sentences:  At the age of 18 he had achieved a Doctor of Law degree.His father had died in 1682 and his mother two years later, in 1684.Three years after that, in 1687, his older brother Francis was named as an "honorable citizen of Barcelona", as Moiá had the dignity to be the ""street and arm of Barcelona"", that is, the people of Moià enjoyed the same exemptions, rights and privileges as the people of Barcelona, and, were under the jurisdiction of the Councillors of Barcelona.