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Descendants of Hernán (I) Martín Serrano in New Mexico Revised November 2013

José Antonio Esquibel revised

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Descendants of Hernán (I) Martín Serrano in New Mexico:

An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations

José Antonio Esquibel

Caballero de la Orden de Isabel la Católica

Researcher and Compiler www.goodreads.com/joseantonioesquibel

Preface by Henrietta Martinez Christmas

© 2008, 2012, 2013

Permission is granted for duplicating and sharing the information in this article solely for the

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Excerpted and revised from José Antonio Esquibel, “Founders of the Villa de Santa Fe: Hernán

Martín Serrano and Doña Ines” published in El Farolito (Quarterly Journal of the Olibama

López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center, www.hispaniclegacy.org), Vol. 11, Summer-

Winter 2008, Nos. 2-4, consisting of a three-part series includes historical and genealogical

information on the first five generations of the Martín Serrano family in New Mexico.

This information is intended for sharing and for wide distribution for personal, educational and

non-commercial use. Descendants of Hernán Martín Serrano are encouraged to use the material

below to update their genealogy charts and software databases and to copy the source citations

provided in the Endnotes.

Individuals who find new genealogical material on the first five generations of the Martín

Serrano family of New Mexico are asked to share their findings and provide the citation of

primary documents. In order to update this PDF material, the new information can be sent to

José Antonio Esquibel via www.goodreads.com/joseantonioesquibel.

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Preface

Hernán Martín Serrano, a Zacatecan, was one of the soldiers who came with Juan de Oñate in

1598. His legacy in New Mexico is one that most of us know, very notably the fact that he was

the progenitor of the large Martin(ez) clan from which many of us descend. It is worthwhile to

document what we know about him, especially from the seventeenth century, since when many

of the soldiers chose to leave the early colony in 1601, Hernán chose to stay.

Much of what we know about Hernán Martín Serrano and that time period comes from the work

of Fray Angélico Chávez as portrayed in his Origins of New Mexico Families, but like all

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histories, it needs to be re-visited, rewritten and re-understood based on new information that is

found over time. José Antonio Esquibel found new information, recorded in the Inquisition

records of that time period. The records were plentiful but difficult to read and after years of

translation and study José garnered a good deal of information that applies to Origins of New

Mexico Families and specifically to the Martín Serrano family.

With his extensive research José Antonio Esquibel has gifted us with the fruits of his discoveries.

His understanding of the social structure in daily affairs, military or religious lives of the

seventeenth-century New Mexicans and his prolific interests have opened up roomfuls of

information that we can all use to further our own genealogical and historical research. I applaud

Fray Angelico Chávez's original work on the Martín Serrano family recorded in Origins of New

Mexico Families and I believe that Chávez would be pleased that so much new information has

come about and made available. Jose's findings re-weave and strengthen our genealogy, not only

will our family pictures become more clear, but hopefully his findings will open up new avenues

of research that we all can use in our own personal genealogies.

As for Hernán Martín Serrano, my ninth great-grandfather, he doesn’t speak loudly in the

records but he does let us know that he was in New Mexico. He was a loyal and dependable

soldier —just the sort of man that Juan de Oñate needed in order to build a new colony of the

Kingdom of Spain. As with all genealogy projects, they are truly never finished, as new

information becomes available. This compilation of José's extensive research should be

appreciated and welcomed by all.

— Henrietta Martinez Christmas

June 2012, Corrales, NM

Introduction José Antonio Esquibel

I took on the task of updating the genealogy of the Martín Serrano with the intent of verifying

and documenting familial connections with primary sources as part of my historical and

genealogical compilation of the founding families of the Villa de Santa Fe. This entailed a

review of the sources originally consulted by Fray Angélico Chávez cited in his Martín Serrano

sections of Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish Colonial Period, as well as extracting

additional details from copies of other original documents of the seventeenth and early

eighteenth centuries.

Anyone familiar with the Martín Serrano sections of Origins of New Mexico Families is well

aware of the confusion in understanding the relationships between the various people who

carried the Martín Serrano or Martín surname (see pages 71-73, 222-226, 372-373 of the 1982

edition of Origins of New Mexico Families). This is compounded by the erroneous genealogical



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information on the Martín Serrano that made its way onto various Web pages as well as personal

genealogy software and Internet genealogy databases over the past sixteen years.

The following genealogical compilation is an excerpt of a more comprehensive history and

genealogy of the Martín Serrano family of seventeenth-century New Mexico published in the

2008 Summer, Fall, and Winter issues of El Farolito. A revision to the Martín Serrano genealogy

was published in two parts in The New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 51, No. 4, December 2012 and

Vol. 52, No. 1, March 2013, mainly based on information from previously unavailable

diligencias matrimoniales that were published in the 2010 issues of the New Mexico Genealogist.

This PDF version of the revised compilation contains the names and familial relationship of the

first five generations of the Martín Serrano family in New Mexico along with citations of

sources, representing the most current genealogical account of the early members of this family

to date (November 2013).

Any claim that Hernán (I) Martín Serrano was a son of the conquistador Martín Serrano is

unfounded. At this time, there is no primary document that has come to light that identifies the

origin of Hernán (I) Martín Serrano, who lived in the area of Zacatecas around 1558, or the

names of the parents. When such documentation is found, hopefully it will be shared publically

so that the following genealogy can be expanded.

None of the sources cited by Fray Angélico Chávez in the Martín Serrano section of Origins of

New Mexico Families (page 73, notes 1–9) specifically refers to Hernán (II) Martín Serrano (b.ca

1558) as the father of Hernán (III) and his brother Luis (I). The designation of “el mozo” is the

primary indication that Hernán (III) was a son of Hernán (II) and from which it is deduced that

there was a direct father-son relationship.

As seen in the compilation below, the fourth generation of the Martín Serrano family was

especially prolific with regard to offspring. Luis II Martín Serrano fathered eighteen known

children by two wives. His brother, Pedro Martín Serrano, fathered ten known children, and

another brother, Domingo Martín Serrano was the father of eleven known children. Here is the

evidence that the Martín Serrano were one of the largest family clans of seventeenth and early

eighteenth-century New Mexico. It is no wonder that many people with Hispano roots in New

Mexico can trace one or more lineages to the Martín Serrano family.

The following genealogical compilation is based on twenty-seven years of research of primary

documents. It is presented as an authoritative account of the early generations of genealogy of

the Martín Serrano family and includes detailed citation of sources. This information is intended

for sharing and for wide distribution for personal, educational and non-commercial use.

Descendants of Hernán Martín Serrano are encouraged to use the material below to update their

genealogy charts and software databases and to copy the source citations provided in the

endnotes.



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Martín Serrano Family Genealogy Researched and compiled by José Antonio Esquibel

Generation No. 1

1. Hernán1 I Martín Serrano was a resident of Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia (Mexico) around

1558.1 His origin, the names of his parents, and the name of his wife are all unknown.

Child of Hernán I Martín Serrano was:

+ 2 i. Sargento Mayor Hernán2 II Martín Serrano, born circa 1556-1558,

Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia (Mexico).

Copy of a muster roll dated February 10, 1597, Valle de San Bartolomé, AGI, Sevilla,

México, 25, N.22, B.3, f. 54v. This part of the record reads, “Sargentos/ Hernan mrn

sargento del cappn Ju

o Ruiz natural de la ciu

d/ de çacatecas hijo de hernan mrn serrano

con armas entero de su pa [persona]/ y cav

o [cavallo] y lleva su muger y familia.”

“Sergeants: Hernán Martín, sergeant of Captain Juan Ruiz, native of the City of

Zacatecas, son of Hernán Martín Serrano, with complete arms for his person and horse,

and he is bringing his wife and family.” There is no indication from the records of the

period as to the identity of those individuals who constituted Hernán’s “familia.”

Generation No. 2

2. Sargento Mayor Hernán2 II Martín Serrano (Hernán

1) was born circa 1556-1558 in

Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia (Mexico) and died after 1626 in New Mexico.

2 He married (1)

Juana Rodríguez before 1598; no known issue.3 He was described as a widower in

January 1626.4

He had a son by Doña Ines, a Tano Indian of the Pueblo of San Cristóbal

(near Galisteo), New Mexico.5 There is no known record that specifically names the

children of Hernán II Martín Serrano, however, the information that Hernán III

was identified as “el mozo,” the younger, is the main source for deducing that

Hernán III was a son of Hernán II. Luis I Martín Serrano, identified as a brother of

Hernán III, is also deduced to be a son of Hernán II.

Child of Hernán II Martín Serrano was:

+ 3 i. Capitán Luis

3 I Martín Serrano, mestizo; died November 1661 in New

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Child of Hernán II Martín Serrano and Doña Ines was:

+ 4 ii. Capitán Hernan3 II Martin Serrano, mestizo, born circa 1606-1607 either

in San Gabriel del Yunque or Villa de Santa Fe, New Mexico (he gave

both as his places of birth on separate occasions); died after October

1685.

Note: There is no primary documentation that María Martín, wife of Alonso Martín

Barba, was a daughter of Hernán (II) Martín Serrano. Fray Angélico Chávez wrote

that María Martín “was very likely a daughter,” since he did not have any

documentation to verify this relationship (Chávez, Origins of New Mexico

Families, 72).

Copy of a manifest record dated December 7, 1597, Valle de San Bartolomé, AGI,

Sevilla, México, N.22, B.3, f. 28r. The record reads: “Hernan mrn: Memoria de

las cosas que gernan martin Serrano/ lleva a la jornada de nuevo Mex.co

el qua

les sargto/ de la dha Jornada de la compania del capp

n Ju

o ruiz/ de Cabrera y

lleva su muger Jua Rodriguez.” Translation: “Hernan Martín: Memorial of the

things that Hernán Martín Serrano is bringing on the journey to New Mexico; he

is a sergeant of the said journey in the company of Captain Juan Ruiz de Cabrera

and he is bringing his wife, Juana Rodríguez.” There are no recorded accounts that

have come to light to confirm that Juana Rodríguez arrived in New Mexico.

Signature of Hernán II Martín Serrano, described as age 70, vecino

antiguo [old settlers] of the Villa de Santa Fe and a widower, January 28,

1626, Villa de Santa Fe. AGN, Inquisición, t. 356, f. 267r, Testimony of

Hernán Martín Serrano in the case against Diego de Vera, 1626.



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Generation No. 3

3. Capitán Luis

3 I Martín Serrano (Hernán

2, Hernán

1), mestizo, presumably born in New

Mexico; died circa November 1661 in New Mexico.6

He married Catalina de Salazar,

perhaps a granddaughter of Sebastian Rodríguez de Salazar and Luisa Díaz de Betanzos.7

Children of Luis I Martín Serrano and Catalina de Salazar were apparently: + 5 i. Capitán Luis

4 II Martin Serrano, mestizo, born circa 1628-1633, La

Cañada, New Mexico, “slender with swarthy complexion, black hair and

beard, a mole on the left cheek;” still living in May 1697 and deceased by

1707.8

+ 6 ii. Alférez/Capitán Pedro4 Martin Serrano, born circa 1635-1637, New

Mexico, “medium, thick set stature, is partly gray, lame in left leg;”

deceased by September 1691.9

+ 7 iii. Domingo4 Martín Serrano, born circa 1649-1658 in the Villa de

Santa Fe, New Mexico; buried February 27, 1735, Santa Cruz,

New Mexico.10

8 iv. Antonio4 Martín, born circa 1643-1647, Puesto de Chimayó, New

Mexico.11

+ 9 v. Possibly, Apolinar4 Martín Serrano, born circa 1643-1648, New

Mexico; described as having “a medium, robust stature, a swarthy

complexion much pitted by smallpox, thick black beard and hair; nephew

of Francisco García Jurado in the third degree of consanguinity.12

4. Capitán Hernan

3 III Martin Serrano (Hernán

2, Hernán

1) was born circa 1606-1607 in

San Gabriel del Yunque or Villa de Santa Fe, New Mexico, and died after October

1685.13

He married (1) Isabel de Monuera.14

She died before 1664. He married (2)

María de Madrid between 1664 -1675.15

Child of Hernán III Martín Serrano and Isabel Monuera was presumably:

10 i. María

4 Martín de Monuera. She married Bartolomé de Ledesma.

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Probable children of Hernán III Martín Serrano:

11 ii. Juan4 Martín Serrano, mestizo, resident of the jurisdiction of Las

Salinas, New Mexico, in the late 1660s.17

12 iii. José

4 Martín Serrano.

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+ 13 iv. Ines4 Martín Serrano.

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Note: The use of the given name Hernán and Hernando across and within various

generations of the Martín Serrano family lead to confusion that Hernán (III) Martín

Serrano was apparently married to three wives, María Montaño, Catalina Griego,

and Josefa de la Asención González (Chávez, ONMF, 224 and 373). Instead, my

additional research determined that María Montaño was the wife of Hernando

Martín Serrano, born circa 1661, La Cañada, New Mexico, son of Luis II Martín

Serrano and Antonia de Miranda (Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092,

Diligencia Matrimonial (DM) 1685, September 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de Isleta).

Josefa de la Asención González married Hernando Martín, born circa 1664, Villa

de Santa Fe, New Mexico, son of Juan Martín Serrano and Ana Rodríguez

(Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., an Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico

Genealogist, 49:3 September 2010, 150). It is not certain which Hernándo Martín

was married with Catalina Griego, the parents of Cristóbal Martín, native of New

Mexico, who married Juana de la Cruz in1697 (Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.,” 1095, DM 1697, September 5, no. 5, El Paso del Norte).

Generation No. 4

5. Luis

4 II Martin Serrano (Luis

3, Hernán

2, Hernán

1), mestizo, was born circa 1622-1633,

La Cañada, New Mexico, “slender with swarthy complexion, black hair and beard, a

mole on the left cheek;” still living in May 1697 and deceased by 1707.20

He married (1)

Antonia de Miranda, castiza, born at La Cañada, New Mexico; deceased by 1683.216

He married (2) circa 1673-1679, Melchora de los Reyes, born in New Mexico.22

Children of Luis II Martín Serrano and Antonia de Miranda were: 15 i. Luis

5 III Martín Serrano, el mozo (the younger), born circa 1647,

New Mexico, “long face scarred by smallpox, black hair and

beard.”23

He married María de la Vega, and they were the

parents of at least four children: Josefa, born circa 1684 and

married June 8, 1701, Santa Fe, Juan Antonio Carvajal, son of

Alonso Carvajal and Ana Varela; Antonio, born circa 1688;

Petronila, born circa 1681, and María Zamora.24

16 ii. Antonio5 Martín Serrano, mestizo, born circa 1655-1665, New Mexico;

resident of La Cañada, “somewhat fat, with protruding eyes with much

white showing, black hair and beard.”25

He married (1) Inéz de Ledesma,

native of New Mexico; she died before October 1696.26

He married

October 5, 1698, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico (2) María de

Carvajal, born circa 1673, Querétaro, Nueva España (Mexico), daughter of

Ignacio [de Carvajal], widow of José Cortés del Castillo, buried at Santa

Cruz; she died by August 1725.27

He married (3) Gertrudis Fresquis,

August 25, 1725, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico; she was born



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February 1711, baptized February 8, 1711, Santa Cruz de la Cañada,

daughter of José Fresqui and María de Herrera.28

17 iii. María5 Martín, born circa 1659, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and still

living in 1714.29

She married (1) Antonio Luján, born circa 1639,

New Mexico.30

She married November 8, 1683, El Paso del Río del Norte

(2) Domingo de Herrera, born circa 1650, Taos, New Mexico; died by

1701.31

With issue.

18 iv. Soldado Hernando5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1651-1661, La

Cañada, New Mexico, and was still living in January 1730 when he was a

resident of La Cañada.32

He married María Montaño, October 1, 1685,

Corpus Christi de Isleta, jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, New

Mexico; she was born in the jurisdiction of Las Salinas, widow of Juan de

Moraga, who died in Santa Fe, daughter of Lucas Montaño and Sebastiana

López de Gracia.33

With issue.

19 v. Cristóbal5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1655, New Mexico, “slender

with black eyes, thick black hair and beard."34

He married (1)

Antonia de Moraga, native of New Mexico, daughter of Juan de Moraga

and María Montaño.35

Cristóbal was blind by 1697 and unable to work.36

His family resided in the Villa de Santa Fe until the family moved to the

area of Chimayó where Antonia de Moraga was granted title to land that

previously belonged to her father before the 1680 Pueblo Indian

uprising.37

With issue.

20 vi. Antonia5 Martín, born circa 1670, native of New Mexico.

38 She

married Juan Roque Gutiérrez, circa 1671, son of Roque Gutiérrez

and María de Tapia, natives of New Mexico.39

With issue.

21 vi. Francisco5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1672, native of New

Mexico.40

He married (1) Juana Laurela, circa 1692-1694.41

He married

(2) Juana García, October 26, 1694, Santa Fe, New Mexico; she was a

daughter of Francisco García and María Montoya.42

With issue.

22 vii. Sebastiana5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1672.

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23 viii. Catalina5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1677.

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Children of Luis II Martín Serrano and Melchora de los Reyes were: 24 i. María de la Rosa

5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1680.

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25 ii. Manuel5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1683.

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26 iii. Catalina5 de Salazar, born circa 1683.

47 She married Alonso

Fernández, January 26, 1695, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; he was

born circa 1671, Llerena de Sombrerete, Nueva Galicia, son of

Juan Fernández and Melchora de los Reyes.48

27 iv. Sebastián5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1686.

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28 v. Polonia5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1689.

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29 vi. Magdalena5 Martín Serrano; she was buried May 6, 1755, Santa

Cruz, New Mexico.51

30 vii. Antonia5 Martín Serrano.

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31 viii. Petrona5 Martín Serrano.

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32 ix. Diego5 Martín, born circa 1697.

54 He married Josefa de Torres in

1716, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; she was born circa 1694, daughter

of Alférez Cristóbal de Torres and Ángela de Leyba.55

33 x. Apolonia5 Martín, born circa 1704; buried July 29, 1746, Santa

Cruz, New Mexico.56

She married Domingo Laureano Gómez, June 26,

1722, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; he was native of New Mexico, son of

Agustín Laureano Gómez and Josefa de la Cruz, natives of Sombrerete,

Nueva Galicia.57

6. Alférez/Capitán Pedro

4 Martin Serrano (Luis

3, Hernán

2, Hernán

1), born circa 1635-

1637, New Mexico, “medium, thick set stature, is partly gray, lame in left leg;” died by

September 1691.58

He married Juana de Argüello, born circa 1648, New Mexico;

resident of Santa Fe who died after 1718 in New Mexico.59

Children of Pedro Martín Serrano and Juana de Argüello were:

34 i. María5 Martín de Salazar.

60 She married (1) Juan Olguín; died

before 1692, Isleta del Sur (El Paso area), New Mexico.61

She

married (2) Tomás (Antonio) Bejarano, May 4, 1692,

Socorro del Paso, New Mexico; he was born circa 1658-1666, San José

del Parral, Nueva Vizcaya, son of Capitán Nicolás de Bejarano and Josefa

Ruiz de Ontiveros.62

In December 1692, María Martín was accounted for

with five children, presumably by Juan Olguín: Simón, twelve (born circa

1680); María, eight (born circa 1684); Josefa, three (b.ca. 1689); and

Micaela, one (born circa 1691).63

Apparently, María Martín de Salazar and

Tomás Bejarano had at least one child, Mariana.64

35 ii. Sebastián5 Martín, born circa 1670, La Cañada, New Mexico.

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married María Luján, September 24, 1691, El Paso del Río del

Norte, New Mexico; she was a native of La Cañada, daughter

of Miguel Luján and Elena Ruiz.66

With issue.

36 iii. Juana5 de Salazar, born circa 1670, La Cañada, New Mexico.

67 She

married Capitán Juan Olguín, circa October 1695, Santa Fe, New

Mexico; he was born circa 1655, Río Abajo, New Mexico, son of Capitán

Salvador Olguín and Magdalena Fresqui, both deceased.68

37 iv. Antonio5 Martín, born circa 1673-74, New Mexico.

69 He married

circa 1700, Santa Fe, New Mexico, (1) Ana María Gómez, born

circa 1690, El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico, daughter of

Antonio Gómez and Francisca Durán.70

With issue. He married

December 9, 1709, Santa Cruz, New Mexico (2) Felipa de

Villavicencio, born circa, 1673, Mexico City, Nueva España,

widow of Gabriel Ansures, daughter of Domingo Pérez Lechuga

and Margarita de Villavicencio.71

He married (3) Magdalena

Sedillo, May 3, 1734, San Juan de los Caballeros, New Mexico.72

38 v. Francisca de Salazar, born circa 1675.73

She married circa

January 10, 1691, El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico, Pedro

Luján, born circa 1669, son of Capitán Juan Luis Luján and Isabel

López, natives of New Mexico.74

39 vi. Micaela5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1678-79, La Cañada, New

Mexico.75

She married April 11, 1696, Santa Fe, New Mexico, (1)

Cristóbal Luján, born circa, 1678, La Cañada, New Mexico, son of

Miguel Luján and Elena Ruiz Cáceres, both deceased.76

She

married circa October 1696, Santa Fe, New Mexico, (2) Agustín

Trujillo, native of the Río Abajo, son of Mateo Trujillo and María

de Tapia.77

With issue.

40 vii. Francisco5 Martín, el ciego (the blind), baptized October 7, 1680,

Guadalupe del Paso, New Mexico; died circa November 1764, San

Antonio del Embudo, New Mexico.78

He married (1) Casilda

Contreras.79

With issue.

41 viii. Josefa5 Martín, born circa 1680.

80 She married (1) Andrés de

Archuleta, born circa 1680, son of Juan de Archuleta and Isabel

González.81

With issue.

42 ix. Miguel Martín; he married circa October 1707, Santa Fe, New

Mexico, Leonor Domínguez de Mendoza, daughter of Capitán

Antonio Domínguez de Mendoza and doña Juana García de

Noriega, natives of New Mexico.82



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43 x. Alejo5 Martín, born in New Mexico.

83 He married (1) María de

la Rocha, born in the realm of Sonora.84

This couple was most

likely married in Sonora.85

With issue.

