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Contents: Abreu—Promising Lead ,Afán de Ribera, Anaya Almazán—Promising Lead, Aragón, Arellano—Promising Lead, Archibeque, Armijo, Bazán-Ledesma—Promising Lead, Bustamante—Promising Lead, De las Casas, Espinosa, Gallegos, Jorge de Vera, Ledesma-Cruz—Promising Lead, Leyva, López del Castillo, Lucero, Luera—Promising Lead, Molina-Medina—Promising Lead, Madrid, Mizquia—Promising Lead, Morquecho—Promising Lead, Romo—Promising Lead, Ruiz de Aguilar—Promising Lead, Sáez—Promising Lead, Salas, Sosa Albornoz, Zaldívar y Sosa
El Paso Censuses: 1806 and 1803
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
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
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.
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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.
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