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May 3, 2013
Genealogy Seminar: Researching Spanish Jewish-converso Lineages of Nuevomejicano Families
I accepted an invitation to conduct a four-hour genealogy seminar on the afternoon Sunday, July 28, 2013, 12:00pm to 4:30pm, as a pre-conference session for the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
The registration fee for the genealogy seminar is $20. Participants can pay at the door or online.
The registration fee for the full conference, which begins on Sunday, July 28th, is $195. You can read more details about the genealogy seminar and conference, including a list of presenters, and find registration information at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/even...
Questions about the SCJS conference can be submitted to tmizer@uccs.edu.
Here is the description of the genealogy seminar—
"Generation by Generation
Researching Spanish Jewish-converso Lineages of Nuevomejicano Families"
José Antonio Esquibel
Genealogical Researcher, Historian and Author
Even with the amazing resilient survival of the memory and traditions of the Jewish faith and customs among some Hispano families of New Mexico and other regions of Spain’s former northern provinces of the Americas, the paper trail documenting lineages to specific Jewish-converso families of Spain is challenging. This is not surprising given that most conversions of Jews to Christianity occurred in the mid to late 1300s and in the 1400s.
To date, only a few Hispano families of New Mexico’s Spanish imperial era (1598-1821) can be traced to the mid-1500s, leaving a gap of 60-200 years, or about two to six generations.
This genealogy seminar will provide guidance on tracing lineages from New Mexico going back in time through communities that are now part of modern-day Mexico and then into Spain. This will include a close look at the migration patterns of settlers to New Mexico and places of origins, as well as discussing the historical context that influenced those migrations and the settlement patterns in 17th-century New Mexico and in the early 18th century. The history of the Inquisition of New Mexico will also be addressed.
The lineages of two New Mexico families that trace back to Jewish-converso families of 15th-century Spain will serve as examples of the types of records that are available for genealogical and historical research. Directions about how to access the records will be provided.
One lineage traces from the Cansino family of Andalucía to the Silva-Ruiz family that settled New Mexico in 1694 and the other is in regard to the Montoya-Góngora family of 18th-century New Mexico with ancestral family relations among the Jewish-converso Pulgar family of 15th-century Spain.
This will be an interactive seminar with time for dialogue and sharing of knowledge among participants. Also, instruction will be given in how to make the best use of specific research tools and sources available on the Web.
Whether you are a novice in New Mexico Hispano genealogy and history or more experienced, you will gain insights and direction for your future research.
Registered participants are invited to submit questions to José Antonio about Hispano genealogy research in advance of the workshop.
The registration fee for the genealogy seminar is $20. Participants can pay at the door or online.
The registration fee for the full conference, which begins on Sunday, July 28th, is $195. You can read more details about the genealogy seminar and conference, including a list of presenters, and find registration information at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/even...
Questions about the SCJS conference can be submitted to tmizer@uccs.edu.
Here is the description of the genealogy seminar—
"Generation by Generation
Researching Spanish Jewish-converso Lineages of Nuevomejicano Families"
José Antonio Esquibel
Genealogical Researcher, Historian and Author
Even with the amazing resilient survival of the memory and traditions of the Jewish faith and customs among some Hispano families of New Mexico and other regions of Spain’s former northern provinces of the Americas, the paper trail documenting lineages to specific Jewish-converso families of Spain is challenging. This is not surprising given that most conversions of Jews to Christianity occurred in the mid to late 1300s and in the 1400s.
To date, only a few Hispano families of New Mexico’s Spanish imperial era (1598-1821) can be traced to the mid-1500s, leaving a gap of 60-200 years, or about two to six generations.
This genealogy seminar will provide guidance on tracing lineages from New Mexico going back in time through communities that are now part of modern-day Mexico and then into Spain. This will include a close look at the migration patterns of settlers to New Mexico and places of origins, as well as discussing the historical context that influenced those migrations and the settlement patterns in 17th-century New Mexico and in the early 18th century. The history of the Inquisition of New Mexico will also be addressed.
The lineages of two New Mexico families that trace back to Jewish-converso families of 15th-century Spain will serve as examples of the types of records that are available for genealogical and historical research. Directions about how to access the records will be provided.
One lineage traces from the Cansino family of Andalucía to the Silva-Ruiz family that settled New Mexico in 1694 and the other is in regard to the Montoya-Góngora family of 18th-century New Mexico with ancestral family relations among the Jewish-converso Pulgar family of 15th-century Spain.
This will be an interactive seminar with time for dialogue and sharing of knowledge among participants. Also, instruction will be given in how to make the best use of specific research tools and sources available on the Web.
Whether you are a novice in New Mexico Hispano genealogy and history or more experienced, you will gain insights and direction for your future research.
Registered participants are invited to submit questions to José Antonio about Hispano genealogy research in advance of the workshop.
April 27, 2013
Milestone New Mexico Genealogy Breakthrough: Moreno de Trujillo-Ruiz de Aguilar Ancestry
The Moreno de Trujillo-Ruiz de Agiular is one of my favorite family lines. I think it is because the various family surnames from each generation are intriguing, surnames such as: Aguilar, Ayala, Córdova, Galván, Guerriro (Guerrero), Lara, López, Manrique, Moreno, Muñoz, Orozco, Ruiz, Salas, Soluno (Solano?), Tapino, Trujillo, Villavicencio. In particular, the Ayala, Lara, Manrique and Orozco surnames derive from famous and influential families of early and late medieval Spain.
In the early years of the 1990s, I was successful in uncovering marriage and baptismal records for Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo, his wife, María Ruiz de Aguilar, and their children. This family came in 1694 as volunteer settlers of New Mexico, along with a large group of other families from Mexico City. Of particular note were records regarding Gertrudis de la Trinidad Moreno de Trujillo (wife of Miguel de Quintana) and her sister, Estefanía de Trujillo (wife of José de Atienza Sevillano). These two women became co-progenitors of a large number of descendants in northern New Mexico where the Quintana and Atencio families established roots.
I published my historical and genealogical findings on the Moreno de Trujillo-Ruiz de Aguilar extended family in the book I co-author with the late John B. Colligan, “The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited in Mexico City in 1693” (Albuquerque, HGRC, 1999), now out of print. In subsequent years following the publication of SRNM, I located a few more records related to this family group, some of which were posted on the “Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families” Web site.
More recently, Robert D. Martínez did some digging around and located a good number of additional records, uncovering the names of the parents of Francisco de Trujillo Villvicencio and doña Mariana de Salas Orozco (the direct paternal antecedents of Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo), as well as records on some of their immediate relatives. Rob’s research was an important springboard, especially his uncovering of a record of passage for a person who turned out to be a 2nd-great-grandfather of Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo.
Rob's research led me to additional archival records, tracing one family line back to the early-mid 1400s in the community of Villagarcía in Estremadura, Spain.
Rob and I are excited to present our findings in a milestone article that appears in the Winter 2012 issue of “El Farolito” available in May 2013 (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito...).
The genealogical findings in our article highlight the fact that during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, it was customary in Spanish culture for individuals to adopt and use surnames of not only their fathers, but also that of their mother, or their grandparents and great-grandparents. On the one hand this practice, which is quite different than the general modern custom of direct paternal transmission of surnames, may seem confusing. On the other hand, the varied surnames used by siblings are actually very valuable for conducting genealogical and historical research leading to an extended network of relatives that tended to cluster in particular communities.
In the case of the ancestors of the Moreno de Trujillo family, successive generations clustered in the parish of Santa Veracruz in Mexico City (located immediately to the west of the Plaza Mayor and cathedral) as well as in the jurisdiction of the Pueblo de Chalco, where one branch of the family owned land for raising livestock and farming.
The article is written is such a manner that even for those who are not descended of the Moreno de Trujillo family can glean insights into conducting 16th and 17th-century Spanish genealogy.
After you read and study the article, send Rob and me your comments. We are both on Facebook, or you can leave comments as part of this blog.
