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Beyond ONMF Volume 10

Contents: Aragón, Baca, Cabrera (Valdés), Carvajal, Domínguez de Mendoza (Velasco), Durán, Gallegos, Jojola, López, Martín Serrano, Montes Vigil, Olivares, Ortiz, Perea, Ramírez, Robledo, Sandoval Martínez, Valdés-Hernández de Cabrera, Silva, Velarde, Zaldívar

List of 13 Soldiers Escorting the Wagon-train to NM in 1631: (Anaya) Almazán, Bustillos Cavallos, García, González, Lamar, Lucero, Martín (Serrano), Merino, Pérez, Pérez Granillo, Rodríguez, Villegas

List of 15 Soldiers Traveling from Mexico City to New Mexico in 1636: Álvarez, Austurio, Ayala, García, Guevara, Hoya, López, Lucero, Miranda, Montaño, Morales, Pacheco

ARAGÓN

Agustín Gerónimo de Aragón, the grandfather of Ignacio de Aragón (ONMF: 127) was master organ-maker (“maestro de hacer organos”) by occupation. In 1623, Agustín Gerónimo was a witness for the solicitation for a license to marry related to the proposed union of Pedro Rodriguez Loaiza, español, and María de Quintana, española. Agustín Gerónimo identified himself as español, age thirty-six, indicating he was born circa 1587. It is not clear if he was a native of the Spanish Americas or Spain.

It is worthwhile to note that the wife of Agustín Gerónimo de Aragón was doña Francisca de Quintana, who was perhaps a relative of the prospective bride. The other witnesses to the above event, which took place at the Catedral de México, were Juan de Martos, español, age 36, Maestro Sedero; Diego Váldez, español, age 44; Francisca de Saldamuela, española, age 40; and María de Quintana, española, age 18.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Matrimonios, Vol. 90, exp. 97, ff. 221-222.

BACA

Baltasar Baca (ONMF: 145) and Manuela Rael de Aguilar were the parents of these two additional sons not accounted for in ONMF: José De la Cruz Baca, español, bt. September 19, 1739, Isleta; and Antonio Dionisio Baca, español, bt. January 23, 1740, Isleta. Both of these sons may have died young, since they were not mentioned in the last will of Manuela Rael de Aguilar.

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José Baca (ONMF: 144) and Josefa Gallegos had this other son who was not mentioned in the last will of José Baca: Juan Domingo Baca, bt. November 11, 1739, Isleta. The child’s padrinos were Gregorio Jaramillo and Francisca (no surname given).

Researcher: Yolanda Romero Chavez

Source: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 5, Isleta Church, Baptisms 1730-1776.

CABRERA (VALDÉS)

The progenitors of the Valdés family of New Mexico were Jose Ruiz de Valdés, native of Oviedo, Spain, and María Hernández de Medina, a native of Mexico City (ONMF: ). Research conducted for the book, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico, co-authored by José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, uncovered the names of María’s parents— Alonso Hernández and Josefa de Cabrera.

Alonso Hernández and Josefa de Cabrera married on November 6, 1667, as recorded in the book of marriages of Santa Catalina Martir church, Mexico City. Alonso was identified as a son of Lucas Hernández and Francisca de Medina, thus the use of the extended surname of Hernández de Medina by their granddaughter María. Josefa de Cabrera was identified as a daughter of Tomás de Cabrera and Gertrudis Sánchez.

Tomás de Cabrera and Gertrudis Sánchez were married and veiled on September 20, 1646, Santa Vera Cruz Church, Mexico City. Curiously, the Juez Provisor Vicario of the Archdiocese of Mexico, don Pedro de Barr. (abbreviation illegible) granted license to the priests of the parish of Santa Vera Cruz to post the banns of matrimony as required by the Council of Trent and this license was approved by the Archbishop of Mexico, don Juan de Mendoza. The circumstances for the need of such a license are not stated in the record of the marriage.

In the marriage record Tomás de Cabrera was identified as a vecino (taxpaying citizen) of Mexico City and a son of Manuel Gutiérrez and Inés de Cabrera. Gertrudis Sánchez was identified as a vecina of Mexico City, a native of the “Pueblo de Querétaro,” and a daughter of Francisco Lucas and Mareta Sánchez. No witnesses or sponsor are recorded and the record is signed by the Juez Provisor.

