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Beyond ONMF Volume 5

Contents: Armijo, Borrego, Delgado, Guadalajara, Gurulé, López Holguín, López de Gracia, López del Castillo, Lucero de Godoy, Luna, Mondragón, Montes Vigil, Pino, Rael de Aguilar, Rael-López, Robledo, Roybal y Torrado/Santa Cruz, Santistevan

ARMIJO -Promising Lead

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

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

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

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

Transcription:

Casados

Joseph de Armijo con

Anta hernandes

Mestisos

En once dias del mes de septiembre del año de mil seis cientos i se//senta i siete Yo el Mor francisco Ant^o Ortiz Cura Bo por su Mag^d// de esta Parroquia de S^ta Catharina M^r Casse en ella segun derecho// por palabras de presente que estaren verdadero Matrimonio a Joseph// de Armijo mestiso natural de la ciudad de N^ra S^ra de los Sacatecas// [blot]ociston hijo de Antonio de Armijo i de Damiana Violante// con Antonia hernandes mestisa natural de esta dicha Ciudad hija// de felipe de la [Cruz?] i de Bernardina de la Trinidad fueron// testigos a la selebracion del matrimonio el B^r P^o Ruis de Salvatie//rra i Nicolas de Meras, Presbiteros

M^or Fran^co An^to Ortiz (rubric)

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

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

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

Researcher: Jose Antonio Esquibel

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

BORREGO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

DELGADO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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DELGADO continued

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

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

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

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

Researchers: Claire Ortiz Hill

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

GUADALAJARA

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

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

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

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

GURUL‹

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

The web site can be visited is at:

http://www.gurulefamily.org

LÓPEZ HOLQUÍN

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

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LÓPEZ HOLQUÍN

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

Bt. 9 February 1559, Church of Nuestra Castillo, Fuente Ovejuna, Spain, Juan, hijo de Juan Lopez de Villa Sana y de Isabel Ruiz. Padrinos: Gregorio Belena y Francisco Cavallero
Madrinas: Elvira [Belena] y Maria Fernandez, esposa de Bartolome Gomez
 
 
Researchers: J. Richard Salazar and Robert D. Martinez for the Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico, Dr. Stan Hordes, Director. 
 
Source: Iglesia de Nuestra Senora del Castillo, Fuente Ovejuna, Spain Bautismos, Libro 2, f. 85v, 9 Feb 1559

LÓPEZ de GRACIA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

LÓPEZ del CASTILLO

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher: Benceslado Lopez Jr.

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

LUCERO

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

LUNA

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

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

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

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

MONDRAGÓN

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

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

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

MONTES VIGIL

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

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

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

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

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

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