In the early years of the 1990s, I was successful in uncovering marriage and baptismal records for Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo, his wife, María Ruiz de Aguilar, and their children. This family came in 1694 as volunteer settlers of New Mexico, along with a large group of other families from Mexico City. Of particular note were records regarding Gertrudis de la Trinidad Moreno de Trujillo (wife of Miguel de Quintana) and her sister, Estefanía de Trujillo (wife of José de Atienza Sevillano). These two women became co-progenitors of a large number of descendants in northern New Mexico where the Quintana and Atencio families established roots.
I published my historical and genealogical findings on the Moreno de Trujillo-Ruiz de Aguilar extended family in the book I co-author with the late John B. Colligan, “The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited in Mexico City in 1693” (Albuquerque, HGRC, 1999), now out of print. In subsequent years following the publication of SRNM, I located a few more records related to this family group, some of which were posted on the “Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families” Web site.
More recently, Robert D. Martínez did some digging around and located a good number of additional records, uncovering the names of the parents of Francisco de Trujillo Villvicencio and doña Mariana de Salas Orozco (the direct paternal antecedents of Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo), as well as records on some of their immediate relatives. Rob’s research was an important springboard, especially his uncovering of a record of passage for a person who turned out to be a 2nd-great-grandfather of Nicolás Moreno de Trujillo.
Rob's research led me to additional archival records, tracing one family line back to the early-mid 1400s in the community of Villagarcía in Estremadura, Spain.
Rob and I are excited to present our findings in a milestone article that appears in the Winter 2012 issue of “El Farolito” available in May 2013 (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito...).
The genealogical findings in our article highlight the fact that during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, it was customary in Spanish culture for individuals to adopt and use surnames of not only their fathers, but also that of their mother, or their grandparents and great-grandparents. On the one hand this practice, which is quite different than the general modern custom of direct paternal transmission of surnames, may seem confusing. On the other hand, the varied surnames used by siblings are actually very valuable for conducting genealogical and historical research leading to an extended network of relatives that tended to cluster in particular communities.
In the case of the ancestors of the Moreno de Trujillo family, successive generations clustered in the parish of Santa Veracruz in Mexico City (located immediately to the west of the Plaza Mayor and cathedral) as well as in the jurisdiction of the Pueblo de Chalco, where one branch of the family owned land for raising livestock and farming.
The article is written is such a manner that even for those who are not descended of the Moreno de Trujillo family can glean insights into conducting 16th and 17th-century Spanish genealogy.
After you read and study the article, send Rob and me your comments. We are both on Facebook, or you can leave comments as part of this blog.
March 30, 2013
Martin Serrano Family Genealgy Corrections to Part 2
The second part of the revised Martín Serrano family genealogy was just published in the March 2013 issue “The New Mexico Genealogist.” For those of you who have research Martín Serrano roots, you’re well-aware of the challenges and confusion in organizing the genealogy of this very large extended family, especially during the period of the 1690s and early half of the 1700s.
In Part 2, I managed to make a few errors and even after decades of research I left out a daughter of Luis Martín Serrano II and Antonia de Mirada.
Appreciation is extended to Ernie Sandoval for his careful reading of the notes. He noticed that notes #51, 52 and 53 are out of order. Here is the correct order of these notes:
51. See AASF, San Juan Church, Roll #29, Marriages, 1726-1776. [Marriage of Antonio Martin and Magdalena Sedillo.]
52. The age of Francisca de Salazar and the names of her parents were recorded as part of a prenuptial investigation record date October 22, 1689. Her father was referred to as being deceased at this time and her mother was residing in El Paso del Río del Norte. Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1011, DM 1689, October 22, no. 4, El Paso del Río del Norte.
53. The age of Pedro Luján and the names of his parents were recorded as part of a prenuptial investigation record when he sought to marry Francisca de Salazar; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1011, DM 1689, October 22, no. 4, El Paso del Río del Norte.
Also, the correct marriage date for Francisca de Salazar (individual #37) and Pedro Lujan is January 10, 1691, according the summary by Fray Angélico Chavez, and not October 1689, which was the initial date of the prenuptial investigation.
Another correction is the year of marriage of Miguel Martín (individual #41) and Leonor Domíguez de Mendoza. The year should read 1707 and not 1703.
My appreciation is also extended to Rebecca Vigil-Fox for bringing to my attention a record for another daughter of Luis II Martín Serrano and Antonia de Miranda that was extracted by Fray Angélico Chávez and summarized on pages 796-797 of “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” regarding a prenuptial investigation in the proposed marriage of Juan Roque Gutiérrez and María García dated January 16, 1690 (no. 4), El Paso del Norte. One of the individuals who brought up an impediment to the proposed union was Antonia Martín, age 20 (b.ca. 1670), who identified herself as a native of New Mexico and a daughter of Captain Luis Martín and Antonia de Miranda, both natives of New Mexico. She declared that she and Gutiérrez engaged in sexual relations under the pretext that Gutiérrez gave his word to marry her. As a result, Juan Roque Gutiérrez and Antonia Martín were married at El Paso del Norte on February 18, 1690, by order of Governor don Diego de Vargas.
Antonia Martín brings the number of children of Luis II Martín Serrano and Antonia de Miranda up to nine.
If you see any inconsistencies in the revised genealogy of the Martín Serrano family published in “The New Mexico Genealogist,” send me a message and I’ll make the corrections. I plan to post Parts 1 and 2 of the Martín Serrano Genealogy as a PDF online by the end of 2013.
In Part 2, I managed to make a few errors and even after decades of research I left out a daughter of Luis Martín Serrano II and Antonia de Mirada.
Appreciation is extended to Ernie Sandoval for his careful reading of the notes. He noticed that notes #51, 52 and 53 are out of order. Here is the correct order of these notes:
51. See AASF, San Juan Church, Roll #29, Marriages, 1726-1776. [Marriage of Antonio Martin and Magdalena Sedillo.]
52. The age of Francisca de Salazar and the names of her parents were recorded as part of a prenuptial investigation record date October 22, 1689. Her father was referred to as being deceased at this time and her mother was residing in El Paso del Río del Norte. Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1011, DM 1689, October 22, no. 4, El Paso del Río del Norte.
53. The age of Pedro Luján and the names of his parents were recorded as part of a prenuptial investigation record when he sought to marry Francisca de Salazar; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1011, DM 1689, October 22, no. 4, El Paso del Río del Norte.
Also, the correct marriage date for Francisca de Salazar (individual #37) and Pedro Lujan is January 10, 1691, according the summary by Fray Angélico Chavez, and not October 1689, which was the initial date of the prenuptial investigation.
Another correction is the year of marriage of Miguel Martín (individual #41) and Leonor Domíguez de Mendoza. The year should read 1707 and not 1703.
My appreciation is also extended to Rebecca Vigil-Fox for bringing to my attention a record for another daughter of Luis II Martín Serrano and Antonia de Miranda that was extracted by Fray Angélico Chávez and summarized on pages 796-797 of “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” regarding a prenuptial investigation in the proposed marriage of Juan Roque Gutiérrez and María García dated January 16, 1690 (no. 4), El Paso del Norte. One of the individuals who brought up an impediment to the proposed union was Antonia Martín, age 20 (b.ca. 1670), who identified herself as a native of New Mexico and a daughter of Captain Luis Martín and Antonia de Miranda, both natives of New Mexico. She declared that she and Gutiérrez engaged in sexual relations under the pretext that Gutiérrez gave his word to marry her. As a result, Juan Roque Gutiérrez and Antonia Martín were married at El Paso del Norte on February 18, 1690, by order of Governor don Diego de Vargas.
Antonia Martín brings the number of children of Luis II Martín Serrano and Antonia de Miranda up to nine.
If you see any inconsistencies in the revised genealogy of the Martín Serrano family published in “The New Mexico Genealogist,” send me a message and I’ll make the corrections. I plan to post Parts 1 and 2 of the Martín Serrano Genealogy as a PDF online by the end of 2013.
