Simon de Abendano [Avendano] (abt. 1580 - before 1622) Maria Ortiz (abt. 1590 - before 1622) Simón de Abendaño and María Ortiz were the parents of our ancestor, María de Abendaño.  We know this from the well-documented work, Origins of New Mexico Families,Revised Edition, by Angélico Chávez, page 1. Simón was born in Ciudad Rodrigo in present-day Castile-Leon, Spain.  We do not know the name of his parents, so this is as far as we go in this line. He came to New Mexico in the early 1600’s, probably after a time in Mexico City.  He married María Ortiz in Santa Fe.  They seem to have had only one child together, our ancestor María de Abendaño.  Both parents were dead by 1622 when their daughter married Diego de Vera.  The Abendaño surname was not continued in New Mexico. María Ortiz was the daughter of Cristóbal Baca and Ana Ortiz.  She came with her parents to New Mexico in the reinforcement troops immigration that arrived in Santa Fe on December 24, 1600.  Children were not always given the surnames of their fathers in Spanish culture at that time.  The Bacas chose to give María her mother’s surname.  María was mentioned as a sister-in-law of María de Albizu [Alviso]. Submitted by Donald Rivara, June 23, 2009. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor