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The ancestry of Cristóbal de Arellano was compiled by the prominent
Mexican genealogist Jaime Holcombe who passed away in March 1995.
Holcombe located the baptismal record of Cristóbal de Arellano, bt. 3
May 1665, Aguascalientes, Nueva Galicia, son of Nicolás de Arellano
and Leonor Fernández Becerra. Unexplainably, when Cristóbal sought to
marry Graciana Romero (b.ca. 1680, daughter of Captain Francisco
Romero and doña Francisca Ramírez de Salazar) he named his mother as
Leonor Ruiz de Esparza. In the diligencia record for this couple dated
1 August 1698, Santa Fe, Cristóbal gave his age as 24 and his
birthplace as Aguascalientes. At the time, he was a soldier of the
Santa Fe Presidio.

Jaime Holcombe was able to connect Leonor Fernández Becerra into the
genealogical research of another prominent Mexican genealogist,
Mariano González Leal who had published the genealogy of Leonor’
parents in a book entitled Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia
(Universidad de Guanajuato: 1983). The combination of the research of
these two genealogists produces a genealogy that extends to the
mid-1500s in Nueva Galicia.

Paternal lineage of Leonor Fernández Becerra:

1st generation: Martín Navarro md. with Petronila de Moctezuma, their
daughter,

2nd generation: María de Gabay md. with Pedro Fernández de Vaulus,
their son,

3rd generation: Juan Fernández de Vaulus md. with Leonor Becerra,
their daughter,

4th generation: Leonor Fernández Becerra, md./veiled 12 July 1664,
Aguascalientes, Nueva Galicia, with Nicolás de Arellano, their son,

5th generation: Cristóbal de Arellano.

Maternal lineage of Leonor Fernández Becerra:

1st generation Toribio Hernández de Arellano md. with doña Isabel
Hurtado de Mendoza, their daughter,

2nd generation: doña Ana Sánchez de Mendoza, md. 21 January 1585,
Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia (Jalisco, Mexico), with Juan
Becerra, their daughter,

3rd generation: doña Leonor Becerra y Sánchez de Mendoza md. with don
Juan López Elizalde y Aberruza, native of Tolosa, Navarra, their
daughter,

4rd generation: Leonor Becerra md. with Juan Fernández de Vaulus y
Gabay, their daughter,

6th generation: Leonor Fernández Becerra md. with Nicolás de Arellano,
their son,

7th generation: Cristóbal de Arellano.

Researchers: Jaime Holcombe (1941-1995, Mexico) & Mariano González
Leal.

Source: Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.": 116, DM 1698, Aug. 1 (no.2),
Santa Fe; Mariano González Leal, Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia
(Universidad de Guanajuato: 1983), Charts 5 & 5b, and Vol II: 328;
Private correspondence from Jaime Holcombe with John B. Colligan.

BACA

Information from a prenuptial investigation record shows that
Cristóbal Baca (md. with Ana Moreno de Lara; ONMF: 10) and Ignacio
Baca (md. with Juana de Anaya; ONMF: 10-11 & 141) were brothers. It
was incorrectly presumed that this Ignacio Baca was a son of Cristóbal
Baca, but the following information from a diligencia matrimonial
dated 1766 provides different evidence:

4th degree consanguinity between Cristóbal Montoya, son of Diego
Antonio Montoya and María Magdalena Baca, and Margarita Lucero,
daughter of Miguel Lucero and Nicoalsa González

Ignacio Baca 1st degree (brothers) Cristóbal Baca

Margarita Baca 2nd degree (cousins) Manuel Baca

Miguel Lucero 3rd degree (2nd cousins) María Magdalena Baca

Margarita Lucero 4th degree (3rd cousins) Cristóbal Montoya

Margarita Baca, wife of Diego Lucero de Godoy, was a known daughter of
Ignacio Baca and doña Juana de Anaya Almazán. Her cousin Manuel Baca,
married with María de Salazar, was a known son of Cristóbal Baca and
doña Ana Moreno de Lara.

Additional information confirms that the famous Juana Baca (ONMF: 144)
was actually a daughter of Cristóbal Baca and doña Ana Moreno de Lara
and not a daughter of Manual Baca and María de Salazar as previously
presumed. This Juana Baca was also the progenitor of the Luna family
of New Mexico. Her age was given as 18 when she was listed in her
mother's household in the December 1692-January 1693 census of
families at El Paso willing to return to northern New Mexico. In
contrast, there is no listing for a daughter named Juana in the
household of Manuel Baca and María de Salazar. This census, and that
of 1697, are usefuls in identifying additional children of the Baca
family.

The follwowing lineage documents the 4th degree of consanguinity
between Eusebio de Luna and María de la Luz Lucero:

1st degree: Miguel de San Juan de Luna and Juana Baca [the younger]

2nd degree: Joaquín de Luna and Antonia Chaves

3rd degree: Bernardo de Luna and Rosalía Abeytia

4th degree: Eusebio de Luna and María de la Luz Lucero

Juana Baca, "the younger," was married with Francisco Durán y Cháves
(ONMF: 162). She was known as a daughter of Juana Baca "the
elder" (ONMF: 144 & 162).

Miguel de San Juan de Luna finds mention in ONMF: 283 as the husband
of Isabel Montoya and the father of Margarita de Luna. From the above
information it is clear that Juaquín de Luna was a son of Miguel de
San Juan de Luna, and thus not a son of Antonio de Luna (ONMF: 214).

A valuable work to consult regarding this branch of the Luna family is
The Other Luna Family by Margaret Buxton.

Researchers: Margaret Buxton and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.": 1279, DM 1766 (no. 21),
Albuquerque; Hendricks and Colligan, New Mexico Prenuptial
Investigations From the Archivos Historicos del Arzobispado de
Durango, 1760-1799, Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico
State University Library, 1996: 128 (AHAD-98, f. 598-601, 1766,
Albuquerque); Margaret Buxton, The Other Luna Family (18pp. +
appendices and charts; copy available at the Albuquerque Public
Library Special Collections/Genealogy Library).

BENAVIDES

Juan Esteban de Benavides, referred to as "el mozo" was very likely
the son of a man of the same name. More often recorded simply as Juan
Esteban, he was married with María de Biezma Esparza on 20 January
1681, El Sagrario Metropolitano, Durango, Nueva Vizcaya. Their parents
were not named in the marriage record which reads:

"Juan Estevan Benavides y Ma de Esparsa velaronse

En viente de Enero de mill y seiscientos y ochenta y uños El Sr Ldo D.
Joseph Lopes de Olivas Dean de esta Sta yglesia Cathl. estando en las
puertas de esta sancta Yglesia pressdr yo el Cura prieto y con
facultas despossó por palabras de presste y segun orden de Nra. Madre
Yglesia a Juo estevan de benavides y Maria de esparsa fueron testigos
Sebastan de Morja, Ygno de Mena y Ygno moreno.

Diego de Ezurrola (rubric)"

Their eldest child María de Benavides Viezma, identified as "castiza,"
was baptized at El Sagrario Metropolitano, Durango, on 25 September
1681.

By early 1683, this family was residing at Nombre de Dios, Nueva
Vizcaya where their next child, Nicolás de Benavides Esparza,
"español," was baptized on 26 January 1683, San Pedro Apóstol Church.
In this record, María de Biezma name was given as María de Esparza.

The next baptismal record located for this family is that of Francisco
Xavier de Benavides Esparza, baptized 29 October 1688, San Pedro
Apóstol Church, Nomber de Dios.

In the following year, Juan Esteban de Benavides was buried on 10
November 1689, San Pedro Apóstol Church, Nombre de Dios, Nueva
Vizcaya.

María de Biezma Esparza remained a widow and she and her children were
among the new colonists recruited by Gov. Vargas in the spring of 1693
to help resettle New Mexico. Research by John B. Colligan reveals that
she received a total of 70 pesos to buy suplies for the trip to New
Mexico. According to her account given in 1698, she was recruited at
Sombrerete with four children and the expedition to New Mexico left on
13 June 1693; her fourth child was Estevan de Benavides. She was
identified as "española" and gave her age as 36, indicating she was
born circa 1657.

Researchers: Rosina LaSalle and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: San Pedro Apostol Church, Nombre de Dios, Durango, Mexico;
Sagrario Metropolitano, Durango, Durango, Mexico; John B. Colligan,
"Vargas’ 1693 Recruits for the Resettlement of New Mexico," in Society
of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research Genealogical Journal,
Vol. II 1995: 177.

CASTELLANO

The Castellano family was not accounted for in Origins of New Mexico
Familes. This surname was brought to New Mexico in 1694 by the family
of José Castellano and his wife María Manuela López, natives of Mexico
City. This couple had six known children: Gertrudis; Juan; María;
Ynés, Manuel, and Francisca. This family may have been among the
original settlers of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, but were living in Santa
Fe from 1698-1701. There is no account of the Castellano children
having married in New Mexico.

The Castellano surname was passed on to Indians of San Juan Pueblo,
most likely through bapatism. One branch of the Castellano family,
identified as genízaros of San Juan Pueblo, settled in the Spanish
village of San Rafael del Guique, across the Rio Grande and just north
of the pueblo. Another branch of this family settled in the area of
Abiquiu. It appears the Castellano family of San Juan Pueblo is the
trunk of the Castellano people of northern New Mexico.

Genealogy:

1. Matías Castellano, Indio, b.ca. 1752; md. María Marta/Martina
Luján, India, b.ca. 1756. This couple is known to have resided at the
Pueblo of San Juan from 1785-89 and then were residents of San Rafael
del Guique from 1790-94. Known children and grandchildren:

2.1 María Ana Castellano, b. 8 March 1785, Pueblo of San Juan, bt. 15
March 1785, San Juan. Padrinos; Matías Chavarría y María Ana, Indios.

2.2 María de los Dolores Castellano, b. 3 April 1787, Pueblo of San
Juan, bt. 13 April 1787, San Juan. Madrina: Mariana Serna, India.
Parents identified as genízaros.

2.3 José Manuel Castellano, b. 2 November 1789, Pueblo of San Juan,
bt. 8 November 1789, San Juan (Padrinos: Joséa Manuel Rendón y
Mathiana Durán); md. María Dolores Rendón, b. 14 April 1794, Llano,
bt. 22 April 1794, San Juan, daughter of Andrés Rendón and Juliana
Valdés. This couple resided at San Rafael until 1829. Known children,
all baptized at San Juan:

1. Francisco Antonio Castellano, b. at San Rafael, bt. 29 December
1815. Padrinos: Manuel Mestas y María Gertrudis Leyva.

2. José Francisco Castellano, b. 19 March 1818, San Rafael, bt. 22
March 1818. Padrinos: Manuel Roybal y María Ysabel Torres.

3. Miguel Antonio Castellano, b. 9 August 1822, San Rafael, bt. 13
August 1822. Padrinos: Andrés Rendón y Juliana Valdés.

4. María Antonia Castellano, b. 11 June 1824, San Rafael, bt. 17
June 1824. Madrina: Carmen López.

5. María de la Cruz Castellano, b. at San Rafael, bt. 15 April
1828. Padrinos: Juan Cristóbal Martín y Agustina Maese.

6. José Cayetano Castellano, b. 12 March 1830, Ranchitos [de
Chinago], bt. 15 March 1830. Padrinos: Manuel Valencia y María Quteria
López.

7. Juan Manuel Castellano, b. 30 June 1835, Ranchitos de Chinago,
bt. 2 July 1835. Padrinos: José Ramón Valencia y Juana Antonia López.

2.4 Josefa Rafaela Castellano, b. 8 October 1792, Pueblo of San Juan,
bt. 14 October 1792, San Juan. Padrino: Antonio Marcelino Varela.

2.5 Hilario de los Dolores Castellano, b. 14 January 1794, San Rafael,
bt. 19 January 1794, San Juan; md. March 1824. Abiquiu, NM, with María
del Carmen Trujillo, daughter of Francisco Trujillo and María Antonia
Torres This couple residing at Abiquiu from 1824-26 and then relocated
to Taos where the resided from 1827 to at least 1836. Known children:

3.1 María Gerónima de los Reyes Castellano, b. 13 January 1825, bt. 16
January 1825, Abiquiu. Padrinos: Asencio José Sánchez y María del
Carmen Escudero.

3.2 María Ysabel Castellano, b. 4 July 1827, El Rancho, bt. 8 July
1827, Taos. Padrinos: Juan Bueno y Teodora Abeyta.

3.3 Salvador Manuel Castellano, b. 21 September 1832, San Francisco
del Rancho, bt. 23 September 1832, Taos. Padrinos: Manuel Cortés y
María Manuela Romero.

3.4 José Marcelo Castellano, b. 20 February 1834, El Rancho, bt. 23
February 1834, Taos. Padrinos: Juan de los Reyes Romero y María
Trinidad Romero.

3.5 José Benedicto Castellanos, b. 13 April 1836, Río Chiquito de
Nuestra Señora de San Juan, bt. 16 April 1836, Taos. Padrinos: Juan de
Jesús González y María Felipa Salazar.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Baptismal records for the churches at the Pueblo of San Juan
(AASF Roll #9 & #10), Abiquiu (AASF Roll #2), Taos (AASF Roll #19 &
#20); and 1790 Census of the jurisdiction of San Juan in New Mexico
Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses: 1790, 1830, 1845, translated
and compiled by Virginia L. Olmsted, New Mexico Genealogical Society,
Albuquerque.

CRESPÍN

Chávez mentioned that Cristóbal Crespín (ONMF: 167) was recruited
along with other families of Zacatecas, and that his mother, or mother-
in-law was a woman named Juana de Ancizo (ONMF: 125 & 167).

As it turns out, Cristóbal Crespín came to New Mexico in late 1693
with his mother, Juana de Ancizo, and four siblings. In 1698, Juana de
Ancizo, identified as negra (African) or mulata (African & Indian) and
a resident of Santa Fe, gave testimony that she and her five children
had enlisted at Fresnillo in Nueva Galicia as settlers of New Mexico
when Vargas was recruiting for colonists.

In the previous year, Juana de Ancizo was accounted for among the
settlers receiving livestock from governor Vargas. In her household
were these children: Marcos, Cristóbal, Juana, and Pedro. This family
was listed among the other settlers recruited at Zacatecas and
Sombrerete in 1693 by Vargas. Juana de Ancizo was a widow of Miguel de
la Cruz de Lara, who was deceased when his family came to New Mexico.
Based on several sources, the early Crespín-Ancizo family looks like
this:

1. Miguel de la Cruz de Lara, mulato, d. before June 1693; md.
Juana de Ancizo (aka Encizo), negra or mulata, both natives of
Zacatecas. Their children:

2.1 María de Ancizo, of Zacatecas, md. Agustín de la Cruz (ONMF: 167),
lobo.

2.2 Josefa de la Encarnación, of Sombrerete, md. Ignacio Losano (ONMF:
208), of Sombrerete.

2.3 Marcos [Crespín]

2.4 Cristóbal Crespín (apparently the progenitor of the Crespín family
in New Mexico).

2.4 Juana de Ancizo, b.ca. 1678, Zacatecas; md. 30 January 1698, Santa
Fe, with Francisco de la Rosa, b.ca. 1672, Celaya, Nueva España, son
of Miguel Pérez and María de la Rosa, mestizos.

Researcher: John B. Colligan & José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM II: 71, frames 545-47; SANM II: 65, frames 66 & 139;
John B. Colligan, "Vargas' 1693 Recruits for the Resettlement of New
Mexico," in Genealogical Journal:Society of Hispanic Historical and
Ancestral Research, Vol. II, 1995, Raul J. Guerra, ed.: 193-196.

DOMÍNGUEZ

In a petition presented to fray Nicolás Hurtado dated April 8, 1682 at
El Real de San Lorenzo near El Paso del Norte, José Domínguez de
Mendoza (ONMF: 169-70) requested to enter into the state of matrimony
according to the order of "Nuestra Santa Madre Yglesia," "Our Holy
Mother Church." He identified himself as a native of New Mexico and a
son of Ana Velásquez and an unknown father. According to a marriage
certificate, he was married on April 19, 1682 with Juana López (ONMF:
58), a daughter of Sargento Mayor Diego López Sambrano and María de
Suaso, all natives of New Mexico, originally residents of the Villa de
Santa Fe. From this union there was born a son, Domingo Domínguez, and
a daughter, María Domínguez prior to the death of Juana López.

A widower by 1692, José Domínguez de Mendoza, holding the military
rank of alférez, participated in the efforts of don Diego de Vargas to
restore New Mexico to the Spanish crown. In this endeavor, he was
reunited in October 1692 with his sister, Juana Domínguez, who had
been taken captive by the Pueblo Indians during the revolt of 1680. In
May 1697, mention was made of the "orphan children of José Dominguez,
Domingo and María." They were recipients of livestock in a
distribution made at Santa Fe by Governor Vargas. Apparently,
Domínguez was away at this time, however, soon after this he entered
into his second marriage with Gerónima Varela de Losada (aka Varela de
Perea; d. 11 April 1727, Santa Fe), by whom he had at least two known
children: Ana María Domínguez and Manuel Domínguez (b.ca. 1705; ONMF:
170).

María Domínguez, daughter of José Domínguez de Mendoza and Juana Lópes
Sambrano, was married with Dimas Jirón de Tejeda (ONMF: 201).

Ana María Domínguez, daughter of José Domínguez de Mendoza and
Gerónima Varela de Losada (Varela de Perea), b.ca. 1698-99, was
widowed of Pedro Antonio de Moya when she sought to marry Antonio
Martín Serrano, native of Chimayó and a son of Cristóbal Martín
Serrano (ONMF: 224) and Antonia de Moraga. Ana María and Antonio were
married at Santa Fe on 12 May 1717.

Manuel Domínguez, son of of José Domínguez de Mendoza and Gerónima
Varela de Losada (Varela de Perea), may be the same person as Manuel
Antonio Domínguez (ONMF: 224) who was married with María Martín
Serrano (ONMF: 224), daughter of Cristóbal Martín Serrano (ONMF: 224)
and Antonia Moraga.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM I: 233; SANM II: 606; AASF Roll # 61: DM 1717, April 28
(no. 2), Santa Fe (see also, Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.", p.
1102); Esquibel, "Sacramental Records and the Preservation of New
Mexico Family Genealogies from the Colonial Era to the Present" in
Seeds of Struggle: Harvest of Faith, Catholic Cuarto Centennial
Publication, LPD Press, Albuquerque, forthcoming, 1998.

ESPINOSA

Nicolas de Espinosa (ONMF: 172) was identified was a son of José Gómez
and María de Espinosa, both natives of the Villa de los Lagos, Nueva
Galicia. Ophelia Márquez of California extracted the marriage record
of this couple. They were married at the church of Santa María de los
Lagos on 2 July 1664. José Gómez was a son of Pedro Gómez de Portugal
and Isabel Ortiz Parada. María de Espinosa was a daughter of Francisco
de Espinosa and María de Salazar. Connecting her findings with the
genealogical work of Mexiacan genealogist Mariano González Leal, the
paternal ancestry of Nicolás de Espinosa was extended four additional
generations to the early 1500s as presented here:

1st GENERATION: Captain Juan Gómez de Portugal, his son,

2nd GENERATION: Captain Juan Gómez de Portugal, one of the founders of
the Villa de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia (1563); md. Catalina López (she
was listed as a widow in the 1610 census of Los Lagos). Their son,

3rd GENERATION: Diego Gómez de Portugal, md. 8 January 1590, Los
Lagos, with María García de Arrona. Their son,

4th GENERATION: Perdo Gómez de Portugal, b.ca. 1610; md. Isabel Ortiz
Parada, b.ca. 1615. Their son,

5th GENERATION: José Gómez, md. 2 July 1664, Santa María de los Lagos,
Villa de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, with María de Espinosa, daughter of
Francisco de Espinosa and María de Salazar. Their son,

6th GENERATION: Nicolás de Espinosa who came to New Mexico in April
1695 in the colonizing expedition led by Captain Juan Páes Hurtado;
md. 1697 with Josefa de la Cruz (ONMF: 172), b.ca.1673, San Luis
Potosí, Nueva España.

Researchers: Ophelia Márquez and Mariano González Leal

Sources: Ophelia Márquez, "Lineage of Nicolas Espinosa…," in Somos
Primos, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct. 1993 (Newsletter of the Society of
Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research—SHHAR); Mariano González
Leal, Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia (Universidad de
Guanajuato: 1983), Tomo I: 25.

FRESQUIS

On 10 October 1661, Alférez Juan Fresco (ONMF: 30), "vecino de la
jurisdición de Rio Arriba", gave his age as 36, indicating he was born
circa 1625.

_________

In testimony given on 29 October 1661 by Juán Luján, el viejo, he
declared that the father of Juan Fresqui (ONMF: 30) was
"flamenco" (Flemish) and that Fresqui’s mother was "blanca" (white).
This testimony refuted the accusation made Gov. don Diego López
Mendizábal that Fresqui was a son of "una mulata esclava." In the same
month, Francisco de Anaya Almazán testified that Juan Fresco
(referring to Juan Fresqui) was "español, bien soldado."

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, México, Galeria, Concursos de Peñalosa, Vol. I. F. 62 &
209. Microfilm copy of rolls #1-3 (Vols. I-III) of the "Concursos de
Peñalosa" located at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.

GALLEGOS

While researching records related to the city of San José del Parral,
Nueva Vizcaya (now Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico), Gerald J.
Mandell extracted historical and genealogical information about the
Gallegos family (ONMF: 31). He shared some of his research with the
editors of the Vargas Project (University of New Mexico) who included
the material in the footnotes of By Force of Arms: The Journals of don
Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1691-93, John L. Kessell and Rick
Hendricks, editors.

Mandell's research extends the known lineage of the Gallegos family by
two generations as follows:

Luis Gallegos de Terrazas, identified as a frieghter, was married with
Pascuala de Rueda. This couple had three sons: Alférez Diego Gallegos
(b.ca. 1600), Antonio Gallegos and Juan Burruel de Luna. All three
brothers were involved in silver mining at the mines of Parral.

Alferez Diego Gallegos a rancher and miner, was married with Catalina
de Rivera. They were the parents of José Gallegos (probably the son of
this name baptized on 22 March 1657, Parral), and Antonio Gallegos,
the progenitors of the Gallegos family of New Mexico.

For additional information regarding Alférez Diego Gallegos and
Catalina de Rivera, check out Beyond ONMF Vol. 2.

Researcher: Gerald J. Mandell

Source: By Force of Arms: The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New
Mexico, 1691-93, John L. Kessell and Rick Hendricks, eds. Gerald J.
Mandell, Research Consultant, University of New Mexico Press,
Albuquerque, 1992: 438 n. 45.

GONZÁLEZ BERNAL

On 10 October 1661, Capitán Diego González Bernal (ONMF: 40) gave his
age as 35, indicating he was born circa 1626. At this time he was a
Regidor de Santa Fe and also held the position of Juéz Provincial de
la Santa Hermandad de Nuevo México.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, México, Galeria, Concursos de Peñalosa, Vol. I, f. 66a/
209. Microfilm copy of rolls #1-3 (Vols. I-III) of the "Concursos de
Peñalosa" located at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.

LUJÁN

On 12 August 1662, Juan Luján, el viejo (ONMF: 63), "vecino y Alcalde
Mayor de La Cañada," gave his age as 60, indicating he was born circa
1602.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, México, Galeria, Concursos de Peñalosa, Vol. I, f. 95a &
211. Microfilm copy of rolls #1-3 (Vols. I-III) of the "Concursos de
Peñalosa" located at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.

MADRID

At Santa Fe on 10 October 1661, Francisco de Madrid II (ONMF: 66),
father of Roque de Madrid, was Comisario de Cavallos and gave his age
as 47, more or less, indicating he was born circa 1614.

In October 1661, the wife of Francisco de Madrid was named as doña
María de Albizu (b.ca. 1621) who was described as a daughter of Maese
de Campo don Tomás de Albizu (ONMF: 2). Doña María’s first husband was
Cristóbal Enríquez (q.v.) who was referred to in the testimony of
Capitán Tomás de la Huerte (age 32; 29 October 1661) as "fulano
Enriques."

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, México, Galeria, Concursos de Peñalosa, Vol. I, f. 54,
211 & 225. Microfilm copy of rolls #1-3 (Vols. I-III) of the
"Concursos de Peñalosa" located at the New Mexico State Records Center
and Archives.

MORAGA

In a document from the Spanish Archives of New Mexico written, or
dictated, by Antonia de Moraga (ONMF: 79 & 224), wife of Cristóbal
Martín Serrano (ONMF: 73 & 224), she mentioned her grandfather, Diego
de Moraga (ONMF: 79). This confirms that her father, Juan de Moraga
(ONMF: 79 & 378), married with María Montaño (ONMF: 76 & 378), was a
son of Diego de Moraga.

Antonia de Moraga died on 5 August 1729 and was buried at Santa Cruz
de la Cañada. Her burial record gives her age as 80, indicating she
was born circa 1649.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: SANM I: 49; AASF: Roll #39: Santa Cruz, Burials 1726-1859.

MONTOYA

When Clemente Montoya (ONMF: 238), son of Felipe Montoya and María de
Paredes, made his will on 3 September 1753 at Santa Cruz. He indicated
he had been married twice and had 17 children. By his first wife,
Josefa Luján, he had: Francisca Montoya, Antonia Montoya, Manuel
Montoya, Teodora Montoya, Luisa Montoya, Salvador Montoya, Manuela
Montoya, Barbara Montoya and María Montoya. The last five children
named were identified as deceased.

By his second wife, María Baca, Clemente had these children: Lorenzo
Montoya, Mariana Montoya, José Montoya, Santiago Montoya, Juan Domingo
Montoya, María Luisa Montoya, Pedro Antonio Montoya, and Antonia
Montoya. The last two children were identified as deceased.

Clemente Montoya died 10 September 1753 and was buried at the Church
of Santa Cruz. He burial record gives his age as 70, more or less.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM I: 494; AASF Roll # 39: Santa Cruz, Burials 1726-1859.

PAREDES

Alférez Alvaro de Paredes (ONMF: 85), b.ca. 1640, Mexico City, was
identified by Chávez as a son of don Esteban de Paredes and doña
Beatriz Cortés. Don Estevan and doña Beatriz were married at the
Catedral de México in Mexico City on 18 April 1633. He was a native of
Mexico City and a son of Alvaro de Paredes and doña Beatriz de
Sotomayor. She was a native of Mexico City and a daughter of Juan
Andrés de Zaldívar and Andrea Rangél.

Juan Andrés de Zaldívar and Andrea Rangél were residing at
"Salaia" (Celaya) where their other daughter, doña Gerónima Rangél,
was born. Doña Gerónima was married 13 February 1638, Catedral de
México, with Cristóbal Rincón.

Don Estevan de Paredes and doña Beatriz Cortés had this other son:
Estevan de Paredes, native of Mexico City, md. 11 September 1668,
Mexico City, Catedral de México, with Teresa de Figueroa.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: José Antonio Esquibel, "Genealogical Essays on Three
Seventeenth century New Mexico Families: Paredes, López de Gracia, and
Manzanares," in Nuestra Raíces (Journal of the Genealogical Society of
Hispanic America), Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1994: 6-13.

PEÑA

Chávez identified José Mariano de la Peña (b.ca. 1759) and his brother
José de la Peña (b.ca. 1769) as natives of Mexico City and sons of
Juan Antonio de la Peña and María Antonia Alvarez (ONMF: 256).

The 1753 census of Mexico City provides this information about the
Peña family:

"Peña, Juan Antonio de la. Dueño de cigarrería, casado con María
Antonia Alvarez. Hijos: María Antonia, Dorotea, Juan Antonio. En su
companía: Francisca Valentín Pérez. Vive en la Calle de la Acequía."

According to this information, the Peña family resided on Calle de la
Acequía in Mexico City where Juan Antonio was the owner of a cigar/
cigarette producing shop.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Boletín de Archivo General de la Nación, Segunda Serie, Tomo
VIII, nums. 3-4, 1967: 901.

PÉREZ GRANILLO

Francisco Pérez Granillo (ONMF: 88) was baptized 19 April 1587,
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Nueva Galicia. He was a son of Alonso
Pérez Granillo and Juana de Galves. His baptismal record reads: "En
diez e nueve dias del mes de abril de mil y quinientos y ochenta e
siete años, bauticé a Francisco, hijo de Alonso Pérez Granillo y de
Juana de Galves, vecinos de estas minas, fueron sus padrinos Francisco
de Castro y Elvira Pérez, su mujer, e por verdad lo firme de mi nombre
—El Br. Luis López de Ayala."

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: "Libros de Bautismos y Casamientos de la Iglesia de Nuestra
Señora de las Nieves, Años 1586-1592," in Boletín del Archivo General
de la Nación, Tomo X, 3, Mexico, 1939: 463.

RODARTE

Juana Guerrero, the widow of Miguel Rodarte de Castro (from Llerena,
Nueva Galicia; d.ca. 1691), enlisted at Zacatecas as a colonist for
New Mexico on January 22, 1695. Although a surviving muster roll
indicates she had two children in her household, Batlazar Rodarte and
Catalina Rodarte, she actually enlisted with seven children. Her
additional children were distributed among fake couples under the
direction of Captain Juan Páez Hurtado as part of his ploy to gain
additional money from royal officials for transporting colonists to
New Mexico.

Her son Bernabé Rodarte fled from the New Mexico colony and was
captured and executed. In 1697, Juana Guerrero was still residing in
New Mexico and was listed with seven children in the cattle
distribution list of May. The children were: Nicolás Rodarte,
Baltazar, Gabriel, Cristóbal, José, Catalina, and Juana de Dios.

An elder sibling, María Rodarte de Castro Xabalera (ONMF: 280) was a
native of Sombrerete who identified her parents as Miguel de Castro
Xabalera and Juana Guerrero during the prenuptial investigation
proceeding in her marriage to Jacinto Sánchez (ONMF: 280).

It is difficult to account for the Rodarte family after 1697. For the
early 1700s, documents relating only to Baltazar Rodarte (ONMF: 268)
have been located in the Spanish Archives of New Mexico, and there are
no early Rodarte baptismal records that have been located and
extracted. By 1707, Baltazar Rodarte, b.ca. 1681, was married with
Sebastiana de la Vega, b.ca. 1686. It appaears that Baltazar had been
previously married with Francisca García (ONMF: 268).

Cristóbal de Castro (ONMF: 351), a native of Zacatecas and a son of
Miguel de Castro Rodarte and Juana Guerrero, was married at Santa Cruz
in 1705 with Bernarda Gamboa. They became residents of the community
of Río Arriba in the jurisdiction of San Juan. A daughter of this
couple, Juana de Castro, was married at San Juan on 1 December 1731
with Lazaro Sáes (q.v. SÁES)

Researchers: John B. Colligan & José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: John B. Colligan, The Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695: Fraud
in Recruiting Colonists for New Mexico, University of New Mexico
Press, Albuquerque, 1995; 31-32, 95-96; SANM I: 169; SANM II: 63 & 87;
"Census of the Parish of Santa Cruz de los Españoles," transcribed by
Donald S. Dreeson in New Mexico Genealogist, New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque, Vol. 28, No. 1: 22.

SÁES

Ambrosio Sáes (ONMF: 100) was the father of Agustín Sáes and Juan
Gañan (RCR: 526-27). Apparently, Gañan was a mestizo raised as an
Indian. Gañan was living with the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe when
Vargas, with his troops and colonizers, arrived at the city in
December 1693.

Agustín Sáes (ONMF: 100, 278 & 390) was married three times. His first
wife was Leonor de Herrera and his second wife was Antonia Márquez as
identified by Chávez. His third wife was Pascuala Vásquez (ONMF: 390),
widow of Juan Romero, by whom he had at least one son, Lazaro Sáez
(aka Sáenz). Lazaro was married at the church of San Juan de los
Caballeros on 1 December 1731 with Juana de Castro, named as a
daughter of Cristóbal de Castro (q.v. RODARTE) and Bernarda Gamboa
from Río Arriba. In this record, the names of Lazaro's parents are
given.

Lazaro Sáez and Juana de Castro appear to have settled at Santa Fe.
The 1750 census of Santa Fe lists Juana de Castro without her husband
who was perhaps deceased by this time. In her houshold were these
children, presumably hers by Lazaro Sáes: Antonia Paula [Sáes; perhaps
the person of this named married with Luis Pineda and a resident of
Santa Fe], Santiago [Sáes], Manuel [Sáes], and three other children
not named. This family may be one of two progenitors of the Sáes
family of Santa Fe.

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The other Sáes family of Santa Fe in the eighteenth century was that
of Francisco Sáes and María Catarina Apodaca Sena, md. 14 August 1737,
Santa Fe. The 1750 census of Santa Fe lists this couple with five
children, all unnamed. In 1790, María Catarina Apodaca was listed as a
widow of Santa Fe. Her age was given as 67 (b.ca. 1723) and her racial
status was given as "color quebrado" (broken color, indicating a mixed
ancestry, most likely including African or mulatto). Listed in
households immediately beside here were: Simón Sáes, español, age 29,
farmer, and married with Margarita Lobato, española, age 21; Matías
Sáes, español, age 36, a carpenter married with Rosalía de Ocaña,
color quebrado, age 31; and María de la Luz Sáes, española, age 45, a
widow with grown children.

The baptismal records for the Cathedral of Santa Fe verify the names
of three children of Francisco Sáes and María Catarina Apodaca Sena:
Matías Sáes, bt. 24 February 1750; José Domingo Sáes, bt. 22 May 1756;
and Miguel Sáes, bt. 10 May 1759.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks & Meridith D. Dodge, To the
Royal Crown Restored, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque,
1995: 526-27; AASF: Roll # 29 (San Juan Marriages, 1726-1776) & Roll
#15 (Santa Fe Baptisms, 1747-1814); Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and
Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830: 3, 4; Virginia L. Olmsted:
New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790, 1823, 1845: 56

VARELA JARAMILLO

Pedro Varela Jaramillo (ONMF: 110) and his wife Lucía Madrid were the
parents of two sons and apparently three daughters. Chávez identified
the two sons, Juan Varela Jaramillo and Cristóbal Varela Jaramillo
(ONMF: 110). The three sisters of these brothers have been identified
from a couple of diligencias matrimoniales and a record from the
Spanish Archives of New Mexico. These sisters were:

1. Lucía Varela, md. with Bartolomé Romero (ONMF: 97-8).

2. Catalina Varela Jaramillo, md. with Martín Hurtado (ONMF:
197).

3. María Varela, md. with Joaquín Cedillo (ONMF: 285).

SANM II, no. 79 is a document dated October 1701 in regard to a suit
against Agustín Sáes and Luisa Varela, residents of Santa Fe, for
cohabitation. In the record, there is a mention of Alférez Martín
Hurtado and his wife Catalina Varela, sister of Luisa Varela. Juan
Varela and Cristóbal Varela were mentioned as their brothers.

Further documentary evidence can be found in a diligencia matrimonial
dated April 1710, Albuquerque. The three witnesses for this DM were
Juan Varela [husband of Isabel Sedillo], Baltazar Romero [husband of
Luisa Varela], and Joaquín Sedillo [husband of María Varela] all
described as being related by marriage.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM II: 79; "New Mexico Roots, Ltd:" 593 (DM 1710, April,
no. 20, Albuquerque), 1261 (DM 1767, Dec. 3, no. 20, Tomé), 2028 (DM
1696, May 2, no. 29, Santa Fe).

VÁSQUEZ de LARA

The maternal ancestry of José Vásquez de Lara (ONMF: 306) is the only
New Mexico lineage that extends as far back as the early 1400s in
Spain. This lineage is based on the work of Mexican genealogists
Mariano González Leal, José Ignacio Dávila Garibi, and Jesús Amaya.
However, it was the research of Ophelia Márquez that provided the
critical information to link the family of José Vásquez de Lara with
the genealogical research of González Leal, Dávila Garibi, and Amaya.

As documented by Chávez, José Vásquez de Lara was a native of the
Villa de los Lagos (aka Santa María de los Lagos) in Nueva Galicia, a
son of Miguel Vásquez de Lara and Juana de Alcalá (ONMF: 306). He was
married in 1694 with María Magdalena Baca. Their daughter María
Vásquez Baca became the wife of Diego Padilla (ONMF: 253). This couple
had eight known children and are common ancestors for many Hispano New
Mexicans.

Paternal Ancestry:

Miguel Vásquez de Lara, a native of Jalostotitlán, Nueva Galicia, was
married circa 1659 with Juana de Alcalá y Mendoza, native of
Tlazazalca, Michoacán, Nueva España (her ancestry given below).

Miguel was a son of Cristóval Vásquez de Lara, native of the villa of
Santa María de los Lagos, and María Ortiz, native of Santa María de
los Lagos who died 9 January 1684 at Los Lagos.

Cristóval Vásquez de Lara was a son of Martín Vásquez Zermeno, a
native of Mexico City who died at Santa María de los Lagos, and Ana
García de Lara (aka Ana García de Miranda).

Martín Vásquez Zermeno was a son of Juan Vásquez and Elvira Gil de
Lara, residents of Mexico City according to research by Jaime
Holcombe.

Maternal Ancestry:

Juana de Alcalá y Mendoza, wife of Miguel Vásquez de Lara, was a
native of Tlazazalca, Michoacán, Nueva España, and a daughter Juan
Lucas Alcalá y Orozco and Juana Avina Hurtado de Mendoza.

Juan Lucas Alcalá y Orozco, a native of Tlazazalca, Michoacán who died
prior to 1661, was a son of Juan Alcalá y Zamora and Leonor Orozco
(see Alcalá and Orozco lineage below). He was married with Juana de la
Mora Mendoza y Garibay (aka Avina Hurtado de Mendoza), bt. 28 January
1616, Zamora, Michoacán, daughter of Juan de la Mora y Mendoza and
Francisca Ochoa Garibay.

Mora y Mendoza and Ochoa Garibay:

Juan de la Mora y Mendoza, Alcalde Mayor of the town of Zamora, was
married at Zamora on 11 March 1613 (veiled 26 August 1613) with
Francisca Ochoa Garibay (aka Garibay Samaniego & Garibay Solis),
daughter of Diego Ochoa Garibay (from Castilla) and Juana Núñez. Juan
and Francisca had these known children baptized at Zamora: 1) Esteban
de la Mora Mendoza y Garibay, bt. 2 February 1614; 2) Juana de la Mora
y Garibay, bt. 19 February 1615 (possibly died as an infant); 3) Juana
de la Mora Mendoza y Garibay, bt. 28 january 1616; 4) Juan de la Mora
y Garibay; 5) Francisca de la Mora y Garibay, bt. 4 October 1618; 6)
Lucía de la Mora y Mendoza y Garibai, bt. 12 January 1624; 7)
Francisca de la Mora y Garibai, bt. 7 June 1625.

Alcalá and Orozco:

Juan Alcalá y Zamora and his wife Leonor Orozco both wrote their wills
in 1623 at Valladolid, Michoacán, Nueva España. They were the parents
of Juan Lucas Alcalá y Orozco.

Juan Alcalá y Zamora was a son of Juan Alcalá and Isabel Zamora, a
native of Yelamos, Spain, who came to Nueva España to join her
husband. Her record of passage to the New World identified her as a
daughter of Antonio Zamora and Francisca Lozana.

Leonor Orozco has an ancestry the reaches back to the early 1400s in
Spain, if not back to the late 1300s. It is the only confirmed New
Mexico family ancestry that can be extended to the middle ages. Her
family genealogy was researched by Mariano González Leal and José
Igncaio Dávila Garibi. Members of the Orozco family are among the
common ancestors for people with roots in Nueva Galicia.

Leonor Orozco was a daughter of Juan Lucas Morcillo, a native of
Castilla, and doña Isabel de Orozco. Doña Isabel Orozco had two
sisters: 1) Doña Catalina de Orozco married with don Bartolomé
Rodríguez de Aranda, with issue, and 2) Doña María de Orozco married
with don Tomás de Burgos Antolines, a native of Spain, with issue.
These sisters were the daughters of don Pedro Hernández de Aguilera,
owner of the hacienda de Xanamuato, Michoacán, Nueva España, and doña
Beatriz de Orozco Tovar, a native of the Villa de Vélez, Spain.

Doña Beatriz de Orozco Tovar was a daughter of don Diego de Orozco
Tovar and doñ Ana Mexía who were married at the Villa de Vélez, Spain.
Don Diego had two brothers that had came to the New World: 1) Capitán
don Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco, a conquistador of Nueva España and a
founder of Valladolid in Michoacán who was married with doña Catalina
Cervantes de Lara, and 2) Fransico de Orozco Tovar, a conquistador of
Oaxaca.

These brothers were the sons of don Diego de Villaseñor y Orozco, aka
don Diego de Burgos Villaseñor, Alcalde de la Fortaleza de Vélez, and
doña Guiomar de Orozco. Doña Guiomar was a daughter of don Diego de
Orozco, Comendadro de Pozo Rubio en la Orden de Santiago, and doña
Guiomar de Sandoval (a daughter of don Pedro de Sandoval and doña
Catalina Fernández).

Don Diego de Villaseñor y Orozco was a son of don Diego de Villaseñor
Tovar ("El de Burgos") and doña Isabel Alfonso de Villaseñor, native
of the pueblo de San Miguel Esteban. Don Diego ("El de Burgos") was a
son of don Juan de Villaseñor y Serones (Comendador en la Orden de
Santiago and Alcalde de la Fortaleza de Zaragoza) and doña Elvira
Tovar y Enriquez. José Ignacio Dávila Garibi noted that doña Elvira
was a close relative of the Marqueses de Berlanga and the Duques de
Frías. Research into the Tovar family of Berlanga has not been able to
verify this connection, although the possibility is quite strong.

Researchers: Ophelia Márquez, Tony Campos, Jiame Holcombe, Mariano
González Leal, and José Ignacio Dávila Garibi.

Sources: Ophelia Márquez, "La Familia Vasquez de Lara de Nuevo Mexico
con Origen en Nueva Galicia y Michoacan," in Somos Primos (Newsletter
of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research/SHHAR),
March and April 1992; Marianao González Leal, Retoños de España en la
Nueva Galicia, Universidad de Guanajuato, 1983, Vol II: 66-67; Tony
Campos and Ophelia Márquez, "Zamora, Michoacán, México, Marriages
1605-1622, 1638-1646," in Genealogical Journal: Society of Hispanic
Historical and Ancestral Research, Vol. II, 1995:124; Tony Campos and
Ophelia Márquez, "Zamora, Michoacán, México, Baptisma (1605-1637) and
Extensive Family Genealogies of Zamora and Surrounding Areas," in
Genealogical Journal: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral
Research, Vol. III, 1996:71-150

ABENDAÑO

Simón de Abendaño was in actuality the son-in-law of Juan López
Holguin and Catalina de Villanueva. See López Holguin below for
details.

ABEYTA —Promising Lead

Diego de Vectia (aka Diego de Beitia and Diego de Abeytia; ONMF: 119)
described himself as español, a native of Durango in Nueva Vizcaya,
and the natural son of Diego de Ribera and Juana de Abeytia, both
Durango natives when he sought to marry Juana Torres at Santa Fe in
1696 (a marriage which apparently never took place, as he was still
single in May 1697 when given livestock by Governor don Diego de
Vargas —SANMI II: 63). He gave his age as 16, indicating he was born
circa 1680, and was a soldier of the Santa Fe Presidio at the time.
Diego was recruited at Durango by Governor Vargas as a settler in the
recolonization of New Mexico. In January 1698, at Santa Fe, he
declared he had left Durango as a single man on June 18, 1693 and was
given 70 pesos (approximately $210).

A search of the International Genealogical Index (IGI) reveals that
the Abeitia family was residing in the City of Durango as early as
1624. This family name appears in the marriage and baptismal records
of El Sagrario Metropoliano and San Juan Bautista de Analco (churches
located in Durango) as Veitia, de Veitia, Veytia, de Veytia, Abetia,
Abeytia, Abitia, Beitia, de Beitia, Beytia and de Beytia. The
variation in spelling of this surname provides particular challenges
for researching the genealogy of this family.

A review of the IGI for Durango shows baptismal records for two
females with the name of Juana de Veitia. The first was Juana de
Veitia Montealegre, bt. 21 March 1658 (Sagrario Metropolitano,
Durango), the daughter of Martín de Veitia and Mariana de Montealegre.
The second was Juana de Veytia Egurralo, bt. 22 July 1668 (Sagrario
Metropolitano, Durango), the daughter of Martín de Veytia and Mariana
Egurralo. The first question that comes to mind is whether the parents
of these two Juana's are the same couple or not. More research is
needed to determine the answer. In addition, further research is
needed to determine if one of these two Juana's was indeed the mother
of Diego de Beitia, the progenitor of the Abeyta family of New Mexico.

The IGI provides this information on the Abeitia/Veitia family of
Durango:

Martín de Abetia and Ana de Frias had two children baptized at the
Sagrario Metropolitano, Victoria de Durango:

1. María de Abetia Frias, bt. 3 June 1626.

2. Martín de Abetia Frias, that was bt. 30 April 1626.

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Antonia de Abetia md. 16 July 1626, Sagrario Metropolitano, Victoria
de Durango, with Diego Núñez.

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Anna de Veytia md. 20 February 1645, San Juan Bautista de Analco
Church, Victoria de Durango, with Tomás Mena.

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Pedro de Veitia md. 4 February 1652, San Juan Bautista de Analco
Church, Victoria de Durango, with Beatriz Rodríguez. There is a second
entry for this couple, most likely a veiling record among the marriage
records, dated 6 November 1654, San Juan Bautista de Analco Church,
Victoria de Durango.

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Martín de Veitia (possibly the son of Martín de Abetia and Anna de
Frias), md. 29 April 1652, San Juan Bautista de Analco Church,
Victoria de Durango), with Mariana de Montealegre. This couple had
four known children baptized at the Sagrario Metropolitano, Victoria
de Durango:

1. Ana María de Veitia Montealegre, bt. 28 July 1653.

2. María de Veitia Montealegre, bt. 20 September 1655.

3. Juana de Veitia Montealegre, bt. 21 March 1658.

4. Pedro de Veitia Montealegre, bt. 18 July 1661.

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Antonia de Veitia md. 21 December 1665, San Juan Bautista de Analco
Church, Victoria de Durango, with Alonso Muñoz. There is a second
entry for this couple, most likely a veiling record among the marriage
records, dated 11 July 1667, San Juan Bautista de Analco Church,
Victoria de Durango. In this second record, Antonia's surname is given
as 'de Abeitia'.

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Martín de Veytia and Mariana Egurrola (perhaps the same couple named
as Martín de Veitia and Mariana de Montealegre) had this one daughter
baptized at the Sagrario Metropolitano, Victoria de Durango:

1. Juana de Veytia Egurrola, bt. 12 July 1668.

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Ana de Veytia (possibly the daughter of Martín de Veitia and Mariana
de Montealegre) md. 18 December 1673, San Juan Bautista de Analco,
Victoria de Durango, with Gabriel de Aragón. There is a second entry
for this couple, most likely a veiling record among the marriage
records, 9 January 1674, San Juan Bautista de Analco Church, Victoria
de Durango.

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Antonia de Veytia md. 3 November 1680, Sagrario Metropolitano,
Victoria de Durango, with Gerónimo Sorantes.

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Martín de Veytia md. 13 June 1694, Sagrario Metropolitano, Victoria de
Durango, with María Leal. This may actually be a record of veiling
since there is a baptismal record for two children of this couple:

1. Antonia Margarita de Veytia Leal, bt. 4 November 1693, Sagrario
Metropolitano.

2. Joseph Caietano Abeitia Leal, bt. 11 November 1695, Nombre de
Dios.

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Some diligent research into these church records and other historical
documents pertaining to the City of Durango in the seventeenth century
may eventually lead to revealing the lineage of Diego de Beitia,
progenitor of the Abeyta family of New Mexico.

Researchers: José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan

Sources: Chávez, New Mexico Roots, Ltd.", page 1 (DM 1696, Jan. 24,
no. 21, Santa Fe); John B. Colligan, "Vargas' 1693 Recruits for the
Resettlement of New Mexico," in Genealogical Journal: Society of
Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, Vol. II, 1995, 202;
Spanish Archives of New Mexico (SANM) II, no. 63; International
Genealogical Index (IGI), Family History Library (Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints).

ALDERETE

Juan de Alderete (ONMF: 124) and Ana María Lucero de Godoy, had two
sons: Juan Tomás Alderete (deceased by June 1763) and José Antonio
Alderete, a citizen of El Paso who made his last will at El Paso on 7
June 1763. José Antonio Alderete was married twice and had a total of
thirteen children. He was first married with Lutgarda Durán, a citizen
of Isleta (presumably Isleta del Paso), and they had the following
children:

1. Juana Antonia Alderete.

2. María Josefa Alderete.

3. Ana Lucía Alderete.

4. Blas Lorenzo Alderete.

5. Joaquín Antonio Alderete.

6. José Julián Alderete.

Widowed of Lutgarda Durán, José Antonio Alderete married María Manuela
Ruiz, the widow of Joaquín Domínguez. From this union were born the
following seven children:

7. José Antonio Alderete.

8. Ana María Alderete.

9. Lutgarda Alderete.

10. Francisca Alderete.

11. Juan Francisco Alderete.

12. Manuel Alderete.

13. María Vicenta Alderete.

Researcher: Rick Hendricks, Ph.D.

Sources: Ciudad Juárez Municipal Archives, Roll 7, bk. 1, 1763, f.
179-182 (Will of José Antonio Alderete, El Paso, 7 June 1763), in the
microfilm collection of the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP); also
see brief extraction given in Rick Hendricks, Ph.D., "Wills from El
Paso del Norte, 1754-1817," Nuestra Raíces (Quarterly Journal of the
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America), Vol. 6, No.4, Winter 1994,
167.

ARMIJO

Antonio Durán de Armijo (ONMF: 136-137) and his wife Barbara Montoya
(a daughter of Clemente Montoya and Josefa Luján —q.v. MONTOYA in
Beyond ONMF Vol. I) had a daughter named María Gertrudis de Armijo as
identified by Chávez. Antonio died around 1745, and Barbara Montoya
died at Taos on 12 December 1747. On 18 May 1748, all three of her
legitimate children by Antonio Durán de Armijo were identified as
follows: María Gertrudis, age 3 (b.ca. 1743), Santiago, age one and a
half (b.ca. 1746), and José Antonio, b. 12 December 1747 and died five
months later (circa May 1748). Miguel de Alire was appointed as the
guardian of María Gertrudis in 1748. In a declaration of August 1748,
her father, Antonio Durán de Armijo, was mentioned as being the uncle
of José Antonio Durán de Armijo (ONMF: 137) who was identified as a
son of Juan Durán de Armijo (brother of Antonio —ONMF: 137) and María
Rubio. The name of Juan Durán de Armijo's wife was previously not
identified in ONMF.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I (SANM I): 239

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ARMIJO —Promising Lead

On 23 March 1686 at Zacatecas Antonio de Armijo identified himself as
mestizo, age 60 ("de hedad de sessenta años Poco mas o menos"), and a
vecino of Zacatecas, indicating he was born circa 1626. He provided
this information as a witness for the prenuptial investigation in the
proposed marriage of Francisco Moreno Cortés and Ana Macías, both
mestizos. Antonio de Armijo stated he had known Moreno Cortés very
well for more than twenty-five year in Zacatecas. He knew that Moreno
Cortés was first married at Somberete with María de Santiago, mestiza,
who was now deceased and buried in the parish church of Sombrerete.
Armijo did not sign his testimony as he did not know how ("no firmo
por no saver").

Six days later, on 29 March 1686, Antonio de Armijo was a witness for
another prenuptial invetigation and identified himself similarly as
mestizo, age 60 ("de hedad de Sessenta años Poco mas o menos"), again
indicating he was born circa 1626. In addition, he gave his occupation
as "maestre de zapatero" (master shoemaker) and said he was a vecino
of Zacatecas. The prospective bride and groom were Antonia Ortiz and
Juan de Frías, Maestre de Zapatero. Armijo declared he had known Juan
de Frías for more than thirty years in Zacatecas, and had known
Antonia Ortiz for twenty-five years. He further stated that Frías was
a widower of Ysavel de los Reyes, mestiza, who died in Zacatecas
fourteen years ago, more or less, and was buried in the parish church
of Zacatecas.

Two years late, on 24 June 1688, Juan de Armijo was a witness for the
prenuptial investigation of the proposed union of Juan Guerrero
(español, natural de Zacatecas, hijo natural de Anna de Contreras) and
María Pérez de Abascal (española, hija lejitima de Victorio Pérez de
Abascal y María Álvarez). Juan de Armijo identified himself as
mestizo, "oficial de sapatero" (occupation of shoemaker), vecino of
Zacatecas, and age sixty, indicating he was born circa 1628.

What relationship there may have existed between Antonio de Armijo and
Juan de Armijo is not known at this time. However, either one of these
men could have been the father of José de Armijo who married Catalina
Durán (ONMF: 136). The children of this couple settled in New Mexico
in 1695, and were known to be mestizos.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Diligencia Matrimonial (DM), 23 March 1686, DM 29 March 1686,
and DM 24 June 168, LDS microfilm #0283371 (Marriage Investigations,
Sagrario, Zacatecas). For the mestizo designation of the Armijo family
members in New Mexico, see John B. Colligan, The Juan Páez Hurtado
Expedition of 1695: Fraud in Recruiting Colonists for New Mexico,
(Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 1995), 40-41.

BENAVIDES

Francisco Xavier Benavides (ONMF: 147) and Jacinta Romero had another
son in addition to the one (Juan Antonio) already identified. This
second son was Francisco Benavides who was a citizen of El Paso. On 30
August 1758, Francisco Benavides made his last will at El Paso in
which he named his parents and declared that he had been married three
times and named a total of five children. Francisco was first married
with Pascuala Ávalos, a daughter of Cristóbal Ávalos, and this couple
had two sons:

1. Santiago Benavides.

2. Vicente Benavides.

Francisco's second wife was Juana Lucero with whom he had these two
children:

3. María Antonia Benavides.

4. Isidro Benavides.

Francisco was married a third time with Juana Martín, and they had one
daughter:

5. Lorenza Benavides.

For more information on the family Benavides family, please see Beyond
ONMF Vol. 1

Researcher: Rick Hendricks, Ph.D.

Sources: Ciudad Juárez Municipal Archives, Roll 6, bk. 1, 1758, f.
596-98 (Will of Francisco Benavides, El Paso, 30 August 1758), in the
microfilm collection of the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP); also
see brief extraction given in Rick Hendricks, Ph.D., "Wills from El
Paso del Norte, 1754-1817," Nuestra Raíces (Quarterly Journal of the
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America), Vol. 6, No.4, Winter 1994,
164.

CHÁVES

Don Fernando Durán y Cháves II (ONMF: 20-21, 160-161) who returned to
New Mexico under Governor Vargas identified himself as a son of don
Pedro Durán y Cháves, and thus was not a son of the first Fernando
Durán y Cháves as originally documented in ONMF. The following
translation of a documented dated 28 October 1692 at Mejía in New
Mexico and part of the original documents pertaining to the Atrisco
land grant provides this valuable genealogical data: "Don Fernando de
Cháves requests ….the tract is also on the Rio Grande, commonly called
Atrisco, also of agricultural land with its acequia madre and this one
in from the bluff where there is an old house in which Juan de Perea
lived going down the riverside as far as some corrals which Colonel
Juan Dominguez, my brother-in-law, had and on said tract my father,
Don Pedro Duran y Chaves, lived and also some other persons by
permission."

Researchers: Gerald Mandell and Margaret Buxton

Sources: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Roll 37, frs.
727-728 (U.S. Surveyor General records, Court of Private Land Claims,
Atrisco Land Grant); Margaret Buxton, The Other Luna Family, privately
published.

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Gertrudis Cháves (ONMF: 163), wife of Francisco Silva (ONMF: 289), was
not a daughter of Nicolás Durán y Cháves as documented in ONMF. Prior
to marriage, Nicolás had a son, Juan José, by Juana Montaño. While
traveling out of New Mexico, Juana Montaño had given birth to a boy
christened Nicolás and was pregnant with her thrid child, Getrudis,
when Nicolás returned to New Mexico. Nicolás, the younger, and
Gertrudis, natural children of Juana Montaño, were said to have been
fathered by "a decent man named Urbán." Nicolás Durán y Cháves was
forced to marry Juana Montaño.

This information comes from the testimony of Antonio Cháves, half-
brother of Gertudis Cháves, given during the pre-marital investigation
of José Manuel Silva and María Josefa Silveria Sánchez.

Researcher: John B. Colligan

Sources: Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango (AHAD)-30, f.
56-71, DM 14 April 1778-13 March 1779, Isleta; and Rick Hendricks, ed.
& John B. Colligan, compiler, New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations
>From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799,
Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University
Library, 1996: 38-39.

DELGADO

Don Manuel Delgado (ONMF: 168) was married at the church of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe in El Paso del Norte (located in modern-day
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mex.) on 22 March 1779 with doña María Josefa
García de Noriega. Don Manuel was identified as Teniente del Real
Presidio de San Elizario, a native of the Real y Minas de Pachuca, and
a son of don Antonio Delgado and and doña Xaviera Chabarría, vecinos
of Pachuca. María Josefa was a legitimate daughter of don José García
de Noriega and doña Rosalía Velarde (ONMF: 308), vecinos del Paso.

Researcher: Edmundo Delgado

Source: Marriage records of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church,
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

DOMÍNGUEZ

Fray Angélico Chávez stated that the Domínguez family arrived in New
Mexico around the mid-1600s. One of the earliest documents of the New
Mexico Archives is dated December 15, 1636, Pueblo de Socorro, and is
the official appointment of Capitán "Thome Domingues" (Tomé Domínguez,
the elder; ONMF: 24-25) as Captain and Squadron leader of a group of
soldiers. The document verifies that with his appointment he received
all the honors, graces, exemptions and liberties that by reason of his
official position were now his. This information places the Domínguez
family in New Mexico earlier that previously known, and indicates that
the occupation of Tomé Domínguez was that of a soldier and military
leader.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: "New Mexico Archives: Documents (Facsimiles of Manuscripts at
Santa fe, 1621-1683)", located at the Southwest Research Room,
University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library (Call no.: 928.908,1421d,
#1-8, 12-16).

ESQUIBEL

Francisco Esquibel (ONMF: 173), husband of Clara González, was a son
of Rosa Lucero and Buenaventura de Esquibel (ONMF: 173). This is
verified from the following lineages documented in the dispensation of
marriage for José Antonio Quintana and María Juliana Benavides who
were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity:

Diego Lucero 1st degree Rosa Lucero

Marcos Lucero 2nd degree Francisco Esquibel

María de Jesús Lucero 3rd degree Rosa Esquibel

José Antonio Quintana 4th degree María Juliana Benavides

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Buenaventura de Esquibel (ONMF: 173) was baptized 19 November 1684 at
the Catedral de México, Mexico City, Nueva España. He was the
legitimate son of don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana and doña María de
Esquibel y Fernández de Mancilla. This couple entered into matrimony
at the Catderal on 15 October 1665. According to their banns of
matrimony recorded on the same day, don Antonio was a native of Mexico
City and a son of don Juan Bautista de Azqueta and doña Michaela de
Arana. Doña María de Esquibel was a native of Mexico City and a
daughter of Juan de Esquibel Santiago and doña Antonio Fernández de
Mancilla.

Researchers: John B. Colligan and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Durango-357, f. 61-66, DM Aug.
21-Oct. 18, 1800, Santa Fe; José Antonio Esquibel, "The Ancestry of
Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684, Part I" in Herencia (Quarterly
Journal of the New Mexico Hispanic Genealogical Research Center), Vol.
4, Issue 2, April 1996, 10-24.

GALLEGOS

In 1656, at San José del Paral, Nueva Vizcaya, Captain Alonso Morales
García brought a suit to collect 333 pesos against Alférez Diego
Gallegos, father of New Mexico settlers José and Antonio Gallegos
(ONMF: 31; BFA: 483 n45). The document mentions "cathalina de Ribera
mujer legitima del alferes diego gallegos vezo de este Rl…" ("Catalina
de Ribera legitimate wife of Alférez Diego Gallegos, resident of this
Real…"). As part of the investigation into this suit, the
"bienes" (possessions/goods) of Gallegos were inventoried. Most of
these goods were placed in the custody of Nicolás de Rivera, most
likely a close relative of Catalina's. In his response to the suit,
Gallegos wrote the following information which identified his wife's
parents: "…como yo El alferez Diego Gallegos vessino del Rl y minas de
San Joseph del parral de la jurisdicion de la nueva viscaya digo que
por cuanto al tiempo ysason que se trato y conserto cassamiento entre
mi y Cathalina de Rivera mi legitima mujer hija legitima de Franco
miguel difunto y de maria de ortega…" ("that I, Alférez Diego
Gallegos, resident of the Real and Mines of San José del Parral of the
jurisdiction of Nueva Vizcaya, state that during the time that I
contracted and joined in marriaged between myself and Catalina de
Rivera, my legitimate wife, legitimate daughter of Francisco Miguel,
deceased, and María de Ortega…")

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: El Archivo de Hidalgo del Parral, 1656B, frames 1034-1043 (El
Capitan Alonso Morales Garcia contra el Alferez Diego Gallegos, vecino
deste Real) microfilm copy from the collection of the New Mexico State
University Library, Las Cruces, NM.

GONZÁLEZ LOBÓN

Juan González Lobón (ONMF: 39) gave his age as 52 in 1660 (AGN, Inq.,
t . 587: 312) and not age 40 as indicated by Chávez. This gives his
estimated birth year as 1608. In addition, he declared he was born "en
la billa de San Gabriel que fue la primera de estas dhas provincias y
despues de esta de Santa Fe" ("in the Villa of San Gabriel, the first
one in these said provinces and after this [he was] from this one of
Santa Fe"). With this information, it appears that Juan's father,
Domingo González (ONMF: 38), was in New Mexico and at San Gabriel as
early as 1608, nine years earlier that previously known. Giving
testimony at Santa Fe on 14 June 1660, Juan González Lobón spoke
poorly of the Franciscan friars, complaining that they gave
dispensations between related couples too easily. Furthermore, to
illustrate the incompetence of the friars and their neglect of duty in
administering the sacraments, Juan testified that his father took him
and his siblings to the plaza of the Valle de San Bartolomé to be
confirmed by the bishop. Specifically, he recalled he was confirmed in
the Church of San Pedro in the Valle de San Bartolomé.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivos General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisisión., t. 587:
309-312.

HURTADO —Promising Lead

Andrés Hurtado (ONMF: 49) was a native of Zacatecas, born circa 1628.
There is a record of veiling found in the Zacatecas marriage book for
Pedro Hurtado and Catalina de Salazar dated 17 July 1617. The record
reads: "En diez y seis de Jullio del año de seiscientos y diez y siete
aso velo El Licdo Dio de herra y Atriaga [Diego de Herrera y Arteaga]
cura bndo. a po hurtado y a catalina de salazar, fueron sus padrinos
Juo co--cais [illegible] y Juana maria su mujer vso [vecino] de esta
ciudad".

If it can be proven that Andrés Hurtado, native of Zacatecas and a
settler of New Mexico in the seventeenth century, was a son of Pedro
Hurtado and Catalina de Salazar, this would offer an explanation for
the use of the Salazar surname by his daughters (Lucía de Salazar,
Isabel de Salazar, María de Salazar —ONMF: 49).

Further research into land records and civil records of Zacatecas may
produce some promising results regarding the Hurtado family.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: LDS microfilm #0283371 (Marriage Investigations, Sagrario,
Zacatecas) —this microfilm contains an early book of marriage dating
from 14 February 1606 - 7 November 1619).

LEDESMA (SALAZAR)

Bartolomé de Ledesma (ONMF: 52, 101) was still living in 1662 when he
gave testimony in the case against Governor López de Mendizábal on
March 8th. He declared he was married with María Martín de Monuera
(see Martín Serrano-Monuera below), a vecino de Santa Fe, and gave his
age as 43 (more or less), indicating he was born circa 1619.

Chávez suggested that Bartolomé de Ledesma may have been the same
person as Bartolomé de Salazar. However, Salazar's wife, known only as
María, was already a widow in 1662, and Chávez writes that Salazar
"died prior to 1662."

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisición, tomo 593,
ff. 292-94.

LÓPEZ GALLARDO

Pedro López Gallardo (ONMF: 208), native of Querétaro, Nueva España,
son of Pedro López and Antonia Gallardo. Was married 30 May 1694 with
Sebastiana Martín (see ONMF: 367-8). Sebastiana was born circa 1679
and was a daughter of Domingo Martín Serrano and Josefa de Herrera
(RCR: 60). Besides their one known son, Pedro López Gallardo and
Sebastiana Martín had a daughter named María Josefa López.

>From a prenuptial investigation initiated on 18 October 1792, the
following lineages were given to show the relationship between the
prospective couple, Mariano Martín (son of Santiago Martín and Antonia
Vallejos) and Barbara Rosalía López (daughter of Antonio José López
and Barbara Anaya):

Blas Martín 1st degree Sebastiana Martín

Pedro Martín 2nd degree María Josefa López

Santiago Martín 3rd degree Antonio José López

Mariano Martín 4th degree Barbara Rosalía López

Antonio José López was first married on 30 April 1763, Santa Fe, under
the name Joseph Antonio López with María Antonia Tenorio. This couple
had the following children, all baptized at Santa Fe:

1. María Francisca López, bt. 4 November 1764. Padrinos: Don
Manuel Tenorio and doña Magdalena Tenorio.

2. Barbara Rosalía (I) López, bt. 13 January 1766.

3. José Manuel López, bt. 19 March 1767.

4. Antonio José López, bt. 2 January 1769; md. (1) 2 January 1790,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, with María Manuela Armijo. Known issue:

1. José Miguel López, bt. 1 October 1804, Santa Fe, NM; md. María
Isidora Lucero, daughter of José Miguel Lucero and María Josefa
Romero. (see San Juan baptisms dated: 9 January 1835, 20 May 1837, 25
February 1842, 5 May 1844, 20 May 1849, 7 March 1852, 15 July 1857,
and 8 September 1961)

2. Salvador López, md. (1) María Apolonia Martín, bt. 11 April
1811, San Juan, daughter of Juan Miguel Martín and María Manuela
Peralta. (see San Juan baptisms dated: 25 July 1824, 1 October 1826,
26 October 1828, 8 October 1834, 5 February 1837). Salvador López md.
(2) María Dolores Timotea Romero, daughter of José Rafael Romero and
Ana María Ortiz. (see San Juan baptisms dated: 12 April 1841, 6
September 1846, and 10 March 1852).

Widowed of María Antonia Armijo, Antono José López md. (2) 18 March
1806, Santa Fe, with María Manuela Cháves, daughter of José
Hermenegildo Chávez and María Manuela Valencia. This couple resided at
the Plaza de San Francisco in the jurisdiction of San Juan de los
Caballeros (see San Juan baptisms dated: 14 April 1807, 23 October
1808, 9 November 1812, 6 March 1816, 26 January 1820, 29 June 1823, 8
May 1827).

5. María Loreto López (López-Tenorio), bt. 6 December 1770.

6. María Ysabel López (López-Tenorio) bt. 7 December 1772.

Antonio José López, identified as a widower of María Antonia Tenorio,
entered his second marriage with Barbara Anaya Almazán in Santa Fe on
23 April 1775. The children from this union baptized at Santa Fe were:

7. María Gertrudis López, bt. 16 May 1776.

8. Barabara Rosalía López, b.ca. 1777, Santa Fe; md. ca,1793,
Mariano Martín, bt. 7 October 1766, Santa Clara, NM, son of Santiago
Martín and Antonia Silva.

9. Ana María López, bt. 8 March 1782.

10. María Teresa López, bt. 6 April 1785.

11. José Domingo López, bt. 27 November 1786.

12. María Guadalupe López, bt. 21 March 1789.

Antonio José and his wife Barbara left Santa Fe to settle at La
Cañada. They had two additional children baptized at San Juan de los
Caballeros, a daughter who married in this area, and Barbara Rosalía
baptized at Santa Fe:

13. María de los Dolores López, bt. 23 January 1791.

14. Barbara Rosalía López, bt. 29 October 1792, Santa Fe.

15. José Pablo López, bt. 30 January 1793.

16. María del Carmen López, md. Pedro Antonio Durán. For their
children see San Juan baptisms dated: 18 May 1817, 22 August 1819, and
5 February 1823.

This Antonio José López (husband of María Antonio Tenorio and Barbara
Anaya) appears to be the same man of this name identified in a
military enlistment record dated 18 March 1776 as "Anto José Lópes,
son of Anto Lopes and Maria Lopes, of Santa Fe" and gave his age as 39
(born circa 1737). He signed his enlistment record and was discharged
on 31 August 1804. If this is the case, then 'Maria Lopes' may be the
same person as María Josefa López, daughter of Pedro López Gallardo.

Researchers: Benceslado López, Jr. & José Antonio Esquibel. Thanks to
Paul Andrews for sharing some additions and corrections to the above
genealogy.

Sources: Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango (AHAD)-97, 18
October 1792-17 January 1793, Santa Cruz de la Cañada presented in
Rick hendricks, ed. And John B. Colligan, compiler, New Mexico
Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado
de Durango, 1760-1799, Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico
State University Library, 1996, 110-111 (see also: Samuel Sisneros,
"Diligencias Matrimoniales Discovered in Durango Mexico Records,"
Herencia —Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research
Center of New Mexico— Vol. 2, issue 2, April 1994, 3); Virginia L.
Olmsted, "Spanish Enlistment papers of New Mexico 1732-1820," in
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 67, No. 4, 296;
Kessell, Hendricks & Dodge, eds. To the Royal Crown Restored: The
Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-94, University of
New Mexico Press, 1995, 60; Santa Fe Marriages: AASF Roll #31, frames
375 & 454; Santa Fe Baptisms: AASF Rols # 15 & 16; and San Juan
Baptisms: AASF Rolls # 9 and #10.

LÓPEZ HOLGUÍN

In the records relating to the colonists that came to New Mexico in
1600, Juan López Holguín (ONMF: 81), native of Fuenteovejuna and a son
of Juan López Villasaña, is also named as Juan López Villasaña. There
is a record that names his wife as Catalina de Villanueva and his two
daughters as María Ortiz and Anna Ortiz. Together, this family arrived
at Oñate's colony in New Mexico on Christmas Eve of 1600. María Ortiz
became the wife of Simón de Abendaño (ONMF: 1), a native of Ciudad
Rodrigo, Castilla.

Curiously, the Villanueva and Ortiz surnames also appear in the Baca
family that also came to New Mexico in 1600. In fact, Juan López
Holguín served under the command of Cristóbal Baca (ONMF: 9), husband
of Ana Ortiz (a daughter of Francisco Pacheco). Could it have been
that Catalina de Villanueva and Ana Ortiz were siblings and that
Catalina christened one of her daughter's Anna Ortiz as a namesake of
her sister, and that it was Ana Ortiz's side of the family that
brought the Villanueva surname into the Baca family? (e.g. María de
Villanueva was a daughter of Cristóbal Baca and Ana Ortiz). This is
only a hypothesis and requires additional research. However, the above
information corrects a long-standing assumption that considered Simón
de Abendaño to be a son of Juan López Holguín.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey, eds., Don Juan de Oñate,
Colonizer of New Mexico, 1595-1628 (Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1953): Vol. I, 537, 554.

MANZANARES

In 1636, the estancia of Mateo Manzanares was described as being more
than three leagues from the Pueblo of San Felipe. This person may have
been the same man remembered as Mateo de Sandoval y Manzanares, the
father of Ana (Antonia de Sandoval y Manzanares (ONMF: 219). On 7
December 1636, Mateo Manzanares prepared a petition before the local
Justicia Mayor. Witnesses were Alférez Juan Ruys de Ynojos, Diego
Pérez Granillo, and Francisco García (who said he lived in the
jurisdiction of Galisteo). Supporters of Manzanares were identified as
Sargento Mayor Francisco Gómez, Capitán don Roque de Casaus, Hernan
Martín Serrano, el mozo (the younger), and Maese de Campo Tomás de
Arbiso (Albizu).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivos General de la Nación, Mexico, Provincias Internas, t.
34:1 (folio 22/20), Reel #5, microfilm copy available at the New
Mexico State Records Center and Archives.

MÁRQUEZ

Capitán Diego Márquez (ONMF: 221), married with Juana Martín Serrano,
died at Santa Cruz, NM, on 29 April 1729. He age was given as 46,
indicating he was born circa 1683. His wife was a daughter of Domingo
Martín Serrano, and a sister of Blas Martín Serrano according to a pre-
nuptial investigation record dated 27 April 1800, Abiquiu, that
provides the following lineage:

Domingo Martín, father of

Juana Martín [md. with Diego Márquez], mother of

Francisca Márquez [md. w/ Pablo Manuel Trujillo], mother of

Pablo Trujillo [md. w/ María Teresa de Jesús Hurtado], father of

María Josefa Trujillo

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz
Church, Burials: 1726-1859; Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de
Durango (AHAD)-337, fr. 0037, DM 27 April 1800, Abiquiu (microfilm
copy at the Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State
University Library.

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MÁRQUEZ —Promising Lead

Gerónimo Márquez (ONMF: 69) came to New Meico in 1598 with relatives.
In Canto XXVII of his Historia de la Nueva México, 1610, Gaspar Pérez
de Villagrá makes this intriguing reference: "The next post in order
he gave/ To captain Marcelo de Espinosa,/ With Gerónimo Márquez and
Juan Díaz,/ Pedro Hernández and Francisco Márquez,/ These four all
brothers…".

Did Pérez de Villagrá intend to say that these four men were brothers
by blood, or that they were brothers by marriages, brothers-in-law.
Although it is possible all four men were siblings using different
family surnames, it is more likely that Gerónimo Márquez and Francisco
Márquez were brothers and that Juan Díaz and Pedro Hernández were
brothers-in-law. Were Díaz and Hernández married to sisters of the
Márquez men? Or, was the wife of Gerónimo Márquez a Díaz or Hernández
woman?

Additional research into the Oñate expedition records, particularly
the known muster rolls, is certainly needed. Another source to consult
would be the list of pasajeros traveling from Spain to the New World.
In particular, a search of the surname index (Díaz, Hernández, and
Márquez/Martín Sambrano) and the place name index (San Lucar de
Barameda) for the years prior to 1598 may be worthwhile.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Gaspar Pérez de Villagra, Historia de la Nueva México, 1610
(A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition Translated and
Edited by Miguel Encinias, Alfred Rodríguez, and Joseph P. Sánchez),
Paso Por Aquí Series on the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage, ed. by
Genaro M. Padilla and Erlinda González-Berry, Albuquerque, University
of New Mexico Press, 1992, Canto XXVII. Clarification that Ana de
Mendoza was not the wife of Gerónimo Márquez can found in these two
articles: José Antonio Esquibel, "On the Identity of Doña Ana de
Mendoza (Supposed Wife of Gerónimo Márquez), in New Mexico
Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3, September 1996, 74; José Antonio
Esquibel, "Clarification on the Marriage Relationship of Doña Ana de
Mendoza (Supposed Wife of Gerónimo Márquez), in Nuestra Raíces, Vol.
8, No. 4, Winter 1996, 144-47.

MARTÍN SERRANO-MONUERA

At Santa Fe, on March 7, 1662, Capitán Hernan Martín Serrano (ONMF:
72) declared he was 56 years old and a "vecino y natural" (citizen and
native) of Santa Fe, indicating he was born circa 1606. He named his
wife as "Ysavel de Monuera." According to Chávez, Capitán Hernán
Martín Serrano was a widower in 1664. His wife, Ysabel de Monuera must
have died sometime between 1662-1664. Thirty years earlier, on
September 25, 1632, at Santa Fe, Hernán Martín Serrano declared he was
a mestizo, a soldier, a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe, and age 25
(b.ca. 1607).

In the 1660s, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano owned and operated an
"obraje" (manufacturing shop) that used Indian laborers. It is not
certain what product his obraje produced.

It is interesting to note that in another record, Hernán Martín
Serrano gave his birthplace as El Yunque, most likely referring to the
settlement of San Gabriel del Yunque (see ONMF: 72).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), Mexico, Inquisición
(Inq.), tomo 593, f. 288; AGN, Inq., tomo 304, f. 184 (Testimony of
Hernán Martín, 24 May 1632, Sandia Pueblo); AGN, Inq., Trial of
Bernardo López de Mendizábal, 1662 (Concurso de Peñalosa), tomo 3,
legajo 1, no. 1, f. 74 (microfilm available at the New Mexico Records
Center and Archives).

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María Martín de Monuera, mentioned as the wife of Bartolomé de Ledesma
(see Ledesma-Salazar above), was very likely the daughter of Capitán
Hernan Martín Serrano and Ysabel de Monuera. As Chávez noted, Hernán
was the executor of Ledesma's estate.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Mexico, Inq., tomo 593, ff. 292-94.

MESTAS

Juan de Mestas (ONMF: 73) had come to New Mexico in the mid-summer of
1656 in the company of Governor don Juan de Manso. Testimony given in
1662 by Capitán Miguel de Hinojos (age 41; b.ca. 1621), encomendero
and resident of Santa Fe, gave mention of "Juan de Mestas,
mercador" ("Juan de Mestas, merchant"). Furthermore, in July 1662,
Juan de Mestas was described as "camarada y paisano del dho Don Juo
Manso" ("pal and countryman of the said don Juan Manso"). This
information indicates a very close friendship existed between Governor
Manso and Mestas. Being a good friend of Governor Manso, Mestas may
have traveled with him from Spain to the New World.

Governor don Juan de Manso (b.ca. 1628; Governor: 1656-1659) was a
younger brother of fray Tomás Manso, Franciscan Procurator-general in
New Mexico for 25 years, provincial of his order in 1655, and later
named as bishop of Nicaragua. Both were natives of Luarca (Loarca), an
Asturian seaport on Spain's north coast. It is probable that Juan de
Mestas, who was also Asturian, knew the Manso brothers from Asturias
and may even have been a native of Luarca himself or from some nearby
village or town.

Juan de Mestas stored his commercial goods in a room at the Governor's
Palace. In early 1659, two Indians by the name of Juan Zuñi and
Cristóbal el Meco encountered the door to the storeroom of Mestas
slightly open. The two stole goods that they eventually distributed to
others in the Villa de Santa Fe. Mestas suspected Zuñi, but when
confronted, the Indian denied the theft. Some of the stolen goods came
into possession of the wife of Captain Bartolomé Romero who had
purchased the goods from an Apache Indian women named María, a servant
of Capitán Hernan Martín and the wife of Nicolás Durán, "el mozo" (the
younger). An investigation, and subsequent testimony of several
citizens, lead authorities to arrest Juan Zuñi and El Meco. Most of
the stolen items were returned to Mestas.

During the residencia of Governor Manso (1659), Governor López de
Mendizábal placed Manso under house arrest. Concerned for his life,
Manso wrote several letters to the viceroy of Nueva España. He
entrusted copies of his letters to three men: Juan de Mestas, Padre
fray Nicolás Chávez, and Diego González Lobón. These men traveled
together and fulfilled their mission.

By July 1662, Juan de Mestas was mentioned as being in Mexico City,
having provided information to the Real Audiencia of Nueva España
regarding the case of his compañero, Governor don Juan de Manso.
Mestas was still in Mexico City as of May 1663.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo General de la Nación (A.G.N.), Mexico, Concurso de
Peñalosa, tomo 2, leg. 1, no. 9, f. 19; tomo 3, leg. 1, no. 1, f. 48,
f. 74-75 & f. 103; Adolph F.A. Bandelier and Fanny R. Bandelier,
Historical Documents Relating to New Mexico, Nueva Vizcaya, and
Approaches Thereto, to 1773, edited by Charles Wilson Hackett,
Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., 1923: Vol. 3, 154
& 170.

MONTOYA

Lucía de Montoya had a daughter named María de Tejeda. They were both
residents of Santa Fe in early 1662. María de Tejeda maintained an
affair with Luis Durán, also a resident of Santa Fe, by whom she had
two children, according to the testimony of Juan Estebán de Fagoaga
given at Santa Fe in April 1662.

[Note: Juan Esteban de Fagoaga was a native of the Valle de Ollarzu in
the Province of Vizcaya (Spain), age 55 in April 1662 (b.ca. 1607). He
was a single man who was a vecino of the jurisdiction of Sandia and
lived 12 leagues (approx. 36 miles) from Santa Fe at the "estancia de
Santiago." At the time of his testimony at Santa Fe on 8 April 1662,
Fagoaga was very ill. He died May 18, 1662 and was buried on May 19th
in the church of Sandia by fray Salvador de Guerra.]

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisición, tomo 593,
f. 320.

MORAGA

On March 7, 1662, Juan de Moraga (ONMF: 79) provided testimony to the
fact that he heard it said that Governor don Bernardo López de
Mendizábal was a Jew. In his testimony, Juan de Moraga declared he was
a "vecino y natural de Santa Fe" ("citizen and native of Santa Fe"),
married with María Montaño, and gave his age as 31 (more or less),
indicating he was born at Santa Fe circa 1631.

For additional information that identifies Juan de Moraga as a son of
Diego de Moraga (ONMF: 79) see Beyond ONMF Volume 1 (Part 1).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisición, tomo 593,
ff. 286-88.

PÉREZ GRANILLO

Francisco Pérez Granillo, mestizo and native of New Mexico, was
married at Mexico City on 28 August 1638 with María Hernández, a free
mulatta and a native of Mexico City. According the marriage record,
Francisco had been living in Mexico City since 1632. By all
appearances, this Francisco Pérez Granillo is the man of this named
identified by Chávez and Francisco Pérez Granillo II (ONMF: 88). If
so, this new information identifies a previously unknown wife of this
man who was remembered as the husband of Sebastiana Romero before the
Pueblo Indian revolt of 1680. Or, perhaps there were two men of this
name, one remaining in New Mexico and the other living in Mexico City.
The original record from the church of Santa Catalina Martir reads:

'En la ciudad de Mexco a beintiocho días del mes de Agosto
de mill y seisientos I trienta iocho años yo el Br Pedro de Meras,
Presvitero de licencia del Sr Dor Juan de Poblete, cura Bdo de la
iglesia de Sta Catalina…..Franco Péres Granillo, mestiso, nl de nuebo
Mexco i residente enesta ciudad de seis años a esta pte con María
Gernándes, mulata libre de cautiverío, nl de esta ciudad. Testigos:
Bartolomé de León, gernando de Xara y Diego de Mendoça."

Researcher: Charles D. Martínez y Vigil

Source: LDS microfilm # 0036027, Santa Catalina Martir, Mexico City,
Mexico, Marriages.

ROMERO

Bartolomé Romero (ONMF: 95) was born 6 April 1563, Corral de Almaguer,
Spain, where he was baptized. Bartolomé was named as a son of
Bartolomé Romero and María de Adeva. This couple had at least two
other children born at Corral de Almaguer: Juan Romero, born 12
November 1559, and Catalina Romero.

Researcher: Gloria Trujillo

Source: Nuestra Raíces (Quarterly Journal of the Genealogical Society
of Hispanic America), Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1995, 92 ("While touring
through Spain and Portugal…Gloria Trujillo, GSHA-SC member, was
fortunate enough to find this information in the records of Corral de
Almaguer, Espana." —presumably located in baptismal records from the
church at Corral de Almaguer).

RUIZ CÁCERES

Juan Ruiz de Cáceres (ONMF: 99) died intestate (without a last will
and testament) before 11 December 1636. At this time, his estancia was
in possession of "su Magd" (su Magestad/His Majesty) when two of his
servants, Diego Hernández and Juan Jacobo, both "Yndios Méxicanos,"
complained to government officials about the behavior of Padre fray
Francisco de la Concepción. They declared that the friar had posted a
notice of excommunication on the door of the church at the pueblo of
Isleta bearing their names. They claimed the friar excommunicated them
for not attending "un dia de fiesta a misa" (one feast day). From this
information, it appears that the estancia of Juan Ruiz de Cáceres was
located in the jurisdiction of Isleta Pueblo.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivos General de la Nación, Provincias Internas, t. 34:1
(folio 24/22), Reel #5, microfilm copy available at the New Mexico
Records Center and Archives.

SÁENZ de GARVIZU

Manuel Sáenz de Garvizu (ONMF: 277) had traveled to Mexico City where
he became ill in bed and dictated his last will and testament on 3
December 1756. He declared he was a native of Pamplona, Navarra
(Basque region of Spain), and a son of Juaquín Sánchez and Agustina
Garvizu. He further declared he was married with María Ignacia Lucero
with whom he had the following children:

1. Juana Sáenz de Garvizu, age 14 (b.ca. 1744).

2. Manuel Sáenz de Garvizu, age 12 (b.ca. 1746).

3. María de Loreto Sáenz de Garvizu, age 4 (b.ca. 1754).

4. José Manuel Sáenz de Garvizu, age 2 (b.ca. 1756).

Manuel Sáenz de Garvizu recovered from his illness and returned to New
Mexico, presumably dying around 1758 at El Paso where his last will
and testament was filed and preserved.

Researcher: Rick Hendricks, Ph.D.

Sources: Ciudad Juárez Municipal Archives, Roll 6, bk. 1, 1758, f.
548-57 (Will of Manuel Sáenz de Garvizu, El Paso, 3 December 1756), in
the microfilm collection of the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP);
also see brief extraction given in Rick Hendricks, Ph.D., "Wills from
El Paso del Norte, 1754-1817," Nuestra Raíces (Quarterly Journal of
the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America), Vol. 6, No.4, Winter
1994, 164.

SÁNCHEZ

When María Luján (ONMF: 213 & 280), widow of Pedro Sánchez de Iñigo
(279-280), recorded her last will and testament on 13 December 1734
she declared that during the course of their marriage they had a total
of eleven children and were named in this order: 1) Antonia Sánchez;
2) Manuela Sánchez; 3) Antonio Sánchez; 4) María Sánchez; 5) Olaya
Sánchez; 6) Joseph [José] Sánchez; 7) Juana Sánchez; 8) Lugarda
Sánchez; 9) Figenia [Efigenia]; 10) Francisca Xaviela [Francisca
Xaviera] Sánchez; and 11) Xptoval [Cristóbal] Sánchez.

Of these children, only Lugarda was deceased at the time when the will
was recorded. She also mentioned that her husband was deceased. María
Luján gave the following possessions to her children:

A crucifix from Michoacán to Cristóbal.
A painting of San Pedro to Francisca Xaviela.
A small painting of San Isidro to Juana.
A copper jar for drinking water and an iron roaster to Figenia.
A "colchon escoplo y asuela," the iron brand, and a door from the
bedroom to Joseph.
The window and "una fresada Blanca" to Francisca Xaviela.
"Una fresada pinta" to Manuela.
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In his compilation of The Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Vol. I,
Ralph Emerson Twithcell catalogued a sale of land (SANM I: 828) from
Pasqual Trullijo to Pedro Sánchez (ONMF: 279-280) in the area of La
Cañada in 1713. In his book, Twithcell provides a translation of a
document which he mistakenly attributed to Pedro Sánchez, the elder
(Twitchell, The Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Vol. I, no. 828) and
which appears to actually be in regard to his son Pedro Sánchez, the
younger. The translated document is not part of SANM I: 828, instead
it is part of a collection of documents under the Ramón Vigil Grant
(SANM I, Roll #16 , fr. 1474 - 1477). A closer look shows that the
request of Pedro Sánchez with a family of twelve children and three
orphan nephews was not that of the elder Pedro Sánchez who was dead by
1720, but that of another Pedro Sánchez, most likely his son and
namesake, the younger. A royal land grant was given to this second
Pedro Sánchez on 20 March 1747, and the boundaries of the property
were given as:

North -lands of the Indians of San Ildefonso

South -lands of Capt. Andrés Montoya

East -the Río del Norte [Rio Grande River]

West -the Sierra Madre [Jémez Mountian Range]

Additional documents pertaining to the Ramón Vigil Grant verify that
the property of this second Pedro Sánchez was purchased by Francisco
Sánchez on 15 August 1749. Over a hundred years later, a man
identified as Antonio Sánchez sold the grant to Ramón Vigil on 8
August 1857. At this later time, the boundaries of the property were
regarded as:

North -the Río de los Ayuages and the Pueblo of San

Ildefonso

South -the Río de los Frijoles

East - the Rio Grande river

West -the top/highest part of the Sierra Madre [Jémez

Mountains]

Researchers: José Antonio Esquibel and James Moore

Source: Gov. Prince Papers, Ramón Vigil Grant, Will of María Luján, 13
December 1734; Spanish Archives of New Mexico (SANM), Series I, no.
828, and Roll #16 (frs. 1473-1496); Ralph Emerson Twitchell, comp. The
Spanish Archives of New Mexico: Compiled and Chronologically Arranged…
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1914): no. 828.

TENORIO de ALBA

Miguel Tenorio de Alba (ONMF: 293 & 395), native of Zacatecas and born
circa 1675, had a brother named Nicolás Tenorio who was married in
Zacatecas on 8 December 1686. A premarital investigation record dated
22 November 1686, Zacatecas, identified Nicolás "Thenorio" as español
and a legitimate son of "Juan Thenorio y Da Josepha Lopes Sandobal."
Nicolás sought to marry María de Rada, española and a native of
Zacatecas, legitimate daughter of Joseph de Rada, deceased, and Ygnes
de Arteaga. All these individuals were identified as españoles and
originarios of Zacatecas. This indicates that Juan Tenorio and Josefa
López de Sandobal were natives of Zacatecas.

Nicolás Tenorio signed his petition to marry María de Rada. In further
testimony, he declared he was age 25 (b.ca. 1661) and that his parents
were españoles y vecinos of Zacatecas. The three witnesses to the
investigation were: 1) Nicolás Mendoza, age 60, español and vecino of
Zacatecas, who knew the couple since birth in Zacatecas and decalred
there was no known impediment to their proposed marriage; 2) Nicolás
de Trevo, age 51, español and vecino of Zacatecas, gave the same
testimony, having known both since their birth; 3) Juan Bautista
Gorrogín, age 25, español and vecino of Zacatecas, had known both all
of their lives, and was aware of no impediment to the proposed
marriage.

There is a premartital investigation dated 10 July 1686, Zacatecas,
for Juan Bautista Gorrosín, age 24, español natural y vecino of
Zacatecas, son of Juan de Gorrosín, deceased, and Nicolasa Ramírez de
Briseño, who sought to marry Juana de Mendoza, age 18, española and
daughtter of Nicolás de Mendoza and María Francisca de Ulibai.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Informaciones Matrimoniales, Zacatecas, 1673-1692 (10 July
1686 & 22 November 1686), LDS microfilm # 0283372. Special thanks to
Charles Martínez y Vigil for acquiring the microfilm at the Santa Fe
Family History Center.

TORRES

Cristóbal de Torres (ONMF: 294 & 396) was buried at Santa Cruz de la
Cañada on 2 December 1726. His age was given as 77, indicating he was
born circa 1649. His wife, Angela Leiba (ONMF: 54, 294, & 396) was
buried four months later at Santa Cruz on 1 April 1729. Her burial
record identified her as age 70 (b.ca. 1657) and as the widow of
Cristóbal de Torres.

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One important branch of the Torres family of northern New Mexico was
founded by Manuel Torres of Las Trampas, b.ca. 1773, who was
identified as the natural son of Pasquala Martín when he sought to
marry María de las Nieves Valdés, a native of El Pueblo Quemado
(modern-day Córdova, NM) and a daughter of Francisco Valdés y Bustos
and Diega Tafoya.

By all appearances, Manuel's natural mother, Pasquala Martín is the
same individual of this name who had been married to Joaquín Torres.
If so, Pasquala apparently had a son out of wedlock whom she reared as
a Torres. On 29 May 1794, Manuel Torres submitted his request to marry
María de las Nieves Valdés to church authorities as part of the
customary pre-nuptial investigation process. He declared he was 21
years of age and the natural son of Pasquala Martín, a widow.

In March 1795, María de la Nieves gave birth to the couples first born
son who was baptized at the mission church of San Lorenzo de Picurís
on 25 March and christend José Antonio de la Encarnación Torres.
Almost eighteen months later, the second son of this couple was born
at Santa Barbara and baptized at Picurís on 5 November 1796 and named
Manuel de los Santos Torres. This child died less than eight weeks
later and was buried at San José en el Río de Las Trampas on 26
December 1796. Immediately following this burial record was that of
the child's father, Manuel Torres, deceased at age 23, and who died
without having received the sacraments.

Genealogy:

1. Pasquala Martín, her son

1. Manuel Torres, b.ca. 1773, Las Trampas, died December 1796,
buried at Las Trampas (jurisdiction of Picurís); md. ca. May 1794 with
María de las Nieves Valdés, native of Quemado, daughter of Francisco
Valdés y Bustos and Diega Tafoya.

Known children:

3.1 José Antonio de la Encarnación Torres, bt. 25 March 1795, Picurís.
This individual was married three times:

Md. (1) 13 June 1817, Picurís, José Antonio Torres, español, single,
legitimate son of Manuel Torres, deceased, and María Valdés, residents
of Santa Barbara, with María de la Luz Mestas, española, single,
legitimate daughter of Ygnacio Mestas, deceased, and Juana Torres,
residents of Santa Barbara. Married and vieled, no impediments to the
marriage. Known son:

4.1 Diego Torres, b.ca. 1825 [1850 census,

Taos County, sh. 181]; md. María Dolores Medina, daughter of Antonio
Medina and María Ygnacia Espinosa. Known children:

5.1 Juan Cristóbal Torres, bt. 25 November 1842, Picurís.
(Grandparents are named in this record).

5.2 María Altagracia Torres, bt. 15 Feb.1845, Picurís.

5.3 María Luisa Torres, bt. 24 January 1847, Picurís.

5.3 José Candelaria Torres, bt. 12 Feb. 1849, Picurís.

5.4 María Benigna Torres, bt. 16 March 1851, Picurís.

5.6 María de las Nieves Torres, bt. 2 Feb. 1853, Picurís.

5.7 María Eustaquia Torres, b.ca. 1857.

5.8 Manuel Torres, b.ca. b.ca. 1859.

5.9 María Francisca Torres, bt. 14 October 1860, Picurís.

5.10 José Marcelo Torres, bt. 16 January 1862, Picurís.

Md. (2) María de Gracia Lobato, d. 1852, daughter of Miguel Lobato and
María Alberta González. Known children:

4.2 María Albina Torres, bt. 2 April 1827, Picurís.

4.3 María Dolores Torres, bt. 8 October 1829, Picurís.

4.4 María Encarnación Torres, bt. 1 May 1831, Picurís.

4.5 Antonio Domingo Torres, bt. 17 November

1836 (b. 12 November), Picurís - d. 9 March 1917, Maes Ranch (near Las
Vegas), NM; md. María Manuela Casillas. With issue and descendancy.

4.6 Juana María Torres, bt. 4 November 1841, Picurís.

4.7 José de Jesús Torres, b.ca. 1838.

4.8 Pedro José Torres, bt. 29 June 1844, Picurís.

4.9 Juana Torres, b.ca. 1845 (probably the same individual as 4.6
rather than a separate child).

4.10 María Manuela Torres, bt. 26 Sept. 1846, Picurís.

4.11 Juan de Jesús Torres, bt. 31 March 1849, Picurís.

Md. (3) Juana María Espinosa. On 1 February 1860, José Antonio Torres
gave a gift of land in Taos County to Juana María Espinosa, his wife
of six years. No known issue.

3.2 Manuel de los Santos Torres, bt. 5 November 1796, Picurís; buried
26 December 1796, San José de las Trampas (Picurís).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel; and Benceslado López, Jr.
(additional children of Diego Torres and María Dolores Torres and of
José Antonio Torres and María Altagracia Lovato)

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF), Roll # 39,
Santa Cruz: Burials 1726 - 1859; AASF Roll #28, Picurís: Marriages
1726 - 1837; AASF Roll #6 & 7, Picurís: Baptisms 1750 - 1834 & 1835 -
1867; AASF Roll #36, Picurís: Burials 1727 - 1840; AASF, DM 1794, May
29 (no, 21), Santa Cruz; 1850 Federal Census, Taos County, sh. 181 &
194; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Taos County, p. 295; Taos County
Probate B-2, 1851-1861 (20 January 1852) and B-3, p. 20.

TREBOL NAVARRO

The following records have been located concerning the children of don
Francisco Trebol Navarro (ONMF: 296) and doña María Ygnacia de la Luz
Baca:

1. Doña María Manuela Trebol Navarro, md. 17 August 1785,
Castrense Military Chapel, Santa Fe, NM, with Antonio de la Cruz
Alexandro Esquibel, son of José Esquibel and Juana Manuela López .
(May be the same person as # 2)

2. Ana María Manuela Antonia Trebol Navarro, bt. 22 February 1767,
Isleta, NM.

3. Don José María Trebol Navarro, b.ca. 1771, enlisetd as a
soldier on 26 March 1787. He gave his age as 16 and his occupation as
a merchant/businessman. He was killed in combat at Gila on 3 October
1787.

4. María Luisa de la Luz Trebol Navarro, b. at Pajarito, NM, bt. 9
September 1772, Isleta, NM; md. 12 August 1785, Castrense Military
Chapel, Santa Fe, with Ramón Esquibel, son of José Esquibel and Juana
Manuela López.

5. María Ygnacia Rosalía Trebol Navarro, bt. 30 January 1775,
Isleta, NM.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll # 5 (Isleta
Baptisms: 1730-1776), Roll # 31 (Castrense, Santa Fe, Marriages:
1779-1833); and Virginia L. Olmsted, C.G., "Spanish Enlistment Papers
of New Mexico 1732-1820," in National Genealogical Society Quarterly,
Vol. 68, No. 2, June 1980: 59.

TRUJILLO

In 1662, Captain Diego de Trujillo (ONMF: 107) was identified as an
encomendero in a suit that he brought against Governor don Berbardo
López de Mendizábal, Trujillo, demanding to be paid 868 pesos by the
governor for livestock and Apache servants. In his claim there was
mention of his son, Captain Francisco de Trujillo, and two son-in-
laws: Captain Cristóbal Baca (husband of Ana Moreno de Lara, aka
Moreno de Trujillo) and Antonio de Carbajal. This information
indicates that Truijillo had a second daughter whose name is not known
at this time, but who was the wife of Antonio de Carbajal.

The particular passage from Diego de Trujillo's claim that contains
the information cited above reads: "..a su mujer y a su hixo el Capn
Franco de truxillo y a dos yernos suyos que son el Capn Xptobal Vaca y
anto de carbajal digo el Capn Andrés Hurtado y demando le cantd de
ochocientos y sesenta y ocho pesos de reses y ugues mulas y cavallos y
mil ocho piezas de Yndios Apaches…"

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, Galeria, Concursos
de Peñalosa, Vol. I, f. 235/382. Microfilm copy of rolls #1-3 (Vols. I-
III) of the "Concursos de Peñalosa" located at the New Mexico Records
Center and Archives.

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In records of a land dispute between San Ildefonso Pueblo and Spanish
settlers, Baltazar de Trujillo (ONMF: 297, 396), husband of Ynéz
González Bas (ONMF: 189, 297, 396) was identified as the son-in-law of
Capitán Juan González (ONMF: 189)

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: SANM I: 1351, p. 42.

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Pablo Manuel Trujillo (ONMF: 297; son of Baltazar de Trujillo and
Nicolasa de la Cruz Espinosa) and his wife María Francisca Márquez
(buried 23 May 1761, Pueblo of Santa Clara, resident of Chama; q.v.
Márquez above) resided at Pojoaque in the 1730s and had the following
children baptized at Nambé:

Antonio Casimiro Trujillo, bt. 8 March 1729, Nambé, NM. Padrinos:
Baltazar Trujillo y su esposa Ynéz Gonzéles.

Gregorio Trujillo, bt. 15 May 1734, Nambé, NM. Parents residing at
Pojoaque. Padrinos: Lazaro Trujillo y Ynéz Olguín, su mujer.

Gertrudis Antonia Trujillo, bt. 1 March 1736, Nambé, NM. Madrina:
Juana Martín.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 36, Nambé,
Baptisms: 1726-1764.

VÁSQUEZ BORREGO

Don Diego Vásquez Borrego (ONMF: 149) participated as a soldier in "la
conquista y redución" of the region of Nayarit (Nuevo Toledo) in 1721.
He was Cabo de Escuadra under the command of Capitán don Manuel José
Carranza y Guzmán at the Real Presidio de San Salvador el Verde. In
The spring of 1723, Vásquez Borrego was still at the Presidio de San
Salvador el Verde. In June of this year he made a formal request to
return to his home due to his suffering of an illness. This was
granted by Carranza y Guzmán on June 23, 1723.

Don Diego Vásquez de Borrego was married twice. The name of his first
wife is not known, but from this union was born one son, don Manuel
Vásquez Borrego who was married in Mexico City to doña Micaela Lucero.
Don Manuel and doña Micaela had six children whom they brought to the
Villa de San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua.

Widowed of his first wife, don Diego married Rosa de Altamirano in the
valley of Toluca, west of Mexico City. By 1726, don Diego was in
Chihuahua while his second wife resided in Toluca with his two sons,
Juan Diego Vásquez Borrego (resident of Toluca) and Agustín Vásquez
Borrego (died in Mexico City before 1753). By 1730, don Diego had made
his way to El Paso del Norte in New Mexico. From El Paso, he
maintained correspondence with his family in Toluca. His wife never
joined him on the frontier, and he never returned to Toluca. In the
latter part don Diego was in the Albuquerque area where he and doña
Antonia Baca stood as padrinos for a child of Pedro Romero and
Gregoria Baca baptized at Albuquerque on 27 December 1733. Soon after,
he petitioned for and received a royal land grant in the area of
Belen.

In the 1750 census of Belen, don Diego Vásquez Borrego was listed as a
widower with two sons: Francisco and Diego. There is no indication
that don Diego ever married in New Mexico. The mother of one of his
New Mexico son's (Diego Felipe) was named as Catalina Gutiérrez (see:
bt. 5 July 1780, Santa Clara Pueblo). Don Diego was in Santa Fe in
1753 when he became ill. His last will and testament was made on 5 May
1753 and died on May 10th.

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Francisco Vásquez Borrego, son of don Diego, was born circa 1737 (age
given as 8 in 1745) and died at San Antonio de Quemado on 10 October
1789 (burial at Santa Cruz). He was married with Francisca Victoria
Mora and had at least eleven children.

Diego Felipe Vásquez Borrego, son of don Diego, was born circa 1738
(age given as 7 in 1745). He was married with María Francisca Gurulé,
bt. 9 October 1743, Albuquerque, daughter of Antonio Gurulé and
Antonia Quintana. This couple settled at El Potrero near Chimayó and
had at least eight children.

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Luis Antonio Vásquez Borrego, also known as Luis Borrego, was the
progenitor of a branch of the Borrego family in the area north of the
Pueblo of San Juan de los Caballeros. He was married circa 1773 with
Antonia Severina de la Serda. This couple had at least four children.
This couple appears to be the same couple listed as "Luis Antonio del
Pino y Anta Seberina de la Cerda españoles y vecinos de Chama" whose
son, Juan Manuel, was buried at Santa Clara on 16 September 1774.

In the latter part of 1784, Luis Borrego married Ana Josefa Rodríguez.
Of their six known progeny, only two children are known to have
reached adulthood.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM I: 103; AASF, Roll 38, Santa Clara Burials, 1726-1832;
José Antonio Esquibel, "Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography,"
Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1993: 54-64; José Antonio
Esquibel, "Addendum to 'Don Diego Vásquez Borrego; A Biography',"
Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1994; and José Antonio Esquibel,
"Los Borregos de San Juan: Luis Borrego and His Descendants," Nuestra
Raíces, vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1995: 116-131.

VELARDE

Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde (ONMF: 308) made his last will and
testament at El Paso del Norte on 9 May 1767. He declared he was a
native of Muriedes in the valley of Camargo, Santander, Spain, and
named his parents as Francisco Pérez Velarde and María Velarde, both
deceased. Juan Antonio was married twice. His first wife was Juana
Valverde y Cosio (ONMF: 308), daughter of Antonio Valverde y Cosio and
María de Esparza. Juan Antonio named his children by Juana as:

Antonio María, José Antonio, Francisco José, and José María

According to Juan Antonio, all of his offspring by Juana died as
children.

It is worthwhile to note that the name of Manuel Valverde de Cosio
(ONMF: 308), presumed to be a son of Juan Antonio and Juana,
apparently was not. It is still unclear who were Manuel's parents,
unless he is the same individual named as Manuel Blas below.

Juan Antonio Velarde entered into his second marriage with Jacinta
Valencia with whom he had four sons:

José Antonio, Manuel Blas, Juan Antonio, and

Francisco Antonio

Researcher: Rick Hendricks, Ph.D.

Sources: Microfilm of the Ciudad Juárez Municipal Archive (University
of Texas-El Paso), Roll 10, bk. 1, 1774, f. 113-16; and Rick
Hendricks, Ph.D., "Wills from El Paso del Norte, 1754-1817," Nuestra
Raíces, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1995: 87

VERA —Promising Lead

In 1626 Diego de Vera (ONMF: 112) named his parents as "Pedro de bera
perdomo y Da Ma de bentanco," and declared he was a native of the
"isla de tenerife". This information comes from a record that Fray
Angélico Chávez consulted for his source on Diego de Vera in ONMF.
Curiously, Chávez made no mention of the following note written by
fray Alonso de Benavides: "Este diego de Vera es sobrino de la perdoma
que por esse Sto tribunal fue castigada aura veinte y tres años con
una hija suja y dises que unos dos hermanas o hermanos deste se avian
ido aberb_cia y ay mal sospecha". This information describes Diego de
Vera as a nephew (sobrino) of a woman referred to as 'la Perdoma' who
was punished by the Inquisition about twenty-three years earlier
(circa 1603) along with her daughter and, as he heard said, two
sisters or two brothers. It is not clear what the behavior was
regarded as "mala sospecho" (bad suspicion). Two possibilities is that
'la Perdoma' was tried and sentence for practicing witchcraft or for
practicing Jewish ceremonies. Whatever the circumstances, it appears
that 'la Perdoma' was a sister of Diego's father, Pedro de Vera
Perdomo.

It would be very worthwhile to locate the Inquisition records of 'la
Perdoma' as they would very likely contain additional genealogical
information on the Vera Perdomo family. In additions, the records
could provide some interesting history about members of the Vera
Perdomo family. If she was tried and sentenced as a "judiazante" (a
baptized Catholic practicing Jewish religious customs), this could
reveal a Jewish-converso lineage with a connection to New Mexico.

It is not clear if 'la Perdoma' was tried by the Inquisition in Nueva
España or on the island of Tenerife, but there was another person in
New Mexico who had information about this circumstance. On 27 January
1626, Matías López de Castillo (ONMF: 55), age 35, provided testimony
in which he declared that Diego de Vera "era sobrino de una muger que
avia aestado prese en la inquisision" ("is nephew of a woman that was
imprisioned through the Inquisition").

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisisión, t. 356, f.
306 & 307.

VIGIL

Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil died 11 September 1730 and was buried
at Santa Cruz de la Cañada. His burial record, recorded in 1731, gives
his age at death as 80 (b.ca. 1650). His wife died fourteen years late
on 19 November 1745 and was also buried at Santa Cruz. Her name was
recorded as María de Enciso y Giménez, and she was described as being
over age 50.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz
Church, Burials: 1726-1859.

ZAMORA (MONTOYA) —Promising Lead

María de Zamora (ONMF: 77), wife of Bartolomé de Montoya, was
identified by Chávez as being a daughter of Pedro de Zamora and
Agustina de Abarca. Chávez's source indicates that Pedro de Zamora was
a former Alcalde Mayor of Oaxaca before coming to reside at Mexico
City in the neighborhood of San Sebastián. Among the prominent
citizens of Oaxaca in the sixteenth century were members of the Pérez
de Zamora family. Members of this family went by these interchangable
surnames: Zamora, Pérez, Pérez de Zamora, and González.

In the latter part of the 1500s there was a Pedro Pérez de Zamora of
Oaxaca who was described as being "en corregimiento," which indicates
he was somehow involved as a city official. His uncle Luis de Zamora
(aka Luis Pérez de Zamora held various alcaldías mayores for as many
as thirty years in the latter half of the 1500s.

Pedro Pérez de Zamora was married at Oaxaca and was a son of Alvaro de
Zamora (aka Alvaro Pérez de Zamora). Alvaro Pérez de Zamora was a son
of Alonso Pérez de Zamora, a conquistador de México. Alvaro's wife was
doña Catalina de Ocampo, the third child of don Sebastián de Saavedra
and doña Catalina de Ocampo. (Sebastián de Saavedra was a native of
Sevilla, and a son of Sebastián de Saavedra and doña Isabel de
Sanabria, native of Carmona —belonging to the Sanabria and Sotomayor
familes of this town).

Batltasar Dorantes de Carranza recorded the following infmation about
the Zamora family: "Alonso Pérez de Zamora y Alvaro Pérez, padre y
hijo, fueron de los primeros conquistadores de esta Nueva España; dejo
muchos hijos e hijas pobres, y estan despseidos de pueblos, que son
los peñoles de Oaxaca y otros que le dieron en la Provincia de
Guatemala".

Was Pedro de Zamora (identified as Alcalde Mayor de Oaxaca and father
of María de Zamora) related to the Pérez de Zamora clan? Was this
Pedro de Zamora the same person as Pedro Pérez de Zamora? Further
research into the genealogy of the Pérez de Zamora family, and into
the records from sixteenth century Oaxaca may help to answer this
question one way or the other.

Dorantes de Carranza added this additional information in his account
of people of Nueva España that may prove useful in any further Zamora
family research: "Alvaro de Zamora dejo un hijo y dos hijas; el hijo
[Pedro Pérez de Zamora] casó en Oaxaca; tiene en la real caja 130
pesos y 200 fanegas de maíz en el pueblo de Tepozotlan. De esta caas
proveen a Pedro Pérez de Zamora, en corregimiento, y a Luis de Vargas,
su cuñado, en corregimiento, por hermano. De esta casa pretende
Atanasio de Salcedo, por hermano: todos tres pobres: de esta casa no
se prover a otro". This information indicates that Alvaro de Zamora
had one son and two daughters. The son was Pedro Pérez de Zamora whose
brother-in-law (cuñado) was Luis de Vargas. Apparently, Luis de Vargas
was married to one of Pedro's sisters and Atanasio de Salcedo was
married to the second. All three were considered poor.

Furthermore, Dorantes de Carranza gave this information about the
father of Alvaro Pérez de Zamora:

14. Casa de Alonso Pérez de Zamora, vecino y conquistador de México.

Jorge González…………..hijo

Luis de Zamora…………..hijo

Alvaro de Zamora………..hijo

Andrés Pérez Meléndez, por la mujer……….nieto

Legitimos

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Batlasar Dorantes de Carranza, Sumária relación de la cosas de
la Nueva España, Editorial Porrua, S.A., México, 1987, 145, 265 & 374.

ÁNGEL

Fray Angélico Chávez commented that the Ángel family surname occurred
infreaquently could not be traced effectively (ONMF: 126). Here is
some new information to begin to help outline the genealogy of this
colonial New Mexico family.

The only Ángel family listed in the 1750 census of Santa Fe was that
of Xavier Ángel and María Ramírez. The following individuals,
apparently their children and a daughter-in-law, resided with this
couple: Laurencio, Maria Jimenez, Gregorio, Miguel, Ynes, Juana, and
one unnamed child (Olmsted, SMCNM, 10).

Laurencio Ángel was married with María Antonia Jiménez by 1748 and had
these known chiildren all baptized in Santa Fe (Catedral de San
Francisco de Asís):

Juan Francisca Ángel, bt. 26 June 1749.
Lucía Ángel, bt. 18 December 1755.
María Barabara Ángel, bt. 30 April 1758.
José Francisco Ángel, bt. 20 April 1761.
Juan Miguel Ángel, bt. 24 April 1763.
Rosa Rafaela Ángel, bt. 21 August 1765.

Gregorio Ángel and his wife, María Gertrudis Rodríguez had four
children baptized in Santa Fe (Catedral de San Francisco de Asis):

Francisco Ygnacio Ángel, bt. 16 July 1765
María Rosa de Jesús Ángel, bt. 16 January 1773.
José de Jesús Ángel, bt. 19 November 1775.
María Josefa Ángel, b. 12 March 1785, bt. 14 March 1785.
The 1790 census of Santa Fe lists a Gregorio Ángel, age 58 (b.ca.
1732). His racial designation was recorded as color quebrado (broken
color), similar to the designation of other Ángel people of Santa Fe.
His wife's name has been transcribed as Antonia Domínguez, age 36
(b.ca. 1754). In their household were two sons ages 20 and 17, and
four daughters ages 18, 16, 9 and 7.

Miguel Ángel was married with María Rosalía Urioste by 1761, and they
had these known children who were all baptized at Santa Fe (Catedral
de San Francisco de Asís):

María Silveria Ángel, bt. 22 June 1761.
Gaspar Ángel, bt. 6 January 1764.
María Polonia Ángel, bt. 10 February 1766. Padrinos: Manuel Paulín
Rael y Juana Catarina Ángel.
José Julián Ángel, bt. 23 February 1768.
Juan Bartolomé Ángel, bt. 24 August 1772.
José Tomás Ángel, bt. 28 September 1775.
Miguel Ángel was deceased by 1790 when his widow and their eight
children were enumerated in the 1790 census of Santa Fe as follows:
"Rosalia Urioste, española, 52, widow; 4 sons: 19, 17, 15, 12, 3; 3
daughters: 16, 11, 9."

Ynés Ángel was still single in 1790 when here age was given as 59
(born about 1731), and she was described with the term color quebrado
(broken color,; a euphemism usually referring to some mixture of
African, Indian and Spanish ancestry). Ynés was listed immediately
before the household of Paulín Rael and Juana Catarina Ángel, and just
two households from Rosalía Urioste, the widow of Miguel Ángel. In her
household was one son age 20.

Juana Catarina Ángel appears to be the same individual listed as Juana
in the household of Xavier Ángel and María Ramírez. She was married
with Manuel Pauilín Rael. The 1790 census of Santa Fe lists this
couple immediately after Ynés Ángel. Paulín Rael was identified as
español, age 61 (b.ca. 1729). Juana Catarina was identified as color
quebrado, age 57 (b.ca. 1733). In their household were three sons ages
19, 16, 13, one daughter age 7, and one niece age 15. This couple had
these 12 known children baptized in Santa Fe (Catedral de San
Francisco de Asís):

María Rael, bt. 16 May 1755.
José Julián Rael, bt. 11 February 1759
Felipe de Jesús Francisco Rael, bt. 9 February 1761.
María Magdalena Rael, bt. 25 July 1763.
Agustín Rafael Rael, bt. 1 September 1765. Padrinos: José Rael y
Juliana Antonia Rodríguez.
José Francisco Rael, bt. 20 November 1767.
Gaspar Antonio Rael, bt. 7 January 1770.
José Mariano Rael, bt. 24 February 1772.
Ana María Rael, bt. 24 April 1774.
Miguel Ramón Rael, bt. 12 May 1776.
Padrinos: José López and Teresa Rael.

José Julián Rael, español, bt. 22 January
1781.

María Candelaria Rael, bt. 11 February
1783.

It appears that Xavier Ángel and María Ramírez were the progenitors of
one Ángel family group of 18th century New Mexico.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AASF Roll 15, Baptisms, Santa Fe; Virginia L. Olmsted, New
Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790, 1823, 1845,
Albuquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, 62, 68, 69.

ARCHIBEQUE

A census of the Bernalillo community made circa 1803 lists Agustín
Archibeque, age 51 (b.ca. 1752), and his wife Manuela Cháves, age 40
(b.ca. 1763). This Agustín Archibeque appears to be the person of this
name baptized at Santa Fe on June 20, 1753 and christened Agustín
Antonio Archibeque, son of Antonio Domingo Archibeque and Casilda
González (ONMF: 129), and a namesake of his paternal grand father
Agustín Archibeque (ONMF: 129).

Agustín Archibeque and Manuela Cháves were enumerated with the
following children: 1) Matías, age 13 (b.ca. 1790); 2) Gaspar, age 11
(b.ca. 1792); 3) Juan de Jesús, age 9 (b.ca. 1794); 4) Marcelino
(b.ca. 1801; and 5) Antonia Teresa, age 15 (b.ca. 1788).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: New Mexico Archives, Museum of New Mexico, Misc. Docs. N.D.
Vol. 178 (family no. 37).

ARELLANO

See Romero below.

BACA-ORTIZ (PACHECO CÓRDOBA y BOCANEGRA)

Erroneous information concerning the ancestry of Ana Ortiz, daughter
of Francisco Pacheco, is still being accepted by people who can trace
their ancestry to this common ancestor of people with Hispano roots in
New Mexico. Although corrections have been published to inform people
of that the connection Ana Ortiz and don Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba
y Bocanegra is not verifiable, there are individuals who continue to
pursue this avenue of research and continue to publish the supposed
family connection.

In my article titled "The Jewish-converso Ancestry of Doña Beatriz de
Estrada, Wife of don Francisco Vásquez de Coronado," I stated quite
frankly that there is no substantiated evidence to link Ana Ortiz with
the family of don Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra. I have
received several responses asking if it can be disproven that
Francisco Pacheco, father of Ana Ortiz, is not the same person as don
Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra. With this, we now entered
into another aspect of this issue which is a sign of reluctance to
stop hoping that there is indeed some family connection with the
prominent families of early New Spain. Now, there is a challenge to
have proof to disprove an unsubstantiated genealogical conclusion. To
satisfy this challenge, information that was presented at the 10th
Annual Conference of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America is
provided below. Of particular note is the year of birth of don
Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra, 1573. Compare this date with
the approximate year of birth of one of Ana Ortiz's daughters, Isabel
de Bohórquez, born circa 1586 —13 years after the birth of don
Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra.

Information to disprove the supposed connection between Ana Ortiz and
don Francisco Pacheco Córdoba y Bocanegra:

A. There were two other men named Francisco Pacheco who were prominent
citizens of New Spain in the late 1500s:

1) Francisco Pacheco, brother of Luis Pacheco, sons of Gonzalo
Henrández de Mosquera and residents of Mexico City. (Source: Baltazar
Dorantes de Carranza, Sumaria Relacion de las cosas de la Nueva Espana
[originally published in the first decade of the 1600s in Mexico
City], Editorial Porrúa, S.A., México, 1987: 174)

2) Capitan don Francisco Pacheco Carvajal, a resident of New Spain,
still living in 1598. (Source: This man is listed as #673 in "Catologo
de Pobladores de Nueva Espana," in Boletin del Archivo de la Nacion,
Mexico, Tomo XII, 1941.

B. The genealogy of the Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra family and the
Estrada family has been well researched in Mexico, and Ana Ortiz is
not identified as a member of this family.

C. Don Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra was still living in
1600 when the Baca-Ortiz family went to New Mexico. He died on March
29, 1619. Furthermore, The year of birth for don Francisco Pacheco de
Córdoba y Bocanegra has been documented as 1573 (Porras Muñoz, 1982,
268-271.

If this man were married by age 20, he would have been bearing
children by 1593. Ana Ortiz was a contemporary of this man since she
was already a mother of four children by 1598. Her daughter Isabel de
Bohórquez gave her age as 40 in 1626, indicating she was born circa
1586, 13 years after don Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra was
born.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Additional sources: Guillermo Porras Muñoz, El gobierno de la Ciudad
de México en el siglo XVI, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
1982: 268-71; José Antonio Esquibel. "The Jewish-Converso Ancestry of
Doña Beatriz de Estrada, Wife of Don Francisco Vásquez de Coronado."

CHÁVES

Francisco Cháves (most likely Francisco Durán y Cháves who was the
husband of Juana Baca) was baptized at Guadalupe del Paso on 21
December 1681, and was a son of don Fernando de Cháves and doña Luisa
(sic Lucía) de Salazar. His padrinos were Bartolomé Gómez and doña
Teresa Varela.

Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Texas Western College, August 1962
(University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

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CHÁVES (Durán y Cháves)

The following information regarding a record of passage from Spain to
New Spain offers an intriguing and possibly valuable opportunity to
acquire additional information about the family of Pedro Gómez Durán y
Cháves in Spain:

"#4065. Alonso García Cerrato, natural de Valverde de Llerena, hijo de
Hernán Sánchez Rico y de Leonor Durana, con su mujer Catalina Cabeza,
natural de Valverde, hija de Alonso García Izquierda y de María
Cabeza, y sus hijos Leonor, Cristóbal, Fernando y María, a Nueva
España —9 de Junio 1576. 5225-A, No. 2, R.36.

According to information found in ONMF, Pedro Gómez Duran y Cháves
(ONMF: 19) —b.ca. 1550), the progenitor of the Cháves family of New
Mexico, was a native of Valverde de Llerena and a son of Hernan
Sánchez Rico. Could Alonso García Cerrato be a brother Pedro Gómez
Durán y Cháves? It would certainly be most worthwhile for an
interested researcher to acquired the documents that make up this
record of passage and examine the specific contents. Records of
passage often provide some personal information about the people who
sought license to travel to the Spanish realms of the New World. There
may have been witnesses who knew the family that provided testimony on
behalf of the character of the couple. There may be a copy of a
marriage certificate, and possibly additional information on the
family lineage that could be of assistance in extending the family
line in Spain. Also, it would be important to confirm all the names
extracted from the record. In particular, was the surname Durana a
mistaken transcription for Durán?

If a researcher does acquire the records of passage for Alonso García
Cerrato and Catalina Cabeza, please consider makingthe information
available on this web site.

Researcher: Tony Montoya

Source: Luis Romera Iruela y María del Carmen Galbis Díez, Catálogo de
pasajeros a Indias siglos xvi, xvii y xviii, Archivo General de
Indias, Sevilla, Volumen V, Tomo II (1575-1577), Ministerio de
Cultura, 588 (#4065).

COCA

Diego de Coca was baptized at Pueblo de la Laguna, New Mexico, on
August 8, 1732. He was identified as a "hijo de Padres Gentiles." His
padrino was Miguel José de la Vega y Coca. The priest who baptized
Diego de Coca was fray Cayetano de Otero in the place of the regular
priest, Fray Francisco Lorchundi.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AASF Roll 5, San José de Laguna Church, Baptismal Records
1720-1776.

GALLEGOS (Gurulé)

Last will and testament of Elena Gallegos, May 1, 1730

The name of Elena Gallegos is still known to many people today in New
Mexico. The large tract of land that she acquired by sale in 1716
became known as the Elena Gallegos Land Grant during the mid-late
1800s. Today, most of her land, which stretched from the banks of the
Rio Grande near the village of Alameda to the Sandia Mountains, is
part of the City of Albuqerque. A parcel of land at the foothills of
the Sandia Mountains is now Elena Gallegos Park.

No approximate year of birth has been ascertained for Elena Gallegos.
Most likely she was born just prior to or soon after the Pueblo Indian
revolt of August 10, 1680. She was a native of Bernallillo and her
parents were named as Antonio Gallegos and doña Catalina Baca in her
prenuptial investigation record dated 1699, Bernalillo. Curiously,
Antonio Gallegos and doña Catalina Baca were not accounted for in the
census made in early 1693 of the exiled New Mexico families intending
to return with Governor Vargas. The household of Antonio's brother,
José Gallegos was enumerated in this census and only lists his wife,
Catalina Hurtado, and their five sons. In addition, there is no
listing of any Gallegos household in the cattle distribustion census
made by Governor Vargas in May 1697. In short, it is still not known
how and when Elena Gallegos and her brother Felipe Gallegos came to
reside in the Bernalillo area.

In 1699, Elena Gallegos sought to marry Santiago Grolé (aka Jacques
Grolet), a native of La Rochelle, France, who was born about 1663.
(Chávez, "NMR," 87-88, DM 1697, no. 12, Santa Fe; and Chávez, ONMF,
193). A careful review of a copy of the original prenuptial
investigation record clearly shows that Santiago Grolé named his
parents as "Ybon Groleé" and "Marie Odoin." (DM 1699, no. 8,
Bernalillo, San Felipe). It has been previously cited that the surname
of Santiago's mother was "Odom" (Chávez, ONMF, 193). In her last will
and testament, Elena Gallegos declared she had been married with
Santiago Gurulé for twelve years, indicating that Santiago died around
1712. According to her last will and testament, Elena Gallegos
directed that she be buried by the font of Holy Water in the church of
San Felipe de Neri in Albuquerque.