February 16, 2013
Paredes, Zaldivar, Cortes Clarification
Rebecca Vigil-Fox recently posted a query on the Facebook Page of the New Mexico Genealogical Society asking if anyone had any information to confirm that Cristóbal de Zaldívar and Leonor Tolosa (aka Corté Moctezuma) were the parents of Juan Andrés Zaldívar, the husband of Andrea Rangel and the father of doña Beatriz Cortés.
I answered the query, responding that there was no documented evidence to confirm the name of the parents of Juan Andrés Zaldívar. In fact, the presumed link of Juan Andrés de Zaldívar to Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma is based on a misinterpreted by readers of information I published in an article almost twenty years ago and has been erroneously spread across the Internet.
Although I informed Rebecca that the information about Juan Andrés de Zaldívar and doña Beatriz Cortés was first posted on the ‘Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families” Web site (established in 1998). Turns out I was wrong about that.
The information regarding the Zaldívar-Cortés couple and their link to New Mexico was first published in an article of mine in the Spring 1994 issues of “Nuestra Raices,” the journal of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America (GSHA), under the title ‘Genealogical Essays on Three 17th-century New Mexico Families: Paredes, López de Gracia, and Manzanares.”
María de Paredes, also known as María Domínguez, married Felipe de Montoya and this couple lived in New Mexico during the late 1600s and left descendants. Historical records, and her use of the Paredes and Domínguez surnames, indicate that María de Paredes was a daughter of Mexico City native Álvaro de Paredes and doña Damiana Domínguez de Mendoza (bt. October 4, 1628, Catedral de México, Mexico City), a daughter of Tomé Domínguez and Elena de la Cruz Ramírez de Mendoza.
You can read more about the history and genealogy of Álvaro and Damiana and about the Domínguez de Mendoza and Paredes families of seventeenth-century New Mexico and Mexico City in the recently published book, “Don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693” by France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, Marc Simmons, and José Antonio Esquibel (UNM Press, 2012).
Álvaro de Paredes (bt. February 23, 1638, Catedral de México, Mexico City) came to New Mexico sometime in the mid to late 1650s, most likely as a young soldier in the company of his brother, Fray José de Paredes (b.ca. 1638). The brothers were sons of don Esteban de Paredes and doña Beatriz Cortés, as first published by Fray Angélico Chávez in “Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish Colonial Period” (page 87). Chávez added a comment about doña Beatriz in parentheses, stating that she was “A high-born lady according to her title, she was very likely descended of Hernán Cortés.” However, other than a common surname, there was no specific information to actually make a genealogical link between doña Beatriz and Hernán Cortés.
In 1993, while deep into my research of microfilm copies of various church records of Mexico City, I stumbled across the marriage record for Esteban de Paredes and doña Beatriz Cortés, married April 18, 1633, in the Sagrario Chapel of the Catedral de México. The presiding priest was Licenciado Diego García Rangel and the official witnesses to the union were Don Juan Ochoa, Diego Rodríguez, Doctor Quemada, and Antonio Durán. Unfortunately, the marriage record did not contain the names of the parents of the couple.
Most of the Mexico City church records were not index at the time I conducted my research. I would order microfilm and conduct a frame by frame, entry by entry search, hoping to come across familiar names. Through trial and error, I learned that the marriage records of the Catederal de México had a corresponding book of ‘informaciones matrimoniales,’ banns of matrimony, which include useful genealogical details about the couples.
After finding the marriage record of don Estéban and doña Beatriz, I searched for the corresponding banns of matrimony record for the Catedral and located a record dated April 17, 1633, which provided the places of their birth and the names of their parents. The record reads:
en 17 de abril
desp[osa]dos
don estevan de paredes nat[ura]l desta ciudad
hijo de alv[ar]o de paredes y de doña beatriz soto
maior con doña beatriz cortes nat[ural] desta çiudad hij de Ju[an] Andres de saldivar y
de Andrea Rangel
Go to my Author’s Facebook page to find a digital image of this banns of matrimony record, posted on January 21, 2013: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jos%C3%...
I also located a copy of the marriage record of a sister of doña Beatriz Cortés. Gerónima Rangel, identified as a daughter of Juan Andrés Zaldívar and doña Beatriz Cortés, was married on February 13, 1638, Santa Catalina Church, Mexico City, with Cristóbal Rincón, a resident of Mexico City and the widower of Ana Sánchez.
Those who are familiar with the early history of New Spain and Nueva Galicia are familiar with the famous surnames of Cortés and Zaldívar. In my 1994 Paredes essay, I wrote: “Gerónima Rangel used her maternal surname while her sister, doña Beatriz Cortés, most likely drew her surname from one of her grandparents.
It is the use of the family names of Zaldívar and Cortés which hints at the possibility that Doña Beatriz Cortés may have been a descendant of Don Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma. Additional research is needed to confirm or deny this supposition.” This statement was misinterpreted by readers who added the names of Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma to their genealogy charts and databases and has been erroneously spread across the Internet
I have conducted research and published extensively on the Zaldívar family, extending the family lineage as far back as the early 1400s with primary records, and have not yet found any records to confirm a genealogical link between doña Beatriz Cortés and any branch of the Zaldívar family or any known descendants of Hernán Cortés. Some readers have simply added the names of Cristóbal de Zaldívar and Leonor Cortés as parents of Juan Andrés de Zaldívar, despite the lack of documentation.
Still, the search continues!
I answered the query, responding that there was no documented evidence to confirm the name of the parents of Juan Andrés Zaldívar. In fact, the presumed link of Juan Andrés de Zaldívar to Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma is based on a misinterpreted by readers of information I published in an article almost twenty years ago and has been erroneously spread across the Internet.
Although I informed Rebecca that the information about Juan Andrés de Zaldívar and doña Beatriz Cortés was first posted on the ‘Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families” Web site (established in 1998). Turns out I was wrong about that.
The information regarding the Zaldívar-Cortés couple and their link to New Mexico was first published in an article of mine in the Spring 1994 issues of “Nuestra Raices,” the journal of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America (GSHA), under the title ‘Genealogical Essays on Three 17th-century New Mexico Families: Paredes, López de Gracia, and Manzanares.”
María de Paredes, also known as María Domínguez, married Felipe de Montoya and this couple lived in New Mexico during the late 1600s and left descendants. Historical records, and her use of the Paredes and Domínguez surnames, indicate that María de Paredes was a daughter of Mexico City native Álvaro de Paredes and doña Damiana Domínguez de Mendoza (bt. October 4, 1628, Catedral de México, Mexico City), a daughter of Tomé Domínguez and Elena de la Cruz Ramírez de Mendoza.
You can read more about the history and genealogy of Álvaro and Damiana and about the Domínguez de Mendoza and Paredes families of seventeenth-century New Mexico and Mexico City in the recently published book, “Don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693” by France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, Marc Simmons, and José Antonio Esquibel (UNM Press, 2012).
Álvaro de Paredes (bt. February 23, 1638, Catedral de México, Mexico City) came to New Mexico sometime in the mid to late 1650s, most likely as a young soldier in the company of his brother, Fray José de Paredes (b.ca. 1638). The brothers were sons of don Esteban de Paredes and doña Beatriz Cortés, as first published by Fray Angélico Chávez in “Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish Colonial Period” (page 87). Chávez added a comment about doña Beatriz in parentheses, stating that she was “A high-born lady according to her title, she was very likely descended of Hernán Cortés.” However, other than a common surname, there was no specific information to actually make a genealogical link between doña Beatriz and Hernán Cortés.
In 1993, while deep into my research of microfilm copies of various church records of Mexico City, I stumbled across the marriage record for Esteban de Paredes and doña Beatriz Cortés, married April 18, 1633, in the Sagrario Chapel of the Catedral de México. The presiding priest was Licenciado Diego García Rangel and the official witnesses to the union were Don Juan Ochoa, Diego Rodríguez, Doctor Quemada, and Antonio Durán. Unfortunately, the marriage record did not contain the names of the parents of the couple.
Most of the Mexico City church records were not index at the time I conducted my research. I would order microfilm and conduct a frame by frame, entry by entry search, hoping to come across familiar names. Through trial and error, I learned that the marriage records of the Catederal de México had a corresponding book of ‘informaciones matrimoniales,’ banns of matrimony, which include useful genealogical details about the couples.
After finding the marriage record of don Estéban and doña Beatriz, I searched for the corresponding banns of matrimony record for the Catedral and located a record dated April 17, 1633, which provided the places of their birth and the names of their parents. The record reads:
en 17 de abril
desp[osa]dos
don estevan de paredes nat[ura]l desta ciudad
hijo de alv[ar]o de paredes y de doña beatriz soto
maior con doña beatriz cortes nat[ural] desta çiudad hij de Ju[an] Andres de saldivar y
de Andrea Rangel
Go to my Author’s Facebook page to find a digital image of this banns of matrimony record, posted on January 21, 2013: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jos%C3%...
I also located a copy of the marriage record of a sister of doña Beatriz Cortés. Gerónima Rangel, identified as a daughter of Juan Andrés Zaldívar and doña Beatriz Cortés, was married on February 13, 1638, Santa Catalina Church, Mexico City, with Cristóbal Rincón, a resident of Mexico City and the widower of Ana Sánchez.
Those who are familiar with the early history of New Spain and Nueva Galicia are familiar with the famous surnames of Cortés and Zaldívar. In my 1994 Paredes essay, I wrote: “Gerónima Rangel used her maternal surname while her sister, doña Beatriz Cortés, most likely drew her surname from one of her grandparents.
It is the use of the family names of Zaldívar and Cortés which hints at the possibility that Doña Beatriz Cortés may have been a descendant of Don Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma. Additional research is needed to confirm or deny this supposition.” This statement was misinterpreted by readers who added the names of Cristóbal de Zaldívar y Mendoza and Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma to their genealogy charts and databases and has been erroneously spread across the Internet
I have conducted research and published extensively on the Zaldívar family, extending the family lineage as far back as the early 1400s with primary records, and have not yet found any records to confirm a genealogical link between doña Beatriz Cortés and any branch of the Zaldívar family or any known descendants of Hernán Cortés. Some readers have simply added the names of Cristóbal de Zaldívar and Leonor Cortés as parents of Juan Andrés de Zaldívar, despite the lack of documentation.
Still, the search continues!
February 7, 2013
Updated Genealogy of the Early Esquibel Family of New Mexico
My compilation of the genealogy of the early Esquibel families of 18th-century New Mexico was the first genealogy research that I published and it appeared as a serial in five issues of “The New Mexico Genealogist” in 1992 and 1993 (see the reference bibliography below for citations).
As part of that research, I uncovered a document dated 1734 in which Buenaventura de Esquibel declared he had eight children (Spanish Archives of New Mexico, no. 256, Petition of Ventura Esquibel for lands in Chama). With subsequent research, I was only able to locate documentation that confirmed the names of two children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy: 1) María Francisca Esquibel (married with Salvador de Anaya Alamzán) and María Gertrudis Esquibel (married Diego Antonio Marquez). The same results as those presented by Fray Angélico Chávez in ‘Origins of New Mexico Families’ (page 173).
Taking the research further, I used "compadrazgo" relations (godparents) to identified some possible children of Buenaventura and doñ Rosa Gernardina. Although the information was not conclusive, over time people have just simply added those names to their genealogy databases without citing the fact that there is no firm documentation.
I followed up this comprehensive study with research into the Esquibel families of 19th-century New Mexico, mainly focusing on the descendants of Juan José Esquibel and María Rafaela Martín that was published in “Herencia” in 1995.
In 1995, Francisco Sisneros published his study on the genealogy of the “Esquibel Family of the Río Abajo” in ‘Herencia,” Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1995.
One of my findings from my research was that the summary of the prenuptial investigation for Ventura de Esquibel and doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy made by Fray Angélcio Chávez (“New Mexico Roots, Ltd., page 488) incorrectly extracted the name of Buenaventura’s father as Antonio de Caraña. Looking at the copy of the original record, I discovered that the name of Buenaventura’s father was actually recorded as Antonio de Arana. With this new information, and information from another record that identified Buenaventura as a native of Mexico City, I kept this information on file for further research.
As a result of my research into the church records of Mexico City in1994 and 1995 (in the days when the records were not extracted and there were no indexes for most of the Mexico City records, I read every single entry in the microfilm copies of the various books of baptisms and marriage of the late 1600s), I managed to locate the baptismal record for Buenaventura de Esquibel and with that record I moved on to locate the baptismal records of his siblings and then the marriage records of his parents and grandparents.
Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel was baptized on November 19, 1684, in the sagrario chapel of the Catedral de México in Mexico City, being a son of Antonio de Azqueta y Arana and doña María de Esquibel Fernández de Mancilla.
My research eventually led me to microfilm records for the cathedral of Puebla de los Ángeles and then to the records of the church of Deba, Guipúzcoa, Spain, available through the LDS Family History Center. In conducting a record by record search of marriage and baptismal records of the Deba church, I found the marriage and veiling record of Juan de Esquibel and María de Landaverde, the second great-grandparents of Buenaventura de Esquibel. They were married and veiled on January 28, 1598, Santa María Church. Deba, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
I published my findings on the paternal and maternal genealogy of Buenaventura de Esquibel in two parts under the title, "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684,.Part I appeared in “Herencia,” Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 1996: 10-24; and Part II in “Herencia,” Vol. 4, Issue 3, July 1996.
Now, after twenty-seven years of Esquibel family research, there are only a few more records that have been come to light that confirm the names of two more of the children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy.
Information is a diligencia matrimonial dated August 21 – October 18, 1800, Santa Fe, confirms that Francisco Esquibel was a son of Rosa Bernardino Lucero de Godoy (see Rick Hendricks and John B. Colligan, “New Mexico Prenuptial Investigantions From the Archivois Históricos del Arzobiuspado de Durango, 1800-1893,” Rio Grande Historical Collection, New Mexico State University Library, 200, page 3-4; citing ahad-357, ff. 61-66). The prospective groom and bride, José Antonio Quintana and María Juliana Benavides, were related in the4th degree of consanguity and witnesses attested that María Juliana Benavides was a granddaughter of Francisco Esquibel, who in turn was a son of Rosa Lucero. Witnesses declared that José Antonio Quintana was a great-grandson of Diego Lucero, a brother of Rosa Lucero.
The other confirmed child of Buenaventura and Rosa Bernardina is Antonia de Esquibel, age 15 in 1725 (b.ca. 1710), who gave the names of her parents as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed marriage with José Luján, age 27 (b.ca. 1698), son of Juan Luján and María Martín. Antonia and Juan were married on December 15, 1725, Santa Fe. For this extraction, see Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum, Part III,” in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist, 43:3, September 2010, page 148.
Here is what the genealogy looks like as of the date this blog post and anyone with additional information based on primary sources is most welcome to contribute their findings to this update.
A. Paternal Lineage: Azqueta
Generation #1:
Juan de Azqueta married Isabel de Aguirre Asla, residents of Liboa, Vizcaya, Castilla (Spain) in the early 1600s. Parents of Don Juan Baptista de Azqueta, who follows.
Generation #2:
Don Juan Baptista de Azqueta, native of the anteiglesia of Liboa, Viscaya, Castilla (Spain), Chamberlain and Notary Public of the Achbishop of Mexico, don Juan Sáenz de Mañozca Zamora; married August 9, 1648, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña María Micaela de Arana, native of the anteiglesia of Berriatua, Vizcaya, Castilla (Spain), daughter of San Juan de Olave y Arana and Catalina de Vidarte. Parents of Don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, who follows.
Generation #3:
Don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, native of Mexico City, married October 15, 1655, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña María de Esquibel, native of Mexico City, daughter of Juan de Esquibel Santiago and doña Antonia Fernández de Mancilla. Parents of Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #4:
Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel, baptized October 19, 1684, Catedral de México, Mexico City, died April 18, 1739, Villa de Santa Fe, NM; married May 3, 1702, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy, b.ca. 1686, El Paso del Norte, NM, daughter of Alférez Antonio Lucero de Godoy and Antonia Varela de Losada (Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 60, DM 1702, April 15, no. 5, Santa Fe). Parents of at least eight children, and only the names of four children confirmed by documentation:
1. Francisco Esquibel, native of the Villa de Santa Fe, NM, soldier of the Presidio of Santa Fe; married November 24, 1732, Albuquerque, NM, with Clara González.
2. María Francisca Esquibel, b.ca. 1703; married November 26, 1721, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, Salvador de Anaya Almazán, b.ca. 1679, son of Sargento Mayor Francisco de Anaya Almazán and Felipa Rico de Rojas. Source: Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum,” Part 1, ‘New Mexico Genealogist,’ 49:1, March 2010, page 4.
3. María Antonia Esquibel, b.ca. 1710, married December 15, 1725, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, with José Luján, b.ca. 1698, son of Juan Luján and María Martín. Source: Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum, Part III,” in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist,’ 43:3, September 2010, page 148.
4. María Gertrudis Esquibel, b.ca 1716, Santa Fe, NM, married August 25, 1730, Santa Fe, NM, with Diego Antonio Márquez, b.ca. 1711, Santa Cruz, NM, son of Captain Diego Márquez and Juana Martín Serrano. Source: AASF, Roll 62, DM 1730, August 4, no. 1.
At this time, there are no records that have been found that identify any of the other children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy.
B. Maternal Lineage: Esquibel
Generation #1:
Juan de Esquibel were married prior to January 1597 and were veiled in a nuptial Mass on January 28, 1598, Santa María Church, Deba, Guipúzcoa, Castilla (Spain), with María de Landaverde. Parents of Santiago de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #2:
Santiago de Esquibel, native of Deba, Guipúzcoa, Castilla (Spain), married May 25, 1623, Catedral de México, Puebla de los Ángeles, Nueva España, with Ana de los Ángeles Ramírez de Aragón, parents unknown. Parents of Juan de Esquibel Santiago, native of Mexico City, married March 31, 1649, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña Antonia Fernández de Mancilla, an orphan and a native of Mexico City. Parents of Doña María de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #3:
Doña María de Esquibel, married October 15, 1665, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, native of Mexico City, son of don Juan Baptista de Azqueta and and doña Micaela de Arana. Parents of Buenaventura de Esquibel.
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There was a second Esquibel family that resided in the Villa de Santa Fe: Juan Antonio de Esquibel,native of Mexico City and a son of Francisco de Esquibel, and his wife, María de San Nicolás Rangel. This couple had three known children: 1) Magdalena, b.ca. 1681, Mexico City; 2) Ignacia, died May 12, 1772, Santa Fe, NM; and Gertrudis de Esquibel, who appears to be the same woman of this name who was married on October 4, 1738, Santa Fe, with Juan de Tafoya.
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My direct paternal ancestor, Juan Esquibel, was a resident of theVilla de Santa Fe living in the household of María Francisca Esquibel in 1750. Based on a variety of supporting documentation, he may have been one of the eight children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy, or perhaps he was a grandson. He was identified as 'español' (Spanish) and a soldier when he was married at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, on October 5, 1758, with Feliciana Durán, born December 1741, Ojo Caliente, NM, a daughter Francisco Durán and Isabel Martín.
Juan Esquibel and María Francisca Esquibel (most likley his sister, or even perhaps his mother) were godparents for a child of José Esquibel Araus and Juana Manuel López baptized in the church of Santa Cruz de la Cañada on January 29, 1748. Juan Esquibel and María Francisca Esquibel were godparents for a daughter of María Rita Esquibel and Juan de Beita (Abeyta) baptized on December 9, 1755, in the church of San Francisco in Santa Fe. Juan Esquibel gave the name of Buenaventura to one of his sons, another indication of a familial connection with Buenaventura de Esquibel.
Juan Esquibel and his wife Feliciana Durán christened their first son as Buenaventura, apparently in honor of the child's paternal grandfather, a common custom among Spanish families (or is it the child maternal great-grandfather?). By the mid-1780's Juan Esquibel and his family were residents of the jurisdiction of San Juan Pueblo, having settled at the village of La Canoa, north of the pueblo and along the Rio Grande.
My Esquibel family lineage descends through Juan Esquibel’s son, José Cipriano Esquibel, then to Miguel Antonio Esquibel, then to Juan Francisco Esquibel, then to Juan Isidro Esquibel, then to my father, Antonio R. Esquibel.
Reference Bibliography:
1. "Esquibel Families of Eighteenth Century New Mexico," New Mexico Genealogist, Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 1992: 20-28; Vol. 31, No. 2, June 1992: 50-58; Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1992: 81-89; Vol. 32, No. 1, March 1993; and Vol. 32, No. 2, June 1993: 40-52.
2. "Esquibel Families of Nineteenth Century New Mexico, Part I: Descendents of Juan Jose Esquibel and María Rafaela Martín," Herencia, Vol. 2, Issue 4, October 1994: 30-43.
3. "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684, Part I” Herencia, Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 1996: 10-24; and
4. "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684, Part II” Herencia, Vol. 4, Issue 3, July 1996.
As part of that research, I uncovered a document dated 1734 in which Buenaventura de Esquibel declared he had eight children (Spanish Archives of New Mexico, no. 256, Petition of Ventura Esquibel for lands in Chama). With subsequent research, I was only able to locate documentation that confirmed the names of two children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy: 1) María Francisca Esquibel (married with Salvador de Anaya Alamzán) and María Gertrudis Esquibel (married Diego Antonio Marquez). The same results as those presented by Fray Angélico Chávez in ‘Origins of New Mexico Families’ (page 173).
Taking the research further, I used "compadrazgo" relations (godparents) to identified some possible children of Buenaventura and doñ Rosa Gernardina. Although the information was not conclusive, over time people have just simply added those names to their genealogy databases without citing the fact that there is no firm documentation.
I followed up this comprehensive study with research into the Esquibel families of 19th-century New Mexico, mainly focusing on the descendants of Juan José Esquibel and María Rafaela Martín that was published in “Herencia” in 1995.
In 1995, Francisco Sisneros published his study on the genealogy of the “Esquibel Family of the Río Abajo” in ‘Herencia,” Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1995.
One of my findings from my research was that the summary of the prenuptial investigation for Ventura de Esquibel and doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy made by Fray Angélcio Chávez (“New Mexico Roots, Ltd., page 488) incorrectly extracted the name of Buenaventura’s father as Antonio de Caraña. Looking at the copy of the original record, I discovered that the name of Buenaventura’s father was actually recorded as Antonio de Arana. With this new information, and information from another record that identified Buenaventura as a native of Mexico City, I kept this information on file for further research.
As a result of my research into the church records of Mexico City in1994 and 1995 (in the days when the records were not extracted and there were no indexes for most of the Mexico City records, I read every single entry in the microfilm copies of the various books of baptisms and marriage of the late 1600s), I managed to locate the baptismal record for Buenaventura de Esquibel and with that record I moved on to locate the baptismal records of his siblings and then the marriage records of his parents and grandparents.
Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel was baptized on November 19, 1684, in the sagrario chapel of the Catedral de México in Mexico City, being a son of Antonio de Azqueta y Arana and doña María de Esquibel Fernández de Mancilla.
My research eventually led me to microfilm records for the cathedral of Puebla de los Ángeles and then to the records of the church of Deba, Guipúzcoa, Spain, available through the LDS Family History Center. In conducting a record by record search of marriage and baptismal records of the Deba church, I found the marriage and veiling record of Juan de Esquibel and María de Landaverde, the second great-grandparents of Buenaventura de Esquibel. They were married and veiled on January 28, 1598, Santa María Church. Deba, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
I published my findings on the paternal and maternal genealogy of Buenaventura de Esquibel in two parts under the title, "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684,.Part I appeared in “Herencia,” Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 1996: 10-24; and Part II in “Herencia,” Vol. 4, Issue 3, July 1996.
Now, after twenty-seven years of Esquibel family research, there are only a few more records that have been come to light that confirm the names of two more of the children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy.
Information is a diligencia matrimonial dated August 21 – October 18, 1800, Santa Fe, confirms that Francisco Esquibel was a son of Rosa Bernardino Lucero de Godoy (see Rick Hendricks and John B. Colligan, “New Mexico Prenuptial Investigantions From the Archivois Históricos del Arzobiuspado de Durango, 1800-1893,” Rio Grande Historical Collection, New Mexico State University Library, 200, page 3-4; citing ahad-357, ff. 61-66). The prospective groom and bride, José Antonio Quintana and María Juliana Benavides, were related in the4th degree of consanguity and witnesses attested that María Juliana Benavides was a granddaughter of Francisco Esquibel, who in turn was a son of Rosa Lucero. Witnesses declared that José Antonio Quintana was a great-grandson of Diego Lucero, a brother of Rosa Lucero.
The other confirmed child of Buenaventura and Rosa Bernardina is Antonia de Esquibel, age 15 in 1725 (b.ca. 1710), who gave the names of her parents as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed marriage with José Luján, age 27 (b.ca. 1698), son of Juan Luján and María Martín. Antonia and Juan were married on December 15, 1725, Santa Fe. For this extraction, see Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum, Part III,” in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist, 43:3, September 2010, page 148.
Here is what the genealogy looks like as of the date this blog post and anyone with additional information based on primary sources is most welcome to contribute their findings to this update.
A. Paternal Lineage: Azqueta
Generation #1:
Juan de Azqueta married Isabel de Aguirre Asla, residents of Liboa, Vizcaya, Castilla (Spain) in the early 1600s. Parents of Don Juan Baptista de Azqueta, who follows.
Generation #2:
Don Juan Baptista de Azqueta, native of the anteiglesia of Liboa, Viscaya, Castilla (Spain), Chamberlain and Notary Public of the Achbishop of Mexico, don Juan Sáenz de Mañozca Zamora; married August 9, 1648, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña María Micaela de Arana, native of the anteiglesia of Berriatua, Vizcaya, Castilla (Spain), daughter of San Juan de Olave y Arana and Catalina de Vidarte. Parents of Don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, who follows.
Generation #3:
Don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, native of Mexico City, married October 15, 1655, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña María de Esquibel, native of Mexico City, daughter of Juan de Esquibel Santiago and doña Antonia Fernández de Mancilla. Parents of Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #4:
Buenaventura Miguel de Esquibel, baptized October 19, 1684, Catedral de México, Mexico City, died April 18, 1739, Villa de Santa Fe, NM; married May 3, 1702, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy, b.ca. 1686, El Paso del Norte, NM, daughter of Alférez Antonio Lucero de Godoy and Antonia Varela de Losada (Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 60, DM 1702, April 15, no. 5, Santa Fe). Parents of at least eight children, and only the names of four children confirmed by documentation:
1. Francisco Esquibel, native of the Villa de Santa Fe, NM, soldier of the Presidio of Santa Fe; married November 24, 1732, Albuquerque, NM, with Clara González.
2. María Francisca Esquibel, b.ca. 1703; married November 26, 1721, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, Salvador de Anaya Almazán, b.ca. 1679, son of Sargento Mayor Francisco de Anaya Almazán and Felipa Rico de Rojas. Source: Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum,” Part 1, ‘New Mexico Genealogist,’ 49:1, March 2010, page 4.
3. María Antonia Esquibel, b.ca. 1710, married December 15, 1725, Villa de Santa Fe, NM, with José Luján, b.ca. 1698, son of Juan Luján and María Martín. Source: Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., An Addendum, Part III,” in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist,’ 43:3, September 2010, page 148.
4. María Gertrudis Esquibel, b.ca 1716, Santa Fe, NM, married August 25, 1730, Santa Fe, NM, with Diego Antonio Márquez, b.ca. 1711, Santa Cruz, NM, son of Captain Diego Márquez and Juana Martín Serrano. Source: AASF, Roll 62, DM 1730, August 4, no. 1.
At this time, there are no records that have been found that identify any of the other children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and doña Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy.
B. Maternal Lineage: Esquibel
Generation #1:
Juan de Esquibel were married prior to January 1597 and were veiled in a nuptial Mass on January 28, 1598, Santa María Church, Deba, Guipúzcoa, Castilla (Spain), with María de Landaverde. Parents of Santiago de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #2:
Santiago de Esquibel, native of Deba, Guipúzcoa, Castilla (Spain), married May 25, 1623, Catedral de México, Puebla de los Ángeles, Nueva España, with Ana de los Ángeles Ramírez de Aragón, parents unknown. Parents of Juan de Esquibel Santiago, native of Mexico City, married March 31, 1649, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with doña Antonia Fernández de Mancilla, an orphan and a native of Mexico City. Parents of Doña María de Esquibel, who follows.
Generation #3:
Doña María de Esquibel, married October 15, 1665, Catedral de México, Mexico City, with don Antonio de Azqueta y Arana, native of Mexico City, son of don Juan Baptista de Azqueta and and doña Micaela de Arana. Parents of Buenaventura de Esquibel.
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There was a second Esquibel family that resided in the Villa de Santa Fe: Juan Antonio de Esquibel,native of Mexico City and a son of Francisco de Esquibel, and his wife, María de San Nicolás Rangel. This couple had three known children: 1) Magdalena, b.ca. 1681, Mexico City; 2) Ignacia, died May 12, 1772, Santa Fe, NM; and Gertrudis de Esquibel, who appears to be the same woman of this name who was married on October 4, 1738, Santa Fe, with Juan de Tafoya.
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My direct paternal ancestor, Juan Esquibel, was a resident of theVilla de Santa Fe living in the household of María Francisca Esquibel in 1750. Based on a variety of supporting documentation, he may have been one of the eight children of Buenaventura de Esquibel and Rosa Bernardina Lucero de Godoy, or perhaps he was a grandson. He was identified as 'español' (Spanish) and a soldier when he was married at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, on October 5, 1758, with Feliciana Durán, born December 1741, Ojo Caliente, NM, a daughter Francisco Durán and Isabel Martín.
Juan Esquibel and María Francisca Esquibel (most likley his sister, or even perhaps his mother) were godparents for a child of José Esquibel Araus and Juana Manuel López baptized in the church of Santa Cruz de la Cañada on January 29, 1748. Juan Esquibel and María Francisca Esquibel were godparents for a daughter of María Rita Esquibel and Juan de Beita (Abeyta) baptized on December 9, 1755, in the church of San Francisco in Santa Fe. Juan Esquibel gave the name of Buenaventura to one of his sons, another indication of a familial connection with Buenaventura de Esquibel.
Juan Esquibel and his wife Feliciana Durán christened their first son as Buenaventura, apparently in honor of the child's paternal grandfather, a common custom among Spanish families (or is it the child maternal great-grandfather?). By the mid-1780's Juan Esquibel and his family were residents of the jurisdiction of San Juan Pueblo, having settled at the village of La Canoa, north of the pueblo and along the Rio Grande.
My Esquibel family lineage descends through Juan Esquibel’s son, José Cipriano Esquibel, then to Miguel Antonio Esquibel, then to Juan Francisco Esquibel, then to Juan Isidro Esquibel, then to my father, Antonio R. Esquibel.