7. Domingo4 Martín Serrano (Luis

3, Hernán

2, Hernán

1) was born circa 1649-1658 in New

Mexico, “long face, thick beard, long black hair;” buried February 27, 1735, Santa Cruz,

New Mexico.86

He married (1) Josefa de Herrera circa 1669-1673; she was born in

New Mexico, daughter of Juana de los Reyes, and was still living in June 1714 but was

deceased by 1725.87

Domingo and Josefa were residents of Coprpus Christi del Isleta

(jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico in September 1690.88

In April

1725, he sought to marry (2) Juana Baptista, parents unknown.89

Children of Domingo Martín Serrano and Josefa de Herrera were:

44 i. Diego5 Martín, born circa 1670-1674, La Cañada, New Mexico,

soldier of the presidio at Santa Fe.90

He married December 22

1694, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Pascuala de Soto, native of Río

Abajo, daughter of Diego de Soto and Gregoria Trujillo.91

With

issue.

45 ii. Matías5 Martín, born circa 1675-1676, La Cañada, New Mexico;

he died circa September 1704.92

He married Josefa Domínguez,

also known as Josefa Luján, June 2, 1698, Santa Fe, New Mexico;

she was a daughter of Domingo Luján and Juana Domínguez.93

With issue.

46 iii. Luisa5 Martín Serrano, native of New Mexico.

94 She married

Silvestre Pacheco, September 25, 1690, Corpus Christi de Isleta,

jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico; he was

born circa 1664, New Mexico, son of Juan Pacheco and Antonio

de Arratia, natives of New Mexico, and in September 1690 he was

a soldier of the presidio of San Felipe Santiago de Janos, Nueva

Vizcaya.95

47 iii. Sebastiana5 Martín, born circa 1679.

96 She married Pedro López,

May 30, 1694, Santa Fe, New Mexico; he was a native of

Querétaro, Nueva España, son of Pedro López, deceased, and

Antonia Gallardo, of Mexico City.97

With issue.

48 iv. María5 I Martín, born circa 1680.

98

49 v. Miguel5 Martín, born circa 1683-1685.

99 He married María de

Archuleta, circa January 1703, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; she was

born circa 1688.100

With issue.



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50 vi. Blas5 Martín, born circa 1686-1687.

101 He married Rosa de Vargas

Machuca, February 1705, Santa Fe, New Mexico; she was a native

of New Mexico, daughter of Juan de Vargas Machuca and Ana

Olguín, both deceased.102

They were residents of the jurisdiction of

Río Arriba in November 1720.103

With issue.

51 vii. Juana5 Martín, born circa 1688.

104 She was the mother of at least

one natural child, María Martín.105

52 viii. Bárbara5 Martín, born circa 1692, and apparently died by May

1697.106

53 ix. María5 II Martín.

107 This person may have been Ana María Martín

who married Sebastián Durán.108

54 x. Josefa Martín, born circa 1696.109

She married Joaquín de Anaya,

August 12, 1719, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; he was born circa

1697, son of Sargento Mayor Francisco de Anaya, deceased in

1719, and Felipa de Rojas, natives of New Mexico.110

55 xi. Gerónimo5 Martín, born circa 1698, resident the jurisdiction of the

Villa de Santa Cruz de la Cañada.111

He married María González,

with issue.112

8. Possibly, Apolinar4 Martín Serrano, born circa 1643-1648, New Mexico, having “a

medium, robust stature, a swarthy complexion much pitted by smallpox, thick black

beard and hair;” nephew of Francisco García Jurado.113

He married Antonia González Bas.114

Children of Apolinar Martín Serrano and Antonia González Bas were:

56 i. Angela5 Martín, baptized October 10, 1680, Guadalupe del Paso,

New Mexico.115

57 ii. Diego5 Martín Serrano, born circa 1685, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

116

13. Ines4 Martín Serrano married Domingo Luján, born circa 1655, New

Mexico, “swarthy complexion, black hair and thick beard:” residents of El

Paso del Río del Norte.117

Child of Ines Martín Serrano and Domingo Luján was:

58 i. Gertrudis Luján, baptized on April 20, 1680, Guadalupe del Paso,

New Mexico.118

The godmother was María Martín Serrano, who was



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perhaps a sister of Ines Martín Serrano.

Postscript

There is a baptismal record that was extracted by Margaret Buxton for a girl christened Josepha,

baptized April 12, 1657, San José del Parral, posthumous daughter of Doña Francisca de Ariatia,

"widow of Hernán Martín Serrano, who was a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe." It is not clear

from the record if this Hernán was the same person as Hernán II Martín Serrano came to New

Mexico with Oñate or possibly a grandson, being a previously unknown son of either Hernán III

Martín Serrano or his brother Luis Martín Serrano. There is not yet enough documentation to

confirm which Hernán Martin Serrano was married with Doña Francisca de Ariatia, who was

widowed by April 1657 and gave birth to Josepha out of wedlock. Josepha was most likely not a

daughter of Hernán Martín Serrano since the record clearly identified her as a “daughter of Doña

Francisca de Ariatia, widow of Hernán Martín Serrano” and not as the daughter of Doña

Francisca and Hernán.

Baptized April 12, 1657, San José del Parral Josefa, española, posthumous

daughter of Doña Francisca de Ariatia, widow of Hernán Martín Serrano,

who was identified as a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe in New Mexico. LDS

microfilm #1652526.

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Main Primary Sources and Locations

Archivo General de Indias, México, (AGI) N.22, B.3, ff. 28r and 54v are available in photostat format in

bound volumes at the Center for Southwest Research, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque).

Archivo General de la Nación, México (AGN), Provincias Internas, Tierras, and Inquisición records cited

below are in bound volumes located at the Center for Southwest Research, Zimmerman Library,

University of New Mexico (Albuquerque).

“New Mexico Roots, Ltd” is an eleven volume manuscript consisting of extractions made by Fray

Angélico Chávez of diligencias matrimoniales, prenuptial investigation records, preserved in the

Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF). Copies of the original diligencias matrimoniales can be

consulted on microfilm (AASF, Rolls 59-81) at several libraries, including: Albuquerque Public

Library/Special Collections and Genealogy Branch; Denver Public Library/Western History and

Genealogy Department; and the New Mexico Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe). These libraries

also have copies of “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” available for consultation and more conveniently digital

copies are available online at http://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928/14546.

One version of the 1697 census of settlers of New Mexico is preserved as part of the Spanish Archives of

New Mexico, SANM II, no. 65: “Distribution of goods and livestock to residents, May 1, 1697.”

Microfilm copies of the Spanish Archives of New Mexico are available at the Denver Public

Library/Western History and Genealogy Department; and the New Mexico Records Center and Archives

(Santa Fe).

Endnotes

1. In 1597, Hernán Martín Serrano was identified as the father of Sargento Mayor Hernán Martín

Serrano, a native of Zacatecas, born circa 1558, indicating the elder Hernán was a resident of

Zacatecas around 1558; see Archivo General de Indias (AGI), México, 25, N.22, B.3, f. 54v.

2. Sargento Mayor Hernán Martin Serrano gave his ages as 40 in 1598 (b.ca. 1558); see George P.

Hammond and Agapito Rey, Don Juan de Oñate: Colonizer of New Mexico (Albuquerque: University

of New Mexico Press, 1953), II, 291. As Cuadillo Hernán Martín Serrano, he appeared as a witness

on behalf of Capitán Gerónimo Márquez at the Villa de San Gabriel on October 5, 1601, and gave his

age as 45, indicating he was born circa 1556); Hammond and Rey, Oñate: Colonizer of New Mexico,

II, 723. Hernán Martín Serrano gave his birthplace as Zacatecas and named his father as part of a

general muster of soldiers in the army of Oñate made in February 1597; AGI, México, 25, N.22, B.3,

f. 54v. Most likely, the last account of Hernán Martín Serrano was his testimony dated January 27,

1626, Santa Fe, against Gerónimo Márquez, in which Martín Serrano gave his age as seventy and was

described as an “antiguo poblador y vecino” of the Villa de Santa Fe; Archivo General de la Nación,

Mexico (AGN), Inquisición, tomo (t.) 318, f. 267r.



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3. The only record that refers to Juana Rodríguez, the wife of Sargento Mayor Hernán Martín Serrano,

is the general inspection of the soldiers and their goods made at the Valle de San Bartolomé on

December 7, 1597; AGI, México, N.22, B.3, f. 28r. There is no known account to confirm that Juana

Rodríguez arrived in New Mexico.

4. When Hernán II Martín Serrano testified in the case of the Inquisition against Diego de Vera on the

charge of bigamy, Hernán described himself as being age 70 (b.ca. 1556), an old settlers of the Villa

de Santa Fe, and a “viudo,” a widower. Since Doña Ines was still living at this time (see note E), it

appears that Hernán III Martín Serrano was born out of wedlock.

5. In May 1626, Doña Ines was referred to as the mother of Hernán (III) Martín, el mozo (the younger,

aka Jr.), and was described as "india mui ladina que se trata como española de nacion tana" ("an

acculturated Tano Indian woman whom they treat as a Spanish woman"); AGN, México, Inquisición,

t. 356, f. 314, May 29, 1626, Santa Fe. The fact that Hernán III was known as “el mozo,” the younger,

is the main source for deducing that he was a son of the elder Hernán II Martín Serrano. In 1628,

Doña Ines was identified as the wife of Francisco “Pancho” Balón, an Indio Méxicano and blacksmith

living in the Villa de Santa Fe; AGN, Inquisición, t. 304, f. 187. Balón was deceased by March 1631;

AGN, Inquisición, t. 372, exp. 16, f. 8v.

6. There is yet no record uncovered that confirms the birthplace of Luis Martín Serrano, but it is

presumed to be New Mexico since his father was a resident of New Mexico. Capitán Luis Martín

Serrano submitted a petition dated October 29, 1661, to Governor don Bernardo López de

Mendizábal requesting payment for some grain, and before the end of November 1661, Luis was

deceased; AGN, Tierras, 3268, ff. 143-144. In April 1663, Governor López de Mendizábal made a

reference to “the mestizo called Hernando Martín” and his brother, Luis Martín; AGN, Inquisition, t.

594, f. 181v. In December 1663, former Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal made a

passing reference to “el Mestizo o Indio Luis Martin;” AGN, Inquisición, t. 594, f. 225v.



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Recorded testimony of Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal, former governor of New

Mexico, December 1663, Mexico City, in which he refered to Hernán Martín [Serrano]

and Luis Martín [Serrano] brothers and mestizos. López de Mendizábal also insults the

character of Hernán Martín Serrano, which is related to a political conflict. AGN,

Inquisición, Vol. 594, folio 181v, Primera Audiencia de Don Bernardo López de

Mendizábal por proposiciones irreligiosas y escándalosas, Mexico City 1663.

Translation:

“Regarding the 68th charge, he [Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal] said that the charge

against him is false, libelous, nor lewd, nor entitled as vita fratrum. After he heard this

charge it came upon him that a mestizo named Hernando Martin, a buffoon and brother of

another (whose name is Luis Martín, and not Diego, as was said), who is part of another

charge against the defendant. This defendant heard it said, among other talk of nonsense,

vita fratrum is here. And he heard this said, without this defendant having imagined it,

because the said mestizo [Hernán] is of the same social quality as his brother [Luis], and

very much out of favor with the Franciscan friars. This defendant prepared a report for

the King, our lord, through his viceroy, and he recalls all of the conditions of the said

provinces [of New Mexico], and among these the vexations and evil administration of the

Franciscan friars.”