In 1716, Elena Gallegos purchased a large tract of land from Diego de
Montoya, which he had received from the crown in 1694. This particular
tract of land has become known as the Elena Gallegos Land Grant.
Records concerning this land grant, and many others have been
preserved among the collection of land grant records that are part of
the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. These records are part of the
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I (SANM I) and can be accessed
on microfilm. A copy of last will and testament was one of the
important documents collected in regard to the Elena Gallegos land
grant. Researchers will often find this and other land and personal
family papers in the land grant records. In addition, many of the
original Spanish documents are transcribed and also translated into
English.

The last will and testament of Elena Gallegos is dated May 1, 1730.
The revised English translation presented here is based on a copy of
the original Spanish version and the first English translation. A copy
of the original Spanish version is found in SANM I, Roll 38, fr.
764-66, and the first English translation is found on frames 823-24 of
the same roll.

Spanish Transcription ½ English Translation

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Fray Angélico Chavez, O.F.M. The Origins of New Mexico
families in the Spanish Colonial Period in Two Parts (ONMF), 1954
[Reprint Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1996]; Fray Angélico
Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd." (NMR). 11 vols. Santa Fe,
unpublished, 1981; Archdiocese of the Archive of New Mexico,
Diligencias Matrimoniales, DM 1699, no. 8, Bernalillo, San Felipe;
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I (SANM I), Roll 38, frs.
764-66, and 822-24.

GÓMEZ ROBLEDO

On May 4, 1662, at Santa Fe, an inventory of the embargoed possessions
of Francisco Gómez Robledo (ONMF: 36) was made as part of his arrest
by the Inquisition. This first thing listed was his house "que cae en
la esquina de la plasa Rl desta villa," indicating that the house of
Francisco Gómez Robledo was right along the Plaza of Santa Fe at one
of the corners. This house consisted of "una sala, tres aposentos, y
un patio conseguerta abaj_ [missing letter(s)] espaldas" ("one living
hall/living room, three rooms, and a patio that was entered from
behind"). Among the items embargoed were his personal papers.
According to the list, Gómez Robledo had fourteen appointments
("nombimientos") as Captain and Cabo (Squadron Leader), two royal
"provisiones" as Sargento Mayor, another royal "provision" as Cabo, a
"titulo de fiscal de su magd", and a "merced de alferez Rl." Of
particular interest are three additional entries. Gómez Robledo held
"dos titulos de teniente de govr y capn gl, and one "merced de titulo
de teniente de govr y capn gl." This indicates that he was appointed
Lieutenant Governor and Captain General, presumably of New Mexico,
prior to 1662. The third entry is the most intriguing. It was recorded
that among his personal papers Gómes Robledo had "una informacion de
servicios, y en ella una sedula Rl de cavallero hijodalgo que esta en
veinte fojas escritos en todo y tres en blanco" ("a report of
services, and among this a royal decree of Caballero Hijodalgo"). Here
is an indication that either Francisco Gómez Robledo, or possibly his
father before him, was knighted by the King of Spain, most likely for
services rendered in New Mexico. In either case, it would be extremely
worthwhile for the adventurous researcher who is familiar with the
process and documents of Spain pertaining to petitioning the king for
acquiring the title and privileges of Caballero Hijodalgo to attempt
to locate copies of these records. Perhaps, if such records still
survive in some archive in Spain, there may be documents relating to
the lineage of the Gómez and Robledo families. Happy hunting!!

In addition to the papers mentioned above, a list of the land holdings
and encomiendas of Francisco Gómez Robledo were made. The land
documents that Gómez Robledo had in possession were:

"El titulo de encomienda de la mitad del pueblo de Acoma, orto titulo
de encomienda de total del pueblo de Tesuque, mas otro titulo
encomienda de dos partes y media del Pueblo de los Taos; otro titulo
de encomienda de todo el Pueblo de Pecos; otro titulo de encomda de la
mitad del Pueblo de Sandia; y de ella despues trueque por la mitad de
Abo - en dho titulo tiene la mersed de la mitad de xengopau y que son
las encomiends que tiene el dho Sargto Myr Franco Gomes Robledo merced
de estancia en el Pueblo de San Juo otro titulo del arroyo tesuque
mersed de estancia en los Taos merced de la estancia de Barrancas,
otro del Pueblo de San Juo que es una legua mas arriba, y esta sin
poblar"

In all, Sargento Mayor Francisco Gómez Robledo possessed title to all
or part of seven encomiendas in New Mexico. In addition, he had been
held five land grant titles. In is no surprise that his enemies wanted
to see his downfall with the Inquisition, as he was accused of
secretly practicing Judaism. These enemies stood to profit from the
loss of his encomiendas if he was found guilty.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, Concurso de
Peñalosa, Tomo I, Leg. 1, no.6, f. 33-34v (microfilm copy located at
the New Mexico Records Center and Archives under the title: AGN-
Inquisition of Mexico, Roll#1, Trial of Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal,
1662).

HERNÁNDEZ

Damián Hernández was a native of the Villa de San Fernando (most
likely San Fernando de Austria) in the province of Coahuila (now the
northeastern Mexican State of Coahuila) who came to New Mexico about
1817 and resided in the home of Juan Estevan Pino at Santa Fe until
his marriage in 1825. Hernández was married at the church of San
Francisco de Asís in Santa Fe on 18 March 1825. He bride was María
Candelaria Baca, of La Cieneguilla, bt. 4 February 1805, Santa Fe,
daughter of Francisco Baca and María Dolores Blea. Damián and María
Candelaria raised a family of at least seven children. From the
baptismal records of these children we learn that Damián was a son of
José Manuel Hernández and Josefa Martín. His children by María
Candelaria that were baptized at Santa Fe were:

María Dolores Hernández, bt. 26 August 1830.

Marcelina Hernández, bt.26 May 1834.

Antonio José Hernández, bt. 13 June 1836.

María Asención Hernández, bt. 12 May 1839.

José Dolores Hernández, bt. 2 April 1841.

María del Refugio Hernández, bt. 9 March 1842.

José Amado Hernández, bt. 15 September 1844.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF), Roll #31,
Santa Fe Marriages, 1779-1833; AASF Roll #16, Santa Fe Baptisms,
1798-1839, and Roll # 17, Santa Fe Baptisms, 1839-1851.

LUJÁN

Domingo Luján (ONMF: 63-64) was married with Ynés Martín Serrano by
1679. This couple were residents of the Guadalupe del Paso area where
their daughter, Getrudis (identified as española) was baptized on 20
April 1680. The child’s madrina was María Martín Serrano.

Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Texas Western College, August 1962
(University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

MARTÍN SERRANO

Pedro Martín Serrano (ONMF: 222) and Juana de Arguello had a son named
Francisco, español, who was baptized 7 October 1680 at Guadalupe del
Paso. This child was "given the water of exteme neccesity." The
child’s godmother was Josefa Sambrano. It is unsure if this child
survived, but he very likely did and thus would have been the same
Francisco Martín Serrano (ONMF: 223), son of Pedro Martín Serrano and
Juana de Arguello, that was married with Casilda Contreras.

Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan.

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Texas Western College, August 1962
(University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

MORA

A census of the Bernalillo community made circa 1803 lists Salvador
Mora, age 32 (b.ca. 1771), and his wife Rosa Salazar, age 28 (b.ca.
1775). This couple was enumerated with six children: 1) Francisco, age
14 (b.ca. 1789); 2) Antonio, age 12 (b.ca. 1791); 3) Juan Diego, age
10 (b.ca. 1793); 4) Juan Domingo, age 8 (b.ca. 1795); 5) María
Guadalupe, age 6 (b.ca. 1797); and 6) Rafael, age 1 (b.ca. 1802).

As Chávez notes in ONMF, the Mora family surname has been difficult to
pinpoint. Now, the family of Salvador Mora and Rosa Salazar can be
added into the mix of Mora people of colonial New Mexico.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: New Mexico Archives, Museum of New Mexico, Misc. Docs. N.D.
Vol. 178 (family no. 40).

OLGUÍN

Salvador Olguín (ONMF: 82) apparently had a second wife following his
marriage to Madgalena Fresqui. Salvador Olguín and his wife Josefa de
Cháves had a son, Juan Manuel Olguín, baptized at Guadalupe del Paso
on 25 January 1685, with Antonio Domínguez de Mendoza and Juana García
as padrinos.

Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Texas Western College, August 1962
(University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

PADILLA

José Padilla (ONMF: 253) and his wife María López had two additional
sons besides the ones identified by Chávez in ONMF:

Cayetano Padilla, son of Captain José Padilla and María López, was
baptized at Guadalupe del Paso on 16 October 1686. His padrino was
Governor don Domingo Xironza Petris de Cruzate.

Luis Padilla, son of José Padilla and María López, was baptized at
Gudalupe del Paso on 3 May 1688. His padrinos were don Pedro Remeros
de Posada and Ana de Tapia.
Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Texas Western College, August 1962
(University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

PÁEZ HURTADO

Research into the Páez Hurtado family has yielded new information on
several generations of this family.

Capitán Juan Páez Hurtado (ONMF: 254) was born 14 December 1668,
Villafranca, and baptized in the church of Santa María la Blanca, Los
Palacios y Villafranca de la Marisma, Andalucia, Spain on 22 December
1668. He was a son of Domingo Hurtado and Ana Rubio, vecinos of the
villa de Villafranca. His padrino was Juan Moreno Bernal. The
following transcription of the baptismal record was made by Sr.
Antonio Cruzado González, Cronista Oficial of Los Palacios:

Juan hijo de

Domingo Hurtado

y Da Ana Rubio [left margin]

En sabado veintidos dias del mes de diciembre de mil seis-cientos
sesenta y ocho años yo el Licenciado Juan Bautista Demetrio, cura de
la Iglesia Parroquial de estas villas de Los Palacios y Villfranca de
la Marisma bautice a Juan hijo legitimo de Domingo Hurtado y de doña
Ana Rubio vecinos de Villafranca, nacio dia catorce de mes y año
dichos, fue su padrino Juan Moreno Bernal asi mismo vecino de
Villafranca y al cual adverti el parentesco espiritual y la obligacion
de ensenarle la doctrina cristiana, de que doy fe y firmo ut supra

Ldo. Juan Bautista Demetrio (rubric)

Domingo Hurtado and doña Ana Josepha Rubio were married in the Church
of Santa María la Blanca on 13 August 1662. Domingo's father was
identified as Juan Páez Hurtado. His mother was Gerónima. Her surname
has proven difficult to decipher. The surname looks like 'de Veiro
Viscaino' or 'de Veire Viscaino,' but also has been transcribed as 'de
Reina Viscaino.' Doña Ana Josepha Rubio was a daughter of Juan López
Pachón and doña María Vásquez Rubio. The marriage record of Domingo
Hurtado and doña Ana Josepha Rubio reads:

Desposorios

de Domingo

Hurtado Vizcaino

y de ana Josefa

Rubio [left margin]

En trece de agosto de mil seiscientos sessenta y dos años, Yo el
Licenciado Miguel Muñiz de Orellana Beneficiando y Cura de la iglesia
de estas vilas de Los Palacios y Villafranca habiendo precedido las
tres canonicas moniciones y lo demas despuesto por el santo concilio
de Trento y las instituciones de este arzobispado y no habiendo
resultado razon mi impedimiento y habiendo confesado y comulgado para
se casar y sabiendo la doctrina cristiana despose y case por palabras
de presente y contrajeron verdadero matrimonio a domingo hurtado
viscaino hijo de Juo paes hurtado y de geronima de [veire/veira/
reina?] vizcaino juntamente con doña Ana Josepha rubio hija de Juo
Lopes pachon y de doña Maria basques rubio todos vesinos destas dichas
villas siendo testigos al dicho despossorio Po marques y Juo paes y
bre nuñes vesinos destas dichas villas de que doi fe y lo firme.

Migl muñiz de Orellana (rubric)

Based on the research presented by John B. Colligan in his book, The
Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695, the following genealogy of the
early members of the Páez Hurtado family has been constructed:

Domingo Hurtado md. Ana Domínquez [born in the latter part of the
1500s]. Their known son:

Juan Páez Hurtado, bt. 25 April 1610, Santa María la Blanca Church,
Los Palacios y Villafranca, Andalucia, Spain; md. 14 April 1636, Santa
María la Blanca, with Gerónima de [Veire/Vere/Reina?] Vizcaino. Their
known son:

Domingo Hurtado Vizcaino, bt. 15 February 1637, Santa María la Blanca
Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca, andalucia, Spain; md. 13 August
1662, Santa María la Blanca Church, with doña Ana Josefa Rubio,
daughter of Juan López Pachón and doña María Vásquez Rubio. Known
children:

Juan (I) Hurtado, b. 2 February 1663, bt. 10 February 1663, Santa
María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Francisco
Benítez Bohórquez. Presumbly died as a child.

María Hurtado, b. 3 November 1664, bt. 9 November 1664, Santa María la
Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Lázaro Parejo.

Gerónima Hurtado, b. 14 September 1666, bt. 18 September 1666, Santa
María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Andrés
Martín Parejo. Presumably died as a child.

Juan Páez Hurtado, b. 14 December 1668, bt. 22 December 1668, Santa
María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca - burial 5 May
1742, Chapel of la Conquistadora, Santa Fe, New Mexico; md. (1)
Pascuala López Vera, died 1693. Known children:

Rosa María López, b.ca. 1684-85, Tlapujahua, Nueva España; md. 1699
with Alonso del Río, b.ca. 1646, Santa Fe, New Mexico, widowed of
María González, son of Captain Diego del Río de Losa and María Madrid
(Chávez, "New Mexico Roots," 1556-60, DM 1699, no. 10).

Ana Páez Hurtado, b.ca 1693; md. 6 January 1716, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
with Pedro Ortiz Escudero, b.ca. 1693, Oaxaca, son of Pedro Ortiz
Escudero and Lucía de Quiñones y Cervantes.

Juan Páez Hurtado md. (2) 30 June 1704, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with
doña Teodora García de la Riva, b.ca. 1686, Mexico City, Nueva España,
daughter of Mexico City natives Miguel García de la Riva and Micaela
Velasco. For descendancy in New Mexico consult ONMF: 254 and Colligan,
The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695: 8-9.

Gerónima Hurtado, bt. 10 October 1676, Santa María la Blanca Church,
Los Palacios y Villafranca.

Juana Hurtado, bt. 27 December 1678, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los
Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Francisco Benítez Bohórquez.

Researchers: John B. Colligan, Sr. Antonio Cruzado González and C.
Victor Jeter.

Sources: Baptisms, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los
Palacios y Villafranca, libro 5, folio 89, libro 5, folio 123, libro
6, folio 42, libro 6, folio 209v, libro 7, folio 18; Marriages, Santa
María la Blanca Church, Villa de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 5,
folio 123; libro 6, folio 38v. John B. Colligan, The Juan Páez Hurtado
Expedition of 1695: Fraud in Recruiting Colonists for New Mexico,
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995, 3-9, 131 n18, 132
n24, n30, 133 n42; Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,"
1556-60, DM 1699, no. 10; Correspondence of C. Victor Jeter with
Charles Martínez y Vigil, January 25, 1998.

____________________

The mother of Juan Páez Hurtado (ONMF: 254) Josefa Vásquez Rubio, was
baptized in the church of Santa María de la Blanca, Los Palacios y
Villfranca on 1 August 1648. Her parents, residents of Villafranca,
were named as Juan López Pachón and doña María Vásquez.

The source for the baptismal record of Domingo Hurtado (bt. 15
February 1637), the father of Juan Páez Hurtado, is Santa María la
Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 3, folio
103v.

Also, the marriage record of Juan Páez and Gerónima de Reyna (md. 14
April 1636), grandparents of Juan Páez Hurtado, identified Gerónima as
a widow and does not provide the name of her parents, although her
husbands parents are named.

Researcher: Victor Jeter with the generous assistance of Juan Páez
Martín of Los Palacios, Spain.

Sources: Partido de Bautismos, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de
los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 4, folio 19 (bt. 1 August 1648);
Desposorios, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y
Villafranca, libro 4, folio 38v (md. 14 April 1636).

PAREDES

Alvaro de Paredes (ONMF: 85) was baptized at the Catedral de México
(Sagrario/Asunción Church), Mexico City on 23 February 1638. His
parents were named as don Esteban de Paredes and doña Beatris Cortés.

Researcher: Moonyean Hill

Source: Sagrario/Asunción Church, Mexico City, Bautismos de Españoles,
1627-1639, LDS microfilm #0035170.

PRADA

José Bernardo Prada (ONMF: 261), a soldier of the Santa Fe Presidio,
was married at Santa Fe, NM, on 19 October 1787, with María del Loreto
Sandoval.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AASF, Roll #31, Santa Fe Marriages, 1779-1833.

ROMERO

Graciana Romero (ONMF: 133 & 271), the wife of Cristóbal de Arellano,
was baptized at Gudalupe del Paso on 22 October 1680. Her parents were
named as Francisco Romero [de Pedraza] and Francisca Ramírez [de
Salazar], and her padrino was the infamous Francisco Xavier (ONMF:
113) It should be noted that the wife of Francisco Xavier was Graciana
Griego, from Graciana Romero may have received her name.

Researchers: Walter V. McLaughlin and John B. Colligan

Sources: Walter V. McLaughlin, Thesis, Texas Western College, August
1962 (University of Texas at El Paso Library); and John B. Colligan,
"Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte" (see above link to
access this compilation).

ROYBAL y TORRADO

Don Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado (ONMF: 273-75) dictated his last will
in testament in Santa Fe on February 14, 1757. Five months later,
being over 80 years of age, don Ignacio died, and he was buried on
July 14, 1757 (not 1756 as noted in ONMF, 275). The original copy of
his last will and testament has remained in one branch of his family
for the past forty-two and a half years. For quite a while the
original document had been kept between two plates of clear glass to
protect and preserve this family record.

The original copy has been in the possession of the Gallegos family of
Pojoaque, descendants of don Ignacio. In January 1999, Tony Gallegos
brought the will to the New Mexico Records Center and Archives for
assistance in updating the preservation of the document. The sealed
plates of glass were carefully separated. Initially there was concern
that the some of the ink may have come off on the glass. Fortunately,
this was not the case.

To prevent future oxidation of the old record, a special spray was
used. A photocopy of the will was made for preservation at the New
Mexico Records Center and Archives. In addition, the will was scanned
onto a computer to be stored in electronic format.

The original document was returned to the Gallegos family.

Great appreciation goes to Tony Gallegos for bringing to light the
existence of this will and his interested in further preservation of
the document and making a copy of the will available to the general
public. Those who will show the most interest in this document will be
people who are descended of don Ignacio.

Incidentally, Tony Gallegos is a brother of Pojoaque author Eloy
Gallegos, author of Jacona and other historical novels about colonial
New Mexico. If you happen to know either one of these men, please take
time to acknowledge appreciation for the efforts of their family in
preserving the last will and testament of don Ignacio Roybal and their
willingness to provide a copy of the will for others to read.

If you, or other members of your family, have old Spanish documents in
your possession, please consider contacting the New Mexico Records
Center and Archives for tips and assistance in preserving these
valuable treasures. You can contact Charles Martínez y Vigil at
(505)476-7908.

Almost immediately after a copy of the Roybal will was made at the New
Mexico Records Center, work on transcribing and translating the
document were begun. Charles Martínez y Vigil completed the Spanish
transcription by August 1999 and José Antonio Esquibel began the
translation in February 1999. Due to juggling many responsibilities
and dedicating much time to the editing and publication of The Spanish
Recolonization fo New Mexico (now available for order from HGRC), José
Antonio was unable to complete the translation until September 1999.

The photocopy of the Roybal is very legible and is written on both
sides of two pages of paper. There has been some bleeding of the ink
through the paper, but not enough to impair the legibility. There is a
two-inch margin on the left side of each page that provides titles for
each of the twelve sections of the will. The script is neat, compact
and even. Each line of the will extend all the way to the right edge
of the paper. Small pieces of the edges of the paper have crumbled
off. As a result, there are several lines for which words are
partially missing or completely gone. Fortunately, the missing words
are not enough to obscure the content of the will.

A reading of the will makes it apparent that don Ignacio dictated his
statements. The translation attempts to keep the flavor of don
Igancio's style of speech and his use of sophisticated words, but also
strives to make the language and content understandable to English
readers today. It is evident that don Ignacio was a well-educated
person. This can be seen in the use of particular words and phrases
that are not commonly found in other New Mexico wills nor any other
civil or ecclesiastical records of the era. This contributed to the
challenge of translating the will. In fact, a few words can not even
be found in modern dictionaries of the Spanish language, words such as
alajas (referring to household possessions), and amedias (a reference
to the practice in which livestock are given to a "partner" to care
for in return for a certain number of the increase in stock). Phrases
such as "es mi voluntad adjudicasselo, como se lo adjudico a mi Nieta
Maria Martin excluyendola con dha adjudicacion," and "se lo tengo
adjudicado a mi hijo el Pe Dn Santiago," are possible indications of
his familiarity with legal language and processes.

In February 1757, don Ignacio was ill in bed in Santa Fe when he had
this last will and testament drawn and authorized. He was blind and
did not have the strength to sign his will. Instead, he requested that
Fray Tomás Murciano de la Cruz, the Vice Custodian of New Mexico, sign
for him in the presence of these witnesses: Francisco Guerrero,
Alcalde Mayor, Felipe Tafoya, Pedro Tafoya, Lucas Moya, and Juan
Antonio Alarí.

Don Ignacio began his will by identifying himself as a resident of
Santa Fe in the kingdom of New Mexico, a native of the kingdoms of
Castilla, and a son of don Pedro Roybal and doña Elena de Santa Cruz.
He continued by proclaiming his belief in the Roman Catholic faith and
petitioning the saints of his devotion for their intercession on
behalf of his soul. He requested to be buried in the habit of San
Francisco, indicating he was a member of the Third Order of St.
Francis, and asked to be buried in the parish church of Santa Fe "next
to the altar of the souls." In addition, he asked for masses to be
said for the good of his soul.

>From the will, it is clear that don Ignacio was proud of his son,
Vicar don Santiago de Roybal, whom he held in high esteem and referred
to consistently as "my son the priest, Don Santiago." He gave don
Santiago "a small Holy Christ of bronze" that he kept at the head of
his bed, two arms of the Holy Office of the Inquisition and one two-
handled silver cup and six silver plates (most likely his own personal
drinking and eating utensils). He named don Santiago as his chief
executor of his estate in conjunction with his wife, doña Francisca
Gómez Robledo.

Don Ignacio continued his will by affirming his legitimate marriage
with doña Francsica Gómez Robledo and named his children in this order
(very likely in the order of their birth): Manuela, María, Pedro,
Santiago, Juana, Elena, Ygnacio, Bernardo, and Mateo Roybal.

Don Ignacio owned land and houses in the areas of Santa Fe, Pojoaque,
Jacona, and Santa Cruz. He mentioned having property below the Villa
de Santa Fe next to the Torreon. In his will, he gave this tract of
land as a donation to two servants, Juan Miñon and Telmo, and to his
sister-in-law, Lucía Gómez. His other grant of lands in Santa Fe
boardered the marsh, most likely the marsh that was located northeast
of the Casas Reales (Palace of the Governor's) in the colonial era.
The land and house in the Jacona area he bequeathed to his son Mateo,
whom he also held in high regard because "of the special love he has
always had for me." Another tract of land in the Pojoaque area, most
likely also connected to his Jacona property, ran along the Cuyamungue
River and had a house. He bequeathed this land and house to his son
Bernardo. This house consisted of seventeen rooms. One of the rooms
had a loom for weaving coarse wool. He is an indication of an active
weaving operation in the Roybal household. He raised and maintained
sheep from which he most likely obtained the wool for weaving.

In addition to sheep, don Ignacio had 135 head of cattle that he
equally divided among his heirs, except for his son Pedro who accepted
300 pesos (an equivalent of about $9,000.00 in modern terms).

Don Ignacio only made mention of a few personal items, such as his
riding saddles, his leather jacket, his gun, sword and case, a large
French gun, a broad sword, spurs and branding irons. He requested that
no list of all his possessions be made. Instead, he asked that his
executors simply distribute his possessions, such as his clothing,
according to their discretion to his heirs and his servants.

The will is clearly dated "catorce dias del mes de Febrero, de mil
seticientos, y cinqta y siete años." Also, his burial records is
clearly dated "catorce dias de el mes de Julio de mil setesientos y
cincuenta y siete años." Previously, it had been noted in ONMF that
don Ignacio died in 1756.

Both the Spanish transcription and English translation are made
available here to the public for the first time. If you use any
information from this will for research purposes, please site:
Original in possession of Anthony Gallegos, Pojoaque, NM;
Transcription by Charles Martínez y Vigil, August 1999; Spanish
Translation by José Antonio Esquibel, September 1999; Copy available
at the New Mexico Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, NM.

Spanish Transcription ½ English Translation

RUIZ

The precise origins of the Ruiz family of northern New Mexico remain
elusive for the interested researchers. The earliest Ruiz family of
New Mexico was the Ruiz Cáceres clan, closely associated with the
Luján family (ONMF: 62, 63, & 99). There is no indication that the
Ruiz family the mid-1700s is descended of the Ruiz Cáceres people. In
fact, the Ruiz Cáceres surname disappears from New Mexico records in
the early 1700s.

The next Ruiz family in New Mexico was that of Juan Ruiz Cordero
(ONMF: 277), a native of Medina Sidonia in Andalucía, Spain. Ruiz
Cordero came to New Mexico from Mexico City with his wife, María
Nicolasa Carrillo Terrazas. This family settled in Santa Fe. Members
of this family were more often known by the Cordero part of their
surname. In fact, the only son of Juan Ruiz Cordero, Francisco Xavier
Cordero, left Santa Fe to settle at El Paso, where his descendents
went by the surname of Cordero (Esquibel and Colligan, SRNM). Thus,
there is no evidence that the Ruiz Cordero family was in any way
associated with the Ruiz clan of northern New Mexico.

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In the late 1700s there was a man named Antonio Ruiz Villegas (ONMF:
277) who became a resident of Albuquerque where he was married in
1785. There is no indication that this man ever settled in northern
New Mexico, and he was married later than other Ruiz people of the
Santa Cruz and Abiquiu areas.

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At Santa Cruz, New Mexico, 21 November 1717, Andrés Ruiz, a native of
San Buenaventura de Casas Grandes and a soldier of the Presidio de San
Felipe y Santiago de Janos, was married with Jacinta de Valencia, a
native of El Paso del Norte and a daughter of Juan de Valencia
(deceased) and Juana Madrid. Through the prenuptial investigation
process, Andrés Ruiz identified himself as a son of Nicolás Ruiz and
María Fontes. Apparently, this couple spent time between Santa Cruz
and El Paso. On 2 October 1733, Andrés Ruiz was buried at the church
of Santa Cruz, and was identified as a vecino del Paso (citizen of El
Paso), married and age 48-50. There are no baptismal records for any
children of Andrés Ruiz and Juana de Valencia in the records of the
church of Santa Cruz, and the records for El Paso have not been
consulted for this study. As such, it is not certain if this couple
left any descendants in northern New Mexico.

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Another early Ruiz family of Santa Cruz was that of Matías Ruiz and
Sebastiana Salazar. Matías Ruiz was a native of the Janos Presidio,
born circa 1705. He was married by 13 August 1725 when he was a
witness for a prenuptial investigation and in which he gave his age
and place of origin. Matías Ruiz and Sebastiana Salazar had at least
three children:

Reymundo Ruiz, bt. 4 December 1733, Santa Cruz, NM. Padrinos: Pedro
Atencio y Estefanía Trujillo (aka Moreno de Trujillo).

José Ruiz, español, b.ca. 1734. He was first married under the name
Joseph Antonio Ruis at San Juan, NM, on 2 October 1759 with Teodora
Sisneros, both vecinos de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad del Río Arriba.
This couple settled in the Abuquiu area, and had at least two
daughters: 1) María Gertrudis Ruiz, bt. 28 June 1767, Abiquiu; and 2)
María Reyes Ruiz, española, b. 6 January 1770, Nuestra Señora de la
Soledad del Río Arriba, bt. 12 January 1770, San Juan, NM, and md. 8
december 1782, Abiquiu, NM, with Ventura Martín, español of Santa
Cruz, NM, son of Pedro Martín, deceased, and Margarita de Luna. José
Ruiz was married secondly in 1774 at Santa Cruz with María Josefa
García de Noriega, b.ca. 1758, of San José de Chama daughter of
Captain Gregorio Anselmo García de Noriega and María Vigil.

María de la Concepción Ruiz, bt. 6 May 1735, Santa Cruz, NM - d. 26
September 1737, Santa Cruz, NM.

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The one Ruiz family of northern New Mexico with known descendants
living in New Mexico today was that of Antonio Ruiz, identified as
Coyote, b.ca. 1760 (1790 census of the Plaza de San Rafael, Abiquiu
jurisdiction), and whose precise origin is still unknown. Antonio Ruiz
was married with María Isidora Bustos, aka María Isidora González, bt.
15 May 1757, San Juan, NM - d. 25 June 1800, San Juan, NM, daughter of
José Manuel González Bustos and Teresa Loreto Casillas. Antonio and
María Isidora were residents of the Abiquiu jurisdiction living at the
Plaza de Colorado and the Plaza de San Francisco (modern-day Ojo
Caliente, NM). This couple had six known children:

Juana Rafaela Ruiz, bt. 2 October 1779, San Juan, NM.

Manuel Antonio Rafael Ruiz, bt. 26 December 1780, San Juan, NM - d. 20
February 1781, buried 21 February 1781, San Juan, NM.

Casimiro Rafael Ruiz, bt. 4 March 1782, San Juan, NM; md. 1 April
1811, Abiquiu, NM, with María Antonia Martín, bt. 12 April 1793,
Abiquiu, NM, daughter of José Antonio Martín and María de la Luz
Sandoval. Known children of this couple were: 1) María Manuela Ruiz,
bt. 18 May 1823, Abuquiu, NM; and 2) José Vicente Ruiz, bt. 18
February 1826, Abiquiu, NM.

José Miguel Ruiz, b. 15 February 1784, bt. 19 February 1784, Abuquiu,
NM.

María Polonia Ruiz, b. 10 April 1786, Plaza de Colorado, bt. 15 April
1786, Abiquiu, NM.

Juan Cristóbal Ruiz, b. 12 November 1788, bt. 14 November 1788,
Abiquiu, NM; md. 7 December 1812, Abiquiu, NM, to María Manuela
Romero, daughter of Lorenzo Romero and Juana Gallegos. Known daughter:
1) María Soledad Ruiz, b.ca. 1820, Abiquiu, NM, - burial 10 April
1891, Chaparito, San Miguel County, NM; md. 21 June 1841, Taos, NM,
with Miguel Antonio Esquibel, bt. 15 September 1812, San Juan, NM,
(2nd great-grandfather of this researcher—José Antonio Esquibel), son
of José Cipriano Esquibel and Barbara Rafaela Quintana.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF), Diligencias
Matrimoniales (DM 1717, Nov. 1, no. 4, El Paso del Norte; and DM 1774,
no. 17, Santa Cruz); AASF: Roll #52, Abiquiu Baptisms, 1754-1777; Roll
#2, Abiquiu Baptisms, 1777-1811 and 1821-1850; Roll #26, Abiquiu
Marriages, 1777-1826; Roll #96, Chaperito Burials, 1885-1908; Roll #9,
San Juan Baptisms, 1726-1820; Roll #29, San Juan Marriages, 1726-1776;
Roll #37, San Juan Burials, 1726-1827; Roll 313, Santa Cruz Baptisms,
1731-1767; Roll #39, Santa Cruz Burials, 1726-1859; 1790 Census of
Abiquiu in Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New
Mexico, 1750-1830, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 112;
José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish Resettlement
of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited at Mexico City in
1693, (Ruiz cordero family section), forthcoming from the Hispanic
Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.

SILVA

There was a branch of the Silva family established in the area of
Picurís in the latter decades of the 1700s by don Santiago Silva and
doñ Josefa Ponce de León. This couple had at least five children. This
family was enumerated in the 1790 census of Picurís as follows: #58
Santiago Silva, español, 45; Ma Josefa Ponce de León, española, 39; 3
sons: 13, 3, 1.

A year earlier, at the church in Picurís, don Santiago Silva was a
witness to the marriage of Juan Pablo Padilla, resident of New Mexico
for one and a half years. Padilla was described as a native "del Paso
del Norte, soltero, coyote," and was 19 years of age, and the natural
son of Juan Nepomuceno Padilla and Maria del Carmen Vanegas. Padilla's
bride was Maria de los Reyes Aragón, age 16, a daughter of Juaquin
Aragón and Margarita Vásquez. The marriage record for this couple is
dated January 21, 1789. Don Santiago Silva, as a witness for the
groom, gave his own age as 46 (indicating he was born around 1743) and
declared that he was "originario del Paso."

Santiago Silva, the son of Francisco Silva and ---------ntes (name
apparently illegible) was married in October 1771 at the church of
Nuestra Senora de Gudalupe, El Paso del Norte, with Josefa Ponze,
daughter of Juan Joseph Ponze and Casilda Lucero.

Maria Josefa de la Luz Ponce, española, was baptized at the church of
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte, on March 12, 1751, a
daughter of Juan Jose Ponce and Casilda Lucero.

María Josefa de la Luz Ponce de León had a sister named María Petrona,
española, who was baptized on August 1753, Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte. She als had a brother named Joseph Ponce
who was married April 10, 1780, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso
del Norte, with dona Josefa Dias del Carpio [Díaz de Carpio]. This
couple had a daughter named María Feliciana Carpio who was married at
the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte, on June
7, 1794 with Fermín Morro, a native of El Paso and a son of Juan José
Morro and María Ribera.

Extending this family genealogy one more generation, Juan Joseph Ponce
de León, of San Buenaventura [most likely in Nueva Vizcaya] and
Casilda Lucero de Godoy were married November 10, 1744, Nustra Señora
de Guadalupe Church, El Paso del Norte. It appears that further
research on the Ponce de Leon family can be done with records from a
little further south in San Buenaventura, Nueva Vizcaya.

Further research needs to be conducted to determine if this Silva
family was related to the Silva family founded further north in New
Mexico by Antonio de Silva and Gregoria Ruiz.

Don Santiago Silva and doña Josefa Ponce de León had these known
children:

Margarita Silva, md. 27 September 1788, Picurís, NM, with Juan
Cristóbal Sánchez, español, resident of Embudo, son of José Sánchez
and Isabel Fresqui.
Mariano Silva, b.ca. 1774, md.ca. January 1793, Santa Cruz, NM, with
María Manuela Martín, b.ca. 1776, española of El Cerro de Chimayó,
daughter of Julián Martín and Rosa Mascareñas.
Antonio José Silva, b. 9 February 1788, bt. 15 February 1788, Picurís,
NM.
Son (name unknown), b.ca. 1789.
Tomás José de los Dolores Silva, b. 29 December 1791, bt. 2 January
1792, Picurís, NM.
Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AASF Roll 6, San Lorenzo de Picurís Church, Baptismal Records
175 1834; AASF Roll 28, San Lorenzo de Picurís Church, Marriage
Records 1726-1837; Virginia L. Olmsted, New Mexico Spanish and Mexican
Colonial Censuses, 1790, 1823, 1845, New Mexico Genealogical Society
Publication [1790 census of the jurisdiction of Picurís], 123; John B.
Colligan and Terry L. Corbett, "A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses
of El Paso del Norte Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate
Possible Family Groupings."

SILVA continued —

Santiago Silva and doña María Josefa Ponce de León (see above) had
this additional child:

Noberto Vicente de los Dolores Silva, born 6 June 1790, Las Trampas,
NM, bt. 11 June 1790, Picurís. His padrinos are Vicente Montaño and
his wife Rosa Durán y Cháves.

José Mariano Silva, son of Santiago Silva and María Josefa Ponce de
León, was born circa 1774 in the Picurís jurisdiction and died 06
April 1838 in Llano, (Taos County) New Mexico. He was married on 16
June 1793 in Santa Cruz de la Canada, NM, with María Manuela Martín,
daughter of Jose Julián Martín and Maria Rosa (Rosalía) Mascareñas.
There is a pre-nuptial investigation record dated 6 June 1793, Santa
Cruz from which Fray Angélico Chávez extracted this information:
"Mariano Silva (19), espanol of Las Trampas de Picuris, son of Don
Santiago Silva and Dona Josefa Ponce de Leon and Manuela Martin (17)
española of El Cerro de Chimayo, d. of Julian Martin and Rosa
Mascarenas----Witnesses: Clemente Mestas (37) and Juan Roybal (32) of
Las Trampas; Juan Domingo Gonzales (44) Pablo Gonzales (46)" (Chávez,
NMR: 1831, DM June 6, 1793, no. 24, Santa Cruz)

The known children of José Mariano Silva and Maria Manuela Martín
were:

Felipe de Jesús Silva, born 24 February 1798, bt. 25 February 1798,
Santa Cruz de la Cañada, NM.

María Dolores Silva, born 22 March 1799, bt. 24 March 1799, Santa Cruz
de la Cañada, NM.

Juan Miguel Silva, español, born 29 September 1802, bt. 3 October
1802, Santa Cruz de la Canada.

Gabriel Antonio Silva, born 12 March 1806, bt. 12 March 1806, Santa
Cruz de la Canada, NM.

María de la Luz Silva, born 24 September 1809, bt. 29 September 1809,
Santa Cruz de la Cañada, NM.

Maria Theodora de Esquipulas Silva, born 01 April 1812, bt. 11 April
1812, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, NM. She was married circa 1829 with
José Antonio Casillas, son of Juan Andrés Casillas and María Manuela
Romero. Known children:

María Magadalena Casillas, born 23 March 1848, Picurís, N.M.

José Ramón Casillas, born 06 June 1832 Embudo, N.M.

María de la Luz Casillas, born 27 October 1827, Llano, NM, bt. 30
October 1827, San Lorenzo de Picurís, NM.

Jesús María Casillas, born 08 March 1838, Llano, NM, bt. 08 April
1838, San Lorenzo de Picurís, NM.

María Rosalía Silva, born circa 1814. Her known child was:

Juan Marcelino Silva, born 07 March 1854, bt. 12 March 1854 at San
Lorenzo de Picurís. His padrinos were Juan Nepomuceno Frequís and
María de la Luz Casillas, vecinos de San Juan Nepomuceno del Llano. No
father is listed.

Researcher: Benceslado Lopez Jr.

Sources: AASF Rolls #6 & 7, San Lorenzo de Picurés Baptisms 1750-1867;
Santa Cruz de la Canada Baptism 1710-1860; Fray Angélico Chávez, "New
Mexico Roots, Ltd.," unpublished, Santa Fe, 1981: 1831, DM June 6,
1793, no. 24, Santa Cruz.

TRUJILLO —Promising Lead

Diego de Trujillo (ONMF: 107-08), the progenitor of the Trujillo
family of New Mexico, identified himself as a native of Mexico City.
Fray Angélico Chávez noted that in 1632, Trujillo gave his age as 19
or 20, and in 1662 he gave his age as 50, indicating he was born circa
1611-12. In addition, Chávez informs us that Trujillo and his wife,
Catalina Vásquez had a son named Francisco de Trujillo and a daughter
named Ana Moreno de Lara, wife of Cristóbal Baca (ONMF: 10 & 108). For
the purpose of the promising lead presented below, it is also
worthwhile to note that a daughter of Francisco de Trujillo was named
Bernardina de Salas y Oroszco, aka Bernardina de Salas y Trujillo
(ONMF: 49 & 108).

In the early 1600s, there was a couple named Francisco de Trujillo
Villvicencio and doña Mariana de Salas Jorosco (Orozco?) who had been
residents of the Pueblo of Chalco (located 25 miles southeast of
Mexico City) in Nueva España before coming to reside in the town of
Tacubaya near Mexico City. This couple had the following two know
sons: Alonso Moreno de Lara (aka Moreno de Trujillo) and Nicolás de
Trujillo.

Alonso Moreno de Lara was married in the town of Tacubaya, then a part
of the parish jurisdiction of Santa Vera Cruz Church in Mexico City.
He was married on 4 October 1638 with doña Estefania de Ayala y
Manrique. In this marriage record, Alonso's parents were named as
"Franco de truxillo Villvicencio" and "Da Mariana de Salas Jorosco."
Alonso and doña Estefania had several children who used these
combination of surnames: Moreno, Manrique de Trujillo, Manrique de
Lara, and Moreno de Trujillo.

Nicolás de Trujillo, also a native of the Pueblo of Chalco and a
resident of Tacubaya, was married 24 February 1646, Santa Vera Cruz
Church, Mexico City, with Inéz de Trejo.

Could it be that Diego de Trujillo, the progenitor of the Trujillo
family in New Mexico, was another son of Francisco de Trujillo
Villvicencio and doña Mariana de Salas Jorosco? The year of marriage
of Alonso Moreno de Lara indicates that he and Diego de Trujillo were
at least contemporaries, if not brothers. Also, as is apparent, the
use of a variety of similar surnames in both families (de Trujillo,
Moreno de Lara, Salas y Jorosco/Orozco) certainly offers a lead that
is well worth following up on in this case.

For the interested researcher, a good place to begin is in attempting
to locate and review records of the Trujillo Villavicencio-Salas y
Jorosco family from the Pueblo of Chalco, as well as combing through
records from Santa Vera Cruz Church for information pertaining to
other possible members of this family.

For additional material on the Trujillo family see BONMF Vol. 2

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: México, Distrito Federal, Ciudiad de México, Santa Vera Cruz
Church, Matrimonios, 1568-1666, LDS # 0035848.

VALDÉS-BENAVIDES

Chávez identified Francisco Valdés y Bustos (ONMF: 301-302) as having
first married Lugarda Martín and then Tomasa Benavides. A more
detailed study of Francisco Valdés y Bustos and Lugarda Martín through
baptismal records of Santa Cruz reveals that this Francisco Valdés was
not the same person of this name married with Tomasa Benavides.

Francisco Valdés y Bustos, b.ca. 1708, was a natural son of José de
Valdés (ONMF: 301) and Josefa de Ontiveros (aka Pas Bustillos and
Bustos). He was married at Santa Cruz, NM, on 11 October 1723 with
Lugarda Martín, b.ca. 1708 - buried 17 September 1780, Santa Cruz,
daughter of Cristóbal Martín Serrano and María Montoya Paredes.
Francisco and Lugarda remained as long-time residents of the Santa
Cruz area and had at least seven known children:

Francisca Valdés, bt. 12 December 1726, Nambé, NM.

Juan Domingo (I) Valdés y Bustos, bt. 25 February 1733, Santa Cruz, NM
- d. 26 February 1733, Santa Cruz, NM.

María Valdés y Bustos, bt. 5 September 1734, Santa Cruz, NM.

Juan Estevan Valdés y Bustos, bt. 15 January 1736, Santa Cruz, NM.

Matilda Rita Valdés y Bustos, bt. 1 June 1738, Santa Cruz, NM.

Juan Domingo (II) Valdés y Bustos, bt. 2 February 1744, Santa Cruz,
NM.

María Getrudis Valdés y Bustos, bt. 20 January 1750, Santa Cruz, NM.

Francisco Valdés y Bustos and Lugarda Martín were still married and
living in 1766 when they were padrinos for a child baptised at Santa
cruz on March 4th.

Tomasa Benavides died at Santa Fe on 29 April 1762. A record
pertaining to her death and inventory of estate (SANM I: 104)
identifies her as the widow of Francisco Valdés. Tomasa Benavides
appears in the 1750 census of Santa Fe as the head of her household
and is listed with Alexandro Valdés, Manuela Ramos, María Antonia,
Lucía, and two other unnamed children. From this record it appears
that Tomasa Benavides was alredy a widow by 1750. As such, her husband
was definitely not the same person as Francisco Valdés married with
Lugarda Martín. This man's identity and origins have not been
ascertained at this time. Was he a member of the Valdés family that
came from Mexico City to New Mexico in 1694?

As part of the record of Tomasa's inventory of estate we also learn
that she had three children named as: 1) Alexandro Valdés (identified
as a legitimate son), deceased, and his widow was Manuela de Urioste;
2) Francisca, wife of don Francisco Xavier Fragoso; 3) María Antonia,
married with Ysidro Resenes; 4) María Rosa, wife of Joseph Quintana.
In this same record, Juan de Benavides, married, was mentioned as the
brother of Tomasa Benavides.

It appears that Tomasa Benavides and Francisco Valdés had only one
child that survived to adulthood. The daughters of Tomasa Benavides
used various surnames as adults. Most frequently they were known by
the surname of Benavides. As such, it is not certain if these
daughters were children by Francisco Valdés. María Francsica
Benavides, also known as María Francisca Alarí (b.ca. 1747), was
married with don Francisco Xavier Fragoso (ONMF: 176), a native of
Guadalajara. According to sources consulted by Cháves, María Francisca
had been raised in the household of Tomasa Benavides. Could it be that
she was an adopted daughter of Tomasa, or was she a natural daughter
by an Alarí man?

María Antonia Benavides was married at Santa Fe on 2 December 1761
with Isidro Resenes, a native of San Luis Potosí (ONMF: 265). María
Rosa Benavides was the wife of José Quintana and they had these three
children baptized at Santa Fe: 1) José Alexandro Quintana, bt. 1
September 1763; 2) Anselmo Quintana, bt. 27 April 1766; and 3) Manuel
Antonio Quintana, bt. 2 January 1768. There is a baptismal record
dated 21 September 1762 for María Matiana Quintana, daughter of José
Quintana and Rosa Armijo. There are no other Santa Fe baptismal
records for additional children of this couple. As such, it appears
that Rosa Armijo may very well have been the same person of María Rosa
Benavides.

Researchers: Moonyean Hill and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.," 2005, DM
1723, Oct. 1 (no. 6), Santa Cruz; Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa
Fe: Roll #6, Nambé Baptisma, 1707-1727; Roll #15, Santa Fe Baptisms,
1747-1814; Roll #13, Santa Cruz Baptisms, 1731-1767; Roll #39, Santa
Cruz burials, 1726-1859; Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, no.
104; José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish
Resettlement of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited at
Mexico City in 1693, (Bustos family section), forthcoming from the
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.

VALENZUELA

A census of the Bernalillo community made circa 1803 lists Cleto
Valensuela [Valenzuela], age 31 (b.ca. 1772), and his wife María
Manuela Gutíerrez, age 28 (b.ca. 1775). Five children were enumerated
as part of this household: 1) Francisco Antonio, age 12 (b.ca. 1791);
2) Manuel Salvador, age 10 (b.ca. 1793); 3) María Rosalía, age 8 (b.ca
1795); 4) María de los Reyes, age 6 (b.ca. 1797); and 5) Juan, age 1
(b.ca. 1802).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: New Mexico Archives, Museum of New Mexico, Misc. Doc. N.D.
Vol. 78 (family no. 59).

DOMINGUEZ de MENDOZA

Elena Ramírez de Mendoza (ONMF: 24), the wife of Tomé Domínguez, was
also known as Elena de la Cruz. Chávez also accounted for a sister of
hers, Juana de la Cruz y Mendoza, who had come to New Mexico (ONMF:
25).

On August 8, 1625, Tomé Domínguez and Elena de la Cruz, citizens of
Mexcio City gave power of attorney to Francisco Franco in regard to
traveling to the city of Vera Cruz in Nueva España in the matter of
verifying the proof of lineage of Elena de la Cruz. Testimony was
taken from August 30-September 10, 1625 in Vera Cruz. Six witnesses
declared that Elena de la Cruz was a daughter of Bentio París and
Leonor Francisco, both deceased and former residents of Vera Cruz. Her
paternal grandparents were identified as Juan González and Isabel
Gallega, also former residents of Vera Cruz (and very likely deceased
by 1625). Her maternal grandparents were Francisco de Mendoza and
Leonor de Grisaldos, citizen's of Puerto de Santa María in Spain.

>From this information we learn that the Mendoza surname that Elena
Ramírez de Mendoza (aka Elena de la Cruz) contributed to the Domínguez
de Mendoza family name came from her maternal grandfather. The varied
use of surnames in her family is an excellent example of how Spanish
families did not feel restricted to passing on the paternal surname.
This also presents challenges in doing genealogical researcher
concerning Spanish families of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.

The information on the proof of lineage of Elena de la Cruz was
discovered by Professor France V. Scholes many years ago. The document
had been preserved in the archives of the Biblioteca Nacional de
Madrid in Spain. Scholes made an English typescript of the pertinent
information in the document which is now part of the collection of the
France Scholes Papers housed at the Southwest Reading Room at the
University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library. A transcription of the
entire typescript can be read here.

Researcher: France V. Scholes, Ph.D.

Sources: Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, MS 19258 (photos 106-12);
typescript of this record by France V. Scholes as found in: France
Scholes Papers, MSS 360, Box 11, folder 1. Special thanks to Irene
Brandtner de Martínez for providing a photocopy of the typescript and
to Stanley M. Hordes, Ph.D, for providing the precise citation.

ESTRADA

In his last will and testament dated April 19, 1713, Antonio Godines
refered to his "sobrinos" (nephews), Juan García de la Riva and Miguel
de Dios Sandoval. This information identifies Godines, Garcia de la
Riva and Sandoval Martínez as relatives. A close look at the genealogy
of each of these men reveals a common connection with a branch of the
Estrada family of Mexico City.

In his will, Antonio Godines, b.ca. 1660, Mexico City, named his
parents as don Francisco Godines and doña Josefa Estrada. Godines had
come to New Mexico as a widower with his daughter María Luisa Godines.

Juan García de la Riva, b.ca. 1682, Mexico City, came to New Mexico in
1694 with his parents Miguel García de la Riva, b.ca. 1654, Mexico
City, and Micaela de Velasco. His paternal grandparents were Diego
García de la Riva and María de Estrada.

Miguel de Dios Sandoval Martinez, b.ca. 1675-79, Mexico City, also
came to New Mexico in 1694 with his parents Juan de Dios Sandoval
Martínez (b.ca. 1658) and Juana Hernández. When Juan de Dios was
married with Juana Hernández at Santa Catalina Church in Mexico City
on January 6, 1674, he named his parents as Nicolás de Arias and Juana
de Estrada. In 1695, when he sought to marry his second wife, Getrudis
de Herrera, Juan de Dios named his parents as Jacinto de Sandoval
Martínez and Juana de Estrada. Perhaps Juana de Estrada was married
twice, and Nicolás Arias was the stepfather of Juan de Dios Sandoval
Martínez.

The common relations between the Godines, García de la Riva and
Sandoval Martínez families of New Mexico were the Estrada women, doña
Josefa de Estrada, María de Estrada and Juana de Estrada. Based on
this information, Antonio Godines, Miguel García de la Riva and Juan
de Dios de Sandoval were first cousins, and they traveled together
from Mexico City to Santa Fe in 1693-94 to become settlers of New
Mexico. It is not surprising that Godines referred to the sons of his
first cousins as "nephews", which was a common practice in Spanish
society.

A search of the Santa Catalina Martir Church marriage records for
1650-1676 did not turn up any marriage records for the Estrada
sisters. A search of these records was made because there are several
records pertaining to the García de la Riva and Sandoval Martínez
families in these church records indicating they were parishioners of
Santa Catalina Martir Church. It may be worthwhile to report that a
woman named Juana de Estrada, a native of Mexico City and a daughter
of Tomás Pérez and Getrudis de Estrada, who was married at Santa
Catalina Martir Church on 31 May 1666 with a Nicolás Méndez, an orphan
and a native of Ayunpango. Whether Nicolás Méndez was the same person
as Nicolás Arias is yet to be determined. The marriage does not
mention that Juan de Estrada was a widow.

Additional research into the Estrada family of 17th century Mexico
City is now in order and could produce the additional information to
fully confirm the relationship inferred from the current available
information.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish
Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited at
Mexico City in 1693, Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, 1999: 194-199, 207-212, 336-346.

FERNÁNDEZ de la PEDRERA

Teresa Fernández de la Pedrera (ONMF: 175, 283 & 291) made her last
will and testament in Santa Fe on May 11, 1785, while ill and bed-
ridden. She beagn her will by professing her faith in the Catholic
Church and entrusting her souls to God. She declared she had been
married twice. Her first husband was Felipe de Sandoval by whom she
had four children: Antonio José Sandoval, deceased; María Ygnacia
Sandoval, deceased; Pablo de Jesús Sandoval, deceased; and Felipe
Sandoval, living. Through her marriage with Felipe Sandoval, she had
acquired the house that she owned in Santa Fe. She declared that her
son Felipe Sandoval was her only heir of this marriage.

Teresa further stated she was married with don Felipe Tafoya by whom
she had these six children: José Miguel Tafoya; María Felipa Tafoya,
deceased; María Manuela Tafoya, deceased; María Josefa Tafoya; María
Francisca Tafoya, and Antonio José Tafoya, deceased.

Her second husband proceeded her in death and had given to their son
Antonio José the mill that Felipe Tafoya had opperated in his
lifetime. Teresa claimed one tract of land in Santa Fe as her
property. She gave her clothes to her daughter María Framcisca, and
the house she owned to her daughter María Josefa. She also left one
cow to Juan Domingo, el negro, and one cow to Felipe, el indio,
presumably servants of hers.

In concluding her will, she asked that masses be said for her soul and
that of her son, Antonio José. She named as executors of her estate:
Felipe Sandoval, don Juaquín Layn, and Diego Montoya. The wil was
witnessed and signed by Antonio José Ortiz, José Miguel Ortiz and
Pedro Nolasco Ortiz

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Hinojos Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 1, Will of Teresa
Fernández de la Pedrera, May 11, 1785.

LUJÁN-GÓMEZ del CASTILLO —Promising Lead

Juana Luján (ONMF: 187) has been identified as the progenitor of the
Gómez family of 18th century New Mexico. She is known to have had
three children: Francisco Gómez del Castillo, Juan Gómez del Castillo
and Luisa Gómez de Castillo. To date, there has not been any clear
evidence presented to tell us how her children came by the surname of
Gómez del Castillo. Fray Angélico Chávez suggests that Juana Luján her
three children at Guadalupe del Paso by a Gómez Robledo man. Evidence
from two important census records of 1693 and 1697 shows that Juana
Luján came to northern New Mexico with her parents before any of her
children were born. Additional evidence confirms that she was long-
time resident of the Pojuaque area from as early as 1703. In addition,
there is information on a young woman named Juana Luján, a resident of
Santa Fe around 1701-02 who had an illegitimate son born circa. This
Juana Luján was idendtified as a daughter of Matías Luján and
Francisca Salazar, who left Santa Fe to settle in the Santa Cruz area.
Could this be the same Juana Luján who was the mother of the three
Gómez del Castillo children? A comparison of the available information
on these women offers some intriguing insights into this possibility.

Juana Luján #1:

Juana Luján, daughter of Matías Luján (native of La Cañada) and
Francisca Romero, was enumerated in her parents household in the 1693
census of residents of El Paso willing to return to Santa Fe with
Governor Vargas. In this census, Juana's age was given as age eight,
indicating she was born circa 1684-85 (RCR: 60). Her parents were
residents of Santa Fe in 1694 and 1696 (NMR: 1924, DM 1694, January
26, no 17, Santa Fe; NMR: 1580, DM 1696, Feb. 8, no. 4, Santa Fe). Her
mother, Francisca Romero, was listed as a resident of Santa Cruz in
the 1706 census of that jurisdiction.

Juana Luján #2:

Juana Luján, daughter of Matías Luján and Francisca de Salazar
(natives of New Mexico), filed suit against Buenaventura de Esquibel
when he sought to marry another woman. Esquibel had impregnated Juana
and she had given birth to a son who was born circa 1701 in Santa Fe
(NMR: 488f: DM 1702, April 15, no. 5, Santa Fe). He had promised to
marry her and then was forced to do otherwise through the intervention
of his brother, Antonio de Esquibel, and Governor don Pedro Rodríguez
Cubero. In the DM for this case, Juana Luján gave her age as 16 in
1702, indicating she was born circa 1685-86. Juana was awarded 200
pesos (the equivalent of approximately $6,000).

Juana Luján #1:

Matías Luján and Francisca Romero, parents of Juana Luján #1, were in
the area of San Ildefonso by 1701 when they were padrinos for Indian
child baptized at San Ildefonso on 18 December 1701, and for another
Indian child baptized 2 February 1704 at San Ildefonso. In addition,
Francisca Romero was also a madrina for another Indan child baptized
at San Ildefonso on 10 Jaunuary 1703, and for an orhpan girl baptized
25 March 1703, San Ildefonso. Juana Luján was in the San Ildefonso
area as early as 6 October 1703 when she was a madrina with Baltazar
de Matha for an Indian girl. She was also a madrina for two other
Indian children baptized at San Ildefonso on 5 December 1703 and 11
May 1704. Among the marriage records of San Ildefonso Mission are the
following records: Juana Luján and Gabriel Cabrera were padrinos for
Bartolomé Lobato and Juana Carillo who were married at San Ildefonso
on 21 August 1714; she and José Trujillo, el mozo, were padrinos for
Gerónimo de Ortega and Sebastiana de Jesús who were married at San
Ildefonso on 9 July 1715. This Juana Luján is known to have purchased
land near San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1714, and was later married with
Francisco Martín (ONMF: 187).

Juana Luján #2

Juana Luján, daughter of Matías Luján and Francisca de Salazar, worked
as a cook at the Santa Fe Presidio. In 1702, she declared that her
parents were residents of Santa Cruz. She was a first cousin of
Salvador Olguín, Felipa Manzanares, and Simón Martín. (NMR: 488f, DM
1702, April 15, no. 5, Santa Fe).

By all appearances, Salvador Olguín was the same person of this name
who was a son of Juan López Olguín and Ana María Luján (ONMF: 244-45).
Juan López Olguín and Ana María Luján were married in El Paso del
Norte on 30 May 1682 (NMR: 1379, DM 1682, May 30, no. 8). Juan López
Olguín was a son of Captain Salvador Olguín and Magdalena Fresqui. Ana
María Luján was a daughter of Juan Luis Luján and Isabel López del
Castillo. This information indicates that Juana Luján's father, Matías
Luján was also a son of Juan Luis Luján and Isabel del Castillo.

Felipa Manzanares was very likely the person identified as Felipa
Sandoval who was a daughter of Antonia de Sandoval y Manzanares (RCR:
60). Antonia Sandoval, mestiza, age 50 (b.ca. 1652) and single,
testified in the case of Juana Luján against Buenaventura de Esquibel.
Antonia declared she was related to Juana Luján, but did not know how
they were related.

At this time, the parents of Simón Martín have not been positively
identified.

Also, testitfiying on the behalf of Juana Luján was Ana Luján,
mestiza, age 45 (b.ca. 1657) and a widow, who declared she was a first
cousin of Juana Luján. By all apperances, this Ana Luján is the same
person of this name who was listed as the widow with her son Luis
Durán in the 1697 cattle distribution census (BB: Book 2, 1143).

________________

Were both Juana Luján's contemporaries, or were they one and the same
individual? Could the wife of Matías Luján have had a Romero father
and a Salazar mother, or vice versa? If so, this could account for the
use of two different surnames: Francisca Romero and Francisca de
Salazar. To complicate matters, Chávez indicates there was another man
named Matías Luján who was also a resident of the Santa Cruz area in
the early 1700s and was married with Catalina Varela (ONMF: 213)
However, this couple does not appear in the 1706 census of Santa
Cruz.

If these two Juana Luján's were one and the same, could she have used
the money from her suit against Buenaventura de Esquibel to establish
herself in the San Ildefonso area? If they were the same women, we
would have an explanation for the 'del Castillo' part of the Gómez
surname coming from the paternal grandmother, Isabel López del
Castillo, but still no clear explanation has be uncovered for the
'Gómez' part of the name.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AASF Roll 28, San Ildefonso Church, Baptismal Records
(1703-1728) and Marriage Records (1700-1726); Fray Angélico Cháves,
"New Mexico Roots, Ltd." (NMR): 488-90 (DM 1702, April 15, no.5, Santa
Fe); NMR: 1379, DM 1682, May 30, no. 8; NMR: 1924, DM 1694, January
26, no 17, Santa Fe; NMR: 1580, DM 1696, Feb. 8, no. 4, Santa Fe; John
L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dogde, eds., To the Royal
Crown Restored, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1995: 60;
John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dogde, eds., Blood on the
Boulders, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1998: Book 2,
1143; Donald S. Dreeson, transcriber, "Parish Census of Santa Cruz de
los Españoles," New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 28, No. 1, March 1989:
22.

MANZANARES

There are two undated Manzanares wills that are part of the collection
of Morfín Papers housed at the New Mexico Records Center and Archives.
The first is the will of José Manzanares, resident of the Plaza de San
Antonio del Guache along the Rio de Chama. In his will he declared he
was married with Francisca de Paula Lucero and that together they had
ten children of which eight girls and one boy were deceased and only
one daughter was living, María Micaela Manzanares.

José Manzanares further declared that he had two houses, one with
three rooms and another in the Plaza with four rooms. In addition, he
had arancho in the Rio de Chama area with 1400 varas for planting on
the bank of the river and 600 varas on a hill. His other rancho in the
Plaza consisted of 134 varas, and he had still another piece of land
in the Plaza that consisted of 65 varas. Below the Plaza he had 100
varas of land and on the upper side of the same plaza he had 240
varas. His livestock consisted of 16 cows, 3 mules, a mare with a
colt, less that a year old, and 64 head of sheep and goats.

José Manzanares identified the following men as being in debt to him:
Pablo Urbán, Cristóbal Herrera, Vicente Crespín, Francisco Salazar,
Mateo de Herrera, Juan Simón Sandoval, Manuel Gregorio Torres, and
Juan Domingo de Herrera. Manzanares also named his son-in-law, Pedro
Serda, as the executor of his estate, as well as Juan Romero. (Morfín
Papers, Folder 19, Doc. # 23).

There is a marriage record for José Manzanares and Francisca Puala
Madrid, md. 8 September 1766, Santa Clara Pueblo. This could be the
same couple dealt with above.

María Micaela Manzanares, daughter of José Manzanares and Francisca de
Paula Lucero, was married at Santa Clara Pueblo on 14 April 1804 with
Pedro Cerda, son of Juan de la Cerda and María Rosa Salazar. At the
time of her marriage María Micaela and her parents were residents of
Chama (San José de Chama).

