Francisco Lorenzo Casados
(abt. 1670 - after 1716)
Ana Pacheco
(abt. 1676 - before 1704)
Francisco Lorenzo Casados and his wife Ana Pacheco were the parents of our
ancestor, Francisco José Casados [the
younger] [abt.1693-after 1750]. We know
this from the book, Origin of
New Mexico Families, Revised Edition, page 157.
Francisco Lorenzo was born about 1670
in Cádiz, Spain, where he had known Juan Páez Hurtado, a future governor of New
Mexico [1704-1705; acing 1716-1717]. Casados probably joined the military in Spain
with Páez Hurtado and went with him to New Spain.
Nothing
is known of Ana Pacheco’s
background. I believe Francisco Lorenzo
met her in New Spain [Mexico]
and married her there. They married
early in the 1690’s. The only certain child of theirs was our ancestor, Francisco José Casados, who was born
about 1693, probably in New Spain. A María
de la Cruz Casados, who married Juan
Joseph Archuleta, in 1712 was probably their daughter as well.
On
page 4 of Volume 1 of The Spanish Archives of New Mexico is a record that a Francisco Joseph Casados was in
New
Mexico in 1696 and was granted a lot in Santa
Fe. He served as alcalde of Santa
Fe in 1716 [same source, p.5] This is no doubt our Francisco Lorenzo simply using a
portion of his name. His entire name
could have been José Francisco
Lorenzo Casados. It was
customary for Hispanic families to add to their child’s given name the name of
a member of the Holy Family even though that name was not used except for legal
matters. Men usually took José or Jesús,
and women took María. That is why the
records contain variations of names for the same person.
Francisco Lorenzo Casados, using that
name, first appears in New Mexico
records on 23 May 1704,
when he purchased property in Santa Fe
from Antonio Fresqui. It was recorded in
the presence of Alcalde Antonio Montoya. The following year, on 9 November,
Casados purchased another piece of property in Santa Fe
from Juan de Ribera and his wife. [p.66 The
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Vol. 1]
He was listed as a widower in 1704, probably
in his military record. His son
Francisco José would have been about eleven years old at the time. Francisco
Lorenzo later married again, but his second wife’s name is unknown. He was
listed as a married man in a 1716 record.
On 12 April 1708, Francisco Joseph de Casados petitioned for a small tract of
land near the city of Santa Fe. The petition was granted by the Governor, the
Marqués de la Peñuela and possession given by Juan García de las Rivas. Gaspar Gutiérrez, Secretary of Government and
War; and Cristóval de Góngora, Secretary of the Cabildo [City Council] signed
the grant. [page 66, Spanish Archives of
New Mexico, Vol. 1]
Casados
was a member of the Confraternity of St. Michael, which organization restored
the ancient chapel of San Miguel in 1710.
On October 18-20, 1712, a suit was
filed by Francisco Lorenzo Casados
with the Governor in Santa Fe on
account of a mule claimed to be due the plaintiff from Miguel de Dios and Ramón
de Medina. [p.169, Vol. 2, Spanish
Archives of New
Mexico]
Francisco
Lorenzo, now a captain, was listed as age forty-six when he and his son
Francisco José apparently were assigned to 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, The
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Vol. 2, Archive #239d]. They
were back in New Mexico by
summer. It appears that an election was
held at that time making Francisco alcalde of Santa Fe. He is shown on records functioning in that
role in late 1716.
That
is the last record we have of Francisco Lorenzo.
Submitted by Donald Rivara, June 23, 2009.
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