Reference Bibliography:
1. "Esquibel Families of Eighteenth Century New Mexico," New Mexico Genealogist, Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 1992: 20-28; Vol. 31, No. 2, June 1992: 50-58; Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1992: 81-89; Vol. 32, No. 1, March 1993; and Vol. 32, No. 2, June 1993: 40-52.
2. "Esquibel Families of Nineteenth Century New Mexico, Part I: Descendents of Juan Jose Esquibel and María Rafaela Martín," Herencia, Vol. 2, Issue 4, October 1994: 30-43.
3. "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684, Part I” Herencia, Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 1996: 10-24; and
4. "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684, Part II” Herencia, Vol. 4, Issue 3, July 1996.
January 10, 2013
Updating the Martín Serrano Family Genealogy
I just completed the update to the genealogy of the 4th and 5th generations of the Martín Serrano family, which includes detailed source citations. The update is scheduled to appear in the March 2013 issue of “The New Mexico Genealogist.” This compilation is characterized by the rapid expansion of the Martín Serrano family through the large number of offspring of three brothers of the 4th generation, Luis (II) Martín Serrano, Pedro Martín Serrano and Domingo Martín Serrano.
Descendants of the Martín Serrano family are invited to not only revise their Martín Serrano genealogy, if needed, but more importantly to copy the source citations into their databases.
When I began researching my family genealogy in the mid 1980s, one of the family lines that I was able to trace quickly back to the sixteenth century was that of the Martín Serrano. My first Martín Serrano lineage was traced from María Viviana Martín (b. Dec 1827, El Potrero, NM), a 4th-great-grandmother, back to Hernán (I) Martín Serrano. As I came across other Martín family lines, I encountered the confusion in sorting out the various Martín Serrano people of the late 1600s and early 1700s and trying to make verified connections.
Fray Angélico Chávez made an admirable effort to sort out and organize the first several generations of the Martín Serrano people in his valuable compilation of the genealogy of the family. His summaries ended up in several publications, including “Origins of New Mexico Families” (1954, 1975) and his “Addenda to ‘Origins of New Mexico Families’” (first published in “El Palacio Magazine,” and not easily accessible to interested researchers), and then in his unpublished work, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” (1980). Then there were the numerous records regarding the Martín Serrano people in records of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico.
I set myself to the task of continuing Fray Angélico’s effort to organize and document the genealogy of the Martín Serrano family. Over the course of many years, I consulted, collected and compiled primary source material to more fully document the genealogy of the early generations of the Martín Serrano family. This even included double checking the source consulted by Fray Angélico.
As part of my research into the founding families of Santa Fe, I began to organize my Martín Serrano research with the intention of publishing a historical and revised genealogical account of the first several generations of the family in New Mexico. I’m grateful and appreciative of the time and expertise of Henrietta Martínez Christmas who reviewed my findings and provided input before publication. My research appeared as a serial in 2008 in the pages of “El Farolito,” the quarterly journal of the Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center, and included detailed source citation.
In early 2012, I learned that inaccurate genealogical information about the Martín Serrano was prevalent on the Internet and in various Internet genealogy databases. The misinformation is misleading, especially for people who are new to New Mexico genealogy, and is a discredit to credible New Mexico genealogy. I consulted Henrietta about this and I decided to update the Martín Serrano genealogy research and make it widely available as a PDF file online (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito...). Henrietta graciously wrote a preface to this work. She also recommended that the material be published again, in order to further disseminate the information.
The genealogy of the first three generations of the Martín Serrano was published in the December 2012 issue of “The New Mexico Genealogist.” The 4th and 5th generations will be published in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist.” Permission is given for readers to copy and disseminate the information, especially the source citations.
Don’t be misled by speculative claims that Hernán (I) Martín Serrano, a resident of Zacatecas in the mid-1550s, was a son of the conquistador Martín Serrano. There is still no documentation of the names of the parents and place of origin of Hernán (I), the father of Hernán (II) Martín Serrano, who came to New Mexico as a soldier in 1598. Keep the information in your back pocket, if you like, but please do not perpetuate this claim in any submissions to online genealogy databases. Hopefully, in time, a primary source document will be uncovered to confirm the origin and the parents of Hernán (I).
Dedicate yourself to conducting credible New Mexico genealogy research.
Descendants of the Martín Serrano family are invited to not only revise their Martín Serrano genealogy, if needed, but more importantly to copy the source citations into their databases.
When I began researching my family genealogy in the mid 1980s, one of the family lines that I was able to trace quickly back to the sixteenth century was that of the Martín Serrano. My first Martín Serrano lineage was traced from María Viviana Martín (b. Dec 1827, El Potrero, NM), a 4th-great-grandmother, back to Hernán (I) Martín Serrano. As I came across other Martín family lines, I encountered the confusion in sorting out the various Martín Serrano people of the late 1600s and early 1700s and trying to make verified connections.
Fray Angélico Chávez made an admirable effort to sort out and organize the first several generations of the Martín Serrano people in his valuable compilation of the genealogy of the family. His summaries ended up in several publications, including “Origins of New Mexico Families” (1954, 1975) and his “Addenda to ‘Origins of New Mexico Families’” (first published in “El Palacio Magazine,” and not easily accessible to interested researchers), and then in his unpublished work, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” (1980). Then there were the numerous records regarding the Martín Serrano people in records of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico.
I set myself to the task of continuing Fray Angélico’s effort to organize and document the genealogy of the Martín Serrano family. Over the course of many years, I consulted, collected and compiled primary source material to more fully document the genealogy of the early generations of the Martín Serrano family. This even included double checking the source consulted by Fray Angélico.
As part of my research into the founding families of Santa Fe, I began to organize my Martín Serrano research with the intention of publishing a historical and revised genealogical account of the first several generations of the family in New Mexico. I’m grateful and appreciative of the time and expertise of Henrietta Martínez Christmas who reviewed my findings and provided input before publication. My research appeared as a serial in 2008 in the pages of “El Farolito,” the quarterly journal of the Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center, and included detailed source citation.
In early 2012, I learned that inaccurate genealogical information about the Martín Serrano was prevalent on the Internet and in various Internet genealogy databases. The misinformation is misleading, especially for people who are new to New Mexico genealogy, and is a discredit to credible New Mexico genealogy. I consulted Henrietta about this and I decided to update the Martín Serrano genealogy research and make it widely available as a PDF file online (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito...). Henrietta graciously wrote a preface to this work. She also recommended that the material be published again, in order to further disseminate the information.
The genealogy of the first three generations of the Martín Serrano was published in the December 2012 issue of “The New Mexico Genealogist.” The 4th and 5th generations will be published in ‘The New Mexico Genealogist.” Permission is given for readers to copy and disseminate the information, especially the source citations.
Don’t be misled by speculative claims that Hernán (I) Martín Serrano, a resident of Zacatecas in the mid-1550s, was a son of the conquistador Martín Serrano. There is still no documentation of the names of the parents and place of origin of Hernán (I), the father of Hernán (II) Martín Serrano, who came to New Mexico as a soldier in 1598. Keep the information in your back pocket, if you like, but please do not perpetuate this claim in any submissions to online genealogy databases. Hopefully, in time, a primary source document will be uncovered to confirm the origin and the parents of Hernán (I).
Dedicate yourself to conducting credible New Mexico genealogy research.
November 25, 2012
Sixteenth-century Galllegos Family History
I recently completed co-authoring Part 1 of a revised genealogy of the early generations of the Gallegos family with some amazing historical information from the mid-to late 1500s. The research was conducted by Fr. Salvador Treviño, Albert J. Gallegos, Marietta Gonzáles, Daniel Quezada Hernández, and myself, and was guided by important research conducted by the late Gerald Mandell.
The article is titled “The Genealogy of Luis Gallegos de Terrazas and Pascuala de Rueda” and is set to be published in the January 2013 issue of “Herencia,” the journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.
