Cristobal
de Onate
Born in Distrito Federal, Mexico City
Ancestors 
Son of Juan de Oñate y Salazar
and Isabel de Tolosa Cortés
Brother of
María de Oñate y Cortés
Husband of
Maria Gutierrez del Castillo
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Juan de Onate
Died
at about age 23
in New Mexico
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2015
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Biography
Christened, Cristobal de Naharriondo Perez Onate y Cortez Moctezuma.
Great-grand-son to Hernan Cortez and great-great-grand-son of Moctezuma, Emperor of the Aztec.
In 1598, he was part of his father's expedition into New Mexico. He was about 10 years old and commissioned as Lieutenant. Dressed in complete armor for himself and his horse, he is listed among the soldiers.
While his father went out on an expedition, Cristobal acted as Governor.
Cristóbal de Oñate, Acting Governor of New México, Exiles Juan López Holguín from the Pueblo of San Gabriel
December 1, 1604
Archivo General de la Nación, México Provincias Internas, tomo 34, expediente 1
En la villa de San Gabriel de la Nueba Mexico, ante el señor Xpistobal de Oñate, tinjente de gouernador, en primero dia del mes de diçienbre deste año de mjl y sejsçientos y quatro se presentaron los contenidos y se leyo:
Todos los que aqui firmamos en nonbre de la billa pedimos y suplicamos al señor don Cristobal de Oñate tenien- te de gobernador y capitan general deste egersito que en el entretanto que el señor governador don Juan de Oñate su padre viene que para la quietu desta villa y egercito pedimos y suplicamos sea serbido de despachar y echar desta billa a Juan Lo- pes Olguin al pueblo de San Felipe que es el gusto de nuestro padre fray Juan de Escalona que sea alli y no en otra parte y para que coste que asi lo pedimos y firmamos.
Sources
- Origen de los Fundadores de Texas, Nuevo Mexico, Coahulia, y Nuevo Leon, by Guillermo Garmendia Leal. (page 66).
The Last Conquistador, Juan de Onate and the settling of the far Southwest, by Marc Simmons.
- THE ANCESTRY AND FAMILY OF JUAN DE ONATE By MRS. BEATRICE QUIJADA CORNISH https://archive.org/stream/ancestryfamilyof00cornrich/ancestryfamilyof00cornrich_djvu.txt
https://escholarship.org/content/qt6s0196nk/qt6s0196nk.pdf
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