Petronila de Vera (abt. 1625 - 1680)

Born about 1625 in Nuevo México, Nueva España [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 10 Aug 1680 at about age 55 in Pojoaque Pueblo, Nuevo México, Nueva España

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Biography

Petronila was born about 1625 to Diego de Vera and Maria de Abendaño.^[1] Not long after she was born, her father confessed that he already had a wife in the Canary Islands. He was forced to return to her and Petronila's parents' marriage was annulled.^[1]

Petronila was married to Pedro Romero and they had about 8 to 10 children.^[2] In 1646 her stepfather, Antonio de Salas, was accused of having an affair with her and was said to "be jealous of her husband, Pedro Romero."^[2] In 1680, Petronila was living in Pojoaque along with all her children, grown and young. All of them were murdered by the Indians during the Pueblo Revolt that year.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Chávez, Fray Angélico. Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, revised 1992), p. 112.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 100
3. ↑ Hackett, Charles W, and Charmion C. Shelby. Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermíns's Reconquest, 1680-1682: Introduction and Annotations by Charles Wilson Hackett, (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1970), Vol. 1, pp. 10 and 96.