The second Manzanares will is that of Juan Manzanares, resident of the
Puesto de San José de Chama. He declared that he was married with
María Madrid and that they had eight children, four sons and four
daughters, all unnamed in the will, except for one son, Andrés
Manzanares. There is no indication in the will about the identity of
the other seven children. Andrés Manzanares was married at Santa Clara
Pueblo on 2 November 1755 with Josepha Sisneros. (Morfín Papers,
Folder 19, Doc. # 25).

Two daughters of Juan Manzanares and María Madrid were:

1. Barbara Manzanares, española, bt. 5 May 1737, Santa Clara Pueblo
(Padrinos: Pablo Martín and Antonia Serda). She is very likely the
same Barbara Manzanares, española, who was married at Santa Clara
Pueblo on 26 September 1753 with Juan Lorenzo Atencio, español. This
couple were named as Juan Lorenzo Atencio and Barbara Madrid when they
were padrinos for Marcelino Manzanares and Barabara Martín, md. 15
January 1765, Santa Clara Pueblo.

2. Juana de Manzanares who was married at Santa Clara Pueblo on 29
October 1757 with Cristóbal Cháves, son of Bernardo Cháves and
Catarina Salazar.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Morfín Papers (Folder 19, Documents #24 & #25), Special
Collection, New Mexico Records Center and Archives; AASF Roll #12,
Church of Santa Clara Pueblo, Baptisms: 1728-1805; AASF Roll #30,
Church of Santa Clara Pueblo, Marriages: 1726-1832.

MÁRQUEZ

One main branch of the Márquez family of New Mexico begins with
Bartolomé Márquez and his wife Damiana Durán, residents of Santa Fe in
the mid-1700s. At this time, no information has been uncovered from
printed or archival sources to confirm the names of the parents of
Bartolomé Márquez, the husband. In fact, there is not enough
information available to make an educated guess as to the family
origins of Bartolomé Márquez. However, it is known that his wife,
Damiana Durán, was a sister of José Durán (also known as José Rincón),
both children of Miguel Durán and María Sebastiana Rincón (SANM I :
no. 550)

Durán-Rincón

In early April 1708, Miguel Durán submitted his prenuptial petition to
marry María Rincón, daughter of Mexico City natives Antonio Francisco
Rincón de Guemes and Antonia de Valenzuela (Chavez, NMR, 445, DM 1708,
April 2, nos. 7 & 11, Santa Fe). Miguel was born circa 1668 at the
hacienda of don Juan Ruiz de Závala (location undetermined). He did
not know the names of his parents and was the widower of María de la
Rosa. Miguel Durán and María Rincón were married and they resided at
Santa Fe. Miguel died at about the age of sixty and was buried in
Santa Fe on July 3, 1727. His burial record identified his widow as
María Sebastiana Guemes Rincón.

María Sebastiana Rincón de Guemes was baptized at the Sagrario of the
Cathedral of Mexico City on August 17, 1686 (LDS microfilm #0035174).
She was the legitimate daughter of Antonio Francisco Rincón de Guemes
and Antonia de Valenzuela, and her padrino was Bachiller Cristóbal de
Paredes. Her parents were married at the Sagrario of the Cathedral of
Mexico City on July 25, 1683 (LDS microfilm #0035269). Antonio
Francisco was a son of Lázaro Rincón and María de León and his wife,
Antonia, was a daughter of Juan de Valenzuela and doña Melchora del
Castillo.

Antonio José Rincón and Antonia Valenzuela recorded their intent to
marry on July 18, 1683 in Mexico City as follows: "Antonio Francisco
Rincon, natural y vesino desta ciudad hijo lexitimo de lasaro Rincon y
de Maria de Leon, con antonia de balensuela, natural desta dicha
ciudad hija lexitima de Juan de Valenmzuela y de Da Melchora del
castillo." This couple married seven days later and their record of
marriage reads as follows: "en veinte y cinco del mes de Julio de mil
seiscientos y ochenta y tres con lizencia del Licdo D. Joseph de
Lezamiz cura de esta Sta iglesia catedral despose por palabras de
presente que hizieron verdadero y lexitinmo matrimonio a Antonio frco
Rincon con Antonio de Valenzuela; siendo testigos el Berl Antonio de
Ocaranza, Baltazar de Peredo y frco de fris presente —signed by D.
Joseph de Lezamiz and B. Dr. Cristóbal de Paredes.

Antonio Francisco Rincón de Guemes and Antonia de Valenzuela were
among the families that volunteered in 1693 as settlers to assist with
the recolonization of New Mexico. This couple came to New Mexico with
five children, including María Sebastiana Rincón de Guemes, arriving
at Sante Fe in the early morning hours of June 23, 1694. Antonio
Francisco was a weaver by trade and was deceased by May 1697 when his
widow and children were given livestock by Governor Vargas and
enumerated in a census of settlers: "108 Annta de Velenza viuda/sus
hijos Joseph Rincon/Ma Rincon/ damiana Rincon" (SANM II: 65;
translation found in Blood on the Boulders: The Journals of Don Diego
de Vargas, New Mexico, 1694-97, Book 2, John L. Kessell, Rick
Hendricks and Meredith D. Dodge, eds., Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1998, p. 1146 [on this page Antonia Valenzuela is
incorrectly named as Antonia Valencia]).

Márquez-Durán

Damiana Durán, wife of Bartolomé Márquez, was apparently the namesake
of her aunt, Damiana Rincón, the sister of María Sebastiana Rincón de
Guemes. She and Bartolomé were married at Santa Fe on January 25,
1728. The witnesses to this union were Juan de Santistevan and Juana
Sisneros. A document in the Spanish Archives of New Mexico identifies
Damiana Durán as having been a sister of José Rincón (aka José Durán).
José had sold land he inherited on the south side of the Santa Fe
River in the Analco settlement for 40 pesos (approximately $120) to
his brother-in-law Bartolomé Márquez. Márquez and his wife, and José
Durán and his wife, were enumerated in the 1750 census of Santa Fe and
were listed one after the other as follows:

Bartolomé [no surname]; Damiana [no surname]; Ma Olalla;

Ana María; Ma Sebastiana; 3 children.

Joseph Duran; Ma Josepha

(Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico,
1750-1830, p. 7)

One of the unnamed children of Bartolomé Márquez and Damiana Durán was
their son Lorenzo Márquez. The documented evidence for this
relationship is found in the will of Diego Padilla dated 1833, Santa
Fe. In this will, Diego Padilla identified his parents as don Ysidro
Padilla and doña Ana María Márquez. In addition, he named his
grandfather as Bartolomé Márquez and his uncle as Lorenzo Márquez
(SANM I: 712). Furthermore, there are a couple of other records that
clearly link Lorenzo to Bartolomé Márquez and Damiana Durán. Lorenzo
Márquez and Bartolomé Márquez were witnesses to a marriage that
occurred in Santa Fe on March 27, 1758. Lorenzo Márquez and Ana María
Márquez were padrinos for an orphan girl christened María Damiana
Márquez at Santa Fe on August 18, 1752.

Márquez-Griego

Lorenzo Márquez, son of Bartolomé Márquez and Damiana Durán, was
married with Apolonia Greigo in Santa Fe on November 3, 1761.
Unfortunately, the names of their parents were not recorded in their
record of marriage. At this time, the names of the parents of Apolonia
Griego are not known. The 1750 census of Sante Fe lists only one
Griego family household. José Antonio Griego and María Tenorio were
enumerated with four children, two of whom were named, María and
Fernando (Olmsted, SMCNM, 5). In addition, living in the household of
Bonifacio de Rezo in that same year was Agustín Griego and his wife,
unnamed. (Olmsted, SMCNM, 8).

In addition to their own children (listed below), Lorenzo Márquez and
Apolonia Griego were padrinos for these orphan children: María
Apolonia Márquez, baptized January 13, 1778, Santa Fe; José Framcisco
Márquez, baptized April 18, 1787, Santa Fe (this child had been left
in the home of Lorenzo Márquez).

Lorenzo Márquez was a sexton by profession. He and his wife were
enumerated as residents of Santa Fe in the 1790 census. His age was
listed as 46, indicating he was born circa 1744, and he was identified
as "español." Apolonia Griego was identified as "española," age 42
(b.ca. 1748). In this couple's household were one son age 16, one
daughter age 14, and three female orphans ages 21, 16 and 7 (Virginia
L. Olmsted, New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790,
1823, 1845, p. 63)

One possible lead in determining the family origins of Apolonia Griego
is that Lorenzo Márquez and his daughter María Josepha Márquez were
padrinos for Andrés Griego, baptized December 2, 1785, Santa Fe, son
of Cristóbal Griego and María de la Luz Segura. Cristóbal Griego and
María de la Luz Segura were married in Santa Fe on December 1, 1765.
Unfortunately, the parents of the couple were not recorded.

Apparently, Lorenzo Márquez was among one of the early settlers of the
San Miguel del Vado area. The will of Diego Padilla dated 1833 makes
mention of "the house of uncle Lorenzo Márquez at El Bado" (SANM I:
712).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: The sources consulted are cited in the text above. The
abbreviations used are: NMR = Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots,
Ltd.", Santa Fe, 1980; SANM = Spanish Archives of New Mexico; SMCNM =
Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico,
1750-1830, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque.

MONTES VIGIL

In 1997, John B. Colligan presented information gathered from his
research efforts in collaboration with those of Dr. Rick Hendricks of
the University of New Mexico's Vargas Project concerning genealogical
information about the ancestry of Francisco Montes Vigil (ONMF: 311).
While conducting archival research in Zacatecas, Mexico, located two
wills of Juan Montes Vigil, a native of Mexico City and a resident of
Zacatecas. The wills are dated 2 October 1682 and 25 April 1683. In
his second will, Juan Montes Vigil identified Francisco Montes Vigil,
husband of María Jiménez, as his natural (illigitimate) son. According
to the wills, Juan Montes Vigil was a son of Juan Montes Vigil and
Catalina de Herrera Cantillana, both deceased and natives of the
kingdom of Castilla.

In addition, it was discovered that Juan Montes Vigil, the husband of
Catalina Herrera Cantillana, was a native of the Parish of San Martino
de Siera, Spain, who had sought passage to the New World as an aid to
don Jacinto Olmos. Colligan extracted the record of passage while
doing research in Sevilla. A summary of the record of passage was
first publised in Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic
Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, April 1997: 1-2). Now, the
Spanish transcription of this record of passage with the most
pertinent information concerning the lineage of the Montes Vigil
family of the San Martino de Siero area is provided here for the
interested researcher. The link is found at the end of this family
section.

The first page (folio 1) of the record of passage carries the date of
22 June 1611 and refers to Juan Montes Vijil as a native of the Parish
of San Martino de Siero who was seeking to go to Nueva España via Peru
as an aid of don Jacinto de Olmos, and a certified statement was made
and signed by Olmos on 3 June 1611.

The critical document begins on folio 4. This valuable document was a
prepared on behalf of Juan Montes Vijil by his uncle, Bartolomé de
Vijil, Regidor (Councilman) of the "Villa del Consejo de Siero." Juan
presented the document to the officials of the Casa de la Cotratación
de las Indias in Sevilla. Bartolomé de Vijil identified his nephew,
Juan Montes Vijil, as a native of the Parish of San Martino de Siero
and decalred thathis nephew was single and was committed to anyone in
the form of marriage nor religious order. He continued to provide
information about the nobilty of the Vijil family, declaring they were
hidalgos (hijos dalgo) and verifying that Juan Montes Vijil was a
descendant of the ancient "casa y solar" (house and manor) of Vijil,
one of the oldest and most prominent families of the San Martino de
Siero area.

Furthermore, Bartolome de Vijil named the parents of Juan Montes Vijil
as Juan Montes Vijil and María de Vijil. Next he named the paternal
grandparents as Lucas Montes de Vijil and Isabel de Vijil. The
maternal grandparents he named as Francisco de Vijil de San Martino
and Catalina de Arguelles.

The last document that is transcribed (folio 5v-6v) is the statement
of Martín García, age 60 more or less, a native of the Consejo de
Siero and a resident of Vega de Poxo in the Parish of San Martino de
Siero. García was an intimate friend of the Montes Vijil family and
provided testimony in regard to their nobility. In addition, he
identified the same parents and grandparents as mentioned by Bartolomé
de Vijil.

Two additional witnesses provided the same testimony. These witnesses
were: Juan de Careses, el Martil, resident of Carese, age 60; Juan
González, resident of Tabladillo of the Consejo de Siero, age 64; and
Juan Fernández del Camino, resident of the Villa de Siero, age 70 more
or less.

Transcription of the Record of Passage for Juan Montes Vijil, 1611

Researcher: John B. Colligan

Source: Archivo General de Indias (AGI), Sevilla, Contratación, leg.
5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611.

RAEL

There is a branch of the Rael family of New Mexico that was founded by
a man named Pedro Marcial Rael who was married with Ysabel Cedillo.
This man was an natural son of Alonso II Rael de Aguilar (see Beyond
ONMF Volume 5). He may be the same person as Pedro Marcial López, a
resident of Alameda, who was married with Ysabel Cedillo on 8 October
1730, Albuquerque (ONMF: 208).

The 1750 census of Santa Fe has this listing: "Marcial Rael; Ysabel;
Maria; Manuel Paulin; 3 children" (Olmsted, SMCNM, 10).

Pedro Marcial's full name is given a prenuptial investigation record
for Lazaro Bartolo Rael, b.ca. 1745, son of Pedro Marcial Rael and
Ysabel Cedillo (Chavez, NMR, 1526, DM 1764, April 25, no. 5, Tomé).
Lazaro Bartolo Rael was seeking to marry Juana Paula Vallejo, b.ca.
1746, a daughter of Bernardo Vallejo and Francisca Silva.

Another son of Pedro Marcial Rael and Ysabel Sedillo was Manuel Paulín
Rael who married Juana Catarina Ángel on November 5, 1753, Santa Fe,
with Estevan Rodríguez (the son of the famed town crier of Santa Fe
and military drummer of Governor Vargas, Sebastián Rodríguez) and
Manuel Ortiz as witnesses. The marriage record for this couple does
not name their parents. Both were identified as españoles. Four years
later, Manuel Paulín Rael enlisted as a soldier of the Santa Fe
Presidio in the place of his father on April 1, 1757. The military
enlistment paper for Manuel Paulin identifies his parents as Pedro
Rael and Ysavel Cedillo. Manuel Paulín was 22 years of age (born about
1735 according to this record), 5'3" tall, with reddish hair and
eyebrows, heavy beard, blue eyes, and fair skin. He used a mark to
sign his papers, rather than a signature. He was discharged from
military service on July 1, 1779 (Olmsted, Spanish Military
Exnlistment, 53; SANM Roll 21, fr. 755).

Paulín Rael and Juana Catarina Ángel had twelve children that were
baptized in the Church of San Francisco de Asis in Santa Fe between
May 1755 and February 1783. Among their compadres were José Rael and
Juliana Antonia Rodríguez (see bt. September 1, 1765, Santa Fe).
Paulin's full name was given as Manuel Paulín Rael when he and Juana
Catarina Ángel were the godparents for an orphan infant that was
baptized in Santa Fe on February 12, 1764.

The 1790 census of Santa Fe provides some valuable information on
Paulín Rael and Juana Catarina Ángel. He was described as being
español, age 61, indicating he was born about 1729. He gave his
occupation as farmer. His wife, Juana Catarina, was desribed as being
"color quebrado," broken color, indicating she probably had brown
color skin as opposed to fair skin, and quite likely had some African
or mulato lineage. Her age was listed as 57, indicating she was born
about 1733. At the time of this census this couple had three sons, one
daughter and one niece living in their household (Olmsted, NMSMCC,
69).

Pedro Marcial Rael (aka Pedro Marcial López a natural son Alonso Rael
de Aguilar (d. 10 April 1735, Santa Fe —ONMF: 263).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots Ltd.," 1526, DM 1764,
April 25 (no. 5) Tomé; Virginia L. Olmsted, Virginia L. Olmsted,
Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico 1750-1830, New Mexico
Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, p. 10; Virginia L. Olmsted, New
Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790, 1823, 1845, New
Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, p. 69; Virginia L. Olmsted,
'Spanish Enlistment Papers of New Mexico 1732-1820," National
genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 1, March 1980, p. 53;
Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF), Roll #15, Santa Fe
Baptisms; AASF, Roll #31, Santa Fe Marriages.

ROBLEDO

On a recent trip to Spain, Charles Martínez y Vigil uncovered records
pertaining to the request for license to travel to the New World
relating to Pedro Robledo and Catalina López (ONMF: 93). These records
consist of 19 pages and are dated 1574. In these records, Pedro
Robledo is identified as a "vecino de lugar de Carmena." Carmena was
in the jurisdiction of Maqueda. Robledo declared he was married and
had children and that he was struggling in Spain to make a living. He
wanted to take his family to Mexico City in New Spain where his
"primos hermanos," Miguel de Sandoval and Catalina Sánchez, resided.
Sandoval and Sánchez are repeatedly refered to as "personas muy ricas"
who had written to him many times encouraging Robledo and his family
to come live with them.

In a document dated 10 November 1574, Villa de Torrijos (about 20
miles from Maqueda), Pedro Robledo declared he was married
legitimately within the Catholic Church with Catalina López and had
these children: Ana, Diego, Luis and Lucía. Again he mentioned his
cousins in Mexico City, Miguel de Sandoval and Catalina Sánchez.
Robledo presented three witnesses on his behalf, Alexo Pérez and Luis
Martín, vecinos del lugar de Carmena, and Sebastián López de Alcabon
[?], vecino of Torrijos.

In the testimony of the witnesses, it is mentioned that the lugar de
Carmena is located within the lands of the Duque de Maqueda. Alexo
Pérez, age 30, confirmed that Pedro and his wife were legitimately
married and named their children as Diego, Ana, Lucía and Luis. He
decribed Robledo and his wife as "gente honrrada y principal." Pérez
further stated that Miguel de Sandoval and Catalina Sánchez were
natives of the same area of Maqueda and were cousins of Pedro Robledo.
This document has two signatures. The first is difficult to read, but
is presumably that of Pedro Robledo. The second signature clearly
reads "Cata Lopez." The handwriting for both signatures is similar and
may indicate that the document was a copy.

Luis Martín, age 25, declared that for all of his life he had known
Pedro Robledo. The rest of his testimony corresponds with that of
Alexo Pérez, as does the testimony of Sebastián López de Alcabon [?].

We learn from other related documents that Pedro Robledo had a nephew
in his care. This nephew, named Luis, was orphaned as a child and
became a ward of Robledo. In 1574, Luis was 16 years old. Pedro sought
license to be granted for him to go to New Spain with his family.
Testimony was collected from several people to confirm the
relationship between Pedro and his ward. On 7 December 1574, in the
lugar de Carmena, jurisduction of Maqueda, Pedro Robledo declared that
his nephew, Luis, had lived with him for the past 10-12 year, and
brought four witnesses to testify to this. The witnesses were Juan de
la Cadena y Vega, Juan de la Casa, and Martín de Ysasaga, and Pedro
López (son of Fancisco López de Sto [? —Santo?]), each of whom
declared they were not related to Pedro Robledo.

Juan de la Cadena y Vega, age 28, vecino de Carmena, declared that he
knew Pedro Robledo and his nephew Luis. He further stated that Luis
was an orphan and had lived in the care of Robledo since he was a
child.

Juan de la Casa, over 50 years old, also a vecino de Carmena, provided
the same testimony, as did Martín de Ysasago, age 30.

Pedro López, 50 years old, son of Francisco López de Sto [? —Santo?],
vecino de Carmena, provided the same testimony and added that the
nephew had been in Robledo's care for the past 10-11 years.

The testimonies were written by Alonso Durán, Public Scribe appointed
by the Duque de Maqueda, don Bernardino de Cárdenas with approval from
the King and his Royal Council.

The information above comes from documents found in the Archivo
General de Indias, Seville, in a collection referred to as
"Indiferente." It is likely that there are related documents still to
be located in the AGI collection known as Contratación. It was at the
Casa de Contratación that people with license to pass to the New World
presented themselves and were accounted for before getting on a ship
for the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

A transcription of the records consulted for this summary has been
prepared by Charles Martínez y Vigil and can be consulted here.

Researchers: Charles Martínez y Vigil (extraction and photocopies) and
José Antonio Esquibel (summary).

Source: AGI, Sevilla, Indiferente, 2055, N.77.

ROMERO de PEDRAZA-Gœ MEZ de ROBLEDO

Francisco Romero de Pedraza (ONMF: 388) was referred to as "an uncle
of Lucia Gomez Robledo, daughter of Andres Gomez Robledo." Actually,
Andrés Gómez Robledo would have been first cousin of Francisco Romero
de Pedraza if we follow Chávez's lead that Francisco was in all
probability the son of Matías Romero (ONMF: 97) and Isabel de Pedraza.
Matías Romero was a son of Bartolomé Romero and Luisa Robledo and the
brother of Ana Robledo who was married with Francisco Gómez, the
parents of Andrés Gómez Robledo (ONMF: 36-37, 95-97).

Note: This is an example of the Spanish custom to refer to the
children of ones first cousin as niece or nephew.

Researcher: Virginia Sánchez

Source: Fray Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families in the
Spanish Colonial Period, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, 1992.

SÁEZ —Promising Lead

Ambrosio Sáez (ONMF: 100) was a native of the Valle de San Bartolomé,
Nueva Vizcaya, and was born circa 1640-42. This man had a son named
Agustín Sáez who returned to New Mexico in 1693 after the thirteen-
year exile at Guadalupe del Paso.

Among the collection of the Parral Archives, there is a letter dated 7
July 1646 written by a Captain Ambrosio Sáez, "vecino y labrador en el
Valle de San Bartolomé," in which he declared he was the carteaker of
the the belongings of General Cristóbal de Ontiveros, apparently
deceased at the time. Sáez mentioned the widow of Ontiveros was doña
María Sáez, perhaps a relative of his. (1645B, fr. 553).

On 4 July 1646, at San José de Parral, Ambrosio Sáez registered a mine
"que esta de quarenta leguas deste Real camino carril de carros del
Nuevo Mexico azia el oriente y pasando el ultimo bando del Rio de
Sacramento. He titled his mine "la mina de Sacramento." In this claim
he mentioned the name of a son, Juan Sáez, and he mentioned a brother,
"Capitán Antonio Saes, mi hermano." (1645B, fr. 556-557)

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: El Archivo de Hidalgo del Parral, 1645B, frames 553-557
(Carta del Capitán Ambrosio Sáez vecino y labrador en el Valle de San
Bartolomé, July 7, 1646), microfilm copy from the collection of the
New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces, NM.

VALLEJOS GONZÁLEZ

Manuel Vallejo González (ONMF: 303), progenitor of the Vallejos family
of New Mexico, was first married with María Nicolasa López in Mexico
City. This couple presented themselves to the authorities of the
Catedral de México to record their banns of matrimony on September 4,
1682. The banns record provides tha names of the parents of Manuel
Vallejo:

"Manuel Vallejos nl del Pueblo de Alasingo [sic Acasingo] del obispado
de la Ciudad de los Ángls y vezo desta de sies años aesta parte hijo
lexmo. De Juan Vallejo y de Ana Gonzales i con María Nicolasa mestisa
nl y veza desta ciud."

This couple were wed at the Sagrario of the Catedral de México, Ciudad
México, on September 10, 1682. Witnesses to this union were: Captain
Pedro Delgado, Antonio Delgado, and Francisco de Herrera. The
oficiating priest was Bachiller Manuel Delgado Monzón. Manuel Vallejo
and María Nicolasa were the parents of two known children: Ángela
Vallejo, bt. October 16, 1685, Catedral de México, and Miguel Vallejo,
bt. 1 March 1689, Catedral de México.

Widowed of his first wife, Manuel Vallejo entered into his second
marrige with María Getrudis López de Arteaga. According to the banns
of matrimony of this couple, which were recorded at the Catedral de
México, Ciudad México, on May 6, 1691, María Getrudis was a daughter
of Bernabé López and María Benites. Manuel and María Getrudis were
married at the Sagrario of the Catedral de México on May 20, 1691.
Witnesses to this union were Joseph Vasarena and Francisco de Herrera.
The oficiating priest was once again Bachiller Manuel Delgado Monzón.

Manuel Vallejo and his wife enlisted as colonists for New Mexico in
1693. María Getrudis was in the last months of a pregnancy when this
expedition to New Mexico left Mexico City in early September 1693.
Something around mid-late September 1693, María Getrudis went into
labor, and died in childbirth. It appears that her child survived the
birth since subsequent muster rolls show an additional child in the
household of Manuel Vallejo. This additional child was a son.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: LDS microfilm #0035255 (Información Matrimonial, Asunción
Church, Mexico City, 1653-1693); LDS microfilm # 0035269 (Matrimonios
de Espñoles, Asunción Church, Mexico City, 1672-1688), LDS microfilm #
0035270 (Matrimonios de Espñoles, Asunción Church, Mexico City,
1688-1701); LDS microfilm # 0035175 (Bautismos de Españoles, Asunción
Church, Mexico City, 1685-1695); José Antonio Esquibel and John B.
Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the
Families recruited at Mexico City in 1693, Hispanic Genealogical
Research Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1999: 48 & 422.

VÁSQUEZ de LARA

To date, no additional information concerning the genealogy of some of
the early known ancestors of the Vásquez de Lara family, has been
published. The earliest know ancestors are don Juan de Villaseñor y
Seronis and doña Elvira de Tovar y Enríquez and don Pedro de Sandoval
and doña Catalina Fernández. If there has been additional information
uncovered concerning these individuals, it has not yet been published.
Presumably, there have been no breakthroughs regarding the Villaseñor-
Seronis, Tovar y Enríquez and Sandoval-Fernádez families. Curiously,
these people represent the earliest known ancestors of any New Mexico
family. There are no other proven New Mexico family lineages that can
be taken back into the 1400s at this time.

To help spur interest in further research of the families mentioned
above, some additional tidbits of information are provided here from
research conducted by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi. In an article
published in 1949, Dávila Garibi wrote that don Juan de Villaseñor y
Seronis was a Comendador de la Orden de Santiago and Alcalde de la
Forteleza de Zaragoza. Don Juan de Villaseñor y Seronis is the second
ancestor of any New Mexico family to be identified as a Knight of the
Order of Santiago (the first is don Diego de Orozco, Comendador de
Pozo-Rubio en la Orden de Santiago and husband of doña Guiomar de
Sandoval y Fernández). In all likelihood, don Juan de Villaseñor y
Seronis was a member of a noble family. This presupmtion is in part
supported by the family name of his wife, doña Elvira Tovar y
Enríquez. This couple most likely lived during the early half of the
1400s. At this time, those who used the Enríquez surname were ususally
the descendants of King don Enrique of Trastamara (r. 1369-1379).
Dávila Garibi wrote that doña Elvira de Tovar y Enríquez was "very
closely related to the Marqueses de Berlanga and the Duques de
Frías" ("emparentada muy cerca con los Marqueses de Berlanga and the
Duques de Frías"). Unfortunately, Dávila Garibi does not provide the
specific source and citation for this information. Here we are left
knowing that there is a possible connection to the upper nobility of
Castilla, but without the source to confirm this information.

In regard to don Pedro de Sandoval and doña Catalina Fernández
(parents of doña Guiomar de Sandoval y Fernández), Dávila Garibi
wrote: "all old Christians of the illustrious House of Aragón and of
pure bloodline, descendents of the Conquistadores of Jaen and of
Murcia" ("todos ellos cristianos viejos, de la ilustre casa de Aragón
y de limpia sangre, desciendentes de los Conquistadores de Jaén y de
Murcia"). In this sentence, Dávila Garibi is declaring that these
families of for the royal House of Kingdom of Aragón. In fact, since
don Juan de Villaseñor y Seronis was Alcalde de la Fortaleza de
Zaragosa, then it seems that the Kingdom of Aragón (specifically the
area of Zaragoza) would be the area to concentrate additional
research. Taking our lead from Dávila Garibi, there appears to be
information somewhere to confirm the lineage of the Villaseñor y
Seronis and the Sandoval-Fernández as being related to the high
nobility of medieval Spain.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Lic. J Ignacio Dávila Garibi, "El Comendador D. Leonel de
Cervantes" in Memorias de la academia Mexicana de genealogía y
heráldica, año v, México, ene a dic. De 1949, nums 8 y 9, p. 40. For
some additional background on how these families are related to
descendants in New Mexico see BONMF Vol I Pt ii .

ARMIJO -Promising Lead

The known progenitors of the Armijo family of New Mexico were José de
Armijo and Catalina Durán, both natives of Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia
(ONMF: 136). To date, research into the Armijo family of Zacatecas has
produced only promising leads (see BONM Vol. 2). Another promising
lead provides information that suggests the possibility that José de
Armijo was married previously.

There is a marriage record dated 11 September 1667, Santa Catarina
Martir Church, Mexico City, for Joseph de Armijo, mestizo and native
of Zacatecas, son of Antonio de Armijo and Damiana Violante, and
Antonia Hernández, mestiza and native of Mexico City, daughter of
Felipe de la [Cruz?] and Bernardina de la Trinidad. The witnesses to
this union were Bachiller Pedro Ruiz de Salvatierra and Nicolás de
Meras, both priests. [See transcription below]

It is not yet known if this Joseph de Armijo remained in Mexico City
or returned to Zacatecas. No children of this couple have been
identified. If this is indeed the same person as José de Armijo who is
one of the progenitors of the Armijo family of New Mexico, he could
have returned to Zacatecas, and after the death of Antonia Hernández
married Catalina Durán. It is well known that the Armijos who settled
New Mexico were regarded as mestizos. This information lends some
support to the possibility that Joseph de Armijo, a mestizo married
with Antonia Hernández, may be the same person as José de Armijo, the
father of the Armijo siblings that came to New Mexico with their
mother.

Additional information that would assist in confirming the identity of
the men mentioned above includes a marriage record for José de Armijo
and Catalina Durán that names Jose as a widower. Even a burial record
for Antonia Hernández, particularly for Zacatecas, would be helpful.

Transcription:

Casados

Joseph de Armijo con

Anta hernandes

Mestisos

En once dias del mes de septiembre del año de mil seis cientos i se//
senta i siete Yo el Mor francisco Anto Ortiz Cura Bo por su Magd// de
esta Parroquia de Sta Catharina Mr Casse en ella segun derecho// por
palabras de presente que estaren verdadero Matrimonio a Joseph// de
Armijo mestiso natural de la ciudad de Nra Sra de los Sacatecas//
[blot]ociston hijo de Antonio de Armijo i de Damiana Violante// con
Antonia hernandes mestisa natural de esta dicha Ciudad hija// de
felipe de la [Cruz?] i de Bernardina de la Trinidad fueron// testigos
a la selebracion del matrimonio el Br Po Ruis de Salvatie//rra i
Nicolas de Meras, Presbiteros

Mor Franco Anto Ortiz (rubric)

Researcher: Angelo Cervantes; record transcription by Charles Martinez
y Vigil

Source: Santa Catalina Martir, Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal,
Mexico, LDS microfilm #0036027.

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An additional promising lead in the genealogy of the Armijo family is
this following tidbit from the marriage records of Puebla de los
Angeles, Nueva Espana. Antonio de Armijo, son of Francisco de Armijo
and doña Leonor de Orozco was married on 27 July 1614 at the Catedral
de Puebla with dona Francisca de Medina, daughter of Alonso Ximénez
Medina and Gerónima Galindo. There is yet no clear indication of how,
or if, these Armijos were related to the later branch of Armijos of
the Zacatecas area. The information is simply presented as a possible
piece of the genealogical puzzle of the Armijo family.

Researcher: Jose Antonio Esquibel

Source: Marriages 1585-1639, Catedral de Puebla, Puebla de los
Angeles, Puebla, Mexico, LDS #0227701

BORREGO

Don Diego Vásquez Borrego (ONMF: 149) was married two times. The name
of his first wife is not known, but he had one son from this union,
Manuel Vásquez Borrego. Don Diego was then married with Rosa de
Altamirano who remained a resident of the Valle de Toluca after don
Diego came to New Mexico. This couple had two known sons, Juan Diego
Vásquez Borrego and Agustín Vásquez Borrego.

While in New Mexico, don Diego fathered two natural sons, Francisco
Vásquez Borrego and Diego Felipe Vásquez Borrego. The mother of Diego
Felipe has been identified as Catarina Gutiérrez but nothing is known
of her (see bt. 5 July 1780, Santa Clara for María Guadalupe Borrego).

Manuel Vásquez Borrego married doña Micaela Lucero and this couple
were residents of El Paso del Norte where they raised their children:
María Antonia Vásquez Borrego, Luisa Vásquez Borrego, Antonio Vásquez
Borrego, Manuel Bernardino Vásquez Borrego, Diego Vásquez Borrego, and
José Vásquez Borrego.

Francisco Vásquez Borrego and Diego Felipe Vásquez Borrego were
claimed as heirs of their father estate and married in New Mexico
becoming the progenitors of the Borrego family of New Mexico.

For the history of don Diego Vásquez Borrego see "Don Diego Vásquez
Borrego: Adventurer and Prominent Rancher of of Belen, 1733-1753", a
paper presented on April 14, 2000, at the Historical Society of New
Mexico's 2000 Annual Meeting and Conference, University of New Mexico
Valencia Campus. For genealogical information on the descendants of
don Diego Vásquez Borrego, please consult these articles by José
Antonio Esquibel:

"Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography," in Nuestra Raices, Vol 5,
No. 2, Summer 1993: 54-58.

"A Pioneering Family: Immediate Descendents of Don Diego Vásquez
Borrego," in Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1993: 59-64.

"Addendum to 'Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography'," in Nuestra
Raíces Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1994: 90-91.

In regard to another branch of the Borrego family in New Mexico see:

"Los Borregos de San Juan: Luis Borrego and His Descendents," in
Nuestra Raíces Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1995: 116-131.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM I: 98, 103, 178; Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and
Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1820, New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque, 1981; José Ortega, S.J., "Maravillo redución y
conquista de la prvincia de San Joseph del Gran Nayar, Nuevo Reino de
Toledo," in Apostólicos afanes de la Compania de Jesúsen su provincia
de México, Editorial Layac, México, 1944.

DELGADO

Don Manuel Delgado (ONMF: 168-169) was Teniente del Real Presidio de
San Elizario in the jurisdiction of El Paso del Norte when he was
married at the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe on June 22, 1779.
His marriage record described him as a native of the Real y Minas de
Pachuca and the legitimate son of don Antonio Delgado and doña Xaviera
Chabarría. His bride was doña María Josefa García de Noriega,
legitimate daughter of don José García de Noriega and doña Rosalía
Velarde, vecinos of El Paso del Norte. The witness to this union was
Juan José Gradillos. Don Manuel and doña Josefa were veiled January 8,
1781.

Fray Angélico Cháves had thought that because of the age disparity
between don Manuel and doña Josefa, as found in the 1790 census of
Santa Fe, that don Manuel may have had a previous wife. The marriage
record for this couple indicates he was single when he and doña Josefa
were married.

Don Manuel Francisco Delgado, progenitor of the Delgado family of New
Mexico, was baptized December 30, 1738, Pachuca, Nueva España. His
parents, Antonio de Molina Delgado and Juana Xaviera de Rivera
Chavarría were residents of the area of Pachuca, Nueva España also had
these other children:

Juana Josepha de Molina Delgado, baptized about March 6, 1725,
Pachuca, Nueva España (State of Hidalgo, Mexico).
Manuel Antonio de Molina Delgado, baptized about January 22, 1727,
Pachucha, Nueva España (State of Hidalgo, Mexico).
Francisco Lorenso de Molina Delgado baptized about August 14, 1732,
Pachuca, Nueva España (State of Hidalgo, Mexico).

There is a diligencia matrimonial (pre-nuptial investigation record)
from the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte,
dated December 5, 1778 for don Manuel Delgado, Teniente of the
Presidio of Agua Verde, legitimate son of don Antonio Delgado and doña
Juana Rivera Chavarría, both deceased citizens of the Real de Pachuca,
and doña María Josepha García de Noriega, legitimate daughter of
Captain Of the Militia don Joseph García de Noriega and doña Rosalía
Velarde Cosio, native and citizen of El Paso. (Catholic Archives of
Texas 3: 780, only a fragment of the DM survives). From this
information, it appears that doña Rosalía Velarde Cosio may have been
a descendant of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde (native of Asturias, Spain)
and doña Juana de Valverde y Cosio (ONMF: 308).

Doña Rosalía Velarde was enumerated as a widow in the 1790 census of
El Paso as follows —Velarde, Da Rosalia: Española, 50, has two sons,
20 and 14; two daughters, 14 and 12; a female orphan, 8 (1790-607).

Researchers: Edmundo Delgado, Claire Ortiz Hill, José Antonio
Esquibel, John B. Colligan and Terry L. Corbett.

Sources: Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Marriages, LDS microfilm
#0162719; Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, Baptisms, LDS microfilm # 1985245;
International Genealogical Index, Mexico; John B. Colligan and Terry
L. Corbett, "A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses of El Paso del
Norte Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate Possible Family
Groupings".

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DELGADO continued

A search of the International Genealogical Index, available on line at
familiysearch.com provides some valuable information regarding the
Delgado family of Pachuca. The parents of Manual Delgado (ONMF: 168)
were don Antonio Delgado and doña Xaviera Chavarria. For information
about this couple and their other children, see BONMF Vol. 5.

Two additional siblings of Manuel Delgado that were baptized at the
Church of Asunción in Pachuca were Maria Xaviera, bt. August 14, 1723,
Luysa Gonsaga Delgado bt. June 23, 1729, and Maria Ysabel, baptized
bt. July 8, 1733 (LDS film number 1985245). The parents are identified
as Antonio de Molina Delgado and Juana Xaviera Chavarria.

The mother of Manuel Delgado, Juana Xaviera Chavarria appears to be
the same person listed as Juana Jabiera Chabarria Hurena, bt. 28 June
1701, La Asuncion Church, Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo (near Pachuca).
Her parent's names are given as Pedro de Chabarria Buitron and Maria
Francisca de Hurena.

There are two marriage record listing related to the parents of Juana
Xaviera Chavarria Buitron. The first is dated 1 September 1698, La
Asuncion Church, Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo, for Pedro de Chabarria
and Maria Francisco de Vrena [Urena]. The second is dated 23 February
1700, La Asunción Church, Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo, for Pedro de
Chavarria Guitron and María Francisa de Vrena [Urena]. Most likely,
the first record is the marriage record and the second is a record of
velacion (veiling).

Researchers: Claire Ortiz Hill

Source: International Genealogical Index (www.familysearch.com). It is
highly recommended that the interested researcher order the microfilm
copies of the church records noted above to extract the actual
records. These records are likely to contain additional valuable
information, particularly the names of padrinos and parents. Please
consider sharing these extraction on the 'Beyond ONMF' web site.

GUADALAJARA

Fray Angélico Chávez indicated that Don Diego de Guadalajara (ONMF:
42-43) was a native of Oaxaca and married in New Mexico, although the
name of his wife was unknown. In a letter to Inquisition officials
dated July 9, 1679, Santo Domingo, Fray Juan Bernal mentions that the
padrinos for the marriage of Diego Romero (son of Gaspar Pérez and
María Romero) and doña Catalina de Zamora (daughter of Pedro Lucero de
Godoy and Petronila de Zamora) were don Diego de Guadalajara and his
wife doña Josepha de Zamora.

Doña Josefa de Zamora was deceased at this time and her husband was in
New Spain where he was serving as Alcalde Mayor of Metepec in the
Valle de Toluca.

A question remains. Was doña Josefa de Zamora a younger daughter of
Bartolomé de Montoya and María de Zamora, or was she an older daughter
of Pedro Lucero de Godoy and Petronila de Zamora?

Chávez informs us that don Diego de Guadalajara had a daughter,
Jacinta Bernardo y Quiros, also known as Jacinta Guadalajara y Quiros,
who was born around 1640. Jacinta became the wife of Felipe Romero
(ONMF: 43, 97).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, 629, exp. 2, f.
115v.

GURUL‹

There is now a Gurulé family website devoted to the history and
genealogy of the Gurulé family of New Mexico. It is quite an
attractive website and promises to be not only informative but useful
in connecting Gurulé descendants with many their cousins. The site is
managed by Angela Lewis, a descendant of the Gurulé family, and was
designed by Leon Moya.

The web site can be visited is at:

http://www.gurulefamily.org

LÓPEZ HOLQUÍN

On May 22, 1626, in the Villa de Santa Fe, Juan López Olguín (Chávez,
ONMF: 81) provided testimony before Inquisition officials in regard to
the case of Diego de Vera (Chávez, ONMF: 112), declaring that Diego de
Vera was married with his granddaughter. López Olguin stated he was
close to 64 years of age and signed his testimony. Immediately
following was the testimony of Catalina de Villanueva, "muger de Capt.
Juan López Olguín," who provided the same testimony and gave her age
as "close to 50 years" (b.ca. 1576). Both were described as "besinos
fundadores de Santa Fe" ("founding vecinos of Santa Fe).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, tomo 356, f. 303.

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LÓPEZ HOLQUÍN

Juan López Holguín (ONMF: 81) is one of a number of common ancestors
for people with roots in Spanish colonial New Mexico. When Juan López
Holguín enlisted in 1599-1600 as member of the expedition to reinforce
the colony in New Mexico established under the leadership of don Juan
de Oñate he described himself as age forty, a native of Fuente Ovejuna
and a son of Juan López Villasana. The recent extraction of the
baptismal record of Juan López Holguín confirms this information and
provides the name of his mother:

Bt. 9 February 1559, Church of Nuestra Castillo, Fuente Ovejuna,
Spain, Juan, hijo de Juan Lopez de Villa Sana y de Isabel Ruiz.
Padrinos: Gregorio Belena y Francisco Cavallero
Madrinas: Elvira [Belena] y Maria Fernandez, esposa de Bartolome Gomez

Researchers: J. Richard Salazar and Robert D. Martinez for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico, Dr. Stan Hordes, Director.

Source: Iglesia de Nuestra Senora del Castillo, Fuente Ovejuna, Spain
Bautismos, Libro 2, f. 85v, 9 Feb 1559

LÓPEZ de GRACIA

As indicated by Fray Angélico Chávez, Andrés López de Gracia ( a
resident of the Isleta jurisdiction in 1638) was a brother of
Sebastiana López de Gracia, wife of Diego González de Apodaca (Chávez,
ONMF: 55-56). Information from a pre-nuptial investigation dated
August 5, 1729, provides information that confirms that Andrés and
Sebastiana had two sisters, Isabel López de Gracia (wife of Pedro Rico
de Rojas) and Lucía López de Gracia (wife of José Nieto).

The pre-nuptial investigation took place in Santa Fe surrounding the
intention of José Antonio Rodríguez, widower of Juana Gertrudis de
Tapia, who sought to marry María Gerónima Montaño. An impediment of
affinity was described by witnesses who stated that Juana Gertrudis
(daughter of Francisco de Tapia and María Magdalena Nieto) and
Gerónima (daughter of Lucas Montaño and Juana de Anaya Almazán) were
third cousins. One of the witnesses was the maternal grandmother of
Juana Gertrudis, Petrona Pacheco who was the wife of Cristóbal Nieto.
Another witness was José González de Apodaca who declared that the
prospective bride was a grandchild of a female first cousin of his.
Although no specific lineage with names has been preserved in the
record, it is clear from the testimonies that Juana Gertrudis and
Gerónima were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity. This
indicates they had a set of second great-grandparents as common
ancestors. Exploring the ancestry of these two women, the following
lines of descent can be established:

Lucía López de Gracia (siblings/1st degree) Isabel López
de Gracia

Cristóbal Nieto (1st cousins/2nd degree) Felipe de Cedillo Rico
de Rojas

María Magdalena Nieto (2nd cousins/3rd degree) Juana de Anaya
Almazán

Juana Getrudis de Tapia (3rd cousins/4th degree) Gerónima Montaño

These lineages substantiate the relationship between Lucía López de
Gracia and Isabel López de Gracia as sisters and supports the
testimony of Petrona Pacheco. In addition, it is the statement of José
González de Apodaca that leads to information linking these two López
de Gracia women with Sebastiana López de Gracia and Andrés López de
Gracia. González de Apodaca declared that Gerónima Montaño's
grandmother (Felipa Cedilla Rico de Rojas) was a first cousin of his.
As it turns out, González de Apodaca was a son of Diego González de
Apodaca and Sebastiana López de Gracia (Chávez, ONMF: 5). Felipa
Cedillo Rico de Rojas was a daughter of Pedro Cedillo Rico de Rojas
and Isabel López de Gracia (Chávez, ONMF, 285). This establishes that
Sebastiana López de Gracia was sister of Isabel, and thus also of
Lucía López de Gracia and Andrés López de Gracia.

Still, another member of the López de Gracia family was María López de
Millán, briefly alluded to by Chávez (ONMF: 56, 109). On May 24, 1661,
María López Millán, "mestiza o lo mas castiza," provided testimony
before Inquisition officials at Isleta Pueblo in the case against
Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. In her testimony she
declared that she was was 48 years of age (b.ca. 1613) and the wife of
Francisco de Valencia (age 54 —b.ca. 1607), and mentioned her sister
Sebastiana de Gracia, estanciera, owner of an estancia located one
league from the pueblo of Quarac. María López Millán lived with her
husband at their estancia located one league south of the Isleta
Pueblo. This additional information indicates that María López Millán
was another sister of the López de Gracia siblings.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: 1571 (DM 1729, August 5,
Santa Fe); Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, tomo 593, ff.
63, 80-82.

LÓPEZ del CASTILLO

On April 23, 1706 seventy years before the American Revolution the
creation of a new town had began. A spacious church had been completed
and a house for the priest was well under way. A start had been made
on the government buildings for local officials. The settlers had
finished their houses, which were provided with corrals for livestock.
Irrigation ditches were open and running. Crops were sown. The town
was in good order, well-arranged, and all had been achieved without
any expense to the royal treasury. This last implied that the people
themselves had borne the entire costs for the town's founding. One of
these settlers was Pedro López del Castillo (ONMF: 207) and his wife
María de Ortega who along with twelve other families should get credit
for its founding. It was these families in the remote area of New
Mexico in 1706 began what today is the City of Albuquerque.

In 1705 el Alférez Pedro López was listed under the command of don
Fernando Duran y Cháves and Captain Juan de Uribarrí. Listed just
below Pedro López del Castillo is Joseph López. This José López could
very well be Pedro's son.

Don Diego de Vargas distribution of livestock and supplies in Santa
Fe, dated May 1, 1697, lists the following family: Pedro López along
with María de Ortega and the following children, Pedro, José, Franca
[Francisca], Juan. This family received 9 varas of wool, 7.5 of
basize, 19 mantas, 15 sheep, 8 goats , 2 cows, 2 bulls.

In "Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688" compiled by
John B. Colligan, the following baptism can be found: baptized 25 Jan
1681, Gregorio, Spaniard, legitimate son of Pedro López and María de
Ortega. Godparents: Joseph de Padilla and María López.

The following were the children of Pedro López del Castillo and María
de Ortega: Gregorio López del Castillo, José López del Castillo, Juan
López del Castillo, Pedro Asención López del Castillo, Francisca López
del Castillo, and María Miceala López del Castillo, all children of
one of the founding families of Albuquerque.

Researcher: Benceslado Lopez Jr.

Sources: John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, Meridith D. Dodge, eds.
Blood on the Boulders: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New
Mexico, 1694-97, Book II: 1138 (Distribution of livestock and supplies
in Santa Fe, May 1, 1697); "Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book
of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte,
1662-1688," compiled by John B. Colligan.

LUCERO

Licenciado Diego Lucero (Luzero), a priest who also identified himself
as Bachiller Diego Lucero de Godoy, brought charges before the
Inquisition in May 1674 against Diego Romero, aka Diego Pérez, for
having two wives, one in Guanajuato and the other, his niece doña
Catalina de Zamora y Godoy, in New Mexico. Bachiller Diego Lucero de
Godoy stated he was a brother of Maestre de Campo Pedro Lucero de
Godoy (ONMF: 59). In his testimony, Diego Lucero declared that he was
50 years old (b.ca. 1624), and stated that he lived next to the Church
of Santa Catalina Martir in Mexico City.

Diego Pérez had married with María Rodríguez, mestiza, in the parish
church of Llanos de Silas near Guanajuato on November 13, 1673. His
name was recorded as Diego Pérez de Salazar and he declared he was the
widower of doña Catalina de Zamora, falsely identifying her as a
native of Tescuco and a vecina of Pueblo de los Ángeles where he
claimed she died. In actuality, Diego had been previously exiled from
New Mexico and doña Catalina had refused to leave New Mexico to join
him in New Spain. She was still living at the time of Diego's second
marriage.

The case against Diego Romero, son of Gaspar Pérez and María Romero
(ONMF: 87), was brought to New Mexico in which testimony was gathered
at Santa Fe in May 1675 from various members of the Lucero and Romero
families as well as from witnesses to the marriage of Diego Romero and
doña Catalina de Zamora, daughter of Pedro Lucero de Godoy and
Petronila de Zamora (ONMF: 59). The witnesses included: Sargento Mayor
Juan Lucero de Godoy; doña Francisca Gómez Robledo (española); Captain
Juan de Mondragón (español), vecino of Santa Fe; Maestre de Campo
Pedro de Leyba (español), age 60, vecino of the jurisdiction of the
Tanos; Diego González Bernal, age 49, blacksmith, vecino of Santa Fe
and married with Felipa de Ortega; Maestre de Campo Juan Griego
(mestizo); and Captain Hernan Martín (mestizo), age 49, married with
María de Madrid.

Inquisition officials requested a copy of the marriage record of Diego
Romero and doña Catalina de Zamora. However, the oldest book of
marriages for the Santa Fe Convento began on January 1, 1648, and the
couple had been married earlier than this date.

The first to testify at Santa Fe on May 28, 1675, was Juan Lucero de
Godoy, vecino of the jurisdiction of Sandia, age 51 (b.ca. 1624), and
married with doña Juana de Carabajal (Carvajal). He declared he was
first married with Luisa Romero and that the wedding occurred in the
Palace of the Villa de Santa Fe. On the same day and also at the
Palace, Juan's father, Pedro Lucero de Godoy, was married with doña
Francisco Gómez Robledo, and Juan's sister, doña Catalina de Zamora,
was married with Diego Romero. The presiding priest was Fray Juan de
Vidana. All the witnesses in this case declared this to be true, and
confirmed that doña Catalina de Zamora was still living.

The actual day of the marriage of these three couple is not given by
witnesses, but later testimony seems to indicate that the marriages
took place in 1641.

The case was still in progress years later. On July 9, 1679, Fray Juan
Bernal provided a response for Inquisition officials in which he
mentioned that don Diego de Guadalaxara and his wife doña Josefa de
Zamora, were the padrinos for the marriage of Diego Romero and doña
Catalina de Zamora.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, 629, exp. 2, ff.
93-195.

LUNA

Diego de Luna (ONMF: 65) gave testimony on May 29, 1662 at the Pueblo
of Sandia in which he declared he was a vecino of the jurisdiction of
Sandia, 31 years old (b.ca. 1631) and a native of La Cienega in New
Mexico. He named his wife as Elvira García and identified Tomás García
as his brother-in-law, apparently the brother of Elvira García.

Diego de Luna was described racially as "menos que mestizo."

We learn from a later record that Diego de Luna's mother was María
Jaramillo (Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored:
59).

In December 1692-January 1693, Captain Diego de Luna and his wife
Elvira García were enumerated in the list of New Mexico residents at
El Paso who were committed to resettling northern New Mexico. In their
household were two sons, Antonio, age 15, and Nicolás, age 5, and one
daugher named Gregoria, age 24. Also in his househould was his mother
María Jaramillo and numerous servants.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN Inquisition, tomo 593, f. 335-337; John L. Kessell, Rick
Hendricks, and Meredith D. Dodge, eds. To the Royal Crown Restored:
The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-1694, University
of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, 1995.

MONDRAGÓN

Providing testimony at Santa Fe on May 28, 1675, Captain Juan de
Mondragón (ONMF: 75), vecino of Santa Fe, declared he was español, age
66 (b.ca. 1609), and a widower of María Escalona. He signed his
statement with shaky handwriting. Mondragón was providing testimony in
the case of polygamy brought by the Inquisition against Diego Romero
(aka Diego Pérez de Salazar), the son of Gaspar Pérez and María Romero
(ONMF: 87).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, 629, exp. 2, f.
123-123v.

MONTES VIGIL

Juan Montes Vigil, the father of Francisco Montes Vigil (ONMF: 311),
made two wills that have been preserved in the archives of the State
of Zacatecas, Mexico. These wills were uncovered by Rick Hendricks,
Ph.D., of the University of New Mexico's Vargas Project. Information
from these wills was shared with John B. Colligan who published the
valuable genealogical information found in the wills that lead to
tracing the Montes Vigil family lineage to the region of Asturias in
northern Spain. These wills were recently transcribed by Charles
Martínez y Vigil and can be read by clicking on the links provided at
the end of this family section.

Juan Montes Vigil recorded his first testament at Zacatecas, Nueva
Galicia, on October 2, 1682. He began by stating he was a native of
Mexico City and a vecino of Zacatecas. He then named his parents as
Juan Montes Vigil and Catalina de Herrera Cantillana, both deceased
and both natives of the "reynos de Castilla" and vecinos of Mexico
City. At the time he made this will, Juan Montes Vigil was ill in bed
and feared he would die. He professed his faith in the Holy Roman
Catholic Church proclaiming he lived and would die as a good Christian
and asked for supplication from the Holy Apostles and all the Saints,
especially San Pablo and San Juan. He then requested that one mass be
sung and nine others be said in the parish chapel and another nine to
be said in the convent of San Agustín, all for the benefit of his
soul.

>From the sale of his possessions he desired to give 25 pesos to Fr.
Francisco Bravo of the convent of San Agustín. He also desired to give
500 pesos to Captain don Antonio de Salazar, Juez Oficial de la Real
Hacienda y Caxa de Zacatecas, and 136 pesos and 4 tomines to doña
Gerónima Gutiérrez. He also left 500 pesos in gold to Fr. Juan de
Vargas, Prior del convento de San Agustín in Zacatecas.

Juan Montes Vigil then named the individuals who owed him money. They
were: Francisco Bernardo de ____azo, merchant and resident of
Zacatecas (1590 pesos); don Diego de Monteverde, merchant (1000
pesos); Alférez José Delgado, merchant (500 pesos); and Nicolás Jaime
(224 pesos and 4 tomines), Agustín Guerrero (40 pesos); Lucas
Fernández Pardo, el mozo, vecino de Zacatecas (42 pesos); Mathías de
Palacios, vecino of Zacatecas (27 pesos); Luis de Arteaga, vecino of
Puebla (140 pesos); and Gerónimo Montaño (207 pesos).

It was his desire to leave 15 ducados for the Confaternity of the Most
Holy Sacrament in Zacatecas.

He had two slaves, a mulata named Tomasa and her one-year old son
named Miguel. A third mulata slave of his, Nicolása, age 29, was in
the possession of Tomás Hernandez, vecino de Zacatecas. This slave he
had purchased from Ayudante Diego Jaimes, vecino de Zacatecas, and he
expected Hernández to pay him a total of 115 pesos for this slave,
having already received 15 pesos.

Juan Montes Vigil named Nicolás Díaz Caballero as the executor of his
estate and ordered that his natural son, Francisco Montes Vigil, age
16 more or less, be placed in the care of Díaz Caballero, Francisco's
uncle. He also stated that if his son died before coming of age to
acquire the estate of his inheritance that everything would go to his
sister María de Herrera Cantillana. Also, Juan Montes Vigil mentioned
as his heir an orphan boy named Carlos Vigil, age 2, who was being
reared by Juan and his sister, María. He placed this boy in the care
of Díaz Caballero. Although it is not clearly stated, it appears that
María de Herrera Cantillana was married with Nicolás Díaz Caballero.

In his second testament dated April 23 1683, Zacatecas, Juan Montes
Vigil declared his was a merchant and a resident of Zacatecas, a
native of Mexico City and the legitimate son of Juan Montes Vigil and
Catalina de Cantillana, natives of "reynos de Castilla." He once again
confessed in his believe in the Catholic faith, he asked that all his
funeral expenses be paid from his belongings.

He requested that 100 pesos be paid to Dionisio de Cuellar, a
merchant. He asked that doña Juana de Mizquia, widow of Pedro de
Lezamas, be given 100 pesos. He also requested that 500 pesos be paid
to don Diego de Montes, oider, and another 300 pesos be paid to Diego
Sánchez de Salas, treasurer.

Juan Montes Vigil declared he was a single man and had never been
married. He also declared that he had a natural son by a single woman
and identified this son as Francisco Montes Vigil, 17 years old and
married and veiled in the Catholic Church with María Jiménez.

He asked to be buried in the parish church and once again ordered that
15 ducados de Castilla be given to the Confraternity of the Most Holy
Sacrament.

Links to the Spanish transcriptions of the two wills of Juan Montes
Vigil are provided below for the interested researcher. Please know
that these transcriptions presented particular challenges and that
some parts of the wills were missing from the copies that were
consulted.

1st Will of Juan Montes Vigil

2nd Will of Juan Montes Vigil

Researchers: Rick Hendricks, Ph.D; John B. Colligan, Charles Martínez
y Vigil, and José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo Historico del Estado de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México.

PINO

According to records found in the marriage banns for Mexico City at
the Asunción Cathedral, Juan Bautista Pino (ONMF: 258), native of
Albenga, Italy and the son of Juan Bautista Pino and María de Domingo,
registered marriage banns with Petronila Teresa de Ávila y Calle,
native of Mexico City and the daughter of Juan Joseph de Ávila and
Francisca Pérez de la Calle (See Herencia, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2000;
p. 2).

With this information, it has been possible to locate the marriage
record for the parents of Petronila Teresa de Ávila y Calle. In LDS
#0035255, marriage records for the Asunción Cathedral in Mexico City,
a register of marriage banns for Juan Joseph de Ávila and Francisca
Daza (aka Pérez de la Calle) has been located. Below is a
transcription of the record:

1 June 1679

Juan Joseph de Avila natural de la Ciudad de Alcanatara en la
estremadura residente En este Reyno Y Ciudad de Mexico de ocho meses
de esta parte hijo lexitimo de Don Alonso de Avila y de Doña Maria
Calderon Con Doña Francisca Daza hija lexitima de Juan Perez de la
Calle y de Doña Angela Daza

>From this document, we learn that Juan Joseph de Ávila was a native of
Alcantara, Spain, in the present day province of Extremadura. His
parents were Alonso de Ávila and Maria Calderón. We also learn that
Petronila's mother was Francisca Daza, or Pérez de la Calle, whose
parents were Juan Pérez de la Calle and Ángela Daza.

On the same LDS roll of film, the marriage banns for Juan Péres de la
Calle and Ángela Daza can also be read. Dated 20 April 1659, we learn
that Juan Péres de la Calle, native of Sierra de Pinos, was the son of
Juan Péres de la Calle and Juana de Ávila. He married Ángela Dasa, a
native of Mexico City and the daughter of Alonso Hernándes and Elvira
Dassa. Further research will hopefully reveal more about the ancestry
of Petronila Teresa de Ávila y Calle.

Submitted by Robert D. Martinez

Researchers: J. Richard Salazar and Robert D. Martinez for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico, Dr. Stanley Hordes, Director.

Source: Asuncion Church (Catedral de México), Mexico City
Informaciones Matrimoniales, 1653-1693, LDS #0035255.

_______

PINO continued—

The great-grandparents of Petronila Teresa de Ávila y Calle (ONMF:
258), wife of Juan Buatista Pino, have been identified as Antonio
Hernández and Elvira Daza. There is a marriage record dated March 12,
1610, Santa Catalina Martir Church, Mexico City for Antonio Hernández
de Ávila, a tejador (weaver) and Elvira de la Paz, an orphan, possibly
the maternal great-grandparents of Petronila Teresa.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: México, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de México, Santa Catalina
Martir, Matrimonios, 1589-1671, LDS microfilm # 0036027.

RAEL de AGUILAR

While conducting research in Lorca, Spain in November of 1999, many
records pertaining to the Rael de Aguilar family of New Mexico were
located in both ecclesiastical and civil archives. Copies of many of
the ecclesiastical records can be viewed at the LDS Family History
Center in Albuquerque.

>From church records found at la Iglesia de San Mateo in Lorca, we
learn that Alonso Rael de Aguilar (ONMF: 263) who came to settle in
New Mexico during the Vargas period, was baptized on 14 February 1661.
In the margin was written "Alonso Jayme" and we will soon learn why.
Alonso had six known siblings baptized at San Mateo church, and two
more at San Patricio church in Lorca (see below). Alonso's parents
were Joan [Juan] Osca and Juliana Rael de Aguilar.

Also found at the church of San Mateo was a marriage record for Juan
Osca and Agustina Gomes, dated 24 June 1642. From this record of
Juan's first marriage we discover that his parents were Jaime de Osca
and María de Figueroa. Thus, it was for Jaime de Osca, Juan Osca's
father, that Alonso was given the second name "Jayme."

Several civil documents located at the Archivo Municipal de Lorca
reveal that Juan Osca was also known as Juan Osca y Alzamora. A dote,
or dowry, for Ysabel de Osca has been located dated 21 October 1678.
This can be found in Notarias, Protocolo no. 438, fol. 105r - 106v. In
this document Ysabel is named as the daughter of Juan de Osca y
Alzamora and Juliana Rael de Aguilar.

Richard Salazar found the testamento, or will, of Juliana Rael de
Aguilar in Notarias, Protocolo no. 593, fol. 105r - 106v. In this
document dated 24 April 1703 she names her parents as Juan Rael de
Aguilar and Ana Soler y Riguelme. Her husband, Juan de Osca de
Alzamora, was deceased by this time. Interestingly, she stated that
her son, "Don Alphonso de Osca Rael de Aguilar," was a resident of
Parral de Indias.

A marriage record has yet to be located for Juan Osca and Juliana Rael
de Aguilar. Further research will be carried out in Spain in order to
further clarify the ancestors of Juan and Juliana, parents of New
Mexico's own Alonso Rael de Aguilar.

