez developed the land which consisted of over . manuel fernÃ¡ndez eventually purchased much of the property adjoining his land and soon became the richest man in bayamon. ==pedro fernando fernÃ¡ndez takes charge== in 1880
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