Nicolasa del Castillo (abt. 1710 - bef. 1783)

Born about 1710 in Santa Fe, Nuevo México, Nueva España

Ancestors

Wife of Antonio Romero de Pedraza — married 30 Apr 1726 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo México, Nueva España

Descendants

Died before 8 Jan 1783 before about age 73 in Santa Fé, Nuevo México, Nueva España

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Biography

Nicolasa del Castillo was born about 1710^[1] to Francisco Afán de Ribera and Maria de Leyva y Mendoza. Her parents never married, making her a "natural" child. However, her father acknowledged her and left her an equal part of his estate with her siblings.^[2] In 1726 she married Antonio Romero de Pedraza^[3] and they had four known children: Juana, María, Miguel, and Domingo. Antonio died in 1736 and a year later, she married Miguel Ortíz.^[4] They had one child together, Manuel, in 1746. They were still living in Santa Fe in 1750 along with three of her children with Antonio.^[5] Nicolasa died in 1783.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Chávez, Angélico. New Mexico Roots Ltd: a demographic perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the diligencias matrimoniales or pre-nuptial investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. PDF image copy, UNM Digital Repository, http://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cswr_reference/5 : 1983, Vol. 9, p. 1583; 1726, Santa Cruz, Antonio Romero de Pedraza and Nicolasa del Castillo (16).
2. ↑ José Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martínez. "Mexico City Roots: Jirón de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afán de Ribera Families, Part 4 of 4, Afán de Ribera (continued)," Herencia, Vol. 26 (April 2018), pp. 5-19.
3. ↑ "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDP7-PHC : 20 January 2020), Antonio Romero and Nicolasa del Castillo, married 30 Apr 1726, Santa Cruz, New Mexico; FHL microfilm #16,972, image 10.
4. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, San Francisco de Asis Cathedral, (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Marriages, 1728-1783, Book M-50 Santa Fe, Miguel Ortis and Nicolasa del Castillo, widow of Antonio Romero, married 7 Jul 1737; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQY-B9HK-X : accessed 15 Jan 2023), FHL microfilm #16,905, image 22.
5. ↑ Olmsted, Virginia Langham. Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1830. (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1981), p. 3; 1750 Santa Fe Census, Miguel Ortis; Nicolassa del Castillo; Miguel Romero; María Romero; Domingo Romero.
6. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, San Francisco de Asis Cathedral, (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Burials, 1780-1800, Book Bur-49 Santa Fe, p. 25, Nicolasa del Castillo, widow, buried 8 Jan 1783; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPR-19XD-T : accessed 15 Jan 2023), FHL microfilm #16,906, image 179.

See also:

• José Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martinez wrote a four-part article about the Jirón de Tejeda/de Leyva y Mendoza/Afán de Ribera families for the Herencia quarterly journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico. The articles can be found in Vol. 25 (July and Oct 2017) and Vol. 26 (Jan and April 2018).

Acknowledgements

• This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Castillo-210 was created by Tim Trujillo through the import of Tim D Trujillo Family_2014-03-15.ged on Mar 15, 2014.