Francisco Jose Casados
(abt. 1693 - after 1750)
Maria Barbara de Archibeque
(abt. 1702 - after 1750)
Francisco José Casados and María Bárbara de Archibeque were the
parents of our ancestor, Gertrudis
Casados [abt. 1738-?]. We know this from the Surname Index of
New Mexico and from the book, Origins of
New Mexico Family.
Francisco
was the son of Francisco Lorenzo de
Casados [abt. 1670-after 1716], a native of Cádiz,
Spain, and Ana Pacheco. The
son’s age was listed as twenty-three in 1716.
That would have him born in 1693, if he gave his age correctly. [Most
people didn’t know exactly how old they were.]
If he was born in 1693, he was
probably born in Mexico
proper [then New Spain].
The Casados family was not among the first settlers of New
Mexico in 1693-94, but was there by 1696. The father had been a soldier in New
Spain [Mexico]
before being sent to New Mexico.
Bárbara,
half French Basque, was the daughter of adventurous Juan de Archibeque [aka Jean L’Archeveque] [1671-1720] and Antonia Gutiérrez [abt. 1677-before
1719]. Her mother probably died when
Bárbara was born or when she was an infant because her parents had no children
younger than she.
Francisco’s mother also died when he was very
small, and his father later remarried. [p.35, Spanish
Archives of New
Mexico,
Vol. 1, Archive #80]. The elder
Casados sometimes used the name Francisco
José Casados and sometimes Francisco
Lorenzo Casados.
It
appears as if both father and son were on military escort duty to the interior
of Mexico in
late 1715 and early 1716. They were
given joint power of attorney by María de Quiros on 31 October 1715 to bring one of her sons to
New
Mexico. [p.179, Spanish
Archives of New
Mexico,
Vol. 2, Archive #239d]
Soon
after his return from Mexico,
the younger Francisco was married in
Santa Fe, 28 October 1716, to María Bárbara de Archibeque. His father was alcalde of Santa Fe
in 1716, so he probably was elected to that post upon his return. Her father
was something like the commander-in-chief of the New Mexico
military forces. It was a marriage
between two very prominent families.
Barbara’s brother Miguel was married to María Roybal, a daughter of Don
Ignacio de Roybal, the high sheriff of the Inquisition in New
Mexico.
In
1719 Bárbara’s father married again, to María
Manuela Roybal, of the family into which Bárbara’s brother Miguel was
already married. The marriage was short
because Juan de Archibeque was killed in 1720 on the Platte
River by the Pawnees during an
expedition to uncover French encroachment on lands which were claimed by Spain. Since her father was prosperous by New
Mexico standards, Bárbara received a considerable
inheritance.
In
1729 Francisco and Bárbara sold a home
and land in Santa Fe to José
Riaño. Riaño was married to María
Manuela Roybal, who had been Bárbara’s step-mother and was the sister-in-law of
Bárbara’s brother Miguel. [p.206, The
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Vol. 1]
Living
with his wife in Santa Fe in 1731,
Francisco listed his age as thirty-two, but he was more like thirty-eight if
his statement of his age had been correct in 1716. They were still living in Santa
Fe at the time of the 1750 Spanish Census with three
children still at home: Antonio, Miguel, and Polonia. Also in the residence was a servant/slave
named Rosalia, who had two children, probably sired by one of the men of the
house. This is the last record we have
of Francisco and Bárbara.
CHILDREN OF
FRANCISCO JOSÉ CASADOS AND MARÍA BÁRBARA DE ARCHIBEQUE
[1] María Antonia Casados, born abt. 1719;
no information
[2] María Feliciana Casados, born abt.
1720; married Pedro Antonio Trujillo,
6 May 1741, Santa Fe, NM; died before 1799, New Mexico
[3] Francisco Casados, born abt. 1722, no
information
[4] Miguel Casados, born abt. 1727; married
María Diega Domínguez, 26 June 1750,
Santa Fe Military Chapel.
[5] María Apolonia Casados, born about
1730; married 1st to Bernardo de Sena, 10 April 1752, Santa Fe; married 2nd Antonio Guerrero, 4 September 1758;
married 3rd Juan Dionisio
Casillas, 24 June 1761, Santa Fe. June 3-9, 1766, she was involved in writs, proceedings,
etc. in the matter of the tutoring of a minor [p.243, SANM, Vol.2]
[6] María Rosalia Casados, born abt. 1733;
no information
[7] Gertrudis
Casados, our ancestor, born about 1738 in New Mexico; married Nicolás Martín about 1754. Their biographies are elsewhere in this work.
Submitted by Donald Rivara, June 23, 2009.
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