Researcher: Moonyean Hill

Source: Matrimonios, Iglesia de Santa Vera Cruz, Mexico City 1568-1666, LDS microfilm #0035848.

CARVAJAL

Antonio Carvajal and his wife Juana Becerra were apparently residents of the area of Bernalillo in the early 1700s. This couple does not appear to be accounted for in ONMF, unless they are the same couple identified as Antonio Carvajal and Juana Maese who were married in Bernalillo on July 25, 1705 (see ONMF: 350, and AASF, DM 1705, no. 21). The parents of this Antonio Carvajal were Indians (ONMF: 350).

Antonio Carvajal and Juana Becerra were the parents of two know children: María, bt. April 30, 1707, Bernalillo; padrinos were Joseph López and Sebastiana Rodríguez; and Petrona, bt. June 12, 1708, Bernalillo; padrinos were Joséph de Quintana and Juana de Góngora.

Researcher: Yolanda Romero Chavez

Source: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 3, Bernalillo Church, Baptisms 1700-1712.

DOMÍNGUEZ de MENDOZA (VELASCO)

José Domínguez de Mendoza (ONMF: 27; BONMF Vol. 1), a native of New Mexico born circa 1656, named his mother as Ana Velásquez in 1682. She may very well have been the same person as Ana Velasco, an Indian woman who served as the cocinera y labandera (cook and laundress) of Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal for eleven months in 1659-1660. At that time she was married with Francisco Cuaxín and was also referred to as Ana de Velesco. In October 1661 she provided testimony on her behalf in regard to payment she did not receive for the work she did for López de Mendizábal. She was once again identified as an “India.” In this testimony she declared she was a native of Santa Fe and was the wife of Francisco Cuaxinque, and she was asking for compensation of thirty-seven pesos and two tomines.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Tierras, t. 3268, p. 31; AGN, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, vol. 1, exp. 605, leg. 1, f. 234; AGN, Tierras, t. 3268, pt. 1, leg. 2, no. 32, f. 18.

DURÁN

Nicolás Durán, “el moso” (the younger), was living in the Villa de Santa Fe in February 1659. He is not accounted for in ONMF. His wife was María, an Apache Indian born circa 1623 who was a criada of Captain Hernán Martín Serrano. Nicolás and María lived on their rancho along the banks of the Santa Fe River, which was referred to as “el Rancho Ribado.” This rancho came under the administration of the Real Justicia as penalty for Nicolás and María having received goods stolen taken from a storeroom of the Casas Reales (Palace of the Governors). Nicolás Durán, el moso, was ordered to house arrest at his father’s house and was restricted from leaving the house unless granted license by the Real Justicia. His father was specifically identified as Ayudante Nicolás Durán (ONMF: 27).

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Salvador Durán was mentioned as a “vecino de Santa Fe” on May 11, 1663. This appear to be Salvador Durán who was an ayudante in 1680 (ONMF: 28).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: AGN, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, vol. 3, leg. 1, no. 1, ff. 73, 73v, 79v, 80, and 80v; and AGN, Inq., t. 586, f. 78v.

GALLEGOS

Diego Gallegos and Josefa Gutiérrez (ONMF: 179) had these other children not mentioned in ONMF: María Bárbara Gallegos, española, bt. December 31, 1744, San Buenaventura de Cochití, with Cayetano Lucero and María Salas as padrinos; and Diego Gallegos, a soldier in Santa Fe, a farmer by occupation, 5'4" tall, age 43 when he enlisted on December 5, 1759 in place of Francisco Ortega. The younger Diego Gallegos was described as having black hair and eyebrows, a round face, swarthy skin, a sharp nose, and a heavy beard. He signed by mark. He served as a soldier for twenty-six years and died at the Presidio de Carrizal on December 18, 1785.

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Agustín Gallegos and María Montaño, not treated in ONMF or the Addenda material in El Palacio Magazine were married June 15, 1735, San Felipe de Neri Church in Albuquerque. The witnesses for this union were Capitan José Gonzáles and Francisca García. Agustín and María, appear in the 1750 Albuquerque Census (Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 75, entry number 32) as: “GALLEGOS, Agustin, Spanish, soldier, age 31; wife María Montaño, Spanish, age 31; three children: Barbara, 14; Thomas, 11; Martin, 9; Barthola, Indian servant, 16.”

