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Diego Marquez (abt. 1590 - 1643) Bernardina Vasquez (abt. 1600 - after 1660) Diego Márquez and Bernardina Vásquez were the parents of Catalina Vásquez. We know this from the well-documented work Origins of New Mexico Families, By Fray Angélico Chávez, Revised Edition, page 69: Diego Márquez was accused
as a major accomplice in the death of Governor Rosas, and was beheaded in
Bernardina
appears to have been the daughter of Francisco
Vásquez, who was one of the
soldiers in the original 1598 settlement of Diego
was the son of Gerónimo Márquez, who
was the Maese de Campo of the troops which came from Bernardina
was still alive living in Since three of our direct ancestors were
executed, I will copy the following in the biography of each: We
have the following from pages 109 and 110 of When [Governor Luis] Rosas, the king’s representative [in New
Mexico] actually struck with a cane and
bloodied the heads of two friars who ventured to Santa Fe as emissaries [of
the friars, who were in a state of hostilities with the governor], calling them liars, pigs, traitors,
heretics, and the like, any hope of reconciliation vanished [between the
Catholic Church partisans and Governor Rosas and his backers]. Each side blamed the other for the dismal
state of the colony and the discontent of the Indians. The Morale could hardly have been worse
in the spring of 1641 as the heavy, mule-drawn covered wagons of the triennial
mission supply service [from the interior of New Spain] crawled northward over the camino real
accompanied by armed riders and the
retinues of replacements for Rosas and [Head Friar Juan de] Salas.
[The new] Gov. Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdez was
sick. Trying to supervise the residencia [a sort of trial at the end of a
governor’s term] of Luis de Rosas, he
accepted the counsel of the former governor’s enemies. Cabildo elections,
meanwhile, brought outspoken critics [of Rosas] Francisco de Salazar and Juan
de Archuleta [I] [also our ancestor] to power as regidores and Antonio Baca [our uncle] as an alcalde ordinario. Then [the new Governor] Sierra y A young soldier, Nicolás Ortiz, became their means of
revenge. Born in Zacatecas, Ortiz had
first appeared in Santa Fe about 1634 as a teenaged member of an armed escort;
he stayed on and married María de
Bustillo, niece of Antonio Baca. After the new Governor, Luis Rosas, arrived
in It was a cold
Antonio Baca did not. Along with brother-in-law Juan de Archuleta and
other relatives and associates in the anti-Rosas clique, the incredulous Baca found himself in the summer of
1643 confined by order of the new governor,. Alonso Pacheco y Heredia, and
sentenced to be beheaded. The Custos [head
friar] Hernando de Covarrubias insisted
on administering the last rites to the eight men facing death. Baca could not believe that he was to be
executed, but he was. Armed with secret
and detailed instructions from the unbending
Bishop-Viceroy Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, who considered the friars and
their faction guilty of treason, Pacheco had resolved to carry out the harshest
possible punishment against the lay leaders, “to get rid of them by a brief and
exemplary punishment.” Father Covarrubias and the New Mexicans who carried out the gory business on the morning of July 21 must have experienced conflicting emotions. Self-serving or not, these men had stood by the Franciscans, and their executioners were kin to the condemned. Covarrubias reported that when Francisco de Salazar’s punishers tried to behead him with his own dagger, they made a bad job of it. “For God’s sake,” he screamed, “sharpen that thing and put me out of my misery!” Then, claimed Covarrubias, Salazar’s severed head recited the entire true and essential creed of the Roman Catholic faith. The crowd summoned to the plaza
that afternoon included Juan de Archuleta II and other relatives of the
victims. [no doubt including Francisco Salazar’s son, Bartolomé] Governor
Pacheco addressed them gravely, reiterating the pardon to the majority of the
anti-Rosas partisans, revealing his
secret instructions from In the conspiracy of army captains that resulted in the assassination of
former-Governor Luis Rosas of Key
Figures in the Assassination of Governor Luis Rosas in 1642
Nicolas
was our cousin-by-marriage. His wife
María was the daughter of our uncle, Simón Pérez de Bustillo [abt.1576-?] and
our aunt, Juana de Zamora [Baca]. María was also the half-sister of the
executed Nicolás Pérez de Bustillo. 2.