If you have traced a lineage to Antonio Gallegos (husband of Catalina Baca) and/or his brother José Gallegos (husband of Catalina Hurtado), and you have in your charts the name of their paternal grandparents as Luis Gallegos de Terrazas and Pascuala de Rueda, you are doing well. Most likely your chart lists the names of the parents of Luis Gallegos de Terrazas as Juan Burruel de Luna and Ana de la Mancha. This information turns out to be incorrect. This association was based on a misreading of documents that was then published in a book in Mexico. By consulting copies of the original documents, as well as conducting additional archival research, a corrected and revised genealogy is revealed that set the context for uncovering the history of the Gallegos-Terrazas family in the 16th century.
To read about the history and genealogy of the earliest known generation of the Gallegos family, including information about where in Spain the Gallegos family originated prior to coming to the Americas, you’ll want to make sure you submit your membership fee to HGRC soon in order to get the January 2013 issue of “Herencia.”
The article is titled “The Genealogy of Luis Gallegos de Terrazas and Pascuala de Rueda” and is set to be published in the January 2013 issue of “Herencia,” the journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.
If you have traced a lineage to Antonio Gallegos (husband of Catalina Baca) and/or his brother José Gallegos (husband of Catalina Hurtado), and you have in your charts the name of their paternal grandparents as Luis Gallegos de Terrazas and Pascuala de Rueda, you are doing well. Most likely your chart lists the names of the parents of Luis Gallegos de Terrazas as Juan Burruel de Luna and Ana de la Mancha. This information turns out to be incorrect. This association was based on a misreading of documents that was then published in a book in Mexico. By consulting copies of the original documents, as well as conducting additional archival research, a corrected and revised genealogy is revealed that set the context for uncovering the history of the Gallegos-Terrazas family in the 16th century.
To read about the history and genealogy of the earliest known generation of the Gallegos family, including information about where in Spain the Gallegos family originated prior to coming to the Americas, you’ll want to make sure you submit your membership fee to HGRC soon in order to get the January 2013 issue of “Herencia.”
September 30, 2012
Digital Version of the Book "Juan Domínguez de Mendoza" Now Available
It's certainly been a busy summer. I had the chance to meet with Marc Simmons at his place in Cerrillos during teh first week of July. He and I signed about 30 copies of the book, "Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontieswman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693" that were being sold by the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico. These copies represent the only ones signed by both Marc and me.
At the beginning of July there were only 170 copies of the book remaining of a run of 500 hardback copies.
If you haven’t purchased a copy of the book, you can read a generous sampling of the book on Google Books at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=es0Z...
Digital versions of the book are now also available. Barnes & Noble has a digital Nook Book version for $39 (40% savings) while Amazon has a digital Kindle version for $61.75.
The Nook Book sample provides the complete table of contents, one map, the list of all the Domínguez de Mendoza documents that were translated, the foreword and preface, and the first part of the introduction.
The Kindle sample offers the same and more. The full introduction is provided, including all end notes. The introduction is the historical summary of the all of the documents that were translated and provides the historical overview of the life of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza.
The paper that Marc Simmons and I wrote for the 2012 New Mexico History Conference on Juan Domínguez de Mendoza is being submitted to “The New Mexico Genealogist” for publication.
At the beginning of July there were only 170 copies of the book remaining of a run of 500 hardback copies.
If you haven’t purchased a copy of the book, you can read a generous sampling of the book on Google Books at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=es0Z...
Digital versions of the book are now also available. Barnes & Noble has a digital Nook Book version for $39 (40% savings) while Amazon has a digital Kindle version for $61.75.
The Nook Book sample provides the complete table of contents, one map, the list of all the Domínguez de Mendoza documents that were translated, the foreword and preface, and the first part of the introduction.
The Kindle sample offers the same and more. The full introduction is provided, including all end notes. The introduction is the historical summary of the all of the documents that were translated and provides the historical overview of the life of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza.
The paper that Marc Simmons and I wrote for the 2012 New Mexico History Conference on Juan Domínguez de Mendoza is being submitted to “The New Mexico Genealogist” for publication.
June 29, 2012
E-Book Version of Domínguez de Mendoza Book Available
Just received a notice from UNM Press that the "Juan Domínguez de Mendoza" book is now available as an e-book via Amazon Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Juan-Dom%C3%ADn...
It is also available through various institutional platforms, and more e-formats/vendors are in the works.
If you haven't purchased the book yet, take a look at the sample pages available at the link above. You can read the table of contents, the Prefaces, and a good portion of the Introduction.
http://www.amazon.com/Juan-Dom%C3%ADn...
It is also available through various institutional platforms, and more e-formats/vendors are in the works.
If you haven't purchased the book yet, take a look at the sample pages available at the link above. You can read the table of contents, the Prefaces, and a good portion of the Introduction.
June 9, 2012
Speaking In Albuquerque July 7th at the HGRC Meeting
If you’re in the Albuquerque area on Saturday, July 7th, I’ll be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico (HGRC) from 10:30am – 12:00pm at Botts Hall in the Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE (at Edith and Central).
The topic of my presentation is “17th-Century Spanish Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico,” which is based on material from the recently published book by Elinore M. Barrett, “The Spanish Colonial Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico, 1598-1680” (UNM Press, 2012).
Perhaps you have traced one or more of your family lineages back to 17th-century New Mexico, or you carry a surname of a family that lived during that time period. Beyond collecting names and possibly years of birth, marriages and death, have you ever wondered where did they actually live?
The loss of a great many documents of 17th-century New Mexico leaves a large gap in our understanding of the history of that time period, especially prior to August 1680. Some of the best historical material that has been published to date about 17th-century New Mexico is out of print and not easily accessible. Also, new findings are emerging as researchers diligently dig into those records that have survived the centuries.
Combining research from the fields of history, archaeology, geography, climatology, and genealogy, Elinore M. Barrett’s recently published book, The Spanish Colonial Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico, 1598-1680, presents a valuable analysis of published and unpublished material to present the first comprehensive picture of the Spanish settlements landscape of 17th-century New Mexico. The book is becoming a standard reference tool for people conducting their 17th-century New Mexico family genealogy.
I was honored to be consulted by Elinore as she conducted her research and compiled her findings, gladly sharing some of my research findings, which she graciously used to augment her narrative about the places where 17th-century Spanish citizens of New Mexico resided.
With Elinore’s permission, I’m pleased to present an overview of her findings along with insights into the development of estancias in New Mexico, attempts to establish a second villa in the Río Abajo, and the social-political context that influenced where some families resided.
The topic of my presentation is “17th-Century Spanish Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico,” which is based on material from the recently published book by Elinore M. Barrett, “The Spanish Colonial Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico, 1598-1680” (UNM Press, 2012).
Perhaps you have traced one or more of your family lineages back to 17th-century New Mexico, or you carry a surname of a family that lived during that time period. Beyond collecting names and possibly years of birth, marriages and death, have you ever wondered where did they actually live?
The loss of a great many documents of 17th-century New Mexico leaves a large gap in our understanding of the history of that time period, especially prior to August 1680. Some of the best historical material that has been published to date about 17th-century New Mexico is out of print and not easily accessible. Also, new findings are emerging as researchers diligently dig into those records that have survived the centuries.
Combining research from the fields of history, archaeology, geography, climatology, and genealogy, Elinore M. Barrett’s recently published book, The Spanish Colonial Settlement Landscapes of New Mexico, 1598-1680, presents a valuable analysis of published and unpublished material to present the first comprehensive picture of the Spanish settlements landscape of 17th-century New Mexico. The book is becoming a standard reference tool for people conducting their 17th-century New Mexico family genealogy.
I was honored to be consulted by Elinore as she conducted her research and compiled her findings, gladly sharing some of my research findings, which she graciously used to augment her narrative about the places where 17th-century Spanish citizens of New Mexico resided.
With Elinore’s permission, I’m pleased to present an overview of her findings along with insights into the development of estancias in New Mexico, attempts to establish a second villa in the Río Abajo, and the social-political context that influenced where some families resided.