The following baptismal records provide on acocunt of the children of
Juan Osca and Juliana Rael de Aguilar:

Iglesia de San Patricio, Lorca, Spain

Bt. 25 Sep 1653

Ysabel, hija de Juan Osca y de Juliana Rrael

Conpadres: Pedro Cedejin Costajon

Bt. 1 Dec 1655

Joan, hijo de Joan Osca y de Juliana Rael, su muger

Conpadre: Pedro Cedexin Costaxon

Iglesia de San Mateo, Lorca, Spain

Bt. 4 Nov 1657

Juliana, hija de Juan Osca y de su muger Juliana Rael de Aguilar

Conpadre: Pedro Cehexin Castejon

Bt. 24 Mar 1659

Joseph Cayetano, hijo de Juan Osca y su muger Juliana Rael de Aguilar

Conpadres: don Pedro Cedehin Castejon

Bt. 14 Feb 1661

Alonso [Jayme], hijo de Joan Osca y de su muger Juliana Rrael de
Aguilar

Conpadres: don Joan de Chaves y su hija Joana de Chaves

Bt. 31 May 1663

Joana Catalina, hija de Joan Osca y su muger Juliana Rael de Aguilar

Conpadres: don Joan de Chaves y Monzon y dona Joana de Chaves y
Monzon, su hija

Bt. 23 Sep 1665 born 10 Sep 1665

Antonio, hijo de Joan de Osca y de Juliana Rrael

Conpadres: Joan de Chabes y dona Joana de Chabes, su hija

Bt. 25 Sep 1665 born 10 Sep 1665

Francisco, hijo de Joan de Osca y de Juliana Rrael

Conpadres: Joan de Chabes y dona Joana Pareja

Bt. 23 Aug 1667

Laurencia Antonia, hija de Joan de Osca y de Juliana Rrael, su muger

Conpadres: Joan de Chabes, rrexidor, y dona Joana Josefa de Chabes, su
nieta

Submitted by Robert D. Martinez

Researchers: J. Richard Salazar and Robert D. Martinez for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico, Dr. Stanley Hordes, Director.

RAEL-LÓPEZ

Pedro Marcial Rael, perhaps the same person also known as Pedro
Marcial López (ONMF: 208 and BONMF Volume 4), was a natural son of
Alonso Rael de Aguilar (II). This Alonso Rael de Aguilar was first
married with Tomasa Montoya and then with Melchora de Sandoval.

In a deposition dated July 15, 1750, Santa Fe, regarding the lawsuit
filed by the legitimate children and heirs of Alonso Rael de Aguilar
and Tomasa Montoya against their step-mother, Melchora de Sandoval,
Pedro Marcial Rael declared he was 42 years old (b.ca. 1708), a
soldier of the Santa Fe Presidio. In one statement he "answered that
the twenty pesos in silver his father left to his second wife,
Melchora de Sandoval. Another statement reads 'the witness [Pedro
Marcial Rael] declared that the property of his deceased father,
Alonso Rael de Aguilar…"

In refuting the deposition of several witnesses, Julián Rael de
Aguilar, a legitimate son of Alonso Rael de Aguilar and Tomasa Montoya
recorded these two statements: "Regarding the second witness Pedro
Marcial Rael, he has always been hateful to me in such manner……" and
"As a natural son of Alonso Rael, he is the enemy of us who are
legitimate children…"

Researchers: Alfonso Sánchez, Antoinette Durán Silva and José Antonio
Esquibel.

Source: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, no. 31.

ROBLEDO

A brother of Pedro Robledo (ONMF: 93) sought passage to Americas in
1575. This brother was Alejo Robledo, the namesake of his father, and
he intended to travel with his brother Pedro Robledo. Alejo Robledo
was married with Francisca Díaz and had three children: Alejo,
Franciso and Ana. All were vecinos of Carmena in the jurisdiction of
Maqueda. The record indicate that Alejo and Pedro were going to be in
the company of Catalina Sánchez, very likely the woman of this name
who was married with Miguel de Sandoval and their kinswomen. The
record of passage for Pedro Robledo mentioned he was going to live in
Mexico City with his cousins ("primos hermanos"), Miguel de Sandoval
and Catalina Sánchez (see BONMF Vol. IV).

"Expediente de concesión de licensia para pasar a Mexico a favor de
Alejo Robledo, con su mujer Francisca Dias y sus hijos Alejo,
Francisco y Ana, todos vecinos de Carmena (Maqueda). Para ir con Pedro
Robledo (hermano de Alejo Robledo, tiene licencia aparte) a estar en
compañia de Catalina Sanchez."

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Source: Archivo general de la Nación (AGI), Indiferente, 2056, N. 87.
Fecha: 1575

ROYBAL y TORRADO/SANTA CRUZ

Rob and Janice Martínez recently conducted research in Santiago de
Compostela, Galicia, Spain, on the family of Ignacio de Roybal y
Torrado (ONMF: 273). Ignacio was a native of Caldas de Reyes, Galicia,
and identified himself as a legitimate son of Pedro Roybal and Elena
de Santa Cruz.

Pedro Roybal, also know as Pedro Torrado, and Elena de Santa Cruz,
also known as Elena de Cruz/Elena da Cruz, had these following
children who were baptized in Santo Tomé Church in Caldas de Reyes:

Martina, bt. 14 Nov 1655, hija de Pedro de Ruibal y de su muger Ylena
da Cruz. Padrinos: Josephe do Casal y Ana Rodriguez, muger de Andres
da Cruz

Maria, 20 Feb 1659, hija de Pedro de Rruibal y de su muger Ylena da
Cruz. Padrinos: Andres da Cruz y Dominga Farina, muger de Bartolome
Gonzalez

Antonio, 15 May 1662, hijo de Pedro de Roibal y de Helena da Cruz, su
muger. Padrinos: Domingo de Senin y Maria de Sabugueiro

Marcos, 29 Jan 1665, hixo de Pedro de Ruybal y de Elena da Cruz.
Padrinos: Domingo de Senin y Dominga de Magarenos, su muger

Mathias, 23 Feb 1670, hixo de Pedro Torrado y de Yrena de Cruz.
Padrinos: Antonio de Requexa y Catalina do Real

Dionicio, 12 Oct 1672, hijo de Pedro Torrado y su muger Elena de Crus.
Padrinos: Domingo Rodriguez y Antonia de Senin

According to this information, Pedro de Roybal y Torrado and Elena de
Santa Cruz were married by 1655. Although a marriage record was not
located for this couple ion the records of Caldas de Reyes, a marriage
record was found for a person who appears to have been brother of
Pedro Roybal y Torrado who married a sister of Elena de la Cruz.

On 15 February 1649 in the church of Santo Tome of Caldas de Reyes,
Phelipe de Ruibal, son of Alonso de Ruibal y Maria Alonso, vecinos de
San Christobal [?] was married with Dominga Farina [aka Dominga de
Cruz], daughter of Pedro de Santa Cruz y de Dominga Farina, vecinos de
Santa Maria. The witnesses to this union were Francisco de Valinas,
Amaro Berde, and Francisco de Castro. It is probable that Phelipe de
Ruibal was a brother of Pedro Roybal, and it is certain that Dominga
Farina (aka Dominga de Cruz) was a sister of Elena de Santa Cruz.

Andrés Cruz and Dominga Farina were padrinos for a child of Pedro
Roybal y Torrado and Elena de Santa Cruz. This fact serves to
corroborate information found in the genealogy of Elena de Santa Cruz
that is based on baptismal, marriage burial records concerning the
Santa Cruz-Farina family.

The grandparents of Elena de Santa Cruz were Gregorio Farina and Elena
de Lantano. This couple had at least two daughters, Teresa Farina y
Lantano, bt. 25 January 1604, Santo Tomé, Caldas de Reyes, and Dominga
Farina.

The marriage record of Dominga Farina is dated 1 March 1613, Santo
Tomé Church, Caldas de Reyes. She was identified as the "hija de
Gregorio Farina y de Elena de Lantano, vecinos desta villa," and was
marrying "Pedro de Santa Cruz, vecino desta villa." The witnesses to
this marriage were "Alonso Martinez, cezarenos, Juan Gonzales,
escrivanos, y Gonzalo Farina, alcalde de dicha villa"

Unfortunately, the parents of Pedro de Santa Cruz were not mentioned.
This could have been because Pedro was a widower, although this is not
specifically stated in the marriage record. He may be the same person
as Pedro de Santa Cruz, son of Juan de Santa Cruz and Mencia Pérez
[?], both deceased, who was married 6 August 1601, Santo Tomé Church,
Caldas de Reyes, with Francisca de Barrosela, daughter of Gregorio de
Barrosela and María Yor [?]. Certainly, additional documentation is
needed to substantiate this.

Pedro de Santa Cruz and Dominga Farina were the parents of the
following known children who were baptized in Santo Tomé Church,
Caldas de Reyes:

Dominga, bt. 3 March 1614, hija de Pedro de Sancta Cruz y de su muger
Dominga Farina. Padrinos: Domingo de Sinin y Maria Gonzalez

Andres, bt. 4 Dec 1616, hijo de Pedro de Santa Cruz y de su muger
Dominga Farina. Padrinos: Gregorio Freyroy y Maria de Gontad

Mona, bt. 20 Nov 1618, hija de Pedro de Santa Cruz y de su muger
Dominga Farina. Padrinos: Gonzalo Boceta y Catalina Lopez

Domingos, bt. 10 July 1625, hijo de Pedro de Sancta Cruz y de su muger
Dominga Farina. Padrinos: Gregorio do Casal y Maria Pineyra, muger de
Bartolome Negueyro

Helena, bt. 21 Aug 1630, hija de Pedro de Santa Cruz y de Dominga
Farina. Padrino: Lorenzo Perez y Maria Sosa

Pedro de Santa Cruz died 5 September 1647, Caldas de Reyes. His burial
record (Santo Tomé Church, Caldas de Reyes) indicates that he had
received all the Holy Sacraments before his death and that he did not
leave a will because he was poor, and he also did not have the means
to afford to be buried inside the church. As such, his son, "Andres da
Cruz" was obliged to pay for "la fabrica y su mayordomo." This burial
record reads: "5 Sep 1647, Murio Pedro de Santa Cruz el qual murio
sacramentado de todos los sanctos sacramentos. No hizo testamento ni
dejo ningun segayo por ser pobre y no tener de que enterrose dentro de
la Iglesia de esta villa; en sepultura de tres Be[?] su hijo Andres da
Cruz se obligo pagar a la fabrica y a su mayordomo y lo firmo en dicho
deia de arriba."

It appears that the widow of Pedro de Santa Cruz, Dominga Farina,
became the wife of Bartolomé González, as noted when she stood as
madrina (with her son Andrés da Cruz) for a daughter of Pedro Roybal
and Elena de Santa Cruz that was baptized 20 February 1659. We also
learn from another baptismal record for a child of Pedro Roybal and
Elena de Santa Cruz, that Andrés de Cruz, Elena's brother, was married
with Ana Rodríguez (see bt. 14 Nov 1655 above).

Dominga Farina, mother of Elena de Santa Cruz, died on 1 November
1664, Caldas de Reyes. Her burial record is brief and reads: "1 Nov
1664, Dominga Farina, madre de Andres de Cruz, pobre tubo en su
entierro."

Unfortunately, the research into the church record of Caldas de Reyes
did not turn up the baptismal record of Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado,
progenitor of the Roybal family of New Mexico. From records in New
Mexico we know that Ignacio was born circa 1673 in Caldas de Reyes
(ONMF: 273), indicating he was apparently the youngest child of Pedro
de Roybal y Torrado and Elena de Santa Cruz, being the seventh child
of the seven known children of this couple.

Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado did not have the opportunity to get to
know his father very well. At around the age of six, his father died.
His father did not leave a will. The burial record for "Pedro Torrado"
from Santo Tomé Church, Caldas de Reyes, reads: "8 Mar 1679, Pedro
Torrado, no hizo testamento ninguno, murio con todos los sacramentos."

As noted by Chávez (ONMF: 276), Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado could have
had a younger brother. Domingo de Roybal, born around 1679, was in New
Mexico where he married Juana Gómez in 1713 in the Church of an
Ildefonso. Domingo could have been the last child of Pedro de Roybal y
Torrado and Elena de Santa Cruz and named after Elena's mother
(Dominga).

Researchers: Rob and Janice Martínez for the Sephardic Legacy Project
of New Mexico, Dr. Stan Hordes, Director. Summary preapred by José
Antonio Equibel.

Sources: Archivo Histórico Diocesano, Santiago de Compostela, Caldas
de Reies, Santo Tome (Santo Tomas), Libros Sacramentales: Bautizados
1594 - 1758, Numero 4; Casados 1585 - 1772 y Difuntos 1586 - 1758,
Numero 7.

SANTISTEVAN

Domingo Anselmo Santistevan was married on April 18, 1757, San
Ildefonso Mission Church, with María Manuela Gómez del Castillo.

Antonio Domingo Santistevan, adopted son of Domingo Anselmo
Santistevan was married 25 April 1779, San Ildefonso Mission Church,
with Catarina Atencio, a legitimate daughter of Cayetano Atencio and
Barbara Gómez del Castillo. Padrinos were Juan Miguel Aragón and
Victoria Aragón.

Research: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 29, San
Ildefonso Marriages, 1729-1853.

ARAGÓN-SILVA (Esquibel, Tafoya, Tenorio)

In 1801, Juan Cruz Aragón, age 36, a soldier of the Santa Fe Presidio
and the widower of Teodora Baca, sought to marry Juana Sandoval, age
26 and the daughter of Cavo Graduado José Sandoval and Polonia Tafoya.
Juan Cruz was related to Juana in the fourth degree of affinity, Juana
being a third cousin of Teodora Baca as shown in this outline:

Bárbara Tafoya siblings Lugarda Tafoya

Francisca Tenorio 1st cousins Juan Tafoya

Ana Maria Esquivel 2nd cousins Polonia Tafoya

Teodora Baca 3rd cousins Juana Sandoval

Researchers: Rick Hendricks and John B. Colligan

Source: AHAD-357, f. 658-63, Santa Fe, 16 July-19 October 1801 from
the forthcoming second volume of New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations
>From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893.

BUSTOS (PAZ BUSTILLOS)

Juan de Paz Bustillos (ONMF: 152), born circa 1664, Mexico City, was
married September 12, 1692, in the Sagrario Chapel of the Catedral de
México with Manuela Antonia de Alanís. The banns of matrimony for this
couple, dated September 7, 1692, identified Juan de Paz Bustillos as a
son of Francisco de Paz Bustillos and doña Antonio de Cervantes. This
information was published in The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico
(Esquibel and Colligan, 1999: 133).

Juan de Paz Bustillos (aka Bustos) came to New Mexico in 1694 with his
wife and his goddaughter and niece, Josefa de Paz Bustillos, also
known as Josefa de Ontiveros and Josefa Bustos. Josefa was the
progenitor of the Bustos family of New Mexico. The use of the surname
Ontiveros was a valuable clue to uncovering the following information.

Francisco de Paz Bustillos and doña Antonia de Cervantes were married
on February 5, 1648, Santa Vera Cruz Church, Mexico City. The couple
reeived license to marry from Licenciado Luis Fonte de Messa. The
marriage record identifies this couple as "Franco de bustillo," and
"Anta de Servantes," both natives of Mexico City. The parents of
Francisco were named as "Juan de Vustillo y Luisa de Ontiveros." This
information clearly shows the familial link to the use of the
Ontiveros surname in later years by Josefa de Ontiveros (aka Paz
Bustillos, Bustos) who settled in New Mexico. Antonia de Cervantes was
identified as a daughter of Gonzalo Ponce de León and doña Jacinta de
Pineda (see Ponce de León section below). The witnesses to the
marriage were Juan de Paredes, Francisco de Olalde and Bachiller Pedro
de Vera. The presiding priest was Bachiller Juan Navarra.

Two years earlier a sister of Francisco de Paz Bustillos was also
married in the church of Santa Vera Cruz. Antonia de Ontiveros,
identified as a daughter of "Juan de pas bustillos y de Luisa de
ontiveros," was married on December 16, 1646 with Luis Gómez de
Castro, a native of Mexico City and a son of Luis Telles de Cabrera
and Inés Gómez de Castro. Another sister, was Juana de Ontiveros, a
native of Mexico City described as a daughter of "Juan de Paz
Bustillos y Doña Luisa de alcantara, who recorded banns of matrimony
at the Catedral de México, Mexico City, on September 4, 1644, with
Diego Phelipe de Mendoza, widower of doña Gregoria de Contreras. Juana
de Ontiveros and Diego Phelipe de Mendoza were married in the Sagrario
of the Catedral de México on September 10, 1644.

Doña Luisa de Ontiveros Alcántara, widowed of Juan de Pas Bustillos,
recorded banns of matrimony at the Catedral de México, Mexico City, on
June 16, 1650, with Miguel Román, a native of the Villa de Medellín in
the bishopric of "Placencia" (Plasencia), Castilla (Spain). Miguel
Román was a son of Diego García Román and Francisca Díaz, and had been
in Mexico City for two years.

The information above offers the following genealogy of the
antecedents of the Bustos family of New Mexico:

1. Juan de Paz (Pas) Bustillos (aka Juan de Bustillo and Juan de
Vustillo) married with doña Luisa de Ontiveros Alcántara (known as
Luisa de Ontiveros and Luisa de Alcántara). Known children:

A. Juana de Ontiveros, native of Mexico City,
married September 10, 1644 (banns: September 4, 1644), Catedral de
México, Mexico City, with Diego Felipe de Mendoza, widower of Gregoria
de Contreras.

B. Antonia de Ontiveros, native of Mexico City, married December 16,
1646, Santa Vera Cruz church, Mexico City, with Luis Gómez de Castro,
native of Mexico City, son of Luis Telles de Cabrera and Inés Gómez de
Castro. Known children:

i.
Anna Gómez de Castro y de la Paz, baptized August 4, 1653, Catedral de
México, Mexico City.

ii.
Nicolasa Gómez y Ontiveros, baptized September 30, 1655, Catedral de
México, Mexico City.

A. Francisco de Paz Bustillos (aka Francisco de
Bustillos), native of Mexico City, married February 5, 1648, Santa
Vera Cruz Church, Mexico City, with doña Antonia de Cervantes, native
of Mexico City, daughter of Gonzalo Poncé de León and doña Jacinta de
Pineda (see Ponce de León section below). Known children:

i.
Juan de Paz Bustillos (aka Juan de Bustos), b.ca. 1664, Mexico City;
married September 12, 1692 (banns: September 7, 1692), Catedral de
México, Mexico City, with Manuela Antonia de Alanís. No known issue.

ii.
Antonio Xavier de Paz Bustillos; wife unknown. Known children:

a. Josefa Antonia de Paz Bustillos (aka Josefa de Ontiveros and
Josefa de Bustos), b.ca. 1684, Calle de Alameda, Mexico City,
progenitor of the Bustos family of New Mexico.

b. Antonio de Paz Bustillos, b.ca. 1686, Mexico City.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Distrito Federal— Asuncion
Church, Bautismos de Españoles, 1652-1653, LDS #0035172, Matrimonios
de Españoles, 1621-1646, LDS #0035267, and 1688-1701, LDS #0035270,
Información Martimonial de Españoles, 1624-1652, LDS #0035254, and
1653-1693, LDS #0035255; Mexico, Mexico City, Santa Vera Cruz Church,
Matrimoios, 1568-1666, LDS #0035848; José Antonio Esquibel and John B.
Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the
Families Recruited at Mexico City in 1693 (HGRC, Albuquerque: 1999).

DELGADO-CHAVARRÍA

Pedro de Chavarría (aka Pedro de Chavarría Butrón) and María Francisca
de Vreña (aka Ureña) [the maternal grandparents of Manuel Delgado —
ONMF: 168-69] were married on September 1, 1698, in the Church of La
Asunción in Mineral del Monte, near Pachuca. Unfortunately, the names
of the parents were not given in the record. This couple was veiled,
receiving the nuptial blessings of the Catholic Church, on February
23, 1700. Both were identified as natives of Pachuca and were
residents of the Real del Monte. Although both were regarded as
españoles, their marriage was recorded in the Libro de Castas (the
book for mixed-races).

Researcher: Clair Ortiz Hill

Source: Marriages, La Asunción Church, Mineral del Monte, LDS
microfilm # 0266948.

GURULÉ

Antonio Gurulé (ONMF: 193), the son of Santiago Gurulé (Jacques
Grolet) and Elena Gallegos, dictated his last will and testament on
April 18, 1761, in Albuquerque. The contents of this will have been
preserved as part of the Private Land Claims records regarding the
Elena Gallegos Land Grant (SANM: 38, frs. 758-60, and 825-27). A
descendent of Antonio Gurulé who possessed a copy of the will allowed
for the U.S. Court to transcribe and translate the will around the
1850s-1860s. The will provides valuable information about the children
of Antonio Gurulé that clears up a long-standing point of confusion
found in Fray Angélico Chávez's section on the Gurulé family in
Origins of New Mexico Families.

When Antonio Gurulé dictated his will he was sick in bed, having his
full mind and memory. He began by professing his belief in the mystery
of the Holy Trinity and all that which was taught and believed by the
Roman Catholic Church. He next appointed the executors of his estate,
Tadeo García, his son-in-law, and his legitimate wife, Antonia
Quintana. He asked that his body be buried in the habit of San
Francisco in the "most humble spot in the church of Albuquerque, near
the font of Holy Water." He next declared he had been married for 40
years (since circa 1721) with Antonia Quintana and together they had
nine legitimate children whom he named as: Tomás, Manuela, Luisa,
Fabiana, Juan Antonio, Serafín, Elena, Francisca, Manuelita; eight of
in the state of marriage at the time the will was made.

Antonio Gurulé mentioned that he received no dowry from his marriage
with Antonia Quintana and that he had inherited what he owned from his
parents. He declared as his property a tract of land called Jesús
María with farmland, acequia, and a six-room house. He further
mentioned that his son Tomás had already inherited lands from him, and
he bequeathed to his other children 3 varas of agricultural land each.
In gratitude of the long service given to his mother and himself,
Gurulé released two Indian servants of his mother's from all
obligations of future service. He named these servants as Rosa and
Elena, and bequeathed to them a house and a small tract of land for
planting once almud of corn.

Gurulé claimed these items as his personal property: one riding
saddle, one pistol, one bridle, spurs, one shield, one sword, one
cloak, one saddle cushion, two mares, one horse, and two yoke of oxen
with their yokes. He bequeathed the pistol, shield and sword to his
son Serafín, and the rest of his personal items to his wife along with
a cart and three horses. Antonio Gurulé signed his name to the will as
"Anto Gurule."

The information contained in this will confirms that Antonio Gurulé
had only one wife, Antonia Quintana, with whom he had been married
since around 1721. Fray Angélico Chávez indicated that there was a man
named Antonio Grolé who was married with Teresa Gallegos by 1730, and
wondered if this may have been Antonio's first wife (ONMF: 193).
Instead, it may very well be that the Antonio Grolé who was married
with Teresa Gallegos was a Genízaro, an acculturated Indian, who lived
in the Albuquerque-Isleta area. The 1750 census of Albuquerque has a
listing among the enumerated Genízaro population for Antonio Grolé, a
widower with three grandchildren named Antonio, Clara and Antonia. In
addition, Antonio Gurulé and his wife Antonia Quintana were also
enumerated in the 1750 census of Albuquerque with the following
children: Juan Antonio, age 17; Fabiana, age 16, Seraphino, age 11,
Elena, age 9; and Francisca, age 7. Their daughter María Luisa Gurulé
was listed with her husband, Tadeo García, and their other daughter
Manuela Gurulé was listed with her husband Baltasar Griego.

Researchers: Angela Lewis and José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Spanish Archives of New Mexico (SANM), Roll 38, frames 758-760
& 825-827 (Elena Gallegos Land Grant); Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish
and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830 (New Mexico Genealogical
Society of New Mexico): 75, 96. Visit the Gurulé family web page at
www.gurulefamily.org.

PEREA

In March 1707, Francisco García Perea (ONMF: 257 and 383-84), a
soldier of the Santa Fe Presidio, submitted his petition to marry
María Romero, resident of the Villa de Albuquerque and a daughter of
Bartolomé Romero, deceased, and Luisa Varela. The diligencia record
for this couple is dated March 27, 1707, Albuquerque. García Perea is
the surname used by Francisco. The priest and witnesses referred to
him as Francisco García, Francisco Perea, and Francisco de Perea. He
gave his age as 28 (b.ca. 1679) and was a native of el Río Abajo, but
did not name his parents. He and María Romero were married on May 5,
1707.

Francisco's surname of García Perea suggests that he may have been a
son of Esteban de Perea and Francisca García (ONMF: 87). However, it
has also been suggested by Kessell, Hendricks and Dodge that he was a
son of Juana de los Reyes [Perea], a widow who was enumerated in the
May 1697 cattle distribution census with these children: Teresa,
Francisco and Antonio de Perea. Juana de los Reyes was listed
immediately after Francisca Garcia, presumably the widow of Esteban de
Perea. The children in Francisca García's household were Felipa,
Isabel, and Teresa.

This information could be an indication that Francisco García Perea
was a grandson of Esteban de Perea and Francisca García and this is
supported by additional information found in the 1692-3 census of
families from El Paso willing to resettle New Mexico. Francisca García
was enumerated with three daughters: Felipa de Perea, Juana de Perea,
and Isabel de Perea. The children of these daughters were identified
as Francisco, age 12 (b.ca. 1680), Antonio, age 8 (b.ca. 1684),
Teresa, age 12 (b.ca. 1680) and another girl named Teresa, age 4
(b.ca. 1688).

It appears that the boy Francisco, age 12, may have been the same
Francisco listed in the family of Juana de los Reyes Perea and who was
married with María Romero. In 1728, Juana de los Reyes Perea was still
living when she conveyed land in Santa Fe.

Matías Perea, son of Francico Perea and María Romero was married at
Albuquerque on October 18, 1771. A witness to this union was José
Eugenio Perea, identified as an older brother of Matías.

José Eugenio was married with Gregoria Gallegos, and according to a
document from the Spanish Archives of New Mexico concerning a land
dispute, José Eugenio Perea and Gregoria Gallegos were the parents of
Mariano Antonio Perea (SANM #697).

Mariano Antonio Perea became the husband of María Loreta de la Luz
González. In 1806, Mariano, age 52, was enumerated with his second
wife, Margarita de Sena, and had these individuals in his household:
María Lugarda, age 13, Manuel, age 4, Juana Gurulé, age 25, Juan José,
age 10, Vicente, age 12. Listed immediately after Mariano Perea was
Baltasar Perea, age 26, with his wife, María Petra Cháves, age 24, and
their five children: Pedro Antonio, age 7; José María, age 5, María
Manuela, age 3, and Margarita, age 1.

Researchers: Angelo Cervantes and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Chavez, "New Mexico Roots:" 1482; Archives of the Archdiocese
of Santa Fe, Roll 60 (Diligencias 1697-1710); 1692-93 census in John
Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Meridith D. Dodge, To the Royal Crown
Restored: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas (Albuquerque: University
of New Mexico Press, 1995), 44; 1697 census in John Kessell, Rick
Hendricks, and Meridith D. Dodge, Blood on the Boulders: The Journals
of Don Diego de Vargas (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,
1998), 1143, 1164 n41; Marriages, Albuquerque, San Felipe de Neri
Church, 1726-1855 (Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Roll #26);
Spanish Archives of New Mexico I: 21 and 697; and SANM Roll 21, frames
580-83 (Census of Bernalillo).

PONCE de LEÓN

Gonzalo Ponce de León, the great-grandfather of Josefa Bustos (aka Pas
Bustillos and Ontiveros), was a "Texedor", a weaver. To date, one
baptismal record has been uncovered for a child of Gonzalo Ponce de
León and his wife doña Jacinta de Pineda. This couple had a son
christened Nicolás who was baptized January 28, 1618, Santa Catalina
Church, Mexico City. The padrinos for this child were Batlazar Ruiz
and Ana María.

Additional research is needed to determine the origins of Gonzalo
Ponce de León and doña Jacinta de Pineda.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de México, Santa Catalina de
Vera Cruz, Bautismos, LDS #0035979.

SALAS

The marriage record of Sebastián de Salas (ONMF: 278), native of the
City of Sevilla and son of Bernardo de Salas and Josepha de Morales,
with María García, a native of Puebla de los Ángeles and a daughter of
Nicolás García and Josepha Barriento, dated February 9, 1687, Sagrario
Metropolitano, Puebla de los Ángeles:

Margin: Sebastian de Salas y maria Garcia

En La Ciudad de los Angs en nuebe del

febrero de mil seisientos y ochenta y siete años

haviendose leido las tres amonetaciones

que asi pone el Sto Consilio de trento en tres dias festivos

inter missarum solemnia y no haviendo re

sultado impedimento canonico Yo el Br Alonso

Gil teniente de Cura desta Cathedral Casse a Sebastian

de Salas español natural de la ciudad

de Sevilla de los reinos de Castilla y vzo desta

de los Angs de tres años aesta Parte hijo lexmo. De

Bernardo de Salas y de Josepha de Morales = con

Maria Garcia española natural desta

dicha Ciudad hija lexma. De Nicolas Garsia

difunto y de Josepha de Barriento su muger

siendo testigos, el Br. Juo Perez, Presbytero y Ni

colas de Rivas y lo frime Br. Alonso Gil

Transcription by José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Matrimonios, Sagrario Metropolitano, Puebla de los Ángeles,
Puebla, Mexico, LDS microfilm # 0227703.

SALAS-CISNEROS (González, Lucero, Maese, Martín, Salazar)

In 1801, Diego Antonio Salas sought to marry María Victoria Cisneros,
widow of Antonio Maese. In their petition for marriage both were
identified as residents of the community of Río Arriba in the
jurisdiction of San Juan de los Caballeros. Diego Antonio, about age
25, declared he was español and a son of Ramón Salas and Dolores
Lucero. He was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity with
María Victoria Cisneros, who had four children from here previous
marriage with Antonio Maese. The following lineages of consanguinity
was included in the petition for dispensation to marry:

Antonio Gonzáles siblings María Gonzáles

Juana Gonzáles 1st cousins Bárbara Martín

Dolores Lucero 2nd cousins Biviana Salazar (wife of

Antonio Cisneros)

Diego Antonio Salas 3rd couisins Victoria Cisneros

Researchers: Rick Hendricks and John B. Colligan

Source: AHAD-357, f. 616-21, San Juan de los Caballeros, 29 July-19
October 1801 from the forthcoming second volume of New Mexico
Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado
de Durango, 1800-1893.

SÁNCHEZ de IÑIGO

The recently published book, New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From
the Archivos Históricos del Arzobisbado de Durango, 1800-1893, by John
B. Colligan (compiler) and Rick Hendricks (editor), is quickly
assisting people in solving what were presumed to be dead ends in
their genealogical research. One example is in regard to Pedro Ygnacio
Sánchez.

Pedro Ygnacio Sánchez and María Manuela Vigil had a son Juan Ygnacio
Sánchez b.ca. 1770, who married María Guadalupe Valdéz on June 25 1790
in Abiquiu, NM. According to this prenuptial investigation Juan
Ygnacio died and his widow was seeking to remarry.

Andrés Trujillo & María Guadalupe Valdéz, Santa Cruz de la Cañada &
Pojoaque, 11 Oct – 22 Dec. 1806 AHAD 362, f 393-98

Andrés Trujillo, 37, widowed of Juliana Peña, was the legitimate son
of the late Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gómez del Castillo and a citizen
of the Pojoaque jurisdiction. María Guadalupe Valdéz, 26, was the
widow of Juan Sánchez and legitimate daughter of Bernardo Valdéz and
María Manuela Suazo, citizen of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz. They
were related in the fourth degree of affinity on the basis of copula
licita. María Guadalupe was a poor widow with four small children and
living on the meager means her late husband left her. Andrés would be
able to provide for her. The couple asked that the proceedings be
forwarded to Father Castro, María Guadalupe’s priest. Andrés stated
that he had had carnal relations with her before he knew they were
related. Having learned about the relationship 6 months earlier, they
had abstained from further sexual relations. They had not had sex to
facilitate a dispensation.

Witnesses for Andrés were Paulín Espinosa, age 62 who explained that
María Guadalupe’s children was an 8 year old boy and the other three
younger girls, and Cristóbal Archuleta.

Juana Luján
1st degree
María Luján

Francisco Gómez (del Castillo)
2nd degree
Figenia Sánchez

Josefa Gómez
3rd degree
Pedro Ignacio Sánchez

Andrés Trujillo
4th degree
Juan Sánchez

Father Martínez de Arellano forwarded the proceedings to Father Castro
in Santa Cruz. On 26 October 1806, Father Castro questioned María
Guadalupe Valdéz. She stated that she had lived in that area for
twelve years and for fifteen years in the Abiquiu area.

Witnesses: Joaquin Garcia, age 66 and citizen of the Santa Cruz
jurisdiction; Antonio Ascencio Lucero, age 63 and citizen of the Santa
Cruz jurisdiction.

Father Castro forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 28 October 1806.
On 22 December, Vicar General Millán Rodríguez granted a dispensation.

Burial Certificates

1. In Santa Cruz on 4 May 1798, Father Ortega buried Juan Sánchez,
29 husband of María Guadalupe Valdéz.

2. On 2 September 1801, Father Hozio, interim priest of the Santa
Fe presidio buried Juliana Peña, wife of José Andrés Trujillo, citizen
of Pojoaque.

In the will of María Luján (Beyond ONMF Volume 2) María was the widow
of Pedro Sánchez de Iñigo. In her will she listed her children among
whom was Efigenia Sánchez. This information confirms the identity of
Efigenia Sánchez as a daughter of María Luján and Pedro Sánchez de
Iñigo.

Researchers: Pat Sánchez Rau, John B. Colligan

Sources: Beyond ONMF Volume 2; John B. Colligan (compiler) and Rick
Hendricks (editor), New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the
Archivos Históricos del Arzobisbado de Durango, 1800-1893, Río Grande
Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2001: 53
(11 Oct – 22 Dec. 1806 AHAD 362, f 393-98).

The information in the Valverde y Cosio, Velarde, and Velarde Cosio
sections represents an attempt to clear up a variety of sometimes
conflicting information about the Pérez Velarde, Valverde y Cosio and
the Velarde Cosio families of 18th century El Paso, New Mexico.

The material presented below consists of a synthesis of information
found in various places on the "Beyond ONMF" web site, the HGRC Great
New Mexico Database, the on-line LDS Family Search engine, material
from a book of extractions of records for the church Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe by Aaron Magdaleno (AM), and information from the Archivos
de Indias in Sevilla, Spain. There are enough facts to distinguish the
families, although there could be anterior connections between them.

VALVERDE y COSIO

General Antonio Valverde y Cosio married María de Esparza and he was
deceased by February 1737 (Aaron Magdaleno, Nuestra Senora de
Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte Marriage and Death Records 1728-1775, 9).
This is presumably the same person of this name who was the Governor
of New Mexico from 1719-1720. They were the parents of Juana Valverde
y Cosio, the first wife of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde (see Velarde
section), and Antonia Valverde y Cosio who married Joseph Valentín de
Aganza.

Antonia Valverde y Cosio and Joseph Valentín de Aganza were the
parents of these known children:

Theresa de Aganza, (doncella) died June 8, 1744 (AM 106).

Anna Maria de Aganza, (doncella legimitate daughter of Captain Don
Joseph Valentin de Aganza) died on September 22, 1764 (AM 137).

Antonia de Aganza (daughter of Captain Don José Valentin de Aganza and
Doña Antonio Valverde) married Joseph Martinez (Roybal), widower of
Juana Luzero on December 6, 1756 (AM 39).

Don Joseph Valentin de Aganza, husband of Doña Augustina Balverde
Cossio died July 4, 1735 (AM 101).

Antonia Valverde y Cosio, widow of José Valentin de Aganza and
daughter of General Antonio Valverde y Cosio (deceased) and María de
Esparza, then married José de la Sierra, son of Gaspar de la Sierra
(deceased) and Baltasara Blanco on February 19, 1737 (AM 9).

The on-line LDS Family Search site has an extraction for the marriage
of the same couple dated January 31, 1737 in Las Caldas, Mexico.
Captain Joseph de la Sierra died August 13, 1764. She was dead by June
1764 (AM 133). Their daughter María Josepha de la Sierra, single, died
June 12, 1764 (AM 133), and another daughter, Teresa, died October 4,
1748 (AM 114).

A single woman named María Esparza died January 15, 1757 (AM 123).

There were other Valverdes in El Paso at the time but it is
challenging to link them as family members. María Rossa Valverde
married to Manuel Baldizan; Gertrudis Valverde married to Geronimo
Lucero; Juana Valverde married to Joseph Luzero; Antonio Valverde
married to Thomasa Jurado de Gracia (children Juan Francisco, María
Thereza, Manuel, Joseph Vissente); Anna María Balverde married to
Salvador Domínguez; Juana Valverde married to José Márquez on May 5,
1734 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada.

Researcher: Claire Ortiz Hill

Sources:

AM: El Paso del Norte, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Marriage & Death
Records 1728-1775, extracted by Aaron Magdaleno, Familia Ancestral
Research Association, January 1998.

CC: "A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses of El Paso del Norte
Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate Possible Family
Groupings," researched and prepared by John B. Colligan and Terry L.
Corbett.

VEGA y COCA —Promising Lead

On November 29, 1693, Francisca de la Vega, a native of Mexico City
and a daughter of Cristóbal de la Vega and Marina de Coca recorded
banns of matrimony at the Sagrario of the catedral de México with
Guillermo de Salazar, an orphan who was a native of Mexico City.
Cristóbal de la Vega and Marina de Coca were identified as the parents
of Miguel de la Vega y Coca (ONMF: 307) when Miguel sought to marry
doña María Montoya in Santa Fe in April 1699 (NM Roots: DM 1699, April
13, no. 1, Santa Fe).

A search of the baptismal and marriage records for the churches of the
Catedral de México, Santa Catalina Martir, and Santa Vera Cruz in
Mexico City for the time period of 1650-1700, did not turn up any
additional information on the Vega y Coca family. However, two
intriguing records were extracted from the baptismal records of the
church of Santa Vera Cruz, which appear to relate to this family. On
October 14, 1672, a couple named Cristóval de la Bega and Marina de
Baldés baptized a daughter named Francisca. Her padrino was Mathías de
Santillán. Five years later, Xpotbal (Cristóbal) de la Vega and Marina
de Valdés baptized another daughter, Petrona, on July 17, 1679, Santa
Vera Cruz Church. The padrino of Petrona was Joseph de Iglecias.

Could Cristóbal de la Vega and Marina de Valdés be the same couple as
Cristóbal de la Vega and Marina de Coca? An affirmative answer to this
question is difficult to ascertain. Additional research needs to be
conducted. However, it is curious to note that there was a family of
the Santa Vera Cruz parish with the combined surnames of Coca and
Valdés. A marriage took place in the Church of Santa Vera Cruz, Mexico
City, on June 7, 1650, between Juan Morcillo de Coca Telles, a native
of the Pueblo de Santa Paula and a son of Juan Morcillo de Valdés and
doña Juana Telles, with doña Melchora de Valdés, a native of Tescuco
and a daughter of Juan Marcelo (de Valdés) and doña Ina (?) de Ribera.
The witnesses to this union were Juan Morcillo de Coca, Juan Marcelo
de Valdés and Francisco de Valdés. Additional research needs to be
conducted to determine if Juan Morcillo de Coca Telles and doña
Melchora de Valdés had a daughter named Marina.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd" , 2083, DM
1699, April 13 (no. 1), Santa Fe ; Matrimonios de epañoles 1688-1701,
Asunción Church, Mexico City, LD microfilm #0035270; Bautismos, Santa
Vera Cruz Church, Mexico City, LD microfilm #035821; Martimonios,
Santa Vera Cruz Church, Mexico City, LDS microfilm #0035848.

VELARDE (PÉREZ VELARDE)

According to the Great New Mexico Database (Hispanic Genealogical
Research Center of New Mexico) a person named Antonio Velarde y Cosio
died on December 15, 1728 in El Paso. His mother is identified as
Juana de Velarde y Cosio and his father as Antonio Velarde. The
database indicates that this person's daughter was Juana de Velarde y
Cosio who married Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde, whose son Manuel Velarde
de Cosio married Lugarda Lucero de Godoy. This database entry also
indicates that Manuel and Lugarda had a daughter named Rosalia who
married José García de Noriega, whose daughter María Josefa married
Manuel Francisco Delgado.

As can be seen from the information below, if there is verifiable
documentation that clearly identifies Rosalia Velarde's parents as
Manuel Velarde de Cosio and Lugarda Lucero de Godoy, I would interpret
this to mean:

Manuel Velarde was not a son of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde and Juana
Valverde y Cosio since records indicate that all of their children
died as children and none of them were named Manuel.
Manuel Velarde was not the same person as Manuel Blas Pérez Velarde,
son of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde and Xasinta (Jacinta) Valencia.
Manuel Blas Pérez Velarde married Casilda de Ydalgo, daughter of Juan
Ydalgo and Antonio de Herrera on June 20, 1757, Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe Church, El Paso, New Mexico (Aaron Magdaleno, Nuestra Señora
de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte Marriage and Death Records 1728-1775,
p. 41 ). Casilda was about exactly Rosalia's age. Manuel Blas’
children basically went by Pérez Velarde, Velarde or Pérez, but didn't
use Cosio in their surnames.
Manuel Velarde was probably Manuel Lorenzo Velarde Cosio (died 1754)
who married María Lugarda de Herrera del Villar (died 1755).

If there is a document verifying that an Antonio Velarde y Cosio died
on December 15, 1728 in El Paso, whose mother was Juana de Velarde y
Cosio and his father Antonio Velarde, then this could have been one of
Juana Valverde y Cosio's and Antonio Velarde's children who died.
Also, it is doubtful that this Antonio Velarde y Cosio would have been
the father of Juana de Velarde y Cosio.

Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde

ONMF indicates that Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde was baptized on April
28, 1702 in Muriedes in the Valley of Camargo, Asturias, and names his
parents as Francisco Escadejo and María Velarde. He was living in El
Paso in 1725 and was appointed Sheriff of the Holy Office.

An account of the services rendered by don Antonio Pérez Velarde who
began serving his Majesty in the year 1719 in the Royal Presidio of
Santa Fe of the Kingdom of New Mexico, as well as in that of El Paso
del Rio del Norte, is given in a document from the Archivos de Indias
(Archivos de Indias, Indiferente 145, n. 54\1, November 22, 1732).
General don Juan Domingo de Bustamente named Juan Antonio as captain
of the 100 soldiers of the Presidio of Santa Fe on December 3, 1723.
On September 3, 1726, he was named Lieutenant General of the Kingdom
and Provinces of New Mexico.

Indiferente 145, n. 54\2 from the Archivos de Indias is a letter of
don Antonio Pérez Velarde to the King of Spain. He wrote in an undated
letter that he had served his Majesty for 13 years in the province of
New Mexico as a soldier, as a lieutenant of the company of the 100
soldiers of the Santa Fe Presidio, as the supreme magistrate (justicia
mayor) of its jurisdiction, as captain of the said company, and
lieutenant governor and captain general of the New Mexico. He asked to
be named governor and general of the Kingdom of New Mexico. He further
wrote that he had endured 13 years of live warfare without one hour of
rest in the coldest realm of the Americas doing the cruelest work day
and night in the roughest mountains.

In a document dated 1735 preserved in the Archivos de Indias, Sevilla
(Contratacion 5482A, N.1, R.51), Juan Antonio was named Alcade of
Justlabaca and Hicpaltepeque in New Spain. He was in Spain that year
and on his way back to the New World.

According to "Beyond ONMF Volume 2", Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde's last
will and testament was made at El Paso del Norte on May 9, 1767. He
declared he was a native of Muriedes in the Valley of Camargo,
Santander, Spain, and named his parents as Francisco Pérez Velarde and
María Velarde, both deceased. He indicated he was married twice. His
first wife being Juana Valverde y Cosio, daughter of Antonio Valverde
y Cosio and María Esparza. Juan Antonio named his children by Juana
as: Antonio María, José Antonio, Francisco José and José María.
According to Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde, all of his offspring by Juana
died as children.

According Aaron Magdaleno, in his book of extractions entitled Nuestra
Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte Marriage and Death Records
1728-1775 (p. 9), Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde from the Montañas de
Muriedos, widower of Juana Balverde, son of Francisco Péres Velarde
and María Velarde was married on Dec. 30, 1736 with María Jacinta
Valencia, the widow of Andres, child of Juan Valencia (deceased) and
Juana Madrid (married in El Paso on June 28, 1689 according to the
HGRC Great New Mexico Database, which has their forebears).

In "New Mexico Roots Ltd." (p. 1647) Fray Angelico Chavez extracted a
pre-nuptial investigation record for Jacinta (Xassinta) Valencia, a
native of El Paso and a daughter of Juan de Valencia (deceased) and
Juana Madrid, was married to Andres Ruiz on November 21, 1717, El
Paso. Ruiz declared he was born in Casas Grandes, Nueva Vizcaya, and
named his parents as Nicolas Ruiz and María Fontes (see also Beyond
ONMF Volume 3). According to José Antonio Esquibel's transcription of
the burials in Santa Cruz de la Cañada an Andrés Ruiz, a citizen of El
Paso, married, aged 48-50, was buried there October 2, 1733.

The last will and testament of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde confirms he
was married a second time, his second wife being Jacinta Valencia.
They had four sons: José Antonio; Manuel Blas; (born about 1732
according to the 1788 census); Juan Antonio, born between 1738-1743;
Francisco Antonio, deceased by May 1789.

Juan Antonio Péres Velarde, husband of Xassinta (Jacinta) Valencia
died May 10, 1767, El Paso (Aaron Magdaleno, Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte Marriage and Death Records 1728-1775, p.
143).

Children and Immediate Descendants of

Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde and Jacinta Valencia

JOSEPH ANTONIO PÉREZ VELARDE

Joseph Antonio Pérez Velarde married Pheliciana in November 1760 (AM
p. 50).

A daughter of this couple, María Rossa Manuela, was born on May 26,
1762 and baptized on May 28 at NSG, El Paso. (CC).

Another daughter, Anna Manuela, born on July 14, 1765, was baptized on
the 14th at NSG, El Paso (CC).

Joseph Antonio Velarde's daughter Juana Calletana, by Feliciana
Catharina Balizan, as died at El Paso on August 8, 1773 (AM p. 156).

The 1790 census of El Paso lists José Velarde, farmer, Spanish, native
of El Paso, married to Feliciana Baldizan, 42 years, with a son 21
years old (CC).

MANUEL BLAS PÉREZ VELARDE

Manuel Blas Velarde, son of Juan Antonio Velarde and Doña Xassinta
Valencia, married Casilda de Ydalgo, daughter of Juan Ydalgo and
Antonia de Herrera, mulattos, on June 20, 1757 (AM p. 41). According
to the 1788 census Casilda would have been born around 1740 (CC).
Children of this couple include:

Nicolas Antonio baptized on September 15, 1760, born the 9th (CC).

Luis Bartolomé baptized on August 26, 1763, born the 23rd (CC).

Dionisio Antoniode Jesus baptized on January 16, 1778, born the 13th
(CC).

Nicolás Antonio Higinio baptized on January 13, 1781, born the 11th
(CC).

Casilda Lauriana, their daughter, was 18 years old in 1795 (CC).

Anna born about 1771 (CC).

Manuel Blas Velarde's wife had an illegitimate son, José Manuel Ábalos
Velarde, with Andrés Ábalos. José married María Rosa Vicenta Lucero,
daughter of Francisco Lucero de Godoy and Antonio Madrid (CC). The
International Genealogical Index (IGI-LDS) has a record of this
marriage for June 22, 1778, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Juarez,
Mexico.

The 1788 census of El Paso lists Manuel Blas Pérez Velarde, Spanish,
born in El Paso, 56 years old, farmer, married to Casilda Idalgo,
Spanish, born in El Paso, 48 years old, 3 sons, 15, 10, 7; 1 daughter
12. That would have been Luis B., Dionisio, and Nicolás (CC). The girl
would have been Casilda Lauriana.

Son Luis Bartolomé Velarde married Anna Gertrudis Quaron, daughter of
Lorenzo Quaron and Rosa Estrada, both deceased on May 23, 1785. The
1788 census of El Paso finds him Spanish, native of El Paso, 25 years
old, a farmer, married to Anna Gertrudis Quaron, mestiza, a native of
El Paso, 23, with a daughter 2 years old (CC).

A diligencia matrimonial for daughter Casilda Lauriana Velarde at NSG
dated March 1795 she confirms her intent to marry Nicolás Padilla, a
native and citizen of El Paso, the son of José Antonio Padilla and
Antonia de Sierra. She was 18 years old, a native of El Paso and a
citizen, daughter of Blas Manuel and Casilda de Jésus Idalgo. (CC)

Anna Belarde, daughter of Blas Belarde and Casilda Idalgo, married
Antonio José García de Noriega, son of Manuel García de Noriega
deceased and Manuela Alderete at NSG on June 15, 1786 (CC). The 1790
census has Antonio García, farmer, Spanish, native of El Paso, married
to Ana Velarde, Spanish, age 19 (CC).

JUAN ANTONIO PÉREZ VELARDE II

Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde II, Spanish, married Ana María Ydalgo,
Spanish, native of El Paso, on July 28, 1759 (AM p. 45). Children of
this couple:

María Xassinta born on February 23, 1761, baptized on March 3, 1761,
NSG, El Paso (CC).

Maríano Dolores born on March 25, 1763, baptized on March 29th, NSG,
El Paso (CC).

José Gerbasio born about 1767 (CC).

Juan Domingo, died as a child and was buried on May 23, 1771, NSG, El
Paso (CC).

Juan Antonio born about 1772 (CC).

The 1788 census of El Paso finds him Spanish a native of El Paso, 45
years old, married to Ana María Idalgo, Spanish, a native of El Paso,
50 years old, with 3 sons, 20, 14, 12 and 1 daughter 22 (CC).

The 1790 census of El Paso finds him a farmer, Spanish, born in El
Paso, 52 years old married to Ana M. Idalgo, Spanish, 52 years, with 2
sons 30 and 18 and a daughter 24; 2 orphan boys 9 and 4, a male coyote
servant 30 (CC).

José Gerbasio Pérez Velarde married María Polonia Telles, adopted
daughter of María Francisca Telles, on February 21, 1789 (CC). The
1790 census finds him 23 years old, a native of El Paso married to
Polonia Telles, 18, with one daughter one year old (CC).

According to a diligencia matrimonial dated August 23, 1893, NSG, El
Paso, Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde (III), son of Juan Antonio Velarde
and Ana María Idalgo, then 21 and a lieutenant in the militia, born in
El Paso and a citizen, planned to marry María Gertrudis Olibares, 21,
born in El Paso and a citizen, the daughter of Lorenzo Olibares
(deceased) and María Eugenia del Villar.

Anna María Velarde died August 7, 1764 (AM 134).

FRANCISCO ANTONIO PÉREZ VELARDE

On July 30, 1764 Francisco Velarde married Manuela Ponze (AM, 62). A
diligencia matrimonial date July 23, 1764 identified Francisco Velarde
as a son of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde and Jacinta Valencia, residents
of El Paso. He intended to marry María Manuela Ponze de León, 16,
daughter of Juan José Ponze de León and Casilda Luzero, citizens of El
Paso (CC). The children of this couple follow.

Juan Joseph Ypolito born August 12, 1765 (CC).

IGI batch no. J600521 has Joseph Ypolito Peres, son of Francisco Peres
Velarde, baptized on August 18, 1765 in N. S. de Guadalupe, El Paso
del Norte.

IGI Batch M600527 has Juan Jose Ypolito Peres Velarde married on May
7, 1789 in N. S. de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte.

The 1788 census of El Paso lists Hipolito as a mestizo from El Paso,
an unmarried farmer with 2 male orphans, 15 and 8 and 1 female orphan,
9 and 1 agregada 70 (CC).

On May 7, 1789, Hipolito son of Francisco Pérez Velarde (deceased) and
Manuela Ponce de Leon, (deceased) married María Gertrudis Ruis,
Spanish, daughter of Manuel Ruis (deceased) and María Josefa Jurado
(CC). The 1790 census lists him as a farmer, mestizo, native of El
Paso of 25 years, married to Gertrudis Ruiz, mestiza, age 16 (CC).

Researcher: Claire Ortiz Hill

Sources:

AM: El Paso del Norte, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Marriage & Death
Records 1728-1775, extracted by Aaron Magdaleno, Familia Ancestral
Research Association, January 1998.

CC: "A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses of El Paso del Norte
Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate Possible Family
Groupings," researched and prepared by John B. Colligan and Terry L.
Corbett.

VELARDE COSIO

Manuel Lorenzo Velarde Cosio married María Lugarda de Herrera del
Villar. Their known children were:

Joseph, died August 7, 1766 (Aaron Magdaleno [AM], Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte Marriage and Death Records 1728-1775,
142).

Ana María.

Juan Francisco.

Manuel Belarde, husband of Lugarda de Herrera, died on April 30, 1754
(AM 121). María Lugarda del Villar, wife of Manuel Lorenzo Velarde,
died February 28, 1775 (AM 160)

Joseph Velarde, single son of Lorenzo Velarde, deceased, and Lugarda
de Herrera, died on August 7, 1766 (AM 142).

Ana María Velarde, daughter of Lorenzo Velarde, deceased, and María
Lugarda de Herrera married Joseph García Carvajal, son of Miguel
García Carvajal and María Padilla on June 1, 1756 (AM 37). The known
children of this couple were:

Joseph Simon Carvajal, son of Joseph Carvajal and Ana Maria Velarde
was baptized in NSG on March 23, 1757 (CC) and died June 1, 1757 (AM
123).

Joseph Manuel Carvajal, baptized February 25, 1758 NSG (CC).

Anna Xassinta Carvajal, baptized August 19, 1760, NSG, born the 16th
(CC).

Juan Joseph Ramon Carvajal, baptized August 17, 1762, NSG (CC).

Anna Manuela Carvajal, baptized January 4, 1765, NSG, born the 1st
(CC).

José Ramon Carbajal (son of José Carbajal (deceased) and Ana María
Belarde to marry Petrona Dominga Telles, daughter of Domingo Telles
and Ana María Ortega. (DM, NSG September 15, 1790, CC)

The 1788 census of El Paso lists Ana María Velarde, age 47, a widow, 3
sons, 25, 22, 16; 2 daughters 18, 15, 1 orphan 14 (CC).

The 1790 census of El Paso lists Ana María Velarde, age 46, 3 sons,
28, 24, 16; two daughters 26 and 13.

Francisco Belarde Cosio's wife Gertrudis Chavarria died on March 12,
1773 (AM 155). (José Anastacio Velarde Cosio, son of Francisco Velarde
and María Gertrudis Chavarria married Lugarda del Rio, daughter of
José del Rio and Magdalena García on May 26, 1782, NSG, El Paso (CC).

Juan Francisco Velarde, the widower of María Gertrudis Chabarria and
son of Manuel Velarde and María Lugarda de Villa, both deceased,
married María Josepha Telles, daughter of Lorenzo Telles and
Candelaria Padilla on June 6, 1775 (AM 97),

DM at NSG for May 22, 1775: Juan Francisco Belarde, legitimate son of
Manuel Lorenzo Belarde and María Lugarda del Villar, both deceased
citizens of El Paso, widower of María Gertrudis de Chabarria, to marry
María Josefa Telles, daughter of Lorenzo Telles and Candelaria
Padilla, citizens of El Paso (CC).

Children: Juan Chrisostomo, Spanish, baptized May 29, 1776, NSG

José Silvestre, baptized January 3, 1778, NSG, born December 31.

José Gregorio, baptized December 2, 1789, NSG, born November 28th

Luis Juan, baptized June 24, 1780, NSG.

The 1788 census of El Paso list Juan Francisco Velarde as a Spaniard
from El Paso, 63, farmer, married to Josefa Tellez, Spanish, from El
Paso, 24, 2 sons, 10 and 7, 1 daughter 2 (CC).

The 1790 census of El Paso lists Juan Francisco Velarde as a Spaniard
from El Paso, 68, married to Josefa Telles, Spanish, 20, 2 sons 8 and
7, daughter 3.

ROSALIA VELARDE COSIO

Doña Rossa Velarde (born between 1740 and 1745), was a native and
citizen of El Paso who married Captain Joseph García de Noriega (born
about 1741) in February 1761 (AM 52). Their known children were:

María Josefa (who married Manuel Francisco Delgado)

Joseph Francisco Faustin was baptized on December 18, 1762 in NSG

Joseph Manuel Thunotero died on October 10, 1772 (AM 154)

Rosalia Saturnina, born February 16, 1777, El Paso (NSG), born on the
11th

María Candelaria born about 1767

María Manuela born 1769, d. January 22, 1834 in Socorro, NM

María Concepcion born about 1771

(These last three children are from an immense Ancestral File found on
the LDS Family Search web site).

The diligencia matrimonial for a María Josefa García de Noriega and
Manuel Francisco Delgado identifies Rosalia Velarde Cosio as a native
and citizen of El Paso and the wife of Captain José García de Noriega
(CC).

IGI batch J600521 Joseph Francisco Faustin García Velardo, son of
Rossalia Velardo and Joseph Garzia was baptized on December 18, 1762
in N. S. de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte.

Rosalia Saturnina figures on page 119 of New Mexico Prenuptial
Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de
Durango, 1760-1799 (Rick Hendricks, ed. And John B. Colligan, comp.)
In April 1795, she was 18, Spanish and a citizen of Santa Fe, the
legitimate daughter of José García de Noriega and Rosalia Velarde. She
was pregnant by José Pascual de la Mora, son of Antonio García de la
Mora and María Josefa Fuentes, both Spanish and deceased. Rosalia
Saturnina and José Pascual were granted a dispensation to marry.
According to the pre-nuptial investigation record for Rosalia and José
Pascual, Rosalia was baptized at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church,
El Paso, on February 16, 1777.

The 1788 census of El Paso lists Rosa Velarde, a Spaniard from El
Paso, age 45, widow, with 2 sons ages 17 and 9; 4 daughters ages 23,
14, 9, 8 (CC).

The 1790 census of El Paso lists Rosa Velarde as a Spaniard age 50,
with 2 sons, 20 and 14; 2 daughters 14 and 12; and an female orphan
(CC).

Researcher: Claire Ortiz Hill

Sources:

AM: El Paso del Norte, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Marriage & Death
Records 1728-1775, extracted by Aaron Magdaleno, Familia Ancestral
Research Association, January 1998.

CC: "A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses of El Paso del Norte
Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate Possible Family
Groupings," researched and prepared by John B. Colligan and Terry L.
Corbett.

VERA PERDOMO

The Inquisition trial records of Diego de Vera [ONMF: 112] provide
additional family information than the names of his parents and
grandparents as given by Fray Angélico Chávez. On trial at Mexico City
in January 1626 for bigamy, Diego de Vera declared he was a native of
La Laguna on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), and gave his age
as 33 (b.ca. 1592-93). In addition to naming his parents and
grandparents (see ONMF: 112), he named a paternal uncle, Martín Baena
of La Laguna. He also named another uncle whose given name he could
not recall but who was surnamed Perdomo and was married in Burgos and
had daughter Juana Perdomo who was married with Juan Bautista de Lanso
(?) [the text appears to read Lanso], and this couple had three
children.

Diego de Vera also made reference to another uncle named Cristóbal
Martín of Garachico (Cabary Islands) and another relative named Ynés
Martín, a native of Garachico, who was married to a man named Blas
Reyes. Blas Reyes and Ynés Martín were the parents of two children,
María and Cristóbal. Deigo de Vera also mention the names of two
siblings, Juana Perdomo and María Perdomo, the latter married with
Antonio González.

In his disposition, Diego de Vera named his first wife as Catalina
Pérez, a native of the pueblo of La Vega [Bega in the text], Isla de
Tenerife [Canary Islands], and a daughter of Salvador González
[Gonsáles in the text] and María Magdalena. Diego and Catalina were
married at the pueblo de la Vega and one of the witnesses to this
union was Juana de Perdoma, Diego's sister. This couple resided in La
Vega for about a year before relocating to the pueblo of Telde where
they lived for about two years.

Diego de Vera and Catalina Pérez had two children, a son named Pedro
and another son whose name is not given. After about three years of
marriage, Diego apparently left his first wife and came to New Spain.
He traveled on the ship of don Juan de la Cueva, and spent around
three to four years in New Spain, living for a time in the city of
Puebla de los Ángeles with a first cousin named Juana Perdomo. He
eventually became mayordomo of the wagon trains going to New Mexico
where he married his second wife doña María de Abendaño in January
1622.

Researcher: John B. Colligan
Source: Archivo General de la Nación, México, Inquisición, tomo 356,
f. 267, 270, 303, 306 and tomo 495, fo. 90-102

ANAYA ALMAZÁN—Promising Lead

There is a baptismal record dated September 11, 1595, Asunción Church
(Catedral de México), Mexico City, for Agustín, son of Pedro de
Almanza (sic Almazán) and Inéz de Anaya, and another baptismal record
dated September 3, 1603, Asunción Church (Catedral de México), Mexico
City, for Francisco, child of Juan de Almazán and Ynés de Anaya. Both
records appear to relate to Pedro de Almazán and Inéz de Anaya,
progenitors of the Anaya Almazán family that was established in New
Mexico by their son Francisco de Anaya Almazán (ONMF: 3-4) .

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

ABREU—Promising Lead

Santiago Abreu (ONMF: 120) was married on May 2, 1795, with María
Soledad de la O in the Sagrario of Chihuahua. The names of their
parents are very likely included in the original record.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

AFÁN de RIBERA

In Origins of New Mexico Families, Fray Angélico Chávez identified
Francisco Afán de Ribera as most likely being the same person as
Francisco de Betanzos who came from Mexico City to New Mexico in 1694
(ONMF: 148, 266). Following this lead, Francisco Afán de Ribera and
his early descendants in New Mexico were placed in the Betanzos family
section of The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico (pp. 124-132).
Information extracted and transcribed last will and testament of
Francisco Afán de Ribera by Robert D. Martínez verifies the origins of
Afán de Ribera and clearly shows that this man was not a son of Andrés
de Betanzos. This new information provides valuable documentation for
clarifying and correcting the genealogy the Afán de Ribera-del
Castillo family of New Mexico.

The last will and testament of Francisco Afán de Ribera has been
preserved in the Archivo Histórico de Parral (State of Chihuahua,
Mexico).

Francisco Afán de Ribera made his will and died in New Mexico.
Although a copy did not survive among the documents of the Spanish
Archives of New Mexico, an offical copy of the will was forwarded to
the Villa de San Felipe el Real (Chihuahua) in order for don Pedro de
Almucena to handle the affairs related to the goods and outstanding
busines dealing of Afán de Ribera in Nueva Vizcaya. The will is dated
September 4, 1721, Villanueva de Santa Cruz, New Mexico. On August 11,
1725, the will was copied and notarized as being an exact and faithful
copy of the original. It was received by official in the Villa de San
Felipe el Real by September 18, 1725.

In his will, Francisco Afán de Ribera identified himself as a native
of Mexico City and a vecino of the Villaneuva de Santa Cruz, New
Mexico, and a legitimate son of "Juan de Rivera Y de Josepha de el
Castillo." This couple married in the Sagrario chapel of the Catedral
de México on February 21, 1672. Their marriage record was located
among the book of castas of the cathedral by Robert D. Martínez and
reads:

Juan de ribera con Josepha

del Castillo

velaronsse los Contenidos en

esta ss<an>ta’’ Yg<lesi>a’ en 21 de feb<rer>o’

de 1672

En sinco dias del mes de Junio de

mil y seiscientos y setenta y dos

años con licencia del cura sema-

nero de depose por palabra de

presente que hisieron ver-

dadero matrimonio a Juan de

Ribera, morisco, con Josepha del

Castillo, española, siendo testi-

gos Alonso Saldaña y Fran-

cisco de Sandobal

Fr<ay> Diego de villegas [rubrica]

According to this record, Juan de Ribera was a morisco, an individual
who was three-quarters Caucasian and one-quarter African, as clearly
defined in the casta system of his time period. Josepha del Castillo
was identified as española. Because of Juan de Ribera's mixed
ancestry, the marriage of this couple was recorded in the book of
castas of the cathedral. The witnesses to the union were Alonso
Saldaña and Francisco de Sandoval. The presiding priest was Fray Diego
de Villegas.

It is not clear from the contents of the will when Francisco Afán de
Ribera came to New Mexico. Could he has posed as a son of Andrés de
Betanzos, and thus arrived in New Mexico in 1693, or did he come to
New Mexico at a later date, perhaps as a merchant? These questions
remain unanswered at this time.

Francisco Afán de Ribera named as his heirs his three daughters and
one son: Nicolasa del Castillo, Josefa del Castillo, María del
Castillo, and Francisco Xavier del Castillo. Immediately it is clear
that the children of Afán de Ribera adopted the surname of their
paternal grandmother. He decalred that all his belongings were to be
equally divided among each of his heirs. No mention is made of the
mother or mothers of these children. He asked to buried in the Church
of Santa Cruz and named Captian don Ignacio de Roybal as the executor
of his estate.

Francisco Afán de Ribera left a large amount of personal goods, which
identify him as a person of means and a merchant. A summary of his
last testament appears below in this this section, along with a link
to the transcription of the testament.

Researcher: Robert D. Martínez

Summary by José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo Histórico de Parral, Roll 1725C, Fr. 1893 – 1899;
Asunción Cathedral, Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Matrimonios de
Castas, LDS microfilm #0035261.

________________________________________________________________

AFÁN de RIBERA (continued)

The last will and testament of Francisco Afán de Ribera located by
Robert D. Martínez among the collection of the Archivo Histórico de
Parral is an official copy of the original that was forwarded from New
Mexico to San Felipe de Chihuaua in order to settle Afán de Ribera's
accounts in Nueva Vizcaya. The document begins with an official
reaquest dated August 2, 1725, Villa de Santa Fe, before the Alcalde
Mayor and Capitán a Guerra of Santa Fe, don Miguel de la Vega y Coca,
presented by Capitán don Ignacio de Roybal, Alguacil Mayor (Chief
Constable) of the Office of the Inquisition and a vecino of New Mexico
who was executor of the Afán de Ribera estate. Roybal was writing to
don Pedro de Almucena, a vecino of San Felipe de Chihuahua, for an
accounting of the goods of Afán de Ribera in Nueva Vizacaya. The
witnesses to this document were Captain don Diego Arias de Quiros,
Antonio de Gruciaga, and don Salvador Montoya, vecinos of the Villa de
Santa Fe.

Following the request was an official copy of the will of Francisco
Afán de Ribera. The will was dated Septembr 4, 1721, and the witnesses
to this will were Fray Manuel de Sopeña, of the Santa Cruz Parish, and
Miguel de Quintana, a vecino of Santa Cruz de la Cañada. This
information clearly indicates that the will was written in New Mexico,
apparently in Sanat Cruz. Francisco Afán de Ribera beagn his will
traditionally in the name of the Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, and in the name of the Virgin Mary, San Miguel Arcangel, San
Juan Bautista, San Pablo, San Pedro, San Francisco, San José, and all
the saints of the heavenly court. He next declared that he was a ntive
of the City of Mexico and a vecino of the Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz,
New Mexico, the legitimate son of Juan de Rivera and Josepha del
Castillo. Being of sound mind and judgment he dictated his last will
and testament stating he believed in everything the Holy Mother Roman
Catholic Church believed and lived and died in the faith and belief as
a Catholic Christian, commanding his soul to God who created it and
redeemed it with his precious blood and commanding his body to the
ground from which it was formed.

In the next section of his will Afán de Ribera asked that when he died
he desired to be buried in the parish church of the Villa Nueva de
Santa Cruz, and the customary requests for the burial were to be aid
from his goods. The first items he declared as his belongs were
rawhides and elkskin hides worth the amount of 2,430 pesos
(approximately $73,000 in modern monetary terms) as accounted for in
his book of accounts. He next declared the 17 mules he owned and
described them, and he owned eleven saddle rigs for the mules,
including blankets and lasos. He next declared some saddles, an
harquebus, clothing made from English cloth (paño de Ynglaterra), a
silver plate, spoon and fine china, and a locket of silver. He also
owned an iron brand for branding his mules, a cart for two teams of
oxen. He next mentioned he owned a rancho that he bought from Joaquín
de Atienza, as attested to by the royal bill of sale. The next
possession he accounted for was hi mirror with a gold frame.

Afán de Ribera proudly stated that the only person that he owned
anything, both in New Mexico and outside New Mexico, was don Ignacio
de Roybal, as would be shown in his personal book of accounts.

His bed and white clothing and the decorations of his house were to be
given to his daughters and son. He then ordered that 100 pesos be
separated from his estate for two poor and needed young women
(unnamed), and asked for fifty masses to be said for the souls in
purgatory and the rest to pay for his funeral expenses.

Afán de Ribera then named his heirs as Nicolasa del Castillo, Josefa
del Castillo, María del Castillo, and Francisco Xavier del Castillo.
Among whom he wished to divide his estate in equal parts, except for
the rancho and the ox-cart. He named the executor of his estate as don
Ignacio de Roybal, declaring he had no other testament nor codicil.
The witnesses to the will were Santa Cruz de la Cañada residents Fray
Manuel de Sopeña and Miguel de Quintana. Afán de Ribera signed his
name.

Following the copy of the will is a statement of authenticity of the
contents that had been copied to be sent to Chihuahua confirming that
it was an exact transcription of the last will and testament of
Francisco Afán de Ribera and is dated Agust 11, 1725. Witnesses in
Santa Fe testifying to this fact were Miguel José de la Vega y Coca,
José Manuel Jiltomé, and Miguel José Laso de la Vega y Vique.
Officials in Chihuahua confirmed receipt of the will on September 18,
1725.

The transcription of the will of Francisco Afán de Ribera can be read
here.

Researcher: Robert D. Martínez

Summary by José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo Histórico de Parral, Roll 1725C, frs. 1893-99.

ARAGÓN

New genealogical research by José Antonio Esquibel into the maternal
ancestry of Ignacio de Aragón (ONMF: 127-128), progenitor of the
Aragón family of New Mexico, was recently presented at the Annual
Conference of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America. Ignacio de
Aragón was a son of Juan de Aragón and Mencia de las Ruelas Galindo
(SRNM: 106-108). The Galindo family has its origins in Sevilla, Spain,
while the Ruelas family can be traced to the mid-1500s in Puebla de
los Ángeles, New Spain. This research adds the names of eight
immediate ancestors of Ignacio de Aragón and includes family surnames
such as Calderón, Carmona, Dávila, Salguero, and Zúñiga.

An article titled "The Ancestry of Ignacio de Aragón" has been written
and will be published in the Summer 2001 issue of El Farolito (Vol. 3,
No. 2), quarterly journal of the Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy
Research Center (OLTHLRC). The article provides transcriptions of
original marriage records that clearly documents the information used
to compile the Galindo-de la Ruelas genealogy and the article will be
illustrated with a genealogical chart showing related family members.

Single issues of El Farolito, can be purchased for $6.00, or four
issues a year can be obtained through OLTHLRC membership of $20.00 per
year. Send check or money order with single-issue request or request
for membership to OLTHLRC, MSC 237, 6637 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood,
Colorado 80214-1896.

ARELLANO—Promising Lead

There is a marriage record for Nicolás de Arellano and Leonor
Hernandes (aka Fernández Becerra), the parents of Cristóbal de
Arellano (ONMF: 133), dated July 12, 1664, Sagrario, Aguascalientes,
Nueva España (México).

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

ARCHIBEQUE

The ancestry of Juan de Archibeque (aka Jean L'Archeveque, ONMF: 129)
was traced several generations into France by Paul Trujillo. His
findings were published in Herencia (Vol. 3, January 1995, Issue 1),
the quarterly journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Research Center
(HGRC) of New Mexico, in an article titled "Los Franceses of
Seventeenth Century New Mexico: Jean L'Archeveque, Jaques Grolet, and
Pierre Meusnier." The valuable genealogical information in this
article is a must for any descendant of Juan de Archibeque.
Information is provided on his paternal and maternal ancestry, and is
based on sacramental records of marriage and baptism. Back issues of
Herencia can be ordered through the HGRC web site. Detailed historical
information about Jean L'Archeveque, Jacques Grolet, and Pierre
Muesnier can be read in The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico by
José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan.

ARMIJO

The March 2001 issue of the New Mexico Genealogist (NMG) contains an
article with a faulty lineage of the Armijo family, which purports to
trace the family to Puebla de los Ángeles in New Spain and to Sevilla
and Madrid in Spain. Unfortunately, this lineage promises to take a
place next to other common errors in New Mexico Spanish Colonial
genealogical research.

There is yet no positive evidence that names the parents of Joseph de
Armijo, the husband of Catalina Duran (ONMF: 136). Joseph and Catalina
were the progenitors of the Armijo family of New Mexico. The lineage
published in the March 2001 issues of the New Mexico Genealogist (NMG)
and compiled by Angelo Cervantes claims that Joseph de Armijo was a
son of Antonio de Armijo and Damiana de Violante. This information
should not be accepted as fact.

We know from various primary documents that the Armijo family of New
Mexico came from Zacatecas among the colonists recruited by Juan Páez
Hurtado (ONMF: 136; Colligan, The Páez Hurtado Expedition: 40-41,
92-93). To date no marriage record or pre-nuptial investigation record
has been located for Joseph de Armijo and Catalina Durán, thus the
parents of this couple remain unknown. In addition, without the
marriage record of this couple, it cannot be substantiated that this
Joseph de Armijo is the same person as the Joseph de Armijo (native of
Zacatecas) who married Antonia Hernández in Mexico City (md. September
11, 1667, Santa Catalina Martir Church, Mexico City) [see BONMF Volume
5].

The lineage presented in the March 2001 issue of the NMG requires
additional consideration and research before being accepted as fact.
In particular, there is the fact that the members of the Armijo family
of New Mexico were consistently referred to as mestizos. As such, we
would expect to find Indian ancestry that is not accounted for in the
faulty Armijo lineage presented by Angelo Cervantes. At the very
least, he should have noted that the lineage was a promising lead
instead of presenting his information as a proven lineage. This type
of irresponsible presentation of genealogical information only serves
to create confusion among people searching for their ancestors, and
damages the credibility of sound New Mexico genealogical research.

Comments of José Antonio Esquibel

BAZÁN-LEDESMA—Promising Lead

There is a marriage record for Ygnacio Bazán (ONMF: 146) and his first
wife, María Ygnacia Ledesma, dated August 24, 1788, Asunción Church
(Catedral de México), Mexico City. The original records will very
likely contain the names of their parents, or these names may have
been recorded in the corresponding banns of matrimony book
(información matrimonial). Apparently, a researcher extracted and
submitted the names of the parents of María Ygnacia Ledesma, who are
identified as José Ledesma and Barbara Ariza.

José Ledesma and Barbara Ariza were married June 14, 1742, Santa Vera
Cruz Church, Mexico City. Barbara Ariza was christened Barbara Marzela
on Februray 25, 1725 (born February 18th), Asunción Church (Catedral
de México), daughter of Pedro de Urbina and Getrudis de Ariza.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

BUSTAMNTE —Promising Lead

As indicated by Fray Angélico Chávez, the Bustamante family of New
Mexico was apparently related to don Juan Domingo de Bustamante,
Governor of New Mexico from 1722-1731 (ONMF: 150). It is known that
don Bernrado de Bustamante y Tagle and José de Bustamante y Tagle both
left descendents in New Mexico (ONMF: 150-151). The exact relation
ship between these three men has yet to be clearly determined. Chávez
suggested that don Bernardo de Bustamante y Tagle may have been a
brother of nephew of Governor Bustamante, and he identified José de
Bustamante y Tagle as a native of Aranda de Duero, Spain, and a son of
Juan Antonio de Bustamante y Tagle and María Antonia Bracho
Bustamante.

Recent information extracted by Joe Puerta from a book titled Escudos
de Cantábria provides some very promising leads regarding the
genealogy and ancestry of the Bustamante family of New Mexico.
Governor don Juan Domingo de Bustamante had been a vecino (tax-paying
citizen) of Puente San Miguel (previously known as Barcena de la
Puente) in the Cantábria region of Spain where he founded a small
chapel or sanctuary called Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe which cost the
amount of 10,000 pesos. In the clef of the entry arch of this chapel
there is a small coat of arms divided into fourths, most likely
representing the family shield of don Juan Domingo de Bustamante. The
first fourth of the shield has an image of a tower. The second fourth
of the shield has the image of three lilies. The third fourth of the
shield has the image of a tree. The last part of the shield has
thirteen disks, which represents the specific coat of arms of the
Pérez de Bustamante family. In 1769, the patron of this chapel was don
Rodrigo Antonio de Tagle Bustamante, very likely a descendant of don
Juan Domingo.

Originally, the Bustamente family used the extended surname of Pérez
de Bustamante, but in time this fell from use. This is seen in the
genealogy of don Juan Domingo de Bustamante who was a son of don
Antonio Pérez de Buatamante and doña Josepha de Tagle y Villegas,
vecinos of Villapresente, she being a member of the House of Sánchez
de Tagle of Villapresente. Although it appears that don Antonio and
doña Josepha could be the parents or grandparents of don Bernardo de
Bustamante y Tagle and José de Bustamante y Tagle, there is evidence
of other Bustamente-Tagle unions. According to the information found
in Escudos de Cantábria, don Anotnio and doña Josepha had two other
sons and a daughter. One son was don Francisco Antonio de Bustamante,
Oider de la Real Audiencia de México. The other son is not named but
was identified as the vicario general of the Bishopric of Durango.
This Vicar General was apparently don José de Buastamante who
represented the Bishop of Durango as the Vicar of Santa fe from 1733 -
1736 (ONMF: 151). The daughter was doña Rosa de Pérez de Villegas was
was married in 1705 with don Francisco Antonio de Tagle Bustamante, a
son of don Francisco Ambrosio de Tagle Bustamante and doña Juana de
Velarde (vecinos of Vispieres).

Don Antonio Pérez de Bustamante was a son of don Francisco Pérez de
Bustamante and doña María Gutiérrez de la Iglesia, she being a member
of the House of Gutiérrez de la Iglesia in Valles.

Don Francisco Pérez de Bustamante (II) was a son of another man also
named don Francisco Pérez de Bustamante (I) whose wife was doña
Juliana González de la Sierra Valverde.

Don Francisco Pérez de Bustamante (I) was a son of don Toribio Pérez
de Bustamante and doña María Velarde, she being a member of the House
of Roecin de Abajo.

Don Toribio Pérez de Bustamante was a son of don Diego Pérez de
Bustamante and doña Elena Sánchez de Tagle, she being a member of the
house of her surname. In 1649, don Toribio Pérez de Bustamante, who
identified himself as a descendant of the House of de la Cueva in
Quevada, receive certification for a coat of arms described in Spanish
as follows: de azur, torre de oro pasada de gules sobre un risco
natural, y al pie de ella una gruta, y a su puerta dos o tres cabezas
de moros con turbantes de plata y gules (blue background, a tower in
gold, red pathway over a natural cliff, and at the foot of the cliff a
grotto, and the at the doors two or three heads of moors with turbans
in silver and red).

The above information offers a very promising lead and narrows the
search for the roots of the Bustamante family to the region of
Cantábria in Spain. However, additional research is needed to confirm
the connection of don Bernardo de Buastamante y Tagle and José de
Bustamante y Tagle to the family of don Juan Domingo de Bustamante.

Other Bustamante-Tagle unions in the area of Villapresente include:

Don Juan Pérez de Bustamante, born 1615, native of Beguila
(Villapresente), son of don Pedro Pérez de Bustamante, was married in
Villapresente with doña Juliana Sánchez de Tagle y Villegas, she being
a descendent of the main line of the Sánchez de Tagle family from
Santillana, and was related to the branch of Puente de San Miguel. Don
Pedro Pérez de Bustamante was a member of the house of Bustamante in
Puente de San Miguel.

In 1629 don Francisco Sanchez de Tagle was married with doña Angela
Sanchez Bustamante y Cortiguera, she being a member of the house of
her name in Vispieres.

Don José Joaquín de Buatamante y Tagle was married with doña Rosa
Petronila Velarde, native of Ruiloba.

In 1531, don Hernando de Bustamante y Tagle, a vecino of
Villapresente, and husband of a woman identified only as doña Theresa,
founded a mayorazgo, leaving all his estate to his son Ruy Sánchez de
Tagle. This is an indication that the Bustamante and Sánchez de Tagle
families had a long history of intermarriage from at least the early
16th century into the early 18th century.
Researcher: Joe Puerta

Summary and supplemental research by José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Carmen Gonzalez Echegaray, Escudos de Cantábria, Tomo II: Las
Asturias de Santillana, 211, 227-228, 256-257, 268.

De las CASAS

Bernabé de las Casas enlisted as a soldier in the army of don Juan de
Oñate in 1597, giving his age as 25 in January 1598 and declaring he
was a native of the Tenerife in the Canary Islands and a son of Miguel
de la Casas. From other records we learn that his mother was María
López. Bernabé de las Casas distinguished himself in the colonization
of New Mexico and earned the rank of captain. He was one of the
soldiers who escape the attack of the Acoma Indians in January 1599.

After the death of fellow soldier and colonist don Alonso de Sosa
Albornoz, Casas married his widow, doña Beatriz Navarro, daughter of
Juan Navarro and María Rodríguez Castaño de Sosa. Leaving New Mexico
in October 1602, Casas and Navarro made their way to Saltillo where
her father had successfully established himself as a rancher.

By 1604, Bernabé de las Casas was the administrator for the Hacienda
de Santa Ana which had been left to doña Beatriz Navarro and her two
sister by their father, Juan Navarro. Casas acquired and operated a
wheat mill in the area of Saltillo and ran a train of wagons to
Zacatecas, transporting grain and ore. In 1608, Casas was elected as
alcalde ordinario of Saltillo and served as Teniente de Alcade Mayor
from 1609-1610. By 1615, Bernabé de las Casas had discovered silver in
the Valle de Salinas in Nuevo León, and had an ore smelting mill
constructed on his Estancia de Salinas to process the silver ore.

By the 1620s, Bernabé de las Casas was a vecino of Neuvo León where he
owned property, including the silver mine of San Nicolás de Tolentino.
In 1626 he was alcalde ordinario of Monterrey and then was alcalde
mayor of the town from 1627 through 1630.

Bernabé de las Casas and doña Beatriz Navarro were the parents of five
children:

1. Bernabé de las Casas.

2. Marcos de las Casas married with Getrudis de la Vega. This couple
had four known children: Juan de las Casas, María de las Casas,
Margarita de las Casas, and Mencia de las Casas.

3. Beatriz de las Casas married with Diego de Villarreal. This
couple had seven known children: 1) Sargento Mayor Diego de Villarreal
who married four times (i. María de la Garza; ii. Inés de Rentería;
iii. Tomasa Flores; and iv. Mariana Cortinas); 2) Capitán Juan
Bautista de Villarreal who married Luisa de la Garza; 3) Capitán
Bernabe de Villarreal who married Isabel dela Garza; 4) Capitán Juan
de Villarreal who married Juana de la Garza García; 5) Francisco de
Villarreal who married Ursula de Isaguirre Urrutia; 6) Capitán
Cristóbal de Villarreal who married first with Micaela de Treviño
Rentería and second with Aldonza (Ildefonsa) Martínez Guajardo; and 7)
Luisa de las Casas who married Alonso Rodríguez de Carvajal.

4. Doña Juliana de las Casas married with don Diego Fernández de
Montemayor.

5. Doña María de las Casas married with don Juan Alonso Lobo
Guerrero, native of Córdoba, Spain, and a son of don Juan Lobo
Guerrero and doña Juana Fernández de Córdoba. Doña María de las Casas
and don Juan Lobo Guerrero were the parents of seven children: 1) don
Luis de Córdoba; 2) don Juan Lobo Guerrero; 3) doña María Lobo
Guerrero; 4) doña Margarita Lobo Guerrero married; 5) don Fernando
Lobo Guerrero; 6) don Antonio Lobo Guerrero; and 7) don José Lobo
Guerrero.

Bernabé de las Casas established himself as a successful miner and
rancher and became one of the most prominent and influential men of
Nuevo León. At the time of his death in 1632 he held extensive
properties which he divided amongst his five adult children. The lands
of Icamole and San José de la Popa, today in the area of the town of
García, Nuevo León, went to his two sons, Bernabé and Marcos. Both of
these sons also received shares of the mines of Nuestra Señora del
Rosario. The hacienda of San Francisco de las Cañas, today the villa
of Mina, Nuevo León, as well as a share in the mines of San Nicolás de
Tolentino, were given to doña María de las Casas. Doña Beatriz de las
Casas inherited the haciendas of Magdalena and Nuestra Señora de
Eguía, and share in the mines of Nuestra Señora del Rosario. The
hacienda of Chipinque, today the villa of Carmen, Nuevo León, was
inherited by doña Juliana de las Casas, who also inherited her
father's encomienda of the Cacuilipalina Indians.

Researcher: José Antonio Exquibel

Sources: José Cuello, Dissertation: "Saltillo in the Seventeenth
Century: Local Society on the Northern Mexican Frontier," University
of Berkeley, 1981: 139-143; Raul J. Guerra Jr.; Nadine M. Vásquez, and
Baldomero Vela, Jr., Index to the Marriage Investigations of the
Diocese of Guadalajara: Provinces of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Nuevo
Santander and Texas, Volume 1: 1653-1750, privately published,
Edinburg, Texas; Municipal Archives of Saltillo: Ramo Civil, Volumen
79.Exp. 2, fol 35 a 39 (Testimonio de doña María de las Casas); Israel
Cavazos Garza, Diccionario Biográfico de Nuevo León, Tomo I, A-L,
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Capilla Alfonsina Bibleoteca
Universitaria, Monterrey, México, 1984: 87; Israel Cavazos Garza,
Calálogo y síntesis de los protocolos del archivo municipal de
Monterrey, 1599-1700, Publicaciones del Instituto Technologico y de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, 1966: 267.

ESPINOSA

Nicolás de Espinosa (ONMF: 172), apparently the progenitor of the
Espinosa family of Northern New Mexico, was a native of the Villa de
los Lagos in Nueva Galicia. A pre-nuptial investigation record dated
1697, Santa Cruz, identifies his parents as José Gómez and María de
Espinosa. In 1695, at age 22, Nicolás de Espinosa had enlisted as one
of the settlers of New Mexico recruited in Zacatecas by Captain Juan
Páez Hurtado. Although listed as having come with a brother and
sister, he testified in 1697 that he had enlisted alone (Colligan,
Páez Hurtado Expedition: 53) . In this year he gave his age as 24.

Nicolas de Espinosa was among the original settlers of La Villa Nueva
de Santa Cruz, founded in April 1695. In 1697, he married Josefa de la
Cruz, a 24 year-old native of San Luís Potosí and a widow of Laureano
Gómez. Nicolás and Josefa had at least one known child, Juana de Mata
Espinosa, who was married with José Antonio Cortés, from whom the
numerous members of the Cortés family of New Mexico descend.

The direct paternal lineage of Nicolás de Espinosa was traced to the
mid-1500s by Ophelia Márquez who made was able to tie into research
that was conducted and published by Mariano González Leal:

Generation 1: Captain Juan Gómez de Portugal. He had a son named Juan
de Portugal, who follows.

Generation 2: Juan de Portugal, a founder of the Villa de Santa María
de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, on March 30, 1563. He married Catalina
López, listed as a widow in the 1610 census of the Villa de los Lagos
(modern-day town of Lagos de Moreno, Mexico). They were the parents of
Diego Gómez de Portugal, who follows.

Generation 3: Diego Gómez de Portugal, md. January 8, 1590, Villa de
Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, to María García de Arrona,
possibly related to one of the founders of Lagos, Juan de Arrona.
Theye were the parents of Pedro Gómez de Portugal, who follows.

Generation 4: Pedro Gómez de Portugal married June 18, 1613, Villa de
Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, with Isabel Ortiz Parada (she
may have been related Diego Ortiz Saavedra y Parada, Alcalde Ordinario
of Lagos in 1609). This couple was enumerated in the 1669 census of
Lagos. They were the parents of five known children: 1) Ysabel Gómez
Ortiz, bt. October 30, 1616, Villa de Santa María de los Lagos; 2)
José Gómez, who follows; 3) Juan Gómez Ortiz, bt. January 2, 1635,
Villa de Santa María de los Lagos; 4) Luisa Gómez Ortiz, bt. February
23, 1637, Villa de Santa María de los Lagos; 5) Pedro Gómez Ortiz, bt.
April 13, 1639, Villa de Santa María de los Lagos.

Generation 5: José Gómez, md. July 2, 1664, Villa de Santa María de
los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, to María de Espinosa, native of the Villa de
Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia, daughter of Francisco de
Espinosa and María de Salazar, both deceased at the time of their
daughter's marriage. José and María were the parents of Nicolás de
Espinosa, who follows.

Generation 6: Nicolás de Espinosa, b.ca. 1673, Villa de los Lagos,
Nueva Galicia; md. 1697, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, with Josefa de la
Cruz, b.ca. 1673, San Luis de Potosí, Nueva España. They were the
parents of Juana de Mata Espinosa, who follows.

Generation 7: Juana de Mata Espinosa, b.ca. 1702, New Mexico, md.
1720, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, with José Antonio Cortés, b.ca. 1694,
son of José Cortés del Castillo and María de Carvajal (SRNM: 177).
They were the parents of Pedro Cortés (aka Pedro Cortés Espinosa), who
had two known wives (María Chaves and Juana González y Gamboa),
leaving known children by his second wife, and descendancy in New
Mexico.

Researchers: Ophelia Márquez and Mariana González Leal

Sources: Mariano González Leal, Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia,
Tomo I, 25; Ophelia Márquez, "Lineage of Nicolás Espinosa: Santa María
de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia to New Mexico," in Somos Primos, a
publication of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral
Research, Vol. 4, No.2, October 1993. SRNM: José Antonio Esquibel and
John B. Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account
of the Families Recruited in Mexico City in 1693, Hispanic
Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1999.

GALLEGOS

Diego Gallegos, the father of José Gallegos (ONMF: 31), made his will
at San José del Parral on June 27, 1657. In this will he declared he
was a native of La Ciudad de Guadiana (Durango), the legitimate son of
Luis Gallegos and Pasquala de Ruada (instead of Rueda, as previously
documented), both deceased and who were residents of Guadiana. He
further stated, “I declare that I am married and veiled according to
the order of Our Holy Mother Church with Catalina de Rivera, my
legitimate wife, and during our marriage we have had and procreated
four legitimate children named Ygnacio, Diego, Joseph, y María, our
legitimate children who are alive.”

This information confirms the names of the siblings of José Gallegos,
one of the progenitors of the Gallegos family of New Mexico.
Curiously, Antonio Gallegos (ONMF: 31), identified as a brother of
José by Chávez, is not named as a child of Diego Gallegos and Catalina
de Rivera. It could be that he was not yet born and that Catalina was
pregnant at the time her husband made his will. Another possibility is
that Antonio was a natural son of Diego Gallegos. Chávez original
source that identified José and Antonio as brothers is deserving of
another close look. Chávez cited B.N.M., leg. 2, pt. 3, ff. 356.

Researcher: Robert Martínez

Narrative Summary: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo Histórico del Parral, Reel 1656B, Frame 642

JORGE de VERA

Fray Angélico Chávez logically concluded that the Jorge de Vera family
of seventeenth century New Mexico was established from a union of
Manuel Jorge and a women of the Vera-Ortiz family, thus explaining the
family name of Antonio Jorge de Vera (ONMF: 51). Evidence from the
last will and testament of Manuel Jorge, the elder, clearly
substantiate that the Jorge de vera family was established by the
union of Manuel Jorge Álvarez and Ana de Vera Delgado.

The evidence for the origins of the Jorge de Vera family and the
correct family genealogy was first published by Jerry Mandel in 1995
in an issue Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical
Research Center of New Mexico), Vol. 3, Issue 3, July 1995: 31, but
this evidence has been overlooked by researcher. More recently,
Gilbert T. Maldonado has published on article on the same topic,
"Origins of Manuel Jorge from His Last Will and Testament," in
Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research
Center of New Mexico), Vol. 10, Issue 1, January 2002: 31-44, and
presents a translation of the primary source documentation, the last
will and testament of Manuel Jorge Álvarez, recorded at San José de
Parral in 1655. Maldonado’s presentation of the information
conclusively confirms that Antonio Jorge de Vera was a son of Manuel
Jorge Álvarez and Ana de Vera Delgado and that Manuel Jorge, the
armorer (ONMF: 51), was a brother of Antonio.

Robert D. Martínez has transcribe the original will of Manuel Jorge
and has made it available to posted on this web site for the review of
interested researcher.

>From the will we learn that Manuel Jorge Álvarez was a native of
Tanger (Tangier) in the Kingdom of Portugal and Kingdoms of Castilla
and a legitimate son of Antonio Jorge and María Álvarez. He stated he
was married according to the rites of the Catholic Church with Ana de
Vera, a legitimate daughter of Captain Gaspar de Vera and María
Delgado, and that he and his wife raised these nine legitimate
children:

1. Antonio Jorge, who resides in the Kingdom of New Mexico

2. Manuel Jorge

3. María Jorge

4. Ana Jorge

5. Diego Jorge

6. Pedro Jorge

7. Juana Jorge

8. Lucía Jorge

9. Ysabel Jorge

Of additional interest is that among the children (or grandchildren)
of any of the siblings of Antonio Jorge de Vera we may find Nicolasa
Zaldívar Jorge (ONMF: 189), the wife of Juan González Bas.

Click on the following link to read the Spanish transcription by
Robert D. Martínez of the Last Will and Testament of Manuel Jorge.

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Vera Promising Leads (José Antonio Esquibel)—

A possible sister of Ana de Vera Delgado may have been Rexina (Regina)
de Vera, who is identified as having been born circa 1610 in Cuencamé,
Nueva Vizcaya and as a daughter of Gaspar de Vera and María Delgado in
the International Genealogical Index (see www.familysearch.com).
Unfortunately, there is no accompanying source for this information.
This may be the same Regina de Vera who was a resident of San José de
Parral and was married with Captain Domingo González. She and González
had these children who were married in the church of San José del
Parral:

María González, native of Parral, md. November 30, 1644, Parral, with
Francisco de Lima, native of Villaviscosia in the Kingdom of Portugal,
son of Francisco Gómez and Beatris de Lima. Captain Domingo González
was deceased at the time of this marriage and Rexina de Vera was
identified as a vecina of "este Real." The padrinos for the couple
were Juan de Chavarría and María Ramírez, his wife. The witnesses were
Captain Alonso Muño [Muñoz] and Manuel Xorge [Jorge]. The fact that
Manuel Jorge is a witness for this union is support for the
supposition that Rexina de Vera was likely a sister of Ana de Vera
Delgado, wife of Manuel Jorge Álvarez.
Regina de Vera, daughter of Captain Domingo González, deceased, and
Regina de Vera, vecina of Parral, md. April 19, 1651, Parral, with
Andrés de Hierro, vecino and farmer (labrador) of the Valle de San
Bartolomé, Nueva Vizcaya. Padrinos and witnesses were Francisco de
Lima and María González.
Antonia González, daughter of Domingo González, deceased, and Regina
de Vera, vecina of Parral, md. September 9, 1758, Parral, with
Bartolomé del Hierro, native of the Valle de San Bartolomé. Padrinos
and witnesses were Francisco de Lima, María González, and Antonio del
Río.

In his last will and testament, Manuel Jorge mentions his niece Leonor
González, a former wife of José Gutiérrez who may have been a daughter
of Captain Domingo González and Regina de Vera.

Researchers: Jerry Mandel, Gilbert T. Maldonado, Robert D. Martínez,
and José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo Historico de Parral, Roll 1654B, fr. 942 – 945, fol.
72r – 74v; San José de Parral, Parral Hidalgo, México, Matrimonios,
1632-1660, LDS #0162555.

LEDESMA-CRUZ—Promising Lead

According to Fray Angélico Chávez, Juan de Ledesma (ONMF: 204) was
married with a woman known as Juana de La Cruz. There is a marriage
records for a Juan de Ledesma and María de la Cruz, married November
18, 1690, Santa Catarina, Rioverde, San Luis Potosí, Nueva España
(México), who may be the couple that settled in New Mexico.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

LEYVA

An article titled "The Leyva-Nevares Heredia Extended Family of Nueva
Vizcaya, 1659-1710" by José Antonio Esquibel was published in three
parts in El Farolito the genealogical journal of the Olibama López
Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center (Fall 2000, Vol. 3, No. 3:
5-15; Winter 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4: 21-26; and Spring 2001, Vol. 4, No.
1: 17-21). This article helps to answer questions raised by Fray
Angélico Chávez's research on one branch of this family that settled
in New Mexico. Researching primary sources, the father and brothers of
Pedro de Leyva (ONMF: 53) were identified by Esquibel. The article
includes genealogical information on the Leyva-Nevara Heredia family
in the communities of Santiago Papasquiaro, Santa Catarina de
Tepehuana, and San Nicolás in Nueva Vizcaya. The research indicates
that the paternal lineage of Pedro de Leyva was the Nevares Heredia
family and that his maternal lineage was the Leyva family.

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LÓPEZ del CASTILLO

A fragment of the will of Matías López del Castillo (ONMF: 55) was
recently uncovered by Rob Martínez in the collection of the Achivo
Histórico del Parral. The fragment contains information about the
place of birth López del Castillo and the names of his parents. Chávez
identified López del Castillo as having been born circa 1591. In his
will, dated 1632, Matías declared he was a native of Cabra, in the
province of Córdoba and located about 35 miles southeast of the City
of Córdoba. Cabra lays between the Sierra de la Cabra and the Sierra
de Montilla in the region of Andalucía.

Matías López del Castillo named his parents as Juan del Castillo and
María Días (Díaz) de Cuéllar. Information about the wife and children
of Matías were not located in the fragment, but the available
information makes clear reference to the fact that he was in New
Mexico prior to making his will. If he died soon after making the
will, he was about 41 years of age when at the time of his death.
Cháves indicated that one of his daughters was apparently Ana López
del Castillo, the wife of Juan de Herrera.

Researcher: Robert Martínez

Narrative Summary: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo Histórico del Parral, Reel 1632, Frame 180.

LUCERO —Promising Lead

Fray Angélico Chávez uncovered information that identified Pedro
Lucero de Godoy (ONMF: 59), the progenitor of the Lucero family of New
Mexico, was a native of Mexico City, born circa 1600, and was the
brother of Francisco and Diego. Information presented in BONMF Volume
5, identified Bachiller Diego Lucero de Godoy, b.ca. 1624, as a priest
and a resident of the parish of Santa Catalina Martir, Mexico City, in
1674 and who was the brother of Pedro. Lucero people who recorded
banns of matrimony at the Catedral de México, Mexico City, in the
early 1600s include:

February 28, 1628: Magdalena de Nieto, native of Mexico City, daughter
of Luis Lucero and Francisca Pérez Nieto with Melchor de Peralta
Fragoso, native of Mexico City, son of Diego de Peralta Fragoso and
Beatriz de Robles.

May 25, 1626: Martín Lucero, native of Mexico City, son of Luis Lucero
and Francisca Pérez with Marcela Vanegas, native of Mexico City,
daughter of Juan Vanegas and Andrea de Baler.

On November 26, 1636, Pedro Lucero, native of Mexico City and a son of
Juan Lucero and Magdalena de Villaquirán, was married at Santa
Catalina Martir Church, Mexico City, with Magdalena Ybañes, a native
of Mexico City and a daughter of Juan Fernández and Mariana Pacheco.
The witnesses to this union were Juan de Ávila, Alonso de Guevara, and
don Andrés de Portugal.

How the above Lucero people are related to Pedro Lucero de Godoy and
his brothers is not known. Additional research is certainly needed to
determine if there was any familial relationship among the various
Lucero people of Mexico City.

In ONMF, Chávez mentioned that there was a second Pedro Lucero who was
40 years old in 1628 (b.ca. 1588), married, and served as part of the
military escort of the wagon-trains of New Mexico. Chavez identified
this Pedro Lucero as an older cousin of Pedro Lucero de Godoy. This
Pedro Lucero may be the same man of this name who provided testimony
in 1625 before Fray Alonso de Benavides. On October 4, 1625, Fray
Benavides, Comissario of the jurisdiction of New Mexico, was in the
Villa de San Bartolomé y Valle de Santa Barbara gathering testimony in
a case regarding the death of a single woman, María Martínez, a native
of Nombre de Dios and a daughter of Agustina Martínez. Pedro Lucero
declared he was native of the Valley of la Puana, married and a vecino
of Villa de San Bartolomé y Valle de Santa Barabara and a farmer
(labrador), gaving his age as 44 (b.ca. 1581). He further stated that
three years early he had been at the Mines of Santa Barbara in the
house of Antonio González Martínez, a single man, which could be
verified by Captain Andrés González Obrega, a married merchant of the
Villa de San Bartolomé.

It is hoped that the information above may lead interested researches
to uncover the more information about the family of Pedro Lucero de
Godoy.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, tomo 356, f. 370,
and tomo 629, exp. 2, ff. 95, 98 and 98v.

LUERA—Promising Lead

The parents of Felipe Santiago de Luera were identified by Fray
Angélico Chávez as Bartolomé de Luera and Ursula de Villanueva (ONMF:
212). There is a marriage records for Bartholomé Francisco Xavier
Luera and Ursula de Villanueva married April 22, 1748, San José
Church, San José del Parral, Nueva Vizcaya (Hidalgo de Parral,
Chihuahua, México). The names of the parents of this couple can most
likely be found by consulting the original record. Also, additional
research can be conducted using the microfilm of the Archives of San
José del Parral.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

MADRID

Francisco de Madrid II (ONMF: 66), apparently a son of Francisco de
Madrid I and María de la Vega Márquez, was identified by Fray Angélico
Chávez as the father of Lorenzo de Madrid, Roque de Madrid, Juan de
Madrid, and possibly two others, Francisco III and Pedro (ONMF, 660;
NMR, 1038, DM 1691, March 34, no. 3). The information provided by Fray
Angélico Chávez in Origins of New Mexico Families about Francisco de
Madrid II is brief, and even the name of Madrid's wife is not
identified.

Research into a number of records of the Inquisition for seventeenth
century New Mexico has uncovered several pieces of additional
information concerning Francisco de Madrid II. In 1662, he held the
rank of Sargento Mayor and had been appointed as Comisionario de
Cavallos. On September 6, 1662, Francisco de Madrid provided testimony
before officials of the Inquisition in Santa Fe and declared he was 49
years of age (b.ca. 1613), and named his wife as doña María de Albizu
(AGN, Inq., tomo 593, folio 154-56). A month latter, on October 10,
1662, he again gave Inquisition testimony in Santa Fe and this time he
gave his age as 47 (b.ca. 1615) (AGN Galeria No. 4, Concursos de
Peñalosa, exp 605). In addition, he was identified as being castizo,
meaning one of his parents was español and the other was mixed español-
Indian (mestizo/mestiza) (AGN, Inq. t. 587, f. 377).

According to Chávez, the wife of Francisco de Madrid II was a daughter
of Juan Ruiz Cáceres. A pre-nuptial investigation record date March
24, 1691 identifies Juan de Madrid as a son of Francisco de Madrid and
Sebastiana Ruiz. Another pre-nuptial investigation record identifies
Roque de Madrid as a son of Sebastiana Ruiz de Cáceres. It appears
that Francisco was widowed of Sebastiana by September 1662 and was
then married with doña María de Albizu, whose previous husband,
Cristóbal Enriquez, was beheaded in 1643 for his role in the murder of
Governor Rosas (ONMF, 28). It is not known if Francisco de Madrid and
doña María de Albizu had any children during the course of their
marriage.

In an Inquisition testimony given by Juan Luján, Alcalde Mayor of La
Cañada, countering false claims made by Governor don Bernardo López de
Mendizábal, Sargento Mayor Francisco de Madrid was referred to as one
of the honorable men in the town of Santa Fe who had twice held the
post of alcalde ordinario, and Luján further stated that Madrid was
married with doña María de Albizu, a mestiza and a very honorable lady
as well as the legitimate daughter of Maestre de Campo Tomás de Albizu
(AGN, Galeria No. 4, Concursos de Peñalosa, exp. 605).

Doña María de Albizu provided testimony in Santa Fe on November 4,
1661 in the Inquisition's case against Governor López de Mendizábal,
declaring she was 40 years old (b.ca. 1621), a native and resident of
Santa Fe, and named her husband as Sargento Mayor Francisco de Madrid.
She also referred to doña María de Abendaño as her "cuñada," sister-in-
law (AGN, Inq, t. 593, f. 267). Testimony given by doña Catalina de
Zamora in March 1662 identified doña María de Abendaño as the wife of
Antonio de Salas, parents of Petronila de Salas (AGN, Inq, t. 593, f.
294). The exact nature of the relationship between Doña María de
Albizu and Doña María de Abendaño as sisters-in-law is not clear based
on available genealogical information.

Doña María de Albizu, b.ca. 1621, had first married Cristóbal
Enríquez, and they were the parents of Estefanía Enríquez, b.ca. 1641
(ONMF: 15 & 28). According to Inquisition records, Estefanía Enríquez
married her blood uncle, Agustín Carbajal, "por sangre en segunda y
prima hermana de María Márquez [first wife of Carvajal]" (AGN, Inq.,
t. 587, f. 309-12).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source Abbreviations:

· AGN: Archivo General de la Nación de México

· NMR: Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd,"
unpublished in 11 volumes.

· ONMF: Origins of New Mexico Families, Fray Angélico Cháves,
Museum of New Mexico Press, 1992.

The above information was originally published as : José Antonio
Esquibel, “Francisco de Madrid II: Information from Seventeenth
Century Inquisition Records,” in El Farolito, quarterly journal of the
Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center, Vol. 4, No. 3,
Fall 2001: 12-14.

MIZQUIA—Promising Lead

Lázaro Mizquia (ONMF: 74) was identified by Fray Angélico Chávez as a
native of the Villa de Motrico in the Basque province of Guipúzcoa.
There is a baptismal record dated April 1, 1656, Villa de Motrico,
Guipúzcoa. Spain, for Lázaro, son of Domingo Martínez de Mizquia and
Martina de Aguirre.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

MOLINA-MEDINA—Promising Lead

Micaela de Medina, wife of Simón de Molina Mosquero (ONMF: 232), was a
daughter of Cristóbal Carvallo and Ana Romero, according to the banns
of matrimony record for Micaela and Simón (see José Antonio Esquibel
and John B. Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico, 272).
Apparently, Cristóbal Carvallo was also known ad Cristóbal de Medina.
There is a baptismal record dated October 18, 1651, Santa Vera Cruz
Church, Mexico City, for Micaela, daughter of Christóbal de Medina and
Ana Romero.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

MORQUECHO—Promising Lead

When Vicente Morquecho (ONMF: 240) enlisted as a soldier of the Santa
Fe Presidio in 1776 he identified himself as a native of the Valle de
México and named his parents as Cristóbal Morquecho and Ana María
Gutiérrez. There is a marriage for Christóval Gregorio Morquecho and
Ana María Gutiérrez dated February 15, 1752, Santa Catarina Martir
Church, Mexico City.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

ROMO—Promising Lead

Fray Angélico Chávez identified the parents of José Romo de Vera as
don Francisco Pérez Romo and doña Petronila de Vera (ONMF: 273). There
is a marriage record dated February 11, 1669, Asunción Church
(Catedral de México), Mexico City, for Francisco Pérez Romo and
Petronila de Vera. If the names of the parents of this couple are not
located in the marriage record, they will most likely be found in the
corresponding book of banns of matrimony (información matrimonial).

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

RUIZ de AGUILAR—Promising Lead

María Ruiz de Aguilar was the wife of Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo
(ONMF: 299) and the mother-in-law of Miguel de Quintana. María and
Nicolás married on November 5, 1655, Catedral de México, Mexico City
(see José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish
Recolonization of New Mexico, 381). According to the banns of
matrimony record for this couple, María Ruiz de Aguilar was a daughter
of Nicolás Ruiz de Aguilar and Mariana de los Ángeles Guerrero. The
banns of matrimony for Nicolás and Mariana, dated January 20, 1653,
named his parents as Pedro Ruiz de Córdova and Gerónima de Aguilar.
There is a baptismal record dated April 1, 1612, Santa María de la
Natividad Church, Atlixco, Puebla, for Nicolás, son of Pedro Ruiz S.
and Gerónima de Aguilar.

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Sources: LDS Family Search (LDS web-based data search: www.familysearch.com).
This information should not be considered confirmed and is only
presented to assist interested researchers in locating original
records that should be consulted. The original records can be
consulted by viewing microfilm copies available through any LDS Family
History Center. Researchers who follow-up on these leads are
encouraged to share their findings by posting transcriptions,
translations and precise source citation on the BONMF web site.

SÁEZ —Promising Lead

Ambrosio Sáez (ONMF: 100) was a native of the Valle de San Bartolomé,
Nueva Vizcaya, and was born circa 1636-40. This man had a son named
Agustín Sáez who returned to New Mexico in 1693 after the thirteen-
year exile at Guadalupe del Paso. A series of documents among the
collection of the Archives of San José de Parral extracted by Robert
D. Martínez and José Antonio Esquibel provides very promising leads
concerning the genealogy of the Sáes family of the Valle de San
Bartolomé. Information from these archival sources suggest that
Ambrosio Sáez may very well have been a grandson of Pedro Sánchez de
Cháves (aka Sáez de Cháves) and María Rodríguez.

On March 2, 1635, in the Real y Minas del Pueblo de San Juan del Río,
Nueva Vizcaya, General Cristóbal de Ontiveros, the executor of the
estate of his deceased father-in-law, Captain Pedro Sánchez de Cháves
(aka Sáez de Cháves) appeared before the Alcalde Mayor y Capitán a
Guerra Captain don Francisco de Simancas, jointly represented by his
wife, doña María Sáez, and by Captain Gerónimo de los Reyes, the
representative of Captain Diego de Ontiversos, husband of doña Ana
Sáez. This last couple was described as vecinos of the Valle de San
Juan. General Cristóbal de Ontiveros provied an account of the
settolement of the estate of Pedro Sánchez de Cháves, identifying doña
María Sáez and doña Ana Sáez as sisters and legitimate daughters of
Captain Pedro Sánchez de Cháves, a vecino of the "provincia de Santa
Barabara," located in the Valle de San Bartolomé. (AHP, Roll 1641A,
frs. 629-635). Ontiveros then named the children and heirs of Captain
Pedro Sánchez de Cháves as doña Ana Sáes, doña Ana Sáez, Antonio Sáez,
and Ambrosio Sáez.

According to information provided by General Ontiveros, Pedro Sánchez
de Cháves had some property valued at 9,644 pesos (approximately
$290,000), which consisted of a hacienda in the Valle de San Gregorio
with land for livestock (cattle, sheep and goats), a "molino de
pan" (a bread mill), and operations for extracting silver. Pedro
Sánchez de Cháves also owned agricultural land and land for raising
sheep and goats (ganado menor) that was known as Santa María, situated
in the Valle de San Gregorio. In the settlement of estate, Antonio
Sáez received over 3,000 pesos (approximately $90,000 in modern
monetary terms) in accordance with his father's last will and
testament in the form of 1,000 pesos, and two African slaves and the
property of Santa María in the Valle de San Gregorio. Captain Diego de
Ontiveros and Ana Sáez received 1,500 pesos. Captain Gerónimo de los
Reyes, for his "solicitud de suerte," received 1,400 pesos. The total
amount for Ambrosio Saez is not stated but the remaining amount owed
to him was 2,594 pesos. An attached document from Captain Diego de
Ontiveros and his wife doña Ana Sáez mentions her parents as Pedro
Sánchez de Chávez and María Rodríguez.

There is a document from 1633 in which María Rodríguez referred to
herself as "muger legitima que fue de Pedro Saez de Chaves,
difunto" ("legitimate wife of Pedro Sáez de Cháves, deceased") [AHP,
Roll 1633A, fr. 634]. She referenced the last will and testament of
her husband, indicating he was dead by 1633. She again referred to her
husband as "Pedro Saez," rather than Pedro Sánchez, indicating that
the Sáez family name came from his side of the family.

Additional documentation indicates that the Ambrosio Sáez mentioned as
a son of Pedro Sánchez (Sáez) de Cháves (deceased by 1633) was not the
same person named as Ambrosio Sáez (b.ca. 1636-40) who settled in New
Mexico, but this second Amborsio Sáez was very likely a close relative
being either a son of nephew of the elder Ambrosio Sáez.

In 1632, the elder Amborsio Sáez identified himself as a vecino and
minero of the new discovery of San José de Parral, and referred to ten
varas of a mine that he owned in the cerro (hill) of San José de
Parral (AHP, Roll 1632, fr. 149-150). He signed the document,
indicating he was literate. On September 12, 1635, Ambrosio Sáez gave
official power of attorney to Damián de Ávila, a resident of San José
del Parral, stating he was a "vecino y minero y labrador del Valle de
san Bartolomé, provincia de Santa Barbara de la Na Vizcaya (AHP, Roll
1635, fr. 460). Ambrosio signed this document as well. Eleven years
later on July 4, 1646, at San José del Parral, Ambrosio Sáez
identified himself as a vecino y labrador del Valle de San Bartolomé
when he registered a mine "que esta de quarenta leguas deste Real
camino carril de carros del Nuevo Mexico azia el oriente y pasando el
ultimo bando del Rio de Sacramento." He titled his mine "la mina de
Sacramento." In this claim he mentioned the name of a son, Juan Sáez,
and he mentioned a brother, "Capitán Antonio Saes, mi
hermano." (1645B, fr. 556-557).

A few days latter, Captain Ambrosio Sáez, "vecino y labrador en el
Valle de San Bartolomé," wrote a letter dated July 7, 1646. He
declared he was the careteaker of the belongings of General Cristóbal
de Ontiveros, apparently deceased at the time. He mentioned the widow
of Ontiveros was doña María Sáez, who we know was his sister from
other documents. (1645B, fr. 553).

Additional research is needed to further confirm the connection of
Ambrosio Sáez (b.ca. 1636-1640), the founder of the Sáez family of New
Mexico, with the Sáez family of the Valle de San Bartolomé. The
information provided above presents valuable leads that may assist
interested researcher.

Researchers: Robert D. Martínez and José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: El Archivo de Hidalgo del Parral (AHP), Roll 1632, frs.
149-150, Roll 1633A, fr. 634, Roll 1635, fr. 460, Roll 1641A, frs.
629-635, 1645B, frs. 553-557.

SALAS

María García, wife of Sebastián de Salas (ONMF: 278) was baptized
January 18, 1666, Sagrario, Puebla de los Ángeles, Nueva España. She
was a daughter of Nicolás García and Josefa de Barrientos. She also
had a sister, Estefanía Garcia Barrientos, who was baptized September
1668, Sagrario, Puebla de los Ángeles, and a brother Felipe García
Barrientos, bt. May 9, 1670, Sagrario, Puebla de los Ángeles.

For the transcription of the marriage record of Sebastián de Salas and
María García see BONMF Volume 6.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Sagrario Metropolitano, Puebla de Zaragosa, Puebla, México—
Matrimonios, LDS microfilm #00227703, and Bautismos 1663-1670, LDS
microfilm #0227526.

SOSA ALBORNOZ

Capitán don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz enlisted as a soldier in the army
of don Juan de Oñate, passing muster on February 10, 1597, in the
Valle de Pauna in the jurisdiction of Nombre de Dios. He declared he
was a native of "Mexico" and a son of Francisco de Sosa Albornoz. In
his company was his wife and five children (Hammond and Rey: 165).

Information recorded in 1635 (Mexico City) and 1651 (Mexico City) by a
son of don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz combined with additional
information recorded in 1667 by a grandson and the 1540 record of
passage of don Franciso de Sosa Albornoz provides a valuable account
of the lineage of the Sosa Albornoz family, which originated in the
region of Toledo, Spain:

1. Capitán don Alonso de Sosa, Señor de Villa Borquelo in the region
of Toledo, Caballero del Orden de Calatrava, served the Catholic
Monarchs (Fernando y Isabel) as alférez in the wars of Granada. He was
the father of Esteban de Sosa, who follows.

2. Don Esteban de Sosa married with doña Ana de Albornoz, residents
of Santa Olalla (region of Toledo). They were the parents of Francisco
de Sosa Albornoz, who follows, and Esteban de Sosa.

3. Don Francisco de Sosa Albornoz, native of Toledo, Spain, sought
passage to the New World with his brother on April 7, 1540. In Mexico
City, don Francisco married doña Inés de Tapia, daughter of don Andrés
de Tapia (conquistador de México) and doña Isabel de Sosa. Their son
was don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz, who follows.

4. Don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz (b.ca. 1550, Mexico City), first
married with doña Juana Ramírez, daughter of don Gabriel Ramírez and
doña Petra Ortiz de la Vega. One known son of this couple was don
Andrés de Tapia y Sosa.

[Note: Mexican genealogist Rodolfo González de la Garza published an
incorrect lineage that linked the Sosa Albornoz with the family of don
Alonso de Estrada, Treasurer and Governor of New Spain. The above
lineage is based on primary records for which source are provided
below.]

Don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz was married a second time with doña
Beatriz Navarro, daughter of Juan Navarro and María Rodríguez Castaño
de Sosa. This couple became the parents of doña Ana de Sosa Albornoz.
In March 1602, don Alosno de Sosa Albornoz sought permission to leave
New Mexico and return to his former estate in the south. Don Alonso
was killed near San Gabriel and his widow, doña Beatriz Navarro,
became the wife of Capitán don Bernabé de las Casas. Leaving New
Mexico in October 1602, Casas and Navarro came to settle in the area
of Saltillo-Monterrey where the family of doña Beatriz resided.

A marriage investigation record dated January 21, 1653, Monterrey
(Nuevo León) confirms that don Alonso de Sosa Albornoz and doña
Beatriz Navarro were married and identifies their daughter as doña Ana
de Sosa. The record provides this lineage:

1. Capitán don Alosno de Sosa married with doña Beatriz Navarro,
vecinos del Nuevo México and the parents of doña Ana de Sosa, who
follows.

2. Doña Ana de Sosa married with Alférez Alonso de Farias, son of
Capitán Juan de Farias (vecino de Terreno y Minas de Mazapil) and doña
María de Treviño y Quintanilla. Doña Ana de Sosa and don Alonso de
Farias were the parents of doña María de Sosa, who follows.

3. Doña María de Sosa married Captain don Vicente de Zaldívar y
Resa, son of don Juan Guerra de Resa and doña Magdalena de Mendoza (a
niece of don Juan de Oñate). Doña María de Sosa and don Vicente de
Zaldívar y Resa were the parents of doña Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar,
who follows.

4. Doña Margarita de Sosa y Zaldívar married in 1653, Monterey,
Nuevo León with don Diego de Ayala, vecino de Monterrey and an
encomendero, son of Capitán don José de Treviño y Quintanilla and doña
Leonor de Ayala.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources:

Cristóbal Bermúdez Plata, Catálogo de pasajeros a Indias durante los
siglos xvi. xvii y xviii, Sevilla, 1946, Tomo III: 94 [This source
identifies Francisco de Sosa Albornoz as a native of Toledo and a son
of Esteban de Sosa and Ana de Albornoz, residents of Santa Oalalla.];
'Relación de los meritos y servicios de Andrés de Sosa y Tapia,
1635/1651, Ciudad de México' and 'Relación de meritos de Antonio de
Tapia y Sosa, 30 enero 1667, Ciudad de México' in J. Ignacio Rubio
Mañe, "El conquistador Andrés de Tapia y su familia," Boletín del
Archivoo General de la Nación, Tomo VI, Num. 3, 1964: 563-564 &
588-589; George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey, Don Juan de Oñate:
Colonizer of New Mexico, 1595-1628, Coronado Centennial Publication,
1540-1940, 5-6, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1953:
165, 240-241, 290; Guillermo Porras Muñoz, El gobierno de la Ciudad de
México en el siglo XVI, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Méexico, 1982: 436; José Antonio Esquibel, " The Paternal Ancestry of
don Alonso de Estrada, Tesorero y Gobernador de Nueva España, and the
Revised Genealogy of the Sosa Albornoz Family," in Genealogical
Journal: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, Vol
IV, 1998: 1-22; and José Antonio Esquibel, "Tragedy Among Oñnate's
Colony: A Chronicle of the Sosa Albornoz Family," in Nuestra Raíces
(Journal of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America), Vol. 10,
No. 1, Spring 1998: 3-8 and Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1998: 41-50.

ZALDÍVAR y SOSA

Mary Anne Curray submitted her research documenting another lineage
from don Vicente de Zaldívar Reza and doña María de Sosa Farias (md.
1625) to the present. Sources that verify the information found in
this lineage are provided. To view this lineage click on the following
link:

Lineage 6: Doña Margarita de Zaldívar y Sosa to the Present (III)

For other lineages from the Zaldívar y Sosa family visit these web
pages:

Lineage 1: Abraham Ha-Levi to doña Catalina de Salazar

Lineage 2: Doña Magdalena de Mendoza y Salazar to the Present

Lineage 3: Doña Mariana de Zaldívar y Sosa to the Present

Lineage 4: Doña Margarita de Zaldívar y Sosa to the Present (I)

Lineage 5: Doña Margarita de Zaldívar y Sosa to the Present (II)

1806 El Paso Census

The 1806 parish census record for the church of Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte was diligently transcribed by
John B. Colligan. The census was located among the documents of the
Archives of the Archdiocese of Durango. The transcription consists of
107 pages of print material. John has graciously allowed for this
valuable research information to be posted on the 'Beyond Origins of
New Mexico Families' web site.

The complete transcription by John B. Colligan is now on-line here.

El Paso del Río del Norte Censuses: 1803, 1815, 1817, and 1824

The 1803 parish census of El Paso del Río del Norte can be accessed
here.

Special thanks goes to John B. Colligan for the time and effort
dedicated to transcribing these important documents and for making
them available to the interested public with his permission to post
the material on-line.

It is anticipated that the transcriptions of censuses for 1815, 1816,
1817, and 1824 will eventually be posted on this web site.

ANAYA ALMAZÁN

Pedro de Almazán and Ynés de Anaya, parents of New Mexico settler
Francisco de Anaya
Almazán (ONMF: 3-4), were also the parents of at least three other
children, two of whom
were identified by Fray Angélico Chávez as Agustín and María de Anaya.

This couple resided in Mexico City from as early as 1597, when María
was baptized in the
chapel of the Catedral de México in Mexico City:

bt. 21 Sep 1597
Maria, hija de Pedro de Almaçan y de Ynes de Anaya
Padrinos: Antonio de la Cadena y Juana del Castillo

Another son, Pedro, was baptized in the same church in 1599:

bt. 4 Nov 1599
Pedro, hijo de Pedro de Almaçan y de Ynes de Anaya
Pad: Juan de Anaya y Juana del Castillo

It appears that Juan de Anaya was a relative of Ynés de Anaya.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico— Stanley M.
Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez. Summary by
Robert D. Martínez

Source: LDS microfilm #0035167, Archivo de la Parroquia del Sagrario
Metropolitano de Mexico, Mexico City, Bautismos de Espanoles,
1536 - 1589.

APODACA

Diego González de Apodaca (ONMF: 5) was a native of the Mexico City in
New Spain. He was one of eight soldiers hired to escort incoming
Governor don Alonso Pacheco from Mexico City to Santa Fe, and served
in this duty from December 1641-August 1642. González de Apodaca may
have continued in the served of Governor Pacheco. He remained as a
citizen of New Mexico where he married Sebastiana López de Gracia and
established the Apodaca family.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo General de Indias, Contaduria, leg. 926, pliego no.
2, 51: 1-3.

BACA— Promising Lead

One of the daughters of Captain Cristóbal Baca and Ana Ortiz was Juana
de Zamora, the
wife Simón Pérez de Bustillo (ONMF: 6-7, 88). Juana was baptized in
the chapel of the
Catedral de México on June 7, 1592. Her padrinos were Pedro Páes and
María de la Ribas.
The fact that Juana used the surname of Zamora suggests that one of
her grandmothers was
a Zamora and that Juana was very probably a namesake of one of these
grandmothers. It is
also known that her father, Cristóbal, was a son of Juan Vaca.