Antonio Baca:
Antonio was the main ring-leader in the anti-Rosas faction that brought about
the Governor’s death. He was also the leader of the people who defied the
Governor by barricading themselves with the Friars at Santo Domingo Pueblo. His
turbulent career ended when he was beheaded
along with seven others Antonio
Baca [[abt.1590-1643] was our uncle, the son of Cristóbal de Baca. He was also married to an aunt of ours, Yumar
Pérez de Bustillo [abt.1591-?]. The Diego
Márquez [abt.1601-1643] was our direct ancestor. His brother, Pedro Márquez
[abt. 1591-before 1631], was the husband of Catalina Pérez de Bustillo [abt.
1612-?], linking the Márquez family to the Pérez de Bustillo family by
marriage. 4. Cristóbal
Enríques: He was a first cousin of Agustín de Carvajal. (Pg. 15 "origins").
Their mothers were sisters. In 1660
Agustin was accused of marrying his close relative, Estefania Enriquez,
Cristóbal's daughter. Estefania was a second cousin of Agustin's first wife,
María Márquez. Cristobal was among the eight conspirators beheaded in 1643. Cristóbal
seems to have had kinship to our Márquez
family. 5. Agustín
Carvajal: He was one of the fourteen men ordered executed for sedition
by Governor Pacheco in 1643 but escaped the sentence along with his Durán y
Chaves brother-in-law (Fernando). He was the son-in-law of Cristóbal Enríques,
who was executed. Agustín
seems to have had kinship to our Márquez family. 6.
Juan Ruiz de
Hinojos: He was another soldier beheaded
in 1643 for the Rosas anti-faction affair. Beatriz Pérez de Bustillo was his
mother. His brother Miguel acted as bondsman for Nicolás Ortiz. Juan was our
uncle, the brother of Miguel Hinojos, our direct ancestor. He was also our cousin through his Pérez
Bustillo kinship. Nicolás was our
double cousin. His mother was the sister
of our ancestor María de Villanueva [Baca] and of Antonio Baca. His father was the brother of two of our
ancestors, Ana Pérez de Bustillo [Archuleta] and Beatriz Pérez de Bustillo
[Hinojos]. 8. Juan
de Archuleta: He was the son of Asencio de Arechuleta and Ana Pérez de
Bustillo, who was the daughter of Juan Pérez de Bustillo. He was also involved in the faction opposing
Governo rand was beheaded along with
the others in 1643. Antonio Baca was his uncle-by-marriage. Nicolas Ortiz was
his cousin by marriage. Nicolas’ wife, María de Bustillo, was his first cousin. Juan
de Archuleta was our direct ancestor. He was a first cousin
to Nicolás Pérez de Bustillo, Juan Ruiz de Hinojos, and Juan de Archuleta. He
was a nephew to Antonio Baca. 9. Diego
Martín Barba: He was the son of
Alonzo Barba and was a captain living in No known kinship
to us. 10.
Francisco de
Salazar: Salazar was the
Procurator General of He
was our direct ancestor, but there is no known kinship to other conspirators. 11. Fernando
Durán y Chaves: He testified against Governor Rosas in favor of the
friars and attend the execution of the eight conspirators to get in good graces
with the new Governor, Pacheco. But then, the Governor condemned him along with
thirteen others to be executed for sedition for his support of the friars. He
escaped with his brother-in-law Agustín Carvajal and the others. He later
returned to Fernando
was a son ofPedro Durán y Chávez and Isabel Bohórquez de Baca, a sister to
Antonio Baca and to two of our direct ancestors: María de Villanueva [Baca],
wife of Simón de Abendaño; and Alonso Baca.
Thus he was our cousin. He was the brother of Pedro below. 11.
Pedro Durán y
Chaves: He was the nephew of Antonio Baca and one of the four masked
men who accompanied the assassin, Nicolas Ortiz, in the murder of Governor
Rosas. For his complicity, he was banished from Pedro
was our cousin, the son of our aunt, Isabel Bohórquez de Baca. Isabel was the sister of Antonio Baca and of
our ancestors María de Villanueva [Baca] and Alonso Baca. Pedro’s wife was our aunt, Elena Domínguez de
Mendoza, so he was also our uncle-by-marriage.
He was the brother of the above Fernando Durán y Chaves. 13. Diego
del Río de Losa: He witnessed the murder of Governor Rosas. At that
time he was secretary of the Cabildo (City Council). Francisco del Río listed
on pg. 92 of "Origins of New Mexico Families" was his son, not his
brother. No
known kinship to us. 14. Antonio
de Salas: He was a guard at the Palace of the Governors when Rosas was
assassinated. Antonio was the
second husband of María de Abendaño, our ancestor, after her annulled first
marriage to Diego de Vera. So Antonio
was our step-ancestor. He and María de Abendaño together reared our ancestor,
María de Vera, who later married Diego de Montoya. 15. Francisco
López de Aragon: In 1642 he acted as the attorney for Nicolas Ortiz.
