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Beyond ONMF Volume 2

CONTENTS:

Abendaño, Abeyta, Alderete, Armijo, Benavides, Cháves, Delgado, Domínguez, Esquibel, Gallegos, González Lobón, Hurtado, Ledesma (Salazar), López Gallardo, López Holguín, Manzanares, Márquez, Mestas, Martín Serrano-Monuera, Montoya, Moraga, Pérez Granillo, Romero, Ruiz Cáceres, Sáenz de Garvizu, Sánchez, Tenorio de Alba, Torres, Trebol Navarro, Trullijo, Vásquez Borrego, Velarde, Vera, Vigil, Zamora (Montoya)

Completes 1/1/99

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.

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