The following information is known about the children of Agustín Gallegos and Maria Montaño. Bárbara Febronia Gallegos Montaño was baptized March 31, 1736, Albuqurque, and her padrinos were José Montaño and María Cuellar, who were very likely related to María Montaño, possibly even her parents. Martín Gallegos Montaño, age 29 in 1761, married Leonor Gonzales Bas, age 15, the daughter of Antonio Gonzáles Bas and Josefa Varela (AASF, DM May 7, 1761, no. 10). Antonio González Bas and Josefa Varela are treated in ONMF (page 190), but there is no mention of their children. Leonor González Bas is an addition to ONMF.

Researcher Romero Chávez

Sources: AASF, Roll 4, Cochiti, Baptisms, 1736-1775.; AASF, Roll 1, Albuquerque, Baptisms, 1706-1736; Virginia L. Olmsted, “Spanish Enlistment Papers of New Mexico 1732-1820,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 67, Number 4, Dec.1979 by Virginia Olmsted, CG.; Virginia L. Olmsted, G.R.S., Translator and Compiler, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830, Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1981, p. 75.

JOJOLA

The Jojolas first appeared in Bernalillo, then Belen and finally in their historic stronghold of Isleta. The Jojola surname treated along with the Lente surname in ONMF page 205 makes reference to some Jojolas in the late 1700's. The following should give the Jojolas their own place in BONMF. These baptisms should also serve to treat the Jojolas as residents of a jurisdiction outside of the traditional Isleta area.

Raymundo Jojola, Indio, was baptized in extreme necessity on June 6, 1703, Bernalillo. He was a son of Juan Jojola and Maria de los Reyes. His padrinos were Francisco de la Candelaria and Maria Francisca.

Joséph Jojola, Indio, was baptized May 25, 1706, Bernalillo, the son of Juan Jojola and Maria de Leiba. His madrina was identified only as "Josepha." There was also a Josefa, India, baptized the same day, but this Josefa and the above Joséph Jojola do not appear to be twins, as the entry makes reference to Josefa as being in the care of Francisco de la Candelaria and Francisca Montoya. The madrina for the Josefa was the same as the madrina as for Joséph Jojola.

The above mentioned Raymundo Jojola, baptized in extreme necessity on June 6, 1703, Bernalillo, must have survived his extreme baptismal conditions as he appears to be the Raymundo Jojola that married Francisca and lived in the Isleta area. They are listed in the 1750 census of Isleta as follows: “Jojola, Raymundo; wife, Francisca; six children: Juan Pedro; Thomas; Juana Maria; Juana Ascension; Maria Magdalena; Juan Joseph, infant” (Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 89, entry no. 1).

Additional information on the children of Raymundo Jojola and Francisca is found in the Isleta records of baptisms and in records of pre-nuptial investigations, known as diligencias matrimoniales:

1. Juan Pedro Jojola, bt. October 16, 1730, Isleta.

2. Maria Dorotea Jojola, bt. May 20, 1733, Isleta.

3. Tomás Jojola, bt. September 20, 1738, Isleta. Tomás gave his age as 20 in 1760 when he sought to marry Juana Luz Gonzáles. He identified his parents as Raymundo Jojola and Francisca, indios of Belen. Juana Luz Gonzales, age 16, was a daughter of Antonio Gonzáles and Juana Jaramillo, also indios of Belen. (AASF, DM October 30, 1769, no. 8, Belen).

4. Juan José Jojola, b.ca. 1743, gave his age as 30 in 1773. When he sought to marry María Josefa Ribera, he declared he was from the Pueblo of Isleta and named his parents as Raymundo Jojola and Francisca, indios vecinos, both deceased. María Josefa, age 20, was a daughter of Francisco Ribera and Candelaria (no surname), españoles, both deceased. (AASF, DM June 7, 1773, no. 5, Belen).

Raymundo Jojola and Francisca also acted as sponsors for two orphaned children Andres bt. Juoy 24, 1729, Isleta, and Bernardina baptized in 1730.

This information establishes the Jojola as an Indian vecino (tax-paying citizen) family in New Mexico, with the Catholic Church records documenting their historic journey to Isleta, their ancestral home for many generations.

Researcher: Yolanda Romero Chavez

Sources: AASF, Roll 3, Bernalillo, Baptisms, B-13, 1700-1712; AASF, Roll 5, Isleta, Baptisms, B-57, 1730-1776.

LÓPEZ

José López (ONMF: 208, paragraph 6) is the same José López who was the son of José López and María Espinosa (OMNF: 208, paragraph 7). José López came to New Mexico who came to New Mexico in with the group of settlers recruited by Captain Juan Páez Hurtado. He enlisted with his wife María de Osuna, but she died on February 9, 1695. A widower, José López then married Sebastiana Rodríguez, a native of Zacatecas and the widow of Matías de Contreras. Sebastiana also came to New Mexico with the Páez Hurtado group. She was identified as a mestiza and a daughter of Pascual Rodríguez and Juana de la Cruz, natives of Zacatecas (AASF, DM 4-28-1696 #9). John .B. Colligan identifies Sebastiana Rodríguez as a "free mulatta" on page 29 of his book, The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695. However she is identified as "mestiza" in her prenuptial investigation record. Perhaps the original muster roll  identifies her as a "free mulatta," but Colligan does not reference this identification of Sebastiana. The witnesses listed as witnesses in the diligencia matrimonial for José López and Sebastiana Rodríguez were also members of the Páez Hurtado group: Bartolome Lovato, José Antonio Romero, and Juan Guido.

Researcher: Yolanda Romero Chávez

Sources: AASF, DM, April 28, 1696, no. 9.

MARTÍN SERRANO

MARTÍN SERRANO INDEX:

A Reference to the Statements and Page Numbers for Members of the

Martín Serrano Family in ONMF (1992 revised edition)

Compiled by Sylvia Rindahl

Follow the link to the index of Martín Serrano family members mentioned in Fray Angélico Chávez’s book, Origins of New Mexico Families (ONMF). Readers may find the index to be a useful research tool. It is intended only as a guide and does not reflect research developments since the publication of ONMF in 1954, other than the Addenda material published in the revised edition of ONMF.

MONTES VIGIL

New genealogical information concerning the ancestors of Francisco Montes Vigil (ONMF: 311) appears in the July 2005 issue of Herencia, the quarterly journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico. While traveling through Asturias, Spain, Marietta Gonzales Vigil came into contact with local historians who were knowledgeable about the Vigil family of the Consejo de Siero and their ancestral relatives. Asturian historian Juan Díaz Álvarez uncovered a will of don Lope de Argüelles and doña María de Estrada, the third great-grandparents of Francisco Montes Vigil. A copy of this will was sent to Marietta and she in turn sent the copy to José Antonio Esquibel for translation. The will contains the names of three additional generations of the Argüelles and Estrada families.

The thirty-page article in the July 2005 issue of Herencia is titled “Los Argüelles, A.D. 1350 - A.D. 1600: Ancestors of the Montes Vigil Family of New Mexico” and contains a synopsis of the contents of will as well as a Spanish transcription and an English translation of the will. Additional genealogical information from Asturias, Spain, traces the Argüelles branch of the Vigil family to the middle of the 1300s. Descendents of Francisco Montes Vigil will find this article a must for understanding their Asturian roots and for conducting further research with Spanish records.

OLIVARES

In Herbert E. Bolton’s book Pageant in the Wilderness The Story of the Escalante Expedition to the Interior Basin, 1776 the notables of the expedition are listed on page 11. Among them is a man named Lorenzo Olivares who was from El Paso del Río del Norte. On page 5 of the book The Dominguez-Escalante Journal Their Expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776,” edited by Ted J. Warner and translated by Fray Angélico Cháves, the journal entry makes mention of Lorenzo Olivares as being from “la Villa del Paso” with the footnote that no additional data have come to light concerning him. However, research by John B. Colligan and Terry L. Corbett presented in “A Guide to the 1788 and 1790 Censuses of El Paso del Norte Arranged Alphabetically and Listed to Indicate Possible Family Groupings” and posted on the Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families web site (http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/epcensus.htm), there are several references to a man Lorenzo Olivares. It is quite likely that this is the same individual who participated in the historic Domínguez-Escalante expedition.

The following references to Lorenzo Olivares from Colligan and Corbett’s annotations were used to compile the following chron