His wife was Ana Baca, who was an aunt or a cousin of ours. Francisco was an
uncle or cousin by marriage. 16. Francisco
Luján: He was involved in the Rosas murder affair but escaped the
execution of less fortunate compatriots. He was the brother of Juan Luján II
below. Francisco
was our direct ancestor, the father of Domingo Luján, who was in the 1693
re-colonizing of 17. Juan Luján II: He was involved in the Rosas affair
somehow but avoided execution. He was
the brother of the above Francisco Luján. His daughter María later married Juan
de Archuleta II. Both were our direct
ancestors. Juan
II was our direct ancestor, as was his
brother Francisco. 18. Alonzo
Ramirez de Salazar: In what capacity he served in the assassination of
Governor Rosas is unknown, but it would appear that, along with Juan Ramírez de
Salazar (most probably a nephew), was involved with the political affairs in
1641-43. He may have been a relative of our direct ancestor Catalina Salazar,
wife of Luis Martín Serrano, one of the masked men who broke down the door,
January 25, 1642. And Francisco (noted above), brother of Catalina. The
Salazars were from Nueva Viscaya. As a captain, he barely escaped execution for
sedition under Governor Pacheco. He also came to If Alonso was the brother of Catalina de Salazar, he
was our uncle. 19.
Juan Tapia: He escaped death for treason in 1643. He was
a native of Juan was the son
of another Juan Tapia and Francisca Robledo, our aunt. He was our cousin. We also have Tapia ancestors in our
Córdova-Mendez ancestry. Manuel does not
appear to have been close kin to us, although we do have the surname
Peralta in our family tree.. 21. Luis
Martín Serrano: Luis was accused
by a later governor, Mendizábal,of having been the masked intruder who broke
down the door of the home in which ex-Governor Rosas was a prisoner the night
he was killed. Mendizabal did not like Luis because he was friendly with the
friars during Mendizábal’s feud with them.
The Governor’s claim never resulted in any prosecution of Luis. Luis is our direct ancestor through three of his
children. 22. Alonso Baca: Both Alonso and his brother Antonio Baca were involved in the conspiracy. Alonso was one of fourteen additional soldiers ordered executed by Governor Pacheco after the original eight had been beheaded. Somehow these fourteen escaped that punishment. Perhaps Pacheco was under a lot of pressure to stop the executions. Alonso is our direct ancestor. Seven of our direct ancestors
ancestors were involved; one step-ancestor; a few uncles; and several cousins. CHILDREN OF DIEGO
MÁRQUEZ AND BERNARDINA VÁSQUEZ [1] Catalina
Vásquez, our ancestor, was born about 1617 in [2]
Cristóbal Márquez [3] Pedro
Márquez , a captain in the army in 1680, escaped the Pueblo Revolt with his
wife, two children, and six servants. He
gave his age as thirty in 1681, but he had to be at least thirty-seven, since
his father was executed in 1643. He stated that he was ill in bed. He was accused of profiteering with the
Cháves-Domínguez Mendoza clans at the expense of the refugee colony at Gudalupe
del Paso. His family did not return to [4] Bernabé
Márquez was besieged by Indians at the family hacienda at Los Cerrillos and
was rescued two nights after the Pueblo Revolt began on August 12, 1680, by
some troops sent by Governor Otermín. With
him were his wife María de Cháves, six half-grown children, seven servants, and
a Chaves brother-in-law. In 1683, after
three years in the [5] Margarita
Marquez [abt. 1643- after 1682] Margarita was born in [6] Alonso
Catití, a half-breed illegitimate son of Diego, who lived at Santo Domingo
Pueblo. Perhaps due to the deaths of his father and adopted brother at the
hands of the Spanish, Alonso chose to live his life as an Indian. He was one of the leaders in the 1680 Pueblo
Revolt, in which about 400 Spaniards were killed. Much can be found about him in the history of
[7] Juan Márquez Juan was a half-Indian adopted son. He was probably too old to have been Diego’s natural son [born about 1603]. He was thirty-six years old in 1639-40. He was an alferez and treasurer of the Holy Crusade. He was said to have been murdered by orders of Governor Rosas, which accounts for Diego’s part in the Rosas Murder. Submitted by Donald Rivara, June 23, 2009. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor |