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Testimony of Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal, former governor of New Mexico,

December 1663, Mexico City, in which he refers to Luis Martín [Serrano] as “el

Mestiço, o Indio,” “the Mestizo or Indian.” AGN, Inquisición, Vol. 594, folio 225v,

Primera Audiencia de Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal por proposiciones

irreligiosas y escándalosas, Mexico City, 1663.

Translation:

“Regarding charge number 159, he [Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal] said that

the person, with regard to the referred to circumstance of the Apache woman, seems

to be the Mestizo, or Indian, Luis Martin, whose social qualities this defendant has

made clear, as well as the very inherent dependence with the [Franciscan friars], and

he [Don Bernardo] expressly made his protestation in reviewing his memorial; and he

[Don Bernardo] ordered [Luis Martín] placed in jail and shackled;……”

7. In November 1661, Catalina de Salazar identified herself as the “viuda muger que fue del Capn Luis

Mr difunto” (“widow, who is the wife of Capt. Luis Martín”), when she sought payment for grains

purchased by Governor López de Mendizábal from her husband; AGN, Tierras, 3268, ff. 143-144.

There is no primary source documentation that has been uncovered to document that Catalina de

Salazar was a daughter of Sebastián Rodríguez de Salazar and Luisa Díaz de Betanzos. Fray Angélico

Chávez remarked that she “was very likely a daughter of Sebastián Rodríguez de Salazar; see Chávez,

Origins of New Mexico Families (ONMF), 72. The fact that the children of Luis II Martín Serrano

and Pedro Martín Serrano were named Sebastián and Sebastiana is an indication of a possible familial

relationship between Catalina de Salazar and Sebastián Rodríguez de Salazar.



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In 1692, Diego Martín Serrano, born circa 1675, Villa de Santa Fe, son of Apolinario Martín Serrano

and Antonia González Bas, sought to marry María Martín Barba (Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,”

1093, DM 1692, July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo). One of the witnesses to the prenuptial

investigation was Francisco Jurado de Gracia, about age thirty-five (born circa 1657), who declared

he was the uncle of the groom in the third degree on consanguinity. This means that Francisco Jurado

de Gracía and Catalina de Salazar were probably siblings. Although there is yet no known record that

names the parents of Francisco Jurado de Gracia, we can construct a revealing hypothetical genealogy

of this family, if Apolinario Martín Serrano was indeed a son of Luis Martín Serrano and Catalina de

Salazar, as it so appears:

Sebastián Rodríguez de Salazar = Luisa Díaz de Betanzos

undocumented

Pedro Jurado de Gracia = Brianda de Salazar Agustín Romero = Isabel de Salazar

undocumented

Luis I Martín Serrano = Catalina de Salazar 1st degree Francisco Jurado de Gracia

Apolinario Martín Serrano 2nd

degree

Diego Martín Serrano 3rd

degree

It is worthwhile to note that the above hypothetical reconstruction provides a reasonable explanation

for the use of the given names of Sebastián, Sebastiana, Pedro, Catalina, and Francisco for some of

the children and grandchildren of Luis I Martín Serrano and Catalina de Salazar.

8. To my knowledge, no source has yet been uncovered that specifically names the parents of Luis II

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Luis II was a brother of either Pedro Martín Serrano or

Domingo Martín Serrano. The use of the surname ‘Salazar’ led Fray Angélico Chávez and other

researchers to the conclusion that he was most likely a son of Luis Martín Serrano and Catalina de

Salazar.

Capitán Luis Martín passed muster in September 1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with his wife

and twelve children, including four sons of military age, and he signed his account, indicating he was

literate; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, I: 143. Capitán Luis Martín Serrano gave his age as

forty-eight in September 1681 (b.ca. 1633) and fifty in October 1681 (b.ca. 1631); Hackett, Revolt of

the Pueblo Indians, II: 55 and 131. In the October 1681, his birthplace given as New Mexico and a

physical description was recorded; see Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various



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Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic

Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 43.

Luis Martín Serrano was described as a native of La Cañada by his son, Hernando Martín Serrano, in

1685; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1685, September 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de

Isleta, New Mexico. Former Capitán Luis Martín gave his age as sixty in 1689 (b.ca. 1629) as a

witness to the prenuptial investigation at El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1037, DM 1689, January, no. 8, El Paso del Norte. He was described as a

mestizo by his son, Antonio Martín Serrano, in 1696; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM

1696, no. 16, Santa Fe.

In 1684, his household consisted of himself and fourteen persons; AGN, Provincias Internas, t. 37 f.

53v. In December 1692, he and his second wife, Melchora de los Reyes, were accounted for in a

census of settlers committed to going to the Villa de Santa Fe. Their household consisted of “three

sons, and likewise, three daughters named Francisco Martín, twenty; Manuel, nine, Sebastián, six;

Sebastiana, twenty; Catalina, fifteen, María de la Rosa, twelve; Catalina, nine, and Polonia, three;”

Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 40. In 1697, Luis Martín and

Melchora de los Reyes were accounted for in the cattle distribution list with these children:

Sebastiana [sic Sebastian?], María, Magdalena, Polonia, Manuel, Sebastiana, Antonia, and Petrona;

see Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141.

In 1703, Luis Martín provided testimony regarding the location of the camino real in the area of

Santa Cruz and Chimayó, and gave his age as seventy-five (born circa 1628); Kessell, Hendricks,

Dodge and Miller, A Settling of Accounts, 185-86. Luis Martín Serrano was deceased by 1707 when

Melchora de los Reyes was listed as a widow in the 1707 census of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de

la Cañada; see “1707 Census of Santa Cruz,” in the New Mexico Genealogist, 28:1, 22.

Luis II Martín Serrano married (1) Antonia de Miranda, castiza, born at La Cañada, New Mexico;

deceased by 1683. To my knowledge, there is yet no primary source uncovered that names the parents

of Antonia de Miranda. Fray Angélico Chávez indicated that “perhaps” she was a daughter of Blas de

Miranda and Juliana Pérez de Bustillo; Chávez, ONMF, 74. Antonia de Miranda was described as a

native of La Cañada by her son, Hernando Martín Serrano, in 1685; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1685, September 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de Isleta, New Mexico. She was

identified as being deceased in the prenuptial investigation record of her son, Francisco Martín

Serrano, dated October 5, 1694; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1093, DM 1694, October 5, no.

8, Santa Fe. Her son, Antonio Martín Serrano, described her as a castiza (one parent being Spanish

and one being mestizo/mestiza) and deceased in 1696; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM

1696, no. 16, Santa Fe. Manuel Martín Serrano, a son by Luis Martín Serrano and his second wife,

Melchora de los Reyes, was born circa 1683, indicating that Antonia de Miranda was deceased by

that year; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 43 (Census of Settlers

Committed to Going to Northern New Mexico December 1692-January 1693).



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Luis II Martín Serrano married (2) circa 1673-1679, Melchora de los Reyes, born in New Mexico.

Melchora de los Reyes was identified as a native of New Mexico by her daughter, Apolonia Martín,

in 1722; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 692, DM 1722, June 8, no. 5, Santa Cruz. In December

1692, Melchora de los Reyes was listed with her husband, Capitán Luis Martín, in the census settlers

committed to go to northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown

Restored, 40. She and Luis Martín were also listed in the May 1697 cattle distribution census;

Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141. Melchora de los Reyes was listed as a

widow in the 1707 census of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, “1707 Census of Santa

Cruz,” in the New Mexico Genealogist (Quarterly Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society)

28:1, 22.

9. To my knowledge, there is no source yet uncovered that specifically names the parents of Pedro

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Pedro was a brother of either Luis II Martín Serrano or


researchers to the conclusion that he was most likely a son of Luis I Martín Serrano and Catalina de

Salazar.

Alférez Pedro Martín Serrano passed muster in September 1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with

his wife and eight children, and he signed his account, indicating he was literate; Hackett, Revolt of

the Pueblo Indians, I: 142.

Alférez Pedro Martín Serrano was accounted for as a soldier in a muster dated September 11, 1681, in

which he gave his age as forty-six (b.ca. 1635); Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, II: 56. In the

October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as forty-four (b.ca. 1637), his

birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded; Gloria M. Valencia y

Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia

(Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January

2008), 42.

Pedro Martín was identified as holding the rank of alférez in the 1684 census of the district of El Paso

del Río del Paso; AGN, México, Provincias Internas, t. 37, f. 55v. He was referred to as deceased

when his son, Sebastián Martín, sought to marry María Luján in September 1694; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM, 1691, September, no. 4a, El Paso del Río del Norte. Pedro Martín

was referred to as a native of New Mexico by his son, Antonio Martín, in 1709; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, no. 24, Santa Cruz.

Pedro Martín Serrano married Juana de Argüello, born circa 1648, New Mexico; resident of Santa Fe

who died after 1718 in New Mexico. In a petition dated February 15, 1718, Juana de Argüello,

declared she was seventy years old, more or less, indicating she was born circa 1648; SANM I, 505.

The purpose of the petition was to transfer title of her house and lands on the “other side of the river,”

meaning the south side, to her widowed daughter, Josefa de Archuleta. Juana de Argüello was

referred to as a native of New Mexico by her son, Antonio Martín, in 1709; Chávez, “New Mexico

Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, no. 24, Santa Cruz.



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10. To my knowledge, there is no source yet uncovered that specifically names the parents of Domingo

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Domingo was a brother of either Luis II Martín or Pedro Martín

Serrano. In 1715, Domingo gave his age as sixty-five (born circa 1653) and declared he was a native

of New Mexico when he was witness in a prenuptial investigation at Santa Cruz; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1042, DM 1715, February 20, no. 10. In 1714 Domingo gave his age as fifty-six

(born circa 1658) and declared he was a native of New Mexico as a witness for another prenuptial

investigation at Santa Cruz; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1714, April 14, no. 16, Santa

Cruz. In 1718 Domingo gave his age as sixty (born circa 1658) when he was a witness in the

prenuptial investigation of María Martín, daughter of Antonio Martín and Ana María Gómez at Santa

Cruz; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 94, DM 1718, October 22, no. 12, Santa Cruz. His date of

burial is recorded in Santa Cruz book of burials; Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF),

Roll #39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials, 1726-1859.

There were two men identified as Domingo Martín who passed muster in September 1680 after the

Pueblo Indian uprising. One was Alférez Domingo Martín, married with two children and the other

was Domingo Martín, married with five children and a servant; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo

Indians, I: 142 and 146. One of these men was Domingo Martín Barba (b.ca. 1637) and the other was

Domingo Martín Serrano (b.ca. 1649).

Domingo Martín Serrano was listed near Hernando III Martín Serrano on the September-October

1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as thirty-two (born circa 1649), his

birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded (“long face, thick beard,

long black hair”); Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating

to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research

Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 42.

Domingo Martín Serrano married (1) Josefa de Herrera circa 1669-1673; she was born in New

Mexico, daughter of Juana de los Reyes, and was still living in June 1714 but was deceased by

1725.80

Several prenuptial investigation records of Josefa de Herrera’s children confirm she was the

wife of Domingo Martín Serrano. The oldest known child of Josefa de Herrera was born circa 1670-

1674, indicating she married Domingo Martín Serrano around 1669-1673. In December 1692, she and

her mother, Juana de los Reyes, were enumerated in the household of Domingo Martín Serrano as

settlers willing to go to northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown

Restored, 60. Josefa de Herrera was identified as a native of New Mexico by her daughter, Josefa

Martín, as part of the prenuptial investigation when Josefa Martín sought to marry in 1719; Chávez,

“New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 29, DM 1719, Aug, no. 20, Santa Cruz. Josefa de Herrera and her

husband, Domingo Martín, were godparents of a child of Miguel Martín and María de Archuleta that

was baptized at Santa Cruz on June 30, 1714; AASF, Loose Documents, Roll #51, Santa Cruz,

Baptisms, 1710-1721. Josefa de Herrera was deceased by April 1725 when Domingo Martín was

referred to as a widower and sought to marry Juana Baptista; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,”

1105, DM 1725, April 15, no. 11, Santa Cruz.



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In April 1725, Domingo Martín Serrano was identified as the widower of Josefa de Herrera when he

sought to marry (2) Juana Baptista, parents unknown, in April 1725; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.,” 1105, DM 1725, April 15, no. 11, Santa Cruz. It is not certain if a marriage took place and

there are no known children of this couple.

11. John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge, and Larry D. Miller, editors, A Settling of

Accounts: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1700-1704 (Albuquerque: University

of New Mexico Press, 2002), 187; and Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1037, DM

1689, January, no. 5. El Paso.

12. In September 1680, Apolinar Martín was accounted for among the survivors of the August 1680

Pueblo Indian uprising with his wife (not named) and two children (not named), and he was able to

sign his name to the account; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, II: 145. Apolinar Martín was

listed near Luis Martín Serrano, el mozo, and Cristóbal Martín Serrano, both sons of Capitán Luis

Martín Serrano, in the September-October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was

given as thirty-seven, his birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded;

Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to the Pueblo

Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New

Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 40. He was identified as Apolinar Martín Serrano in the prenuptial

investigation record of his son, Diego Martín Serrano; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM

July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.

Apolinar Martín Serrano married Antonia González Bas.103

She was identified as the wife of Apolinar

Martín in two records. The first is the baptismal record of their daughter, Ángela, dated October 10,

1680, Guadalupe del Paso; see John B. Colligan, compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the First

Book of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688.”consisting

of extractions from the original book of baptisms for Guadalupe del Paso made by Walter V.

McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962, Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at

El Paso/UTEP). The second record is the prenuptial record of their son, Diego Martín Serrano;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.

13. On May 24, 1632, Hernán Martín, mestizo, gave his age as twenty-five (b.ca. 1607); AGN,

Inquisición, t. 304, f. 1845. On March 7, 1662, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano declared he was a

native of the Villa de Santa Fe and gave his age fifty-six (b.ca. 1606); AGN, México, Inquisición, t.

593, f. 288r. On June 1, 1675, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano, declared he was sixty-eight years old

(b.ca. 1607); AGN, Inquisición, t. 629, exp. 2, f.127r. Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano passed muster

in October1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with his wife, children and grandchildren, giving his

age as over eighty, and he signed his account, indicating he was literate; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo

Indians, I: 157. In October 1681, Capitán Hernando Martín Serrano was accounted for among the

settlers who received payment for their basic needs and was described as having “a good stature, is

robust, with a gray beard and partly gray hair, a film over his left eye, and is seventy-seven years of

age,” and he signed his name to the record; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, I: 128.



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14. On March 7, 1662, in the Villa de Santa Fe, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano named his wife as Isabel

de Monuera; AGN, México, Inquisición, t. 593, f. 288r.

15. On June 1, 1675, at Galisteo, Capitán Hernán Martín Serrano, declared he was married with María de

Madrid; AGN, Inquisición, t. 629, exp. 2, f.127r.

16. To my knowledge, there is yet no record uncovered that identifies María Martín de Monuera as a

daughter of Hernán III Martín Serrano and Isabel de Monuera. Her extended surname strongly

suggests she was a daughter of this couple. On March 9, 1662, Bartolomé de Ledesma, age forty-

three, more or less (b.ca. 1619), and a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe, declared he was married with

María Martín de Monuera; AGN, México, Inquisición, t. 593, ff. 292-94. Fray Angélico Chávez

suggested that Bartolomé de Ledesma may have been the same person as Bartolomé de Salazar.

However, Salazar's wife, known only as María, was already a widow in 1662, and Chávez writes that

Salazar "died prior to 1662;" Chávez, ONMF, 101.

17. To my knowledge, there is yet no record uncovered that identifies Juan Martín Serrano as a son of

Hernán III Martín Serrano. Juan Martín Serrano was twice referred to as a mestizo by fray Juan

Bernal in a letter date April 1, 1669 and another letter dated July 10, 1670. Charles Wilson Hackett,

Historical Documents Relating to New Mexico, Nueva Vizcaya and Approaches Thereto, to 1773

(Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1927), III: 178, and 272-74, and 275, citing AGN, México,

Inquisición, t. 666, ff. 375 and 380.

18. To my knowledge, there is yet no record uncovered that identifies José Martín Serrano as a son of

Hernán III Martín Serrano. Fray Angélico Chávez cited as his source for the name of José Martín

Serrano, as AGN, Mexico, Inquisición, t. 666, ff. 393-400. Chávez, ONMF, 72-73.

19. Ines Martín Serrano was apparently a namesake of doña Ines, the mother of Hernán III Martín

Serrano. She and her husband, Domingo Luján, were residing at El Paso del Río del Norte as early as

April 1680 where one of the children, Gertrudis, was baptized on April 20; see John B. Colligan,

compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688,” consisting of extractions from the original book of baptisms

for Guadalupe del Paso made by Walter V. McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962, Texas

Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso/UTEP). The second record is the prenuptial

record of their son, Diego Martín Serrano; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM July 7, no.

6, Real de San Lorenzo.

20. To my knowledge, no source has yet been uncovered that specifically names the parents of Luis II

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Luis II was a brother of either Pedro Martín Serrano or


researchers to the conclusion that he was most likely a son of Luis Martín Serrano and Catalina de

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Capitán Luis Martín passed muster in September 1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with his wife

and twelve children, including four sons of military age, and he signed his account, indicating he was

literate; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, I: 143. Capitán Luis Martín Serrano gave his age as

forty-eight in September 1681 and fifty in October 1681; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, II: 55

and 131. In the October 1681, his birthplace given as New Mexico and a physical description was

recorded; see Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to

the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research

Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 43.

Luis Martín Serrano was described as a native of La Cañada by his son, Hernando Martín Serrano in

1685; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1685, September 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de

Isleta, New Mexico. In June 1692, Luis Martín Serrano gave his age as 70 when he was a witness in a

prenuptial investigation, see DM June 6, 1692, Real de San Lorenzo, Juan de Dios Lucero de Godoy

and Ynes Romero, in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,”

New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 147. Former Capitán Luis Martín gave his age as

sixty in 1689 (b.ca. 1629) as a witness to the prenuptial investigation at El Paso del Río del Norte,

New Mexico; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1037, DM 1689, January, no. 8, El Paso del Norte.

He was described as a mestizo by his son, Antonio Martín Serrano, in 1696; Chávez, “New Mexico

Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM 1696, no. 16, Santa Fe.

In 1684, his household consisted of himself and fourteen persons; AGN, Provincias Internas, t. 37 f.

53v. In December 1692, he and Melchora de los Reyes were accounted for in a census of settlers

committed to going to the Villa de Santa Fe. Their household consisted of “three sons, and likewise,

three daughters named Francisco Martín, twenty; Manuel, nine, Sebastián, six; Sebastiana, twenty;

Catalina, fifteen, María de la Rosa, twelve; Catalina, nine, and Polonia, three;” Kessell, Hendricks,

and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 40. In 1697, Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes were

accounted for in the cattle distribution list with these children: Sebastiana [sic Sebastian?], María,

Magdalena, Polonia, Manuel, Sebastiana, Antonia, and Petrona; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge,

Blood on the Boulders, 1141.

In 1703, Luis Martín provided testimony regarding the location of the camino real in the area of

Santa Cruz and Chimayó and gave his age as seventy-five (born circa 1628); Kessell, Hendricks,

Dodge and Miller, A Settling of Accounts, 185-86. Luis Martín Serrano was deceased by 1707 when

his second wife, Melchora de los Reyes, was listed as a widow in the 1707 census of the jurisdiction

of Santa Cruz de la Cañada; “1707 Census of Santa Cruz,” in the New Mexico Genealogist, 28:1, 22.

21. To my knowledge, there is yet no primary source uncovered that names the parents of Antonia de

Miranda. Fray Angélico Chávez indicated that “perhaps” she was a daughter of Blas de Miranda and

Juliana Pérez de Bustillo; Fray Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish

Colonial Period (ONMF), 74. Antonia de Miranda was described as a native of La Cañada by her

son, Hernando Martín Serrano, in 1685; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1685,

September 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de Isleta, New Mexico. She was identified as being deceased in

the prenuptial investigation record of her son, Francisco Martín Serrano, dated October 5, 1694;



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Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1093, DM 1694, October 5, no. 8, Santa Fe. Her son, Antonio

Martín Serrano, described her as a castiza (one parent being Spanish and one being mestizo/mestiza)

and deceased in 1696; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM 1696, no. 16, Santa Fe. Manuel

Martín Serrano, a son by Luis Martín Serrano and his second wife, Melchora de los Reyes, was born

circa 1683, indicating that Antonia de Miranda was deceased by that year; Kessell, Hendricks, and

Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 43 (Census of Settlers Committed to Going to Northern New

Mexico December 1692-January 1693).

22. Melchora de los Reyes was identified as a native of New Mexico by her daughter, Apolonia Martín,

in 1722; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 692, DM 1722, June 8, no. 5, Santa Cruz. In December

1692, Melchora de los Reyes was listed with her husband, Capitán Luis Martín, in the census settlers

committed to go to northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown

Restored, 40. She and Luis Martín were also listed in the May 1697 cattle distribution census;

Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141. Melchora de los Reyes was listed as a

widow in the 1707 census of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, “1707 Census of Santa

Cruz,” in the New Mexico Genealogist, 28:1, 22.

23. Luis Martín was identified as “el moso” in the 1684 census of the jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del

Norte and his household consisted of seven persons; AGN, Provincias Internas, t. 37 f. 55r. Luis

Martín Serrano was listed immediately before his brother, Cristóbal Martín Serrano, in the

September-October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as thirty-four and

a physical description was recorded; Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various

Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic

Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 40.

Luis Martín, the younger, passed muster in September 1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with his

wife and five persons in his family, and he did not sign his account because he did not know how to

sign his name, indicating he was illiterate; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, I: 153.

24. In the 1692 census of families willing to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe, Luis Martín is accounted for

with his wife, Maria de Vega, and three children: Josefa, age eight; Antonio, age four; and Petronila,

age one. In their household was his sister-in-law, Francisca de la Vega and a boy, Pascual. This

household is listed immediately after that of his sister, María Martín, and her husband, Domingo de

Herrera; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 43. Luis Martín Serrano, el

moso, was apparently deceased by May 1697 when María de la Vega was listed among the settlers of

New Mexico receiving livestock with three children, Josefa, María Zamora and Antonio; Kessell,

Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1143. When Josefa Martín, a native of New Mexico,

sought to marry Juan Antonio Carvajal in Santa Fe, her father was referred to as deceased and her

mother was still living; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots Ltd.,” 285, DM 1701, no. 1, Santa Fe.

25. Antonio Martín’s age was given as twenty-six in 1681 (b.ca. 1655) and in 1698 he declared he was

thirty-three years old (b.ca. 1665) and a vecino of La Cañada. Chávez, ONMF, 72; and Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1096, DM 1698, Sept. 26, no. 11, Santa Cruz. Antonio Martín was identified as



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a son of Capitán Luis Martín Serrano and listed immediately after his father in the September-

October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as twenty-six, his birthplace

given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded; Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and

Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly

Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 43.

Antonio Martín gave his gave as 60 in April 1723 when he was a witness for a prenuptial

investigation, see DM April 3, 1723, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Andrés de la Cruz and María de

Espinosa, in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part I,” New Mexico

Genealogist, 49:1, March 2010, 9.

26. Antonio Martín sought to marry Josefa Domínguez in 1696, indicating that his first wife, Inéz de

Ledesma, was deceased by that time. The proposed marriage did not take place. Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM 1696, no. 16, Santa Fe.

27. The prenuptial investigation record for Antonio Martín and María de Carvajal is dated September 26,

1698; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1096, DM 1698, Sept. 26, no. 11, Santa Cruz. Although

this record identified María de Carvajal as a native of Mexico City, she was identified as a daughter

of Ignacio and a native of Querétaro in September 1693 and again identified as a native of Querétaro

in 1725; Spanish Archives of New Mexico (SANM) II: #54c:22, and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.,” DM 1725, Aug 13, no. 7, Santa Cruz. She was deceased by August 1725 when Antonio Martín

sought to marry his third wife; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1725, Aug 13, no. 7, Santa

Cruz.

28. Antonio Martín was living in Chimayó in 1725 when he married Gertrudis Fresquis, who was

baptized at the Church of Santa Cruz in 1711; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1725, Aug

13, no. 7, Santa Cruz, and Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF), Roll 51, Santa Cruz

Baptisms, fr. 622.

29. María Martín gave her age as twenty-four in 1683 and identified herself as a native of Santa Fe;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1683, Oct 22, no. 1, El Paso de Río del Norte. Antonio

Luján was listed in the September-October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was

given as forty-two, his birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded;



Mexico), 16:1, January 2008, 42. María Martín was identified as living when her son, Marcos de

Herrera, born circa 1679, sought to marry María García in December 1714, see DM December 15,

1714, Santa Fe, Marcos de Herrera and María García in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 145

30. María Martín was identified as the widow of Antonio Luján in November 1683; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1683, Oct 22, no. 1, El Paso de Río del Norte.

31. In 1683, Domingo de Herrera identified himself as a native of Taos and a widower of María Ramos,



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who was killed at Taos in August 1680; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 822, DM 1683, Oct 22,

no. 1, El Paso de Río del Norte. Capitán Domingo de Herrera was described as being deceased in

1701 when his daughter, Josefa de Herrera, sought to marry Clemente Montoya; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1273, DM 1701, no. 3, Santa Cruz.

32. Hernando Martín Serrano, described as a soldier of the presidio in Santa Fe, gave his age as twenty-

four in 1685 and declared his birthplace as La Cañada; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092,

DM 1685, Sept 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de Isleta. In January 1730, Hernando Martín declared he was

seventy-nine years old and a native of New Mexico when he was a witness in a prenuptial

investigation, see DM January 26, 1730, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Manuel Valerio and María de la

Concepción Luján, in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part IV,”

New Mexico Genealogist, 49:4, December 2010, 192.

33. In 1685, María Montaño gave her birthplace as Las Salinas, locate east of the Manzano Mountains,

and identified herself as the widow of Juan de Moraga, who died in Santa Fe, and she named her

parents; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1685, Sept 27, no. 3, Corpus Christi de Isleta.

María Montaño and Hernando Martín were the parents of Pascuala Martín, native of Santa Fe, who

married December 29, 1694, Santa Fe, Diego Durán, age twenty-five, soldier of the presidio in Santa

Fe, widower of Juana de la Vega and son of Salvador Durán and Ana Márquez, both deceased;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 439, DM 1694, November 14, no. 29, Santa Fe.

34. Cristóbal Martín was mentioned as a sibling of Antonio Martín, Hernando Martín, Francisco Martín,

and María Martín; Chávez, ONMF, 372, citing lawsuit identified as Gen. 1711, no. 6. He was

identified as a native of New Mexico by his son, Simón Francisco Martín, see DM October 20, 1720,

Santa Cruz de la Cañada, for Simón Francisco Martín and Ursula Ramós in Fray Angélico, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 150.

Cristóbal Martín Serrano was listed immediately after his brother, Luis, in the September-October

1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as twenty-nine and a physical

description was recorded; Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents

Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical

Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1, January 2008, 40.

35. Cristóbal Martín and Antonia de Moraga were accounted for as volunteers to resettle northern New

Mexico in November 1692 with six children; Cristóbal, age fourteen, Josefa, age twelve; Simón, age

eight; Miguel, age five; Diego, age four, and Juana, age two; Kessell, Hendricks and Dodge, To the

Royal Crown Restored, 42. This family was listed among the families of Cristóbal’s siblings. Another

son was Simón Francisco Martín, a native of New Mexico and a vecino of the Puesto de Chimayó in

October 1720 when he sought to marry Ursula Ramos, daughter of Capitán Juan Ramos and doña

Ana de Reynosa, natives of Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia; see DM October 21, 1720, Santa Cruz de la

Cañada, in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico

Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 150. In the 1720 diligencia for Simón Francisco Martín and

Ursula Ramos, Antonia Moraga was identified as a native of New Mexico and a resident of Chimayó.



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36. In a petition dated December 1696, Antonia de Moraga mentioned that her husband, Cristóbal Martín,

was incapacitated due to his being blind and he was unable to support his family; Spanish Archives of

New Mexico (SANM), Series I, 491.

37. In a petition made in Santa Fe in 1697, Antonia de Moraga asked Governor Vargas for a grant of land

that belonged to her father, Juan de Moraga, and was originally granted to her grandfather, Diego de

Moraga; see SANM I, 491.

38. Antonia Martín gave her age as twenty in January 1690 when she brought up an impediment to the

proposed marriage of Juan Roque Gutiérrez with María García. She declared she was a daughter of

Capitán Luis Martín and the deceased Antonia de Miranda, and identified both of her parents as

natives of New Mexico. She claimed that Gutiérrez promised to marry her and under this pretext had

engaged in sexual relations with her. By order of Governor don Diego de Vargas, Juan Roque

Gutiérrez and Antonia Martín were married. Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 766-767, DM 1690,

January 16, no. 4, El Paso del Norte.

39. Juan Roque Gutiérrez gave his age as nineteen when he sought in January 1690 to marry María

García, daughter of Juan García and Margarita Márquez. He identified his parents as Roque Gutiérrez

and María de Tapia. Due to an impediment, he was ordered to marry Antonia Martín. Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 766-767, DM 1690, January 16, no. 4, El Paso del Norte.

40. Francisco Martín’s age was given as twenty in the December 1692 when his father, Luis Martín,

registered the commitment of his family to re-settle the Villa de Santa Fe; Kessell, Hendricks, and

Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 40. Francisco Martín and Juana García were identified as

natives of New Mexico when their daughter, María Martín, born circa 1712, sought in 1726 to marry

Luis Carrillo, born circa 1721, native of Santa Fe, son of Miguel Carrillo and María de Mondragón,

see DM October 24, 1726, Chimayó, Luis Carrillo and María Martín, in Fray Angélico Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part I,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:1, March 2010, 8.

41. Francisco Martín was single and living in the household of his father and step-mother in December

1692, and thus he married Juana Laurela sometime after this and before his marriage to Juana García

in October 1694;“New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM 1694, October 5, no. 8, Santa Fe.

42. The date of marriage of Francisco Martín Serrano and Juana García and the names of their parents are

part of their prenuptial investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM 1694,

October 5, no. 8, Santa Fe.

43. Sebastiana Martín, age twenty, was enumerated in the household of her father, Luis Martín, when he

registered the commitment of his family to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe; Kessell, Hendricks, and

Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 41.

44. Catalina Martín, age fifteen in December 1692, was one of two daughters with the same name

enumerated in the household of her father, Luis Martín, when he registered the commitment of his



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family to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe. Another daughter, Catalina de Salazar, was recorded as being

nine years of age, indicating she was born circa 1683. Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal

Crown Restored, 41.

45. María de la Rosa Martín, age twelve in December 1692, was enumerated in the household of her

parent when the family registered the commitment of his family to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe;

Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 41.

46. Manuel Martín, age nine in December 1692, was enumerated in the household of her parent when the

family registered the commitment of his family to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe; Kessell, Hendricks,

and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 41.

47. Catalina de Salazar, age nine in December 1692, was enumerated in the household of her parent when

the family registered the commitment of his family to resettle the Villa de Santa Fe; Kessell,

Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 41.

48. Catalina de Salazar, an exact namesake of her paternal grandmother, identified herself as a native of

New Mexico and a daughter of Capitán Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes when she sought to

marry Alonso Fernández; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 504, DM 1695, January 16, no. 19,

Santa Fe.

49. Sebastián Martin, age six in December 1692, was enumerated in the household of her parent when the



50. Polonia Martín, age three in December 1692, was enumerated in the household of her parent when the


and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 41. It is not certain that she is the same person as Apolonia

Martín, whose age was given as eighteen in 1722, indicating a birth year of 1704, was also identified

as a daughter of Capitán Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes; see note 48 below. Polonia was also

enumerated in the household of Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes in the 1697 cattle distribution

census; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141.

51. Magdalena Martín was enumerated in the household of Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes in the

1697 cattle distribution census; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141. She

was buried at Santa Cruz; AASF, Roll 39, Santa Cruz, Burials, 1726-1859.

52. Antonia Martín was enumerated in the household of Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes in the

1697 cattle distribution census; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141.

53. Petrona Martín was enumerated in the household of Luis Martín and Melchora de los Reyes in the

1697 cattle distribution census; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141.



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54. Diego Martín gave his age as nineteen and named his parents when he sought to marry Josefa de

Torres; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1101, DM 1716, no. 21, Santa Cruz.

55. The parents of Josefa de Torres were named in the prenuptial investigation records for her proposed

marriage to Diego Martín; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1101, DM 1716, no. 21, Santa Cruz.

56. Apolonia Martín gave her age as eighteen in 1722 and named her parents when she sought to marry

Domingo Laureano Gómez; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 692, DN 1722, June 8, no. 5, Santa

Cruz. She was buried at Santa Cruz; AASF, Roll 39, Santa Cruz, Burials, 1726-1859.

57. The parents of Domingo Laureano Gómez were named in the prenuptial investigation records for his

proposed marriage to Apolonia Martín; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 692, DM 1722, June 8,

no. 5, Santa Cruz.

58. To my knowledge, there is no source yet uncovered that specifically names the parents of Pedro

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Pedro was a brother of either Luis II Martín Serrano or

Domingo Martín Serrano. The use of the surname ‘Salazar’ led fray Angélico Chávez and other

researchers to the conclusion that he was most likely a son of Luis I Martín Serrano and Catalina de

Salazar.

Alférez Pedro Martín Serrano passed muster in September 1680 after the Pueblo Indian uprising with

his wife and eight children, and he signed his account, indicating he was literate; Hackett, Revolt of

the Pueblo Indians, I: 142.

Alférez Pedro Martín Serrano was accounted for as a soldier in a muster dated September 11, 1681, in

which he gave his age as forty-six (b.ca. 1635); Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, II: 56. In the

October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as forty-four (b.ca. 1637), his


Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia

(Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1, January

2008, 42.

Pedro Martín was identified as holding the rank of alférez in the 1684 census of the district of El Paso

del Río del Paso; AGN, México, Provincias Internas, t. 37, f. 55v. He was referred to as deceased

when his son, Sebastián Martín, sought to marry María Luján in September 1694; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM, 1691, September, no. 4a, El Paso del Río del Norte. Pedro Martín

was referred to as a native of New Mexico by his son, Antonio Martín, in 1709; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, no. 24, Santa Cruz.

59. In a petition dated February 15, 1718, Juana de Argüello, declared she was seventy years old, more or

less, indicating she was born circa 1648; SANM I, 505. The purpose of the petition was to transfer

title of her house and lands on the “other side of the river,” meaning the south side, to her widowed

daughter, Josefa de Archuleta. Juana de Argüello was referred to as a native of New Mexico by her



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son, Antonio Martín, in 1709; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, no. 24, Santa

Cruz.

60. María Martín Serrano was the full name she used when she sought to marry Tomás Bejarano in April

1692. Her parents were named as Capitán Pedro Martín Serrano de Salazar, deceased, and Juana de

Argüello; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 217, DM 1692, April 10, no. 4, Concepción del

Socorro del Paso.

61. María Martín de Salazar was described as the widow of Juan Olguín when she sought to marry Tomás

Bejarano in 1692; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 217, DM 1692, April 10, no. 4, Concepción

del Socorro del Paso.

62. The prenuptial investigation record for María Martín de Salazar and Tomás Bejaraño is dated April

10, 1692. Their parents are named in this record and there is a certificate of their marriage at the end

of this record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 217, DM 1692, April 10, no. 4, Concepción del

Socorro del Paso. Tomás Bejarano is also identified as Antonio Bejarano in records of the 1690s;

Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 95-96 n.111.

63. María Martín and her children were enumerated immediately after the household of her mother in the

December 1692 census of families willing to return to northern New Mexico as settlers; Kessell,

Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 63.

64. Tomás Bejarano and María Martín were enumerated in the 1697 cattle distribution list with one child,

Mariana; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1141.

65. Sebastián Martín gave his age as twenty-one, named his parents when he sought to marry María

Luján in September 1691, and declared he was a native of La Cañada; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots,

Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1691, September, no. 4a, El Paso del Río del Norte.

66. The birthplace and parents of María Luján were identified in the prenuptial investigation record for

her proposed marriage to Sebastián Martín; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1092, DM 1691,

September, no. 4a, El Paso del Río del Norte.

67. Juana de Salazar gave her age as twenty-five and her birthplace as La Cañada and named her parents

when she sought to marry Capitán Juan Olguín in October 1695; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,”

1380, DM 1695, October 9, no. 8, Santa Fe.

68. Capitán Juan Olguín gave his age as forty, named his parents and declared he was a native of Río

Abajo when he sought to marry Juana de Salazar; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1380, DM

1695, October 9, no. 8, Santa Fe.

69. Antonio Martín was enumerated in the household of his widowed mother in the 1692 census of

families committed to settling in northern New Mexico and his age was given as eighteen (born circa



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1674); Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 63. Antonio Martín gave his

age as twenty-seven in 1700 as part of the prenuptial investigation process in his marriage with Ana

María Gómez; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1097, DM 1700, November, nos. 1-2, Santa Fe.

He indicated he was a native of New Mexico when he sought to marry his second wife, Felipa de

Villavicencio; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, December, no. 24, Santa

Cruz.

70. The parents of Antonio Martín and Ana María Gómez were recorded as part of the prenuptial process

in 1700; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1097, DM 1700, November, nos. 1-2, Santa Fe.

71. The banns of matrimony for Gabriel Ansures and Felipa de Villavicencio dated April 27, 1687,

Mexico City, gives the names of her parents as Domingo Pérez Lechuga and doña Margarita de

Villavicencio, whereas the prenuptial investigation record for her marriage with Antonio Martín

names her parents as Domingo Villavicencio and Margarita Lechuga: Asunción Church (Catedral de

México), Mexico City, Información Matrimoniales de Españoles, 1653-1693, LDS microfilm

#0035268; José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish Resettlement of New Mexico,

100; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1098-99, DM 1709, December, no. 24, Santa Cruz.

72. See AASF, San Juan Church, Roll #29, Marriages, 1726-1776.

73. 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.

74. 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.

75. Micaela Martín Serrano was enumerated in the household of her widowed mother in the 1692 census

of families committed to settling in northern New Mexico and her age was given as fourteen,

indicating she was born circa 1678; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored,

63. When she sought to marry Cristóbal Luján in 1696, her age was recorded as seventeen, giving an

estimated year of birth as 1679; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1012, DM 1696, Mar 2, no. 20,

Santa Fe.

76. The parents of Micaela Martín and Cristóbal Luján were recorded as part of their prenuptial process

in 1696; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1012, DM 1696, Mar 2, no. 20, Santa Fe.

77. Micaela Martín was identified as the widow of Cristóbal Luján in late October 1696, indicating that

he died between April 11, 1696 and October 21, 1696, when she sought to marry Agustín Trujillo;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1925, DM 1696, October 21, no. 27, Santa Fe.



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78. Francisco Martín was baptized at Guadalupe del Paso less than two months after the Pueblo Indian

uprising forced his family to flee their home in La Cañada for safety at El Paso. His godmother was

doña Josefa Sambrano. See John B. Colligan, compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book

of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688,” consisting of

extractions from the original book of baptisms for Guadalupe del Paso made by Walter V.

McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962, Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at

El Paso/UTEP).

Francisco Martín, age twelve, was enumerated in the household of his widowed mother in the 1692

census of families committed to settling in northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To

the Royal Crown Restored, 63. Francisco Martín and his wife, Casilda Contreras, were enumerated in

the 1707 census of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de la Cañada and were listed immediately after the

households of Francisco’s brothers, Alexo Martín and Antonio Martín; “1707 Census of Santa Cruz,”

in the New Mexico Genealogist, 28:1, 22. Francisco Martín made his will on November 14, 1764, in

which he named his children by Casilda Contreras; SANM I: 565.

79. There is yet no primary source uncovered that confirms the names of the parents of Casilda Contreras.

Fray Angélico Chávez listed her at the end of the section dealing with José de Contreras in Origins of

New Mexico Families, and this association has led some people to list her parents as José de

Contreras and María de Valencia without documented evidence of the connection. See Chávez,

ONMF, 165.

80. In February 1718, Juana de Argüello, identified as the widow of Pedro Martín, transferred title of her

house and lands in Santa Fe on the “other side of the river,” meaning the south side, to her daughter,

Josefa de Archuleta, identified as the widow of Andrés de Archuleta, who needed the land and house

to support her children; SANM I, 505.

81. Andrés de Archuleta was enumerated in the household of his parents, Juan de Archuleta and Isabel

González, in the 1692 census of families committed to settling in northern New Mexico and his age

was given as ten; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 46.

82. In 1707, Miguel Martín was identified as a son of Capitán Pedro Martín, deceased, and Juana de

Argüello, in a prenuptial investigation record when he sought to marry Leonor Domínguez de

Mendoza; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.” 1098, DM 1707, October 3, no. 1, Santa Fe.

83. Alejo Martín was identified as the brother of Antonio Martín in the 1712 tool distribution list

recorded at Santa Cruz de la Cañada; SANM II, 169, f. 346. He was identified as a native of New

Mexico in the December 1712 prenuptial investigation record of his daughter, María Martín; Chávez,

“New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1894, DM 1712, December 25, no. 3, Santa Fe and Santa Cruz.

84. María de la Rocha was enumerated with her husband, Alexo Martín, in the 1707 census of the

jurisdiction of Santa Cruz de la Cañada; “1707 Census of Santa Cruz,” in the New Mexico

Genealogist, 28:1, 22. She was identified a native of Sonora in the December 1712 prenuptial



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investigation record of his daughter, María Martín; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1894, DM

1712, December 25, no. 3, Santa Fe and Santa Cruz.

85. María Martín, daughter of Alexo Martín and María de la Rocha, was identified as a native of Sonora,

as was her mother, indicating that Alexo met and married María de la Rocha in Sonora before

returning to New Mexico; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1894, DM 1712, December 25, no. 3,

Santa Fe and Santa Cruz.

86. To my knowledge, there is no source yet uncovered that specifically names the parents of Domingo

Martín Serrano, or that indicates that Domingo was a brother of either Luis II Martín or Pedro Martín

Serrano. In 1715, Domingo gave his age as sixty-five (born circa 1653) and declared he was a native

of New Mexico when he was witness in a prenuptial investigation at Santa Cruz; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1042, DM 1715, February 20, no. 10. In 1714 Domingo gave his age as fifty-six

(born circa 1658) and declared he was a native of New Mexico as a witness for another prenuptial

investigation at Santa Cruz; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1714, April 14, no. 16, Santa

Cruz. In 1718 Domingo gave his age as sixty (born circa 1658) when he was a witness in the

prenuptial investigation of María Martín, daughter of Antonio Martín and Ana María Gómez at Santa

Cruz; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 94, DM 1718, October 22, no. 12, Santa Cruz. His date of

burial is recorded in Santa Cruz book of burials; AASF, Roll #39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials, 1726-

1859.

There were two men identified as Domingo Martín who passed muster in September 1680 after the

Pueblo Indian uprising. One was Alférez Domingo Martín, married with two children and the other

was Domingo Martín, married with five children and a servant; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo

Indians, I: 142 and 146. One of these men was Domingo Martín Barba (b.ca. 1637) and the other was

Domingo Martín Serrano (b.ca. 1649).

Domingo Martín Serrano was listed near Hernando III Martín Serrano on the September-October

1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as thirty-two (born circa 1649), his

birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded (“long face, thick beard,

long black hair”); Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating

to the Pueblo Revolt Period,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research

Center of New Mexico), 16:1, January 2008, 42.

87. Several prenuptial investigation records of Josefa de Herrera’s children confirm she was the wife of

Domingo Martín Serrano. The oldest known child of Josefa de Herrera was born circa 1670-1674,

indicating she married Domingo Martín Serrano around 1669-1673. In December 1692, she and her

mother, Juana de los Reyes, were enumerated in the household of Domingo Martín Serrano as settlers

willing to go to northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored,

60. Josefa de Herrera was identified as a native of New Mexico by her daughter, Josefa Martín, as

part of the prenuptial investigation when Josefa Martín sought to marry in 1719; Chávez, “New

Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 29, DM 1719, Aug, no. 20, Santa Cruz. Josefa de Herrera and her husband,

Domingo Martín, were godparents of a child of Miguel Martín and María de Archuleta that was



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baptized at Santa Cruz on June 30, 1714; AASF, Loose Documents, Roll #51, Santa Cruz, Baptisms,

1710-1721. Josefa de Herrera was deceased by April 1725 when Domingo Martín was referred to as a

widower and sought to marry Juana Baptista; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1105, DM 1725,

April 15, no. 11, Santa Cruz.