The following three intriguing records were extracted from baptismal
records of the
Catedral de México (Asunción Church), Mexico City:

bt. 19 Nov 1562
Ana, hija de Juan Baca y de Juana de Camora [Zamora]
Padrinos: Fernando de Aguilar, Juana Ynes Maldonado y Rodrigo Bezerro

bt. 17 Feb 1573
Alonso, hijo de Juan Vaca y de Juana de Samora
Padrinos: Antonio de Pineda y Maria de Vergara

bt. 1 Nov 1576
Lucas, hijo de Juan Baca y de Juana de Zamora
Padrinos: Francisco Ydalgo y Mariana Rangel

It may turn out that Juan Vaca (Baca) and Juana de Zamora were the
parents of Captain
Cristóbal Baca. Curiously, Cristóbal Baca’s grandson was named Alonso
Baca. Could he
have been a namesake of a great-uncle? Additional research may help to
confirm this
genealogical connection.

It can be assumed that Juan Vaca and Juana de Zamora were married
circa 1560 in Mexico
City.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico— Stanley M.
Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez.
Summary by Robert D. Martínez

Sources: LDS microfilm 0035167, Archivo de la Parroquia del Sagrario
Metropolitano de Mexico, Mexico City, Bautismos de
Espanoles, 1536 - 1589.

_________________________________________________________________________
BACA— Promising Lead

Could the following couple, Cristobal Vaca and Mayor Díaz, be the
parents of Juan Vaca, married to Juana de Zamora circa 1560 (possible
parents of NM's Cristobal Baca, and this named for his grandfather)?

7 Jan 1540 Baltazar, hijo de Xp<to>bal Vaca y de Mayor Diaz, padrinos
Andres Perez y Leonor Hernandez, su muger, y Juan Nunez y Ayala y su
muger Miguela de Torquemada

Researcher: Robert D. Martínez

Source: LDS microfilm #0035167, Archivo de la Parroquia del Sagrario
Metropolitano de Mexico, Mexico City, Bautismos de Españoles, 1536 -
1589.

BRITO

The following data were found in the Archivo Historico de Zacatecas
(hereafter referred to as A.H.E.Z.) and present valuable genealogical
data about families from Zacatecas that settled in New Mexico in the
late seventeenth century. These extractions were retrieved for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard
Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez. The following summary was written by
Robert D. Martínez and was presented at the 10th Anniversary
Conference of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
on July 4, 2003 in Albuquerque.

Juan de León Brito (ONMF: 149) was identified as a son of Juan Brito
and Antonia Ursula Durán. He married at El Paso del Norte, with
Sebastiana Madrid in 1692, and then married María Granillo in Santa Fe
on January 10, 1694. Information extracted from the municipal
archives appears to offer information about Juan de León’s parents and
his sister.

There is an inventory dated May 3, 1679, Zacatecas, concerning José de
León whose wife, Ursula Durán, was deceased at this time. León was a
vecino of Zacatecas and a retail merchant who he desired to leave the
amount of 1,200 pesos to his grandchildren, the amount of the dowry he
received when he married Ursula Durán. He also intended to marry a
second time.

Inventario

3 May 1679, Zacatecas

Jose de Leon, vecino y mercader de menudencias otorga que habiendo
otorgado la cantidad de 1,200 pesos en reales a sus nietos y a Ursula
Duran su mujer difunta por los que el dicho recibio de su esposa como
dote, y quieriendo contraer matrimonio por segunda ves hace relacion
de sus bieness en 200 pesos en diversos generos de menudencias, una
mulata esclava llamada Elena, 30 pesos en una cruz de oro, 12 pesos en
un plato de plata, 1,000 en dos casas bajas que tiene en la plaza de
Cruz Moya y otra en la plazuela del maestro del campo.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja:
3, Libro: 9, Año: 1679, no. 87

On May 31, 1679, José de León declared he was married with Ursula
Durán, the legitimate daughter of Juan Juárez, deceased, and Polonia
Durán. León mentioned the 1,200 pesos he received as the dowry and
which he wanted to give to his four children by Ursula Durán.

Carta de dote

31 May 1679, Zacatecas

(incomplete) ... Jose de Leon, vecino y mercader de menudencias,
declara que fue casado con Ursula Duran, hija legitima de Juan Juarez,
difunto, y Polonia Duran, y al tiempo que contrajo matrimonio se le
otorgo dote de 1,200 pesos, tratando de casarse nuevamente, su suegra
Polonia Duran le ha pedido que otorgue recaudo de la herencia que su
hija le dejo a los 4 hijos procreados durante el matrimonio.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja:
3, Libro: 9, Año: 1679, no. 89

In 1684, a daughter of José de León and Ursula Durán, had her last
will and testament drawn up.

Testamento de Sebastiana de Leon vecina de esta ciudad de Zacatecas
hija lexitima de Joseph de Leon y de Ursula Duran difunta mis padres
vecinos de esta ciudad como soi.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la -
libro 8 – 1684, pg. 433v

Researchers: Dr. Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martínez

CHÁVEZ

Miguel Cháves (ONMF: 162), son of Antonio Durán y Cháves and Antonia
Baca, was
married in the Catrense Military Chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Luz
with Antonia Getrudis
Santistevan on October 10, 1745, rather than the year 1754 noted in
ONMF (p. 162). The
couple were veiled and their sponsors were Andrés Montoya and Ana
Baca.

The 1750 census of the Villa de Albuquerque gives approximate years of
birth for Miguel and
his wife, and names three of their eldest children:

Miguel Chábes, S, 28; wife, Gertrudis Santistevan Coronel, S, 18; 3
children: María Rosa, 4; Jph
Franco, 2; Miguel Anto, 9 mo.

Forty years later, in 1790, this couple was enumerated as residents of
the plaza of Los
Cháves:

Miguel Chaves, S, 68, farmer; m. Gerturdis Santistevan, S, 57; 6 sons:
25, 23, 20, 16, 14, 8; 3 daughters:
26, 21, 19; 1 grandson: 8

Researcher: Gloria Estrada McCrary

Sources: AASF, Roll #31 (or New Mexico Marriages Santa Fe - St.
Francis Parish and Military Chapel of our Lady of Light (La
Castrense)
1728 – 1857, extracted by Roybal and Pfeufer, p. 13); Virginia L.
Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of NM 1750-1830, New Mexico
Genealogical Society, 82 (family # 125); Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican
Censuses 1790, 1823, 1845, New Mexico Genealogical Society, 37
(family # 683).

DURÁN

There was a man named Luis Durán who was residing in Santa Fe before
1662. This man is not accounted for in ONMF. It was recounted in April
1662 that Luis Durán fathered two children (hijos) by María de Tejeda
(see Montoya below). The name of these children were not mentioned. As
such, it is unclear if the children were two sons or a son and a
daughter. It is quite likely that these children used the surname of
Durán, since Tejeda is not a surname that was continued in New Mexico.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Inquisición, t. 593, f. 317.

DURÁN de ARMIJO

The following fragments of documents were found in the notarial
records in the Archivo Historico de Zacatecas (hereafter referred to
as A.H.E.Z.) and present valuable genealogical data about the Durán de
Armijo family that settled in New Mexico in the late seventeenth
century (ONMF: 136). These extractions were retrieved for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard
Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez.

The first document presented dates from the year 1686 and speaks of
Joseph de Armijo and Catalina Durán, the parents of Armijo individuals
who settled in New Mexico in April 1695. In this document of sale of
land, we learn the name of Catalina’s father, Antonio Durán. We also
learn that Catalina was one of five children.

Vente

30 September 1686, Zacatecas

Joseph de Armijo y Catalina Duran, su legitima mujer, vecinos de esta
ciudad, ... otorga que bende en benta Real desde ahora para siempre
jamas a Agustin de la Cruz ... un aposento con su corral y un pedaso
de sitio que le toco y pertenece dt tras de la yglesia mayor,, seno
arriba como seria alos remedios que linda por la parte de arriba con
casas que fueron de Juana de Morales, difunta, y por el otro con cassa
de Clara de Bilches, ... que dicho aposento, corral y sitio le toco
con los demas bienes que sela aplicaron en su hijuela como una de
cinco herederos de Antonio Duran mi padre [Catalina] ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales de
Vergara, Libro : 2, Caja:2, Año: 1686, no. 15

Next, another sale document reveals the name of two more of Antonio
Durán’s five children, Juana Durán and Juan Durán.

Venta

11 November 1686, Zacatecas

Sepan cuantos esta carta vieron como yo Juana Duran como hija y
heredera que fui de Antonio Duran, mi padre difunto, vecino que fue de
esta ciudad ... en el valor de la mitad de una casa que esta en la
calle de Tacuba y ase esquin que sale de Santo Domingo ... en que al
presente vive don Cristobal de Ocampo Vargas Machuca, vecina de esta
ciudad quien compro la mitad a Juan Duran mi hermano como uno de los
herederos ... en coya virtud otorgo que vendo en venta Real desde
ahora para siempre jamas al dicho Cristobal de Ocampo Vargas
Machuca ... la mitad de la dicha casa ariba mencionada que me cupo por
herencia ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales de
Vergara, Libro : 2, Caja:2, Año: 1686, no. 18

By the year 1695, Catalina Durán was widowed (vuida), as we learn from
the following document:

escriptura de benta; Catalina Duran, viuda vecina de Zacatecas; otorgo
a Josepha de Campos, vecina de esta ciudad

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Fernandez de
Pardo, Lucas; libro 6 – 1695, pg. 7

Finally, from the following two documents, we learn the name of
Catalina Durán’s mother, Catalina Ruiz. Therefore, the parents of
Catalina Durán, wife of Joseph de Armijo, were Antonio Durán and
Catalina Ruiz, who Catalina Durán was no doubt named after.

Juan Duran, vecino de Zacatecas, hijo lexitimo de Antonio Duran y
Catalina Ruiz, difuntos, vecinos que fueron de Zacatecas.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Nunez Hurtado, Blas -
Libro 1 - 1682-1683, pg. 17v

Testamento de Juana Duran soltera mayor de diez y ocho anos natural de
Zacatecas hija legitima de Antonio Duran y de Catalina Ruiz difuntos
vecinos que fueron de ella e yo lo soi.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la -
libro 8 – 1684, pg. 255v

More research into the background of the Durán-Ruiz family must be
conducted to reveal the origin’s of these families. There is also the
question of the parentage of Joseph de Armijo.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico— Stanley M.
Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez.
Summary by Robert D. Martínez

Sources: A.H.E.Z., Fondo, Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales de
Vergara, Libro 2, Caja 2, Año 1686, no. 15; A.H.E.Z., Fondo,
Notarias,
Notario: Ignacio Gonzales de Vergara, Libro 2, Caja 2, Año 1686, no.
18; A.H.E.Z., Fondo, Notarias, Notario: Fernandez de Pardo,
Lucas; libro 6 – 1695, pg. 7; A.H.E.Z., Fondo, Notarias, Notario:
Nunez Hurtado, Blas – Libro 1 - 1682-1683, pg. 17v; A.H.E.Z., Fondo:
Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - Libro 8 – 1684, pg. 255v.

FAGOAGA

There are many individuals that resided in New Mexico in the
seventeenth century that have not be identified in printed works of
New Mexico history and genealogy. One of these individuals was Juan
Esteban de Fagoaga, born circa 1607, was a native of the Valle de
Ollarzu in the Basque province of Vizcaya. He owned and lived on his
Estancia de Santiago, located twelve leagues (approximately 26 miles)
from Santa Fe in the Sandia jurisdiction. Fagoaga was part of a group
of citizens that dislike Governor don Juan Manso, and Fagoaga was one
of the “enemigos capitals” (main enemies) of Manso.

Juan Estevan de Fagoaga was single in April 1662, and there is no
indication that he left any children in New Mexico. He died on May 18,
1662 and was buried May 19th in the Church of Sandia.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Inquisición, t. 593, f. 313-318, 320; AGN, Galería, t.
3, leg. 1, no.1, f.105v.

GARCÍA HOLGADO

In the Inquisition investigation into charges against Diego Romero,
Juan García Holgado (ONMF: 32-33) was interviewed at the Pueblo of
Socorro on April 24, 1667. He was identified as “justicia mayor destas
fronteras” and said he was a native of New Mexico, 42-43 years of age
(b.ca. 1624-1625). His wife was named as Ana Pacheco.

The father of Juan García Holgado, Captain Alvaro García (ONMF: 32)
was married in Santa Fe where he was residing in January 1626.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Inquisición, t. 608, exp. 6, f. 427; AGN, Inquisicón.,
t. 356, f. 260.

GUTIÉRREZ de FIGUEROA

The following document was located at Zacatecas in the Archivo
Historico de Zacatecas (A.H.E.Z.) by the Sephardic Legacy Project of
New Mexico research team of Robert Martinez, Richard Salazar, and Dr.
Stan Hordes. It is the last will and testament of Bernardina de Solís,
the mother of Antonio Gutiérrez de Figueroa (ONMF: 196-197), who was a
settler of New Mexico by 1681.

Testamento
31 May 1687, Zacatecas

... como yo Bernardina de Solis, natural de San Juan del Mesquital en
el Reyno de la Vizcaya y vecina de esta ciudad, hija legitima de
Francisco Rosario de Solis y de dona Elbira de Renteria, mis padres ya
difuntos, vecinos que fueron de esta dicha ciudad, estando enferma
en cama de enfermedad corporal ... declaro fui cassada y velada en
horden ... con Diego Gutierrez de Figueroa que oy es difunto y durante
nuestro matrimonio hubimos y procreamos por nuestros hijos legitimos a
Maria y Juan Gutierrez de Figueroa, que oy son difuntos, y a Francisco
y Antonio Gutierrez de Figueroa que ambos son casados, que el dicho
Francisco esta en Santiago y el otro, Antonio Gutierrez no save a
donde asiste, mas de que caso en el Nuebo Mexico ...

>From this document we learn that Antonio Gutierrez de Figueroa, New
Mexico colonist, was the son of Diego Gutiérrez de Figueroa and of
Bernardina de Solis. Bernardina, in turn, was the daughter of
Francisco Rosario de Solís and of Elvira de Rentería, residents of San
Juan del Mesquital.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico— Stanley M.
Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez.
Summary by Robert D. Martínez

Source: A.H.E.Z., Fondo, Notoria, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara,
Libro 3, Caja 3, Año 1687, no. 3.

LEYVA-NEVARES HEREDIA

Recently, Margaret Nevarez followed up on research presented in “The
Leyva-Nevares Heredia Extended Family of Nueva Vizcaya, 1659-1710 by
José Antonio Esquibel (El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 2000; Vol. 3,
No. 4, Winter 2000, and Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2001), as part of her
research into her Nevarez family genealogy. She was successful in
locating two very important records of marriage investigations for the
dispensation of Alférez Nicolás de Nevares and his first cousin Josefa
de Leyva. She also uncovered another important marriage investigation
for Nicolasa de Nevares (daughter of Captain Cristóbal de Nevares and
Ignacia de Ontiveros), and Nicolás del Valle, who were related in the
4th degree of consanguinity through the Nevares Heredia family.

Her research lead her to examine other records from Parral, and she
offers a strong argument that Pedro de Leyva, the progenitor of the
Leyva family of New Mexico was very likely a brother of Sargento Mayor
Cristóbal de Nevares Heredia (the husband of Ana Martínez) and not the
son of this man as was presented in the Esquibel article on the Leyva-
Nevares Heredia family. Her research provides evidence that this
Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de Nevares Heredia was a brother of María de
Leyva.

María de Leyba was a resident of Parral in the 1630s and 1640s and was
married with Juan Guillén. Her marriage record identified her as a
daughter of Juan de Leiva and Ysabel Muños. Although additional
research is needed to fully confirm the exact relationship of Pedro de
Leyva to Juan de Leiva and Ysabel Muños, the research of Margaret
Nevarez adds many new pieces of the puzzle that will hopefully be
utilized by other researchers in reconstructing the Leiva-Nevares
Herdeia family genealogy.

The new conclusion—

Juan de Leiva = Isabel/Luisa
Muños

Pedro de = Catalina Sargento Mayor Cristóbal = Ana
Juan = María de

Leyva García de
Nevares Martín Guillen Leiva

_________________________________________________________________________________

Information compiled from three matrimonial investigations in 1664 and
1690—

= Luisa Muñoz NN [del Valle?] = NN
Muñoz

SM Cristóbal = Ana Juan Guillen = María de
Juan de = Francisca

de Nevares Martín
Leiva Valles de Valles

Alf. Nicloas = Josefa Capt. Cristóbal = Ignacia
de

de Nevares de Lieva de Nevares Ontiveros

Nicolasa
de Nevares = Nicolás del Valle

md.
May 19, 1690

____________________________________________________________________

Neváres Herédia Family in Santiago Papasquairo, Durango, México

Margaret Nevárez

January 2003

Joe Reyes Nevárez, my father, was born in Santa
Catarina de Tepehuanes, Durango, México, and for the past year I have
been researching our ancestors. As I researched the microfilm of early
records of Santa Catarina and the nearby town of Santiago Papasquiaro,
I came across so many Nevárez family members. I eventually hit some
roadblocks in my research and could not connect to the early members
of this family. So it was with much anticipation that I sent for the
issues of El Farolito to read José Antonio Esquibel’s articles, “The
Leyva-Neváres Herédia Extended Family of Nueva Vizcaya, 1659-1710,
Parts 1, 2, and 3.”i I did not recognize the Leyva or Herédia surnames
but I took a chance that this Neváres family would connect to the
family I was researching.

My article will explore some of the questions posed by
José Antonio Esquibel in the three aforementioned articles, and
provide I additional information that fills a few of the gaps.

Part 1 of “The Leyva-Neváres Herédia Extended Family of
Nueva Vizcaya, 1659-1710,” expands on the research done by Fray
Angélico Chávez. Chávez identified Pedro Leyva as the forefather of
the Leyva family of New México. In this research Chavez noted that a
son of Pedro de Leyva, José de Leyva, used the name Leyva de Neváres.
José Antonio Esquibel found testimony from the Inquisition’s case
against Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizal that identified
Cristóbal de Neváres, the captain of the Presidio of Cerro Gordo, as a
brother to Pedro de Leyva. The same records stated that Pedro de Leyva
had a sister living in Parral. This establishes a link between, Pedro
de Leyva, Christóbal de Neváres and an unnamed sister.ii

When Mr. Esquibel researched the earliest LDS microfilm
for Santiago de Papasquiaro, Durango, México, he found that Sargento
Mayor Christóbal de Neváres was the father of Captain Cristóbal de
Neváres, Alférez Juan de Neváres and Nicolas de Neváres. When Sargento
Mayor Cristóbal de Neváres died in 1670 the name of his wife was given
as Ana Martínes but it was not clear if she was the mother of
Cristóbal, Juan or Nicolas.iii

A marriage document dated March 7, 1664, for the union
of Alférez Nicolas de Neváres and his first cousin Josepha de Leyba
states that a dispensation was given because the couple was related in
the second degree of consanguinity. This document does not provide the
names of the parents but we can assume this Alférez Nicolas de Neváres
was the son of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de Neváres and brother to
Cristóbal and Juan. Further clarification was needed to determine just
how they were related.

From reading the sources cited in the articles Mr.
Esquibel wrote, I realized that the marriage information records,
which I knew existed for this area, had not been cited as a source. I
decided to look at the earliest marriage information microfilm for
Santiago Papasquiaro. I found two marriage information documents for
the marriage of Nicolas de Neváres and Josepha de Leyva, each giving
different and new information about these families. The film begins
with the marriage information for Alférez Nicolas de Neváres. This
document is dated 1664 and states the intention of Alférez Nicolas de
Neváres to marry Josepha de Leyva. Alférez Nicolas de Neváres is
identified as “hijo legitimo del sargento maior christobal de Nevares
Heredia y de Ana Martin, vecinos y moradores del pueblo de San Nicolas
jurisdicion de Pueblo de Santiago Papasquiaro” (“legitimate son of
sergeant major Cristóbal de Neváres Herédia and Ana Martín, citizens
and inhabitants of the town of San Nicolas in the jurisdiction of the
town of Santiago Papasquiaro”).iv Ana Martín is probably the same
woman identified as the wife of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de Neváres
when he died in 1670. This information establishes Ana Martín was the
mother of Alférez Nicolas de Neváres.

The document further states “Ana Martin, Madre de dicho
Alferes Nicolas de Nebares, tiene la mitad de la tierra, por ser hija
de Juan Martin y Maria Gadea” “Ana Martín, mother of said Alférez
Nicolas de Neváres, has half of the land because she is the daughter
of Juan Martín and María Gadea”).v This gives the name of the parents
of Ana Martín as Juan Martín and Maria Gadea, maternal grandparents of
Alférez Nicolas de Neváres.

In the same document it is stated that “Josepha de
leiva, la qual es hija legitima de Juo Guillen natural de Michoacan y
Maria de Leiva” (Josepha de Leyva the legitimate daughter of Juan
Guillen who is from Michoacan and María de Leyva).vi This identifies
Juan Guillen, from Michoacan, and Maria de Leyva as the parents of
Josepha de Leyva. The document is in regard to dispensation for
marriage because they were first cousins. I assume Sargento Mayor
Cristóbal de Neváres must be related to the mother of Josepha de
Leyva, which is what José Antonio Esquibel surmised from his research.

I thought I had found a lot of
information about this family from this one document but I found more
as I looked at every document on the same microfilm. I was surprised
to find another marriage information document for Alférez Nicolas de
Neváres and Josespha de Leyva. This one was dated January 19, 1664,
Durango. A more complete picture emerges about the relationships of
this family. The document states, “respecto de ser hijo el dcho
Nicolas de Nevares del Sargento Mayor Xpval de Nevares, y la dcha
Josepha de Leyva, hija de Maria de Leyva, que es hermana del dcho
Sargento Mayor Xptobal de Nevares” (“with respect to the said Nicolas
de Neváres being the son of Sergeant Major Cristóbal de Neváres, and
the said Josepha de Leyva, legitimate daughter or María de Leyva, who
is the sister of the said Sergeant Major Cristóbal de Nevares”).vii
Here is the connection that establishes how this couple was related.
María de Leyva, mother of Josespha de Leyva, and Sargento Mayor
Cristóbal de Neváres (the father of Cristóbal, Nicolas, and Juan
Neváres) were siblings. Thus, Nicolas de Neváres and Josepha de Leyva
were indeed first cousins and needed dispensation to get married.

Both of these marriage information records gave me more
information. The first documents states “Josepha de Leiva, y dcho
Alferes Nicolas de Nebares se avian conocido carnalmente” (“Josepha de
Leyva and the stated Alféres Nicolas de Neváres have known each other
carnally” [had sexual relations]).viii The second marriage information
document reiterates this and states that “por haber tenido copula y de
ella procedio una hija” (“due to having had sexual relations they had
a daughter”). The couple asked for dispensation to get married because
this situation caused “un escandalo” (“a scandal”) and they wanted to
“evitar las discordias y escandalos entre ellos” (“avoid the discords
and scandals among them”).ix

In the same marriage information microfilm for Santiago
Papasquiaro, on May 31, 1681, Josepha de Leyva testified for her
daughter, Juana, to marry Juan Herrera. The age of Juana de Neváres is
not given, but she was probably the daughter of Alférez Nicolas de
Neváres and Josepha de Leyva who was already born at the time her
parents married in 1664.

Later in the same microfilm I came across a document
dated April 9, 1690, concerning the marriage of Nicolaza de Neváres
and Nicolas del Valle. This couple testified before Alférez Juan
Martín and Ygnacio de Menes(not clear). Nicolas del Valle and Nicolaza
de Neváres stated they had heard it said that they “eran parientes
cercanos” (“were close relatives”).x Nicolasa de Neváres is identified
in this document as the granddaughter of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de
Neváres. Her parents, Captain Cristóbal de Neváres and Ygnacia de
Ontiveros were married November 7, 1660. They had heard their uncle
Juan de Valles, now dead, and his wife Francisca de Valles, also dead,
say that they were close relatives and “que Luisa Munos madre del
dicho Sargento Xtopal de Nevares (ya difunto) era hermana madre de la
madre de Juan de Valles, padre de Nicolas de Valles” (“that Luisa
Muños mother of the said Sergeant Cristóbal de Neváres, now dead, was
sister mother of the mother of Juan de Valles, father of Nicolas de
Valles”).xi This is the first mention I came across about any of the
parents of Sargento Cristóbal de Neváres. Because Luisa Muños, mother
of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de Neváres, was the sister of the mother
of Juan de Valles, father of Nicolas de Valles, who was marrying
Nicolaza de Neváres, the intended couple were related in the fourth
degree of consanguinity. Nicolaza de Neváres married Nicolas de Valle
May 19, 1690 in Santiago de Papasquiaro.

The information about the parents of Josepha Leyva was
new to me and so I entered these names into the International
Genealogical Index (IGI—www.familysearch.com) and found that Josepha
Guillen was baptized on the January 12, 1640 in San Jose Hidalgo de
Parral. Her baptismal record states she was a legitimate daughter of
“Ju Guillen y Ma de Leiba, su mjuer” (“Juan Guillen and Maria de
Leiba, his wife”).xii Her godparents were Alférez Mateos Rico and Ana
de Velaustigui. On the same microfilm I found her sister’s baptism.
Juana Guillen, also identified as Española, was born on October 21,
1641. She was identified as a legitimate daughter of Juan Guillen and
Maria de Leiva, his legitimate wife. Her godfather was Alférez Alonso
Muños, possibly a relative. This leads me to believe that María de
Leyba was the sister to Pedro Leyva as mentioned in the testimony José
Antonio Esquibel found regarding the Inquisition’s case against
Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizal. xiii

A search of the marriage records for San José de Parral
turned up the marriage record for Juan Guillen and María de Leyva,
which adds another generation to the genealogy the Nevares Heredia-
Leyva family, but still leaves questions to be answered. The
marriage occurred on July 26, 1637, San José de Parral, and identifies
Juan Guillen as "natural de la ciudad de Veiladolid hijo de jose y de
fran ca de andrada” and Maria de Leiva as “hija de ysabel munos y de
juan de leiba vesinos de ests rl." The witnesses to this union were
"el
capn gabriel Ruis y el alferes marcos Rico" (LDS microfilm #162555,
Baptism 1634-1648, San Jose, Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico).

Also, on June 1, 1648, when the Tarahumaras Indians
were threatening to attack Parral, which they did, Alcalde Mayor
Fernández de Carrion of Parral, Commanded that the men of Parral
present themselves in anticipation of an attack. The muster of
soldiers includes this entry: "#82, Juan Guillen appeared with sword
and dagger" (Thomas H. Nayor and Charles W. Polzer, S. J., The
Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain, 1570
-1700, 371). This appears to be this same Juan Guillen married to
Maria
de Leyva.

There is a discrepancy in the name of the mother
of María de Leiva, which is given as Ysabel Muños, and the name of
the
mother of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal de Nevares Heredia, Luisa Muños. It
is possible that the name (Luisa Muños) remembered in 1690
was incorrect and that the name should have been Isabel Muñoz— or was
her given name Luisa Isabel or vice versa?

All of this new information answers some questions about the
relationships of Herdeia Nevares-Leiva family but poses many others.
Is Pedro de Leyba (the progenitor of the Leyba family in New Mexico)
indeed a brother of María de Leyba and Sergeant Major Cristóbal de
Neváres, or a grandson of Juan de Leiva and Ysabel Muños? In either
case, Juan de Leiva and Ysabel Muños appear to be his immediate
ancestors. If Luisa Muños was the mother of Sargento Mayor Cristóbal
de Neváres, was Juan de Leiva his father? Where do the names Neváres
and Herédia come from? Did these surnames come from the paternal or
maternal side of the family? The fact that a son of Pedro de Leyba
used the extended surname of Lebya de Nevares again strongly suggests
a very close kinship of the Leyba family of New Mexico to the Nevares
Heredia-Leyba-Muños family of Parral and Santiago Papasquiaro. And of
course, an important question that is still unanswered, where are they
all from? Adding some pieces of this puzzle makes me realize how much
more I don’t know, but then, that’s one of the intriguing aspects of
genealogical research.

I traced my Neváres family back as far as I could to
Bartolomé Neváres, born 1715. I found this on the IGI and was pleased
to find this on LDS microfilm #0654993, but when I located this
baptism I realized that there were two Bartolomé Neváres’ born on the
same day, same place, to two sets of parents! Which one was my
relation? How would I ever figure it out?

I felt stalemated in my research and thought I would do
something different so I ordered the death records for the town of
Santa Catarina de Tepehuanes, Durango, México. I came across many,
many death records for the families I have been researching. They
offered varying degrees of information. I came across the death record
for Bartolomé de Neváres who had been married to Josepha Corral.
Surely this must be the Bartolomé Neváres I was related to because it
correctly gave the name of the woman I was certain had been his wife.
However, I was confused because his name on the death record was
Bartolomé Neváres Herédia.xiv I wondered where this Héredia name had
come from. If I had not read “The Leyva-Neváres Herédia Extended
Family of Nueva Vizcaya, 1659-1710” articles, I would not have had as
clear an understanding as I do now that Bartolomé Neváres is related
to the Neváres Herédia family as outlined in these articles. Thus, I
was finally able to finally connect to the many Neváres’s in this
area. Going through what at first may have seemed like unrelated
materials proved more helpful than I ever imagined.

Endnotes—

i Jose Esquivel, “The Leyva-Neváres Herédia Extended Family of Nueva
Vizcaya, 1659-1710”, El Farolito,

ii Ibid.

iii Ibid.

iv LDS Microfilm #0658011, Marriage Information, 1681-1748, Santiago
Papasquiaro, Durango, México

v Ibid.

vi Ibid.

vii Ibid.

viii Ibid.

ix Ibid.

x Ibid.

xiIbid.

xiiLDS microfilm #162529, baptism, 1632-1648, San José Hidalgo de
Parral, Chihuahua, México

xiii Esquivel, José

xiv LDS microfilm #064871, Death Records, 1728-1799, 1816-1844, Santa
Catarina de Tepehuanes, Durango, México

LUJÁN

Fray Angélico Chávez mentioned that Juan Luján II was referred to as
El Viejo in relation to another Juan Luján (ONMF: 63). Chávez
suggested the two were father and son, but did not have documentation
to confirm this relationship. In May 1663, while providing testimony
to authorities of the Office of the Inquisition, Diego Romero
mentioned “dos hermanos” named Capitán Juan Luján and Juan de
Archuleta. Juan de Archuleta was married with María Luján (ONMF: 6),
daughter of Juan Luján II. As such, the brotherly relationship
referred to by Romero was that of brothers-in-law, confirming that
Captain Juan Luján was a son of Juan Luján II.

The elder Luján, Juan Luján II, also held the rank of captain, and in
1661 gave his age as 60, indicating he was born circa 1601. In
February 1659, he was described as a vecino of the jurisdiction of La
Cañada. The younger Juan Luján was Alcalde Mayor of the jurisdiction
of La Cañada in 1661 and provided testimony on October 29th of that
year as part of the investigation of the Inquisition regarding
Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. The younger Luján declared
he was 42 years of age, indicating he was born circa 1619.

On May 15, 1661, testifying at the Pueblo de Senecú in the case
against Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal, Fray Antonio de
Tavares, age 32, mentioned the name of Captain Juan Luján, but it is
unclear whether he was referring to the elder or the younger Luján. In
his testimony, Tavares described Captain Juan Luján as “mestizo
amulatado” and identified him as Alcalde Mayor of the Picuris area.
During his tenure as governor of New Mexico (1659-1661), don Bernardo
López de Mendizábal appointed Captain Juan Luján as Alcalde Mayor del
los Teguas, which referred to the jurisdiction of La Cañada. It is
unclear whether the elder or younger Luján was appointed to the
position.

In the same case, Miguel de Noriega, a vecino of Mexico City living in
Santa Fe (former secretary of Gov. López de Mendizábal) referred to
“Juan Luján, mestizo, vecino de la Cañada.” Again, it is unclear if
the reference is to the elder or younger Luján.

The references to Juan Luján as mestizo support other references found
by Fray Angélico Cháves indicating that either the first Juan Luján,
who came from the Canary Islands to New Mexico in 1600, or his son,
married an Indian. The first Juan Luján settled in La Cañada by
October 1601, according to his own testimony given at the Pueblo de
San Gabriel on October 5, 1601.

Captain Juan Luján, the younger, may very well be the same man known
as Captain Juan Luis Luján (ONMF: 62) who was married with Isabel
López del Castillo. This couple had a daughter, Ana María Luján, that
was born circa 1660, and a son, Pedro Luján, that was born circa 1669.
In 1681, Captain Juan Luis Luján provided information that gives his
estimated year of birth as sometime between 1615-1621, and in 1689 he
gave his age as 70-80 (1619-29). Additional research is needed to
confirm if he is indeed the same person as Captain Juan Luján, son of
the elder Juan Luján

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, Tomo I, ff. 141 & 211,
and Tomo III, Leg. 1, no. 1, f. 95 and Leg. 1. no. 2, f. 6; AGN,
Inquisition, t. 593, ff. 46 & 96; Hammond and Rey, Vol. II, 733-34;
Fray Angélicoo Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,” 1101 (DM 1689, Oct. 22 (no.
4). El Paso del Norte for Pedro Luján and Francisca de Salazar, and
1379, DM 1660, May 30 (no. 8), El Paso del Norte for Juan López Olguín
and Ana María Luján.

MARTÍN SERRANO

A documented of notification date October 2, 1661 and signed by
Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal listed the appointment of
Capitán Luis Martín Serrano (ONMF: 72) as one of six Cabos de entradas
y castigos (Squadron leader of expeditions and punishments). Capitán
Luis Martin Serrano was mention as being deceased by July 17, 1663,
giving an estimated period for his death as 1661-1663.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, Tomo III, Leg 1, no. 1, f.
52, & Leg. 1, no. 2, f. 6-8.

___________________________________

Captain Hernán Martín Serrano (ONMF: 72), also known as Hernán Martín,
gave testimony before Inquisition officials on June 1, 1675, in
Galisteo, and declared he was 68 years old, a vecino of Santa Fe, and
married with María de Madrid. At Santa Fe, on March 7, 1662, Captain
Hernan Martín Serrano, declared he was 56 years old and a "vecino y
natural" (citizen and native) of Santa Fe, indicating he was born
circa 1606. At this earlier time, he named his wife as Isabel de
Monuera. According to Chávez, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano was a
widower in 1664. His wife, Isabel de Monuera must have died sometime
between 1662-1664, and he then married María de Madrid between 1664
and 1675.

Decades earlier, on September 25, 1632, at Santa Fe, Hernán Martín
declared he was a mestizo, a soldier, a vecino of the Villa de Santa
Fe, and age 25 (b.ca. 1607). It is interesting to note that in another
record, Hernán Martín Serrano also gave his birthplace as El Yunque,
most likely referring to the settlement of San Gabriel del Yunque. In
the 1660s, Captain Hernán Martín Serrano, an encomendero, owned and
operated an "obraje" (textile manufacturing shop) that used Indian
laborers. It is not certain what specific product(s) his obraje
produced.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Inquisition (Inq.), t. 593, f. 288; AGN, Inq., t. 304,
f. 184; AGN, Galería Concurso de Peñalosa, vol. 3, exp. 455, leg. 1,
no. 1, f. 74.

___________________________________

Captain Luís Martín Serrano (ONMF: 72) held the post as “alcalde mayor
y capitán de Guerra de la jurisdiction de los Teguas,” basically the
jurisdiction of La Cañada, when he submitted a petition dated October
29, 1661 requesting payment for eighty fanegas of corn (maís) and ten
fanegas of wheat (trigo), which he provided to Governor don Bernardo
López de Mendizábal and for which he was never compensated. Martín
Serrano described López de Mendizábal manner as tyrannical and heavy
handed. He signed his petition with his name and rubric.

Before the end of November 1661, Captain Luis Martín Serrano was
deceased. His wife, Catalina de Salazar, described herself as “viuda
muger que fue del Capn Luis Mr difunto” (“widow, wife of Capt. Luis
Martín”). She was in Santa Fe following up on her husband’s petition,
since a response had not been forthcoming. She mentioned that her
husband had died shortly after submitting the complaint against former
Governor López de Mendizábal.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Tierras, 3268, f. 143-144.

MESTAS

Fray Angélico Chávez identified Joaquín Mestas (ONFM: 218) as the
husband of two wives, Teresa Tafoya and Victoria Sánchez. However,
research indicates that there were two distinct men with the name
Joaquín Mestas, and both lived in the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de la
Cañada during the mid 1700’s.

Joaquin Mestas and Teresa Tafoya, possibly married circa 1741, had 8
known children born in Chama or Nambé during the period of 1742-1764.
Joaquín was a son of Juan Mestas Peralta and María Trujillo
(Pojoaque). This couple appears to have moved and lived in the Chama
area when their children were born. The following is the list of their
children:

Manuel Mestas, 4 born circa February 1742 in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico.
1
Pedro Antonio Mestas, born circa May 1745 in Nambé, New Mexico.2
Juan Pedro Mestas, born circa December 1749 in Nambé, New Mexico.2
Luisa de la Luz Mestas, born circa December 1751 in Chama, New Mexico.
1
Juana Getrudis Mestas, born circa February 1754 in Pojoaque, New
Mexico.2
José Joachín Mestas, born circa March 1756 in Chama, New Mexico.2
Marina Mestas, born circa October 1758 in Chama, New Mexico.2

Joaquín Mestas and Victoria Sánchez md. May 16, 1756 in Santa Cruz.
They had 12 known children born between 1756-1786, mostly all born in
Santa Cruz de la Cañada. These children overlap in years with those of
Joaquín Mestas and Teresa Tafoya, accounting for two different
individuals of the same name. Joaquín Mestas and Victoria Sánchez were
enumerated in the 1790 census of Santa Cruz. This Joaquin’s death
record is date February 5, 1812 (Santa Cruz) but the death record
indicates he was 80 years of age, which indicates he born about 1731.
At this time, there is no information to tell us the names of his
parents. This Joaquín Mestas was more than likely a cousin to the
other. The following is the list of the children of Juaquín Mestas and
Victoria Sánchez.

María Victoria Mestas, 2 adopted child. She married Juan Ponciano
Sánchez, January 25, 1804 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexcio9;
born November 20, 1783 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico.3
Maria Ygnacia de la Luz Mestas. She married Nicolás Martín, July 29,
1793 in Santa Cruz de la Canada, New Mexcio.4
Pedro Antonio Mestas, born circa May 1757 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada,
New Mexico.3
María Getrudis Mestas, born circa March 1760 in Santa Cruz de la
Cañada, New Mexico.3
Juan Ygnacio Mestas, born circa April 1763 in San Juan de los
Caballeros, New Mexico.5
José Ramón Mestas, born circa 1766 in New Mexico. He married (1) Maria
Concepción Valdés January 16, 1789 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New
Mexcio; born circa 1772 in New Mexico. He married (2) María del Carmen
Lucero, February 10, 1817 in Abiquiu, New Mexico. 4, 6, 7
Diego Mestas, born circa November 1767 in San Juan de los Caballeros,
New Mexico.5
Miguel Toribio Mestas, born circa March 1770 in San Juan de los
Caballeros, New Mexico, died December 8, 1792 in Santa Cruz de la
Cañada, New Mexico.5, 8
Rosa Mestas.4 She married Juan José Lobato, October 11, 1801 in Santa
Cruz, NM.4
José Antonio Mestas, born February 12, 1779 in Mesilla, New Mexico.3
María Dolores Mestas, born circa September 1782 in Mesilla, New Mexico.
3
María Francisca Mestas, born circa December 1786.3
1 Bautismos de Mission de Santa Clara 1729-1805, Bap Feb 4 1742
Transcribed and Edited by David Gonzales, pp. 4, 11, 15, 21.

2 AASF--Reel #6, Book #18, Nambe, NM, Nambe Baptisms, (Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, Utah Film #16849).

3 Transcribed by Virginia Langham Olmsted, Compiled by Margaret
Leonard Windham and Evelyn Lujan Baca, Santa Cruz de la Cañada
Baptisms Volume 1, (New Mexico Genealogical Society 1995), pp. 203,
97, 105, 181, 197, 227.

4 100 Years of Santa Cruz Marriages – 1726 –1826 extracted by
Henrietta Martinez Christmas & Patricia Sanchez Rau, LDS Film 16972,
pp 71, 63, 87.

5 Thomas D. Martinez, San Juan de los Caballeros Baptisms 1726-1870,
(Self-Published), p. 377.

6 Translated and Compiled by Virginia Langham Olmsted, New Mexico
Colonial Censuses 1790, 1823,1845, (New Mexico Genealogical Society
1975), p. 105.

7 New Mexico Marriages Church of Santo Tomas of Abiquiu 1756-1826, p.
60.

8 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Santa Cruz de la
Cañada Deaths, (Film #16973, New Mexico), Jose Toribio, age 18, s/
Juaquin Mestas and Victoria Sanchez.

Researchers: Pat Sánchez Rau and Henrietta Martínez Christmas

MONTES VIGIL

Below are some data recovered from research conducted in Zacatecas,
Mexico for the Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico. The research
was carried out by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martínez. The following summary was written by Robert D. Martínez and
was presented at the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Hispanic
Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico on July 4, 2003 in
Albuquerque.

These bits and pieces of extractions, while not providing any new
genealogical information about the Montes Vigil family, nevertheless
are very interesting for the family social history they contain. They
were extracted from the Archivo Historico de Zacatecas (hereafter
referred to as A.H.E.Z.) and the Archivo Parroquial de Zacatecas,
Iglesia de Santo Domingo.

This first document concerns Juan Montes Vigil and his testimony
concerning what he saw or knew about a robbery that occurred at the
archive and office of Felipe de Espinosa.

28 Agosto 1661; 31 Agosto 1661, seis fojas

Averiguacion contra Juan Montes Vegil sobre el robo al oficio de
Felipe de Espinosa escribano publico y de cabildo de esta ciudad.

declaracion de Juan Montes vexill

En la ciudad de Nuestra Senora de los Cacatecas a veinte y ocho dias
del mes

de Agosto de mill y seiscientos y sesenta y un anos el senor el senor
alcalde para

averiguacion desta (^ciudad) Causa hico Pareser Ante si a Juan Montes
de vegill

vecino de esta ciudad A quien su merced tiene mandado de tener en la
ley es publica

desta ciudad del qual tomo y Recibio Juramento ell qual hijo de dios y
a una cruz

que hico con su mano derecha so cargo del cual Prometio decir verdad Y
preguntado Lo que save Y vio Aserca del robo que han hecho en el
archivo de phelipe de espinosa escrivano de su magestad Y de la Real
hacienda y Caxa de su magestad desta ciudad

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Serie VIII: Cargos y Oficios, 1574-1930, Gremios,
siglo XVII, AHEZ; Poder Judicial, criminal

In 1664, a Juan de Montes is compelled by the law to give a slave to
the Royal Treasurer of the Holy Office of the Inquisition of New Spain
for seventy nine pesos, and also owes a house under an arrangement he
entered into with Cristóbal Zaldivar.

Obligacion, 21 January 1664, Zacatecas

Juan de Montes, se obliga a dar una esclava al Real Fisco de la
Inquisicion de la Nueva Espana por 79 pesos en reales; debe una casa
baja en arrendamiento de las de Cristobal Zaldivar.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Notarias, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa , Caja: 2 ,
Libro: 4, 1664, no. 14

Juan Montes had a daughter buried at Zacatecas in 1667. The fact that
no mother was named is consistent with Juan’s testimony that he was
single, and also that he was responsible in one way or another, for
the children he fathered.

26 December 1667

Murio: una nina de Juan Montes

Expense: 5 pesos

SOURCE: Archivo Parrochial de Zacatecas, Iglesia de Santo Domingo,
Area: Sacramental, Seccion: Defunciones , Serie: Partidos y
certificaciones , Caja No. 121, Lib. o Carp. 1/12, Exped.: 1 , Fojas:
61, Fechas: Sept. 7, 1664 ‑ April 4, 1674, pg. 190v

In the following document, we find Juan Montes Vigil purchasing a
mulatta slave named Tomasa de la Cruz from Diego de Vallesteros, a
resident of Guadalajara.

Venta fecha, Diego de Vallesteros, vecino de la ciudad de Guadalaxara
y residente en Zacatecas, bendo a Juan Montes Vigil, vecino de esta
ciudad, una mulata mi esclava llamada Thomasa de la Cruz.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z. Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro 6 –
1682 Vol I, Pg. 8

The two wills of Juan Montes Vigil are already well known, but are
included here for continuity of what was located at the Archivo
Historico de Zacatecas.

2 October 1682, Zacatecas

Testamento de Juan Montes Vigil, natural de la ciudad de Mexico y
vezino de esta ciudad de nuestra Senora de los Zacatecas hijo lexitimo
de Juan Montes Vigil y de Cattalina de Herrera Cantillana su legitima
muger ya difuntos naturales de los Reynos de Castilla y vecinos que
fueron de esta dicha ciudad.

Y dexo y nombro por mis herederos universsales de todos mis bienes
acciones y derechos que en qualquier manera me portengcan o puedan
pertenezer a Francisco Montes Vigil que declaro por mi hijo natural
que es de hedad de dies y seis anos poco mas o menos y a la dicha
Maria de Herrera Cantillana mi hermana.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro 6 –
1682 Vol II, Pg. 178

Therefore, from this document we learn that Francisco Montes Vigil,
settler of New Mexico and son of Juan Montes Vigil, was born out of
wedlock to an unnamed woman, and was born in the year 1666, more or
less. We also learn the name of Juan Montes Vigil’s sister, María de
Herrera Cantillana. Below is this woman’s will from the year 1656. It
provides valuable information concerning the surnames of the Montes
Vigil family.

Testamento

27 June 1656, Zacatecas

Maria de Herrera Castilla, vecina de esta ciudad, hija legitima de
Juan Montes Quiñones y Arguello y de Catalina Herrera, difuntos
vecinos fueron de esta ciudad y ella originaria. Pide ser sepultada
en la iglesia parroquial de esta ciudad en la parte y lugar que le
pareciere a su albacea y que la acompanen en su entierro la grey, cura
y sacristan de la parroquia y llendola a celebrar al dia siguiente se
le diga una misa de cuerpo presente cantada ofrendada de pan y vino y
sera y se pague la limosna de sus bienes o las mandas forzosas ya
acostumbradas. Mando 2 reales de plata y 4 reales a la casa de
Jerusalen. No deja a ninguna persona dinero ya que no tiene ya bienes
propios mas los que su hermano Juan Montes Argüello le ha dado.
Nombro como albacea y heredero a su hermano.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja:
3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96

It is interesting to note that in this document, Juan Montes Vigil I
is called Juan Montes Quiñones y Argüello, and his son, Juan Montes
Vigil II, is referred to as Juan Montes Argüello. Therefore, these
names reveal the fact the Montes Vigil family has Quiñones (his
maternal grandmother’s surname) and Argüello ancestors. Perhaps Juan’s
maternal grandmother’s surname was Argüello.

Next, Juan Montes Vigil is selling a twenty nine year old mulatta
slave named Nicolasa to Tomas Hernandez, resident of Zacatecas.

Venta fecho, Juan Montes Vigil, vecino de Zacatecas, otorgo y vendo a
Thomas Hernandez vecino de Zacatecas una mulatta mi esclava llamada
Nicolasa de hedad de viente y nueve anos, mas o menos.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro 6 –
1682 Vol II, Pg. 181v

Juan filed another will less than a year later, no doubt falling ill
in the spring of 1683. It should be noted that Francisco Montes Vigil
is named again, but this time as a married man. His wife is named,
María Jiménes. Thus, Francisco was probably married in late 1682 or
early 1683.

23 April 1683, Zacatecas

Testamento de Juan Montes Vigil, natural de la ciudad de Mexico vecino
y mercader en Zacatecas hijo legitimo de Juan Montes Vigil y de
Catalina de Cantillana naturales que fueron de los Reynos de Castilla
y vecinos de esta ciudad.

Declaro por mi hijo natural havido con muger soltera como yo lo soy y
he sido a Francisco Montes Vigil que hoy sera de hedad de diez y siete
anos poco mas esta cassado y velado con Maria Ximenes.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro 7 –
1683, Pg. 172v

In 1688, María Jiménes, wife of Francisco Montes Vigil, sold an iron
piece to Nicolas Miguel, resident of the jurisdiction of
Aguascalientes.

Benta, September 17, 1688, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo Maria Ximenes, mujer legitima
de Francisco Montes Vigil, vecino de esta ciudad de Nuestra Senora de
los Zacatecas y con lisencia y expreso consentimiento que primero y
antes todas cosas pido y mando al dicho mi marido que esta presente
para hacer otorgar y jurar esta escritura y en lo que en ella ira
declarando, y yo el dicho Francisco Montes Vigil doy y concedo la
dicha lisencia a la dicha mi mujer ... otorgo que vendo en venta real
desde ahora para siempre jamas a Nicolas Miguel vecino de la
jurisdiccion de Aguas Calientes ... un hierro que es dela forma del
que ba senalada al marjen ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara,
Caja: 4 , Libro: 4, Fechas: 1 January 1688 – 12 December 1688 , no. 6

In 1690, Juan Montes Vigil ran into trouble and was jailed for not
paying a debt he owed to the convent of San Francisco in the city of
San Luis Potosi. It is interesting to note that the scribe was
Francisco Gabriel de la Peña, whose son Baltasar Francisco, was a
soldier in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1694 (ONMF, pg. 256).

Fianza carzelera, 23 December 1690, Zacatecas

...ante mi el escrivano y testigos Francisco Graviel de la Peña
notario publico del jusgado eclesiastico de esta ciudad y vezino de
ella aquien doy fee conosco y dixo que por quanto esta preso en la
real carsel de esta ciudad Juan Montes Bigil vezino de ella por
cinquenta y cuatro pesos un tomino y seis granos de oro comun en
reales que el suso dicho esta deviendo al convento del Senor San
Francisco de la ciudad de San Luis Potosi y en su nombre a su sindico
de que por escritura de un acasso que el suso dicho tiene a zenso de
dicho conbento y aviendose presentado la dicha escritura ante las
justicias de dicha ciudad se despacho carta de justicia para las de
esta ciudad y aviendola presentada ante el Senor Correxidor de ella
Ygnacio Saenz de Laris, Sindico General sele despacho mandamiento de
execusion contra la persona y bienes del dicho Juan Montes y aviendose
travado en su persona ayer beinte y dos del corriente y aviendo oy dia
dela fecha presentado petizion en la visita general de carsel pidiendo
que en orra delas de S. Pascual de la Natividad de Nuestro Jesu
Christo fuese suelto della por el termino de la ley Real y se mando
asi en ya virtud a ofresido al otorgante por su fiador y poniendolo en
efecto y asiendo como hase de deuda y negosio axeno suio propio resibe
preso y encarselado como alguacil combento arienseal dicho Juan Montes
Bigil por el termino de los treinta dias de la ley Real y pasados que
sean o luego que se a requerido el otorgante bolbera ala prision en
que lo resibe sin escusa ni omision alguna y ala firmesa y
cumplimiento de lo referido obligo su persona y bienes anidos y por
haver dado poder cumplido alas justicias y jueses de Su Majestad de
qualesquier partes aque sean y en especial al Corregidor desta ciudad
y al quelo fuere competente de la causa renuncia su fuero, domisilio y
besindad y la ley san simus de liberomo y las demas de su favor,
defensa con la general del derecho para que a ello leis apelan y
apremien por todo rigor de derecho y mas executiba y como si fuese por
sentencia difinatiba de jues competente dada y pasada en cosa jusgada
y lo otorgo y firmo siendo testigo Juan de Figueroa, Nicolas Portillo
y Juan Bautista de Arce ya presentes vecinos desta ciudad.

Francisco Gabriel de la Peña (rubric)

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara ,
Caja: 5, Libro: 6 , Fechas: 2 January 1690 – 29 December 1690, no. 19

What these documents reveal are the real life problems and issues that
Juan Montes Vigil II, his sister María de Herrera, Francisco Montes
Vigil, María Jimenes dealt with, such as Juan II losing a daughter at
a very young age, spending time in prison for not complying with the
law, buying and selling his fellow human beings as slaves, and writing
out a will when facing death. Whether Francisco ever knew his mother
or not we may never know, but he and his wife María went forth into
the northern country of New Mexico to start a new life.

Researchers: Dr. Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martínez

PACHECO

In March 1632, Fray Pedro Sambrano, the friar at the Pueblo of
Galisteo, mentioned the name of Gerónimo Pacehco (ONMF: 83), who was
described as a mestizo and a soldier. (AGN, Inq, t. 304, 189v)

In September 1632, Luis Pacheco, a soldier, offered a statement in the
investigation of the bigamy case against Juan Antón, a mulatto accused
of being married first in Mapimí and then in New Mexico to a Mexican
Indian women named Ana. Luis Pacheco declared he was a vecino of Santa
Fe and gave his age as 40 (b.ca. 1592). He mentioned he was at “the
estancias of las guertas in the house of Juan Antón on Deember 10,
1631.” Pacheco referred to Las Guertas as be “junta del Pueblo de
Sandia” (next to Sandía Pueblo). (AGN, Inq., t. 304, f. 181)

This Luis Pacheco appears to be the same individual who identified as
Alférez Real Luis de Zubía Pacheco, native of the Ciudad de Durango,
who was one of eight soldiers that escorted Governor don Alonso
Pacheco, to New Mexico between December 1641 to August 1642. (AGI
Contaduria, leg. 926, pliego no. 2, 51: 1-3)

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, t. 304, t. 181 and
189v; and Archivo General de Indias, Contaduria, leg. 926, pliego no.
2, 51: 1-3.

PEÑA

The following data were found in the Archivo Historico de Zacatecas
(hereafter referred to as A.H.E.Z.) and present valuable genealogical
data about families from Zacatecas that settled in New Mexico in the
late seventeenth century. These extractions were retrieved for the
Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard
Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez. The following summary was written by
Robert D. Martínez and was presented at the 10th Anniversary
Conference of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
on July 4, 2003 in Albuquerque.

In ONMF page 256, Fray Angélico Chavez provided information about
Balthasar Francisco de la Pena, a native of Zacatecas and a soldier of
Santa Fe in 1694. This man was the son of Francisco Gabriel de la Pena
and Manuela Gomez de Medina. The two documents below present
information on these parents, as well as the name of Manuela’s mother.

Agreement

Zacatecas, 6 March 1673

Francisco Gabriel de la Pena and Manuela Gomez, his wife,
agree to pay Gregorio Flores, vecino y mercader of Zacatecas, 150
pesos; details terms; collateral: two houses, one of which houses
carpenters who are working on the retablo de la soleda; the other
houses a "negro [?] de don Jorgue, vecino y mercader de este ciudad;
y estan dhas cassas la una en que viven los carpinteros en la plasuela
de San Agustin, y la otra a las espaldas de San Agustin . . ."

Witnesses: Don Juan de Arellano; Mil [??] Gomez; Juan
Tenorio, vecinos de Zacatecas.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la, Años:
1672 – 84, 8 libros, Exp. 2, ff. 10v-12r

Both Francisco Gabriel de la Peña and Manuela Gómez sign their names.
Following document cites mother of Manuela Gómez, Ana Gómez Zotelo.

Agreement

Zacatecas, 3 August 1673

Francisco Gabriel de la Pena, Manuela Gomez, Juan del
Valle and his wife, Maria Gomez, vecinos de Zacatecas; sell to Manuel
Antonio, their [Gomez] brother, vecino de Panuco:

una casa que esta en dha ciudad de Zacatecas en el Callejon de San
Agustin en que vivio mucho tiempo Juan Gillen que lindan por un lado
en la calle que ba a la compania con casas del Capitan Joseph de
Monral y dha casa es la esquina y por la parte del dho Callejon con
casas del patronato del Br. Don Alonso de Onate y Banuelos que ubimos
dha casa nos las suso dhas por erencia de nra madre Ana Gomez Zotelo y
nos pertenese a nostras en parte como a sus herrederas nombradas en el
testamento serado que otorgo la suso dicha en la ciudad de Zacatecas
ante Manuel Rodrigues, escribano real y que usava el publico que fue
de Pedro de los Rios por nombramiento de la Real Audiencia de este
Reino socuya disposecion fallecio su fecha de dho testamento en siete
dias del mes de marzo de mill y seissientos y cinquenta y dos anos, el
qual exivimos ante el presente escribano para que en virtud del de fe
de estar nombradas en el por sus hijas y herederas e yo el presente
escribano doi fe vi de dho testamento so fecha y aver pasado y
otorgado se ante el dho Manuel Rodrigues, escribano real, y que vio el
publico referido en el la clausula de herrederas, Bendemos por nra.
propia la casa referida que is una de dos declaradas por vienes de la
dha nra. madre que nos pertenecen como tales herrederas ciua herrencia
aceptamos y vendemos dha casa con todfas sus entradas ussos
costumbres . . . por precio de ciento treinta y tres pesos . . . con
cargo de que el suso dho. a de pagar dies pesos en cada un ano de
censo de docientos pesos que le pertenecen al Br. Don Alonso de Onate
y Banuelos . . ."

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la, Años:
1672 – 84, 8 libros, Exp. 2, ff. 41r-42v

>From these documents we learn Manuela Gómez de Medina’s mother’s name,
Ana Gómez Sotelo. This leads to the speculation that her father’s
surname may have been Medina. We also learn the names of two siblings
of Manuela, María and Manuel Antonio.

Researchers: Dr. Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martínez

PEREA— Promising Lead

The origins of the Perea family have been difficult to ascertain. It
is curious to note that among the Perea individuals of New Mexico in
the latter seventeenth century was a man named Esteban de Perea, a
native of Corpus Christi de Ysleta. One possible avenue to explore is
that the Perea family took their surname from fray Esteban de Perea.
Perhaps a orphaned male in the care of fray Esteban adopted the Perea
surname, or perhaps Fray Esteban fathered a child.

Fray Esteban de Perea was a native of the Villanueva del Fresno near
Jérez de los Caballeros in Extremadura, according to information
recorded about his proof of lineage. He had entered the religious
order of San Francisco as a boy. Before coming to the Americas he was
a “religioso del scalzo” (sic descalzo; barefoot friar) in the
province of San Gabriel in Extremadura and went by the name Fray
Estevan de Villanueva. His parents were Rodrigo Alonso and Inéz Núñez,
vecinos of the Villa de Villanueva de Fresno, both of them natives of
Portugal —his father from Beja and his mother from Semejana in an area
known as Alentexo. His paternal grandfather was Roque de Pesaña and he
did not know the name of his paternal grandmother because he had
entered the religious order as a boy. His maternal grandparents were
Estevan Núñez, for whom Fray Estevan was named, and Juana Fernández,
vecinos and natives of the Villa de Monzaraz en la raya de Portugal,
three leagues from Villanueva de Fresno. Fray Estevan claimed that his
maternal grandparents were of the lineage of the Martinos and that
there is a small village located four leagues from the Villa de
Monzaraz called Aldea de los Martinos. He named Gaspar Pereira as a
paternal uncle. Fray Esteban also had a brother who took the religious
name of Fray Roque de San Vasilio and was part of the Collegio de San
Vasilio in Sevilla.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Inquisition, t. 365, exp. 11, f. 1.

MONTOYA

Lucía de Montoya, presumably the same woman of this name identified by
Fray Angélico Cháves as a possible daughter of Diego de Montoya (ONMF:
77), was the mother of María de Tejeda. In April 1662, Juan Esteban de
Fagoaga denounced María de Tejeda to the Inquistion. Fagoaga declared
that she gave birth out of wedlock to two children fathered by Luis
Durán. Montoya, Tejeda and Durán were identified as vecinos of Santa
Fe.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Inquisición, t. 593, f. 317.

ROMERO

Part 1 of a detailed history and genealogy of the first three
generations of the Romero family of seventeenth century New Mexico is
scheduled for publication in the January 2003 issues of Herencia
(Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New
Mexico). The article, researched and written by José Antonio Esquibel,
is titled “The Romero Family of Seventeenth Century New Mexico.” Part
1 consists of about 29 pages with new genealogical information
extracted from records of the Inquisition and detailed citation of
sources. Additional historical and genealogical information is dealt
with in sections relating to various branches of the Romero family.
Several excerpts of Part 1 are offered here:

The Romero clan of seventeenth century New Mexico was skillfully
successful in acquiring land, office, riches, and associated
privileges, which were sought by many people who came to the Americas.
As the family grew, each generation was quick to take advantage of
their privileged status and the available opportunities to expand
their social and political influence and their economic prosperity.
This is illustrated through strategic matrimonial alliances of the
Romero children, and in the numerous military and civil appointments
of the Romero men, such as alcalde mayor, alcalde ordinario, regidor,
procurador, protector de indios, teniente, capitán, and sargento
mayor. By 1660 the Romero clan held interest in almost a third of New
Mexico’s encomiendas.

Clearly, a number of New Mexican citizens took unkindly to the
forceful authority of the Franciscans in New Mexico. Men such as
Gaspar Pérez (an in-law of the Romero), Luis López (a neighbor of the
Romero), Juan Domínguez de Mendoza (an ally of the Romero), Deigo
Pérez Romero, and Christóbal de Anaya Almazán (an in-law of the
Domínguez de Mendoza), were deemed by Franciscan friars to hold
heretical beliefs. In several of these cases public conflicts between
these men and the friars were well-known and attested to by witnesses.
Tipping the balance of power in favor of the Franciscans was a very
potent tool to counter perceived disloyalties, namely the Office of
the Inquisition. For example, Gaspar Pérez was of the opinion that the
governor held absolute authority over the Franciscans, and he found
himself denounced to the Inquisition by the friars.

The use of the Inquisition in New Mexico can be viewed as a strategic
process of tipping the scale of political and economic control. This
was certainly the case when governors of New Mexico denounced or
supported the denunciation of their political enemies to the
Inquisition and vice versa. As discussed below in regard to the suit
against Diego Pérez Romero, his grants of encomienda were
redistributed to other citizens and he was exiled from New Mexico,
losing all privileges of social and military office and titles. He
went from being an alcalde oridianrio of the Villa de Santa Fe, an
encomedero, and a sargento mayor of New Mexico to a mayordomo of a
hacienda, and was even shunned by his wife who refused to join him in
exile.

