Beatriz de los Ángeles (abt. 1570)

Born about 1570 in Tepeaca, Valle de México, Nueva España

Descendants

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Biography

Beatriz was an india woman from Tepeaca in the Valley of México born to unknown parents.^[1] She was a servant of Cristóbal Brito and followed him to New Mexico with the Juan de Oñate Expedition in 1598.^[1] She was later married to Juan de la Cruz and they had two known children, Pedro and Juana.^[2] In 1628, she was accused by Pedro Marquez of murdering his brother Hernandez with witchcraft, apparently because Hernando spurned her daughter after living with her without marriage.^[3] In 1635, Beatriz was having an affair with Diego Bellido, possibly while her husband Juan was still alive. She was later accused of murdering Diego with witchcraft.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Snow, David H. New Mexico’s First Colonists: The 1597-1600 Enlistments for New Mexico under Juan de Oñate, Adelante & Gobernador (Albuquerque, NM: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, 1998), pp. 27 and 63.
2. ↑ Chavez, Angelico. 2011. Origins of New Mexico families: a genealogy of the Spanish colonial period. Santa Fe, N.M.: Museum of New Mexico, pp. 23-24.
3. ↑ Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 69.
4. ↑ Scholes, France V. "The First Decade of the Inquisition in New Mexico." New Mexico Historical Review, 10, 3 (https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol10/iss3/3 : accessed 11 Oct 2023).

See also:

• Mestizaje: Indian Roots In 17th-Century New Mexico Family Genealogy; Luján Family of 17th-century New Mexico: Part 1; December 1692 Census of El Paso Citizens: An Important Research Source (https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/2281825-december-1692-census-of-el-paso-citizens-an-important-research-source).