I found the note that Mr. Herman Reichard wrote to my father, since both passed away over 10 years ago and were over 80 years of age when they died I will assume that this note was written in the 1970's.Mr Reichard obtain the information from Church records he searched.It is in spanish so I will translate as best as possible.Mr Reichard says the Caban surname is of Irish origin,from the Cavan county in Ireland.The eldest descendants he interviewed gave a consistent description of characteristics that match exactly with the numerous Caban families living in Moca rural areas. Mr Reichard stated that Caban were a very wealthy family that married into many distinguished familes of the area that comprises Añasco,Rincón,Aguada,Aguadilla, Moca,San Sebastian, Lares and Isabela.The first Caban in Puerto Rico must have lived in this area(Moca-Aguadilla) iver 300 years ago, the absence of record makes it impossible to determine who specifically was this person, however since they were owners of "enormes cantidades de terreno", "podria saberse algun dia a nombre de quien se hizo la concesión".My best understanding is that they had large chunks of land and that if somehow it could be determined to who the land was granted then we would know who was the original landowner.
Mr. Reichard mentions a wedding without dates of José Cabán and Dionisia de Avilés.Then he mentions another wedding of Francisco Roque Cabán(Born in Aguada in 1752-died in Aguadilla in 1842) married to María de la Rosa(Born in Aguadilla).Last he mentions another wedding of María del Carmen Cabán(Born in Aguadilla in 1780, died in Aguadilla in 1838)the person to who she married data is incomplete(no last name and the year of birth is 1792 and the year of death is 1801?-this does not make sense).This is the information I have.