The testimony of Diego Pérez Romero [before the tribunal of the
Inquisition in Mexico City] offers valuable genealogical information
on the first three generations of the Romero family in New Mexico. Of
particular note are the clear genealogical links that can now be made
between members of the Romero family that previously could not be
confirmed, although logic dictated possible connections. This is
particularly true for the Romero de Pedraza family and the Romero de
Salazar family. Fray Angélico Chávez supposed that Bartolomé Romero de
Pedraza and Francisco Romero de Pedraza were sons of Matías Romero and
doña Isabel de Pedraza. As it turns out, the other children were Pedro
Romero, Felipe Romero, Catalina Romero, and Luisa Romero, the wife of
Juan Lucero de Godoy. This information now allows descendents of
Felipe, Catalina, and Luisa to make the genealogical connection to the
founders of the Romero family in New Mexico that has eluded
researchers for many years.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: José Antonio Esquibel, “The Romero Family of Seventeenth
Century New Mexico,” Part 1, in Herencia, Issue 1, January 2003, 1-30.

TENORIO de ALBA

Below are some data recovered from research conducted in Zacatecas,
Mexico for the Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico. The research
was carried out by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martinez.

The following will was located at the Archivo Historico de Zacatecas
(hereafter referred to as A.H.E.Z.) and provides genealogical data
pertinent to the Tenorio de Alba – Lopes de Sandobal family that
settled in New Mexico (ONMF: 293).

Zacatecas, 16 Mar 1674

Will, Doña Ana de Mercado, vecina de Zacatecas; hl de Don Lope del Río
and Ana Vásques de Mercado, both deceased; all born in la Villa de
Xerez, married to Joseph López Sandoval, with the following children:

Josepha Lópes Sandoval, m. to Juan Tenorio [parents of Miguel
Tenorio, New Mexico colonist];

Alonso Lópes Sandoval, deceased;

Marcos Lópes

Xptoval [Cristóbal] Lópes Sandoval

Bernardina Lópes Sandoval, doncella

Fr. Felipe Lópes Sandoval, franciscan

Andrés Lópes Sandoval

Nicolasa López Sandoval, doncella

her mother had brought a dowery of 5,000 pesos . . .

gives house of her residence to Xpoval Lopes; . . .

Witnesses: Juan Tenorio, Nicolas Tenorio and

Carlos Triana y Alarcón

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Notarias 1608 – 1956, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la,
1672-84, 8 libros, Exp. 3, ff. 20v-21v

>From this document we learn the names of the parents of Josepha Lópes
de Sandobal, the mother of Miguel de Tenorio who settled in New
Mexico. They are Joseph Lópes de Sandobal and Ana de Mercado. Ana de
Mercado’s parents were Lope del Río and Ana Vásques de Mercado,
residents of Villa de Xéres. Thus, this document extends the genealogy
of this family back two generations.

>From the following will, we learn that a certain Juan Tenorio died in
the year 1664. Therefore, he could not have been the Juan Tenorio who
married Josepha Lopes de Sandobal. Perhaps he was his father.

Testamento, April 7, 1674, Zacatecas

Maria de Molina, vecina, mayor de 25 anos, hija y heredera de Catalina
de Molina, mulata libre, vecina. Su hermana Francisca Sanchez, mujer
legitima fue de Miguel Garcia, mercader de menudencias. Su madre
fallecio por el ano de 1659, mes de Febrero cuando ella tenia 5 o 6
anos y su tutor fue Juan Tenorio, vecino y mercader que murio en
1664. Su hermana fallecio dejando hijos; su sobrina Catalina de
Molina , hija de Miguel Garcia y su hermana. Que su parte se de a
Maria de Molina que ella crio, casada con Salvador Garcia
Zapatero.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Libro:
7, Caja: 2, Año: 1674, no. 53

The declaration recorded below was made by Juan López de Sandobal. He
named his wife as Ana Ruiz, and two children: Joseph López de Sandoval
and Maria López de Sandoval. Could this Joseph López de Sandoval be
the same man who married Ana de Mercado? If so, then Joseph’s parents
were Juan López de Sandobal and Ana Ruíz. If not, he was most likely a
brother of Joseph Lopez de Sandobal, husband of Ana Mercado.

Delarazion de forma de testar

15 February 1692, Zacatecas

... Juan Lopez de Sandobal, vezino de esta ciudad, estando enfermo en
cama ... declaro que soy casado y velado segun horden ... con Ana Ruiz
y durante su matrimonio avian tenido y procreado por sus hijos
legitimos a Joseph Lopez de Sandoval y Maria López de Sandoval,
declarlos por sus hijos legitimos ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara,
Caja: 7, Libro: 8, Año: 1692 , no. 4

A brother of Miguel Tenorio, Nicolas Tenorio, is recorded as passing
on a house in Zacatecas in 1690. The document quoted below gives great
detail as to the location of this house, which can be visited near the
amazing ruins of the San Francisco Convent in that Mexican city.
Nicolas passes the house on to Ignacio Francisco de Rivera and his
wife Juana de Arellano. He lists as his reasons his lack of time spent
at the house, an inability to pay taxes on the house, and his lack of
complying with the care and maintenance of the building.

Traspaso de casa

29 July 1690, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo Nicolas Thenorio de Alva,
vezino de esta ciudad ... Zacatecas, digo que por quanto tengo y poseo
a zenso de por vidas una casa en frente del combento de Senor San
Francisco de esta dicha ciudad, la qual linda por un lado con casas
que eran de Maria de Carrasco, difunta y por otro lado con casas de
doña Margarita de Messa, por dos vidas ... la cual dicha casa la
traspaso (por que me hallo con mucha cortedad y que por ella no puedo
pagar el senso i tampoco poder cumplir con la obligacion de edificarla
y tenerla asi concertada) a Ygnacio Francisco de Rivera, maestro de
albanil, por las dichas dos vidas, al suso dicho y a su mujer, Juana
de Arellano ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara,
Caja: 5, Libro: 6, Fechas: 1-2-1690 - 12-29-1690, no. 11

Below we find a complaint filed compelling Juan Tenorio to do
something about his son, Miguel Tenorio, who at the time had no job
and was apparently not a very motivated young man.

6 Dec 1689, una foja

Auto del capitan Gaspar de Larranaga alcalde ordinario en esta ciudad
para que Juan Tenorio ponga eficaz remedio a su hijo Miguel Tenorio
que esta sin oficio y ocioso.

SOURCE: AHEZ; Poder Judicial, criminal, Serie VIII: Cargos y Oficios,
1574-1930, Gremios, siglo XVII

The following document shows that, at one point, Juan Tenorio did try
to get his son to master a trade, mainly that of a metalworker.
Whether the trade worked out for Miguel or not is uncertain. Perhaps
it was coming to New Mexico that led to Miguel’s maturing.

Aprendis fecho, Ssepan quantos esta Carta Vieren Como yo Juan Thenorio
Vezino de esta ciudad de nuestra Senora de los Zacatecas Digo que por
quanto un hijo mio llamado Miguel Thenorio que sera de hedad de quinze
anos mas o menos se ha Ynilinado de su Voluntad a aprender el oficio
de herrader... otorgo que lo pongo por aprendis del dicho ofizio de
herrador con Hernando Vazan, vecino de esta ciudad Maestro examinado
en dicho ofizio por tiempo de cinco anos...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro
6 – 1682 Vol II, pg. 158

In summary, Miguel Tenorio de Alba was seemingly a precocious young
man who eventually found his way north from Zacatecas to New Mexico to
establish a family. His parents, Juan Tenorio and Josepha Lópes de
Sandoval, were citizens and residents of Zacatecas, where they raised
their children. Josepha Lópes de Sandoval, however, had roots at the
Villa de Jerez, a community located near Zacatecas. Apparently her
mother, Ana de Mercado, was from there, as we learn from her will that
Ana’s parents were Lope del Río and Ana Vásques de Mercado and were
from there as well. Josepha’s father was Joseph Lópes de Sandobal, who
was possibly the son of Juan Lópes de Sandobal and Ana Ruíz. More
research is needed to corroborate this theory. Finally, there is the
possibility that Juan Tenorio was the son of a man of the same name
who died in 1664.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico— Stanley M.
Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez.
Summary by Robert D. Martínez.

Sources: A.H.E.Z., Notarias 1608 – 1956, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la,
1672-84, 8 libros, Exp. 3, ff. 20v-21v; A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias,
Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Libro: 7, Caja: 2, Año: 1674, no. 53;
A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara, Caja: 7,
Libro: 8, Año: 1692 , no. 4; A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario:
Ignacio Gonzales Vergara, Caja: 5, Libro: 6, Fechas: 1-2-1690 -
12-29-1690, no. 11; AHEZ; Poder Judicial, criminal, Serie VIII: Cargos
y Oficios, 1574-1930, Gremios, siglo XVII;A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias,
Notario: Laguna, Jose de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol II, pg. 158.

VARELA JARAMILLO

Josefa Varela Jaramillo (ONMF: 199) was actually baptized on February
21st in the year 1700 and not in 1701 as indicated in ONMF.

Bapt. on 21 Feb 1700, Josepha Varela d/ Jn. Varela and Ysavel Rico de
Rojas. Padrinos:
Manuel Vaca and Josepha Vaca.

Researcher: Gloria McCrary

Source: LDS microfilm #0016725, Baptisms, Our Lady of Sorrows Church
in Bernalillo, NM.

List of soldiers that Escorted Governor don Alonso Pacheco to New
Mexico in 1642

Authorization for officials of the royal treasuries on Durango and
Parral to pay the salary of eight soldiers escorting Gov. Alonso
Pacheco, December 1641-August 1642. The soldiers were:

1. Alférez Real Luis de Zubía Pacheco, native of the Ciudad de
Durango

2. Luis de Villanuño, native of the Ciudad de Durango

3. Capitán Gaspar Pérez, native of Brussels

4. Alférez Lorenzo Librán, native of the Ciudad de México

5. Alférez Juan Ramírez de Salazar, native of the Ciudad de México

6. Diego González de Apodaca, native of the Ciudad de México

7. Juan Mohedano, native of the Ciudad de México

8. Nicolás de Zamora, native of the Ciudad de México

All Españoles, except Capt. Gaspar Pérez, who is Flemish

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: (Archivo General de Indias, Contaduria, leg. 926, pliego no.
2, 51: 1-3 (A 8 soldados conducidos para el Nuevo Mexico).

ALBIZU

Providing testimony on November 4, 1661, at Santa Fe, doña María de
Albizu, age 40 (b.ca. 1621), declared she was the wife of Sargento
Mayor Francisco de Madrid, and refered to doña María de Abendaño as
her sister-in-law. In other testimony, doña María de Albizu was
identied as a daughter of Maese de Campo Tomás de Albizu.

At the Convento de Jémez on August 2, 1662, Felipe de Albizu (ONMF: 2)
declared he was a native of the Pueblo de “Tzia” (Zia) and the husband
of María de Abendaño, giving his age as 36 (b.ca. 1626) when his
testimony was recorded in the Inquisition’s investigation into Diego
Pérez Romero. In the following year, during May 1663, Felipe de Albizu
was identified as a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe.

The above information indicates that doña María de Albizu and Felipe
de Albizu were siblings and confirms the supposition by Fray Angélico
Chávez that Felipe de Albizu was a son of Tomás de Albizu (ONMF: 2).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, vol. 1, exp. 605, f.211
and 214; AGN, Inquisition, t. 586, exp. 1, f. 57; AGN, Inq., t. 586,
exp. 1, f. 78v; AGN, Inq., t. 593, f. 267.

ARAGÓN

Agustín Gerónimo de Aragón and doña Francisca de Quintana, the
grandparents of Ignacio de Aragón (ONMF: 127), were residing in Mexico
City as early as 1614. Although the origin of this couple still needs
to be determined, baptismal records for five of their children
combined with marriage records of two of their children help to form a
genealogy of the early generation of the Aragón family. The names of
the godparents of the Aragón-Quintana children may offer some valuable
leads to uncovering addition genealogical information and identifying
the place of origin of Agustín Gerónimo de Aragón and doña Francisca
de Quintana.

Children of Agustín Gernónimo de Aragón and doña Francisca de
Quintana:

1. Alonso de Aragón y Quintana, bt. April 16, 1614, Catedral de
México, Mexico City. Padrinos: Alonso de Alaves and doña Mariana de
Cepeda Alaves.

2. María [de Aragón] y Quintana, bt. December 26, 1615,
Catedral de México, Mexico City. Padrino: Pedro de Sayns Cox. Note: In
this record the father is identified only as Agustín Gerónimo. As
María de Alcazar she recorded banns of matrimony at the Catedral de
México on December 8, 1632, with Juan Dionisio, a native of Oporto,
Portugal.

3. Agustín de Aragón y Quintana, bt. July 13, 1620, Catedral de
México, Mexico City. Padrinos: Francisco de Canalujo and Luisa de
Morales.

4. Antonia [de Aragón] y Quintana, bt. January 30, 1623,
Catedral de México, Mexico City. Padrinos: Gerónimo ….(illegible) and
María de Angulo. Note: In this record the father is identified as
Agustín Hieronimo.

5. Melchior de Aragón y Quintana, bt. January 18, 1624,
Catedral de México, Mexico City. Padrinos: El Doctor Francisco de
Urieta and his wife doña Francisca (no surname recorded).

6. Juan de Balcazar Aragón, md. November 24, 1647, Catedral de
México (banns: November 25, 1647), Mensia Galindo, native of Mexico
City. Parents of Ignacio de Aragón who settled in New Mexico in 1694.

7. Doña Ysabel de Quintana Balcazar y Aragón, md. March 24,
1651 (banns: April 2, 1651), Catedral de México, Mexico City, Nicolas
Martínez de la Mata, native of Mexico City.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Mexico City, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Asunción Church
(Catedral de México), Bautismos de Españoles, 1590-1611, LDS microfilm
#0035168 and Bautismos de Españoles, 1612-1627, LDS microfilm
#0035169; and José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish
Recolonization of New Mexico, HGRC, 1998, 108-110.

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ARAGÓN

Among the most influential santeros of the “golden age” of
Nuevomejicano Catholic devotional art were José Aragón (b.ca. 1781-89)
and José Rafael Aragón (b.ca. 1783-96). The artwork of these two men,
first identified by E. Boyd, is frequently displayed in many
collections of Spanish New Mexico colonial art. Scholars have noticed
similarities in the styles of the Aragón santeros, but it was not
previously known that they were related. The research of Esquibel and
Carrillo identifies José Aragón and José Rafael Aragón as sons of Juan
Andrés Aragón and Juana Gertrudis Domínguez Mascareñas, residents of
Santa Fe in the 1780s and the 1790s.

José Aragón married María Josefa Casados (bt. March 19, 1790, Santa
Fe), sister of another santero (José Anastacio Casados). Aragón and
Casados resided in Santa Fe until around 1818-1820, by which time they
moved to the Galisteo area and then settled at Antón Chico by 1828 and
then at Tecolote by 1850. José Aragón mastered his craft as a painter
of retablos and a carver of bultos. The region of the Pecos Valley, in
particular the area of San Miguel Del Vado saw an increase in
settlement in the first three decades of the 1800s. It appears,
Aragón’s expertise was drawn upon to decorate local churches, private
chapels, moradas and homes. He and his wife were the parents of at
least seven children:

1. Diego Antonio Aragón, bt. November 17, 1812, Santa Fe.
Padrinos: José Lucero and Josefa Lucero. Diego Antonio Aragón married
(1) Teresa Lovato, daughter of Isidro Lovato and Casilda Tenorio.
Known children:

1. María Prudencia Aragón, b. November 15, 1840, bt. November 25,
1840, San Miguel del Vado. Abuelos paternos named as José Aragón and
María Josefa Casaus.

2. José Francisco Aragón, bt. March 22, 1843, San Miguel del Vado,
22 days old. Abuelos paternos named as José Aragón and Josefa Casados.

3. María Ricarda Aragón, bt. April 11, 1849, San Miguel del Vado.

4. Juan José Aragón, b. April 24, 1851, bt. May 6, 1851, San
Miguel del Vado.

Diego Aragón, a vecino of los Valles de San Agustín, married (2)
August 11, 1856, Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas, María Pelegrina
González, vecina of Los Valles de San Agustín, daughter of Miguel
Albino González and María Juliana Blea.

2. José Antonio Aragón (twin), b. April 5, 1815, bt. May 8, 1815,
Santa Fe. Padrinos: Juan Trujillo and Josefa Montoya.

3. Ramona María Juana Aragón (twin), b. April 5, 1815, bt. May 8,
1815, Santa Fe. Padrinos: Anastacio Casados [uncle of the child, and
an escultor] and Manuela Casados (apparently the aunt of the child).

4. Juan Francisco Aragón (twin), bt. September 9, 1817, Santa Fe.
Padrinos: Ignacio Armenta and doña Josefa Montoya.

5. Juan de Jesús Aragón, (twin), bt. September 9, 1817, Santa Fe.
Padrinos: Ignacio Armenta and doña Josefa Montoya.

6. Rumaldo Aragón, b.ca. 1826, married May 22, 1848, San Miguel
del Vado, María Soledad Sena, bt. March 26, 1821, Santa Fe, daughter
of Matías Sena y Fajardo and María Soledad González y Padilla. Known
children:

1. José Macedonio Aragón, b. February 24, 1849, bt. March 14,
1849, San Miguel del Vado. Padrinos: Macedonio González and María
Manuela Martín.

2. María Dolores Aragón, b. November 8, 1849, bt. November 15,
1849, San Miguel del Vado.

7. José Ylario (Hilario) Aragón, bt. November 2, 1828, San Miguel
del Vado (Pecos, AASF Roll 6). In this record, his parents were
identified as vecinos de Antón Chico. The paternal grandparents were
recorded as Juan Andrés Aragón and Gertrudis Domínguez. The maternal
grandparents were recorded as José Casados and Matilde Lucero. The
padrinos were José Candelario Flores and María Luisa Padilla, vecinos
de la Cuesta.

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José Rafael Aragón is well known for creating numerous altar screens
for northern New Mexican chapels and churches, as well as for his many
surviving retablos and bultos. Aragón first married María Josefa
Lucero de Godoy, bt. April 25, 1785, Santa Fe, daughter of Antonio
Lucero de Godoy and María Manuela Benavides. This marriage took place
on July 15, 1815, Santa Fe. From this union there were born at least
seven children, possibly eight:

1. Blas Aragón, b. February 2, 1809, bt. February 5, 1809, Santa
Fe, NM; md. June 16, 1830, Santa Fe, María Francisca Padilla, daughter
of Diego Padilla (sexton) and María Rita Ávila. Blas Aragón was
identified as a natural son of María Josefa Lucero at the time of his
baptism. His marriage record names his parents as Rafael Aragón and
Josefa Lucero.

2. Possibly José Antonio Lucero (Aragón?), español, born March
1810, buried January 14, 1811, Santa Fe; identified as a natural son
of Josefa Lucero.

3. José Aragón, b. August 11, 1815, bt. August 15, 1815, Santa Fe,
NM. Padrinos: Francisco Baca and Ana María Baca.

4. Miguel Antonio Aragón, español, b. May 7, 1817, bt. May 9,
1817, Santa Fe, NM. Padrinos: Ventura Lucero (uncle of the child) and
Francisca Sandoval. This child was buried on July 4, 1817, Santa Fe.

5. José Rafael Aragón, b. November 6, 1818, bt. November 8, 1818,
Santa Fe, NM. Padrinos: Don Juan Bautista Alaríd and Doña Guadalupe
Baca.

6. Juan Antonio Aragón, bt. March 30, 1821, Santa Fe, NM.
Padrinos: Juan Trujillo and Luisa Trujillo.

7. María Josefa Aragón, bt. September 20, 1823, Santa Fe, NM.
Padrinos: Viterbo Ortiz and María de la Cruz Baca; md. 1844, Santa
Cruz, José Patricio López, resident of Quemado Córdova), bt. April 29,
1817, Santa Cruz, son of Juan de Jesús López and María del Carmen
Romero.

8. María Manuela Aragón, bt. June 18, 1827, Santa Fe, NM.
Padrinos: José de Jesús Montoya and María Victoria Roybal.

Researchers: José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo

Sources: See José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo, A Tapestry
of Kinship: The Web of Influence of Among Escultores and Carpinteros
of the Parish of Santa Fe, 1790-1850. (Albuquerque: LPD Press), 2004.

BENAVIDES

The technique and style of the bultos of José Manuel Benavides is
considered among the finest of 19th century santeros. José Manuel was
very likely a member of the Benavides clan of the Río Tesuque area.
His parents, José Miguel Benavides and Josefa Vigil were married
February 28, 1792, Santa Fe, and both were deceased by 1819. After the
death of his parents, José Manuel became the ward of the carpinter,
Pedro Domínguez, who was a resident of Río de Tesuque. Domínguez is
known for his carving and construction of the doors of the Santuario
de Chimayó.

In 1819, José Manuel Benavides married María Apolonia Morán, daughter
of Antonio Morán and Teodora González, residents of Río de Tesuque.
Benavides and Morán resided in the community Río de Tesuque until
around January 1834, when they resided in the plaza of San
Buenaventura de Chimayó. By 1844, this coupls and their two daughters
were living in the small community of Río Chiquito, situated between
the communities of Quemado (Córdova and Chimayó). Benavides carved the
crucifix that is currently above the main altar in the Church of Santa
Cruz. He and Morán were the parents of two known children:

1. María de Pilar Benavides, b.ca. 1819-20, most likely at Río de
Tesuque; md. May 1836, Santa Cruz, Pedro Antonio Archuleta (DM 1836,
May 2, no. 88, Santa Cruz; see also Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico
Roots, Ltd," 107). Pedro Antonio Archuleta was born January 15, 1817,
and baptized three days later by the priest of the Church of Santa
Cruz de la Cañada. He was a son of José María Archuleta and María
Dionisia (aka Leonisia) Martín. Pedro Antonio Archuleta and María
Pilar Benavides were the parents of three known children, each
baptized in Santa Cruz:

a. María Alexandra Archuleta, bt. April 25, 1837. Padrinos: José
Domingo Mascareñas and Guadalupe Vigil.

b. María Aniceta Archuleta, b. April 18, 1839, San Miguel (del Río
Chiquita), bt. April 21, 1839. Padrinos: Juan de Jesús Martínez and
María de los Reyes Martínez, residents of Cuchilla.

c. José Matéo Archuleta, b. September 22, 1841, Plaza de Dolores, bt.
September 27, 1841. Padrinos: Nepomuceno Martín and Josefa Rita
Archuleta.

2. María Candelaria, born at Río de Tesuque and baptized on
February 3, 1823

Researchers: José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo

Sources: See José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo, A Tapestry
of Kinship: The Web of Influence of Among Escultores and Carpinteros
of the Parish of Santa Fe, 1790-1850. (Albuquerque: LPD Press), 2004.

CASADOS

The barrio de San Francisco in Santa Fe was the long-time residence of
the escultor José Anastacio Casados. He received the sacrament of
baptism in the church of San Francisco on August 18, 1787, being a son
of José Gabriel Casados and Matilde Lucero. The Casados family lived
next to a family of carpenters, Juan Manuel Ortega and his son José
Celedón Ortega. These woodworkers may have been influential in the
development of the skills of José Anastacio Casados as creator of
devotional art. By 1823, Casados was recognized as an escultor by
profession, indicating he made his living by producing devotional
works. He was married around 1817 with Josefa Sena (bt. August 5,
1797, Santa Fe), a daughter of don José Vicente Sena and doña Ana
María Rivera y Peña.

José Anastacio Casados and his family were enumerated as residents of
Santa Fe in 1841, and his widow and children were enumerated in the
U.S. Federal census of 1850, indicating he was apparently deceased by
1850. He and Josefa Sena were the parents of eleven known children
born and baptized at Santa Fe between 1817 and 1840:

1. José Fernando Casados, bt. June 1, 1817, Santa Fe. Padrinos:
Santiago Casados and Manuela Casados.

2. María Petra Casados, b.ca. 1819, and md. with Francisco
Sánchez.

3. María Dolores Casados, bt. April 22, 1821, Santa Fe. Padrinos:
José Sena and Manuela Griego.

4. María Lorenza Casados, bt. August 11, 1823, Santa Fe. Padrinos:
Francisco Sena and Juana García.

5. José Casados, bt. August 16, 1825, Santa Fe. Padrinos: Pedro
Domínguez, the soldier, and Juana Armijo.

6. José Antonio Casados, bt. September 20, 1827, Santa Fe.
Padrinos: Antonio Sena, a blacksmith and the uncle of the child, and
Juliana Quintana.

7. María Albina de Refugio Casados, b. December 15, 1833, bt.
December 17, 1833, Santa Fe. Padrinos: Ramón Martín and Polonia
Rendon.

8. Juan Bautista Casados, b. August 3, 1834, bt. August 5, 1834,
Santa Fe. Padrino: Ramón Quintana.

9. Román Casados, bt. March 1, 1836, Sanat Fe. Padrinos: Rafael
García and Francisca Sena.

10. Ramón Casados, bt. March 1, 1836, Santa
Fe. Padrinos: Rafael García and Francisca Sena.

11. José Felipe Casados, b. February 4, 1840,
bt. February 7, 1840, Santa Fe. Padrinos: Tomás Armijo and Dolores
Crespín.

Researchers: José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo

Sources: See José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo, A Tapestry
of Kinship: The Web of Influence of Among Escultores and Carpinteros
of the Parish of Santa Fe, 1790-1850. (Albuquerque: LPD Press), 2004.

GONZÁLEZ LOBÓN

Captain Diego González Lobón (ONMF: 39) appeared as a witness in a
case presented by Captain Pedro Martínez Moya in January 1663.
González Lobón identified himself as a vecino de Santa Fe and gave his
age as 25, indicating he was born circa 1638.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Tierras, t. 3268, f. 296-296v.

HURTADO-SALAS y TRUJILLO

Andrés Hurtado (ONMF: 49) held a grievance against Governor don
Bernado López de Mendizabal for having been recalled as an official of
the Moqui province and compelled under penalty of death to appear
before the governor in Santa Fe within ten days of the summons, being
forced to travel in the extreme cold of winter during January 1661
with his wife (Bernardina de Salas y Trujillo) and five children, ages
nine and younger. In this year he held the position of a regidor (town
councilman) of the Villa Santa Fe, and his house where he resided with
his wife and children was sixteen leagues from Santa Fe in the area of
the Pueblo of Zia. The governor contended that as an encomendero
Hurtado was required to maintain a house in the Villa de Santa Fe. In
addition, Huratdo in the Pueblo of Santa Ana and this was prohibited
by law.

Hurtado received the governor’s order on January 29, 1661 while in the
Moqui Province, a distance of 100 leagues from the Villa de Santa Fe.
He left the Moqui area in the company of the friar who was the
visitador of the province to travel to his home. From his home he then
traveled to the Pueblo of Zia with his wife and five children, the
oldest being nine years of age. Despite the extreme winter weather,
which he referred to as “tan rigoroso y de tantas niebas“ (“very harsh
and with much snow”). They traveled sixteen leagues (approximately 39
miles) on “el camino” and along the way his youngest daughter, just
over four months of age, suffered frostbite of one of her feet, and
the trip caused his wife ill health.

Andrés Hurtado further mentioned that he had come to New Mexico twelve
years earlier, “en dose años qe estoy en esta reyno” (circa 1649), and
that he always remained “querido y estimado de todos los becinos y
religiosos desta reyno como es publica vos y fama” (“loved and
esteemed by all the vecinos and religious of this kingdom, as is well-
known publically”). He stated he did not have a house in Santa Fe
because he was unable to sustain and support himself and his family in
the villa. He lost livestock due to severe winter weather and had to
move himself and his family into the house of Sargento Mayor Francisco
de Madrid for two months. He mentioned he lost 84 head of livestock
and was robbed of 80 fanegas of wheat.

Andrés Hurtado signed his declaration, which was dated October 17,
1661, Santa Fe.

. His wife has been identified by Fray Angélico Chávez as Bernardina
de Salas y Trujillo (aka Bernardina de Salas y Orozco). Chávez
indicated that Andrés Hurtado was referred to as a son-in-law of Diego
Trujillo (see ONMF: 10). The original source (AGN Tierras, t. 3268, f.
94) refers to Captain Diego de Trujillo as an encomendero and then
mentions “su hijo Capn Franco de Trujo y sus yernos Capn Xptoval Vaca
y Capn Andres Hurtado.” This record clearly indicates that the wives
of of Cristóbal Baca and Andrés Hurtado (Ana Moreno de Lara and
Bernardina de Sala y Trujillo, respectively) were daughters of Captain
Diego de Trujillo, and thus they were sisters of Francisco de
Trujillo.

Fray Angélico Chávez refered to Bernardina de Salas y Trujillo as a
daughter of Francisco de Trujillo, but did not provide a specific
source citation for this statement. It appears that there may have
been some confusion that resulted in the inconsistency with his
previous statement about Andrés Hurtado being his son-in-law. Chávez
also mentioned that Bernardina de Salas was a “grand-daughter of María
de Vera,” but once again did not give a specific source citation for
the statement.

Based on the declaration of Andrés Hurtado that he arrived in New
Mexico in 1649 and was married and had a family of five children in
1661, the eldest of which was nine years of age (b.ca. 1652), we can
estimate the year of marriage with Bernardina de Sala y Trujillo as
circa 1649-1651. As such Bernardina de Salas y Trujillo was a
contemporary of Francisco de Trujillo, rather than his daughter. This
further supports the statement that Andrés Hurtado was a son-in-law of
Diego de Trujillo.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Tierras, t. 3268, f. 60vff.

LUCERO de GODOY

In 1662 four personal letters of Maese de Campo Pedro Lucero de Godoy
(ONMF: 59) were confiscated by officials of the Office of the
Inquisition as part of the case involving former Governor don Bernardo
López de Mendizábal. One letter was intended for his brother,
Bachiller Diego Lucero de Godoy. Another was addressed to a second
brother, Francisco de Godoy, and a third was addressed to an unnamed
nephew. In the letters, Pedro Lucero de Godoy described the situation
leading to the arrest of his brother-in-law, Francisco Gómez Robledo,
and his son-in-law, Diego Romero, and asked that family members in
Mexico City contact influential friends among the officials of the
Tribunal of the Inquisition on behalf of his in-laws. The names of
several relatives mentioned in these letters lead to research that has
uncovered new genealogical information concerning the Lucero de Godoy
family of Mexico City, including the baptismal record of Pedro Lucero
de Godoy and the marriage record of his parents. In all, records have
been located on as many as 27 members of the Lucero de Godoy extended
family in Mexico City from the 1580s to the 1670s.

The new genealogical findings for the Lucero de Godoy family appear in
the Fall 2003 issue of El Farolito (Vol. 6, No. 3, forthcoming in
January 2004), the quarterly journal of the Olibama López Tushar
Hispanic Legacy Research Center, and are presented in a 10 page
article titled “Esta Gran Familia: The Genealogy of the Lucero de
Godoy Family of Mexico City” by José Antonio Esquibel. This article
also contains a translation and transcription of one of the letters of
Pedro Lucero de Godoy as well as two genealogy charts. Copies of the
Winter 2003 issue of El Farolito can be acquired by sending a request
and $7.00 (check or money order) to OLTHLRC, MSC 237, 6677 W. Colfax
Avenue, Lakewood, CO, 80214-1896.

A brief excerpt of the article by José Antonio Esquibel is provided
here:

In the opinion of Pedro Lucero de Godoy, young Franciscan friars
recently arrived in New Mexico were the main source of the social
tumult resulting in the arrest of four New Mexicans by orders of the
Inquisition Tribunal of Mexico City. In his letters, Lucero de Godoy
described his perspective of the unfortunate circumstances of his
brother-in-law, Francisco Gómez Robledo, his son-in-law, Diego Pérez
Romero, and of Cristóbal de Anaya Almazán and Nicolás de Aguilar. Each
was accused by the friars and their supporters of speaking against the
Catholic faith. In the letters to his two brothers and nephew, Lucero
de Godoy described the prisoners as four of the best soldiers of the
realm of New Mexico who always followed the governor’s orders.6 Each
were also friends of Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal whose
enmity with the Franciscans in New Mexico fueled a political conflict
resulting in charges of heresy against him and his subsequent arrest
by the Inquisition.7 Lucero de Godoy asked for support from his family
members in Mexico City to intercede through influential members of the
Tribunal of the Inquisition on behalf of his in-laws.

In the letter addressed to Bachiller Diego Lucero de Godoy, Pedro
Lucero de Godoy explained to his brother the arrangements he made to
ensure funds from the estates of the prisoners were available to cover
their expenses while imprisoned by the Inquisition. These men were
being held in cells at the Convento de Santo Domingo, “seeing neither
sun nor moon, and not communicating with any living soul,” being
completely under the power of the friars, in particular Fray Juan
Ramírez.8 According to Lucero de Godoy, Ramírez was supported by royal
provisions from the viceroy of New Spain, hinting at political
connections within the viceregal court, and relied on false
testimonies from witnesses in New Mexico to ensnare the four soldiers.
Lucero de Godoy referred to himself, the four prisoners, and “other
vecinos” as “favoring the part of the king, Our Lord,” while “all the
religious with the people for their devotion” consisted of the
opposing party.9 He again referred to himself as a royalist (“la parte
de nuestro Rei”) in the letter to his brother Francisco de Godoy.10 In
both letters, as well as the one to his nephew, Lucero de Godoy asked
that contacts be made with influential men associated with the
Tribunal of the Inquisition and the “consultores del Secretario,”
specifically mentioning Licenciado Miguel de Balmaseda, don Antonio de
Vergara (a “great friend” of Pedro’s parents and a friend of Diego
Lucero de Godoy), don Juan Manuel (a friend of Pedro’s nephew), and
their relative “el Lector Brabo”. 11

The letters of Pedro Lucero de Godoy also provide
valuable clues that assist in extending the genealogy of the Lucero de
Godoy family of Mexico City.

MARTÍN SERRANO

In April 1663 former Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal was
brought before officials of the Tribunal of the Inquisition in Mexico
City to respond to various charges against him. During a hearing held
on April 30th, López de Mendizábal made mention of “the mestizo
Hernando Martín” and his brother “the mestizo or Indian Luis Martín,”
both of whom favored the friars. This information offers another
source to confirm the relationship between Hernán Martín Serrano
(ONMF: 72), the younger, and Luís Martín Serrano (ONMF: 72).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: AGN, Inquisition, t. 594, f. 181v.

MIERA y PACHECO-DOMÍNGUEZ

Marilyn Britton located a copy of the marriage record of Don Bernardo
Miera y Pacheco and doña Estefanía Domínguez (ONMF: 229-230). They
married on May 20, 1741, in the Iglesia del Presidio de San Felipe y
Santiago de Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico (Matrimonios, Janos-B, f. 33v).
The marriage record indicates that the couple received a license in
the parish after completing the deligencias. This means there was a
pre-nuptial investigation process for which there may still be a
record preserved in the diocese archives. The padrinos of the couple
were don José Becerra (aka Bezerra) Nieto and Doña María Muñoz. The
official witnesses to the union were don Pedro Becerra, Juan Antonio
Guerra, and Salvador Domínguez. The prisding priest was Bachiller
Tomás Becerra.

The baptismal record for Estefanía de los Dolores Domínguez is dated
January 7, 1723, Janos. Her were parents were identified as Salvador
Domínguez, a soldier of the Janos presidio, and Ana Fraguagua. Her
padrinos were Francisco Ignacio Gomez Robledo and Gregoria Gomez de
Silva.

Salvador Domínguez and Estafanía Domínguez were padrinos for a child
of Reimundo Luján and Francisco Lucero baptized at Janos on September
5, 1732. (Bautismos, Janos-B, f. 20v). On August 5th, 1737, Salvador
Domínguez and Ana de Fraguagua were padrinos for a child of Juan José
Durán and Tomasa González. (Bautismos, Janos-B, f. 20v).

Researcher: Marilyn Britton

Source: Janos baptismal and marriage records extracted by the National
Park Service: www.nps.gov/tuma/M2000.html

MORENO de TRUJILLO

Francisco de Trujillo Villavicencio and doña Mariana de Salas Orozco
(SRNM: 380), were the parents of
another child in addition to Alonso Moreno de Trujillo, the father of
Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo
(ONMF: 299). A daughter named doña Ana Moreno de Lara, a native of
Mexico City, recorded banns of
matrimony at the sagrario chapel of the Catedral de México, Mexico
City, on June 24, 1629, with Bartolomé
Fis, son of Bartolomé Rodríguez and María de Leyba. The banns of
matrimony record clearly identifies
doña Ana’s parents as “Francisco de Trujillo and doña Mariana de Salas
Orozco,” as shown in this
transcription:

Despasado con dispo en las vana
24 Junio 1629
Bartolomé fis natl desta cuid hijo/ de Bartolomé Rodrigues y de Ma/ de
leyba con doña Ana Moreno de/ lara natl asimo
de ella hija de franco de trujillo y de doña Maria/na de Salas orosco
estan desposa dos con despensacion en las vanas
por/ el Sr Provisor

Bartolomé Fis and doña Ana Moreno de Lara (aka Ana de Lara Moreno and
Ana Trujillo) were the parents
of at least two children:
· María de Leiba (daughter of Bartolomé Fis and Ana
Trujillo), md. May 20, 1668, Santa Vera Cruz
Church, Mexico City, Antonio de Suleta, son of Alonso de Suleta and
María de la Cueba.
· Ysabel de Lara, native of San Martín, Chalco, New
Spain, (daughter of Bartolomé Fis de Leyba
and Ana de Lara Moreno), md. February 1671, Santa Vera Cruz
Church, Mexico City, Joseph de
Saabedra, native of Tescuco, New Spain.
_____________________

Although Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo came to New Mexico with his family
in 1694, this banns of
matrimony from 1629 offers more evidence to support the probable
kinship of Diego de Trujillo (b. a.
1612, Mexico City; ONMF: 107-108), progenitor of the Trujillo family
of New Mexico, with the Moreno de
Trujillo family of Mexico City.

Diego de Trujillo had a daughter named doña Ana Moreno de Lara. Could
it be that this daughter was
the namesake of doña Ana Moreno de Lara, daughter of Francisco de
Trujillo Villavicencia and doña
Mariana de Salas Orosco? The fact a granddaughter of Diego de Trujillo
was also know by the surname of
Salas y Trujillo certain lend additional support for this probable
relationship. Additional research is still
needed to confirm the exact nature of kinship between these
individuals.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel
Sources: Mexico, Districto Federal, Catedral de México (Asunción),
Información Matrimonial de Españoles, 1620-1648, LDS microfilm
#0035267; Mexico, Districto Federal, Santa Vera Cruz, Matrimonios,
1664-1726, LDS microfilm #0035849.; José Esquibel and John B.
Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico (SRNM).

SALAS —Sebastián Salas vs. Sebastián Canseco

Records have come to light that detail enough evidence that Sebastián
de Salas and Sebastián Canseco were two distinct individuals. Both
men were in New Mexico during the same time period and often crossed
paths.

The first man, Sebastián de Salas (ONMF: 278) was a native of Sevilla,
Spain, born around 1668, and a soldier. He married María García on
February 9, 1687 in Puebla, Mexico, and came to New Mexico with the
Velasco-Farfán group in 1694. This Sebastián baptized his son
Sebastián in Albuquerque in 1707, but apparently he and his family
lived elsewhere, possibly Santa Fe, near the presidio. Sebastián de
Salas sold land in Pojoaque in 1701, and he can be found in the
musters of soldiers of the presidio of Santa Fe as late as 1713.
Other documents show he was still living in 1716. This man was the
progenitor of many Salas descendants in New Mexico.

Sebastián Canseco, the second man, whom Fray Angéel;ico Chávez
suggested may have been the same person as Sebastián de Salas (ONMF:
278), was born about 1677 in Sombrerete, Mexico, and married a woman
named María Gutiérrez sometime around 1697. Canseco and his wife came
to New Mexico as settlers in 1695, listed as “Sebastián Canseco,
coyote, by nation, a native of the real and mines of Sombrerete, black
hair, a little younger than 20 and fat; and Maria Gutierrez, mestiza,
18, whom they say Sebastián Canseco is to marry. He received 300
pesos”. Canseco and his wife were among the first settlers of Santa
Cruz in April 1695.

Sebastián Canseco was prosecuted and fined for robbery in 1697 and
jailed until he paid the fine. He and his wife were listed in the
livestock distribution of May 1697. He gave testimony against Governor
Vargas in August 1697, sold some land in 1702 in Pojoaque, and was
also a soldier who mustered in 1705 and 1707. He requested a passport
to leave New Mexico on March 12, 1716, and was granted license, bound
for Chihuahua. He may have stayed in Mexico since further documents
have failed to surface of his remaining in New Mexico. No known
children have been found for Sebastián Canseco and María Gutiérrez.

Researcher: Henrietta Martínez Christmas

Sources: Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families website; Fray Angélico
Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.”; Spanish Archives of New Mexico I
(SANM I) #927; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown
Restored, 247, 269, 294, 313, 247, 269, 327; New Mexico Genealogist
35:3, Pg. 80 #53, 54; Kesell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the
Boulders, 494, 1148; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, That Disturbances
Cease, 103-105; SANM II, #64; John B. Colligan, The Juan Páez Hurtado
Expedition of 1695, 34-35.

SÁNCHEZ de IÑIGO

People researching the origins of Sánchez de Iñigo family of New
Mexico (ONMF: 279-280) have been stumped for many decades. New
evidence extracted from 17th century records offers a promising
breakthrough in the genealogy of the Sánchez de Iñigo family. The
findings are presented in “The Sánchez de Iñigo Puzzle: New
Genealogical Considerations” by José Antonio Esquibel, and are
published in El Farolito (Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 2003: 8-17), with
attention to citation of original sources.

Here are a few excerpts from the article:

The genealogy of the Sánchez de Iñigo family of seventeenth-century
New Mexico has been a puzzle for researchers interested in uncovering
the paternal origins of this distinct New Mexican family. Fray
Angélico Chávez identified the progenitor of the Sánchez de Iñigo
family as Juana López, the mother of Jacinto Sánchez de Iñigo and
Pedro Sánchez de Iñigo, and presumably the mother of doña Francisca
Sánchez de Iñigo. A pre-nuptial investigation record for Pedro
referred to his mother, Juana López, and did not offer any clues as to
the identity of his father. Similar records for Jacinto Sánchez de
Iñigo and doña Francisca Sánchez de Iñigo do not identify the names
any parents for these individuals. The origin of the Sánchez de Iñigo
surname used by these individuals has stumped New Mexico genealogical
researchers for the past fifty years, particularly because there have
not been any records extracted for a seventeenth-century settler of
New Mexico with this surname. As such, it has been thought that the
Sánchez de Iñigo children were perhaps the children of one or more men
living in New Mexico during the latter half of the 1600s. Now, recent
research into seventeenth-century Inquisition records pertaining to
New Mexico has lead to uncovering records for a man who was accused of
“living scandalously” with a woman named Juana López de Aragón in
1663, and the surname this man’s mother was Sánchez de Iñigo.

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The name of the father of the Sánchez de Iñigo siblings has remained a
mystery since the publication of Origins of New Mexico Families fifty
years ago. Fray Angélico Chávez speculated that the Sánchez de Iñigo
children were fathered by a member of the Domínguez de Mendoza family
and that Juana López “could well have been” a daughter of Diego López
de Castillo. This statement has led some researchers to identify Juana
López as Juana López del Castillo. As discussed below, records
indicated that Juana López may instead have been a member of the López
de Aragón family. Also, recent research into Inquisition records of
New Mexico has uncovered information that Juana López de Aragón had an
affair with a man whose maternal family surname was Sánchez de Iñigo.

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One friar, Fray Francisco Muñoz, was denounced by Diego Pérez Romero,
who in August 1663 stated that Muñoz “vivido siempre muy
escandolossamente” (“always lived very scandalously”) with a daughter
of Captain Diego de Trujillo referred to as ‘La Donosa’ and her first
cousin doña Juana López de Aragón. ………….Fray Francisco Muñoz, who
at age eighteen took the habit of San Francisco on December 20, 1646,
in Mexico City, was as a native of Puebla de los Ángeles, New Spain,
and his mother was Madalena Sánchez de Iñigo.

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The Sánchez de Iñigo article includes other evidence that supports the
consideration of Fray Francisco Muñoz and doña Juana López de Aragón
as the progenitors of the Sánchez de Iñigo family, and includes the
marriage record of the paternal grandparents and names of the paternal
great-grandparents of the Sánchez de Iñigo children of New Mexico.

Copies of the Winter 2003 issue of El Farolito (Vol. 6, No. 4) can be
acquired by sending a request and $7.00 (check or money order) to
OLTHLRC, MSC 237, 6677 W. Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO, 80214-1896.

VÁSQUEZ BORREGO —Promising Leads

Below are data recovered from research conducted in Zacatecas, Mexico
for the Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico. The research was
carried out by Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D.
Martinez. Most of these extractions were found in notary books found
at the Archivo Historico del Estado de Zacatecas (hereafter referred
to as A.H.E.Z.). The marriage records were located at the Church of
Santo Domingo in Zacatecas.

We know that Diego Vásquez Borrego was in New Mexico by 1733, and that
he fathered two natural sons, Diego and Francisco (ONMF: 149). We also
know, thanks to research conducted by José Antonio Esquibel, that
Diego Vásquez Borrego had an illustrious military career, taking part
in campaigns in Nayarit in 1721 – 1723, and that soldiers for that
campaign were recruited at Zacatecas, Mexico City, and Villa de Jerez.

Finally, we know Diego Vásquez Borrego died in 1753 and left a will
that sheds much light on his life in New Mexico. But what of Diego
Vásquez Borrego’s past and origins? In the late 1600s, there is much
documentary evidence regarding a man named Diego Vásquez Borrego who
lived in Zacatecas, New Spain, and was a public scribe in that city in
the 1680s. All indications point to this man being the father of New
Mexico’s Diego Vásquez Borrego. This evidence includes 1) the distinct
name of these two men; 2) the fact that the older Diego Vásquez
Borrego was a vecino and resident of both Zacatecas and the Villa de
Jerez; and 3) the recruiting of soldiers for the Narayit campaigns,
including the recruitment of Diego Vásquez Borrego of New Mexico,
which took place at Zacatecas and Villa de Jerez.

While more research must be conducted to definitively connect these
two men, provided below are transcriptions of documents pertaining to
the Vásquez Borrego family of Zacatecas.

To start, in a dowry letter dated 19 January, 1674, we learn that the
elder Diego Vásquez Borrego was a native of the city of Antequera, in
present day Andalusia, Spain. Diego contracted to marry Ynés Rodrigues
Oliver, daughter of Lorenzo Rodrígues and Maria Ruis de Oliber. In a
later document, her mother will be named Ysabel Ramos. Finally, we
learn Diego received for a dowry 2,357 pesos, 4 tomines and other
goods.

Expediente 3:

Carta de dote y arras, Diego Vazquez Borrego (Zacatecas, 19 January,
1674) (ff. 5R-8V) [fojas 1-4 missing, i.e. these are the first 4 fojas
of the expendiente]:

Natural de Ciudad de Antequera en los Reynos de Castilla; residente en
Zacatecas; "digo que por quanto yo estoi tratado y concertado de
casar lexitimamente segun horden de la Santa Madre yglesia Romana con
Da. Ynes Rodrigues Oliver, hl de Lorenzo Rodrigues, deceased, and Da.
Maria Ruis de Oliber; MRdeO gave in dote the sum of 2,357 pesos, 4
tomines, and other items and goods, inventoried below; he gives in
arras 500 pesos.

Witnesses: Juan Lopez Gonzales del Alamo; Juan de Ynfante and Joseph
Ruiz, vecinos de Zacatecas

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: José de la Laguna, 8
Libros, Año: 1672 - 1684, 8 libros

>From the following documents, we get a glimpse into the business life
of the elder Diego Vásquez Borrego, who was lending money, buying and
selling property in the Zacatecas and Villa de Jerez area, and also
paying debts.

Zacatecas, 21 Sept 1682, Sebastiana Rodriguez vezina de esta ciudad
biuda de Juan Carlos de Godoy su marido difunto y tutora y curadora de
la perssonas y bienes de Joseph Y Juan Carlos de Godoy sus hijos
lexitimos y del dicho su marido...Y Valer a Diego Vazquez Borrego
vecino de esta dicho ciudad especialmente para que en nombre de la
otorgante y repressentando su propria perssona aya Reciva y cobre del
dicho Sevastian Carlos de Godoy y de sus bienes y de los de la dicha
Dona Augustina de Miramontes su muger...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, José de la; libro
6 – 1682 Vol II, pg. 169

Below is the first mention of Diego’s business dealing with the family
of Domingo Ortiz.

Domingo Ortiz, vecino desta ciudad, otorgo que vendo a Diego Basquez
Borrego asimismo vecino de ella un rancho que tengo.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Laguna, Jose de la; libro
7 – 1683, pg. 107v

>From this next document, we learn that the elder Diego Vásquez Borrego
was a vecino of the city of Zacatecas. We also learn that two
brothers, Antonio Ortiz and Joseph Ortiz (in jail at the time) were in
debt to Vásquez Borrego.

Obligacion

14 June1685, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos como yo, Antonio Ortiz, vecino de la Villa de Jerez,
residente en esta ciudad, otorgo que devo y me obligo de pagar a Diego
Basquez Borrego vecino de esta ciudad cien pesos de oro comun en
reales que son y proceden por otros tantos que Joseph Ortiz preso en
la carcel publica de esta ciudad le es deudor al senor Diego Basquez
Borrego por un vale de plaso complido el cual lo presento ante el
Capitan don Diego Bernardo de Baldes, Alcalde Ordinario ... mando lo
reconoziese y que en el ynterino fuese detenido en dicha carzel por
estar preso por dichas deudas y en este estado me e conbenido con el
senor Diego Basques Borrego por hazer bien y buena obra al dicho
Joseph Ortiz, mi hermano, de pagarle la dicha cantidad de cien pesos.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 1, Caja: 1, Año: 1685, no. 5

We next learn of more dealings Diego had with the Ortiz family of
Zacatecas. In this document of sale, Juana Ortiz, daughter of Domingo
Ortiz, purchased from Vásquez Borrego’s land for raising cattle at San
Miguelito in the jurisdiction of Monte Grande at the Villa de Aguas
Calientes.

Benta

9 January 1686, Zacatecas

... como yo Diego Basquez Borrego, vecino de esta jurisdiccion de esta
ciudad de Nuestra Senora de Zacatecas otorgo y conosco que bendia en
benta Real desde ahora para siempre ... a Juana Ortiz, hija legitima
de Domingo Ortiz, vecino de esta dicha ciudad ... un sitio de ganado
mayor con quatro caballerias de tierra nombrado San Miguelito en la
jurisdiccion del Monte Grande, jurisdiccion de la Villa de Aguas
Calientes, el qual ube y compre a Domingo Ortiz, vecino de esta
ciudad ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 2, Caja:2, Año: 1686, no. 2

Almost a year later, Diego Vásquez Borrego refered to himself as a
vecino of the jurisdiction of Ávila de Xeres de la Frontera and a
resident of Zacatecas. In this transaction, Diego owed Francisco
Bernardis de Arrasola, a merchant in Zacatecas, five hundred and
ninety four pesos in common gold.

Obligazion

12 May 1686, Zacatecas

... como yo Diego Basquez Borrego, vecino dela jurisdiccion del Avila
de Xeres de la Frontera, y residente en esta ciudad, otorgo que debo y
me obligo de pagar a Francisco Bernardis de Arrasola, mercader en esta
dicha ciudad, ... quinientos y nobenta y quatro pesos de oro comun ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 2, Caja:2, Año: 1686, no. 6

Again, a year later, Diego Vásquez Borrego had financial dealings with
Domingo Ortiz and Gabriel de la Cruz, both who owed Diego two hundred
and seventy three pesos in common gold. We also learn Diego was a
public scribe at Zacatecas.

Obligazion

5 May 1687, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos esta carta bieren como nosotros Gabriel de la Cruz
vecino del Montegrande y Domingo Hortiz vecino de esta ciudad, ambos
de mancomun y a boz de uno ... y como en ella se contiene otorgamos
que devemos y nos obligamos de pagar a Diego Basquez Borrego,
escribano publico de esta ciudad, decientos y setenta y tres pesos de
oro comun en reales de quenta ajustada de los arrendamientos del sitio
de San Miguel con sus aperos en precencia ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales de
Vergara, Libro: 3, Caja: 3, Año: 1687, no. 2

In February of 1688 at Zacatecas, Diego purchased land from Juan de la
Torre. The following extraction provides a detailed description of the
land located at Taltiqualova, three leagues from Villa de Xeres.

Venta

9 February 1688, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos esta carta bieren como yo Juan de la Torre, vecino de
esta jurisdiccion del Balle de Taltenango y resident en esta ciudad
otorgo y conosco por la presente que bendo en benta real ... para
siempre jamas a Diego Basquez Borrego, escribano publico ... para el
suso dicho sus herederos y successores ... dos partes que tengo en el
sitio de Taltiqualova que es de ganado mayor que linda por la una
parte con tierras de los yndios del pueblo de Suticacan y por las
demas partes con la Sierra de la Erradura y sus birtientes que es en
terminos de la Villa de Xeres y tres leguas de ella ... las quales dos
partes de sition le bendo al dicho Diego Basquez Borrego ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 4, Caja: 4, Año: 1688, no. 1

Following is a power of attorney concerning the elder Diego Vásquez
Borrego. From it we gain a great deal of genealogical data. To begin
with, Diego named one of his minor sons, Juan, who he fathered with
his first wife Ynéz Ruiz de Oliver. Next, Diego named his three
children by his second wife, Isabel de Figueroa. They were Joseph,
Diego, and Rosa Manuela. We also learn his second wife was deceased by
24 April 1688. These children, being minors, were all more than likely
born between the years 1675 and 1688. Diego (son of Diego Vásquez
Borrego and Isabel de Figueroa), who is most likely the individual who
came to New Mexico by 1733, would therefore have been born circa
1680-85.

Poder

24 April 1688, Zacatecas

... como yo Diego Vasquez Borrego ... vezino de ella (Zacatecas) y
administrador general de las personas y bienes de Juan, menor, mi hijo
legitimo y de Ynez Ruiz de Oliver, mi primera mujer y de Joseph,
Diego, y Rosa Manuela, assi mismo mis hijos legitimos y de Isabel de
Figueroa, difunta, mi legitima mujer de segundos nuncios, digo que por
quanto al tiempos que contraje dichos matrimonios con las suso dichas
recivi en dote y caudal conocido suyo las cantidades de pesos que
constaran assi de escritura como de una memoria firmada de mi mano ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 4, Caja: 4, Año: 1688, no. 6

>From the following will of María de Oliver, we learn the names of the
parents of Ynés Ruiz de Oliver, Diego’s first wife. They were Lorenzo
Rodríguez and María de Oliver. Maria’s parents, who were from los
Reynos de Castilla, were Juan Ruiz de Oliver and Ysabel Ramos. Again,
the only son of Diego Vásquez Borrego and Ynés Rodríguez de Oliber,
Juan Vásquez Borrego, is also mentioned.

Testamento

10 November 1688, Zacatecas

... como yo dona Maria de Oliver, mujer legitima de don Luis de
Cavanillas vezinados en la ciudad ... Zactecas, hija legitima de Juan
Ruiz de Oliver y de su mujer, Ysabel Ramos, mis padres difuntos,
vezinos y naturales de los Reynos de Castilla y yo originario de
ellas ... declare fui casada y velada segun orden ... de primer
matrimonio con Lorenzo Rodriguez y durante nuestro matrimonio huvimos
y procreamos por nuestros hijos a el Padre Fray Phelipe Rodriguez ...
y a Juan Rodriguez de Oliber, y a Ynez Rodriguez de Oliber, difunta,
que fue mujer legitima de Diego Basquez Borrego, de quien hubo por su
hijo legitimo a Juan Basquez Borrego, menor ... declaro que case de
segundo matrimonio con don Luis de Cabanillas, mi marido que oy vivo y
al tiempo y quando contraje dicho matrimonio ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles de
Vergara, Libro: 4, Caja: 4, Año: 1688, no. 19

In September of 1689, Diego was a witness to the last will and
testament of Juan de Aguilar.

Testamento en birtud de Poder

1 September 1689, Zacatecas

Sepan quantos esta carta bieren como yo el Sargento Pedro de Castro
vecino de esta ciudad de Zacatecas en boz y en nombre del Sargento
Juan de Aguilar, mercader y vecino que fue de dicha ciudad, difunto y
en virtud de su poder para testar que ami favor otorgo en esta ciudad
ante Diego Vasquez Borrego, ... fallecio su fecha en ella a los
trienta de Marzo del ano pasado de mill siecientos y ochenta y nuebe
que su thenor ala letra es como sigue ... como yo Juan de Aguilar,
residente en esta ciudad y natural dela de Coninbra de los Reynos de
Portugal, hijo legitimo de Manuel de Macedo Belasquez y de Maria de
Silva Serran, su legitima mujer, difuntos, vecinos que fueron de dicha
ciudad, estando como estoy enfermo ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Phelipe Gonzales de
Vergara, Libro: 5, Caja: 5, Año: 1689, no. 9

>From the will of Melchora de los Reyes of the Villa de Jerez, we learn
that Melchora was also a debtor to Diego, who at that time was a
resident of the Villa de Jerez. Apparently she owed Diego one hundred
and twenty pesos.

Testamento -

6 July 1690, Zacatecas

... como yo Melchora de los Reyes, vecina de la Villa de Jerez viuda
de Diego Fernandez Talavera, hija legitima de de Juan Agustin de Ayala
y de Catharina de la Cruz, vezinos que fueron del Real de Panuco, de
donde soy originaria, estando enferma en cama, ... declaro fui casada
y velada segun orden ... con Diego Fernandez Talavera, difunto, y
durante nuestro matrimonio no tubimos hijos ningunos ... declaro soy
deudora a Diego Basquez Borrego resident en la Villa de Jerez ciento y
veinte pesos, y mando sele pagen de mis vienes, ...

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Ignacio Gonzáles Vergara,
Libro: 6, Caja: 5, Año: 1690, no. 10

In 1691, there was mention of a Juan Básquez Borrego, hijo natural of
Antonia de Vargas. This Juan was born around 1677 and his mother
Antonia around 1666. No father is mentioned. It would appear Diego
Vásquez Borrego is the most likely candidate to be the father. Diego
was married by 1674, so Juan may have been conceived either a) before
Diego’s marriage to Ynés Rodrígues Oliver, b) during his marriage to
Ynés, or c) between Diego’s marriages to Ynés and Isabel Figueroa.

Antonia de Vargas, vezina de esta ciudad soltera maior de veinte y
zinco anos otorgo que pongo por aprendos a Juan Basquez Borrego mi
hijo natural de edad de catorce anos mas o menos con Marcos de
Santillan vecino de esta dicha ciudad Maestro de plattero.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Fernandez de Pardo, Lucas;
libro 2 – 1691, pg. 158

Once again, Diego gives power of attorney to Joseph de Coloma
Belásquez in the following document.

Poder fecho; capitan Diego Vazquez Borrego, esscribano de Su Magestad
vezino de la Villa de Jerez Y Residente en Zacatecas, otorgo mi poder
al Lizenciado Don Joseph de Coloma Belasquez, abogado

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Fernández de Pardo,
Lucas; libro 6 – 1695, pg. 20

In 1695, Diego’s son Joseph Vásquez Borrego, was a presentor at
Zacatecas.

In the year 1695, Joseph Vasquez Borrego [assumed son of Diego Vásquez
Borrego and Isabel Fuigaroa] was a presentor.

SOURCE: A.H.E.Z., Fondo: Notarias, Notario: Fernández de Pardo, Lucas;
libro 6 – 1695, pg. 152

The following marriage records show a man named Cristóbal Vásquez
Borrego, the son of Diego Vásquez Borrego and Isabel Olague, marrying
in 1716 to Antonia de Escobar. Was Cristóbal a brother of Joseph,
Diego, and Rosa Manuela, and therefore the son of the elder Diego
Vásquez Borrego and Isabel Figueroa/Olague? Or is Cristóbal the son of
the younger Diego Vásquez Borrego, who eventually came to New Mexico,
and an previously unknown wife, Isabel Olague? More research is needed
to confirm any of these theories.

12 May 1716. Cristobal Vasquez Borrego; n. de Villa de Jerez, v. de
Zacatecas, edad de ?, espanol, h.l. de Diego Vazques Borrego y de
Isabel Olague; con Antonia de Escobar; v. de Zacatecas, edad de ?,
espanola, h.l. de Francisco de Escobar y de Maria de Castaneda. No
testigos listed. Francisco Gabriel de la Pena, not.

4 Nov 1741. Cristobal Vasquez Borrego (viudo de Antonia Escobar); n.
de Villa de Jerez, v. de Zacatecas, edad de ?, espanol, de padres no
conocidos; con Maria Manuela Ochoa y Alvarado; n. de Zacatecas, edad
de ?, espanola, h.l. de Juan de Ochoa y Alvarado y de Micaela Chavez
del Castillo. No testigos listed. Geronimo Rico, not.

SOURCE: Archivo Parroquial de Zacatecas, Iglesia de Santo
Domingo, Caja no. 1, Matrimonios.

The promising leads presented above regarding the Vásquez Borrego
family of the Zacatecas-Villa de Jerez area generates many questions,
but provides much food for thought. First, the name Diego Vásquez
Borrego is not a common name, and therefore there is a strong
liklighood that the Diego Vásquez Borrego who settled New Mexico in
the 1730s was indeed a son and namesake to an elder Diego Vásquez
Borrego. Secondly, José Antonio Esquibel’s research into the life of
New Mexico’s Diego Vásquez Borrego reveals that he was a soldier at
Narayit in the 1720s and that the soldiers for that campaign were
recruited at Zacatecas and Villa de Jerez, where the men from the
documents above lived and maintained residence. If Diego Vásquez
Borrego (the elder), public scribe, was indeed the father of New
Mexico’s Diego Vásquez Borrego, then we learn from these documents
that New Mexico’s Diego Vásquez Borrego was the son by Isabel Figueroa
and that the elder Diego Vásquez Borrego, was a native of Antequera in
Spain.

Researchers: Dr. Stan Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martinez

Summary compiled and written by Robert D. Martínez

Sources: Cited above within the narrative.