88. In September 1690, Domingo Martín Serrano and Josefa de Herrera were identified as residents of

Corpus Christi de Isleta, jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, see DM September 14, 1690, Isleta,

for Silvetsre Pacheco and Luisa Martín Serrano, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,”

New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 151.

89. Domingo Martín was identified as the widower of Josefa de Herrera when he sought to marry Juana

Baptista in April 1725; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1105, DM 1725, April 15, no. 11, Santa

Cruz. It is not certain if a marriage took place and there are no known children of this couple.

90. In December 1692, Diego Martín, age twenty-two (b.ca. 1670), was enumerated in the household of

his parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To

the Royal Crown Restored, 60. When he sought to marry Pascuala de Soto in 1694, he gave his age as

twenty and declared he was a native of La Cañada and a soldier of the presidio in Santa Fe; Chávez,

“New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM 1694, Nov. 20, no. 9. Santa Fe. When Diego was a witness for

a prenuptial investigation in 1715 he gave his age as forty-five (b.ca. 1670); Chávez, “New Mexico

Roots, Ltd.,” 759, DM 1715, March 20, no. 14, Santa Cruz.

91. The names of the parents of Diego Martín and Pascuala de Soto were recorded as part of their

prenuptial investigation process and the date of the marriage appears at the conclusion of the

prenuptial investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1094, DM 1694, Nov. 20, no. 9.

Santa Fe.

92. In December 1692, Matías Martín, age sixteen (born circa 1676), was enumerated in the household of

his parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To

the Royal Crown Restored, 60. He was again accounted for as a member of this family in May 1697,

as recorded in the list of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks, and

Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140. In June 1698, Matías gave his age as twenty-two (born circa

1676) and indicated he was a native of La Cañada when he sought to marry Josefa Domínguez;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1011, DM, 1698, May 20, no. 18, Santa Fe. Several months

later, in September 1698, Matías gave his age as twenty-three (born circa 1675) when he was a

witness for a prenuptial investigation in Santa Fe; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” DM 1698,

Sept 15, no. 10, Santa Fe. In records related to the settlement of his estate in 1710, Matías Martín,

whose will was dated September 3, 1704, was specifically referred to as the husband of Josefa

Domínguez, also referred to in the documents as Josefa Luján, and a son of Capitán Domingo Martín

Serrano; SANM I, 231.

93. The names of the parents of Matías Martín and Josefa Domínguez were recorded in their prenuptial

investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1011, DM, 1698, May 20, no. 18, Santa Fe.



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94. Luisa Martín Serrano was identified as a native of New Mexico and a daughter of Domingo Martín

Serrano and Joefa de Herrera when she sought to marry Silvestre Pacheco. See DM September 14,

1690, Isleta, for Silvestre Pacheco and Luisa Martín Serrano, Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico

Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 151.

95. Silvestre Pacheco was identified as a son of Juan Pacheco and Antonio de Arratia in September 1690

when he sought to marry Luisa Martín Serrano, see Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.:

An Addendum, Part III,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 151.

96. In December 1692, Sebastiana Martín, age thirteen (born circa 1679), was enumerated in the

household of her parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks,


97. The date of the marriage of Sebastiana Martín and Pedro López and the names of his parents are part

of the conclusion of their prenuptial investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 917,

DM 1694, May 17, no. 35, Santa Fe.

98. In December 1692, María Martín, age twelve (born circa 1680), was enumerated in the household of

her parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge,

To the Royal Crown Restored, 60. She was again accounted for as a member of this family, along

with another girl named María, in May 1697 as recorded in the list of families receiving cattle from

Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140.

99. In December 1692, Miguel Martín, age nine (born circa 1683), was enumerated in the household of

her parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge,

To the Royal Crown Restored, 60. He was again accounted for as a member of this family in the May

1697 as recorded in the list of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks,

and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140.

100. The approximate month of marriage of Miguel Martín and María de Archuleta and the names of

their parents are part of their prenuptial investigation record and the date of their marriage was

recorded at the end of the record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1097, DM 1703, Jan., 20, no.

6, Santa Cruz.

101. In December 1692, Blas Martín, age six (born circa 1686), was enumerated in the household of his

parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To

the Royal Crown Restored, 60. He was again accounted for as a member of this family in the May

1697, as recorded in the list of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks,

and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140.

102. The date of marriage of Blas Martín and Rosa de Vargas Machuca and the names of their parents

are part of their prenuptial investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1097, DM



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1705, January 7, no. 1, Santa Fe. For a well-documented account of the immediate descendents of

Blas Martín Serrano and Rosa de Vargas Machuca, see Patricia Sanchez Rau and Henrietta M.

Christmas, “Blas Martin Serrano and Rosa Vargas Machuca: New Information on a Rio Arriba

Family,” Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New

Mexico), 15:3, July 2007, 2-14.

103. In November 1720, Blas Martin, age 32, identified himself as being married and a resident of the

jurisdiction of Río Arriba, when he was a witness in a prenuptial investigation, see DM November

1720, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Antonio de Apodaca and María Antonia Fernández, in Fray

Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum, Part I,” New Mexico Genealogist,

49:1, March 2010, 5.

104. In December 1692, Juana Martín, age four (born circa 1686), was enumerated in the household of

his parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge,

To the Royal Crown Restored, 60. She was again accounted for as a member of this family in the

May 1697 as recorded in the list of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell,

Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140.

105. Juana Martín was identified as the daughter of Domingo Martín, as the sister of Blas Martín, and as

the mother of María Martín in a prenuptial investigation record for the proposed marriage of her

great-grandson, Pablo Archuleta in 1796; Hendricks and Colligan, New Mexico Prenuptial

Investigations from the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, 121.

106. In December 1692, Bárbara Martín, nursing (born circa 1692), was enumerated in the household of

his parents when they enlisted as settlers of northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge,

To the Royal Crown Restored, 60. She was not accounted in the household of Domingo Martín and

Josefa de Herrera as part of the cattle distribution list of the May 1697, and is presumed to have

died by this time; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, 1140.

107. María Martín was accounted for as a member of this family in the May 1697 as recorded in the list

of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the

Boulders, 1140.

108. Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” NMR, 1104, DM 1723, August 30, no. 9, Santa Cruz, for

proposed marriage of Elena Durán, daughter of Sebastián Durán and Ana María Martín, and

Marcos Martín.

109. Josefa Martín was accounted for as a member of this family in the May 1697 as recorded in the list

of families receiving cattle from Governor Vargas; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, Blood on the

Boulders, 1140. Her age was given as twenty-three in 1719 (born circa 1696) when she sought to

marry Joaquín de Anaya, and both of her parents were identified as natives of New Mexico;

Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 29, DM 1719, Aug, no. 20, Santa Cruz.



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110. The date of marriage of Josefa Martín and Joaquín de Anaya and the names of their parents are part

of their prenuptial investigation record; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 29, DM 1719, Aug,

no. 20, Santa Cruz.

111. Gerónimo Martín was identified as a son of Domingo Martín and a brother of Blas Martín in a

prenuptial investigation record for the proposed marriage of his great-granddaughter, María Bárbara

Sisneros, dated 1796; Hendricks and Colligan, New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations from the

Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, 124. Gerónimo Martín gave his age

as 25 in 1723 (born circa 1698) and declared he was married when he was a witness to the marriage

of Manuel Antonio de Rosas and Gertrudis Jirón de Leyba at Santa Cruz; Chávez “New Mexico

Roots, Ltd.,” 1627, DM, 1723, Sept 8, no. 16, Santa Cruz. Gerónimo Martín was granted land in the

area of Santa Cruz de la Cañada and the grant was revoked in the early 1730s; SANM I, 524.

112. There are baptismal records for three children of Gerónimo Martín and María González preserved

among the church records of Santa Cruz de la Cañada. One of these records is for Bárbara Antonia,

baptized March 14, 1735; AASF, Roll 13, fr. 34. A prenuptial investigation record dated August –

October 1796 identified Bárbara Martín as a daughter of Gerónimo Martín and a niece of Blas

Martín; Hendricks and Colligan, New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations from the Archivos

Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, 124.

113. In September 1680, Apolinar Martín was accounted for among the survivors of the August 1680

Pueblo Indian uprising with his wife (not named) and two children (not named), and he was able to

sign his name to the account; Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, II: 145. Apolinar Martín was

listed near Luis Martín Serrano, el mozo, and Cristóbal Martín Serrano, both sons of Capitán Luis

Martín Serrano, in the September-October 1681 record of payments to settlers in which his age was

given as thirty-seven, his birthplace given as New Mexico, and a physical description was recorded;



Mexico), 16:1 (January 2008), 40. He was identified as Apolinar Martín Serrano in the prenuptial

investigation record of his son, Diego Martín Serrano; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093,

DM July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.

114. Antonia González Bas is identified as the wife of Apolinar Martín in two records. The first is the

baptismal record of their daughter, Ángela, dated October 10, 1680, Guadalupe del Paso; see John

B. Colligan, compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora

de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688,” Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families,

consisting of extractions from the original book of baptisms for Guadalupe del Paso made by

Walter V. McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962, Texas Western College (now the University

of Texas at El Paso/UTEP). The second record is the prenuptial record of their son, Diego Martín

Serrano; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.

115. The baptismal record for Ángela Martín identified her parents as Apolinar Martín and “Antonia

Gonsales” and here padrinos as Luis Martín and Antonia del Castillo; see John B. Colligan,



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compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688,” consisting of extractions from the original book of

baptisms for Guadalupe del Paso made by Walter V. McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962,

Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso/UTEP).

116. Diego Martín Serrano, age 17, native of Santa Fe, sought to marry María Barba at the Real de San

Lorenzo, jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, in 1692; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,”

1093, DM 1692, July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.

117. It is reasonable to consider that Ines Martin Serrano was a namesake of doña Ines, the mother of

Hernán III Martín Serrano. Domingo Luján is accounted for in the September – October 1681

record of payments to settlers in which his age was given as twenty-six (born circa 1655), his


Valdez and Francisco Sisneros, “Various Documents Relating to the Pueblo Revolt Period,”

Herencia (Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), 16:1,

January 2008, 47.

118. Domingo Luján and Ines Martín Serrano were residents of El Paso del Río del Norte before the

Pueblo Indian uprising of August 1680 where their daughter, Gertrudis, was baptized on at the

church of Guadalupe del Paso; see John B. Colligan, compiler, “Spanish Surnames Found in the

First Book of Baptisms of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688,”

consisting of extractions from the original book of baptisms for Guadalupe del Paso made by

Walter V. McLaughlin, Jr. for his thesis, August 1962, Texas Western College (now the University

of Texas at El Paso/UTEP). The second record is the prenuptial record of their son, Diego Martín

Serrano; Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1093, DM July 7, no. 6, Real de San Lorenzo.